mrs. britt, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. e presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 46. the nays are 40. and the motion is agrd to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding office the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 605. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. is there sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. 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. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46. the nays are 38. the presidinofficer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: m president, we have one final vote tonight. votes will resume at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 48 # -- viii 17. the presidinofficer: the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second. there appears to be. the clerk wl call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. vote: mr. barras. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. own. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. 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. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms.

mrs. britt, no. mr. graham, no. mr. boozman, no. ms. butler, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. reed, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. d.c. with commercial republican leaders as well as biden at the white house for the first time ninety ohio. client for democrats. >> either. i'm glad you mentioned trump making a visit to the white house today. it's been on my mind a lot specifically in that realm what the democrats can do considering the fact that religions are looking like they are going to watch the trifecta. democrats need to look back to obama here's what mitch mcconnell was able to do in terms of utilizing minority powder to make things more difficult for republicans to get things done. >> independe

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, sarah french russell of connecticut to be united states district judge for the district of connecticut. we have all witnessed this with the kids online safety act led by my friend and senators with sailed through the senate unanimously. the bill protects both. youth currently impacted by social media and also increasing the root causes of the danger. the addictive design of the algorithm. this action shows me that this body can and will do big things together to protect our young people. this is proof that there is that whole. i turned back to my colleague now for her leadership on the bipartisan bill that i hope will also pass through this chamber. >> i'm so glad that you brought it up. the kids -- it really represents the best among us. a true bipartisan

mrs. britt. helmy, thank you so much for your leadership on this from day one. mr. president, you yourself have led on this issue significantly. i think it's important for our colleagues on both sides of the aisle to come together and understand just how pressing america's mental health crisis really is. i was honored when senator helmy came to me right after being sworn in, and told me that he wanted to work together on mental health issues and social media, and that's what we're doing here today. all of the statistics that senator helmy mentioned are not only horrifying, but really challenging to even wrap our head around. the word crisis doesn't even begin to capture what we're up against. and while we should always be wary of pointing to just one culprit, there is one that stands out amongst the rest, and that is social media. as a mom of two teenagers, i see firsthand and i hear from other moms about the effects of social media on our country's children. at the same time, those incredibly d

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. ricketts, no mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. padilla,aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47. the nays are 36. the tion is agreed to. the clerk will report the mi nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, amir h. alley of the distributes of columbia to be united states district judge. mr. schumer: i send a motion to the desk. the presing officer: wl report the motion to invoke cloture. the clk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisionsf rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate othe nomination of executive calendar numbe 539. i r amir alley to be united states district judge for the district of columbia signed b 17 senators as follows. the presiding officer: is there obction? woiks. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the queson is on the motion to proceed. a senator: [

mrs. britt, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. aye. mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the motion is agreed to. let's begin the associate press yesterday calling the house for republicans after television networks have done so in earlier days. in washington new leadership saying we have a mandate. do you agree and if so what is it? >> i do think we have a mandate and the mandate is for the american people and it is quite clear. the economy is a mess. inflation over the last four years is increased over 20.5% 2% cumulative. 2.7 oh whatever right now but you have to take it from a perspective how much it has increased over the last four years. peopl

mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. ms. butler. the senate considering judicial nominations in the final weeks of the 118th congress. majority leader chuck schumer trying to surpass the 234 judicial nominees who are confirmed to a lifetime appointment during the first trump administration. to date, more than 220 judges have been approved while president biden has been in office. earlier this week house republicans tried to delay further consideration of nominees through a series of procedural maneuvers that required hours of voting on what typically is accomplished by. unanimous consent. president-elect donald trump has asked senate republicans to try to block additional nominations until the start of his new administration when republicans will have retaken control of the chamber with a 53 seat majority. 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. helmy. mr. hickenloo

vote: mrs. britt. mr. brown. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. 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. helmy. 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. 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. i thank you all for being here and i'm

mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. >> i can't do that but in packing plant of the farmers and ranchers are very careful how they hire practices. we have ice enforcement from several years ago and we have seen other opportunities for ice to enforce the law. a lot of the immigrants her second and third generation, 15 miles south of court that's been there for generations and now their kids are going on to medical school so we seen a real evolution. i'm not saying there illegally there but i'm confident the industry has done a good job. >> what about getting he says workers get there here just to work, whole would be the outcome? >> number one we are going to start with remain in mexico. i think what the border is secure you will see bipartisan efforts to make sure legal immigration system works. we had 500,000 backlog because hollow folks are of will fade and support. december of 20 i was in the el paso station border completely in thousand oaks they clearly defined for asylum. the process in the border is secure

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. helmy. 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. 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. the senate work in nontraditional nominations today votes have also begun on a. series of foreign policy measures introduced by

vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mrs. capito, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. lee, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

. >> thank you britt to put a finer point on something that i think mr. saunders and dr. hell are describing, i think a core of the problem here is the lack of regulation on tech means that many of these concerning practices are not illegal britt existing whistleblower protections -- it's very unclear if they apply at all, and if you're a whistleblower, potential whistleblower in one of these companies, you don't want to go out on a limb and take a guess of, well, is this a financial issue that the sec would cover me, or do i have to go talk -- if it is something novel related to a.i. development or other technology development, where you have serious concerns, but there's not a clear statute in the books saying the company is breaking a law, then your options are limited, so i think the need for whistleblower protections goes hand-in-hand with the lack of other rules. >> so i think the point that you just made is really important, that the failure to develop safety and control features in a product is not illegal. perhaps, and therefore may not be covered by a strict read

mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. capito, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. thune, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the motion georgia he had to. -- the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.