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. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: 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. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13, and the conference report is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i a

ms. what baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schatz: as in executive session, with respect to the order holding nochl nationles in status quo, strike from the accepted list executive calendar number 375. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted, on the following dates and times and that following each pro forma session, the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: friday, december 22 at 8:00 a.m.; tuesday, december 26 at 9:00 a.m.; friday, december 29 at 10:30 a.m.; tuesday, january 2 at 11:45 a.m.; and that the second session of the 118th congress convene on wednesday, january 3 at 12:00 noon for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted, and that following the pro forma session the senate adjourn and convene for pro for

ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, coons, gillibrand, heinrich, kaine, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, marquee, mendendez, merkley, murray, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz, smith, stabenow, whitehouse, wicker. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, cruz, lummis, paul, rubio, vance. mr. kennedy no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoe

ms. baldwin. had mr. bookerkirby. 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. 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. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal,

ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: >> i think part of the complexity and the nuance here is anyone that is followed negotiation knows emigration is been something approaching a white male. there have been variances about trying to claw back some really restricted asylum as part of immigration talks. there is been a push to fund the border security wall that people remember from the trump era. that is kind of the crux of it. negotiations are really complex. they will obviously matter quite a bit. >> is that your expectation that it is more likely we will see separate packages other than the big aid package at they originally asked for here? >> it is tough to say. they are supposed to be leaving town next week for the holidays. things don't move very quickly on capitol hill. i would be surprised to see separate packages moving at this point. it seems like it will be all or nothing. whether or not there could be some border security language in there that satisfies that demand and get these other aid componen

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. brawn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. # the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mini vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. president -- the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 59, the nays are 40, the amendment -- the motion is agreed to. the senator from montana. a s

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. . the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 66, the neys are -- the nays are 24. the nomination is confirmed. un underthe motion to reconsider sr considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask that the senate resume consideration

ms. baldwin. and i don't understand that because the part about freedom everybody gets that when you start talking about dollars and what could potentially happen, i think i can begin to change minds about what we are doing there. >> host: that it's rick from sioux city, iowa. with the think thank you are getting that article from? >> caller: if you hang on just a minute, i will let you know. let's see. >> host: as you looking up the phone numbers again for viewers if you support additional u.s. aid to ukraine, 202-748-8000. if you oppose, 202-748-8001. and if you're not sure that's okay, we have a number for you to call in. 202-748-8002. is that enough time for you, rick? >> caller: cbc news, murray brewster he posted this back in 22 year may 27, 22. so you could kind that you could find that. it's a political analyst. >> host: canadian broadcaster. >> caller: correct. >> host: thanks for the call. this is taylor, michigan. terri is in taylor. good morning. >> caller: yes. that's a big no. big no

ms. baldwin. ms. rosen: madam president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. ms. rosen: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. rosen: madam president i ask unanimous consent that becky modiamo, who has provided tremendous support to my office over the past year be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the week. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. rosen: thank you. since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, which protected a woman's right to make decisions over her own body, we have heard countless heart-wrenching stories coming out of anti-choice states. we've heard about the 10-year-old girl from ohio who was raped and had to travel to indiana to receive an abortion. we've heard about the case after 13-year-old girl from mississippi who was also raped, but because of her state's strict abortion ban, she had to give birds before -- birth before even starting the seventh grade. now we have learned of another instance where anti-choice politicians decided they know better than a woman an

ms. baldwin. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum. mr. schumer: i ask it be diswhened it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask the veto message on s.j. res. 32 be considered read, printed in the record and spread full fon the journal, notwithstanding rule 32, the message be considered at a time to be determined by the majority leader in concurrence with the republican leader, prior to january 31, 2024, that there be up to two hours for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, that the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, the objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: with respect to the military nominations i just asked consent for, there is one correc

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the majority leader. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affairive texas the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to career. -- to reconsider. the presiding officer: motion is entered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, tonight is a sad night in the history of the senate and in our country. republicans just blocked a very much-needed proposal to send funding for

ms. baldwin. the congress. >> yes, mr. chairman you commit to providing prompt response in writing by any center of this? >> yes. >> we appreciate your responses, you're not 20 the questions. i'll take was on the mind because this is what members have asked me about the nomination. you have much of your political office, mayor, governor you are a candidate for president of the united states. this position is been nominated for is not about politics, about politics at all. it's about service to the millions of people talking about. how do you feel about this transition to a position is all about this? >> you just laid out is what made me excited to say yes and i didn't hesitate. i was honored to been able to run for office served in elected office. i was also -- how to say this? i don't miss all of the aspects of running for office and i have an enormous amount of respect all of you will find yourself what is required time duties at home. what excites me about this is it's all about improving first

ms. baldwin. trump going to be the next president. i can't wait. these businesses board of businesses and it wasn't become because of that, because trump president they want to tear up everybody's business so we got that to look forward to so we will have in 2024. >> headline from support with the concern, authoritarian experts, one of those experts is a sociology professor studies nationalists and populist political movement and she says things about trump, often says what he means in the form of a joke and that i don't think we should discount him, a classic trump thing, a grain of truth to it in a joke. outrageous statements are worth paying attention to what she said. >> good morning. can you hear me? the democrat party, i'm ashamed how week they are and what they did to trump and working in the house chuck schumer the house. he's trying to play golf and those came to the nation we are wicked nation build fighting and so inaccuracies, his accomplishments, employment opportunity american industry military strength and border security, immigraon

ms. baldwin.rum call: a survey in 2021, 16.5% of people with diabetes ration their insulin because of cost. this is not just due to lack of insurance coverage. among medicare beneficiaries with diabetes one in ten reported skipping, delay or taking less medication to save money. there has been so much excitement about the new medications in type ii diabetes and obesity. that's because some of the medications and really seem to work. they not only help people lose weight, but also important to reduce the risk of complications related to diabetes. but the price tag for these new medications are simply outrageous. the brand name approved for type two diabetes and marketed as a u.s. list price of over $900 per month. the brand name for the same drug approved for obesity is $1300 per month. if medicare were to fully cover all of this beneficiaries for one year, we as american taxpayers we didn't up with a $268 billion price tag. to get some perspective that 70% of all the money that was spent on prescr

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina -- mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, no. mr. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: roll c vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61, the nays are 29. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the p

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. the clerk: 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. the clerk: ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms.

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. braun, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye u the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye u the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 47. the motion i

ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, graham, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, marshall, murkowski, ossoff, padilla, peters, rubio, shaheen, smith, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, welch, whitehouse, and wind. mr. -- and wyden. mr. menendez, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barasso, brawn, budd, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, mcconnell, mullin, hall, ricketts -- paul, ricketts, risch, scott of florida, vance, and young. mrs. murray, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ay. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk