ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr.

ms. lummis, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. lujan, no. ms. warren, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no o o. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. . mr. manchin, no. ms. murkowski, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 53, the motion to table is not agreed to. the senator from new mexico. a senator: mr. president, i rise in support of senator hawley's motion to table. mr. lujan: mr. president, i speak today on behalf of annie and henry and rosemary, tina, louisa, francisco, laura, wilbert, charles, and the thousands upon thousands of people who endured the suffering brought on by the nuclear weapon testing in new m

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. 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, hassan, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, manchin, merkley, ossoff, peters, rosen, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warnock, welch. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, fischer, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, menendez, sinema, thune, wicker, young. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the cle

ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. the clerk: mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. padilla. mr. paul. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. the clerk: mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- paul. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, cantwell, gillibrand, hagerty, johnson, klobuchar, lujan, marshall, murray, ossoff, schumer, tester. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. romney, no. mr. fetterman, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. casey, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mrs. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. mr. carpe

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. . mrs. fischer, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. barasso, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar,

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. brawn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. # the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. g

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr.. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: roll c vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61, the nays are 29. 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. mr. durbin: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. durbin: i move to proceed to calendar number 304. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nominatio

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. 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: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, brown, butler, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, grassley, hirono, johnson, kaine, klobuchar, manchin, murray, padilla, ricketts, schumer, police. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, paul, scott of florida. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley,

ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. complrk senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, booker, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, coons, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, hagerty, hyde-smith, lujan, murphy, peters, reed, ricketts, sanders, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warren, welch, wyden. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, crapo, marshall, mullin, paul. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr.

ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mendendez. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. mullin. mr. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reid. mr. ricketts. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. 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. cinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. warnock. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, coons, gillibrand, heinrich, kaine, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, marquee, mendendez, merkley, murray, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz, smith, stabenow, whitehouse, wicker. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, cruz, lummis,

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. mullin, no.test. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. markey -- mr. m

ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. menendez. mr. mcconnell. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. daines. 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. -- mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, bennet, booker, cardin, durbin, hickenlooper, lujan, ossoff, padilla, rosen, smith, and welch. senators voting in the negative, boozman, ernst, lee, marshall, paul, scott of south carolina, thune, and tillis. mr. schatz, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrr peters, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fische

ms. lummis terror group h -- the terror group hamas raided peaceful communities in its neighbor israel andtured and raped and murdered innocent children, babies, women, unarmed men, and senior citizens. it was the type of massacre that belongs in a different century. a different era. but it happened just last month. mr. blair, members of parliament, members of the congressional delegation, distinguished officers, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues and friends. my name is peter van praagh. on behalf of the board of directors and everyone who worked to make this event possible, welcome to the 15th annual halifax international security forum. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, canada has a new minister of national defense and in a few moments the honorable phil blair will take the podium. no, you cannot choose your neighbors. ukrainian and israel are democracies living beside neighbors who want to annihilate them. neither ukraine nor israel chose war, and yet both are fighting now to save their countries and their way of life. it is not a coincidence they are in this together. when russia started

lummis. we will now turn to senator fetterman. >> thank you, ms. chairwoman, thank you. you know, i know all of your experts all know that there's not a single state, county or city anywhere where a full-time worker earning minimum wage can afford a two bedroom apartment, correct? it's a disgrace. it's a natural disgrace. you know, we of course have that issue. i'm from pennsylvania and that of course there's states in the nation that have more of a severe problem, but you know, doctor, i really want to ask you, you know, how does a lack of affordable options near opportunity for the economy? >> that's a great question, senator. we know that when housing costs are high that employers have a hard time hiring and retaining workers, whether it's some of the world community we've been talking about or in urban areas. if people can't live close to the jobs they may move to an entirely different area where housing is cheaper and that's an issue for the expensive community spirit we also know when people spend higher share of their monthly income on the rent for the mortgage, t

kennedy, lee, lummis, mcconnell, mullin, hall, ricketts -- paul, ricketts, risch, scott of florida, vance, and young. mrs. murray, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ay. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63. the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii ms. hirono:}madam president, we now have one week left until the senate is scheduled to recess for the end of the year. while this year is quickly coming to an end, our work in thi

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. wicker, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, no. ms. butler, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. lee, no. . the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, no. ms. smith, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. briewm that you will, aye. -- the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.