ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be withdrawn. there is a bill at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make certain provisions with respect to qualified able programs permanent. ms. cortez masto: i ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 735, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the bill will receive its next reading on the next legislative day. ms. cortez masto: i ask unanimous consent the release be agreed to the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. one more time. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 735, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin.s. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty.ssan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. vote: the clerk: 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. 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. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker capito, casey cassidy, cornyn, duckworth, grassley hassan, hickenlooper, king man chin, moran

ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.erk: mrs. brand, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. scott of florida, no.o&z the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. hirono, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. graham, aye. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mrs vote: r. cruz, no.erk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. o. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. sc

ms. cortez masto: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. madam president, i am thrilled to be joining senators markey, hirono, duckworth, and all of my colleagues today in support of the right to contraception act. you know, this month marks the second anniversary of the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade, which upended a woman■> choose and paved the way for former president trump and anti-choice politicians to further erode women's rights in this countries. now, we knew these anti-choice republicans wouldn't stop attacking reproductive rights after roe fell. we knew they would keep trying to diminish our freedom to make decisions about our own bodies, including the right to obtain and use birth control. you don't have to take my word for it. look what's happening in states across the country, as you've heard from my colleagues. even though the right to birth control has strong bipartisan support, anti-choice lawmakers are passing bills left and right to chip away at access to contra contraception. and listen republican party jus

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman.. mr. johnson.■8 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. . peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts.k: 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. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. une. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen.. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.■]■■ó■é3) the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, carper, cortez masto, durbin, grassley, kelly, manchin, murray, reed, ricketts, rounds, warner, warren, wicker, wyden. senators voting in the negave -- blackburn, cotton, cramer, hawley,kennedy, lankford, schmi

ms. godtland: absolutely. i think that question was directed to me. sen. cortez masto: yes. ms.dtland: the ticket to work program, we conducted a large cost-benefit evaluation of this program from 2002 towe were the most recent available data. what we found was cost exceeded the benefits by about $806 million over t period, and there were net losses to the program every horizon. we also found that about pa eligible beneficiaries participated.and at the participant level we found modest rso participants average earnings were timated $246151e similar five years after participating in the program. and 5.1% of participants left the rolls after five years of starting the program compared to 2.4% of similar nonparticipants. sen. cortez masto:ed on your analysis, what do we need to know in congress? that, what should be our action? ms. godtland: the bottom line both with the ticket program and these most recent nsdemo individuals don't want to lose their ben work right up to the r benefits. and what we see from thedemonstration and the research around that which conduct. this is based

cortez-masto: thank you. ms.wilschke, let me talk to about some of our tribal we hear from some of our members in nevada. programs to help elders andreservations, offering support such as housing assistance. th security administration has reduced supplemental income by counting tribal welfare assistance as income. i am working to introduce a bill that would ensure welfare benefits are not unfairly categorized as income affecting supplemental social incoi think our tribal question to you is would clarify the tribal jennifer welfare benefits help the ssa better support our tribal members access to their full ssi benefit?ms. wilschke: thank you. i am details of the tribal policies and how the benefits are counted would happy to take that back and give you a fuller response. sen. cortez masto: because it is something -- i am all about addressing the cliffs because there's definitely concern here. quite often, our tri left behind on so many levels and this is one area, i want to make sure they have access as well. i d

cortez masto: thank you. thank you for the panelists being here. i appreciate your insight. chair wyden: i thank my colleague from nevada. let me say, ms.wilschke, i am also a cosponsor on my colleague's very important bill. think we will need to get your response for legislation which she asked you for soon. can we say two weeks to have a response from you all? chair wyden: very good. senator cantwell. sen. cantwell: under the current law, social security beneficiaries cannot have more than $2000assets andin order to married couples can only have000 so they must limit that eligibility. this limit has not changed since it has not been adjusted for inflation. i think it is incredibly low threshold. i have constituents who have told me they have been forced to spend down their assets or rat the eligibility. in addition, people with disabilities who want to get married often choose not to because they could have $4000 in total asse in unmarried partners compared to justple. i think it is a disincentive. these policies have not been changed. do you agree the current asset outdated for where we are today? mr. morton: the current ssi asset li

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin.ms. ernst.erman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith.hnson. mr. kaine. mr mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. 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. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen.o. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt.mr. schumer.krida. ms. sinema. ms. ms. stabenow.ee mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barasso, blumenthal buddcapito cornyn cortez masto, cotton crapo, duckworth, gillibrand hawleyhnkaine, klobuchar, manchin,ley, mullin murkowski, murray peters risch, rubio, schatz schmitt, schumer, scottle

cortez masto: t thank you for the panelists being here. insight. chair wyden: i thank my colleague from nevada.let me say, ms.e, i am cosponsor on my colleague's very important bill. i think we will need to get your response for legislation which she asked you for soon. can we say two weeks to have a response from you all? ms. godtland: yes. chair wyden: very good. senator cantsen. cantwell: under the current law, supplemental social security beneficiaries cannot have more than $2000assets andin married couples can only have000 so they must limit that eligibility. this limit has not changed since 1983. it has not been adjusted for inflation. i think it is incredibly low threshold. i have constituents who have told me they have been forced to spend down their assets or t the eligibility. in addition, people with want to get married often choose not to because they could in unmarried partners compared to jus $3000 as a married couple. i think it is a discentivthese policies have not been changed. dolimitations are too low and outdated for where we are today? mr. morton: the current ssi asset limits for individu