ms. stabenow: i agree.and, you know, i think about covid and all of the increased stress on children and young people, and, as you said, the increased number of suicides. and all the pressures on everyone, from those on the front lines that were taking care of patients in the hospitals and the stress of families and so on. we know that it's even more important that we eliminate the stigma of what it means to ask for help, mental health help, or if you have an addiction to be able to ask for help, but it's not enough just to eliminate the stigma. you have to have the service. you have to have the service in the community. it has to be quality services. it has to be funded in a structural way where you're supporting the staff and, again, modeling this after community health centers, which are widely supported. every community in the country, strong bipartisan support, by our picking up that motto and basically saying, we need to do that for mental health and addiction as well as physical health, we're just ex

ms. stabenow: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, if you know anything about michigan, we love our cars. we put the world on wheels and we've been keeping michigan moving ever sibs since. -- ever since. but recently this love affair has hit a dry patch. nearly everyone in michigan drives to work, to school and to the lake on the weekends and it's getting warmer and warmer to be able to do that. and high gas prices have made this michigan way of life a lot more expensive. i'm thinking of the driver who uses his own car to deliver meals and other essentials to families in detroit. gas prices have gone up so much he's barely breaking even. i'm thinking of the student who drives 40 minutes every day who attends classes at michigan tech. she -- she needs money for her tuition and rent. i'm thinking of our farmers, fuels absolutely essential to power our tractors and produce fertilizer and keep the world fed. but income is tight be even in the good times and in the tight times the folks who grow our food can struggle to fill the

ms. stabenow: i want to give a shout-out to senator cantwell. i don't know if this is a record, but monday this -- moved this so fast through the committee, it's amazing. building on the great work of the committee with the innovation and competition act. again, on behalf of all the farmers in michigan and across the country, this is a really important legislation. and madam president, as the pandemic began, congress, on a bipartisan basis, made sure our schools and summer meal programs had easy-to-use flexibilities, so they could continue to feed hungry children who are no longer physically in school or no longer able to go to a meal site in the summer because of covid. now, all across america now, because of a lot of hard work and a lot of -- on a lot of people's part, our kids are back in school, which is great. but 90% of our schools are still struggling to provide children healthy food as a result of higher food prices, less available staff, and more supply chain delays and shortages that we know about all the time. in fact, part of that re

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ms. ro. >> thank you. thank you chair stabenow, ranking member boozman, and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify. my name is sandra ro, and i'm the ceo of the global blockchain business council, the leading not for profit industry association for blockchain technology ecosystem, representing nearly 400 institutional members. i began my career as a financial engineer at deutsche bank and morgan stanley. subsequently, i led cme group's digitization team where we pioneered some of the earliest regulated cryptocurrency products, and for example, the cme bitcoin futures today on which u.s. bitcoin etfs trade. at cme, my team worked together closely with the cftc, and these close relationships were critical to our ability to innovate effectively and responsibly. today, i will share three blockchain use cases that are moving our society in a more secure, transparent, and equitable direction. but first, as requested by the committee, i will start with some basics. the bitcoin white paper published in 2008 outlined a peer-to-peer electronic cash system using a consens

ms. stabenow, aye. >> ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lanford, no. >> mr. young no. >> mr. warnock, aye. >> mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. >> mr. leahy, aye. ing. >> mr. heinrich, aye, mr. scatz, aye. >> mr. cotton, aye. >> ms. feinstein, aye. >> mr. chester, aye. mr. kasey, aye. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. moran, aye. >> mr. durbin, aye. >> ms. smith, aye. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 69, the nays are 30, 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 actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 764, january contreras of arizona, to be assistant secretary for family support, department of health and human services, signed by 16 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quor