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. m

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. schumer: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: mr. president, thank you. for the 62nd year in a row the senate is passing our national defense authorization act, one of the most important bills we work on each year to protect the american people, ensure our long-term security. at a time of huge trouble for global security, pafth defense authorization bill is more important than ever. it will ensure america can hold the line against russia, stand firm against the chinese communist party -- mr. president, may we have order, please. the presiding officer: senators will take their conversations off

mrs. blackburn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. you, madam president. in tennessee, our hearts are absolutely breaking for the families and the communities that have been impacted by the storms that have raised across our state this weekend. and we are mourning the loss of six tennesseans, two children in that number, dozens of individuals that have been injured and hospitalized, and the storm left thousands without power. it has destroyed homes and businesses. and i want to express my thanks to the first responders, the emergency management officials, the volunteers who immediately jumped into action to support these families and to help those that have lost their businesses, their homes, their -- and the families of those who lost their lives. you have made such a difference, each and every one of these volunteers and officials have made such a difference in what is going to be a very long road to recovery. my team has been in touch with the white house, with the governor's office and local elected officials, and we're working to

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. daines, no. mrs. fischer, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. romney, aye. the cl

mrs. blackburn: thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be on the floor this afternoon with my colleague from kansas. it is two months ago tomorrow that hamas carried out these horrific attacks in israel. now, bear in mind that the jewish state -- and this is the world's only jewish state; it is in a fight for their very survival because hamas has decided that they're going to continue this. they said october 7 was basically the beginning, and they continued to do this over and over and over. now, this is why we have said, let's deal with the aid to israel and do it separately from ukraine and from taiwan, and let's also talk about our border. so there is a reason for what we are doing. now, i know that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not want to have a pay-for. house republicans have chosen to have a pay-for. and yes, indeed, this chamber needs to be working with the house to find a resolution to this issue. and i appreciate that my colleague from washington brought up the fact that we need

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. menendez, no. mr. grassley, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. young, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. kaine, no. r the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. schmitt, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. padilla, no. mr. coons, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 13, the nays are 84. the motion is not adopted. the senator from r

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. the clerk: 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.

mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mini vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. president -- the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 59, the nays are 40, the amendment -- the motion is agreed to. the senator from montana. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i can speak up to 15 minutes. tougher tougher i ask -- the presiding officer: without objection. tougher tougher i ask that privileges be granted to joe farnish for the remainder of 2023. the presiding officer: without objection. tougher tougher thank you -- mr. tester: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this is supposed to be the greatest deliberative body on the face of the earth and exemplifies what the greatest nation in the world should exemplify and lead in that vain. -- in that ve

mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. zanes, no. -- mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. paul, no. vote:

blackburn abuse book on these nominees? >> i've not had the opportunity to speak i would like very much to speak. >> mr. airman i would urge you to let center blackburn speak. >> and recording as well he is not had chance to speak regrets that iss correct. point of order it mr. chairman you cannot limit debates without invoking rule for you have not done that. >> we have debated. >> we have debate on prior occasions we do not have ade com that boat did not count. we've got people who are here now who were not here then who would like to speak regrets we speak on the other nominees? or is your plan to end all debate today is your plan to end all debate you have an answer going to rely on someone whispering in her ear? what is your plan? >> we are in a roll call provokes no we are not. listen here's the deal. we worked seven weeks to try a solution to solve the problems you boycotted the committee. >> mr. chairman i don't of the e alternative but to deny the quorum. >> mr. cotton. >> is something we should seriously pay. >> the chairman is to rethink his decision to let them speak is what mr. cotton says y

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

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, grassley, kaine, manchin, murphy, murray sanders, schatz, shaheen, sinema, stabenow, warnock, whitehouse, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, lankford, mullin, wicker. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: wmr. rounds, aye. -- mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote:

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ranking member sen. blackburn. i would like to continue with mr. perez, in the discussion about the national center and exploited children. as well as the national crime information center. according to data from the website, in 2022, there were 359,000 entries into the nci database for missing children. 359,000. how does the fbi does track and prioritize which missing child cases are federally investigated, what is the burden sharing between local and state and local federal agencies when those reports come in. and, how do you decide what gets escalated, what gets referred, and who the lead agency is for a particular case? >> thank you. we receive information, or allegations, if you will, of a kidnapping of a variety of different elements. it can be from local law enforcement or our program. reports of missing children might not necessarily equate with something that gives you statutory authority to investigate. normally, how we prioritize that would be investigations, if there is an indication of a child 12 and under being exploited or is going m

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr.ce, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. mullin, no.test. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. markey -- mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 31. the motion is agreed to. ms. warren: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to ask the senate to cost ron co-hane to be assistant secretary of defense for manp

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye u the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye u the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. test: the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. as this body continues to discuss the need for a national security supplemental, i rise today to discuss the important elements that need to be included in this supplemental. and to once again emphasize the gr

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

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be withdrawn, the blackburn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 272, s. 195. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 27, s. 195, a bill to provide compensation to the kawina bay indian community and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i unanimous consent that the bill considered laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3315, received from the house and at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 3315 shgs an act to exempt for an additional four

blackburn. >> thank you mr. thank s you to eachf you for being here today for your thoughtful answers and i thinkn we can all say we want o make certain that children are safe when they go to school and i want to start with that. let me come to you. i am a grandmother and i have spent so much of my work making sure we protect children and that they have and an an an envt where they can learn whether they are at school or in community activities. ik think we all know that there are violent criminals that are in our communities and we know our schools need training and they need to security tools to keep children safe. that's why i introduced the safe school act. this is a concept i've worked on for years that would be a 900 million-dollar grant program that would allow schools to have the technology that they needed to keep children safe and to increase their physical security and also allow schools to work with local law enforcement and train and hire former police officers to work as school security officers. i

blackburn, having spoken on these nominees? would you like to? >> i would like very much to speak on -- >> senator corn has had not been chance to speak. >> point of order mr. chairman, you can't limit debate without invoking roll for you haven't done that. >> we have debated. we have debated on prior occasions where we didn't have a quorum. that vote didn't count. we will get people who are here now who want here then. we would like to speak. >> can we speak on the other nominees? >> or is your plan to end all debate today? you have an answer? are you going to rely on somebody whispering in your ear? what is your plan? >> no. no we are not. okay. listen, here's the deal. we worked seven weeks to try to solution the asylum problems. we boycotted the committee. >> mr. chairman, i don't know if he left us any alternative but to deny the committee a quorum. >> mr. cotton? >> i think that is something --. >> mr. cotton says the chairman history reducing --. you can mark that down as my vote. >> everybody over there not willing to look at me or look at nick needs to think about it as well. >> mr. kennedy wants to speak as well. mr. kennedy needs to speak too. >