slotkin, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. hagerty, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. the yeas are 48, the nays are 52. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i'd like to call up my amendment number 699 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new mexico, mr. lujan, proposes an amendment numbered 699. mr. lujan: mr. president, we are experiencing a nationwide shortage of police officers. police departments are stretched thin, making our communities less safe. in the worst cases, some small departments have disbanded completely. small towns need federal dollars to bolster their ranks. the musk-trump freeze took funding away from our police departments and law enforcement officials. the cops hiring program is the lifeline to many law enforcement agencies. cops hiring grants provi

. >> senator slotkin. senator slotkin: thanks for being here. we were neighbors for a short time in longworth when we were both numbers of congress. separate from being good office mates, i'm really concerned about the view that you end director vote and the president have expressed on the executive branch, and the president having the unilateral ability to spend federal dollars despite the congress appropriates. and i will skip the irony of a congressman who ran for office and was involved, deeply involved in appropriating dollars and voting on those things for years and years now being seemingly willing to give up that authority. it is a fundamental principle of the constitution, the supreme court starting back in 1975 has said that the constitution says, this body which republicans now control both houses of appropriates the dollars, and the federal government spends them accordingly. this has been reiterated by the courts. can you tell us your position as deputy director of omb, do you believe that president trump has the ability to spend ap

max, first, what do you make of the slotkin choice?sponse on either side of the of the political aisle. it's kind of a thankless position. >> sure. yeah. i mean, listen. >> that. >> shows exactly what. >> democrats want to go, which is. >> looking how. the party can come. >> out of the political wilderness. slotkin won in michigan. >> as you. >> mentioned, while trump won. and many in the base are saying, how can we win back these seats? what message works to win over trump voters, even in states where democrats have struggled? so she'll give an economic message, we believe, to say, look, democrats need to return to their roots as a working class party and also build bridges. a bipartisan message as republicans control all of washington, how they can assert their power. >> yet slotkin, one of those fascinating circumstances, but also the same with gallego, with cortez masto out in nevada. gallego, of course, in arizona, where they managed to win their senate races. but trump, of course, took their state overall in the presidential. is

. >> rebutting trump, democrats tapped freshman senator elissa slotkin to give their party's response to the president's joint address next week. it is 6 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at the statue of liberty on this last friday in february. good morning everyone. i'm jessica dean in for kasie hunt today. it is wonderful to have you with us in just a few hours, a critical meeting that could very well determine the future of ukraine will unfold at the white house. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy arriving in washington today to sign an agreement on national natural resources and reconstruction for his war torn country. ukraine was also top of mind at the white house thursday, when the british prime minister traveled to washington and for the second time this week during meetings with european leaders about ukraine. a fact check was required in the oval office. >> you know, they they get their money back by giving money. we don't get the money back. biden made a deal. he put in $350 billion. and i thought it was a very unfair situation. >> we're not getting all of ours

as senate mority leader chuck schumer anund michigan freshman senator slotkin will spk on their behalf. writing about senator slotkin he sa she is, quote, nothing short of a rising star in our rt she's dedicated her life to our country, she will lay out th fight to tackle the deep challenges we face ancht a path forward. the michigan senator is slated to speak shortly after the president's address. you can watch their remarksn the c-span networks starting tuesday at 8:00 p.m. stn with a preview on c-span. followed by the psint's speech at 9:00 and the decric response. we'll take viewers' calls and get reaction on social mia, live on c-span, on c-span now, our freeobile app, and online at c-span.org. announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. we're funded by these television companies and more. including cox. >> when connection is needed most, cox is there to help. bringing affordable internet to families in need, new tech to boys and girls clubs, and support to veterans. whenever and wherever it matters most. we'll be there. announcer: cox supports c-span as a public service, along with

. >> democrats he chosen who will give the over a trump, elissa slotkin will speak on thr behalf. schumer said she is nothing short of a rising star, she will lay out the fight to tackle the challenges we face. will speak after president's adesand you can watch then tuesday followed by t president's speech and the democratic response. live on c-span, c-span now. and c-span. work. >> c-span's washington journal, involving you to discuss issues in government, politics and public policy. moody's analytics economist talks about relief depending on spending and then the president talks about the cost and what it does to the nations debt. then key aspects of the minerals deal between the u.s. and ukraine. washington journal, joyce five at 7:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.

we're joined now by senator elissa slotkin, democrat from michigan.hanks so much for joining. >> thanks for having me. >> so this is a bipartisan condemnation of this move. i wonder, do you think that this and other efforts so far will stand in the way of this will rescue usaid missions? >> well, i think. >> for for all. >> of the work that's going on right. >> now, for all of the the. >> purging of people. >> at the department of. >> justice, usaid, i think there are legal cases going up right now in real time. and i think there are some. there's some real challenges. i don't think anyone certainly home in michigan has a problem with us looking at trimming the government. that's not the question. i worked in the federal government, and i can tell you there's there's definitely fat on the bone, but it's the way they're going about it that just has no strategic benefit to the united states, right? i mean, certainly, i believe what general mattis always said about development, which is if you're going to cut. my aid, you better give me more money for am

slotkin said, all over the world. the united states. >> has assumed they understood their relationship. >> with the united states. >> now everybody is. >> rethinking. >> so, claire, i, i have heard this a couple times since i've been on the air today, you know, february, what is it, 19th, 2025, the day the republicans killed the western alliance? i mean, just talk about what that means for americans, for how we see ourselves moving forward. >> i think the. >> hardest part. >> about this is trump is counting. >> on americans. >> not really. seeing how it impacts them personally. so, you know, what he thinks in his naive brain is that if he makes friends with the bad guys, the bad guys. >> are. >> going to be his buddies and they're never going to. >> hurt us. >> what he doesn't understand is when you weaken democracies across the globe, which he did by basically lying about the russian invasion in ukraine. when you weaken democracies, that is not a. >> path to peace. >> for the united states. that is a. path to war. an

david, what's your reaction to senator slotkin being chosen? >> yeah, i agree with jasmyne. she has both the national security bona fides to speak to what we're talking about today. but she's also very rooted in the midwest. she's from a swing district in michigan. she understands the concerns, the day to day concerns that people have. and she's very plain spoken about all of that. so it was i thought it was a it was a good choice. before we go, wolf, i want to tell you i've had the pleasure to be in both, uh, in both, uh, of these rooms over at the white house and yours. uh, and, uh, when you move to your new time slot next week, i look forward to following you there, because yours is more fun. >> we have much better video in our situation room than they have over at the white house. i'm sure about that. everybody seems to. >> absolutely. >> all right, guys, thank you very much. and david, we'll look forward to having you in the situation room in our new expanded two hour time slot starting monday, 10 a.m. eastern until noon eastern. all of you will be looking forward to se

slotkin, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. 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 se

slotkin, proposes amendment 664. ms. slotkin: my amendment is simple. it prohibits cuts to the funding and staffing necessary to respond to and control avian flu. this should be an easy no-brainer. afshian flu is -- avian flu is jumping between species. we're culling thousands of birds, and egg prices are the highest they've been in u.s. history. i want to believe this body should be able to agree that a biohazard that impacts every one of our states should be something that we maintain funding for. it's our job to protect our constituents. that's basic. avian flu is a threat. you know it, i know it, the world knows it. i urge you to put partisanship aside. vote for this very simple amendment, maintain funding and staffing on avian flu. mr. boozman: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: madam president, i rise in opposition to amendment number 664. agriculture secretary rollins and the white house have made clear that addressing avian influenza is a top priority. while i share my colleague from michigan's concer

to thank representatives debbie dingell, lisa mclean, john james, senator stabenow, senator alyssa slotkin, and of course senator gary peters. he's a former naval officer. he's fought hard for service members, military families, and defense jobs, and i know he will continue to do that until the very last minute of his term. we're all doing our part, but we need federal support. and that's why when i was in washington, d.c. on saturday, i spoke with defense secretary pete hegseth about supporting a fighter mission at selfridge. let's support our brave men and women. [applause] [inaudible] i thought candace miller would like to hear that. let's support our brave men and women in uniform at selfridge in our next budget and work with our federal partners to save michigan jobs and protect our national security. now let's talk about another driver of jobs and growth, those damn roads. we need safe roads to go to work, drop our kids off at school, and run errands. businesses need a solid transportation network to ship products and ensure their employees can get to work safely. in 2020, i created

carville and democratic michigan senator slotkin criticized the party for treating all minorities thenk it's racist to say well, filipinos are the same as hondurans and the same as nigerians are the same as and oh indonesiaance is absurd. they just keep using this language and i think they are too naive to know how stupid it is. >> the data will show you that it's just not accurate. a state like michigan is a giant mixing bowl on political preferences. if you think that you understand a community because of their country of origin, you are just -- you haven't run in a swing state. >> harris: oh my goodness. like learning the alphabet for democrats, caroline. what's going on? >> i think they failed to understand, harris, that minorities are not a monolith. they are a group of very diverse interests. we saw that with african-american men and how they flocked to trump because they do very much care about the economy and the stability of their communities and making sure that they can afford life in america. i think that is the fatal error of democrats time and time again which is general

slotkin is young for a senator and 30 years younger than 78-year-old president.nd there is a representative of new york that will deliver the spanish language response to the address. what do you think about senator slotkin giving the democratic response to the presidents joint address to congress? caller: anybody who has good ideas and good thoughts and is intelligent should be in there. trump has issues. ever look up oppositional defiance disorder, odd, google it and you will see what it means. it is a condition where the person does not like authority, has to rebel against all authorities. trump has to have enemies in order to have his minions and someone to focus on. host: ok. darnell in philadelphia is next, good morning. caller: good morning. i think that democrats should stop being anti-republican. i think democrats need to learn how to be pro-democrat. i am on so many forms were everybody says 1930's germany and not one person will mention 1930's roosevelt. i think democrats have lost sight of public infrastructure, public education, public health, civili

senate minority leader chuck schumer says senator elissa slotkin, the new senator from michigan, willdeliver the democratic response to president trump's joint address to congress on tuesday. schumer called the freshman senator a former and former cia analyst, a rising star in the party. these days, it is not uncommon to work multiple jobs. what is uncommon, or at least used to be holding an influential role in a president's administration while simultaneously working with private sector companies that could benefit from that access. josh dawsey has a piece in the wall street journal delving into potential special conflicts for these so-called special government employees. josh, they're getting paid by private clients, and they're getting paid temporarily by taxpayers. and you write about the fact that there is some conflict there. >> yeah, and a lot of them aren't even getting paid by taxpayers. a lot of them are just getting paid by their private clients. so let's take, for example, katie miller, who was sort of the main person in the piece. katie miller works for a big consulting f

. >> lauren, i spoke to senator elissa slotkin earlier in the week and she said, listen, you know, michigan voters, a lot of them do believe, quite reasonably, that there's waste in government. but she tried to draw attention back to the missions of an agency such as usaid, targeting things to vance point, like malaria, aids. they do counter narcotics, work in latin america, certainly close to the president's heart. and they're also filling spaces that countries like china, you might imagine, would backfill if the u.s. retreats from here. do you have any concern about destroying those other missions with real consequences in an effort to go after the portion of the budget that you can characterize as waste? >> so i think that there's. >> two things here. >> we have a. >> very real. >> need to reduce our debt. right. and you just mentioned china. they're the second largest foreign owner of our debt, which is a huge vulnerability for our system. so there is a need to look at every single government program the way that they are and really look at how we're going to reduce that debt. on the fl

you have a conversation with senator lisa elissa slotkin of michigan. joining us now is minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar. senator, i mean, if white house officials wanted to walk back president trump's comments about zelenskyy being a dictator and blaming him for starting the war, they obviously could have done that. they're not going to, um, where are we in this? >> well, first of all, we have got an incredible group of allies that are standing up with ukraine. that's our european allies. they have given over $50 billion in military assistance, over $100 billion in other assistance in total. and they've also taken in refugees. now we have played a major role in this and we must continue. everyone knew that this war at some point, as all wars would end with some kind of negotiation. but you don't give away the store at the very beginning. and that is what president trump did by literally attacking zelenskyy, someone who has earned the respect of everyone in the world for how he has stood up for his country. on one side, you have got russia. th

. >> michigan democratic senator elissa slotkin.enate armed services committee, the homeland security committee and a former analyst at the cia. i want to call on that. that third area of expertise, which you bring so skillfully to your role as a senator and ask you what's happening right now in ukraine, what are they having to do? based on donald trump's public statements? >> yeah. well, look, i was just at the munich security. conference and our bipartisan delegation met with zelensky. we obviously watched the jd. >> vance speech live. >> i think right now, ukrainians who have been. >> fighting. >> who have been trying. >> to hold off the invasion of their country, are looking around the world and saying that the united states, the country that since world war two has been on the side of democracies, is now not only just maybe walking away, but actually siding with the aggressor, with the autocratic regime. i can't overstate how different this is in the post-world war two america, and i think ronald reagan must be rolling over in

here's democratic senator elissa slotkin of michigan, who, remember, served as a cia analyst in iraq. >> americans don't know half of what goes on to. >> protect them from threats. >> they have. >> no idea what goes. >> on in. >> the dark of night. >> and these are the. >> people doing it. and i. >> think it's just like taking a. >> machete to the. >> federal government. >> without without. >> a concern. >> for how it implies it. >> impacts our. >> national security. >> there's also turmoil at the fbi. deputy acting acting deputy attorney general emil bove accusing bureau leadership of insubordination for refusing to identify a core team of employees who worked on january 6th investigations. he is now trying to reassure rank and file agents who, quote, simply followed orders that they will not be fired unless they, quote, acted with corrupt or partisan intent. >> they don't want an. >> fbi that's. >> going to examine anything they're doing. we are less safe because hundreds of fbi agents are on the verge of being fired for not being sufficiently loyal to donald trump. >> is the criter

slotkin, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. whitehouse, no. >> and it looks as though right now the vote is 54. rfk jr you know, susan, i'm just struck by the historic uniqueness of that. we're very probably going to be seeing in 2025 a kennedy in the cabinet of the united states, and that kennedy is robert f kennedy jr. his father was a cabinet member under jfk2 rfk s in cabinet, far different political parties and persuasions. >> yeah. different parties. i mean rfk jr opposed by most of the members of his own family. we saw caroline kennedy schlossberg come out with quite a fierce statement opposing opposing his confirmation here. so divided family still a powerful name. you know, kennedy is still a name that resonates in american politics. but this is this is quite the turn. you know, ron talked about how this is or maybe it was charlie, how how we're seeing trump have so much more power in the republican party than and in the republican congress. and he did the first time around. we're also seeing him. here's another differ

slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, fischer, justice, marshall, moran, mullin, rounds, sheehy, thune, tuberville, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- blunt rochester, cantwell, kaine, kelly, kim, murray, and warnock. ms. alsobrooks, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. mccormick, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. lujan, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. gallego, no. mr. wyden, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. curtis, aye. p the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. banks, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. merkley, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lee

and freshman senator elissa slotkin of michigan will deliver democrats response to president trump's congress next tuesday. the opposing party typically selects an up and coming politician to rebut high profile presidential speeches before congress. kelly, back over to you. >> all right, julia, thank you very much. meantime, a controversial new etf is hitting the streets today focused on private credit. but this corner of the market is a mystery still to a lot of investors who are trying to figure out the rewards and the risks. bob pisani joins us with more. and bob, just so we're all clear, private credit is basically like loans right. but instead of a bank making the loans it's a different kind of financial player. >> yes it's private players making the loans not. banks here. >> so this is a. >> big deal. today wall street is very eager to provide access to this private. >> equity and to private credit to the masses in general. >> and etfs are the obvious. >> wrapper to do that. so today state street launched an etf designed just to do that here. this is the spider apollo public an

i think people might not know that it wasn't senator slotkin, your boss, at one point. >> yeah. >> i don't know if people know. >> that she and i have worked together. you know, last 15. >> years at the pentagon, the. >> state department. she brought me over to the pentagon. but, look, i mean, both of us have deep experiences working with the director of national intelligence. >> and what do you think of tulsi gabbard? >> she she is not somebody i want in the situation room. why not? you know, she is somebody who has overwhelmingly shown just a lack of judgment in terms of pushing forward very much russian propaganda type statements, in terms of her attacks on the ukrainian government, attacks on the united states, saying it was the united states and nato's fault, you know, that put russia in the position to invade ukraine. we'll also just look again, you and i talked about this before, her decision to meet with bashar al assad. you know, the decisions there to meet with someone who was clearly an adversary of the united states, had worked to try to undermine our efforts. you know, t

my source tonight, democratic senator of michigan elissa slotkin, a former cia analyst. and it's great to have you here, senator, because before this, you served in the house with mike waltz. you actually are both on house armed services together. there's a picture of the two of you in ukraine standing side by side with zelenskyy, as we can see here. what did you make of that answer? >> well, look, i mean, again, i served on the armed services committee the entire time i was in the house with mike waltz, and we used to agree on, frankly, a lot of things related to national security. and i think, you know, the diplomatic way of saying it would be that he's evolved. i think, you know, what i've heard from republicans in the senate all week long is how they don't agree with the president. this isn't how they view vladimir putin. they understand who started the war and that it was putin. um, but and some of them are starting, starting baby steps to say something. but, you know, i see what mike was saying today is just he's representing the president and he's going to, you kn

slotkin, no. mr. sheehy, aye. mr. schatz, no. mrs. moody, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. ms. rosen, no. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. husted, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. daines, aye. mr. justice, aye. ms. cantwell, no. mr. graham, aye. ms. collins, no. mr. marshall, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. mccormick, aye. mr. schumer, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. wyden, no. ms. alsobrooks, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. kim, no. mr. merkley, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. kaine, no. mr. warnock, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mrs. murray, no. mr. heinrich, no. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. rounds, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. thune, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. fetterman, no. ms. smith, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. markey, no. mr. coons, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. shaheen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk

slotkin, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 51. the nays are 47. and the motion is agreed to. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the majority leader. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the mcmahon nomination be expired. further, that the senate vote on confirmation at 5:30 p.m. on monday, match 3. if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the senate resume legislative business and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i move to proceed to calendar number 2, s. 9. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 2, s. 9, a bill to provide -- that the purposes

slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of russell vought of virginia to be director. office of management and budget shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the esteemed committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. let me begin by thanking my girls who are now returning to the congressional confirmation. their love and enthusiasm for me serving again is a major reason why i feel going back to own be as of right endeavor at the right moment. beyond my enthusiasm for being at president trump side. it is a profound honor to be nominated a second time by president trump to serve as the director of the of

slotkin: the entire capitol team who have been here overnight. this is actually my first time that i've ever spoke on the floor. i'm a freshman senator, newly elected from the state of michigan. i did not anticipate doing my maiden speech so quickly and in reaction to what is going on right now in the country. they tell us that the maiden speech is something you think about and you build up to it and in the first three or four months you give your speech, and i find myself here early if the morning participating in an attempt to stand up on behalf of something very, very simple, which is the u.s. constitution. before i was a senator, i was a dedicated career public servant. i was a cia officer. i'm what's called a 9/11 baby, i happened to be in new york city on my second day of graduate school when 9/11 happened. it changed my life. i got recruited by the cia out of grad school and wayne year i was -- within a year i was on my first tour of iraq. i worked at the cia, at the pentagon and worked proudly for both democratic and republican administra

that was michigan senator elissa slotkin.laying out and articulating the case against tulsi gabbard, who russian state media describes as, quote, their girl to be the american director of national intelligence. of course, she came up short. the united states senate, controlled by republicans, confirmed tulsi gabbard to lead those 18 different intelligence agencies responsible for thwarting threats to americans here and abroad. she was sworn in a few moments ago. gabbard was confirmed by a vote of 52 to 48, with all 47 democrats, as well as mitch mcconnell voting against her. a little bit of irony for the man who used to control the republican party. now finding himself casting what is basically an ineffective dissent to oppose a n who russia is cheering for. within an hour of gabbard's confirmation, donald trump announced that he and vladimir putin would immediately begin negotiations to end the war in ukraine. we're back with claire and david. claire. we need more. claire. >> yeah. i can't tell you how disappointed i am in m

slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, cornyn, crapo, graham, mullin, risch, rounds, and tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, gallego, lujan, markey, schumer, and wyden. vote: the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. moreno, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. justice, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: ms. alsobrooks, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. mr. young, aye. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. peters, no. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. banks, aye.

one quick comment to follow up on what senator slotkin was asking you about.i appreciated your expression that you would be willing to let the president know or anybody else know if you thought the budget cuts would hurt service to veterans. having done this work at the state level and now here, it is tempting for people in your position to tell their bosses whatever budget you give me will get the job done because that is what you want to be able to do. but cutting direct care in a health care system and people who coordinate care can really harm veterans, so i will hold you to your statement that you will stand up for veterans in the budget discussions because it is going to be important. rep. collins: it is true. we have said i have been on that side. there is only limited dollars and there is consequences. there is big thought on capitol hill that we vote on ideas. we do not. we vote on words on paper and those cost money. the president has made it clear. as we look for efficiencies and things to run those agencies, here is the cost benefit of that. we wil

slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, britt, capito, collins, cotton, crapo, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, grassley, hoeven, husted, johnson, lankford, lee, marshall, mcconnell, moody, moreno, mullin, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, tillis, tuberville and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- duckworth, durbin, gallego, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, kim, lujan, merkley, sanders, schiff, shaheen, van hollen, and wyden. mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. fetterman, no.

slotkin: i rise today as a very new senator, a freshman senator, to talk about the confirmation prospects for the nominee for the director of national intelligence tulsi gabbard. and i think contacts matters here. i am the first cia officer to ever be elected to the u.s. senate. before i ran for office in michigan, i had a career in national security. i'm what's called a 9/11 baby. i happen to be in new york on my second day of graduate school when 9/11 happened. it changed my life. i decided to go into national security, got recruited by the cia right out of grad school. and then was quickly sent on my first of three tours in iraq alongside the military, providing intelligence to the u.s. military to deal with the groups that were shooting at u.s. forces and noting against the u.s. homeland. i worked in national security roles very proudly in both administrations, democratic and republican. i worked in the white house for george w. bush and i was there the friday that he left office and the monday that barack obama walked in. i did the same job for two very different presidents, one from

slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. the last thing they need is another massive tax hike on top of that inflation. what happens if the tax cuts expire . if we do not extend these tax policies americans will be at with an over $4 trillion taxincrease . more than 2.6 trillion of that tax increase will fall on households giearning $400,000 per year and an average family of four making $80,000 will be saddled with the $1700 tax increase . this is the equivalent to 6 to 8 weeks work of groceries for a family of four . tens of millions of families will see their child tax credit cut in half to $1000 and 90% of taxpayers would see their standard deduction cut in half. owners of over 20 million small businesses will face a massive tax hike with taxes up to 43.4%. 7 million taxpayers will be impacted by the alternative minimum tax from 200,000 taxpayers from . many more small businesses and farms will have their death tax exemption cut in half. the national association of manufacturers highlighte

slotkin. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. clerk: ms. smith. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. sullivan. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. warner. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. warnock. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: ms. warren. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. wicker. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. young. the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote.

slotkin: thank you. rise today in opposition to the budget resolution that we've been discussing here tonight. i'm a new senator from the great state of michigan. i'm a former cia officer and pentagon official. i did three tours in iraq alongside the military, and i've worked very proudly for both democratic and republican administrations. so i come to this job thinking about security quite a bit. i really understand my job as one where i'm meant to protect the physical security of my constituents and the economic security of my constituents. and what i mean by that when i think about that is first on physical security, you can't do anything if you're not safe, in your home, in your neighborhoods, in your country. and your economic security, number two, is being able to live the american dream that all of us grew up. that you could work 40 hours a week, one job with good benefits. you could do well and your kids could do better. but i rise today to defend that security because i think it's under threat.