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. rkowski. 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. mssinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mal 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, bennet, blumenthal, book,brown, butler, carper, casey, as soon as, cortez mao, duckworth, dur businesspeople, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, shaheen, smith, stabenow, warner, warren, welch, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, black

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. . marsll. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. muhy. mrs.urray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. . 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. nema. ms. smh. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. waer. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mrwyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, brown, butler, cantwell, carper, cay, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, merkley, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, stabow, warner, warren, welch, whitehouse, wyden. senato voting in the negative -- boozman, britt, budd, capito, daines,

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. collins, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. . vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. graham, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 5

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. thune, no. rville, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, no. 's historic comeback victory for president donald j. trump was one for the ages. it's overwhelming victory sent a clear message to begin a party here in washington d.c., mainstream media will bless the end he leads that americans are fed up with the agenda that was crammed down their throats for the last four years. the majority of voters decided that the american first agenda championed championed by donald trump and j.d. vance is a playbook for american greatness. as a part of that playbook president trump has put together a strong, very strong list of qualified cabinet members. a veteran who served two tours in iraq and afghanistan is ivey league educated businessman background that's what we need in the pentagon right now to restore order and their finances. and hhs has assigned robert f. kennedy jr. who has singl

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. mullin, no. thclerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. risch, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the cler mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. tilly, no. -- mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the c

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr.lis, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. decisively that far too many americans are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to get by and struggling to get ahead. and we're hopeful that the incoming administration is prepared to join us in that effort to truly make the american dream available and accessible to everyone. now, my honor to yield to my good friend, my classmate, my colleague an amazing leader in house democratic caucus democratic whip katherine clark. >> thank thank you so much,. leader. i am profoundly grateful for the trust and confidence of my colleagues and especially grateful to get to work with this leadership team led by hakeem jeffries who continue to pull our caucus together and to lead with the american people at the center of everything he does.

ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. et, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 59, the nays are 37, 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 action. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: office of government ethics. david huitema to be director. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination of the knee. the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet

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. >> good morning. this committee will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss the urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. before we get started doing to acknowledge briefly this is the first hearing we've had since the election. it is clear some things will look different. one thing will not change and that is my commitment to working with senator collins to keep doing the important work of this committee and a bipartisan manner despite any distractions thrown our way heard this too much at stake for families back home for any of us to throw up our hands. we stillth have to wrap up our y 25 bill so i remain committed to working together to complete that process as quickly as possible in a manner consistent with the bipartisan bills we've all put so much effort into. back to the subject at hand we will hav

ms. stabenow: thank you so much. and thank you, senator klobuchar, for your current leadership and future leadership in the area of agriculture and nutrition, forestry. i would say at any other time that putting forwa a bill would be a starting point and then we'd negotiate and work together which i've been trying too for two years. we put something out in may. we have been working and negotiating. but now here we are. and so this is sort of -- the bill is more like t end, not the beginning. this we could pass. a hundred different provisions that are bipartisan and more than that. there's a lot of the titles. there are 12 titles of the farm bill, as you know, and a number of them we have negotiated. that's what's so frustrating. we he a number of those where we have a lot of agreement. there's been a lot of good work that's come together. but this one area in terms of who gets the bulk of the presources, where they go, do we continue to honor what we did on conservation as it relates to climate which is hitting farmers over the head, and do we try t

ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: will -- mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered madeland upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the ali nomination, cloture motion, be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions

ms. klobuchar, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. fetterman, no. mr. casey, no. ms. collins, no. mr. cornyn, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. schumer, no. mr. wyden, no. vote: weeks have passed since then the urgency remains georgians at the center of this devastation are living this every single day. while i am here to her my my colleagues of the more urgency to act, i note families and farmers back home still recovering they are the ones who understand the dire circumstances clearly. there's one family in augusta, georgia a married couple with two young elementary age kids who following helene are still residing in a house deemed 95% damage. it's a practically unlivable, their home. they are still waiting on federal supports to move to either a temporary or a long term housing solution. imagine that, waking up every day in a home that's 95% damage. and as they navigate the stress and the trauma of this turmoil the father continues showing up for work. he goes to work every day in order to provide for his family and then returned to their damaged home waiting on us to show up to work. and get the job

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. i thank you all for being here and i'm delighted to be accompanied by senators merkley welsch and then colin. we are here this morning to discuss the three joint resolutions or jay argues that the senate will be voting on tomorrow. they are as j. rezwan 11, to block 120-millimeter tank rounds as j. reyes 115 to block high explosivebe mortar rounds as j.o block guidance kits attached to many of the bombs dropped in gaza. the truth of the matter is that from a legal perspective these resolutions are not complicated. they are cut and dried. the united states government is currently in violation of the war and every member of the u.s. s

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: 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. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: ms. hirono. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, heinrich, hill my, merkley, reed, rosen, van hollen, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, paul, scott of south carolina. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. wicker, n

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. moran, no. 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 -- casey, king, lujan, sinema, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, collins, cornyn, cramer, cruz, fischer, hagerty, hawley, johnson, lankford, moran, murkowski, and tillis. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. all downhill from here. but in all seriousness, it's particularly get a beer assume has been a long time

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell.r. 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. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. two an unelected bureaucracy has thrown this balance offkilter. earlier this year of course the article iii branch quite clearly restored the boundaries on freelance regulatory interpretation in the executive branch. but there's more work to be done to rein in washington bureaucrats expensive interpretation of the powers of workingdi americans. and fortunately congress has a powerful tool called the congressional review act that does exactly that. two great aff

ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. marshall, no. ms. collins, no. mr. paul, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. graham, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. schmitt -- mr. romney, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. johnson, no. ms. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. the cle