mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i always considered good fortune when i come to deliver remarks on the senate floor and get to follow senator sullivan's alaskan of the week speeches and his discussion of his constituent elverda, that reminds me of a very, very dear person in my life, florence cairns murray, born a little bit ahead of elverda, 1916, but also served in the u.s. military, she was in the wac, and then broke essentially every glass ceiling you could break in rhode island politics and in the rhode island judiciary, becoming a very respected and row -- row nouned- renowned supreme court justice. i will join my colleague senator sullivan in wishing elverda a happy birthday and i would like to be a fly on the wall with the conversation between florence and elverda. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i will gladly pass along your birthday greetings to elverda. thank you very much. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whi

mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays are 32. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i call up my amendment 638 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from new jersey, mr. menendez, for himself and offenses proposes amendment numbered 638. mr. menendez: mr. president, ask there be unanimous consent for three minutes equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: this amendment is to reauthorize the firefighter cancer registry, which was passed unanimously by congress and signed into law in 2018. mr. president, the ?eapt is not in order. passed unanimously by congress and signed into law in 2018. the firefighter cancer registry improves our nation's ability to conduct research a

mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. itehouse: mr. president, i would like to go through some of the materials that would older be in the evening wrap-up, but nobody watching should think we are in evening wrap-up. we are still expecting a great number of votes this evening when everything gets worked out. in the meantime, may i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 86, s.es 546. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 86, s. 546, a bill to amend the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection,so ordered,. mr. whitehouse: i further ask that committee-reported amendment be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i know of no further debate on the bill as amended. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it and the bill as a

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- kelly. king, lujan, and rosen. senators voted in the negative. crapo and rounds. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. earns, no -- ms. ernst, no. the clerk: cassidy, -- mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin,

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. senators voting in the affirmative, barrasso, cornyn, crapo, grassley, lee, lujan, ricketts, romney, sinema, whitehouse. mr. tester, aye. no senator voted in the negative. mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. rounds, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. ernst, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. pad

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, cantwell markey, and rosen. senators voting in the negative this braun, budd, cornyn, hoeven, johnson, lankford, ricketts, and wicker. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. featerrerman, aye -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. reed, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. schmitt is no. mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. moran, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. smith, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. scot

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- daines, hyde-smith, paul, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, boozman, budd, casey, cotton, capito, hoeven, grassley, klobuchar, padilla, reed, ricketts, rounds, riewbto, schatz, sinema, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis. ms. hassan, no. mr. heinrich, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. mr. peters, no. mr. wicker, no. ms. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: lujan, -- mr. lujan, no. mr. brown, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. young, no. mr. markey, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mrs. feinstein, the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. king, no. the clerk:

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, cants well, -- cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, coons, cornyn, cotton, daines, ernst, hagerty, lujan, markey, ossoff, peters, reed, schatz, sullivan, tester, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, sinema. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. thune, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. -- the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk:

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative. baldwin, durbin, grassley, hickenlooper, kaine, lujan, lummis, menendez, merkley, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, scott of south carolina, sinema, tester,, whitehouse. mr. lankford voted in the negative. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. peters, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. warner, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye.

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, budd, cornyn, cruz, lankford, and rounds. senators voting in the negative, blumenthal, duckworth, fetterman, hassan, kelly, king, merkley, ossoff, reed, schatz, and whitehouse. mr. paul, aye. ms. earn -- the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. grassley, aye. ms. warren, no. 3 ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. kaine, no. mrs. shaheen, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. ms. collins, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. hoven, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, blackburn, brown, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cortez masto, cotton, cramer, cruz, daines, ernst, feinstein, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, king, lee, lujan, marshall, menendez, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, scott of florida, shaheen, smith, sullivan, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, warren, wicker, wyden and young. mr. paul voted in the negative. mr. cardin, aye. mr. braun, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. merkley, aye, mr. welch, aye, ms. asian, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. markey, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. white

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative: baldwin, brown, cantwell, cardin, cortez masto, gillibrand, markey, murray, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warren. senators voting in the negative, boozman, budd, cotton, shined, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. barasso, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. graham, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. welch, aye. the cle

mr. whitehouse? it's klobuchar? mr. putin? >> no -- >> mr. blumenthal? >> no. >> mr. i'm enough? >> no. >> mr. booker? >> no by proxy. >> mr. -- mr. wells? mr. -- >> i. >> mr. -- >> aye by proxy. >> mr. lee? >> i. >> mr. -- >> aye by proxy. >> [inaudible] >> i bet proxy. >> mrs. blackburn? mr. urban? >> no. >> [inaudible] >> the emirates is not agreed to. any further measures will come before the committee. >>, mr. airman -- mr. manley of 61 amendments that i know of. we can do it anyway would like. seniority of people can be recognized. but i do believe that every amendment deserves to be debated and voted upon. i think another comment would you like to offer a moment? >> senator cornyn. chairman, i'd like to call my amendment, oh well i'll 23707. this would expand the right to carry a firearm pro federal judges, so they can protect themselves. many of us back in texas and stacey have gone to the process of getting a concealed firearm license. because i'm concerned particularly with the increasing crime and attack of public officials and threats against public officials. they ne

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, blumenthal, casey, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, king, rosen, smith, stabenow, warnock, and welch. no senator voted in the negative. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. budd, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. tester, aye. -- mr. crapo, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. haul, aye. -- mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. car

mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to.dchendoe nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rachel bloomekatz, of ohio, to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. under president biden's leadership, the united states has shattered virtually every record in the book when it comes to uncontrolled illegal migration flows. we we've seen record -- we've seen historic numbers crossing the border. the busiest day came before the public health title that was imposed as a result of the pandemic. the busiest day came just two months ago just before that title was lifted or expired, when border patrol apprehended 10,300 migrants a day. the pace of migration exceeded anything we've ever experienced under previous presidents, and of course, law enforcement not knowing w

senator whitehouse. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. like so many of our republican friends and limits today this is not related to the bill at hand. and i would note that we are here discussing this because of the ethics mess that is taken place at the supreme court. we certainly know that i'm not of improper things have happened and have not been disclosed. i think the multiple billionaire funded private jet flights to various places are pretty self-explanatory, as an appropriate. excuses that they may to try to justify them don't pass the test of frankly what other federal judges would tolerate any court room. and until we know what the true depth is, the problem at the court, it's impossible to know what the appropriate response is. so i have not spoken out in favor of adding a number to the court but i don't think we should foreclose that in an amendment here here because we don't know yet what the whole story here is. we have a lot of investigative work to do to get to the bottom of it. we saw another important article come out ju

mr. chairman. >> senator whitehouse. >> i would like to make a few points as we wrap this up. the first is i would react to the comments that some want to pack the court. my senses the court has already been packed. it is been packed as a result ran by a handful of secretive right-wing billionaires. through a bunch of front groups. the tallys. of the information s risen from the estimate at the washington post and now $580 million spent on trying to make sure it is in room. a long effort to make this a conservative court. the question of whether or not it is appropriate for lower court judges to stand in some degree of judgment over the administrative question of whether or not there is a compliance with rules is actually the current state of the judiciary. that is the way that it works right now. objecting to that is objecting to present reality. let me start by pointing out that there are two sides to a judges job one is a judicial side and the other is administrative side which includes the ethics part of a judges job. you have a clue which role the judges playing if they a

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mr.. chairman >> thanks to you, as chairman of the court subcommittee. senator whitehouse, for holding this important hearing today. i want to thank the witnesses for their participation as well. this is the third hearing we have had this year on the topic of judicial ethics. we are serious about finding real solutions to the ethical shortcomings of the supreme court. it was february 12 to 12, 2012, when i first sent a letter to chief justice roberts calling for the court to step up and adopt an enforceable code of ethical conduct. i have been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. it is long overdue. we need to restore public confidence and trust our supreme court. it cannot be done when they operate in the dark and in secrecy. today's hearing will discuss recusal transparency. we have seen interesting movement on this issue in the supreme court, with at least one justice, justice elena kagan. she is now providing public explanations for a recusal decision. she gets it. she understands that when the american people understand her thought process, it lends credibi

whitehouse? >> thank you very much. thank, you mr. bhatt, for being here. i would offer a different view and my distinguished republican friends. i think that if congress specifically authorizes you to do something, that is good and you have a clear direction from congress. if congress fails to specifically authorize you to do something, then what's you, revert to is your innate executive authorities. and if congress wishes to could forbid you to pursue those inherent executive administrative authorities, which they've done with things like republican driven efforts, to prevent the irs from policing political start running. , so there are examples of doing that. i don't think it's correct to say that when congress considers a specific authorization and doesn't pass it, that failure is a lawful restriction on your ability to do what you need to do using your innate administrative powers. and as a states, which has a coastline, which we believe is going to intrude quite far on our current seaside and bayside boundaries, predictably in the years ahead, we're l