schatz: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. what baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schatz: as in executive session, with respect to the order holding nochl nationles in status quo, strike from the accepted list executive calendar number 375. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted, on the following dates and times and that following each pro forma session, the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: friday, december 22 at 8:00 a.m.; tuesday, december 26 at 9:00 a.m.; friday, december 29 at 10:30 a.m.; tuesday, january 2 at 11:45 a.m.; and that the second session of the 118th congress convene on wednesday, january 3 at 12:00 noon for a pro form

schatz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. a couple hours ago republicans voted down the motion to even begin debating a the national security supplemental appropriations bill. they claim to support israel and ukraine, but when it came time to act, they voted no. but let's be clear about one thing. every part of this bill is essential for america's national security. we have two wars raging hand a number of other threats brewing around the world and this funding for our allies and our partners could not be more urgent. itit is the difference between able to fight authoritarians or not. have food for people caught in conflicts or not. having the defense systems to deter china from meddling in taiwan or not. our friends are counting on us to help them, and our adversaries are counting on us being too divided to do even the most basic task. america remains the indispensable nation. it is the leader of the free world. it is the nation that other countries big and small look to in good times and bad and it is a responsib

schatz, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, 26 ayes and 73 nays. the motion to table has not been agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the conference report to accompany h.r. 2670, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities for the department of defense, and so forth and for other purposes, 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 conference report to accompany h.r. 2670, an act to thorz of authorize for fiscal year 2024 for military activities for the department of defense and for the department of energy to provide military strength shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the r

schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: 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. co

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 clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. butl

schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: the chair lays -- the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following. the clerk: the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities so forth and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house received from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the senate agreed to the same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of ru

i want to bring in heritage capital president paul schatz.would have won for super bowls too, right? is this monday morning quarterback? i know all these things were up. 2023 was a year of the bull but didn't feel in the midst of it. >> i was in this spot, i said i was going up 24% this year. you said i hope you're right my man. bonds disappointed me a little bit. i thought bonds would be stronger and crypto would double. charles: at the beginning of the year felt like there were distinctive things. chat a.i.,. >> big. charles: silicon valley thing changed. >> the key to last year was, when alls, when all the hit the fan in january, earnings preannouncements, when guidances, when they couldn't hit the market in january with all the barrage of bad news the most bullish thing a market can do go up in the face 6 bad news. that was key to me, january of last year. charles: that was your buy signal. 2024 let's look ahead. these are some areas you like going into next year. >> i think 2024 will look nothing like 2023 i think we're going to have a p

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until >> there will be more of those pro forma sessions over the next couple of weeks while the senate is in recess. the next votes january 8th, return aid to ukraine and border security. watch live here on c-span2, we return now to american history tv. >> across the arc of reagan's report rhetoric to allow his presidency. the first one was to, in reagan's view speak of truth about the soviet union and we know that reagan made any number of harsh comments and as i demonstrate later in the paper, these harsh comments on occasion continued after 1984 and even the straight january 16th speech included harsh criticism. i wish i had the time to make the argument in detail, but the ivan and anya passage one of the most eloquent of reagan that jim and sally could travel where they want and ivan and a

schatz: mr. president, reserving the right to object. we're in a global fight against fascism and authoritarianism. we're seeing it in putin's war in auch and -- in ukraine and with hamas in the unspeakable things they did on and since in october 7th. and in xi jinping's attempt to take taiwan by force. they telegraph their true intentionsto the world, and worse are willing to do whatever it takes. nothing is off limits for them. that is the seriousness of the global threat of an increasingly coordinated fascist movement. so to address one of these problems but not the other, to somehow judge one threat greater than the other, to say we're going to fund israel but not ukraine, is wrong. it's wrong morally because evil is evil no matter where it occurs, and wrong strategically because we have a direct national security interest wherever fascism rears its ugly head. take off your ukraine lapel pins. take back everything you said to president zelenskyy. we were in the house when he addressed us. everyone was anxious to shake his hand and ex

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 negative -- baldwin, brown, heinrich, klobuchar, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, van hollen, warnock -- senators voting in the negative -- nraing, hawley -- hagerty, hawley, vance, risch, young. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aisle. -- mr. padilla, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cotton,

schatz, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. moran, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the

schatz: i ask unanimous consent that we start the vote now. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: 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. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. 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, paul, rubio, vance. mr. kennedy no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr.

schatz, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. reid, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. ernst, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: 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. m

go sing for them, but not in real life, trying not to look in the direction of his ex-wife, agent schatzigration began with the circumcision of vakarievich’s son and it was a very correct event, because it was there that i realized what my emigration would be like. yes, it will hurt, but there will always be cheerful, kind, joyful, slightly drunk people around. the next compliment to the hero of the day, who bent over to the bottle, was made by foreign agent slepakov. replacing betrayal with excessive talkativeness, he tried to convince everyone that makarevich became a foreigner not because he spoke in the ato before the punitive forces, but because he had a tongue without bones. sit here now and feel sorry. gaza strip, not fucking khazbalah. the next issue of the alka program was the foreign agent galkin, who escaped from israel and returned again. i 'll drink first and then perform. yes. in one of the 27 beautiful civilized european countries, no problem, but in a sober shop he brought his famous wife to israel, which has been constantly at war with all its neighbors for 75 years, but

>> look, senator schatz, i will say, this has flummoxed american diplomats for decades., i'm concerned, as you are, that we are heading into a new period, and that period could be quite concerning. the steps that we have taken today have been, primarily, to strengthen the regional deterrent around north korea, and what we've done with japan and south korea. and, other countries as well. i think that is important. the last constructive diplomatic engagement that we had with north korea was the aborted meeting in vietnam between kim jong-un and president trump. essentially, since then, the north koreans have rebuffed every effort that we have utilized to try to reach out to them. i will just say, senator, that we have tried, what i thought were creative and inventive approaches. we offered vaccines during the height of covid. we have offered certain kinds of engagements on humanitarian grounds. we've had difficulty getting any takers, even in addressing our letters or approaches to them. i do think this is something that requires deeper consultations with allies and partne

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. vote: vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, casey, coons, durbin, fetterman, hassan, king, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse. mrs. murray, aye. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, kennedy, lummis, mawch -- manchin, marshall, ricketts, risch, wicker, young. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. budd, no. the

bring in heritage capital president paul schatz. you've been pumped about this market.hey pulled out the tranquilizer dart. you've been pumped. wall street is now pumped. what is going on here? do you think they have legitimate arguments here? >> here's the head scratch, right? 2022, worst year for diversified investing ever but i feel like they went to sleep as we turned the page. new bull market began october of 22 and i think they're stuck in a philosophy that hasn't worked in years and years and years. anytime wall street is uniformly, universally bearish, you know what happens? markets rally. charles: right. >> they never get crazy bullish that is the funny part. they're never over the top bullish. i want to know when stifel said we started a secular bar market because i don't remember starting a secular bear market. charles: this is the top five stocks. has been only one time in history where the top stocks had this much influence on the oh all overall market. does that bother you, if money leaves mere we would be in other stocks, wouldn't it? >> this is backgroun

senator carper, senator whitehouse, senator murkowski, senator coons, senator markey, and senator schatz. this was special. we participated in two and a half days and over 50 meetings, engaging our colleagues from around the globe, showing u.s. leadership, and keeping us on track to accomplish what we set out to do at the beginning of this meeting. the first point i think we urged was that there is the urgency of the moment. we are beyond the crisis. predictions that were made 30 years ago have now come true about severe weather events. we talked about category 5 tropical storms 30 years ago coming at regular frequency. that's now a realty as a result of climate change. we talked about wildfires, and we saw wildfires in canada darken the skies from boston to baltimore. we talked about floods and droughts, the fact it would have on our food security. that is now a realty as a result of climate change, and our inability to do what we should have done decades ago. it's not too late to save the world. cop 28 was a real opportunity for us to reflect on where we've been and what we have to do.

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatza senator from the state

schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mrs.ckburn, 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. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 31. the motion is agreed to. ms. warren: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i r

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. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. graham, no. mr. barrasso, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. braun, no. mr. tuberville

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 this body is far from over, especially as it relates to our national security. yest

schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. smith. the clerk: 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 brown, butler, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, lankford, marshall, menendez, merkley, padilla, reed, sinema, tester, thune, tillis, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, crapo, daines, particularer, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, paul, tuberville. ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina -- mr. scot

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 -- barrasso, blumenthal, capito, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, fisher, gillibrand, hyde-smith, kaine, manchin, peters, reed, risch, rosen, schumer, scott of south carolina. shaheen, smith, tester, warner. senators voting in the negative -- lee, marshall, merkley, paul, schmitt, wyden. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. durbin, no. ms. butler, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, no.

schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. briewm that you will, aye. -- the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative 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 action. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote on the richard nomination occur at 5:15 p.m. and that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate vote on confirmation at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader. the vice president: without objection. a