the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. markey, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. young, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. test test test test test . vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vot? if not the yeas are 50, the nays are 41 and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order

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. the clerk: mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. >> i rise today to pay tribute to a great gentleman. a dear friend, a colleague, and in many cases a battle warrior. senator jim inhofe. he was an extraordinary gentleman. and you can't say gentleman enough when it came to jim inhofe. if he was a man of -- he was a man of humility, of decency and of kindness. and he took everyone he met with those qualities. he was also a man of deep principle. but what made him a great senator, in fact, one of the best that that has served in this body, is that he was always looking for principled compromise. he was always trying to reach across the aisle and and see if he could, working with others, find a way forward that would be better for the country. so i was terribly saddened yesterday when i learned of jim's passing. he was a leader, he was a gentleman, he was all that we expect a senator to be and much more. for three decades he served on the armed services committee in both and house a

s the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, no.rk: mr. moran, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. vote: senior democrat on the committee. for many years. and we produce nearly two dozen national defense authorization acts. we traveled to combat zones and military post around the world, and work to support our men in uniform, men and women in uniform. and as a said before, there are many issues we disagreed upon, but we were able in many, many, if not most cases, find a way forward. and one of the issues i think that is so compelling in jim's life is that as a young man he was in the army, and he knew what it was like to serve and sacrifice and dedicate yourself to a cause beyond personal ambition and personal aggrandizement. and you learned also something that was profound and reflected in all of his work on the committee. that

mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no.he clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. smith, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. ernst, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. ms. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: m

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. vote: the clerk: on this vote the ayes are 51. the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent that janice lapore, a fellow in our office be granted -- be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president and colleagues, if i started the work day with the opportunity to help 16 millio

mrs. britt, no. mrs. capito, no mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. daines, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye

mrs. britt, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. mrs. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. cramer, aye. vote: vote: good afternoon, everybody. do you want to kick us off. >> i saw the conversation taking place over the weekend after the rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers. what conversations has the u.s. been having with lebanon and israel since that strike? >> i will not get into the specifics, but, first, let me say we strongly condemned the rocket pack. killing 12 children. secretary antony blinken spok

mr. chair britt secretary campbell, good to have you. a comment into questions. response to an earlier question you talk about the real importance of focusing on the global south and of course we should africa and the americas 32 of the 35 youngest countries in the world are in africa the population growth there as well as a whole lot of other factors make it a really important area of strategic focus it. and in the americas the challenges we have at the border the challenges with fentanyl everyday americans concerns about the globe often are issues related to the americas and political instability there. and yet we say that a lot but we're just not doing it. the article one branch we have to own the absence of confirmed ambassadors. more than 20 openings in the americas. and in africa but then the article to branch we came from the hearing on that 2022 national defense strategy. that strategy has one paragraph about the entire western hemisphere. not much more about africa. we are actually reducing military investments itself, they raise their under resourced. w

mr. trump is alive. his appearance on the floor of the convention last night was, katie britt called it electrifying. investor and so forth. we're having a massive stock market rally, almost out of the blue, and i just have to think it has something to do with the fact that a bullet grazed his ear and, with god's grace, he sur sacrifice -- he survived. because you can't have a growthier platform from trump without trump, and i think he showed the whole world last night there's plenty of trump left. i mean, think about that for one second. >> well, absolutely. and i think all of us, you have to wake up, hey, divine providence at work for us to be one millimeter away are from a very different week week. we would have been a nation in chaos and deep mourning if we'd lost president trump. i think the market is maybe a reflection of how people are feeling which is they, from the minute he raised his fist, that photo that david mill ifs took is going to be the photo of the century, it's going to be in every children's history book 100 years from now exemplifying the strength of leadership and what he bring