the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. lummis, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. collins, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mrs. smith, aye. -- ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. parties, aye. -- mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the c

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican qhip. mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum be lifted. the presiding officer: wowctd. -- without objection. mr. thune: early yesterday i returned from a codel, or congressional delegation, to israel, saudi arabia, and egypt. the trip was a direct response to hamas' savage attack on israel. the codel, led by my friend, senator lindsey graham, brought together ten senators from both parties to she the united states support for israel and demonstrate support for protecting our interest in the region. our message was united -- the united states stands with israel. iran is on notice, and it must stand down. and we need to get hostages freed and americans out of harm's way. we are committed to seeing hamas defeated so that a new chapter of prosperity for israel and its arab neighbors can begin, of which normalized relations between israel and saudi arabi

thune mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, there are days and events that almost -- that are almost unspeakable. october 7, 2023 is one of them. the slaughter of hundreds of innocent israelis, men, women, and unthinkably children, at the hands of hamas terrorists was a terrible witness to the evil of which mankind is capable. the stories and images that have emerged are searing, of blood did id infant seats, parents tucking their 10-month-old children before being murdered by attack areas t as a father and a grandfather, a i cannot imagine the terror those parents must have felt as they realized hamas gunmen have moved into their villages. it is a terrible fact of war that the innocent are often drawn into the cross fire, but to make war on the innocent, to target the innocent deliberatively is perhaps the greatest evil of which man

mr. thune, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, no. mr. daines, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. murphy, no. ms. butler, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 36. the amendment is agreed to. # the senator from -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to -- the presiding officer: will the senate call up his amendment? mr. cruz: mr. president, i call up my amendment numbered 1296 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, for himself and ms. lummis, proposes amendment numbered 1296 to amendment 1092. the pre

mr. thune: mr.sident, hamas' brutal attack on israel on october 7 has thrust not just hamas but iran into the spotlight. why? because while hamas may have carried out the attack, iran enabled it and is currently enabling terrorist organizations throughout the middle east. there's hamas which gets approximately 90% of its military budget from iran that benefits from iranian training and weapons. then there's hezbollah, the terrorist organization on israel's northern bored with lebanon which is also armed and financed by iran. then there's the houthis in yemen, who fired missiles and drones -- headed in the direction of israel likely at vaughn iran's -- likely at iran's direction. palestinian islamic jihad, and the list literally goes on. as i said on the floor last week, through its proxies iran is literally getting away with murder. one has to wonder what the middle east would looks like today if iran hadn't spent decades funding and arming terrorist organizations. nor are iran's maligned activities

mr. thune: mr. president, the specter of heavy-handed government of the internet reared its ugly head once again last week with the federal communication commission's announcement that it will consider a so-called net neutrality proposal at its october meeting coming up later this month. so what is net neutrality, mr. president? well, it's most basic level, it's the idea that internet service providers shouldn't prioritize or block certain internet traffic at the expense of others. understood in that way, it's a concept that enjoys broad support in both parties. but that's not what we're talking about with the biden fcc's net neutrality proposal. like the obama fcc before it, the biden fcc wants to assert broad new government powers over the internet using rules -- get this -- that were designed for telephone companies and monopolies back during the great depression. this is a quote from fcc chairwoman jessica rosen -- rosen worse sell last week. i quote. today there is no expert agency ensuring tha

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 -- kaine, lujan and sinema. sinema is voting -- senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, cramer, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and fischer. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tbhent -- mr. bennet, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. collins, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. capi

the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. warnock, aye. miss duckworth, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: miss rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. is the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. being. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the president pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 88, the nays are 9. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the passage of th

mr. thune, aye. mr. cassidy, aye.enators voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, booker, cantwell, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, kaine, murphy, murray, sanders, schatz. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. mr. kelly, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. cruz, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. van hollen, no. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. carper, no. mr. reed, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. well much, -- mr. . the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. warner, no. the

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, duckworth, graham, heinrich, murkowski, peters. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cornyn, cramer, hoeven, kennedy, lummis, marshall, paul, remove any rounds scott of florida, sullivan, tillis and tuberville. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. thune, no. ms. capito, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. barasso, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. warner, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr

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 -- paul. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, butler, cardin, carper, coons, cornyn, cotton, crapo, duckworth, durbin, ernst. fisher, hassan, hyde-smith, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, mullin, murray, ossoff, risch, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, thune, tillis. warner, whitehouse, wicker. mr. lankford, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. -- mr. graham, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. reed, no. ms. sinema, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. moran,

mr. thune: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: the most basic requirement of national security is a strong military but it is not the only requirement. maintaining our nation's strength and our ability to deter threats and discourage our enemies from tangling with us also involves things like a strong economy, energy security, and border security. today i want to spend a few minutes talking about border security. mr. president, border security is an essential part of keeping our nation secure. porous borders are an invitation to criminals, terrorists, and other dangerous individuals. and let's be very clear. there are dangerous individuals out there right now who would like to enter and harm our country. porous borders are an invitation to those types of individuals. since the beginning of the month, four iranians considered to be special-interest aliens, individuals, that is, who may pose a threat to the united states, have been ap

mr. thune, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr.ey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 40, and the motion is agreed to. ms. smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i understand that there is a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3168, a bill making emergency summental appropriations

mr. thune, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. thune, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. mr. manchin, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. moran, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: m

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, ernst, kennedy, rounds, sinema, and sullivan. senators vetting -- voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, casey, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, ossoff, schumer, stabenow, warner, and whitehouse. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. bennet, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray,

senator thune. >> mr. chair, , i would yield to my colleague down just to my right, senator moran who's been waiting peacefully, for a patiently to questions for senator moran. >> thank you, senator thune, for yielding and thank you to the director and to the secretary for your present with us today you're doing to limit the sites and ships act. i would not take up my time much of my time anyway to reiterate what's been said time and time again in regard to rural and small business. thank you director we might have conversation in theve future about, i please with the score that you met the standard, the goal of the interest in knowing if there are challenges that you will face in beating continued to meet that exceed that goal in the future? secretary raimondo, could you update the committee on your efforts to ensure rule states and small business benefit from the chips and science act, particularly the tech hubs and chips program? >> yes, thank you senator. as i said we will be putting up the tech hub des

mr. whitaker: i agree, sir, and i will. sen. thune: thank you. sen. cantwell: senator duckworth. sen. duckworth: thank you, madam chair. mr. whitaker, thank you for being here today and for your willingness and your family's willingness to serve to make sure our aviation system is safer. especially at a time when we're facing alarming safety crises. the f.a.a. needs a leader who will be proactively strengthening the system and work with congress to secure transformational investments that will enable america to recruit and train the next generation of air traffic controllers and pilots and mechanics. airlines broke the pilot pipeline when they decided that the best strategy to deal with the 1500-hour rule that they claim is causing the pilot shortage, was to spend their hard-earned cash on mass buyouts that resulted in tens of thousands of their most experienced pilots exiting the system at the work force. the mass exodus of pilot experience was compounded by a wave of retirement of air traffic controllers, many possessing decades' worth of experience. and being from illinois, we're ve

mr. chairman. in 2019 i was happy to partner with senator thune to pass the telephone robocall abuse act, which direct the federal communications to have new rules to crack down on are bo calls. the trace act helped stop some of the worst practices by robocalls but they remain a plague on our telephone system. my constituents in massachusetts received over 623 million robocalls last year. nearly 20 per second. this year massachusetts residents are on pace to receive 800 million robocalls. across the country, americans are on pace to receive 54 billion robocalls this year. some robocalls are lawful. but of course the numbers of unlawful calls are astonishing. each of the witnesses, starting with ms. saunders, do you agree that robocalls remain a serious problem for consumers? yes or no? >> yes. >> ms. brown? >> unlawful and illegal robocalls certainly do. >> yes, illegal robocalls remain a problem. >> yes, absolutely. >> thank you. these fraudulent robocalls cost consumers tens of billions of dollars every year and undermine trust in the telephone system that is a serious problem period. i want to turn

mr. chairman. in 2019, i was proud to partner with senator thune to pass the telephone robocall abuse criminal enforcement and deterrence act, the traced act, which directed the federal communications commission to issue critical new rules to crack down on illegal robocalls. the trace act has helped stop some of the worst practices by robocallers but robocalls remain a plate on our telephone system. my constituents in massachusetts received over 623 million robocalls last year, nearly 20 robocalls per second. this you massachusetts residents are on pace to receive 800 million robocalls. across the country americans are on pace to receive 54 billion robocalls this year. some robocalls are lawful but, of course, the numbers of unlawful calls are astonishing. to each of the witnesses starting with ms. saunders. you agree that robocalls remains a serious problem for consumers? yes or no? >> yes. >> mr. brown? [inaudible] >> mr. bercu? >> yes illegal robocalls remained remain a public. >> yes, absolutely. >> thank you. these fraudulent robocalls cost consumers tens of billions of dollars every year and under m

mr. chairman. in 2019 i was proud to partner with senator thune to pass the telephone robocall abuse criminal enforcement and deterrent and trace act. which had the federal trade commission to have rules to crack down. and they have stopped the practices for most, but robocallers remain a plague on our telephone system. my constituents in massachusetts received over 623 million robocalls last year, nearly 20 robocalls per second. this year massachusetts residents are on pace to receive 800 million robocalls. across the country on pace to receive 54 billion robocalls this year. some robocalls are lawful, but of course, the numbers of unlawful calls are astonishing. to each of the witnesses, starting with miss saunders, do you agree that robocalls remain a serious problem for our consumers? yes or no. >> yes. >> miss brown. >> unlawful and illegal robocalls, yes. >> mr. bercu. >> yes, illegal robocalls remain a problem. >> yes, absolutely. >> thank you. these fraudulent robocalls cost consumers tens of billions of dollars every year and undermine trust in the telephone system, that's a serious problem peri

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, britt, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cortez masto, cotton, daines, duckworth, enters, heinrich, hickenlooper, johnson, lee, lujan, markey, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, murray, paul, ricketts, rosen, schatz, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, vance, warner, warnock, warren, whitehouse,ern wicker. -- and wicker. nor senator voted in the affirm r -- voted in the negative. mr. peters eye. mr. risch eye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. -- mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. ms. lummis, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. v