ms. baldwin. the clerk: mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. the clerk: ms. cantwell. the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: ms. collins. the clerk: mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. the clerk: ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. sha

ms. baldwin. the clerk: mr. banks. >> this is an amendment that would offer additional funding for the very projects that receive billions upon billions of dollars in handouts under the biden administration through the bipartisan infrastructure law and also inflation reduction act. projects sponsored by those bills are by the impacted communities, wind projects linked to the deaths of locally significant wildlife in solar projects that prevent multiple use like recreational use or grazing on federal land and i oppose it and i encourage my colleagues to do the same. >> time has expired. now we will start voting. all getting here. you have been very prompt. we will vote on the amendments in the order in which they were offered. i will recommend each side for 30 seconds before each vote and all of the debate time has expired, so first is senator merkley warren. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very simply the purpose of reconciliation was to do deficit neutral or deficit decreasing legislation and my understanding that

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. >> if you have never been in one, that is okay. [laughter] it is a chance to have a spirited discussion and debate about policy and about the budget resolution. so, what's happened here is the budget committee reported out of senate resolution seven. it allows the reconciliation process. the reduction of spending based on different committees. this resolution allows 175 day policy and enhancements. it does not spend a penny. it allows the judiciary committee up to what is $35 billion plan to secure our border and do immigration reform. what will happen those two committees, mr. president will work with the trump administration to meet their priorities. there is nothing in this resolution directing one dime of spending. no spending bill can be implemented without presidential signature. so, i want to make sure that is clearwater $50 billion in increased defense spending. why? because we have a lot of threats since the withdrawal of afghanistancr as well

ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs.dy, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the n

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permit the during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. the presiding officer: pursuant to r

ms. baldwin, no. mr. mccormick, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. lujan, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. gallego, no. mr. wyden, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. curtis, aye. p the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. banks, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. merkley, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. schumer, no. ms. slotkin, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. ms. collins, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: markey, no. . the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. mrs. moody, aye. mr. king, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. smyt

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. my extraordinary sister is here as well as addison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abbey and my closest friends come down to support me. my father is a professor of american history. taught me how to appreciate life. when i was 14, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer she decided when you die before then, was going to live. she pulled me class so i rushed and said, are you okay? is okay, let's go. drove to new york city we went to the opera and a late night dinner, super late and get to on time. my mother died in february of 1978 when i was 16 years old. a year end a half later, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. he wanted to make sure i left

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. under common motion on 55 - 45 while we wait a final confirmation vote to be called we will show you his confirmation hearing from last month. >> thank you mr. sherman ranking member and the committee i'm so happy and honored to be here with fuel to really think all the members of the committee thank you for your engagement and your ideas of rebuilding the american dream for our nation's forgotten communities it was a pleasure to visit with each and every one of you all but one said that was because of a scheduling conflict. i'm so great to have the time to meet with you, thank you for making the effort and i hope our conversations will not be the end but only the beginning of a great and true partnership to meet the mission and serve the american people i would also like to take a moment to thank my wife robin who is here with us for

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. have a sufficient number to the start and since this is going to take a while i think we should start it today. do we have enough? we have two items on our agenda kash patel's nomination to serve as director of the fbi and s. 331, the fentanyl act. because the whole fentanyl act is listed on the agenda for the first time it will be held over until our next meeting. last week committee democrats exercised their right under the committee rules to hold patel's nomination for seven days. obviously we had to honor that hold from last week so today is the day that we hold on this nominee. we all know that mr. patel like other nominees undergo rigorous vetting. he's no exception. before his hearing he more than 1000 pages of records, disclosed over 1000 interviews. he underwent an fbi background investigation, a finan

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mrs. gillibrand. i'm honored to be sitting here to be nominated for the next sector of the v.a. i want to think my friend kevin cramer for the kind introduction. i appreciate his work and your work as well. i thank him for that. i would like to thank president trump for his nomination and his willingness to have not on the veterans of this country. i'm privileged today and appreciate the chairman and ring them mentioning my family because i would not view without them. my wife of 36 years is with me lisa. i have my son copeland, his wife your guide my son cameron and his fiancÉe. and then on the one of the quizzes altogether and that is jordan. she is our daughter. also on the public

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester.mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar. serving america's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i k

ms. baldwin: [inaudible] i will be joined by my colleagues tonight to shine a light on what republicans inhe house and the senate are up to. they are moving forward with their plans to literally rip away health care from millions of americans in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest and large corporations. i'm going to start with some facts. medicaid provides health care to over 70 million americans, including over 30 million children and 8 million seniors. medicaid provides essential care for about 10 million adults with disabilities. medicaid helps almost two-thirds of all nursing home residents have a safe roof over their heads. medicaid is a lifeline that helps rural hospitals keep their doors open. it's also the single-largest payer for treatment of opioid and other substance use disorders, and it covers care for other serious mental illnesses. now, in my home state of wisconsin, more than 1.2 million people are enrolled in medicaid. one out of three children get their health care through medicaid as well as one in three people with disabilities. four in seven nursing home resi

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. the clerk: mr. daines. thank you, i had the opportunity to meet with almost all of you and i greatly appreciate that pretty i'm grateful to president trump when it is committee for your consideration to be the any seventh attorney general of the united states. i would not be here without my family. in big bear with me, for just a moment, a lot of made a very long trip and around the mall down so i don't forget anyone predict my beautiful mother, retired kindergarten teacher would not be here without my month rest of the week ago it was 12 years since we lost my dad to leukemia for like 12 days. my amazing husband john, it is to incredible girls, colin infinitely pretty colin is a senior university of florida next month i think all of you in this committee will be very happy to know the fami

ms. chavez-deremer: yes. sen. baldwin: more broadly, do you commit to spending funding as congress appropriates it? ms. chavez-deremer: as i mentioned earlier, as a former member of congress, i highly respect the appropriations process and the role of congress. thank you. sen. baldwin: the nation's nurse's face challenging working conditions and they are to frequently exacerbated by i instancs of workable place violence. i appreciate that you said you really take that issue seriously. now, the department of labor plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in june of this year for the workplace violence in health care rulemaking. do you commit to getting this proposed rule issued by june of this year and finalized in a very timely way? ms. chavez-deremer: i can commit to working with you on the issue because it is an important one. if confirmed, i will look at every rule as it moves forward. until then, i have not even seen specifically on the role but i commit to working with you. sen. baldwin: we have been waiting a

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. the clerk: mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. in taking time to join us today. my husband, family and friends fellow veterans and medal of honor recipients, thank you for your love and support. i am grateful to president trump his providence and nominating me to serve our country as director of national intelligence at a time intelligence community is at an all-time low. admitted a few years ago you take on the intelligence, they are getting back at you. for too long of a nice intelligence is led to failures in undermining national purity freedom china and the constitution. the most obvious example of one of these based upon total fabrication of failure fabrication. this decision led to the death of tens of thousands of americans and millions of people in the middle east among mass migration, the utilization undermining european allies in the rise of strengthening al qaeda and other the other samples. the fbi and intelli

ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. shaheen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, nays 49. the confirmation is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be l immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you very much. to my colleagues, we'll soon be starting what is commonly called a vote-a-rama. if you've never been in one, it's okay. but know it's a chance to have spirited discussion and debate about policy and about the budget resolution. so what's happened here is that the budget committee reported out senate concurrent resolution 7 that

ms. baldwin: mr. president, i rise today in opposition to robert f. kennedy jr.'s nomination to lead the department of health and human services. health care is not just a policy to me. it is deeply personal. i got into public service because of my own health care journey. when i was 9, i was hospitalized with a serious childhood illness. it was similar to spinal m meningitis that wasn't the exact diagnosis, but similar. while i fought to survive, and then ultimately to get better and fully recover, my grand grandparents, who raised me, they struggled to figure out how to pay for the lifesaving care that i needed and received. in total, i spent three months in the hospital, in madison, wisconsin. when i talk about health care, i don't just speak as a united states senator or as a wisconsinite. i'm speaking as a person who knows what it was like to spend months in a hospital bed. i'm speaking as someone who knows the emotional toll and the financial stress that it put on my loved ones. i'm speaking as someone who knows firsthand how important it is to protect our c

ms. baldwin: like my colleague, senator kaine, i will be uplifting the words of some of my constituents who have been contacting me in a panic really over the last several days. but i want to remind folks why we come here at this hour to speak on the floor of the united states senate. we're here today to consider president trump's nominee for the office of management and budget, russell vought. many americans may not be familiar with mr. vought. however, you may be familiar with his most infamous work -- project 2025. that's right, president trump's nominee for the office of management and budget was one of the lead authors of project 2025. it is a document which president trump repeatedly denied having anything to do with during his campaign. first, i think it's important to break down the responsibilities of the office of management and budget, or omb. what does it really do? omb oversees the preparation of the president's budget request. this is a budget proposal that they send to congress. and omb evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures. omb oversees and