a senator: will the senator yield for a question? mr. cruz: i will happily yield to senator cornyn for a question. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'm a little confused. if the democrats sincerely want to pass a law relative to ivf, wouldn't they ordinarily work to have an amendment process where we can actually have debate and maybe achieve some consensus? it seems to me that by introducing a bill that they know is bound to fail and blocking the bill that you and the senator from alabama are, have offered, that they are guaranteeing there will be no federal protection for ivf. am i missing something? mr. cruz: as usual, my friend, the fellow senator from texas, you're not missing something. that is precisely what's going on. this not lawmaking. this is politics. this is partisan politics. this is an election campaign commercial that the democrats are engaged in. to make clear, leader schumer knows the result of the vote this afternoon. why? because we had the same vote just a couple of months ago. he knows exa

a senator: will the senator yield for a question? mr. cruz: i will happily yield to senator cornyn for a question. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'm a little confused. if the democrats sincerely want to pass a law relative to ivf, wouldn't they ordinarily work to have an amendment process where we can actually have debate and maybe achieve some consensus? it seems to me that by introducing a bill that they know is bound to fail and blocking the bill that you and the senator from alabama are, have offered, that they are guaranteeing there will be no federal protection for ivf. am i missing something? mr. cruz: as usual, my friend, the fellow senator from texas, you're not missing something. that is precisely what's going on. this not lawmaking. this is politics. this is partisan politics. this is an election campaign commercial that the democrats are engaged in. to make clear, leader schumer knows the result of the vote this afternoon. why? because we had the same vote just a couple of months ago. he knows exa

as a brand-new senator was one senator kennedy asked me to join senator martinez of florida, senator kyle of arizona, in crafting a bipartisan immigration reform. that did not succeed. i was on the judiciary committee when chairman lahey and ranking member graham got through the judiciary committee and cleared the senate floor with a very significant veto-proof majority. a bipartisan immigration reform. and we were hearing regularly from chris murphy at least on the subject of the murphy/sinema/langford negotiations we helped would produce bipartisan immigration reform. the bill we passed through the senate was killed by speaker boehner. he admitted it. i'm not accusing him of anything he would not say. the recent bipartisan measure was killed by president trump, who told the republicans, walk away from what you are guy negotiated. and they did. here is what i think we can agree on. the president has proposed tens of additional billion dollars in enforcement. we should be able to agree on that. there are ways to detect fentanyl coming through our ports and we need to invest in and de

in a matter to continue the great working relationship of these two senior senators have had senator collins refrained from them. we are not asking for it unanimous consent and requiring some from the other side to come and objected that we will continue to work. but what is absolute sure is the fiscal year will begin in just a few days. the appropriation for what we need to do at the pentagon what new things we need to do will not be passed will be stocked with last year's priorities. as a result at a time when we need to be putting more resources into national security and sending new direction that are out there, at that time will be wasting money at the tax payers. by having a priorities still extended for another three months. hopefully it is only three months rather than putting the resources they are that the experts tell us. and that we have learned are necessary for the next fiscal year. my colleague pervade would like to speak of my time i would gladly give to her. but if not i am prepared to yield the floor and just regret so profoundly that our leadership is not allowed u

senate. thank you for our witnesses for being here i will not recognize ranking member doug fisher for her opening. >> good after elected think clement tropic klobuchar for hearing this and i like to think or three witnesses for being with us. today we're here to learn about the nomination process in the u.s. senate. changes to the process over time and what, if any changes may improve that process. in taking up a nomination senate is carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. first, the appointments clause of the constitution explicitly directs the senate to provide advice and consent. second nominations provide the senate's opportunity for opportr oversight. while oversight responsibilities are not explicit in the constitution the supreme court has said they are inherent in the legislative process set forth by article one. the constitution does not subject every presidential appointment to the advice and consent process it only requires advice and consent for the principal officers.

senator-designate helmy's career was a longtime senate staffer for both the late senator frank lautenberg and senator cory booker and served as chief of staff to the governer of new jersey. he knows new jersey like the back much his hand. when he's sworn in later today he'll be escorted by senator cory booker. it's a proud moment for them as well as for all of george's family. finally, senator designate's brief tenure will be historic. he will be the first ever member of the coptic orthodox church to serve in the senate. it is one of the oldest institutions in all of christianity dating back to the first century when the apostle mark evangelized in egypt. today there are tlooft half a million coptic americans living in the u.s. with large communities in new jersey and in my home state of new york. today one of them will join this great body. i thank george for answering the call of service. we wish him nothing but success and are ready to assist him however necessary in the weeks and months to come. now on the c.r., the senate is back in session for what will be three very busy, fast-pace

senate floor. i point that direction over there. and we had a conversation and senator stabenow indicates that she recognizes the challenge that farmers, the dire circumstances they are in today. subsequent to that i've met with and had conversations with senator boozman from oklahoma oklahoma, my colleague -- from arkansas, my colleague who is the ranking chairman on the committee. and with john hoeven, the ranking member on the ag appropriation subcommittee. i want all of us to work on a long-term extension and a shorter-term disaster assistance plan. those conversations have begun, and i am hopeful that before year's end, we've been able to do our work. sometimes i get complimented -- not very often, but sometimes i get complimented and when i do, it's often for my efforts. and while i'm willing to do all the efforts that are necessary, in this case, efforts are woefully inadequate and results are critically important. mr. president, i look forward to my colleagues and i moving forward on farm b

senator butler, you are next. senator butler is here with us for a short period of time. so, she has a very big interest in moving this along. >> thank you, senator klobuchar, ranking member fischer, for today's hearing. i am sure that my appearance at today's hearing was a little curious for folks. not only do i take my service to the committee seriously and to the chamber, but this is actually one of the areas that i am dumbfounded by. and so, i have been trying to understand, through conversations with my colleagues, committee members, how does this work? why do these rules get created? why do we do it this way? so, to be able to be here and ask questions objectively, with the objection of trying to further enable this body to do the people's work. it was an opportunity that i couldn't pass up, and senator klobuchar appropriately characterized my time here is short, and i want to have as great an impact on doing the work that the people of california and the people of this country -- in as an impactful way as i possibly can. that being said, i have not only been dumbfo

senate. bills that have been ready since july.o want to commend my colleague from maine the distinguish ranking member of the appropriations committee for accommodating the chairman of the appropriations committee. i had prepared today to come down here and support senator collins in an effort to have a unanimous consent request. to bring the bill to the floor. what else were doing? look at us. in a matter as you continue the great working relationship these two senior senators have had, senator collins refrain from that were not asking for unanimous consent andid requirig someone from the other side to come and object to that. we will continue to work. but what is absolutely sure is the fiscal year will begin in just a few days. and the appropriation for what we need to do at the pentagon, what new things we need to do will not be fast. we stuck with lester's priorities at a result at a time when we need to be putting more resources into national security sending a new direction based on tha

in theor bill the senator katie britt and i drafted every senator could agree with there's not a worddemocrats disagree with. look abortion is an issue a the device u this chamber there some of us like another's pro-choice. sender katie britt and direct nice not going to resolve disagreements on abortion on the floor today. so we deliver the drafted the bill that is focus on ivf specifically and there are no poison pills in our bill, there's nothing decided to force the democrats to vote no. in sender poor and is that is our bill on the floor, i believe it would pass my believe that any never got it honestly would vote for it but i think it a minimum we would get, 60 votes and enough to pass it which is why the democrats subject to taking it up because they want their bill to fail in order to be in this meeting. >> i want to go for this question. >> so it is my understanding that is theis two of us came together, 49 republican strong, sent a letter saying we strongly support ivf and out if the democrats were serious about wanting to protect ivf which is legal and accessible in every s

senate. they touch on reducing the number of confirmed positions. the senate's power of advice and consent, and the challenges with agencies relying on acting officials. the hearing is nearly an hour. >> hello. [inaudible conversations] [background noises] alright, a call to order this hearing of the rules committee on senate procedures to confirm nominees. or get them confirmed, that is our goal. i like to thank ranking member fisher and our colleagues for being here >> all right. i called to order this hearing of the rules committee on set of procedures to confirm nominees. or get them confirmed, that is our goal. and i would like to thank ranking member fischer and our colleagues for being here as well as our witnesses, jenny mattingly as well as from the nonpartisan -- as well as sean stiff and elizabeth -- of the congressional research service. thank you all for joining us. today, we are going to hear from these three nonpartisan experts about the increasing amount of time it has been ta

iffer officer the senator from mississippi. -- the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: thank you, mr. president. i want to join my clarkes both democrat and -- i want to join my colleagues, both democrat and republican, in expressing regret that we don't have the important national security business of this congress before the senate right now. and, clearly, it's important to do a nomination and confirmation every few days. and the election is approaching and, of course, there's some show votes, and i think probably my side of the aisle has engaged in that sort of thing in years past. but it is such a shame that we face this access -- axis of aggressors like we've never faced in 50 years, and every national security official, whether a retired four-star or someone who's no longer in service but giving us good advice, they come before us and they say, we have never had such a threat from china, from russia, which is engaged in a shooting war right now, having invaded the sovereign space of a next-door neighbor, from iran which is directing the three -- at lea

senate. the clerk: washington d.c., september 16, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tammy duckworth, a senator from the state of illinois, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, i understand that there's a bill at the desk that's due forsecond reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h. 820, an act to direct the federal communications commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses and other grants of authority issued by the commission and have certain foreign ownership and for other purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i'd object to further procee

senator reed, the chairman. armed services committee and i have been putting together a manager's package for this year's national security authorization act. it would have been much better had we brought the bill to the floor and had 100 amendments. winnowed down and worked back and forth together as we should be doing, having an open vote so the people of the united states could see how senators from maine to mississippi and to the west coast, to the east, stand on important issues affecting the united states military, but we have not been able to do that, but we are working together. senator reed and i, on a plan and we have worked through nearly 100 variations to the legislation that was passed months and months ago by the armed services committee to resolve issues of local and state interest, issues involving how quickly we can get our industrial base going, to meet the need that frankly we're not meeting at the present time and to get ahead of the game so we could prevent war. so we can have enough strengt

senate, public service.e next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: you are in a battleground state. arizona is very close. joe biden won by 10,000 votes four years ago, almost four years ago. now fivethirtyeight has them in a dead heat between trump and harris. what do you think would make the difference? what is it that people of arizona would like to hear? >> senator kelly: a lot of issues in arizona. what happened with roe v. wade specifically, that one issue has forced women in arizona to bounce back and forth between one really bad abortion ban and another. it's been really tough. that issue is going to be on the ballot. people have an opportunity to vote on this. >> stephen: there's a resolution. >> senator kelly: there is a resolution. i would say that issue in this election looms pretty large. the other issue is the border. we are a border state. border security is very important to me, it's important to arizona. donald trump is the guy who killed the bipartisan border de

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, the office of government ethics is an agency that independently works to oversee executive branch's ethics program. the director serves a term of five years in this instance leading work that prevention financial conflicts of interest and ensures that the executive branch, regardless of political party, holds itself to the highest ethical standards. mr. president, our nation has been without a senate-confirmed director to this critical agency for more than a year. let me say that again, more than a year. but fortunately we have a highly qualified nominee for this post, one who has received support from both democrat and republican senators, including senators on the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs which i used to chair. since 2016, david hideman served as assistant legal advisor for ethics and financial disclosure at the department of state. in his role he has the res

even sometimes we go into a room, and i might be with one of my senators, and they will call him senator and me lisa. this is why i started off with "senator butler." it is important even how we present ourselves to each other. we will get to "lisa," but i'm going to start with " congresswoman." i'm going to start with "senator." give her her respect. [applause] another thing is to make sure you are educated and equipped. on social media, disinformation, misinformation, all of these memes, everything is out there and we need people who can influence -- you know your family, your friends, your coworkers, get the truth and spread the truth. the next 53 or so days, it's going to be a sprint, so it will have to be rapid response. rapid response. i got cousins that are posting things, and we are like, no, that's not true. each of you participating in whatever way you can in campaign. you don't have to run, everybody doesn't have to run for office. my sister marlo always says you need for these. one is volunteers. get engaged, get involved. the other is your voice, speak up, add to the convers

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. a senator: mr.nt, i ask unanimous consent for per meetings to speak up to four minutes prior to the scheduled vote. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i rise today in opposition to the nomination of michael sfraga to be ambassador at large for arctic fairs, not because i don't think we need an ambassador. we do. not because i don't think mr. sfraga has the knowledge and expertise to do this. i think he does. mr. risch: and not because he's not a nice person. i've met him. he's very engaging. i think he is a nice person generally. the arctic is a critical region. an arctic ambassador should help advance u.s. leadership but this person must demonstrate experience and sound judgment not just in science but also in matters of national security. dr. sfraga is not qualified in that regard as far as i'm concerned. in fact, i believe he makes the situation worse. based on his evasiveness during his vetting by the foreign relations committee, i believe dr. sfraga could pose a cou counterint

both the senate appropriations committee and the senate armed services committee have done their work in a bipartisan manner. on appropriations, chair merry and vice chair collins have made serious progress on the appropriations bills. virtually all of them have passed out of the appropriations committee with either unanimous support or strong bipartisan support. the majority leader could have put those bills on the floor last july. not nine days before a government shutdown. but he chose not to do it. so he points the finger of blame at our colleagues in the house of representatives who are trying to figure this out. but this is a holy man made disaster -- this is a wholly man-made disaster, and it could have been avoided. we could have been voting on funding bills months ago. instead of days, weeks, and months creeping by without even an inch of progress. these are the bills like the national defense authorization bill, for example, that pay our service members, ensure government operations big and small continue day-to-day. and i would say that the work done by the senate committee

but no, senator. you want to have a process that people feel safe using and that they actually do use and they are not fearful of. and that does not exist at the fdic. but you also want to look at the results and in 11 years we only had one finding against us, early in my tenure, and i addressed it. ultimately, you want to set up an environment of high dignity, professionalism, respect and employees feel supported and valued so they will come in and give 110%. that is how we got such great results at 1011. >> i very much appreciate that both of you have thought through these issues and actually have extensive experience with it. these are critically important economic positions that the nominees before us are imminently qualified to bill. i don't have time to talk with everyone, but i really appreciate your work. think you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator warren. senator kennedy from louisiana. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. romero, i know you have read the report. is that correct? >> yes, senato

the senate. we've been building one of the most important accomplishments of the biden-harris administration, the confirmation of highly qualified, evenhanded judges for the federal bench. to date we have confirmed 208 judges to lifetime positions on the federal judiciary during my time in the judiciary committee. we have had -- exactly divided senate in history, and i had -- have a nrao majority. this highlights the senate judiciary committee and to fill vacancies with highly qualified diverse candidates. this is an historic slate of judges we have approved who will rule with reason and restraint. they respect the rule of law, adhere to precedent and answer only to the constitution. i served on the senate judiciary committee for more than two decades including as chair for the past three and a half years. during that time i have evaluated and voted on more than 1,000 judicial nominees. the record is clear, president biden's nominees to the federal bench represent the best. every single one -- ev

first about hit me as senator i will say senator butler and the senator said their bit over 2000 and the history of this country and only three black women. it's still very important that in this moment when we are dealing within things like maternal mortality than it has n all of us. that is significantly dying it three times a greater rate. or check my student debt where 44%e more.than our counterparts. we earn less on the dollar, these issues are both professional because we each have professional backgrounds. we bring that when we come to these places. to be in the presence and to think about the fact that for the first time there is a potential to not just have one at ati time, but two. double the number. it is really important. part of that too is that belonging is something to have. when our county executive which was a huge huge monumental feet. when she made it through that remember texting because sister incentives to be able to know that you're going to be in a place in belong in a place with someone who has shared values and expectations and lived experiences. we even bot

senate nominees for delaware and maryland. topics include working across the aisle, what it means to run as a black woman for office and the impact of vice president kamala harris. the congressional black caucus foundation hosts this conversation as part of its annual legislative conference in washington, d.c. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning good morning. >> good morning. >> all right, yellow, those of you know me like to know i like to feel the love. morning. i'm lisa blatt rochester and we want to welcome you to our session that black women belong dot, dot, dot in the senate. [applause] and as you can see as a member of the congressional black caucus our theme this year is from vision to victory, amplifying black voices and so today this session is really an opportunity to amplify some black voices. we are so fortunate,, so blessed and honored that theon incomparable angela wright as a moderator of our so please give her a warm round of applause. welcome, our friend. [applause] >> good morning. you also not excited

and senator joe manchin with this. a.harry reid tried that with just a district circuits, circuit judges. and then the republicans came back and did it for the supreme court. >> it's not the first time harris has made this pitch. as a candidate in 2019 -- >> i am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass the green new deal. >> and as v.p. in 2022, quote: we have to codify roe v. wade into law. if the fbi gets in the way, the senate needs to make an exception to get this done. but harris may be wading into more controversy. >> border czar kamala harris has decided for political reasons that it's time for her to go to the border. >> with the possible trip to the border friday when she visits arizona. >> i don't think her going to the border makes any sense at all. frankly that plays right into donald trump who wants to make the border the number one issue. >> a cnn poll today has trump beating harris by 14 points on immigration. in arizona specifically, she is behind trump by 12 points on the issue among registered v

senator said that was a current democrat leader of the senate. the same amount party will change the rules and forster press priorities. but have. this was here is the center of the filibuster no longer serves purpose. if that is what it is, truly a principal agent like to hear them endorse the filibuster if republicans win the election. i'd like to hear him argue of can present of course every priority is what others will 30 legislation on killing unborn children past feeling pain. i suspect the democrat leader has not had this change of heart. i suspected president trump wednesday election, thinking that has the democrat leader will be happy to use the filibuster law to check legislation to says he did during president trump return. i don't recall hearing about abolishing the filibuster back then. thirty-two democrats including kamala harris signed a letter of april 2017 calling on tenant leadership to preserve the legislative filibuster. it is clear and expediency. the democrat party and the rule should be abolished in the far left agenda. dem

>> thank you, senator. i appreciate that we had some talk about the importance of having an independent and fair process. in the federal government, the eeoc said set up. there's various agencies for different kinds of allegations, but the eeoc said set up and works with the agencies to do that in a way where the investigations can be investigated so that there is no influence on the fact finder. these are the types of things that are important. that independence. >> do you have state supervisory experience. >> senator, i've worked a lot with the state banking regulators quite a bit. pierce bank in washington, we were able to go in with the state banking regulators for years that we did working hand in hand. we ultimately found why the bank failed, uncovered the cause and brought significant convictions in that case. i believe 15 bankers who were convicted. we worked hand-in-hand with the state banking regulators. >> you do believe your nomination comports with the fdi act. >> are you talking about the bank

senate. in the last senate, in the last congress he authored 19 bills but was signed into law, the most by u.s. senator and a single congress in 40 years. the event today will be moderated by me and mr. thompson, and he is a nationally acclaimed journalist and standard or for economic justice. his opinion columnist of "the detroit news" considered the leading black opinion journalist in michigan, founding dean of the antipoverty think tank the pulse institute, the former longtime top editor of the michigan chronicle and the first african american newspaper editor to interview former president obama. his latest book is -- lashes featured in forbes magazine. my own background has been a clinton and bush white a spokesman and senior staff for 4-star general mccaffrey as drugs or representative john conyers, claude pepper and ted kennedy. now i am the the president t weiner associate news and i'm proud to have won the national press club presidents award for recruiting young journalists as my lin

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: reserving the right to object. united states diplomats serve a singular purpose, to advocate for and protect u.s. interests all over the world. the constitution makes abundantly clear that the security of the american homeland and commerce with friendly nations are fundamental core interests of the united states of america. the promotion of woke cultural imperialism is never in the core interest of the united states. the constant crusade of career diplomats to evangelize woke ideology on behalf of the united states often works decidedly against our interests and vifrnl undermines -- actively undermines the reputation of our nation. like many biden-harris nominees, mr. kostelancik has proven unable to set aside his personal partisanship while representing the united states interest abroad. his past performance as charge d'affaires in hungary should disqualify him from diplomatic mantell again. it engaged in be ivfism which the hungarian government. all when he was essentially a pl

>> we do, senator.a presence there and there is probably one, one and a half% of contract manufacturing that we do in china. >> my next question is how do you monitor third-party distributors in china. how do you handle that situation ? >> china is a number two economy in the world. the sales that we make to china, the proceeds are reinvested back into the united states so that we can develop the latest and greatest semi conductors. in terms of doing business in china we follow the same model. we have authorized distributors who we that before we contract with them and then we monitor them. >> ms. thompson, the same question. how do you handle the third-party distribution from china? >> yes. over the last years ti has spent tremendous effort moving from a global distribution network to 75% of our revenue coming from direct sales. all of our distributors except for two are based in the united states. one of them has 75% of our distribution based in the united states just outside of denver. we have two di

senators. what is surprising is the apparent 180 47b degree flip she's made in the past, let's say seven weeks or so, in this campaign. she opposed a border wall. now she apparently supports one. she supported a ban on fracking. well, now she opposes one. she supported medicare for all, the federal takeover of health care and now says she won't push for it if she's president. she supported mandatory gun buybacks. now she won't push for them. she supported an electric vehicle mandate but now apparently she does. mr. president, i could go on on that list. it's' mazing what a brief seven weeksor so can do -- weeks or so can do or perhaps i should say it's amazing what getting nominated for president can do. it seems despite her apparent move to the center, progressive voters should not be alarmed. the far-left compatriot of the vice president, the senior senator from vermont whose medicare for all government health care takeover she cosponsored was asked on meet the press last weekend whether he t

without senate ramification -- ratification. while inserting findings clarifying the role of congress in ratifying treaties would be entirely appropriate, for a treaty under recognition. the draft pandemic agreement is not a treaty. as i've previously stated, the united states president has the option of ascending to a treaty agreement through executive action alone. without the advice or consent of the senate. and over 90% of all u.s. international legal agreements have been approved via executive action rather than normal or formal senate approval. these findings insulate -- insinuate, excuse me, these findings insinuate that the biden-harris administration is attempting to side step the senate in these pandemic agreement negotiations. this is absolutely 100% wrong. and it is for these reasons that i urge all of my colleagues to oppose this amendment and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: you know, the bulk of my speech in

resolutions -- senate 838, senate 839, senate 840, senate 841, senate 842, senate 843, senate 844. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m., tuesday, september 24. following the prayer and pledge, the gerbil of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and 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 resume consideration of the sf sfraga nomination. further, notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture motion with respect to the sfraga nomination ripen at 12:00 noon. the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetin

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 rose e. jenkins, of the united states tax court, the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. 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. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. vote: the clerk: mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. l

thank you, senator. i'm sorry to go on a little longer. >> thank you, senator campbell. we will have five-minute rounds. let me start if i might what really differentiates the united states from china, the prc, is the way that we conduct our foreign policy wrapped in our values. they conduct foreign policy based upon transaction objectives. and president biden has made it clear that the foreign policy will be wrapped within our values. so, we promote democracy, good governance, respect for human rights. china uses corruption and force as need be if they are threatening to do i want to try to carry out their foreign policy. so my question to you, as we develop our relationship with the prc, how do you balance our commitment to advance the values that our foreign policy is based in, not just the direct bilateral relations with china that countries in which we are competing with china. how do we balance the advancement of the values that are critical to the national security with the realities that are dealing with regimes that differ from us and are prepared to do things w

senate here on c-span2. ... the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. chaplain, the reverend dr. barry black, will open the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the center of our hope, you have given us this day for our use. from the rising of the sun until the setting of the same, your name deserves our praise. today, bless our lawmakers with your guidance and peace. give them hope and purpose as they work on capitol hill, reminding them that their steps are ordered by you and that you will supply their needs. show them that right defeated is better than triumphant evil. lord, encourage them to wisely use their time to contribute to peace and harmony in our nation and world. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to

and senior senator cory booker. as such, it was always my job to be the guy behind the guy. it was my job to make sure they were prepared, that they had the best possible counsel, and were ready to make the cons -- the consequential decisions. now it's very humbling. i will, as i have for many years, do my utmost to live to the faith placed in me by governor phil murphy to be thoughtful, diligent, and a forceful voice and representative of the people of new jersey. i have a very short window in which to do just that. in fact, it is my stated intention to resign from this post once the general election is certified by the lieutenant governor, who is also our secretary of state, at which point governor murphy has said he will appoint my duly elected successor. so there is a possibility that my tenure in this body will last all of 73 days. should that be the case, that means i will tie for the tenth shortest tenure as united states senator, which also means i will forever be rooted for the good health and good fortune

senate. senator peters is on on a sed cycle as a democratic senate campaign chair -- no pressure. and also chairs the senate homeland security and government accountability committee, another busy be suddenly. now for the ground role. we are on the record. please note live blogging or tweeting, exiting. short no filing of any kind whether breakfast is underway. once the session ends at 9:00 the embargo is lifted. and as many of you know, if you like to ask a question please send me a little signal and i will call on as many of you as possible as time permits. now senator peters if you'd like to make a brief opening remark. >> great, linda. good morning, everybody. a nice breakfast so enjoy, enjoy a good breakfast and look forward to our conversation about the upcoming election. linda mentioned this is not my first rodeo as the chair of doing it the last cycle. i bring that up because i think there are a lot of similarities of what we're dealing with last cycle that we are dealing with this cycle. and how we want, but it took that job knowing that we could hold a majority but i was

following the elections, 12 senators reconfirmed their powers.f today , our chamber has already been replenished with 14 new senators and appointments continue. i would like to.

a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms.klobuchar: i rise in support of laura margarete provinzino to serve as the next u.s. district court judge of the district of minnesota. i want to thank senators durbin and graham for working with me and both of them for supporting her to move her nomination through the judiciary committee. i want to thank leader schumer for making the time and leader mcconnell for the senate to consider her nomination, and also to thank my friend and colleague, senator smith for her work in support of this nomination. we jointly had a committee made up of esteemed members of the bar that made recommendations to the white house. ms. provinzino is a distinguished public servant who has served the people of minnesota as a federal prosecutor. as an assistant u.s. attorney, she has led efforts to prosecute violent crime, human trafficking, child trafficking and crimes against native american women. through her devotion to justice and the rule of law, she has earned the respect and support from attorneys and

rowe: thank you, senator. so our pittsburgh field office did the advance. during that advance, not only were they discussing amongst themselves about mitigating the line of sight, but also they were discussing with other agencies that were supporting it. our countersnipers met with their counterparts, the team lead and team lead met. they walked the site. they identified the a.g.r. building and if i may, senator, if i could point outing is right now, if i may. and we will place this for the record. this is the point of view -- this is from the second floor of the a.g.r. building. this point of view is the point of view where the countersniper team locally was posted. the gold arrow indicates where the shooter fired from. looking left, why was the assailant not seen? when we were told that building was going to be covered, that there had been a face to face that afternoon, that our team leads met, this was the view. let me show you another view, senator. this view is a re-enactment by one of my agents. laying f