ms. cortez masto: mr. president, i have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. ms. cortez masto: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m. on monday, march 21, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of r the two leaders be deserved for use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to calendar number 282, h.r. 4521, america competes act. further that the it cloture motion filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cortez masto: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senat

ms. cortez masto: madam president, i have six requests for committees to meet during today's ssess of theate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent that the senate veterans' affairs committee be discharged and the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3665. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 3665, an act to designate the medical center of the department of veterans affairs in san diego, california, as the jennifer moreno department of departments affairs medical center and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent that the senate veterans fairs committee be discharged and the senate proceed to the immediate conside

ms. cortez masto: they have my full support and the support of senator rosen. i urge the senate to confirm them. nevada's federal bench has had vacancies since 2016 and 2018, so the need is urgent. senator rosen and i have carefully reviewed the records of the president's nominees,

ms. cortez masto: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate will resume consideration of the luger nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of justice. andrew m. luger. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 60, the nays are 36, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will immediately be notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you. i've lent my voice with my colleagues here in the united states senate many times here on the senate floor and elsewhere back home in kansas in condemnation of vladimir putin's attack, invasion, the death and destruction th

ms. cortez masto: they have my full support and the support of senator rosen. i urge the senate to confirm them. nevada's federal bench has had vacancies since 2016 and 2018, so the need is urgent. senator rosen and i have carefully reviewed the records of the president's nominees, judge kristine that silva and professor anne traum in cooperation with the bipartisan judicial commissions in our state. both of these women have the skill, the dedication, and knowledge of the law to serve nevadans and the nation as district court judges. judge kristine that -- kristine na silva became the first woman and latino to serve as chief of the criminal division and worked on the investigation into the route 91 harvest festival shooting in las vegas. since 2019 she has been a judge on the aight judicial court in las vegas. nevada has benefited immensely from judge silva's public service and i am confident she will continue that service on the federal bench. professor anne traum has served as an attorney for civil courts in the u.s. attorney's office, as an assistant federal

ms. cortez masto: , braun, risch, cramer, blunt van hollen, fischer, padilla and senator hickenlooper.i know that senator coons has remarks himself. so, with that, i thank you. i yield. mr. coons: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, i rise to offer some brief remarks about a dear friend, someone whom i've relied as a mentor, someone who served our nation across many decades and someone whose passing earlier today is a moment of great significance for our nation and our place in the world. i happen to have been a truman scholar. some of my best friends are truman scholars and the person whose passing we mourn today i first met because she was the chair of the truman scholarship foundation board. i'm speaking of the former ambassador to the united nations, former secretary of state madeliene albright, who i first got to know decades ago but who in my dozen years here in the senate i got to know as a mentor and a friend, someone whose humor and insights and charisma were unmatched. one of the greatest memories i will have in my life w

ms. hirstius: the prices are something that we do not control. i think you said that yourself. the way in which we prioritize -- sen. cortez masto: so you would not be willing to pass off your dividends actually to consumers who are hurting right now? ms. hirstius: we are committed to continue to invest and make sure our production does not decline. sen. cortez masto: i have only got so much time, so let me move on, because i did not get an answer to my question. postulating on the biden administration's policies as the cost of the high gas prices currently facing americans right now, and i see some heads nodding here. that is absolutely right. the data that i have come and please tell me if this is incorrect, the blm under the biden administration has approved more permits to drill last year than it did in the first three years of the trump administration, and oil production on federal and public lands is higher now than at any point since at least 2003. we have heard this statistic. the oil and gas industry has more than 9100 approved permits to drill that have not yet been put into use, and 14 million acres of leased public l

senator cortez masto and senator tester is also on the call. so ms.newman please, tell us your story. thank you >> thank you, senator brown, for giving us this opportunity. i live in the highwoods in great falls washington. i want to tell you about people who choose to live in manufactured homes. [inaudible] when you have downside from big houses and [inaudible] empty-nester sometimes making a simpler lifetime and planning ahead for the more modest needs of retirement. on my street, seven of ten are single and come in campus. in 23 includes a person with a disability. most of us on our own fixed income and just cannot absorb these big rent increases. 21 years ago i bought a manufactured home and moved it to the highwoods because it was beautiful and well maintained. we had a hair landowner who kept our community safe and affordable. in just two years, having park capital has bought seven parts in montana, affecting the lives of our over 1800 families. they are utah based private equity group who have re-branded themselves as the savior's off affordabl

ms. cortez masto: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. cortez masto: mr. president, i ask that. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada will suspend. the? is not in order -- the senate is not in order. the senator from nevada. ms. cortez masto: mr. president, i ask that the senate proceed to executive session and vote on confirmation of executive calendar number 684, the nomination of cristina silva under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate la proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the cristina silva nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. cristina d. silva of nevada to beious district judge for the district of nevada. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. ms. cortez masto: for the yeas and nays. -- i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, on t

ms. cortez masto, aye. whitehouse, aye. mr. schatz, no. >> didn't forget to vote. >> ms. shaheen, aye. build blumethal, aye. is hyde-smith no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. portman, aye. >> mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. >> ms. stabenow, aye. >> ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lanford, no. >> mr. young no. >> mr. warnock, aye. >> mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. >> mr. leahy, aye. ing. >> mr. heinrich, aye, mr. scatz, aye. >> mr. cotton, aye. >> ms. feinstein, aye. >> mr. chester, aye. mr. kasey, aye. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. moran, aye. >> mr. durbin, aye. >> ms. smith, aye. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 69, the nays are 30, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar