mr. thune, no. mr. braun, no. mr. murphy, no. mrs. shaheen, no. ms. murkowski, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 12, the nays are 77 and the motion is not agreed to. the presiding officer: order, please. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, moves to commit the bill h.r. 7463 to the committee on appropriations of the senate with instructions to report back, the same back to the senate in one day not counting any day in which the senate is not in session -- mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today on a motion to commit to instruct that h.r. 2 be added to this continuing resolution. h.r. 2 contains a comprehensive plan to secure the border, to stop catch and release, to build the wall, to stop visa overstays, and to reform abuse of immigr

mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with, and that -- also i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to complete my remarks prior to the scheduled roll call votes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, president biden's war on -- in made in part to satisfy climate activists on tiktok and win a few votes in the upcoming election, there was a pause on liquefied approvals threatening the energy security of our allies. mr. president, it is difficult to count all the ways in which the president's export approval pause is a terrible decision. but let's start with the national security concerns that it presents. at a time when russia and iran are flexing their power with russia entering the third year of its unjustified war in ukraine, and with with raufrnian backed militia in the middle east, the president's actions threaten to enrich these two countries by increasing demand for their natural gas. in russia and iran -- and russia an

mr. thune, no. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. britt, no.

mr. thune, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. ernst, aye.rk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, aye. . mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. of south carolina, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ■f the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the cl

the clerk: mr. thune, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the presiding officer: the nays are 5. the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, 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 nomination of executive calendar number 473, amy m. ba

mr. thune: mr. president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: early reports suggest that the biden administration may have set yet another record at our southern border. and not the good kind. if this early report is accurate, the numbers of migrant encounters at our southern border in january is the highest border in january is the highest the highest january number ever recorded. i would follow decembers breaking encountered a staggering 309,034. the only the highest december number ever recorded at the highestig number for any month ever recorded. number, and the list goes on. mr. president, the biden administration has presided over a truly unprecedented crisis at our nation's border. we've had three years of record-breaking illegal immigration under the biden administration. fiscal year 2021, a record breaking 1,734,686 migrant encounters at your

mr. thune, no. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. britt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presi

mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. risch, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. grassley, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. manchin, aye. # # the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no vote: dellinger. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 64, the nays are 33, and the nomination is agreed to. under the pr

the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 41, and the nomination is confirmed. mr. carper: mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the senate will resume legislative session and resume consideration of the veto message with respect to s.j. res. 28. cloipt veto -- the clerk: relating to buy america requirements for electric vehicle chargers. mr. carper: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i ask unanimous consent to speak for two minutes prior to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: mr. president, i rise today in strong opposition to overriding president biden's veto on s.j. res. 38 to disapprove of the biden administration's phase in of buy-in req

mr. thune, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lee, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. cassidy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to reconsider the vote whereby cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to h.r. 815 and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. er

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, collins, crapo, hyde-smith, lee, mcconnell, paul, scott of south carolina, thune, wicker. senators voting in the negative, booker, butler, durbin, king, manchin, merkley, murray, padilla, reed, schatz, smith, tillis, wyden. mrs. fischer, aye. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. kaine, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. schumer, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. moran, aye. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. 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 -- butler, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin,ernst, grassley, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, mendendez, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, rounds, schatz, schumer, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, warnock, whitehouse. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. cardin, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cotton, daines, fischer, lee, mullin, scott of south carolina. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. ricketts, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. ms. murkowski, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk:

mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. cruz, no. illegals. the clerk: mr. daines the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper yieks mr. -- mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 33, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to and the point of order fails. the question is on amendment 1388. the yeas and nays were previously ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr

mr. thune: mr. president, america needs farmers and ranchers, we need the men and women, and often entire families, who are willing to do the hard work to feed our country and the world. places like my home state of south dakota, farming and ranching are just part of our way of life. but this important work involves a great deal of risk. few jobs, for example, as are subject to the whims of the whether and the market. for hundreds of years congress has passed a farm bill with programs and policies that mitigate risks and help them to keep going through the tough times. and with a 2018 farm bill expiring last year, congress needs to take up this important task once again. while i'm glad congress passed an extension of critical farm bill programs, a temporary extension is no substitution for a full updated bill. mr. president, i've been able to help craft four farm bills during my time in congress, and for me the process always begins and ends with farmers and ranchers. in addition to my regular discu

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 -- britt, brown, butler, cardin, cotton, duckworth, ernst, fisher, gillibrand, grassley, kaine, lankford, peters, schatz, thune, van hollen, wicker, no senator voted in the negative. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. ms. sinema, ay

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 -- butler, cantwell, casey, kaine, lujan, manchin, menendez, rosen, sinema, smith, tester, warnock, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, cassidy, moran, mullin, paul, vance. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no.vance. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. wyden, aye. 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. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, blumenthal, brown, butler, capito, cardin, collins, cortez-masto, duckworth, gillibrand, grassley, hassan, heinrich, king, lujan, mcconnell, menendez, merkley, mullin, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, rounds, schumer, sinema, smith, tester, tillis, warner, whitehouse, wicker, wyden, young. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, crapo, fischer, graham, hawley, hoeven, paul, ricketts, rubio, sanders, schmitt, tuberville. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president -- mr. schumer: madam president, could we have order, please. the presiding officer: order in the chamber, please. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. thank you, madam president. madam president, for the information of our colleagues, i want to bring everyone up to date on where we are. for the past few days, the leadership on both sides of the aisle, as well as the bill managers on both sides of the aisle, have been working diligently night and day to try to get agreement to consider debate and have votes on a series of amendments offered by senators on both sides of the aisle. obviously, in order for that to occur, we would need the cooperation of all members, and we would need to have time agreements because the number of amendments is considerable. regrettably, madam pre

of the united states, your principal argument is that the president is not an officer of thuned states, correct? mr. mitchell: i would say it more forcefully than what you described. we believe the presidency is excluded from office under the unedtates but the aumt that he is excluded is the stronger of the two textually. justice sotomayor: a bit of a gerrymandered rule designing it to benefit your client. mr. mitchell: i would not use thterm gerrymandered as that would suggest nefarious -- juicsotomayor: only th petitioner is disqualified because virtually every other prident except washington has taken an oath to suppo t constitution, correct? mr. mitchell: and john adams might also be excluded. president biden -- he took an oath ameer of congress and it is true of every previous president. juice sotomayor: would that be true ife were to hold more narrowly in a reversal that it is not section three that is at issue but as to whether section three could be enforced by states against the presint? >> that would extend every presidential candidate. justice sotomayor: exactly. thank you. justice kagan

john thune sounds like a good candidate. i kind of watched him as well. mr. mcconnell is a really nice guy and smiled. there are some different things that he spoke at, and he is such an unlikely politician. just very nice. i remember one time somebody approached him at a restaurant and started being absolutely horrible to him and all the people in the restaurant went to defend him because he was just sitting there and taking it. a lot of people in the restaurant went over to defend the guy. from this person who decided they were going to go off on mitch mcconnell. a nice guy. good seeing you. love the dress. host: is there a politician in kentucky that you think, if he should choose not to run for reelection in 2026, who do you think will win that seat? caller: that is a tough one, but i believe it will probably be a republican. mostly, we know about our democrat candidates. but so far, nobody can touch him. i'm sure it will be a republican. host: democratic caller. let's take a look at 2016 when then senate majority leader came onto c-span's program afterwa

john thune sounds like a good candidate. i kind of watched him as well. mr. mcconnell is a really nice guy and smiled. there are some different things that he spoke at, and he is such an unlikely politician. just very nice. i remember one time somebody approached him at a restaurant and started being absolutely horrible to him and all the people in the restaurant went to defend him because he was just sitting there and taking it. a lot of people in the restaurant went over to defend the guy. from this person who decided they were going to go off on mitch mcconnell. a nice guy. good seeing you. love the dress. host: is there a politician in kentucky that you think, if he should choose not to run for reelection in 2026, who do you think will win that seat? caller: that is a tough one, but i believe it will probably be a republican. mostly, we know about our democrat candidates. but so far, nobody can touch him. i'm sure it will be a republican. host: democratic caller. let's take a look at 2016 when then senate majority leader came onto c-span's program afterwa

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, peters, stabenow. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, blackburn, booker, carper, cotton, crapo, ernst, hagerty, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, murray, ossoff, reed, ricketts, risch, rounds, rubio, sinema. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. king, no. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mrs. shaheen, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. ms. smith, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. duckworth, no. mr. padilla, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. mrs.