mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. mr. casey, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, ay

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 clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mismurray, aye. -- mrs. murray, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. warner, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. coons, eye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. carper, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. barasso, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. murkowski, yiep. -- aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. nays are 44. the m

mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we vitiate the quorum call so we can move to the funding of the israel funding bill from the house. the presiding officer: the senate is not order. objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitter -- be vitiated. the presiding officer: is the

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. d.c. duckworth, aye. -- ms. duckworth, aye. mr. thune, no.. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 52. the nays are 46. and the motion to invoke cloture is passed. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. on october 7, hamas brutally assaulted israel killing over 1,000 people, israelis, and taking 240 hostages. on october 22, i was in israel with ten senators, five democrats, five rep

mrs. blackburn: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam president. on november 10, the 160th special operation aviation regiment lost five soldiers when their helicopter crashed over the mediterranean sea. their names are chief warrant oimp 3, stephen r. dwierp of clarksville, tennessee. chief warrant officer 2, shang m. barnes of sacramento, california, staff sergeant tanner w. grone of gorham, new hampshire, sergeant andrew p. suggestford of apache junction, arizona, and sergeant k. m. wolfe of mankato, minnesota. in honor of the brave niefort stalkers, i want to recite a few portions of the night stalker creed for the record. and i'm quoting. service in the 160th is a calling only a few will answer for the mission is constantly demanding and hard. and when the impossible has been accomplished, the only reward is another mission that no one else will try. i served with the memory and pride of those who have gone before me for they loved to fight, fought to win, and would rather die than quit. end quote. i ask u

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. 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. 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. 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. tester. mr. thune. mr.

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 44, the nays are 51. the motion is not dpread to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i enter a motion to reconsider. the presiding officer: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to the consideration of executive calendar 379, micah w. smith to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, micah w. smith of hawaii to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii. mr. schumer: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk:

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. 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. 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. 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. tester. mr. thune. mr.

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. ms. ernst, no. ms. lummis, no o -- no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. rounds, no o -- no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. daines, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44, and the motion is a

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr.carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this matter the yeas are 49 the nays are 46. nomination is confirmed. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the president will be notified of the senate's actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mr. schumer: thank you. in a few minutes we're going to proceed on the nomination of an outstanding public servant, margaret garn net who i was proud to recommend to president biden. she is a proud resident of brooklyn, a brilliant legal thinker and someone whose life story has been defined by public service. she's had more than a decade of experience prosecuting cases ranging from murder to robbery to financial fraud and more as part of the u.s. at

mrs. blackburn: i ask that we dispense. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. lackburn: thank you, madam president. last week the senate judiciary committee considered of president biden's recent judicial appointments. i would have thought that they would have figured out by now that they hit rock bottom a few months ago with some of these nominees that are not out of the mainstream, but they really are far left. here's some examples. nancy abudu, she endorsed political violence against conservatives. todd -- todd e. edelman used his authority to release a known criminal who then went on to participate in the murder of a child. marian f. gaston opposed residents restrictions for convicted child sex owe fenders. -- offenders. and d'andrea bench released violent criminals on bond only to watch them offend again. not to be outdone, the white house continued this trend with seth aframe's nomination to the first circuit. the white house doesn't have a great track record when it comes to putting a nominee forward for this seat. back in february, i came to the floor to

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. hickenlooper, aye. mr. young, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. -- ms. smith, aye. , mr. hagerty, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the cle

blackburn: so they were aware? mr. bejar: correct. sen. blackburn: they knew that harms were taking place? mr. bejar: correct. sen. blackburn: they had the research that pointed this out? their own research? mr. bejar: correct. sen. blackburn: and they made a conscious decision to do nothing about it? mr. bejar: correct. sen. blackburn: did they ever talk about profits as opposed to enacting these protections? mr. bejar: not in my presence. sen. blackburn: not in your presence. ok. so other than mark zuckerberg, who would have claimed responsibility for dealing with youth safety and youth harms? anyone? mr. bejar: adam seri, for instagram. sen. blackburn: thank you for that. >> senator wells. sen. welch: i want to start by acknowledging my colleagues on this committee for the work you have been doing on a bipartisan basis. senator blackburn and i began working together when we were both in the house together. i have not been with you in this effort, but i was with senator blackburn, and i cannot elaborate on the opening statements. senator

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 42, 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 actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding offic

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr.hall, no. mr. budd, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, no.

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, no.r. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer is no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. a boat that was supposed to happen today was moved to tomorrow but in lieu of keeping a schedule i decided stay with today's 8 a.m. commitment to all of you and to the american people. here's where we are. we are due to go for round three of expulsion of congressman george santos from ny three. i think we can all look back and say this is not at least i .biz you go. most people any meaty would think this, this you would go. and it's just an unfortunate co. 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the

mr. wicker: on behalf of senator blackburn, i call up her motion to instruct the conferees. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the senator from -- the clerk: the -- mr. wicker: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: is there any further debate on this item? if not, the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. wicker: the senator from -- i call up his motion to instruct the conferees. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from mississippi moves that the managers on the part of the senate -- mr. wicker: i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. a senator: i call up my motion to instruct the conferees. the presiding officer: the s

mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. budd, aye. clerk: mr. hoeve. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. brown, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. is vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. house democrats came in to this week with three principal objectives with respe

mrs. blackburn. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor picked up next to sarah russell nominated u.s. district court for the district of connecticut. does anyone seek recognition? senator lee? >> mr. chairman i have got some concerns with this nominee. made some statements that i think are incompatible with someone wanting to serve as a life tenured article three federal judge. during the height of covid, one of my many concerns relates to a letter that she signed on to. a letter that reflects a certain betrayal in term reflecting a lack of judicial temperament. the letter that she signed onto his captioned, urgent action needed to protect individuals and connecticut's prisons and jails from coronavirus 19. we call that on the governor on the state of connecticut and all connecticut jurisdictions to number one immediately released to the maximum extent possible, this is a quote, people incarcerated pretrial and postconviction. also said that even postconviction the governor should release as many people incarcerated postconviction as possible including but not limited to

it is more complicated than but i know we are going to try to do something so thank you mr. >> senator blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for your testimony and your frankness. i know that we appreciate it, and my state of tennessee we have attorneys hear from our attorney general's office today. they are pushing to also get something done about the overreach of facebook and we are grateful that so many states have stepped up to hold facebook and meta to task so we appreciate this. i want to return this to december 21 and chairman blumenthal mentioned this. he and i asked the senate commerce consumer protection subcommittee that we lead and you were consulting for instagram at that time correct? >> december 21. >> i had left at that point. >> and a few months earlier you sent two e-mails that talked about the harm on the platform, correct? >> correct. >> i'm going to quote some things from his testimony. he said and i quote we care deeply about the teams on instagram which is in part why we research complex issues like bullying and a social comparison and make changes. do you a

. >> but i'm pleased to reassure mr blackburn we debated it. and the answer was no, they're not.ve ringo and i love to say, i love ringo and i love paul to say, i love ringo and i love paul. and i'm so glad they're still making still with us. yes, still making great music. yes. >> remember, they >> i agree. and remember, they brought berlin wall brought down the berlin wall once youngsters of russia once the youngsters of russia suddenly started receiving smuggled in music from the west. the only thing they wanted to listen to was the beatles . and listen to was the beatles. and the more they listened to it, the more they listened to it, the more they realised the west is a better place than the east. bnng is a better place than the east. bring down the wall. you bring down the wall. there you go. well, power >> okay, well, let's power through can, folks. through these if we can, folks. now, hero the now, stephanie, your hero of the day. now, stephanie, your hero of the day it's the hollywood actors >> it's the hollywood actors that by their guns and that stood by their guns and

. >> but i'm pleased to reassure mr blackburn we debated it. and the answer was no, they're not.ve ringo and i love to say, i love ringo and i love paul to say, i love ringo and i love paul. and i'm so glad they're still making still with us. yes, still making great music. yes. >> remember, they >> i agree. and remember, they brought berlin wall brought down the berlin wall once youngsters of russia once the youngsters of russia suddenly started receiving smuggled in music from the west. the only thing they wanted to listen to was the beatles . and listen to was the beatles. and the more they listened to it, the more they listened to it, the more they realised the west is a better place than the east. bnng is a better place than the east. bring down the wall. you bring down the wall. there you go. well, power >> okay, well, let's power through can, folks. through these if we can, folks. now, hero the now, stephanie, your hero of the day. now, stephanie, your hero of the day it's the hollywood actors >> it's the hollywood actors that by their guns and that stood by their guns and

blackburn: thank you. mr. cook? and welcome. glad to see my fellow tennessean here today. mr. : pleased to be here. thank you for having me. sen. blackburn: i would like your response on the intervention and the mental health component of mass shootings and suicides. mr. cook: if i could also touch on the school issue you raised, because part of the project save neighborhoods program we had, and it was so successful in knoxville include in interfacing with, as he may know, we had school resource officers. that was attacked nationally as part of the defund the police. incredibly important program as part of our comprehensive approach to reduce violent gun crime, because those individuals brought a positive influence into the schools. they made a good impression on the children of all ages, mostly high schoolers in connection with our program. and proved to be a critical component in educating them on the need to avoid gun violence and the resources that are available to them in the community to avoid getting drawn into gang violence. sen. blackburn: i appreciate that. my time ha

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: 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

mr. chairman. i seek recognition. sen. durbin: senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: i think we all know what this is about. you all have been after justice thomas. we are fully aware of this. and i think that the whole charade is truly disgusting. now if we go back to the -- i'm one of those, i'd like to know who the leaker is i'd like to know why they did it. but since that leak, our supreme court justices, especially thomas, alito, gorsuch, kavanaugh, barrett, they have been subjected to threats on their lives. their families have been subjected to threats on their lives. and yet this is what you and senator whitehouse are choosing to focus on is a discredited of the court. and we know what this is about. we should be talking about protection. for the court. i think that it appears that what you're doing is, you're going after them because right now you don't agree with some of the decisions that are coming out of the court. so instead of letting them exercise and fulfill their jobs, what they're required to do, what are you doing? you're going after a w

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. >> athank you. i appreciate that, mr. chairman. i appreciate you so much that you all are here today and to work with this. we talked a little bit about the program. they are at vanderbilt he had and their research work that is being done there. i had a question, if we were working on the hearing, the office is embedded within the va help system. so, that means that the funds for research are available only to va employees. is that correct? >> yes, ma'am, that is correct. >> we know that the va in nashville is on the campus of vanderbilt university. the va is right across from the hospital there which is a research hospital which has done some pretty amazing work. so, why would we not allow those funds to be used with some of the researchers that are really right across the street they are at vanderbilt and expand the opportunity for getting to an answer and how that is going to be treated. >> thank you forta the question. it is about why are we an intramural funding organization instead of spending funding intramural he. so, there

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator blackburn at this point, to make sure that ms.marcos and somebody else on the panel as an opportunity to answer in complete sentences, questions about the 85000 mention the new york times with some month like to take that on for 60 seconds. >> thank you senator for the opportunity to have thoughts on that. there are a number of ways that we engage with the children once have been released from healthcare. one way is a safety and well-being called, that is made 30 - 37 days after they been released. and there's no obligation fore child or sponsor to answer this call. there are number of reasons why they might not want to answer a call from the government. we also have a number of other touch points and some of them wider than others, we have the national call center, is a call center that is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week that takes the calls from children from sponsors and from anybody in the community, that has a concern or question about an unaccompanied child. that call centers available as i mentioned, we are provi

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the governor, welcome. we appreciate that you're here.rst -- >> it's a busy time but every day is a busy time. looking back through your experiences and your career, what do you think is the most relevant piece of experience you have that you will transfer into leading the ssa? >> i believe the most relevant piece is my ability to apply principles of performance management in ways that improve customer service and also build up employee morale so it's really about my experience as a manager and in particular performance management applied to large organizations. >> i appreciate that. talk to me a little bit. you've got 60,000 employees over there. the agency obviously needs to go through some reform and rightsizing making certain you have the right people in the right places basically. we need to make certain that seniors who have a question can get to somebody to talk to. so, how are you going to handle those personnel issues and then following on to what the senator said with it and the management of their, the cybersecurity, the data s