mr. thune, aye. . crapo, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: ms. murk the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are nays are 59. the motion is not agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: that took 17 the members' indulgence. stay here. let's get it done so people can get on their way. i ask for the yeas and nays. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: madam president, since joe biden took office inflation has exploded 17.9%. prices on everything especially groceries are sky-high and hardworking americans aren't able to keep up. the presiding officer: senator, do you wisho motion. mr. scott: i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from florida there scott moves to refer the bill h.r. 4366 to the committee on appro

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms.arren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. fir senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, budd, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, lee, mullin, ricketts, romney, rounds, schmitt, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, butler, cardin, carper, casey, coons, d, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, schumer, smith, tester, mr.■q■1 lankford, aye. mr. ■apaulay the clerk: mr. bennet, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. ms. murkowski, no. mr. jon, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. ms. stabenow, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. brown, no.0á the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. mc mr. cassidy, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. ms. ernst, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. boozman, aye

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms.arren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. un the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. a senator: thank you. in order to consider my simple and reasonable amendment,t'stal democrats blocking amendment out of the way in order to move forward with my amendment. mr. hagerty: let me caught through the procedural languagea very simple question. do you support american taxpaye illegal immigrants from countries like venezuela and haiti into america to be settled in cities and towns near you? if so, then vote against me. vote no preserve this practice of using taxpayer dollars to charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states. make no mistake here, president biden has been secretly flying hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from foreign countries into blue city airports. just last year alone in 2023 it was

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 booker blumenthal booker butler are cardin carper cortez masto, duckworth, durbin hassan heinrich kaine, kelly, king klobuchar, menendez ossoff, padilla, peters rosen, smith, van hollen warner warnock, and warren. mr. casey, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barasso, boozman, britt, cassidy, cramer cruz ernst, fischer, graham gafl hawley hoeven hyde-smith johnson, kennedy, lankford marshall risch, romney roun rubio, schmitt, tillis tuberville and young. mr. cornyn, no. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no.@/ the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no.e clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr.welch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. reed, e. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. mrs. murray, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. schumer, aye.

mr. thune: president biden came to congress thursday night to deliver the state of the union address. unfortunately it was exactly what you might expect from the president. same old, tired, tax-and-spend proposals, a far-left agenda. and a couple -- i should say a complete failure to address some of the biggest challenges facing the country. mr. president, let's step back in time for a minute to the beginning of the president's administration. three years ago this month the president signed into law a massive and partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill under the guise of covid relief. despite the fact that congress had just passed a fifth bipartisan covid economists including some left-leaning economists warned at the time that the bill ran the risk of setting off inflation. but democrats and the president proceeded anyway and every american knows what resulted -- an inflation reach the highest level in more than 40 years. an inflation crisis that three years later still -- still -- isn't over. bu

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr.esiding officer: yes, it is. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, deliver his ident biden will state of the union address. it's a natural time to look at a president's legacy. if one thing is certain, it's the biden much for the state of our union. yesterday i came down to the floor to talk about the national security crisis we're facing at our southern border. it's a crisis we've been facing almost since the day the president took office. the president marked his inauguration by taking measures that weakened on our nation's rder security, including halting construction of the border wall, rescinding the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border, deportations except under certain conditions. the effect was to declare to the world that the united states borders were effectively open. and the number of migrant encounters at our southern border ticked up accordingly. and the has n

mr. thune: mr.statements on israel in recent days from leading democrats. t leader came to the floor to deliver a speech in which he took the extraordinary step of calling for a regime change in israel. that's right. the democrat leader of the united states senate, who hasn the past fiercely decried the prospect of foreign interference in u.s. elections, decided hims unfortunately elect -- into the internal electoral process of a close u.s. ally. it was an inappropriate moment. it wasn't the only be troubling statement lately from a democrat leader. the president has also recently inserted himself into israel decision making by criticizing would be a, quote, red line for israel to go after hamas holds in rafah, in effect telling israel that hamas should be allowed to continue to hold this region. both the president and democrat leader are entitled to their personal strategic opinion and their personal opinions on israel's leadership. what they are not entitled to d election process or the strategic

mr. thune: mr. president this week we celebrate national agriculture week.it's a time to celebrate america's america's farmers and the herald working men and -- the hardworking men and women who fill supermarkets and dinner place plates. much of daily life in the united states depends on the food fuel and fiber that america's farms and ranches produce. this week in the hard work of feeding america and the world. mr. president, there are a lot of factors that garm or ranch's success. i want to talk about just one of those factors that affects a lot of farms and ranches, and trade. trade is critical to the continued success of american agriculture. one inou acres on u.s. farms is planted to be exported to a foreign market. exports are responsible for a fifth of u.s. farmhe 2023 marketing year american farmers planted nearly 70 million acres of major crops to supply international markets. mr. president, we have a problem. thanks in large part to the biden administration's almost complete inaction on trade, u.s. agriculture exports are declining. in fact last ye

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.■e ■k the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, cantwell, carper, casey, cortez masto, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, king, klobuchar,, murray, ossoff, padilla, rosen, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, ns hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, mcconnell, murkowski, rubio, scott of florida, sinema, thune, tillis, tuberville, and young. mr. sullivan, no. lankford vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no."4 the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: paul, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no.,p1■ the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. hoeven, no. ■ç the clerk:duckworth, aye. mr. merkley, aye. u ■■7■$r the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ■q the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. vote: t

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms.ch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, coons, hawley, lujan, schmitt, and wyden. -- mrs. blackburn, aye. senators voting in the negative -- cornyn, cramer,s kennedy, paul, and wicker.éÑ the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye.u vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. moran the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. thlee, no. mr. heinrich, aye. hu■?=i the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. ms. smith, aye. ■lrov. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. dur mr. fetterman, aye. mr. cassidy, no.■ the cl

the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso.st virginia, mrs. capitola. and the senator from iowa. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. ■[ >> the dean of the diplomatic court. [applause] u? >> the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] ■é ■f■+ ■i [indistinct ■í [indistinct chatter] ■x [applause] [gavel banging] cabinet. [applause] [applause] [indistinct chatter] ot■0s

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr.get on monday, and predictably it was fild with the same old tired tax-and-spending proposals. so much spending and s taxes. all told, the president's budget raises taxes by a staggering $5 trillion. you heard that right -- $5 trillion. his corporate tax hike and capital gains tax proposals would both raise rates higher than those in communist china. many small business would see a hefty tax hikeproposal. and most americans would see an income tax hike as his budget would allow current income tax rates to expire after 2025. so much for the president's commitment to not raising taxes for anyone making under $400,000 a mr. president, something president biden and democrats never seem to understand is that raising taxes has consequences. the corporate tax hike that president biden would like you to believe will be borne by ceo's and that tax hike would hit working americans hard. studies have shown that workers bear a huge percentage of the burden of corporate income taxes, and impacts ar

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 -- brown, cardin duckworth, gillibrand king lujan, markey merkley, rosen, shaheen, smith, van hollen warner whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, britt, cotton crapo, grassley hagerty, hyde-smith marshall moran, murkowski, paul romney rubio, tubervillewicker. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. fischer no. mr. daines, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. carper, aye. tillis, no.cornyn, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. thune, no. mr. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlo

peters, aye. vl the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. brown, aye. ut the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye.e clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. cardin, no. mr. lujanno. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. e. " the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mmurray, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. coons, aye. gabennett. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. coons, no. kelly, no. the clerk: mr.npkennedy, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. ú[ mr. padilla, aye. mr. carper, no.t , aye. mr. shaheen, no. -- mrs. shaheen, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock no. the clerk: mr. the clerk: ms. mr. mcconnell, aye.♪ the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. hkenloope

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, coons, cotton, duckworth, kaine, manchin, markey, menendez, reed, ricketts, shaheen, sinema, tester, warner, welch. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, grassley, kennedy, mullin, rubio, scott of florida, vance. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. cantwell, aye.n ms. cantwell. aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye.fisc. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. no. mr. johnson, no. mr. lee, no. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. ■dwarren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, nob the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. hagert

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.tors voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, durbin, hassan, king, klobuchar, menendez, murphy, padilla, peters, sinema, smith, stabenow, warnock. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cassidy, collins, cornyn, crapo, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, moran, ul, ricketts, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tillis, vance,■á ms. lummis, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, aye. ■8■■ the clerk:blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no.: mr. welch, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. schatz, aye. wy the presiding officer: ms. cortez-masto, aye. ■■l the clerk: mr. coast guard the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. san the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. m

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville.llen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren mr.elch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, cornyn, crapo, daines duckworth graham grassley hassan heinrich manchin, merkley, ossoff reed ricketts schatz sinemane and tillis. mr. tuberville voted in the negative. ms. collins, aye. when whitehouse, aye. -- mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. casey, aye.dé the clerk: mr. rubio aye. mr. smith aye mr. wyden aye, mr.clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. vance, mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. mr. lee, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. carper, aye. ms. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. schumer, aye. th marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. book

mr. riggleman: that is like john thune endorsing kari lake. it is like this crazy cat i north carolina. are voting for people who believe lord of the rings is a documentary. at some point you have to make a decision about how you will vote, whether it is for this country or for insanity. you look at mark robinson, you look at north carolina, the fact he got the votes that he did should shock anyone with an iq above moron. as the election gets closer, if joe biden were to win, i think women will come in hard on dobbs. it is people screaming and carrying the "rino" flag. . that might overcome the "maga" flag. i also believe independents and center-right the cannot stomach donald trump were kari lake. laura: denver riggleman and barrett marson, thank you you some much for your time. ♪ lul mohamud is the executive director of a nonprofit organization that supports survivors of domestic violence. the daughter of somali immigrants, her work focuses on helping those from the african immigrant and refugee community around washington, d.c. tonight, she shares her brief but spectacular take on th

mr. trump continues to oppose it? sen. thuneink that the challenge, of course, right now, with the situation deteriorating there, is to try and feel a sense of urgency about this. i'm hoping the house can execute on getting something passed, ideally the senate bill, but if not something that they could send to the senate that we could then act on. i'm hoping that there is enough of a consensus. and, a majority of republicans in the house who believe that we need to defend america's interests, we need to stand with our allies, that this does represent a national security threat for our country. america can not retreat from the world stage. american leadership is desperately needed now more than more than i think any time in recent history. and we need to make sure that ukraine has the weaponry and the resources that it needs to defeat the russians, because if we're not sending them american weapons and they succeed in ukraine and they go into a role into a nato country, then we're going to be sending american sons and daughters.

thune. >> thank you mr. chair. first i want to offer my deepest sympathy to the residents as well as express my gratitude for the first responders, ntsb investigators and other officials that arrived and remained on scene since the derailment. railroads remain one of the safest ways to transport all types of freight and including hazardous material. however, it serves as a reminder of the importance of the committee's vigilance and that agencies and railroads faithfully implement requirements set in place by congress. the strong bipartisan fast act, which was signed into law included inexpensive materials title much of it directly responsive to the tragic derailment with others like it. the title set forth new stringent requirements for the operation of the flammable trains and is scheduled for complete replacement and retrofit of all tank cars carrying the reclaimable liquids both meant to reduce the impact of future derailments. other safety requirements from the fast act were still pendingg on the regulatory age

mr. young. firm is budd crapo, grassley hagerty, johnson, lee, thune. senators voting in the negative -- carper collins, durbin hassan heinrich klobuchar, markey merkley, murkowski, murray padilla, schatz sinema stabenow and van ms. duckworth, no. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. cortez masto, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. ms. warren, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. welch, n mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the cler

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. vaen. 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 -- booker durbin gillibrand kaine, menendez peters re sanders, sinema smith, tester warnock, welch, whitehouse and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- braun, crapo, ernst, grassley hawley hyde-smith moran, romney rounds rubio, sullivan, and tillis. the clerk: mr. no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. paul no. the clerk: mr. heinrich aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. marshall no. mr. graham aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. ms. baldwin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mrs. capito, no. miss hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. hirono aye, mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no.hirono .irono .rono .ono .no .o . .. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto,

mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last week president biden visited the southern border. just his second such trip century-long political career. while i suspect his visit was motive vafted more -- motivated more by an election-year photo op than a desire to see the border crisis firsthand, the president should should be visiting the southern border. than that, the president should be taking action on the border real action the kind of action that will actually do something to help stem the crisis that we're facing. because we are facing a crisis mr. president. the number of migrant encounters at our southern border in january was the highest january number in more than 20 years. that of course followed a record breaking and staggering i would add, 301,983 encounters in the month of december. not only then record but the highest total for any month ever. in sight. the first four days of march saw 7,000-plus migrant encounters each day, putting us on track for of 200,000-plus migrant encounters at the southe

mr. thune, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. paul, no. . the clerk: mr.brown, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. coons, aye. xy mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. zéy minibus. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 78, the nays are the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolve is that the house agreed to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. h.r. 2882, entitled an act to reauthorize the morris k. udall and steward udall -- with a house amendment and senate the house concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the motion to house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. h.r. 2882, an an act to reauthor