mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. king, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, graham, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, lee, marshall, moran, murkowski, paul, rounds, sullivan, thune, and tillis. mr. keedy, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the erk: mr. wicker, no. mr. young, no. mr. risch, no. mr scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. stabenow, aye. . cruz, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. brown, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, . the presiding officer: the yeas are 45, the nays are 39. e motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 782. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will cl the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk

mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mrgrassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. joson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. keedy. mr. king. ms. klobucha mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lun. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. mark. mr. mcconnell. marshall, 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. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kne, kelly, king, klobuchar,

mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. ricketts, no.. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. 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. ossof

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. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, graham, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, m

mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr.tester, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr.cruzno. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. hassan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. mullin, no. mrbudd, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr.blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the presiding officer: is there appears to be. the clerwill call the roll. vote: a the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr

mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr.ema, 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. people are hurting. i can kill people my district are hurting. they're having to make a decision between groceries and

mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr.tt of florida, animus. vote: the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. decisively that far too many americans are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to get by and struggling to get ahead. and we're hopeful that the incoming administration is prepared to join us in that effort to truly make the american dream available and accessible to everyone. now, my honor to yield to my good friend, my classmate, my colleague an amazing leader in house democratic caucus democratic whip katherine

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. >> good morning. this committee will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss the urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. before we get started doing to acknowledge briefly this is the first hearing we've had since the election. it is clear some things will look different. one thing will not change and that is my commitment to working with senator collins to keep doing the important work of this committee and a bipartisan manner despite any distractions thrown our way heard this too much at stake for families back home for any of us to throw up our hands. we stillth have to wrap up our y

mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: will -- mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered madeland upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the ali nomination, cloture motion, be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: 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 539, amir h. ali of the district of columbia to b

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 delighted to be accompanied by senators merkley welsch and then colin. we are here this morning to discuss the three joint resolutions or jay argues that the senate will be voting on tomorrow. they are as j. rezwan 11, to block 120-millimeter tank rounds as j. reyes 115 to block high explosivebe mortar rounds as j.o block guidance kits attached to many of the bombs dropped in gaza. the truth of the matter is that from a legal perspective these res

mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. mr. schatz, aye. >> mr. president before you begin i'd like to say a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israeli prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has right to defend itself and icc rogue actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel, if left unchecked they could pose a a threat to the united states in the future. the senate needs to stand strongly with our ally at this the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. >> mr. president before i begin i liked is a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israel prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has a right to defend itself and icc's broke actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. the

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. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the two leaders to commemorate7s with global challenges in putting gaza in the south china sea. second and third largest democracies, the united states and indonesia share a commitment to addressing evolving challenges and capitalizing on emergent opportunities. pelagius discussed sustainable approaches to food security, clean energy, democracy, and pluralism. regional peace and stabili

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 independent senator bernie sanders been these include resolutions to block arms shipments to israel and other disapproving of loan relief for ukraine. earlier today at vice president-elect jd vance was on capitol hill talking with lawmakers about the incoming president's choice for attorneyy general. former congressma

mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. marshall, no. ms. collins, no. mr. paul, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. graham, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. schmitt -- mr. romney, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. johnson, no. ms. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. 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