mr. schumer: i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. want to echrds offered by leader toward the pages. as a former senate page myself, i know that this is a job that few people notice on the outside, but we notice it here. they make sure things run well here, and i'm grateful to know these fine people. i hope they had a good time while they were with us. and so to each of you, i wish you the very best of luck as you pursue future careers and look sitting in these chairs one day. as i entered this chamber shortly after being elected to the senate in 2010 for my orientation i was told to take a seat in the chairs. i couldn't take the seat. i couldn't figure out why. then i remembered my training from the time when i was a page that i may never ever sit in a senator's chai only then i realized it's okay now because i just got elected.t anyway, i wish you the best of luck. madam president, the conviction of president donald trump is a clear manifestation of the fact that our justice system has been weaponized against us, against the americ

mr. schumer: i understand the senate received a message to accompany s. 2051. the correct. mr. fore the bod the message to accompany s. 2051. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolved that the bill from the senate, s. 2051 entitled an act to reauthorize act and for other n's purposes do pass with an amendment. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate concur in the house amendment to s. 2051 and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 257 s. 2291. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number257, s. 2291, a bill to establish th center and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the peters substitute amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed , the bill

mr. schumer: i change my vote to no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. schumer: for everyone's -- sorry.n not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president, for everyone's awareness, i'm changing my vote on this bill from yes to no in order to have the option of returning to this legislator. we hope some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle see the light and change their minds. madam president, i eo reconside cloture vote with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar 413, s. 4445. the presiding officer: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: madam president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 510. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, katherine e. oler of the district of columbia to be an associate judge of the superior court of the mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding offi

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: it should never take a tragedy of ashootings for the senate to pass commonsense gun safety thankfully today we have a chance to make our com republicans don't stand in the way. this afternoon, my colleague, senator the floor and seek passage of a federalstocks. i applaud this effort i applaud this bill i'm proud to support and speak on behalf of it. we must act because a few days ago the maga supreme court struck saying the federal government has no power to ban the of bump stocks. the maga court's decision is ance. it will endanger our communities,an easier for mass shooters to unleash carnage. last week's decision is another warning sign that this maga court is going off the deep end, alining with thereme elements of the hard right. bump stocks are truly dangerous they allow people to use rifles essentially as machine which the national b 1930's. even donald trump banned bump stocks shortly after the deadliest shooting in american history when a shooter in vegas used overusa

mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ficer: on this vote the yeas are 45, the nays are 26, and the nomination is confirmed. mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider with respect toion be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, today, on world refugee day, i'm here to honor the tens of millions of worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes day was first held in june of 50th anniversary of the a light on the needs and rights of refugees while giving voice to their aspirations. at that timen 2001, the number of forcibly persons globally was close to 20 today, that number stands at 120 million people. according to the staggering figure the highest in recorded that 1.5% of the e forced to flee their homes lt of persecution, conflict violence or natural disasters, like drought, failures or famine

mr. schumer. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, carper casey, cortez masto, duckworth, hassan heinrich lujan, manchin, murphy padilla, reed rounds shaheen, smith, stabenow warner warren and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso capito cornyn daines ernst, fischer hyde-smith johnson, kennedy, lee, marshall mcconnell, sullivan and wicker. the clerk: ms. ms. lummis, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. collins, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. cardin, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. cr

mr. schumer: mr.sident, 105 years ago today, the congress passed the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote under the constitution for the first time ever. in the 240-year history of our country, the passage of amendment is without question one of america's best moments. it was one of the greatest leaps ever in our march to become a more perfect union. but it was also more importantly a great culmination of decades of sacrifice, struggle and persistence persistence, much of which was centered in upstate new york i'm proud to say, in seneca falls and other places. we cannot name the countless women and americans who sacrificed in ways big and small to secure for women the right to vote but we honor their memory all the same. today, i am wearing this yellow roseo to honor -- in honor of today's historic observance. i am wearing this yellow rose totoric observance, and there will be a viewing for the original signed copy of the 19th amendment today in the capitol. i'll be stopping by and i enco

mr. schumer: lastfriday, mr.visit the nova exhibit in new york city wall street. the exhibit documents -- downtown on wall street. it exhibits what happened on october 7. thousands of b as the sun was setting to a music festival and when you go into an exhibit, the first thing you see isusdancing embracing each other and happy as can be, young people, beautiful, in the prime of their lives, the sunshining on them as the sun was setting only to realize what had happened. the rest of the exhibit documents the brutal murder of these young people, innocent, happy young people with so■ of . we see vicious hamas terrorists, machine gunning them, brutalizing them, and we hear interviews that are done by the families and those who were there. so it was a wrenching experience, the contrast -- the exhibit was so well done of those beautiful young people happily enjoying life and then knowing that hundreds slain bru of them would be kidnapped by terr terrorists running away in fear. what was even worse, or at least adding s

mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tillis, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr.lumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. van ho the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. markey no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 87. the nays are 8. the motion is agreed to. the crk will report the knoll nation. the clerk: nomination federal energy regulatory commission lindsay s. see of west virginia to be a member. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 >> the senate has gaveled out ask is now in recess until about 2:15 eastern this afternoon. when lawmakers return, they'll continue working on nominees to be approved for the federal energy regulatory commission. on thursday, they'll vote whether or not to start work on a measure to protect invitro fertilization treatment. if live coverage when lawmakers return right here on c-sp

mr. schumer, aye. klobuchar, ay ms. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr.aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. aye. mr. van mr. rubio, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no.■& the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no.■ the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schatz, aye.)gjs the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no.f the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. l hawley, no. ■ñ the clerk: mr. reed, mr. young, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no.> mr. crapo, no. there rounds, no mr. rounds, no. mr. thune, no.u@ the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. brown, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ■4 the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. eñ the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. ma

mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 31, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination federal energy regulatory commission judy w. chang, of massachusetts, to be a member. r: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: on roll call vote 192, i voted eye, i meant to vote no. i a my vote because it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: on roll call vote 193, i voted aye a my vote because it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, today i rise to speak on an issue that is personal and vital to millions of americans, the protection of in vitro fertilization. ivf is a medical miracle that has brought the joy of parenthood to millions of families who might otherwise have never experienced it. i am a strong suppo

mr schumer, the us�*s highest—ranking jewish elected official, released his own statement thursday sayinghas "clear and profund" disagreements with the prime minister. "but because america's relationship with israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister ijoined the request for him to speak. the announcement comes as the us urged israel to publicly name the 20 to 30 hamas fighters it said it targeted in a deadly air raid on a united nations school in gaza. hospital medics said at least 37 people were killed in the strike on thursday. while israel often releases the names of hamas fighters it says it has targeted, it is rare for the us to publicly say it expects full transparency. israel's military said it "conducted a precise strike on a hamas compound" in the school and that it killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters it believes were inside. but gaza's hamas—run government says 14 children and nine women are among the dead. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. and a warning, some viewers may find images in her report distressing. torchlight barely r

it was difficulties or but doesn't want to simple within the hours to mrs. chuck schumer all over the senate. so chuck schumer said recently this is, i should the election. it's one to again, to ensure these are the secuity, but the doesn't support the way that these are to come back. the woman goes and how you are used to say is, is, is very different console doing like is this. and what i know divide in the nation doesn't do a very good job with that from that. then you know, it's all about his police because the supervisor or i think it's, it's roughly reminding all over the that's, that's the facing collection. so i mean, these are the, and one of the reason that the bright 2 hostile files so desperately and foam and from the government is because of the school. it pro options. i'm so sorry to play . yes, he's basing is that and then we'll play the statement and it's always very popular and he's like, if you're seeing as sending up to f one enemies. and so. ready it's a like, any think you will gain some, some points there, but at the same time, what is the game that he's playing?

mrs. plessy, chuck schumer must decide, so to speak, decide for the convention whether to replace biden or not, and this is also a point that must happen with the coordination and consent of mr. biden. paying attention to these 3 years and some time since president biden passing does the democratic party's own assessment of performance should be just because. because they are very close to each other, but after the debate, there are still no new polls, of course, we also had a poll in which 67 viewers thought trump was the winner, and we also had another poll conducted by a consultant in which 60% of the voters wanted him to resign. we knew that biden was the candidate of this poll, now we have to wait for other valid polls to see what kind of reflection he has among the voters. the important negative of mr. biden is his age and the fact that he could not behave well in the debate in recent months , most of the republican and pro-trump media have performed well , and in some places, even by capturing videos or using artificial intelligence, they show that the situation is very good. of cou

mr. obama, ms. pelosi, chuck schumer will have to make a so-called decision for the convention whether to replace biden or not, and this is also a point that should be coordinated and according to mr. biden's own consent, it should happen now these 3 years have been the time since president biden . does the democratic party itself have an evaluation of biden's performance or not? just because of the weakness he showed in these debates, his stuttering, the distress in his speech, and the stumbles and falls, is it just this? is the debate a factor that has worried the democrats or do you think that it is not biden's performance that biden and trump are so close to each other, that is, in two recent polls, biden is ahead by 1% in one and trump is ahead by 1% in the other before the debate because they are very close to each other, but after the equation debate, there are no new comments, of course we also had a poll in which 67 viewers thought trump was the winner. we also had a poll conducted by the congress in which 60% of voters wanted biden to withdraw from being a candidate . now we have to wait for

mr. latimer refused to criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and that refusal places him to the right of president joe biden and senator chuck schumer. joining me now steve kornacki. great to see you. what can you tell us about this breaking news tonight? >> we've got a lot of returns now in the 16th district of new york. you see george latimer with a about a 13-point advantage over jamaal bowman. it comes in a touch under 10 points, about 9.5. what happened as we came on the air here is we got a bigger chunk of the bronx county portion of this district. you can see here the district is split between a small share in the bronx, one of the burrows of new york city and the rest is westchester suburbs, the suburbs. you can see bronx city about three quarters of the expected vote is in. this is we know jamaal bowman's big core district. when he ran in 2022 he got several primary challengers last time around in 2022 and he got 91% of the vote in the bronx part of the district. he's running about 83.5 right now. when you get a big batch in it's going to boost bowman's numbers district wide, but when you look within the bronx 83.6 is probab

mr. latimer refused to criticize israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that refusal places them at the right of joe biden and senate majority leader chuck schumer. the big board is steve kornacki and test nbc and msnbc national political correspondent. thank you for being here, what can you tell us about the breaking news tonight? >> a lot of returns in the 16th district of new york, george latimer with 13 point advantage over jamaal bowman. we just got a big batch right now, it comes down to a touch under 10 points, 9 1/2. let me see where that came from, what just happened as i came on the air, bigger chunk of the bronx county district, the district split between small share in the bronx, one of the boroughs of new york city, and the vast majority of the district's north in westchester county, the suburbs of new york city. the bronx portion, you can see about three-quarters of the expected vote is in. we knew jamaal bowman's big core base within the district, when he ran in 2022, he got several primary challengers around the last time in 2022 and 91% of the pot -- vote in the bronx portion, he is running 83.5, when you get up big batch from th

schumer with the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen. let's play that. >> why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mr.ement responsibility. a public statement they should all leave. he is saying his tweet said we are for peace. >> law and order. >> why don't you get him to make that statement. would you do that? will you get the president to make a statement to ask them to leave the capitol? >> so, you might guess we're coordinating as quickly and as -- >> no, please answer my question. answer my question. >> senator, i'm going to do everything i can do. >> does that include asking the president to get these people who are followers of his to leave the capitol? >> we all know how long it took for the president to tell them to leave. let me play one more before i ask you a question. this is nancy pelosi speaking to vice president pence. >> i'm really disappointed that this took so long to approve the national guard. but i'm glad to say that that is at least moving. >> so one sided there. so are all of the question that you have that happened that day, what led up to that day, have they all been answere

pelosi and schumer also had a somewhat intense exchange with trump's then attorney general rosen. >> why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mr your law enforcement responsibility, a public statement they should all leave. he is saying his tweets said we are for peace. >> law and order. >> law and order. why don't you get him to make that statement? would you do that? >> we're treating this with the great est -- >> would you ask the president to make a statement to leave the capitol? >> so as you might guess, we're coordinating as quickly -- >> no, please answer my question. answer my question. >> senator, i'm going to do everything i can do. >> attorney general saying he would do everything he could, except for reach out to the person in government who had caused the attack on government. the tension you see there, what's left unstated in the air is, this attack was coming from within. we'll be right back. ack. racle-go has grown me the best garden i have ever had. good soil, and you get good results. look at that! the broccoli was fantastic. that broccoli! i think some of them were six, seven pounds. (aaron) i own a lot of

here is pelosi and schumer speaking by phone with then acting attorney general jeff rosen. >> why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mrw enforcement responsibility pick a public statement they should all leave for he is saying, his tweet said we are for peace. law and order. why don't you get them to make that statement? would you do that? will you ask the president to make a statement to ask them to leave the capitol? >> so, as you might guess, -- >> please answer my question. answer my question. there senator, i'm going to do everything i can do. >> does that include asking the president to get these people who are followers to leave the capitol? >> jordan, the conversation, the host of the podcast on brand with donny deutsch. former supreme allied commander of nato and retired for start navy admiral and the chief international analyst for nbc news and a staff writer at the atlantic. what a great panel. hard to know where to start there are so many great voices. i want to back up and rephrase what i said because i mention the wrong mccarthy. according to politico four former members of the guard described a frustrat

here is nancy pelosi and chuck schumer speaking with acting attorney general jeff rosen. >> get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mrur law enforcement responsibility. a public statement, they should all leave. his tweet said, "we are for peace." >> law and order. >> law and order. why don't you get him to make that statement? would you do that? >> we're -- >> will you ask the president to make a statement to ask them to leave the capitol? >> so, as you might guess, we're coordinating as quickly and as -- >> no, no, no. please answer my question. answer my question! >> senator, i'm going to do everything i can do. >> does that include asking the president to get these people who are followers of his to leave the capitol? >> joining the question, we have the host of the podcast "on brand with donny deutsch," donny deutsch. former supreme allied commander of nato, james stavridis. he is chief international analyst for nbc news. and staff writer at "the atlantic," anne applebaum. what a great panel. hardly know where to start. there are a lot of great voices. i want to back up and rephrase what i said because i mention

mr. biggs: you know they love so much didn't make it ovdn't make cloture twice in thete. yell and scream all you want. we passed h.r. 2 laying over there on chuck schumer'srefusing to move let's talk about this cruel and you know what's cruel? how about if you yuma, arizona, your community has onee one hospital. you got an emergency. they don't have enough beds for you if you are a c because they are dealing with illegal aliens that have flooded that hospital. that is cruel inhumane. you are to phoenix or san diego. that is cruel and let's say you are beds. most of the time it's filledegal aliens who have come in. and we just heard a lot a money, about this benefit. there are assert the exact opposite. one thing we knoeverybody agrees on right and left if you talk to peopl something, there are remittancees well incompetents of $100 billion a year that out from illegal aliens in this country. it is a if you talk to leaders from central american states orentatives from mexico, they will tell you what aow is that those remittancees provide for them. in the number two leading cash flow for them. and they come here because these individual are incentivized to

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president.now, i am proud to today to stand with my good friend and a great issue, senator martin heinrich on a matter of life and death. a few days ago the maga supreme co urt struck once again, reversing ban on dangerous bump stocks like the at the las vegas mass shooting. today the senate must and pass a federal ban on bump heinrich has championed. i urge republicans block this commonsense safety measure. banning bump stocks should be the work of five minutes. it is an ideaconservative senators have claimed to support in the past. one conservative colleague of mine on the republican side said a while ago that a bump stocks ban gets on the senate floor i would vote for it. the certainlying senatorainlying senator -- senior senator from south carolina says i'm willing to get rid of that. some republicans even supported dona trump when he hardly a friend of gun safetyd bump stocks after las vegas shooting. if banning bump enough for republicans in the past it should be good enough for them today

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed 400, s. 4381. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 400 s. 4381 a bill to protect individual's ability to access contraceptives and so forth. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed toalendar number 400 s. 4381 a bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and so forth, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: waive waive. d. shall. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i note the aum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: "q mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majori

mr. schumer: let me -- so, mr. president, let me begin with a disturbing statistic. according to a recent poll by the kaiser family foundation, one in five u.s. adults worries that the right to contraception is under threat. one in five u.s. adults, that's more people than live in florida or texas or california. it's the -- in the same poll less than half adults said they felt the right to use birth s insecure. this is one of the many shamefu. this is the mess donald trump, the maga supreme court, and the republican-led senate has created. today we live in a country where not only tens of millions of women have been robbed of their reproductive freedoms. we also live in a country where tens of millions more worry about something as basic as birth control. that's utterly medieval. it's sickening. it should never happen here in the united states, but because of donald trump and the hard right, it's reality. today the senate has the chance to protect reproductive rights by advancing the right to contraception act. i thank my good friends, senators hirono and markey, for

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority le. few moments ago i took the first procedu the legislative clad calendar the reproductive freedom for women act cosponsored by senator murray and myself and cosponsored by all the women senators on the democrat side. this for enshshrineing the protections of law as most americans say they want. i thank sen colleagues who cosponsored the reproductive freedom for women act and i will work to bring them to the floor. well madam president, only half way through june and it's already been month for maga republicans and their attacks on rep the last two weeks, senate republicans have their attempts to sound moderate on it comes to vote they're falling in line wemists. this month, senate republicans protecting commonsense reproductive care like contraception and ivf. as y well-- a bill you know well, madam president. house republicans overwhelmingly on friday to pass the defense funding bill with hard-right poison pills restricting access to reproductive care for our servicemembers. and donald