ms. biu- butler -- ms. butler: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate complete its business today, it stand adjourned under the provisions of s. res. 813 until 3:00 p.m. on monday, september 16. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. following the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the ritz nomination, postcloture. further, that all time be considered expired at 5:30 p.m. on monday, and that if any nominations are confirm during monday's session the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. ms. butler: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under -- under the previou

ms. butler, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. helmy, aye. mr. graham, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: it the yeas are 52, the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. jeannette a.

ms. butler, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. # . the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 50. the nays are 44. the nom

ms. butler, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms.san, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. young, no. vote: the clerk: ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wyden, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. budd, n

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no o. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 44, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion upon reconsideration is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. duckworth mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: mr. president, i come to the floor to speak on the bill that recently failed despite my colleagues' saying they -- i was able to pack my daughter's lunch boxes, it sounds mundane, but when i think about it, even every day moments electronic that with my girls is not mundane. after struggling with being -- the only reason there are pb and j's for me to make for lunch, the only there are are tiny sneakers for me to velcro close, is because after coming home from war, i had the dream of coming from tammy to mommy a reality. i was one of the lucky ones because now that freedom to get reproduct

ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins.the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. 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

ms. butler, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 37. the motion is agreed to. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, the office of government ethics is an agency that independently works to oversee executive branch's ethics program. the director serves a term of five years in this instance leading work that prevention financial conflicts of interest and ensures that the executive branch, regardless of political party, holds itself to the highest ethical standards. mr. president, our nation has been without a senate-confirmed director to this critical agency for more than a year. let me say that again, more than a year. but fortunately we have a highly qualifi

ms. butler, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. helmy, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 47 and the nays are 47. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the president pro tem of the senate. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. today, thanks to the pact act more veterans are getting access to more benefits than ever before, but we need to provide additional funding to keep our promise to all veterans, which is why we now have a bill to provide 2.9 billion in additional funding for the veterans benefit administration to pay compensation and pension and readjustment benefits. this is funding that goes directly to our veterans, and that they have been promised. but wi

ms. butler: mr. president, i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i rise in support of a bipartisan piece of legislation that is, frankly, personal to me. it's something i believe is not only necessary, but is common sense and that's something all of us can get behind and support wholeheartedly and that's why bipartisan ensuring safe access -- the enable act. mr. schmitt: this fight is personal for me. in my maiden speech i said that my entering public service is because of my son. my wife and i noticed a birthmark on steven's leg, and we knew so little about this, my wife trusted me to take steven to the doctor. we had taken him there and it was discovered there were more of these and discovered he has tubularsclerosis. he is nonverbal and is on the autism spectrum and has

ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr.s. mr. cornyn. 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. 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. white

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. erk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no.lanthi vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye.

ms. houlihan: and could other officers listen to other frequencies other than the ones you just outlined? mr. lenz: no, we heard our butler county channels only. ms. houlihan: what frequencies were the state troopers listening to? mr. lenz: the only thing i can speak to on the police radio is we did have one in the command post, it was a portable radio but the newer radios seemed to operate more like a cell phone and if you don't have a connection to the tower they don't work. we had issues hearing anything from the radio that day. ms. houlihan: you had issues communicating with the state police and they were on a different radio system than you? mr. lenz: correct and they're on a different radio system. i'm sure lieutenant can echo better had a what they were using. ms. houlihan: do you know if the secret service in another area was able to listen to your local radio frequencies that day? mr. lenz: there would have been a encrypted police radio in the command center. i believe it was being used by the emergency services side, so fire and e.m.s., but i believe they treated around 250 patients for heat-related stuff that d

the central headquarters were legitimate military target under international and ms rela, intentionally bill chris butler central headquarters under residential buildings, industrial b route. because the spotlight intentionally use us let the nice civilians as human shields. i started back, i was enjoying this capital, and that's because these really governments bond offices 0 from reporting inside israel. it's a great deal has been happening over the last several hours. what is israel saying? the yeah. scenario statements there, the latest daniels rigari, the spokesperson, the army saying that the world is now a safer place. uh, an issue, an update to his release of civilian saying that those in the north need to stay close to shelters. those in the south need to stay close to shelters and the gathering of over a 1000 people in the center of israel. that includes that these are not allowed because of the security situation. other than that, the situation remains as normal. we also heard from her, so you had to be the army chief of staff. he said that there are challenging days ahead, but that our troops

ms. houlihan: and could other officers listen to other frequencies other than the ones you just outlined? mr. lenz: no, we heard our butler county channels only. ms. houlihan: what frequencies were the state troopers listening to? mr. lenz: the only thing i can speak to on the police radio is we did have one in the command post, it was a portable radio but the newer radios seemed to operate more like a cell phone and if you don't have a connection to the tower they don't work. we had issues hearing anything from the radio that day. ms. houlihan: you had issues communicating with the state police and they were on a different radio system than you? mr. lenz: correct and they're on a different radio system. i'm sure lieutenant can echo better had a what they were using. ms. houlihan: do you know if the secret service in another area was able to listen to your local radio frequencies that day? mr. lenz: there would have been a encrypted police radio in the command center. i believe it was being used by the emergency services side, so fire and e.m.s., but i believe they treated around 250 patients for heat-related stuff that d

the central headquarters were legitimate military target under international and ms rela, intentionally bill chris butler central headquarters under residential buildings, industrial b route. because faced by intentionally, use us, let the nice civilians as human shields on stuff, attackers and jordans capital among because these where the government's bond dollars is 0 from the forwarding inside israel. i'm also just seeing a line that royce has is reporting crossing the israel's defense minutes. and you'll go on saying on saturday that israel's war is not was the lebanese people given what we just had from daniel haggerty. and that statement from you on the line from what we've seen over the last several hours. that might be difficult for people in lebanon to believe what else is these really ministry saying? for sure, and that's on yahoo! set that on monday, but uh, there's no way this feels very much like we're on level and we're on the lebanese people. if you are in loveland on he was, it was daniel rigari that the world was now a safer place. i'm not sure if in that sound by human, so you had there

butler was a test and she failed it. a local swat team commander says there is really no direction from ms meredith bank. secret service asked for 2 snipers but never told butler officials where they wanted them posted. so and local said agent bank there's a roof with the direct line of sight to the stage should someone cover that, bank past the back, said some other unit probably has it covered. this jives with what whistleblowers told senator holly. >> this individual the site lead agent was known to the trump campaign to be inexperienced, ineffectual, to be frankly incompetent at their job. i'm also told by whistleblowers that on that day she was not enforcing the normal security protocols. she was not checking people's ideas. she did not use secret service agents, most of the agents there that day were not secret service agents. their homeland security agents. and get this, most of them had never worked a rally before. this is who she chose to staff the event with and she didn't train or integrate them from top to bottom. it was a total disaster. >> during the walk-through locals thought meredith's te

butler was a test and she failed it. a local swat team commander says there was really no direction from ms.. >> meredith's bank. vice ask >> secret service asked for two snipers, but never told wante butler officials where they wanted them posted. so when local said agent bank, there's a roof with a direct line of sight to the stage. >> should someone cover ban that bank pass?k, the buck said some other unit probably has a covered oth. . this jives with what whistleblowers told senator hawley. >> this individual, the site agent, the lead agent, washis ip known to the trump campaign to be inexperienced, to be ineffectuacampaign inexpl, to by incompetent at their job. >> well, i'm also told she by whistleblowers that on that day she was not enforcing the normal securit noty protocoo she was not checking people's ids. she did nopl t use secret service agents. most of the agents there that day were nof thret secret service agents. >> they were homeland security agents. agenmeland security , jesse. >> most of them had never worked a rally before. yet this is who she chos e to staff the event with. and she didn't trai

butler. this is a, you know, a, a battle israel has been preparing for, for a long time, even long before october 7th, when ms rela decided to join in solidarity with him, us to join the fight against israel. right? as you say, hesper, that has not officially confirmed this yet, but going what each route believes it has achieved. what does the death of us on the spot? i mean for hesper, it's a major shake up. not just for his bottle also for you ron, for the whole region, the whole dynamics of power in the region. he was a major player, of course, in lebanon, and lebanese politics as well. and what he meant for that very torn, very dysfunctional country. and his, you know, we will see, we also see lots of, you know, it was a lot of presents and also among the but he's also some syrians because of, um, customer, a customer as well as support for a site into where they are in syria. this is definitely the training the dynamics of power when comes to israel, but we still sing back and forth classes along the border with israel. so there's a difference. you know, there's a cost on us while he was a might to use h

one change we've seen since july 13th, the butler incident, is using ballistic glass at certain outdoor events for mr. trump, for msn they are speaking and there's concern about line of sight. so much of the security material is not readily listed or disclosed for obvious reasons, not wanting to tip off would be assailants, but it's also a very complex picture about resources, money and manpower. josÉ. >> we are also learning, kelly -- actually, josÉ, that the u.s. secret service is expected to hold some kind of a press briefing this afternoon around 4:00 eastern is what we are told. along with other law enforcement, specifically related to this investigation. ashley, as the campaigns now try to maybe recalibrate following this latest incident, what are you hearing about their plans for the next 50 days and whether there will be any changes? >> well, what's interesting is on the democratic side you saw president biden, vice president harris, minnesota governor tim walz all come out with sort of the obvious boilerplate statements of condemning political violence. this is now the second assassination attempt, we beli

butler. the senator from wyoming is recognize. >> think you mr. chairman. ms. goldsmith-romero, i will start with you. thank you for coming to my office and for our conversation. it was very helpful. should banks be able to hold the digital asset companies? >> thank you, i appreciated our conversation, too. inks to hold custody of digital assets right now. >> and do you support that? >> yes, i am very familiar with banks holding custody of those assets, and you know it is just another business like any other business. >> should banks be able to provide services to digital asset companies like payment services? >> i don't think it is the fdic's role to tell banks what industries, or companies, they should be providing services to. >> i appreciate your answer. because otherwise, we end up with concentration risk regardless of whether we are talking about digital assets or oil and gas or any other banking -- banked industries. i appreciate that. what is your action plan, the specific steps you would take to solve the management crisis that is going on at the fdic?

ms. alsobrooks: first of all, i want to say thank you to these super bad women on this stage who are so powerful, each of them, my sisters here. senator butler, i tell you, is a bad lady, and she is credited -- or we should blame her. we see all these women succeeding all across the country. it is because of the work she did. she believes in women and black women. before i even declared myself a candidate for senate, she was already there and came by to help me get started, making phone calls for contributions. she has just been incredible. we admire and value you. angela, my goodness, your voice across this country, they already know when they hear her coming that she is really there for the right cause. my sister senator to be, who i already have so much admiration for her for her generosity of spirit. we had lunch together to talk about our kids and the fact that we intend to be quite old, god willing, upon our election. we have a whole lot of energy and some focus and a mission we are serious about. i do want to answer a question about vision to victory and have to tell you that every day i have had the opportunity to run this race, i ha

butler? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and the ranking member for holding the hearing. thank you to our witnesses for joining. ms. feldsher, a particular appreciation for you . there are four of you on the panel and you have done a lot of talking. so, i appreciate you being responsive and engaged at the senator's questions. i just want to quickly go back a to the ranking member's point which i think is a valid one. if there is not a pot of resources for people, for victims, to be compensated from, then how can we expect people to be reimbursed. so, the ranking member made an important declaration that no one quite responded to and i wanted to give you the opportunity to respond for our clarification, for greater understanding. the ranking member johnson made the note that zelle was free. so, it made me want to understand a little bit more, mr. fowler, as the chief executive officer of early warning services that owns and operates zelle, is zelle a nonprofit? >> thank you, senator. we run the zelle network on a o cost recovery basis. >> but is it a nonprofit? >> it is a company, a corporation. >> okay. again, i w