ms. murkowski, no. mr. lee, no. mr. moran, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. hoen, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. are .residing officer: the ys the nays are 39. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, noel wise o californiao

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, fischer, graham cruz, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, risch,rounds, schmitt, scot

ms. murkowski, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. d.c. with commercial republican leaders as well as biden at the white house for the first time ninety ohio. client for democrats. >> either. i'm glad you mentioned trump making a visit to the white house today. it's been on my mind a lot specifically in that realm what the democrats can do considering the fact that religions are looking like they are going to watch the trifecta. democrats need to look back to obama here's what mitch mcconnell was able to do in terms of utilizing minority powder to make things more difficult for republicans to get things done. >> independent. >> the problem with the palestinians or they ran to develop a nuclear warhead and technologies like jordan and egypt and surround egypt with the strike, maybe that would stop the killing and the killing on both sides. they both have this destruction and that same dynamic will come int

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 -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, graham, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, paul, risch, and tillis. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hic

ms. murkowski mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peter mr. reed. mr. risch. mr. romn. ms. rosen. mr. rods. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. e clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. . scott of florida. mrscott of south carolin mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. llis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wker. mr wyden. mr. yog. thclerk: senators voting in brow tler, duckworth, durbin, klobuchar, murray, peters, schatz, sinema, wner, an warren. senators voting in t negative- cassidy and romney. mscoez masto, aye. ms.tabeno aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, n

ms. murkowski, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr.. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the motion is agreed to. let's begin the associate press yesterday calling the house for republicans after television networks have done so in earlier days. in washington new leadership saying we have a mandate. do you agree and if so what is it? >> i do think we have a mandate and the mandate is for the american people and it is quite clear. the economy is a mess. inflation over the last four years is increased over 20.5% 2% cumulative. 2.7 oh whatever right now but you have to take it from a perspective how much it has increased over the last

ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. etts. 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. the clerk: mr. young. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move that the -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move that the sergeant at arms request the presence of absent senators and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs

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. 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, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, cantwell, carper, durbin, fetterman, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, king, klobuchar, markey, merkley, ossoff, peters, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, whitehouse, wyden e --. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, britt budd daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, lee, lummis, moran, paul, risch, romney, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. casey, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. mcc

ms. murkowski, we saw yesterday. and i hope everybody has a merry christmas. and a prosperous new year. appreciate it. [cheers and applause] >> welcome, everybody. glad we are all here together. the highlight is the show and tell. driving the truck is just plain work. but every stop we went at was happy. it's a happy way to make a trip. >> how long have you been driving the truck? >> 71 years. [cheers and applause] >> how long have you been driving the truck? >> in march of this coming year, i will be doing my 50th year. >> [cheers and applause] >> could you pronounce and spell your name for us? >> my first name is john. john. >> fred. austin. think texas. [laughter] >> and to top things of, we have 10 million miles driving in alaska. >> [cheers and applause] >> i don't know if i can do it again. [laughter] >> you have to come back in 10 years. >> i hear they have their own social media influencers here. [laughter] >> any other questions that we can answer for you? >> forgive me. i don't know if it was two years ago or last year but the capitol christmas tree and the white house christm

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 -- durbin, warner, welch and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- daines, rubio, scott of florida, tuberville, and young. mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. marshall, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. moran, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. crapo, no. mrs. britt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. ricke

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 resident of this area, washington, d.c., northern virginia, it's so gratifying to see this extraordinary investment take life and it even more life

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. the senate work in nontraditional nominations today votes have also begun on a. series of foreign policy measures introduced by independent senator bernie sanders been these include resolutions to block arms shipments to israel and other disapproving of loan relief for ukraine. earlier today at vice president-elect jd vance was on capitol hill talking with lawmakers about the incoming president's choice for attorneyy general. former congressman matt gaetz, resigned shortly before the release of an ethics committee report. you are watching live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmativive -- heinrich, kain i appreciated emily going to take a couple of minutes. yesterday in the press report apparently i had a report what i said at lunch for the news the talking but a

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. senate who believes in the rule of law should vote for these resolutions. the foreign assistance act and the arms export control act are very clear the united states cannot provide weaponry for countries that violate inte

ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. cketts. 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 affection republicans used the cra to scrap a slew of bureaucratic rules after eight years of runaway regulation under the obama administrati

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 -- durbin, hickenlooper, manchin, and schatz. no senator voted in the negative. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. padilla: aye. the clerk: mr., aye. -- mr. padilla, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. baldwin, aye.