mrs. blackburn, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 51, the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of labor, jessica looman of minnesota for administrator of the wage and hour division. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, h.r. 5860 was the continuing resolution signed into law on september 30. it narrowly averted an extremist-led government shutdown. that act included $16 billion in disaster relief for states like florida, vermont, new york, pennsylvania, hawaii, louisiana, and other

mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. vote:: vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, no. mr. daines, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. murphy, no. ms. butler, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 36. the amendment is agreed to. # the senator from -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to -- the presiding officer: will the senate call up his amendm

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. casey, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye, ms. hirono, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. warn

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fette

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. the clerk: mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. te

mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. booker, no. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. murphy, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. oh, are the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. merkley, no. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 35. the nays are 62. and the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of s. j. resolution 42 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 229, s.j. res. 42 providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rules submitted by the food and nutrition service relat

mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. well much, -- mr. . the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr.arner, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: moran, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: ms. butler, no. mr. hawley, aye. are mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. young, aye. vote:lerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. vance is aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. lee, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this amendment the yeas are 53, the nays are 45. the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to discuss an urgent need. the confirmation of two pending united states attorney nominees. u.s. attorneys across the united states represent the department of justice they a

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. scott of north carolina, no. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are 52, nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately note nide of the senate's action. -- notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to up voke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 53, karla ann gilbride of maryland to be

mrs. shaheen, aye. senators voting in the negative. blackburnozman, braun, collins, cornyn, crapo, ernst, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, lankford, marshall, mullin, rounds, rubio, schmitt, wicker, and young. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. barrasso, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. markey, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cotton, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. paul, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the cle

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. roll

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. king, aye. vote: vote: vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. boomple, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mrs. murray, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 53, the nays are 44, and the no

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. president. now we know that popular opinion would have each and every one of us believe that the threat posed by tiktok just isn't that serious, and we know from experience that the white house dislikes challenging popular opinion. after all, we hear this is just an app that kids like to use. this is just a silly app with videos. this is an app that is putting up challenges. there's nothing wrong here. but what we do know, mr. president, is that tiktok gathers all of this information. they have insight into the virtual you. once they're on your phone, they are following where you go, what you do, gathering key strokes and building that profile. and we know this information leads the u.s. -- leaves the u.s. and we know this information makes its way to beijing. why do they think they need this information on u.s. citizens? why do they think they need to follow u.s. citizens? all of this is a reason that cfius is viewmpg tiktok. this -- is reviewing tiktok. this country can no longer afford to tak

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr.shall, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 40, and the motion is agreed to. ms. smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i understand that there is a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3168, a bill making emergency summental appropriations for assistance -- supplemental assistance for the situat

mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. brown, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the

mr. baldwin -- was ms. blackburn -- mr. booker, mr. boseman, mr. brown, mr. but, ed mr., cantwell, mr. caputo -- mr. casey. >> let me turn to my colleague, manu raju, who is up on capitol hill right now, as we are both watching this. manu raju, can you help, without help the viewers out at home, what we are looking at right now. is this? it >> this is, it jim. -- chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, they reached an agreement and -- the final vote, to keep the government open on this bill that passes the house just today, 45-day extension. they said they went to the floor, nobody objected. that means they locked in the final vote. and that's exactly what is happening right now on the senate floor, after mcconnell and schumer both spoke as we heard, now the senators are going to come, aye and nay, this will probably take an hour or so and it takes a long time for the senate to vote and it's a very old-fashioned chamber. they still vote by paper ballots, they don't do things electronically, like the house does, this -- including single votes. so this vote is -- and maybe 9:00 hour and when

mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam president. i know that we're all watching what is happening with israel and also looking at how that affects our national security. and in doing this, one of the things we've paid attention to is what is happening at our southern border. and as you look at the numbers there, it really is quite frightening to see how people from all across the globe are coming to our southern border. indeed last year, we had individuals from 176 different countries that came to our southern border. among this number, there were hundreds of gang members. there were thousands of convicted criminals. and there were individuals of interest. names of interest that our border patrol watched and indeed there were people on the terrorist watch list. last year in 2023, that is our fiscal 2023, there were 151 apprehensions of individuals on the terrorist watch list. now, this number is really quite a dramatic increase. in 2022 there were 98 individuals on the terrorist watch list that were apprehended at the southern borde

blackburn: you're watching the couply education. mr. panchanathan: absolutely. sen. blackburn: i want to talk about your trip to china, did you think it was a success? sec. raimondo: it was a productive trip. sen. blackburn: did you hold them to account? sec. raimondo: i made it be clear we don't talk about export controls. sen. blackburn: did you call them out about committing genocide on weaker muslims? sec raimondo: i did. i didn't get much of a response. sen. blackburn: have you visited taiwan? sec: raimondo: i've had no reason to visit taiwan. sen. blackburn: do you consider taiwan a country and they ship a lot of chips. sec. raimondo: the administration is clear on that. sen. blackburn: and you're not deviating from that? sec. raimondo: absolutely not. sen. blackburn: way want to bolster our leadership whether it has to do with a.i., quantum, the microelectronics we were discussing and we cannot afford to fall behind the c.c.p. we just can't. and it's going to take calling them out on this and holding them to account. in my opinion it's going to take supporting

senator blackburn: thank you for the hearing today. mr. whitaker, thank you for being with us and the time to visit by phone. madam chairman, i hope we request move soon to the f.a.a. re-authorization act and get that finished. the house passed their mark on that bill back in july. and we need to take that up so we can all move forward. mr. whitaker, let's talk a little bit about drones, which we did as we visited last week. as we noted d.o.d., interior, commerce, and treasury have all warned about the threats that our -- that are there as we look at chinese drones. because of that i introduced the stop illicit drugs act. and it would prohibit the f.a.a. from operating or providing federal funds to certain foreign drone companies. this is all to protect us and our country. i'd like to hear from you if you are confirmed what will you do to guard against this threat that we have from chinese drones. and how are you going to raise awareness on this issue. mr. whitaker: thank you, senator blackburn. thanks for taking the time last week for us

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for being here.this is pretty remarkable testimony coming from you all. listening to what you had to say. basically, we've got a broken system, you don't know how to fix it, money isn't going to solve this problem. you don't know the numbers, you don't know the law to enforce the law so what comes across is that we've got a homeland security team that doesn't believe in securing the homeland because you don't care enough to go deep enough into the issue to be able to define the problem and be able to fix it. ms. marcos, i'm going to come to you because i've written secretary becerra twice about these children that they just can't find. now, first letter he got acting assistant secretary jeff hill to send a nonresponse to my office and then i sent another letter and i haven't heard anything from him. i have asked that he come to the committee and talk to us about what has happened with of these 85,000 children, where they are and why efforts are not being made to find them and to be certain that they

blackburn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank senator tillis. welcome. we are delighted that you all are here. i represent tennessee. and in tennessee, we have looked at this issue of copyright and patent infringements for years. and it doesn't matter if it is autoparts or ever aftermarket autoparts. it doesn't matter if it is guitars or clothing or shoes, baseballs, ink pens. those are all items that have come to us, and they have been knocked off by a factory over in china. and then that brand name is grabbed, and that brand, this counterfeit merchandise is sold under that brand name. and mr. shapiro, you've mentioned how difficult it is to track. and how difficult it is to find these. and that due diligence needing to be done as you crawl the web and try to search out these items. let me come to you, mr. schruers. senator tillis was talking about the impact of the informed act. so answer that in a more fulsome way. as we look at shop safe, should we wait for the informed act? and how far are we going to get there? because you know this issue has been

blackburn: you're watching the couply education. mr. panchanathan: absolutely. sen. blackburn: i want to talk about your trip to china, did you think it was a success? sec. raimondo: it was a productive trip. sen. blackburn: did you hold them to account? sec. raimondo: i made it be clear we don't talk about export controls. sen. blackburn: did you call them out about committing genocide on weaker muslims? sec raimondo: i did. i didn't get much of a response. sen. blackburn: have you visited taiwan? sec: raimondo: i've had no reason to visit taiwan. sen. blackburn: do you consider taiwan a country and they ship a lot of chips. sec. raimondo: the administration is clear on that. sen. blackburn: and you're not deviating from that? sec. raimondo: absolutely not. sen. blackburn: way want to bolster our leadership whether it has to do with a.i., quantum, the microelectronics we were discussing and we cannot afford to fall behind the c.c.p. we just can't. and it's going to take calling them out on this and holding them to account. in my opinion it's going to take supporting

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. >> header blackburn kuester. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think senator tellis. welcome. are delighted you all are here. i represent tennessee. and in tennessee we have looked at this issue of copyright and patent infringement for years. and it does not matter if it is auto parts or aftermarket auto parts it does not matter if it is guitars or clothing or shoes. baseballs, inc. pins, those are all items that have come to us and they have been a knocked off by a factory over in china and then that brand name is grabbed and that brand disk counterfeit merchandise is sold under that brand name. mr. shapiro you mentioned how difficult it is to track. and how difficult it is to find these and that due diligence is needing to be done as you crawl the web and try to search out these items. mr. shirt let me come to you. senator tellis was talking about the impact of the inform act. so answer that in a more fulsome way. if we look at shop safe should we wait for the inform act and see how far we are going to get there? because this issue has been around for a long time. it started

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here as most of you know whether it's the commerce committee or here at judiciary committee we have been focused on what we are going to do with the nil issue and how it's going to affect student athletes like wise we have been concerned about men and women sports and what that does to student experience. trinity, congratulations on your record. i'm absolutely delight today have the opportunity to hear your perspective. governor baker, no surprise to you, i want to come to you first. one of the things pardon me that we are looking at is the patch work of state laws and how that affects is many different processes with the recruiting process dealing with nil, different approaches, different types of collectives. so as you look at this patch work knowing that it's going to impact schools differently whether it is saint joe or whoever. talk for a moment about how you are going to clean this up and what is your timeline for delivering it? your predecessor never could g

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman for being here. as you know, whether it is the commerce committee or the judiciary committee, we have been focused on what we are going to do with the and il issue and how it will affect student-athletes. we have been very concerned about men in women's sports and what that does to the student experience. trinity, congratulations to you on your outstanding record. i'm delighted that we have the opportunity to hear your perspective. governor baker, it is no surprise, i want to come to you first. one of the things, parton me, we are looking at, is the patchwork of state laws and how that affects so many different processes with the recruiting process, different approaches, different types of collectives. as you look at this patchwork, knowing it is going to impact schools differently, whether it is all miss or saint joe or whoever, talk for a moment about how you are going to clean this up, and what is your timeline for delivering it? your predecessor never could give us date, time, and place, that som

joining us now, senator marsha blackburn from tennessee my thank you on a friday. your reaction to mr. biden's speech last night. marsha:it was weak, did not have a solid path forward, how to deal with hamas, hezbollah, the houthis and all of these terrorist groups that as you have said, they are funded by iran. right now because the biden administration has not pushed on reemployment in the oil sanctions, iran is making one billion dollars a week, spending this on nuclear warheads, uranium enrichment and funding terrorism which they do being the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. if you are going to address this problem and go after the terrorist organizations, you have to cut the funding. one point you mentioned that is so very important, under donald trump, when he got us out of the first iran nuclear deal and toughened up on implementing the sanctions, iran was producing only a few hundred barrels of oil. they were not able to sell that. now they are 3 million barrels and partners in the axis of evil, russia, china, north korea. they are the ones who are the primary purch

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. president. last week the biden administration proposed a spending package that included funding meant for humanitarian relief. $3.5 billion for migration and refugee assistance in ukraine, israel, and gaza. $5.7 billion for the u.s. agency for international development. the biden administration says that our money will pay for, and i quote, lifesaving humanitarian programming in israel and areas impacted by the situation in the west bank and gaza. end quote. we have two problems to address. first, the united states government is scared to call the terrorist attack a terrorist attack. second, this is just one more embarrassing example of the biden administration's two-faced approach to the people of israel. i have spoken at length about the money pipeline between iran and hamas, but there is a similar pipeline that appears