mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, braun, britt, collins, ernst, graham, hyde-smith, is kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, rubio, schmitt, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. mullin, aye. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, booker, cantwell, carper, feinstein, hassan, lujan, menendez, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schumer, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, welch. mr. vance, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. moran, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. grassle

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. 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, a

mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, in a moment i will put forward a unanimous consent request to pass the securing the u.s. organ and transplantation network act. i want to ask unanimous consent that the finance committee team be granted floor privileges. joshua houser, alexandra chulack, maya ward. shraya gungler. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: before i make unanimous consent request on this important bipartisan, bicameral bill, i wish to talk for a moment about why it is so critical that the senate pass this urgently needed legislation. for hundreds of ths of americans waiting for a transplant, this is not an abstract issue, mr. president. we're talking about life and death. more than 100,000 people are on the waiting list to receive a transplant and on average 100 people day

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. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume legislative session. the clerk will report the motion to proceed. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 2226, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. mr. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: in a moment, i'm going to put forward a unanimous consent request to pass an important bill exercising congress' constitutional authority in approving the first modern agreement regulating trade between the united states and taiwan. the bill was cosponsored by all 48 democrats and republicans on the ways and means committee and was ultimately passed in the house of representatives by a voice vote. it was originally put forward by ways and means committee chair smith and ranking member neil as well as senator crapo and myself as chair and ranking minority member on the

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. 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. 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. crap

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. 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:c

mr. cardenas: the -- this has uncovered some of the many mistakes we have in the current system. senator wyden has been our captain on this issue. senator wyden. senator wyden: i want to note one on the committee, we consider this committee where you see the all-stars in the health care arena and chairman cardin has been continuing that. i am sitting in a seat this morning that was occupied for many years by senator rockefeller who was a great champion and would be with us all the way in terms of cleaning up these abuses and i also want to thank our republican colleagues senator grassley and senator young. this has been in the best tradition with all these all-stars to work in a bipartisan way and i appreciate it. i'm going to be very brief because of the terrific panelists to just start by updating members and the public about our work and particularly moving forward with the health resources to implement thering began procurement network. we are pleased by bipartisan that the bill has gotten and it's been good to see that they are not opposing the legislation. i can report to my colleagues a

senate finance committee chair ron wyden telling propublica this, quote, these new details only raise more questions about mr could begin to explain why he's been stonewalling the finance committee's investigation for months. now, it customs as the senate judiciary committee which has also sought to compelling information from harlan crow plans to consider legislation this week to establish a new code of ethics for supreme court justices. let's bring in the aforementioned propublica reporter paul kiehl. he broke this new story, this you new reporting about harlan crow and his tax practices. joyce vance is back with us. you have to take us through more of this reporting because it's just fascinating, paul. and behind every sort of tantrum, whether it's alito or crow or refusal to cooperate appears to be a new scoop by propublica. so take me through what you've uncovered. >> right. so what we were able to show with the tax data that we have in addition to other records is that going back to when the crows bought their mega yacht, the michaela rose, it's 162 feet, it's a number of bedrooms, massive dining room.

mr. chairman. >> senator grassley thank you for your statement and more importantly thank you for your leadership in response to senator wyden topic underscores the point that you made the cost of inaction in the urgent need to reform the u.s. transplante system we have an excellent panel that have experienced firsthand from the challenges in transportation system. were pleased to have our witnesses here today toed help s in your entire statements will be made part of our record and you'll be permitted to proceed as you wish. i'm going to introduce the five of you in the order in which you cewill be speaking and i will start from barn bardstown kentucky premedical graduate from the university of louisville previous kidney transplant recipient and current transplant candidate, she received all good excellence in kidney disease education award from the national kidney foundation awarded to those with the care and outcome of those affected as well as communicating risk factors and d plummeting outreach efforts the first publication appeared and theea stat news highlighting the failures of the u.s. organ donation system and blac