ms. lummis: i move to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. lummis: i further ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. lummis: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak in favor of my congressional review act resolution, senate joint resolution 59, and it's house companion, house joint resolution 109, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title # 5, u.s. code, of the rule smutted by the securities and exchange commission relating to staff accounting bulletin number 121. staff accounting bulletin 121 or sa b-121, is rule under the administrative procedure act disguised as an accounting guidance. it was published by the sec staff without the approval of the majority of the commission. accounting guidance is not something that normally would catch the attention of congress. but in this case, a bipartisan group in the senate and house has understand covered serious concerns with sab 121 a

ms. lummis, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. order. under the previous order, the motion to c-- to reconsider sr considered made and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the the clerk will report motion to invoke

ms. lummis, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. schatz, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. to mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. murray, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. budd, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. braun, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. mor

ms. lummis, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. thune, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. schatz, aye. moz murkowski, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford no. ms. warren, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden

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 -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, buicker, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, crapo, daines, durbin, hine -- heinrich, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, markey, marshall, mcconnell, merkley, murphy, ossoff, padilla, paul, peters, risch, rosen, rounds, schatz, schumer, smith, stabenow, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wyden, and young. mr. coons, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: senato

ms. lummis: and, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following interns in my office be granted floor privileges until may 9, 2024. they are georgin, jessica and elizabeth michael. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. lummis: thank you, mr. president. every five years congress has the responsibility to fully fund the federal aviation administration and national transportation safety board to ensure airports across the country have the resources they need to bolster security measures and fulfill costs associated with meeting the demands of both national and global travel. as the cowboy state continues growing making sure the people of wyoming have reliable, safe and affordable access to travel is critical to maintaining our state's economy. the faa reauthorization act of 2024 stands to not only further boost our thriving tourism industry, but eliminates burdensome regulations that challenge small airports across wyoming and across the nation. for more than a year, i've fought to ensure

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. the clerk: 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, capito, cardin, cramer, crapo, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, marshall, murray, schatz, schumer, sinema. mr. coons, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, rounds, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr. murphy, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs.

ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. vote: the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: but here in the united states in 2024. intimidation of u.s. students support for terrorists, calls violence against fellow americans. we've seen at all, and more on college campuses over the past few weeks. and too often this repugnant behavior has been abetted by the action, or an action of campus faculty and administrators. jewish students simply walking around the campuses have heard things like hamas, we love you. burn tel aviv to the ground. from the river to the sea. we are hamas. every one of those slogans has been used at protests. a cbs article from a few days ago reported, and i quote, near columbia university anti-semitic slogans includ

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. 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 legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 3935 which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 211, h.r. 3935, an act

ms. lummis, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr.r, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. and humane. this week, republicans will have an opportunity to join us in taking action. moments ago i for cloture on the motion to proceed to the bipartisan border act, , the sae bill we negotiated three months ago by the bipartisan group with senators murphy, sinema and linker. the citizen will vote on thursday. last night the president called both leader mcconnell and speaker johnson and urged him to go forward with our bill. all those who say we need to act on the border will get a chance this week to show they're serious about fixing the problem. unlike h.r. two, bipartisan border act was written explicitly to win support from both parties with input, sign

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 49, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved -- 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. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 571. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is approved. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nom

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 -- cantwell, cardin, carper, duckworth, gillibrand, hirono, manchin, markey, shaheen, sinema, welch. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, cramer, graham, hyde-smith, tuberville, vance. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. mullin

ms. lummis, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. ms. rosen, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. vote: vote: vote: reserving the right to object too. i appreciate the passion of my colleagues. i have served with both of them for 12 years senator kaine and i both were elected together in 2012. he and i have worked together on many issu

ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. - the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 84, the nays are 13. three-fourths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majori

ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. the clerk: mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: 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 -- baldwin, butler, cardin, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, heinrich, hirono, kaine, king, klobuchar, manchin, menendez, murray, ossoff, schatz, tester, warren. ms. cantwell, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, ernts, graham, hagerty, kennedy, ricketts, risch, tillis. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. reed, aye.

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 affir affirmative, blumenthal, brown, coons, cortez-masto, durbin, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, king, merkley, murphy, peters, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, tester, warner, warnock, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative, barrasso, blackburn, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, padilla, romney, rubio, sanders, schmitt, scott of florida,

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. booker, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. as cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. pppp. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 56, the nays are 39, the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notif

ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 10. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i rise to talk about the faa reauthorization bill that's pending before the senate now. i want to begin by thanking the chair of commerce, senator cantwell and ranking member senator cruz for doing something very important. it is critical that this faa reauthorization bill happen. and as i look at the bill, i see many provisions that i strongly support, and i applaud the committee for their work. in particular, the committee has addressed the critical shortage in air traffic control that is incredibly important to the safety of our skies. and second, the committee dealt with a challe

ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: 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 -- baldwin, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, crapo, cruz, daines, durbin, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, king, lankford, markey, mcconnell, moran, mullin, murray, ossoff, paul, peters, risch, romney, rosen, rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, sinema, smith, stabenow, t