mrs. shaheen: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: can you tell me what the status of the debate is. the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. mrs. shaheen: i ask the quorum call be lifted. g officer: without objection. the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i came to the floor today to join so many of my colleagues in expressing my opposition to brett kavanaugh's nomination to serve as an associate justice of the supreme court. as the highest court in the land, the justices on the supreme court are tasked with the enormous responsibility of interpreting and protecting the fundamental constitutional rights that are guaranteed to all americans. its decisions are not abstract legal principles that are reserved for a few. its decisions affect the rights of all of us. they touch on issues that affect all of our daily lives from the health care we receive to the person we can marry to the air that we breathe. these are significant stakes that we face when considering any nomination to serve on the supreme court.

mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. s

mrs. shaheen. >> no. >>> mr. shelby. >> aye. >>> ms. smith. >> no. >>> ms. stabenow. >> no. >>> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >>> mr. tester. >> no. >>> mr. thune. >> aye. >>> mr. tillis. >> aye. >>> mr. toomey. >> aye. >>> mr. udall. >> no. >>> mr. van hollen. >> no. >>> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >>> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >>> mr. wicker. >> aye. >>> mr. wyden. >> no summ. >>> mr. young. >> aye. >>> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >>> the senator has that right. >>> senators voting in, alexander barrasso, boseman, burr, capito, collins, corker, cotton, crapo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fischer, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, hyde-smith, inhofe, isak son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, y

mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. st ms. st mr. thune. mr. tester. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hoeven, hyde smith, inhofe, isaac son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portm portman, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young -- >> senators voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, can't well, harden, casey, coons, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich

mrs. shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> ms. smith. [ indiscernible ] >> ms. stabenow. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. till liss. > tillis.>> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator danes, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, baraso, blunt, boozman, burr capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, krepo, cruz, ensi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovins, hyde smith, inhofe, isakson, johnson, kennedy, kyl, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran,

mrs. shaheen? >> mr. shelby? >> ms. smith? >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr.ne? >> aye. >> mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey? >> aye. >> mr. udall? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> mr. warner? >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> mr. wicker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> aye. stuart: they're tallying the votes as we speak. i was listening carefully. i'm sure you were too. sounded like a direct party-line vote. soon as we get the result, you will get it. we have to be rather quiet to make sure we don't miss it. we should tell you that lisa murkowski. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, enzi, ernst, fisher flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller hoeven, high smith. inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, purdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, save, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, tumi, wicker and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senator es voting in the negative, baldwin, bennet

mrs shaheen. mr schumer. mr scott. mrs shaheen. mr shelby. miss smith. mr sullivan. mr sullivan.. mr wyden. mryoung. mr wyden. mr young. aye. senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, one. bozeman, burke, 0, cassidy, collins, caulker, cornering, cotton, cruise, danes, parents, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz, cortes, duckworth, durbin, finds time, julie brand, harris, heinrich, kane, leahy, markey, murky, matkowski, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, smith, stubbing out, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mrsanders, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mr sanders, no. mr lee, aye. miss harrison, no. mr jones, mrjones, no. mr johnson, mrjohnson, aye. mr mr johnson, aye. mr schumer, mrjohnson, aye. mr schumer, no. mr donnelly, no. miss high camp, n

mr scott. research shaheen. mr shelby this man. who stabenow.mr sullivan mr tester mr down mr tillis i mr to me mr udall mr van hollen. mr warner is warren now mr white house mr wake or mr wide. mr young. with my friend the senator from montana senator deigns who is walking his daughter down the aisle in this afternoon if he were present and voting he would have voted aye i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote i therefore withdraw my vote the senator has that right senators voting in the affirmative alexander. blunt bozeman burr capital cassidy collins corker corn and cotton crêpe cruz and c. ernst fisher flake gardner graham grassley hatch heller hovind hyde smith inhofe isaacson johnson kennedy kyle langford levy mansion mcconnell and paul purdue portman rich roberts rounds rubio sass scott shelby sullivan soon chillis to me with her young senators voting in the negative. baldwin bennett blumenthal booker brown can't carden casey coons cortez masto donnelly duckworth durbin feinstein jila brain and harris has heinric

mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, perdue, portman, reisch, berts, rounds, rubio, staff, cott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennett, oker, brown, cant we will -- kantwell, cardin, core tes masto, duckworth, durbin, instein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, chobe collar, leahy, merkley, murkowski, murphy, urray, nelson, peters, shotts, smith, stabenow, tester, udall, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. >> mr. sanders, no. mr. lee. >> aye. > aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr.

mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president, and thank you to my colleague, senator whitehouse, not just for those kind words but for all of the work that you have done and continue to do for the last six years -- continue to do. for the last six years, senator whitehouse has come to the floor of this senate week after week, every week, to talk about climate change, to talk about its effects throughout the united states and around the globe and our need to take action to address this crisis. so thank you very much, senator whitehouse, for your leadership. climate change is real and it's a present threat to our planet. senator whitehouse talked about some of the science involved with that. it's very clear to anybody who has looked at the science who doesn't have a political agenda that this is real, it's a threat, we need to address it. and in new hampshire, we're already seeing the impacts of climate change in so many ways. rising temperatures are shortening our fall foliage season, they are disrupting our maple syrup

mr. chairman. >> senator shaheen? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm sorry i had to stp out. i'm going to say this even though it's not directly related, but i there's an exhibit of young people who have overdosed and these are portraits that are very dramatic and this is an issue for all of us across our society. so i would urge everybody to walk through the rotunda on your way out. the portraits were painted by a woman from hnl and that's how i'm connected to it. i also wanted to just -- i'm sorry that senator inhofe has left, because i wanted to respond to his comment about the last eight years of president obama. and i think one of the biggest challenges of the last years has been sequestration. and i raise it because if we don't make a change, we're locking at that coming again. so et we can't just suggest it's been about leadership. it's been about our failure to provide the funding that our armed services has needed because we're looking at it coming down the pike again. so us would urge us all to think about how we're going to address that because these readiness chal

mrs. shaheen, no. >> bill: as we await the final tally we do know what the critical votes now that they haveation lives. >> sandra: keep in mind senators do sometimes,, they sometimes vote to bring the debate to a close which has been a indication from susan collins. she has announced she has voted yes but she is going to make a further announcement how she will vote tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. >> bill: back inside. >> mr. carper. >> senator not recorded. mr. carper, no. >> are there any senators in the chamber who wish to change their vote? as a reminder to our guests in the gallery, expressions of approval or disapproval are not permitted in the senate galleries. on this vote the yays are 51, nos are 49. the motion is agreed to. >> bill: there it is, brett kavanaugh will proceed to a final vote saturday afternoon. there is a critical announcement expected at 3:00 eastern time on behalf of susan collins, republican from maine where she already announced she will advance the motion for now but will make a final decision public at 3:00 today. to all of our fox stations watching across

shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations to both of you. thank you toan you and your families for your many years of service. admiral faller, i want to begin with you picking up on something that senator reed mentioned in his opening statement. about the opioid epidemic that we have in the united states, which has dramatically affected new hampshire where we have the second highest rate of opioid overdoses in the country. when your predecessor, who i assume would be your predecessor, came before this committee for a posture hearing in february, he answered in response to a question that i asked him that of the known tracks that we're aware of and we think we have a pretty good handle, we're only able to intercept about 25% of those people bringing drugs into the united states. i think we would all agree that's a veryur troubling figur so as you look at this challenge of interdicting drug running into the united states, where does ityo fall in your priorityf things that you will have to do? >> senator, the drug interdiction -- the drug probl

merkley, mary, nelson, peters, reeve, sanders, shots, schumer, shaheen, smith, tester, you‘d all, van holland, warner, warren, white house, waiting. mr heard a list of those in the affirmative, those who are voting forjudge kavanaugh to be the next us supreme court judge, kavanaugh to be the next us supreme courtjudge, and kavanaugh to be the next us supreme court judge, and then kavanaugh to be the next us supreme courtjudge, and then we have heard a list in the negative, we are hearing on reuters that the majority have voted in the support of the supreme court nominee, but we will get confirmation of that as soon as we can. barbara, can you explain the process here? what have we been hearing and what might happen next? the vote has finished, it is 50—48. so, judge kavanaugh has been confirmed. the reason it is 48 is because the senator from montana was not able to be present as he had to attend his daughter‘s wedding. the one republican senator who voted no voted present for him. this evened the balance, which is why you have 50-48. this the balance, which is why you have 50—48. this is a minor side story to the fact that the vote

shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you both for being here to testify this afternoon or this morning. i want to go back to the inf treaty because you both pointed out russia's violation. i agree with senator cardin's point that it's not in our interest to withdraw from the inf treaty. i don't think that helps solve the russia problem. but what other options are being considered to try to push the russians to comply -- to again comply with the inf treaty? are there things that you can talk about that have been looked at that we might not yet have tried? >> thank you, senator. i can assure you that we've used diplomatic means, economic means, through d.o.d. we've used military means to get trade -- will them back into compliance, fulfill their obligations that they set out when they signed the treaty. >> can you discuss the specifics of what those diplomatic and military means are? >> i would prefer to tell you that we are in interagency process now and looking at w wholistically throughout the strate

mr. bolton. there are a number of people in the senate, and i can mention everyone but i know that senator tellis visited me, so did senator shaheen and senator graham and senator langford has been involved from the very beginning, so we are grateful to so many people in congress who stood with us, who prayed for us and who fog for us. so we want to thank you all. president trump: we did leave out many people in the senate, many people in the house, you know that, patrick. many people have been left out, and we just can't go through all the names, but it was everybody that wanted this to happen. it was really everybody in the complete senate. i think we can probably say this was bipartisan, do you agree? if there was ever a bipartisan event this was it. and i do have to thank vice president pence. he is doing a terrific job and felt very strongly about this, and secretary of state pompeo. i would say we spoke about this at least once a day. we thought we had it done two months ago. out,imes it doesn't work but i can tell you it's better than anyone else could have done, and we are honored to have -- honored toing have you. anythin

mr. bolton. there are a number of people in the senate. i can't mention everyone, but i know that senator tillis visited me in prison. so did senator shaheenor graham and senator langford has been involved from the very beginning. we're very grateful for people in congress who stayed with us, who prayed for us and fought for us. thank you very much. >> we did leave out many people in the senate, many people in the house. you know that, patrick. many people have been left out. we just can't go through all of the names, but it was everybody that wanted this to happen. it was really everybody. the complete senate. i think we can probably say, richard, this was bipartisan. do you agree? this wasn't just republican, right? but honestly, i think if there was ever a bipartisan event, this was it. and i do have to thank vice president pence. he's doing a terrific job. he felt very, very strongly about this and secretary of state pompeo. i would say we spoke about this at least once a day. we thought we had it done two months ago. sometimes it doesn't always work out, but i can only tell you that's better than anybody else could have done. we are s

mr. bolton. there are a number of people in the senate, and i can't mention everyone, but i know that my senator tillis visited me in prison, so did senator shaheenr graham, and senator langford has been involved from the very beginning. so we are so grateful to so many people in congress who stood with us, and who prayed for us, and who fought for us. so we want to thank you all very much. >> and i do have to say, we did leave out many people in the senate, many people in the house, you know that, patrick, many people have been left out, and we just can't go through all of the name, but it was everybody that wanted this to happen. it was really everybody. the complete senate. i think we can probably say richard, this was bipartisan, do you agree? this wasn't just republican, right? but honestly, i think if there was ever a bipartisan event, this was it, and i do have to thank vice president pence. he is doing a terrific job. he felt very, very strongly about this. and secretary of state pompeo, i would say we spoke about this at least once a day. we thought we had it done two months ago. sometimes it doesn't always work out. but i can only tell

shaheen, eliminating where we can declassify that, where we can share that with our partners with the unhelpful influence activities on their own sovereignty. >> thank you on the server. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator warren. thank you, mr. chairman. admiral fuller, i hope to talk about the crisis in venezuela today. in fact address you about yesterday's report in the "washington post," which alleges you are one of several officers investigated for your involvement with the defense contract or, leonard glenn francis was fraud and bribery and corruption scandal in u.s. navy history. i understand their investigation and the navy in this committee have this information. this is the first time i heard about it and so i have some questions here. according to the post from you attend one of the pay to play party in december 2004 and expected other gifts from him. this is how the post describes the party. you and your fellow officers were quote, invited to a free feast on the 56th floor at the luxury hotel where your favorite cocktail, cigars and courses of caviar, black truffles of monster thermidor while mingling with quote, attractive young women dressed as santa's little helpers

mrs. shaheen: i'm here this afternoon to address two pieces of legislation that are coming before the senate. one we are currently waiting to consider, and that is a long-term reauthorization of the federal aviation administration. and the second, which i hope we will soon consider, which is comprehensive legislation to address the nation's opioid epidemic. i want to begin by thanking chairman thune and ranking member nelson for their work to deliver a bipartisan, bicameral f.a.a. reauthorization bill that provides a five-year reauthorization for the agency. i think the last time we reauthorized the f.a.a. when i was in the senate, it took us 23 tries to get that done. over a period of time that was actually longer than the original authorization. but this time we are doing it much faster, with three short-term extensions. last week the house passed this bill. the f.a.a. reauthorization with broad bipartisan support. and i hope the senate is going to act quickly so that we can get this bill to the president's desk for signature. the f.a.a. has not received a long-term reauthorization since f