ms. baldwin. >> aye. >> mr. barrasso, mr. bennett? [ inaudible ] >> vice president harris now presiding. garrett haake, let me come back to you for a moment for folks watching at home or listening to the sirius satellite radios, explain what we are seeing right now. walk us through the sausage making. >> here's what we just saw. the vote just ended on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. it passed the senate. our cough count was 19 republicans in favor along with all democrats. you saw kamala harris there gaveling that down and then leader schumer moved immediately to bring up the first vote in this process of passing that $3.5 trillion bill that will be democrats only. this vote is also democrats only or it can or midwest certainly will be and they need a 50-vote threshold to get started on debating that part of the resolution. part of the reason harris is in the chair is the possibility that she would have had to break a 50/50 tie. we are down republican senator, mike browns of south dakota is with his wife who receiving cancer treat

ms. baldwin for herself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 3648. ms. baldwin: mr. president i rise to speak in support of the baldwin-smith-gillibrand-peters- durbin amendment that will help support good-paying union jobs, address the impacts of climate change on the great lakes and support billions of dollars in revenue and wages. the u.s. great lakes water borne commerce supports more than 147,000 jobs in eight great lakes states. this is made possible by the coast guard, great lakes icebreakers that ensure ships can safely transit in and out of our ports in the winter. unfortunately, the number of ice-breaking vessels on the great lakes has declined, resulting in economic loss, including an estimated 5,400 jobs in the 2018-2019 winter season. additionally, climate change is resulting in more heavy ice winters and increasing intensity and frequency of extreme storms that are impacting ice cover thickness, and unpredictable ice floes. my amendment would ensure that the great lakes has suffice-breaking capacity and keeps our nation's economy moving forward. the chai