ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. rosen, ayes. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i call up my amendment 108 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. schatz for him70's proposes an amendment numbered 1078 to amendment 935. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided before the vote on the schatz amendment, 1078. mr. schatz: mr. president, i want to urge passage of an amendment to reauthorize this critical housing law for american indians, native minute i hawaiians and alaska natives. this wo

ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. briewm that you will the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. mr. lee, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. merrickically, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no.. the clerk: mr. sul

ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the presiding officer: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are # 55, the nays are 44, the motion is agreed to. the clerk: nomination, environmental protection agency, david m. uhlmann, to be assistant administrator. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak there

ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no mr. lujan, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, is not agreed to. the senate will be in order. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order, please a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i call up my amendment number 438. the presiding officer: ask that it be reported by number, and the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, proposes an amendment numbered 438. the presiding officer: senators will take their conversations outside the well, please. the senator from kentucky has the floor. order in the senate. mr. paul: the u.s. sent $113 billion in aid to ukraine. it is impossible to send this much aid this fast into war-torn ukr

ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 46. the nominee 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 action. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session for the consideration of s. 2226, which the the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 119, s. 22267 of 6, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask for six minutes for debate. borrow without objection. mr. cruz: i call up my amendment numbered 926. the presiding officer: roich. the clerk: senator from texas for himself and others proposes amendment 926. mr. cruz: this is a bipartisan bill. this is a cruz-manchin-ernst fetterman bill, which demonstrates the breadth

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i rise to state my intention to include the afghan jument act as -- adjustment as an amendment to the defense authorization act. this involved years of work. this bipartisan legislation is led with senator graham, along with senators coons, moran, blumenthal, murkowski, shaheen, wicker, durbin, tillis, and mullin. those are just the people who are cosponsoring this bill and there is going to be -- there's many others that are supporting on both sides of the aisle. what is this about? well, it's about our national security. it's about a covenant -- a covenant that we have made and we must keep to those who stand with us on the battlefield. this bill does right by afghans who worked alongside our troops and shows the world that the united states of america, when we make a promise, we keep it. nearly 80,000 afghans who sought refuge in our country are currently in limbo. in just the last few weeks, one of them who was a translator for the military who was working two jobs to s

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i will be joined shortly by senator moran who is the rasking republican on -- ranking republican on the veterans committee, and senator blumenthal who always has been such a strong leader on many issues related to veterans. and we are here to talk about an amendment that is before the senate this week on the national defense authorization act. this is our moment. this is our moment, mr. president. i came to the floor last night and spoke on this and i am here again. and i'm here not just on behalf of all the cosponsors of this important amendment which includes senator lindsey graham who is the lead republican on the amendment as well as, of course, the ranking republican, highest republican on the senate judiciary committee, senator coons, senator moran, senator blumenthal, senator murkowski, senator shaheen, senator wicker who i note is the ranking republican on the

ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 91, the nays are 6. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. rounds: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. rounds: i call up my amendment 813 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. rounds, for himself and others, proposes amendment numbered 813. mr. rounds: mr. president. the presiding offic

ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: just for the information of members, we're speeding up the vote process. there's the whitehouse picnic tonight, and we're going -- two of get things d

ms. klobuchar. the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin. the senator from new jersey, mr. the senator from nevada, ms. rosen. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from west virginia, mrs. capito. the senator from iowa, ms. ernst. the senator from montana, mr. danes. the senator from iowa, mr. grassley. the senator from idaho, mr. risch. the speaker: the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doorls. doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. sarj the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the president of the state of israel. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distint honor to -- distinct honor to introduce to you his excellency, isaac herzog, president of the state of israel. president herzog: madam vice president, mr. speaker, on november 10, 1987, i was sitting at home with my wife expecting our first child. we were watching the first israeli president invited to address a joint session of congress

ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. mullin, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. haul, aye. ------ mr. hallly, aye. ms. britt, aye. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 94. the nays is 3. the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: let me give the order. we're almost done. we're about to vote. first i have to do unanimous consent request to vitiate cloture. i'm going to speak on the ndaa bill, on the pages, and yield to leader mcconnell to follow me and then we vote. so first, i ask unanimous consent to modify the previous order so cloture motions with respect to the substitute amendment 935 as amended and the underlying bill s. 226 be withdrawn, that the schumer amendment 936 be withdrawn, that the substitute amendment 935 as amended be agreed to. further, that the bill as amended be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill

ms. klobuchar: thank you very much to senator coons for his strong words, mr. president. and for focusing on what matters here, which is the people of our own country, the military and those who support them, who believe that this situation is simply untenable. that these afghans that stood with us, risked at any moment being deported, not right now because of an order that president biden has in place. but that's not the only problem about uncertainty. the problem is they can't go on with their lives, as happened with past evacuees, after cuba, i noted, after vietnam. they are part of the fabric of life in the united states of america now. so let's hear what some of these security experts have to say. i'm going to read a portion of a letter that a group of them sent to congressional leadership. the bipartisan afghan adjustment act honors our nation's commitment to its wartime allies by providing a path to permanent status for afghan evacuees. it also ensures that these evacuees are properly and scrupulously vetted prior to considering them for such status. the status quo

ms. klobuchar, aye. senators voting in the negative close close blackburn, booker, collins, cornyn, crapo, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, paul, risch, rubio, sanders, schmitt, sullivan, tuberville, and warren. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the pr

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. boozman, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. >> the clerk: the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to.dchendoe nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rachel bloomekatz, of ohio, to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: