the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 368, h.r. 7691, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in ukraine for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 798. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. ing all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. motion agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. jennifer louise rochon of new york to be united states district judge for the southern district of new york. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: clotur

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 848, alvar are m. bedoya of maryland to be a federal trade commissioner. the presiding officer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to -- s. 4132. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 4132, a bill to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in acc

says moscow, from the pre-war surrender of the german armed forces, we undersigned actions on behalfigh command, agree to the unconditional surrender of all our armed forces on land, sea and air to the supreme high command of the red army and at the same time to the high command of the allied expeditionary force exactly ten years earlier in the autumn of 1935 a completely different event took place in nuremberg. it was here that the congress of the national socialist party of germany was held and the law on the protection of german blood and german honor, the so-called nuremberg racial laws, and apparently, this city was chosen to hold the trial of the nazis and their ideology, not least because it was symbolic it was in nuremberg that the nazi elite was born. and in the same place, the nurvegia ended with the sentencing of the main nazi criminals. at first, the defendants behaved as if they were victims of arbitrariness and lawlessness, as if they did not understand at all. for what reasons they were judged, they were presented with papers with accusations and asked to briefly state

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 847, barbara a. leaf of virginia, to be an assistant secretary of state, near eastern affairs, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. shape. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 687. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of labor, elizabeth shove watson to be assistant second. mr. schumer

of this component of his life plays the role of a conductor enough to remember, and we are the undersignedt are not so well known, but a conductor, killing himself with his petty power. that's perfect. here is the character of parfenov, in general, because if there was an ordinary person in front of him. of course, he would love him, like these unfortunate students, or at least people sitting in the kp who are quite calmly kicking out, because he thinks that abdulov is an important bump. he was told that this is a big man, everything, and he will creep in front of him in full . and here he says, uh, one word is required. well, why do you need me the same place. why? true, i myself do not know why it is supposed to be in this buzz. and here is this thrill. he plays wonderful, in general, the word is supposed to be unconditional. eh, this could become a key word for a slogan, and as soon as we start moving, i’ll bring you hot tea. in 1998, the wife of nikolai parfenov, larisa alekseevna, fell and broke her femoral neck in the hospital, where doctors took her and diagnosed her with atheroscle

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 477, alex wagner, of the district of columbia, to be an assistant secretary of the air force, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. grea the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i monday to proceed to h.r. 3967. the presiding officer: clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 388, h.r. 3967, an act to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substampses and for other purposes -- substances and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to thesque did. the presiding officer: the -- to the desk. the clerk: cloture motion, if we, the

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on calendar number 368, h.r. 7691, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations 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 h.r. 7691, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in ukraine for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 86, the nays are 11. three-fifths of the senators having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to o -- the motion to commit and the amendments pending thereto fail -- fall. and under the previous order the pending amendments are withdrawn. the clerk wi

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 844, lisa denell cook of michigan to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system signed by 17 senators. do hereby move to bring to close debate on 773, asmeret asefaw berhe of california to be director of the office of science, department of energy. 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 asmeret asefaw berhe of california to be the director of the office of science, department of energy shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of energy, asmeret asefaw berhe of california to b

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22f the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 708, ann claire phillips of virginia to be administrator of the maritime administration signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar 773. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of energy, asmeret asefaw berhe of california to be director of the office of science. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. th

i, the undersigned, have flown many miles over the years to find one of you , we will not specify.ctly to you. chance has helped me to see you glad for your unbroken happiness, do not remember dashingly stupid engineer who missed the heat. bird kozyrev just in case, i'll give you the address. it's probably me. meet the girl, your ambulance is coming. come. she was the sister of the last empress wife the governor-general of moscow, the abbess of the convent , a white angel, the saint in her, despite her meekness and shyness, feels with some self-confidence the consciousness of her strength. we have now dropped a little to such an ideal transparent fluffy she was happily married. she was the grand duchess. she was the first lady of moscow, grand duchess elizaveta feodorovna, the most mysterious figure of the romanov dynasty and her political influence was legendary, then scale. we already have a corresponding sister. empress open resisted rasputin, she was called one. the participants in the conspiracy against him, she saw the true face of grigory rasputin, who was absolutely unprete

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22g rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 546, joshua frost of new york to be an assistant secretary of the treasury 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 joshua frost of new york to be an assistant secretary of the treasury shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: d vote: vote: pphdd vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. the nays a 36. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. for generations, manufacturing was the lifeblood of communities across ohio and throughout the country. it was heavily unionized. the jobs paid well. it's not a coincidence that those two things go together. we know carry

consent that the signed statements signed by 10 members of congress and staff ofentitled we the undersigned members of congress were informed by custom and border protection leadership they were under orders to begin processing at that time aliens who otherwise would have been eligible for entry under title 42 signed by all that were present. >> without objection. i recognize mister correa. >> i like to request unanimous consent of an open letter for the record from former defense intelligence homeland security and cyber officials calling for national security review of congressional legislation. >> without objection i now recognize mister fishburn. >> thank you mister chair. mister secretary i don't know where to start . so many of my colleagues have questions you either can't or won't answer. i have a lot of questions frommy constituents . over 500questions came in . directly from my constituents because i don't think they don't see you doing anything. they don't see your department doing anything to stop the flow over the southern border. and i would love to ask you a all those questions

consent that the signed statement signed by ten members of congress and staff entitled, we the undersigned members of congress and congressional staff were informed by customer and border protection leadership that they were under orders to begin processing at that time aliens who otherwise would have been ineligible for entry under title 42, and signed by all that were present it. i thank the gentleman. >> without objection. and i recognize mr. korea for [inaudible] . >> thank you mister chairman, i would like to request unanimous consent to submit an open letter to the, for the record, from a former defense intelligence homeland security and cyber officials calling for national security review of congressional tech legislation. >> without objection. i now recognize mr.-ish my. >> thank you, mister chair. mister secretary, i just don't know where to start. so many of my colleagues have asked questions that you either can't or won't answer. and i have a lot of questions for constituents, over 500 questions came in, directly from my constituents, because i don't think they, they don't see y

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 802, trina l. thompson of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california. 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 trina l. thompson of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 46, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, trina l. thompson of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: clot

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on calendar number 371, h.r. 350, an act to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the department of homeland security and so forth. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be raved. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to consider calendar number 927. the presiding officer: the question is on -- 923. the presiding officer: the question is on the motions. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motions is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of state, jane heartily, of new york, to be the ambassador to the united states. the presiding 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 r

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar 651, henry christopher frey, of north carolina, to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency, 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 henry christopher frey of north carolina to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule, and the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 15,the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, environmental protection agency. henry christopher frey of north carolina to be an assistant administra

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar 855, stephanie dawkins davis of michigan to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit, 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 stephanie dawkins davis of michigan to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 48. the nays are 36. the motion is agreed to. the clerk: the judiciary, stephanie dawkins davis of michigan to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate procee

the clerk: invoke cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 362, s. 4132, a bill to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services, signed by 19 senators. the vice president: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate to debate on the motion to proceed to s. 4132, a bill to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: vote: vote: vote: vote: the vice president: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 847, barbara a. leaf of virginia to be an assistant secretary of state, near eastern affairs, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of barbara a. leaf of virginia to be an assistant secretary of state, near eastern affairs, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:00 p.m. recess: >> washington journal co. host: the professor of scienceo. at harvard and the galileo initiative joins us. he

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 848, alvaro m. bedoya of maryland, to be a federal trade commissioner, signed by 18 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 alvaro m. bedoya of maryland to be a federal trade commissioner shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the vice president: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being evenly divided, the vice president votes there the affirmative. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: federal trade commission, alvaro bedoya, of maryland, to be a federal trade commissioner. ms. klobuchar: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. cloab. ms. klobucha

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, with no intervening action or debate, elizabeth de leon bhargava of new york to be an assistant secretary of housing and urban development, 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 elizabeth de leon bhargava of new york to be an assistant secretary of housing and urban development shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 35. the motion is agreed to o -- agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: elizabeth bhargava of new york to be assistant secretary. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. a quorum call. the presiding officer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed >> this is

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 806, sandra l. thompson of maryland to be director of the federal housing finance agencies, 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 sandra l. thompson of maryland to be director of the federal housing finance agency shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 48. the nays 46. the motion is agreed to. mr. brown: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that allen cox a, fellows of the urbn affairs committee be granted floor privileges for the duration of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr.

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 371, h.r. 350, an act to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the department of homeland security and so forth 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 motion to proceed to h.r. 350, an act to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the department of homeland security, the department of justice, and the federal bureau of investigation, to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the federal government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: mr. schumer: we might issue able to bring this up at some future point, so -- no. the presiding officer: on thi

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 687, elizabeth schoff watson of maryland to be an assistant secretary of labor 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 elizabeth schoff watson of maryland to be an assistant secretary of labor shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule and the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: . the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays 47, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will record the nomination. the clerk: department of labor, elizabeth schoff watson of maryland to be an assistant secretary. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. th