ms. stabenow: mr.resident, i have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and the minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. ms. stabenow: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for a pro forma session only with no business being conducted on the following date and time -- monday, may 23, at 1:45 p.m. i further ask that when the senate adjourns on monday, may 23, it next convene at 10:00 a.m. tuesday, may 24. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the linden balm nomination. further, that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the

ms. stabenow: well, thank you so much, mr. president. i want to thank our leader who has been there right there every moment giving us the opportunity to be able to move this through quickly. i am very pleased to say that the access to baby formula act, after senator schumer's actions, will be going to the president for his signature. and this is really important as part of what we need to do to deal with an immediate crisis. the reality is that right this minute moms and dads are trying to figure out what they're going to be able to do to give safe baby formula to their children. is it on the shelf? where will they have to go to get it? how many days, hours are we going to have to wait to do this? it's an incredible, incredible emergency, and what i've so appreciated is that we came together, house, senate democrats and republicans and acted faster than i've participated in from writing a bill at the beginning of the week to thursday having it pass the house and now the senate to go to the president. now, i don't think we should be givi

ms. stabenow: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. i rise today in strong support of judge stephanie davis, who is nominated to serve on the u.s. circuit court of appeals. judge davis has spent her entire career in michigan, and we are better two it. -- better for it. judge davis began working in the eastern district of michigan. during her time there, she served in the office's civil rights. she prosecuted fraud, bank robbery, embezzlement, violent crime, public corruption, and criminal conspiracies involving drug trafficking as well as money laundering. and she saw -- oversaw community and law enforcement initiatives and led the office's diversity efforts. in 2016, judge davis became a magistrate judge for the u.s. district for the eastern district of michigan. in 2019 with the strong support of both senator peters and myself, judge davis was nominated by president trump to serve as u.s. district judge for the eastern district of mic

ms. pelosi: i don't know if they'll leave town today. the bill we passed, the w.i.c. bill, the bill that -- perhaps you won't weren't here, but -- you weren't here, but we were here with debbie stabenow today when she was introducing the bill with bobby scott and jahana hayes. so we have -- we have already gone down that path. then, in terms of the -- yeah, we have to have the money for the f.d.a. to do its job. so i think we will have some success. what's the -- what's the objection? we don't want to spend money on babies who are crying for food? ok. let's have that debate. ok. all right. reporter: are you fully satisfied with the administration? speaker pelosi: i am. first, you have to analyze what the problem -- how did this happen? how did this happen? where is the problem? what is the -- the private sector, which has a contractor to supply all of this, where did that fall down? in the meantime, you're seeking -- it's one thing to solve the problem for -- as we go forward. it's another thing in the here and now to get that baby food on the shelves -- the baby formula, the infant formula on the shelves. so the president has been very clear, we want to be as fast as we need to be b

ms. stabenow: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. ms. stabenow: all right. thank you very much. i understand there are four bills at the desk and i ask for their first reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the fights of the bills for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 350,en act to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the department of homeland security at the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the federal government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. s. 4261, a bill to suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the united states and for other purposes. h.r. 7688, aen act to prevent consumers from price gouging of consumer fuels and for other purposes. h.r. 7790, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations to address the shortage of infant formula in the united states for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for

ms. stabenow: thank you so much. i find it just very frustrating to hear from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle about how we are extreme because we are supporting a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health decisions. that is the vote today. the vote today is about who decides, who decides under roe v. wade when the third trimester, which by the way abortions can only be done to save the life of the mother, who decides that? the people on this floor, the republicans who think it's their right to decide it? who decides it? the united states supreme court? who decides in the most personal decisions and sometimes the most agonizing decisions a woman will ever have to make? the question is who decides. 50 years of freedom is what we're talking about republicans eliminating with this vote. 50 years of freedom for women to decide what we need to do as it relates to our own health care and reproductive freedom. so i strongly support the women of this country. i believe in them. i believe in us. i trust

ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: madam president, i had originally, before yesterday, planned to speak today at length about the fact that in 36 days children across the country are going to lose healthy meals they've been getting in the summer as well as meals during the school year and schools are going to be put in a very difficult situation. up to one-third of the schools may not be able to offer school meals at all. so that was my intent in coming to the floor, but after what happened, the horrible situation in texas, 19 more children, a teacher, a grandma died. now i wonder how many more kids will be killed in the next 36 days. we don't have to live like this. we don't have to live like this where we're begging for eight more republicans to join us, 52 of us, who want to make sure kids get healthy meals. we don't want to live like that. and we don't have to live in a situation where parents are afraid, where people are afraid to go to their place of worship, they're afraid to go to the grocery store, w

ms. stabenow: thank you so much. i find it just very frustrating to hear from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle about how we are extreme because we are supporting a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health decisions. that is the vote today. the vote today is about who decides, who decides under roe v. wade when the third trimester, which by the way abortions can only be done to save the life of the mother, who decides that?

ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i would ask to vitiate the quorum call and ask for one minute before the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you so much. i find it just very frustrating to hear from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle about how we are extreme because we are supporting a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health decisions. that is the vote today. the vote today is about who decides, who decides under roe v. wade when the third trimester, which by the way abortions can only be done to save the life of the mother, who decides that? the people on this floor, the republicans who think it's their right to decide it? who decides it? the united states supreme court? who decides in the most personal decisions and sometimes the most agonizing decisions a woman will ever have to make? the question is who decides. 50 years of freedom is what we're talking about republicans eliminating with this vote. 50 years of freedom for women to decide what we need

ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president, i ask consent the quorum call be ended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: madam president, i call up my motion to instruct conferees. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from wisconsin, mr. johnson, moves that the managers on the part of the senate on the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4521, be instructed to prohibit the possession, receipt, transportation, sale or purchase of mink raised in captivity for fur production. the presiding officer: there will be two minutes of debate. mr. johnson: this is two of the more inappropriate additions to ban the farming of mink for the production of fur. it makes no sense. it supports hundreds of jobs in wisconsin and so my motion instructs conferees to reject any proposals. i want to thank sena

ms. stabenow: 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. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays 47. 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. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: 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 847, barbara a. leaf of virginia to be an assistant secretary of state, near eastern affairs, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of barbara a. leaf of virginia to be an assistant secretary of state, near eastern affairs, shall be brought