mr. tuberville: i object. mr.aine: with respect to calendar item number 95, the following group of individuals nominated to be brigadier general, colonel david r. everly, colonel kelvin galman, colonel aldolfo garcia jr., colonel matthew t. goode, colonel trevor hall, colonel richard d. joyce, colonel omar j. randall, colonel robert s. whiler. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. kaine: mr. president, i ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to calendar i'm 96 lower half for the following two individuals, captain walter d. bradford, robert j. hawkins. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. kaine: mr. president, i ask that it be in order to make the same request with r

mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. ernst: mr. president, our next nominee as well is hoping to be confirmed this evening again by an individual vote on the floor of the united states senate, just as my colleague has asked, has demanded, my colleagues and i this evening are attempting to satisfy that demand for single votes on the floor of the united states senate. we are providing that avenue of opportunity this evening and hoping that we will see the confirmation of some of america's finest fighting men and women who had absolutely nothing to do with the policy that has been proposed by secretary lloyd austin. so in front of yous we have major general crarls d. kastanza, member of the united states army, being nominated as lieutenant general and commanding general of fifth corps. over major general kastanza32-year career, again another 30-plus years of experience, decorations during war, he has served as the commanding general of the third infantry di

mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. romney: mr. president, i rise out of great concern for our military, for its readiness at a time of great peril. but also out of concern for the men and women who are being held up and whose careers and prospects and families and plans are being interrupted by virtue of the decision by in this case two people. one, secretary austin and the other is senator tuberville to take intractable positions. and it's simply a, in my opinion, an abuse of the powers we have as senators to say if there's something we vehemently disagree with that we're going to use that power to hold up the promotion of over 350 men and women in our military. we each have things we might disagree with with the military, and some would come with deep personal convictions about their morality. but if each senator felt empowered to hold up all promotions in our military unless

mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. romney: mr. president, i rise out of great concern for our military, for its readiness at a time of great peril. but also out of concern for the men and women who are being held up and whose careers and prospects and families and plans are being interrupted by virtue of the decision by in this case two people. one, secretary austin and the other is senator tuberville to take intractable positions. and it's simply a, in my opinion, an abuse of the powers we have as senators to say if there's something we vehemently disagree with that we're going to use that power to hold up the promotion of over 350 men and women in our military. we each have things we might disagree with with the military, and some would come with deep personal convictions about their morality. but if each senator felt empowered to hold up all promotions in our military unless

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 -- blumenthal, cornyn, cortez-masto, cruz, daines, durbin, kennedy, lujan, mullin, reed, rosen, stabenow, tester, thune, vance, welch. no senator voted in the negative. mrs. capito, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. murkowski aye mr. padilla, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. there grassley, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. markey, aye. ms. warren, aye. the c

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 -- bozeman, brit, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, ernst, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, king, moran, rounds, rubio, tester, vance, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, booker, brown, cardin, casey, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, kelly, lummis, peters, rosen, shaheen, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. butler, no. mr. young, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. bainchg ford yie- the clerk: mr. la

mr. tuberville, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 91, the nays are zero and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will record the nominations. the clerk: nomination, lieutenant general christopher j. mahoney for appointment of assistant commandant of the marine corps and to be general. mr. reed: madam president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. reed: i know of no debate on the nominees. -- nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. opposed -- is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk wil

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 -- cantwell, casey, hassan, kelli, lujan, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz. schumer, tester, warren, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, cassidy, cornyn, crapo, daines, johnson, moran. ms. butler, aye. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tuberville, though. -- mr. tuberville, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. cotton, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. collins, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. mr.

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 -- cantwell, heinrich, murray, rosen, smith, and welch. senators voting in the negative -- capito, cassidy, crapo, daines, kennedy, ricketts, risch, rubio, schmitt, tuberville, and vance. mr. kelly, aye. ms. lummis, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no.

mr. tuberville, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. thune, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. romney, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: mr. -- the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. braun, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. 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

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 -- blumenthal, booker, brown, cardin, coons, cortez-masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, graham, heinrich, hirono, kelly, king, lujan, manchin, menendez, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, sanders, schatz, schumer, van hollen, warner, warren and welch. ms. smith, aye. in the negative, barrasso, blackburn, britt, budd, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, daines, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lummis, marshall, moreain, mullin -- moran, mullin, murkowski, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, vance, wicker and young. mr. cassidy, no. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: m

mr. tuberville, no. mr. hawley, no.

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: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- can't well, hassan, kelly, lujan, rosen and warren. senators voting in the negative -- fischer, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, mullin, rubio, and tillis. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye.

mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. leigh, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the cler

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.hitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, collins, cramer, crapo, cruz, marshall, paul, tuberville, vance, young. senators voting in the negative -- brown, butler, casey, fetterman, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, merkley, ossoff, peters, rosen, tester, van hollen, warner, warren. mr. romney, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. ms. stabenow, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. carper, no. mr. bennet, no. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. manchin, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. lujan, no. mr. king, no. mr. wicke

mr. tuberville's constituents in alabama, my constituents in indiana and americans all across the country, all across the world, their safety and security is endangered amidst this perilous time. so, that's unique, but what's also unique is the number of holds. my friend, and he is my friend. he is a genuine friend. i've got a lot of respect for this man, senator tuberville to my right, but the number of holds is certainly extraordinary. i think he would concede that because he's also a smart colleague. the length of the holds is extraordinary as well, but the tactics here. this is something that senator sullivan, who showed great leadership on this issue, senator ernst, myself and many other colleagues have questioned. i am fervently, i am passionately, i am unapologetically pro-life in conviction and in deed. my reputation is untarnished and it's unambiguous in that regard. so i have every interest in seeing that we assume a smart tactic, a smart game plan, if you will, and to hold responsible, effectively 300 nominated patriots who ought to be pinning on a star or another star right no

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.use. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, ossoff, reed, schatz, shaheen, tester welch. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, cotton, johnson, kennedy, mullin, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tuberville, wicker. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cantwell, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. young, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. schumer, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tillis, no. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: brown, aye. ms. murkowski,

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.ehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, brown, cortez masto, heinrich, hickenlooper, rounds, schatz, warnock, and whitehouse. mr. crapo, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, hagerty, mullin, and sanders and wicker. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. fetterman, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. boozman, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. wyden, aye. the cle

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. firmsenators voting in the affirmative, collins, lujan, peters, sinema and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, britt, budd, cotton, crapo, fischer, grassley, lankford, marshall, moran, romney, sullivan, tuberville, wicker. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. m

mr. tuberville says there's no risk to the military. >> there absolutely is risk to the military. and that's maybe because he hasn't served in uniform. >> reporter: tuberville is blocking action on 376 nominees, protesting a biden administration policy allowing service members paid time off to travel out of state for abortion services. >> why will you punish them for something they've got nothing to do with it? >> reporter: wednesday night, a dam burst among his fellow republicans as tuberville stood and objected to 61 straight nominees. >> i object. i object. with that, madam president, i object. >> reporter: they claim foreign adversaries could take advantage of the dysfunction. >> xi jinping is watching, so is putin. they're loving it. how dumb can we be, man? >> are you at risk of weakening the military? >> no. as i've told you, if i thought there was any problem with readiness we wouldn't be doing that. >> reporter: the deputy secretary of defense disagreed. >> the hold is unnecessary, unprecedented, and unsafe. and it's bad for our military. >> reporter: tuberville is being a

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.hitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators votingin the affirmative. cantwell, lujan, and schatz. sneg schenck barrasso, braun, britt, crapo, m{l1}c{l0}connell, and young. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. moran, no. ms. warren, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. sinema, aye. f. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. vance, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. hickenloop

mr. tuberville's stance.hat i was thinking is would it be best if he looked at it in a football light. does he really want to send his football team out as coordinator or offense of coordinator. defensive captain or quarterback? this is what he's asking our military to do is to function at not quite the full pace of what we can be. in that respect if we were to work a little bit on the left and right side of what we want to achieve america would be at strongest. will we sink and rise like a runner on the left and right sides or in conjunction with each other. i think that's the route we can be on. and look at it to where we are, who we are. the united states. we can help a world of people like that. host: bringing football language to the former coach, tommy tuberville served as the former football coach at auburn university before entering politics. >> good morning and thank you for taking my call. i have a couple of things i want to mention. i have a nephew who is in the military who just got promoted to se

mr. graham: thank you for your leadership. senator tuberville, i hope to get this behind us if possible. my contribution to the debate is as follows, the bedrock of our democracy is that the military will be subordinate to civilian control. that has served our nation well, that no matter who is in uniform, the answer -- they answer to civilian authorities and they're subordinate to the will of the civilian leadership, elected and appointed. that has really helped our country be who we are today. one of the things that i can't understand is if you require our military to be subordinate to the people above them and to -- in the civilian world, why would you punish them for something they've got nothing to do with? all of these people, and if we need to call all 376, i'll be glad to do it, i'll get some rest this weekend and come back next week, i'm going to start with two, all i'm asking is to allow major general laura enderman to get pro-- laura lenderman to get promoted. major general lenderman is a two-star general of she got promoted to three-

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, duckworth, gillibrand, heinrich, lujan, menendez, sinema, tester, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, budd, cassidy, cotton, graham, hyde-smith, paul, romney, vance. mr. moran, no. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye w mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no.

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, cardin, cassidy -- worth, gillibrand, graham, hassan, heinrich, manchin, markey, marshall, murray, reed, rounds, sinema, stabenow, tester, whitehouse, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cotton, cramer, crapo, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, paul, ricketts, rubio, vance. vote: the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. tuberville of -- i get it. they do not love the tactic he has chosen. it is not the one i chose. it is not what they chose. but it is what he has chosen. if they are going to passive aggressively tell him he has to find another solution, they had better direct him toward one. host: that was early thursday morning on the senate floor. you can see more of that debate that was amongst republicans on our website and app. let's hear from a viewer in maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for picking up my call. i am giving the democrats a d. at least one trump was in office, he tried to secure the border. now the border is wide open. this government should be ashamed of itself. [indiscernible] it does not make no sense to me. host: president biden and the mexican president set to meet on the sidelines today in san francisco to talk about various aspects of policy when it comes to the u.s. and mexico. migration one of those things. look for news coming out of that meeting while the president is traveling. next also in maryland, independent line. caller: i give the republicans in con

mr. tuberville. fifth fleet commander, the fleet that's in the gulf region.r. the deputy central command commander. the defense atache to israel. expeditionary wing, chief of staff at u.s. central command, and good one, deputy director of strategy plans and policy for u.s. central command. helps write operational plans and executes policy decisions at that level and there's more than that. i mean

mr. tuberville. fifth fleet commander, the fleet that's in the gulf region. the deputy fifth fleet commander. the deputy central command commander. the defense atache to israel. expeditionary wing, chief of staff at u.s. central command, and good one, deputy director of strategy plans and policy for u.s. central command. helps write operational plans and executes policy decisions at that level and there's more than that. i mean -- it's beyond ridiculous that this one senator is having this kind of an impact on our operational readiness and if you don't think it isn't, i would urge him or anybody else who doubts this, go on down to tampa, florida and talk to the folks in central command about the priorities and what they are trying to do on behalf of our administration's policy in the middle east, especially right now with everything going on. it's having an impact and as karine rightly said, an impact on family members, can't get schools for the kids, can't buy or rent houses, don't know where they are going to be living next. absolutely ridiculous. >> the vi

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 -- cassidy, cotton, cramer, crapo, ernst, lummis, ricketts and rubio. senators voting in the negative -- cardin, casey, gillibrand, heinrich, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, merkley, rosen, sanders, shaheen, smith, van hollen, warren, and wyden. mr. peters, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. carper, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. stabenow, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. young,

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 -- blackburn, braun, cotton. cramer, fisher, hagerty, lummis, paul, ricketts, schmitt, thune, tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- brown, butler, cantwell, carper, collins, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, graham, hassan, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, kaine, king, klobuchar, manchin, merkley, murkowski, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, romney, shaheen, smith, van hollen, whitehouse, wicker. mr. grassley, aye. mr. cardin, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. rozen, -- ms. rosen, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. peters, no. th

mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. cloich senators voting in the affirmative -- blumenthal, butler, cardin, duckworth, hirono, manchin, menendez, murphy, peters, reed, tester. senators voting in the negative -- hawley, kennedy, lankford, tuberville, wicker. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. fischer, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cornyn, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr.

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 -- cantwell, cardin, gillibrand, markey, murray, padilla, ossoff, reed, schatz, schumer, van hollen, warner, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, brit, capito, cornyn, cotton, cruz, grassley, hawley, johnson, lee, marshall, paul, ricketts, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. moran, no. ms. collins, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. risch, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

mr. tuberville of -- i get it. they do not love the tactic he has chosen. it is not the one i chose.t is not what they chose. but it is what he has chosen. if they are going to passive aggressively tell him he has to find another solution, they had better direct him toward one. host: that was early thursday morning on the senate floor. you can see more of that debate that was amongst republicans on our website and app. let's hear from a viewer in maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for picking up my call. i am giving the democrats a d. at least one trump was in office, he tried to secure the border. now the border is wide open. this government should be ashamed of itself. [indiscernible] it does not make no sense to me. host: president biden and the mexican president set to meet on the sidelines today in san francisco to talk about various aspects of policy when it comes to the u.s. and mexico. migration one of those things. look for news coming out of that meeting while the president is traveling. next also in maryland, independent line. caller: i give the republicans in congr

mr. president, two ways that regardless of senator tuberville's holds, whether he ever budges an inch, we can take care of this. approach one could happen tonight. i guess it's technically morning, it's 12:56 or so a.m. we'll say this morning. right now, president biden, if you're watching tv, pay attention, i'm going to give you a real easy recipe to follow. you can do this even at 1:00 a.m. president biden, if you're not awake, you should be watching this, because this is compelling television. if your a -- if you're staffing president biden, wake him up. he will really enjoy this. i think he will enjoy it a lot. much easier to do than riding a bike, and you're not going to fall over doing it. all you have to do is suspend your godless, lawless abortion travel policy. just suspend it right now. if this is affecting military readiness, so be it. end it. end it tonight. you've got a duty to do that. lloyd austin, you can do it too. suspend your abortion travel policy. now, look, i know you guys feel really passionately about abortion. i know that for whatever reason you've lost your freer

on senator tuberville -- mr. president, yesterday, the senate rules committee reported out our resolution to quickly confirm the military nominations being blocked by senator tuberville. i was proud to join the rules committee to vote in favor of this resolution. now that the rules committee has acted, i will bring this resolution to the floor soon so we can swiftly confirm the hundreds of military nominations being held by senator tuberville. you know, madam president, there's been a lot of negativity and dysfunction in the senate these days, but senator tuberville has single-handedly brought the senate to a new low. he should be ashamed of himself. patience is wearing thinner and thinner with senator tuberville, on both sides of the aisle. what senator tuberville is doing is an anomaly in the history of this chamber. of course every single one of us, not just senator tuberville, has issues we feel passionately about, we're certain we are right, as he is in his anti-abortion stand. every one of us could go and bl

mr. trump posted derogatory comments about his clerk. court officials said the comments sparked hundreds of threats. senator tommy tubervilleg he's ready to end his blockade of hundreds of high-level military nominations. the alabama republican has been holding up promotions for nearly a year. he's trying to force an end to paying for u.s. troops to travel for abortions. today though, at the u.s. capitol, he said he'd like to get some of the promotions moving in the next week or so. >> we've had real good discussions about this, about the proper way to do this because we do want to stand up for life and the taxpayers not having to pay for anything having to do with abortion, and get these people that need to be promoted, promoted. geoff: tuberville did not say how many promotions he's willing to let through. he spoke as democrats, and a number of republicans, are working on a way to get around the promotion freeze. social media giant meta says it has eliminated a network of fake facebook accounts designed to increase political divisions in the u.s. in all, close to 4800 accounts were re-posting polarizing messages from x, t

tuberville. that extends the cease-fire. that stops israel's momentum to annihilate them and win this war convincingly. who, who is mr.iden listening too? >> he is listening to both sides. they want a truce. joe biden wants a truce. he does not want to continue to do what israelis are doing. they're trying to get their people back. they're also trying to get our people back by the way. joe biden's not helping. it is just, it is just a matter of consequences of what joe biden really wants to do here. he is afraid it will cost him some power, cost him an election. joe biden needs to make the decision which side he is on. we all wonder what is going on in our country whose side he is on but he needs to make a decision which side he is on with palestine or the israelis. larry: you know i think he would be better served if he just took himself out of the presidential race and therefore was able to be a commander-in-chief and help our great ally israel unequivocally. quit playing politics. step out out of the race. >> i agree with you. the money we're spending in this country just on the border, $500 billion, larry. preside

mr. president. >> the senator from alabama. >> i object. >> objection is heard. >> can you believe senator tommy tuberville? what's with him?john fetterman you saw there holding back laughter while it was really despair at that point. last week while presiding over republican senator tommy tuberville's repeated objections to promotions of military appointees. senator tuberville has waged an predented campaign in an attempt, a lone attempt, to chan t pentagon's abortion policy, which gives tve expenses and time off to members who need abortion service and health care, like if they have pregnaie in trouble and they th dnc or something. kind of makes you not want to join the military if you're a woman. tuberville's latest objections came after last week's election, where supporters of abortion rights saw significant wins, including in conservative ohio and kentucky. here to discuss this, huma abedin and vice chair of the forbes women maggie mcgrath. good to have you with us. what do you make of senator tuberville digging in his heels. there are hundreds of people waiting in the wings here even after last week's elections where