cox. >> koolen-de vries syndrome is >> hi. >> this is joe. >> but friends don't have to be. when you're connected you are not alone. ce along with these other television providers giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> we take you live now to the floor of.s today lawmakers are working on several judicial nominations and expected to vote on the confirmation of former new york congressman sean patrick maloney to be the u.s. ambassador to the organization for economic cooperation and development. live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. enate will be opened in prayer by our guest chaplain, bishop larry lawrence pastor of the praise temple church and the evergreen missionary baptist church in louisiana and oakland, california.

the guest chaplain: let us pray. almighty and everlasting god, who guides the stars and holds our hearts, i humbly seek your divine presence as the senate gathers in solemn duty. god, guide the senators of this great nation, th i pray for your wisdom to light their path, courage to uphold the truth, and compassion to serve with integrity. may the senators be stewards of peace, fostering unity where there is division and bringing hope to places dimmed by despair. grant our senators the vision to see beyond the immediate, to the future where justice and liberty flourish for all. god, bless their deliberations. may their decisions forge a stronger, more inclusive society, where every voice is

heard, every life is valued, andaction is measured by its benefit to the common good. holy one, help us walk together in peace, live together in justice, and stand together in unity. god, bless america. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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 the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c march 12, 2024. to the senate: paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, 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. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination the judiciary. jasmine yoon of virginia to be united states district judge for the western district of virginia. mr. cassidy: mr. president, i have the pleasure to speak about my friend, bishop larry brandon, who opened up the senate in prayer. a remarkable man who has a church also in shreveport, louisiana but also in oakland, california. i say, how do you do it? he says every other week. he regards his ministry not just to the soul but also to the body. i say that as a doctor recognizing how the two can be

intertwined. when i first met him he was about twice as i.g. abouts now. when i saw him at breakfast, i said bishop you lost some you noticed. he has lost the weight not only for his own health but for the physical and spiritual health of his congregation. i'm doctor. we're in louisiana so you always have good food. he says we never condemn. we always support. i am speaking about his ministry to their health andn this congress adopt that we don't condemn each other, we don't condone bad behavior but we work together to support one another for the betterment of our physical our emotional and or spiritual health and that is a credit to our bishop for bringing that message. thank you, and i yield the floor.

mr. schumer: mr. presiden leader. mr. schumer: thank you. we had three bishops here three pastors. now we just have one but one is very god is in this chamber. anyway mr. president, today leadercconnell and i will be honored to welcome andre duda,

the president of poland, to the senate. president duda arrives critical moment for american leadership and a critical moment for the war in ukraine. it has been nearly a month since the senate passed a bipartisan national security supplemental with 70 votes in support. this supplemental package is a survival. the only package on the table with enough resources to stop russia's advance and help ukraine reclaim offensive. according to a cnn report yesterday, right now russia is producing three times -- three times -- more artillery shells than the u.s. and europe and in a very real sense the war will turn on who can produce more munition munitions. i thank president duda for his visit and for being a defender of the ukrainian war effort. the war in ukraine has stakes that extend far beyond ukraine's

borders. a little less than a month ago, i joined with senators reed, blumenthal hassan and bennet to travel to eastern europe where we met with the u.s. ambassador and u.s. military leaders. we met with u.s. military officials just a short distance from the russian border and the military official told us senator, without u.s. aid, russia would control the period. imagine that a russia would continue that territory without the aid. that's what they said. the consequences of victorious putin are very plain. if he succeeds he is not going to stop there. what putin wants is to destabilize the nato alliance and permanently undo the balance of power that has kept the peace since world war ii and since the en that's why it's a matter of highest urgency that speaker johnson and house leadership put the senate's supplemental package own the

house -- on the house floor, because, if he does mark my words, it will pass. if he puts it on the floor, it will pass. house republicans need to do the right thing and answer democracy's cry for house republicans must show the world with whom they cast their lot -- those who support freedom and democracy and bow down to autocrats. last friday, former president trump met with hungarian prime minister at mar-a-lago for what one described as a apprehendly visit. orban said during a hungari that trump's position on the war in ukraine is quote, very clear, unquote. that quote, first he will not give a single penny for the ruso-ukrainian war. that's orban, friend saying just what trump will do. i hope our republican colleagues hear that and heed the message. it isat donald

trump infrastructure ternizes -- frat ternizings -- fraternizes with thugs. too many just go along. that is the same of it. youing be sure that the -- you can be sure that the chinese communist party is taking note of house republicans who are thwarting americans' support of a friend in need and assessing what this means for their own ambitions in the south pacific. i guarantee it. history will not be kind to those who turn their on american values in this pivotal moment. that's why this supplemental must get done. the speaker must do the right thing and put the supplemental on the floor of the house because it will pass. the clock is ticking. failure right now only guarantees that america higher price, a much higher price down the line. on appropriations mr. president, we have ten days left for both parties in both

chambers to fully fund the government. both parties keep making progress on appropriations related to defense, financial services homeland security labor, and health and human services and education. the legislative branch and state and foreign operations. both parties took a huge step last week when we passed the first six proposalses bills with strong bipartisan -- appropriations bills with strong bipartisan support. braked important programs -- we protected important programs. the job is only halfway done and passing the second group of appropriations bills is not going to be easy. we've got a lot of bipartisan momentum last week when we avoided the government shutdown on friday. but both sides will have to keep working in good faith to keep that momentum alive. just as the hard right was tuned out in last week's appropriations bills, they should be tuned out again because they clearly only delay the process instead of moving it along. it's going to bipartisanship to ensure our military is fully supported and our troops taken care of.

it's going to take bipartisanship to fund the resources necessary to keep the chinese communist party at bay. and it's going to take bipartisanship to make sure we take care of military families kids with child care health care and everything else they need to live in dignity and strength. these are the things at stake in the upcoming funding deadline -- outcompeting the chinese communist party, taking care of american military families and keeping kids safe. thanks to my colleagues, chair murray vice chair collins, thanks to all the appropriators and their staffs and my staff as well that,ed so hard on this -- that worked so hard on this. let's keep last week's momentum going so we can finish the job. now on the biden budget, yesterday president biden released a budget proposal laying out a bold, optimistic,

responsible path for america. it shows a stark contrast between the democrats' proactive, positive vision and the republicans negative vision for our country. democrats want to lower costs for families. president biden's budget reduces the price of prescription drugs, to cut taxes for middle- and low-income americans and restore the child tax credit. republicans have made it clear no interest in lower costs for american families. democrats want to protect programs like social security and medicare. president biden's budget protects and strengthens these vital programs which test millions of americans, which tens of millions of americans rely on every single day. republicans have fought relentlessly to slash funding for social security and medicare which would have devastating consequences for the american people. democrats want to make the tax code fairer while cutting can the deficit. president biden's budget ends

the reckless trump era tax cuts for wealthy and corporations. it left working families out to dry. and the president's budget proposals measures to cut the deficit by nearly $3 trillion. $3 over the -- $3 trillion over the next decade. this is the president's budget in a nutshell -- lower costs, stronger social security stronger medicare more investments in america, and the american people -- all while reducing the deficit. that's something we can all get behind. and the v.a. ivf rule. after the alabama supreme court rule about ivf yesterday americans received some news. it is expanding being a sessions to ivf to more of our veterans -- giving more a chance to raise and grow a family. senator murray has been a

decade-long champion of expanding access and i thank her for her work which no doubt helped make yesterday's announcement possible. our veterans amount servicemembers sacrificed so much for our country. we owe it to them to provide, protected, and expand health services like ivf. democrats remain absolutely committed to doing everything we can to protect women, families reproductive freedom, especially for those who have served in our country -- our country in uniform. i yield the floor, and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday, president biden released his budget request for the next fiscal year. here's the top line -- he wants the american people to take on more than $16 trillion in cumulative deficits over the next decade. the president, who told the

nation last week that he was cutting the deficit, just put out a budget request that would do the exact opposite. unfortunately unfortunately, this is hard i had the only -- this is hardly the only pledge that president biden's request would break. after promising not to raise taxes on households making less than $400,000 a year, the president is now selling a plan that would heap $5 trillion in new and expanded taxes on american workers and job creators. let's put this in perspective. the biden administration's budget proposal would raise taxes as a share of the u.s. economy to levels our nation hasn't seen since world war ii. let me say that again. president biden wants to bring taxes as a share of gdp higher

than they've been since the middle of the fight against nazi germany and imperial japan. now, i've been pretty frank in my assessment that the threats america is facing today are as dangerous as we've seen since the cold war, if not the era of the axis powers. but here's the rub -- the president apparently only wants to tax the american people at wartime levels. by contrast he shows no interest in the sort of defense investments that were needed to squeeze the soviets in the 1980's let alone to liberate europe and asia in the 1940's. it's far more expenseive to fight wars than to deter defense spending during

world war ii spiked at during the korean war, 14% of gdp. vietnam, 9% of gdp. by contrast the reagan build-up that helped end the cold war hit only 6% of gdp in 1986. but today, in a renewed era of major compeerpower competition, the biden administration appears to lack the will even to sustain such credible deterrence. and here lies another broken promise. after engaging in political hostage taking over the debt limit last year the biden administration apparently doesn't intend to honor their own agreement on spending limits

limits. in the budget request, it uses accounting gimmicks to blow clear through agreed-upon limits for domestic discretionary spending and yet at the same time the administration still insists it should not have been a surprise that the president sees spending gaps on national defense as sacrosanct. of course this reckless behavior follows a predictable pattern. under this commander in chief, u.s. military faces the same historic inflation as everyone else in our country. as gas and groceries get more expensive, so do the capabilities capabilities of capabilities our servicemen need. yet this is the fourth straight time the biden administration has turned in a defense budget

request that amounts to a net cut after inflation. apparently the president hasn't yet learned the lessons of bidenomics. three years, a global superpower has responded to growing major adversaries. a restored haven for terrorists in afghanistan, the first major land war in europe since 1945, the deadly hes slaughter of jews -- deadliest slaughter of jews in israel. and breakneck modernization from our top strategic rival, but cutting our own military strength. in a budget request full of gross excess in all the wrong places knee glefkting the national -- neglecting the national defense is the takeaway that history will remember as the most alarming.

now, on another matter when a nominee finds himself in trouble, it's interesting to note how people react. it's been particularly notable in the case of president biden's radical pickhe third circuit court of app every a -- court of appeals. i've spoken many times about mr. mangi, first regarding the center that promoted anti-semitism and islamic terror then to explain his equally disturbing affiliation with those who would enable cop killers. we received letter after letter from jewish organizationsed a police groups expressing their outrageous at this nomination. the hurt they express is particularly palpable.

but democrats have gone into overdrive to keep this foundering pick. they've breathlessly invoked his religious identity continuing their recent practice of asserting that demographics alone are a sufficient reason to justify life tenure on the federal bench. and they've shaken the bushes for new letters of support, and the results have been interesting, to say the least. one came from muslims for progressive values mpv. this came as no surprise given that mr. mangi served on their board as recently as 2020. basic research into the organization makes me wonder what he ever did to deserve such an endorsement. for example, mpv has called on the u.n. to monitor domestic law

enforcement tactics due to systemic racism. they've recommended viewing a with an anti-racism expert who suggests that a notorious cop killer was an innocent political prisoner. mpv's social media showcases post after post describing israel's respons genocide and accusing israel of war crimes is nothing less than a sustained opposition against an american ally. republicans presented evidence that mr. mangi aligned himself withanti-israel supporters and cop killers. his supporters responded indignant letter of radicals who support cop killers. mr. mangi's nomination is radicalism. the more the biden administration tries to save it the more radicalism pulls it

down. contrast this with mr. mangi's law firm. while his extremist friends are doubling down on mr. mangi's elite firm seems to be saying quote, not so fast. he doesn't speak for us end quote. the judiciary committee investigation into this nominee, they found that his firm is an illicit sponsor of a fellowship at the same anti-semitic center at rutgers that mr. mangi advised. but now, a look at the center's website, shows that the law firm firm's name has been removed. indeed the the judiciary committee that it asked to be removed after learning about the center's outrageous outrageous activities. the firm said having had the opportunity to review the center's activities it will not continue to support.

traditional liberals are distancing themselves from mr. mangi, while radicals embrace him. the senate should reject him. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presid quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

>> i will yield back but i been doing to step for almost a decade and a seemed like you

every manner of threat out there and though i've seen every matter of threat out there and appreciate their severity, i still believe what lincoln said in 1838, the speech he gave lincoln said america will never be destroyed from outside. if we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves. yield back. >> thank you. at the point of privilege i have in my hand the u.s. customs and border protection encounter statistics from the years fy '17 through fy '24. my questions that were directed to director wray did not include a timeframe or criticism of administration. since the comparison was made my esteemed colleague useds of individuals that were encountered on the terrorist watch list in the third year of the last administration and third year of this administration. ..

thirty-six rounds fired that date to the baseball field where he could have easily 20 to 30 members of congress on the republican side which i might add which would add to the change in the balance of power. i guess we didn't use the term that much back then but considered interaction. they had are named and descriptions in our pockets. they just came out and domestic violent extremism get fbi claimed it was suicide.

it was on your watch and we have this conversation. he madetion without talking to witnesses or the victims in years ago i spoke on this in this hearing you responded to me and i appreciated that and you changed the suicide by cop methacrylate extremism but we have serious tires on this committee and i think will work well together and we walked to work with the intelligence community is one nation. two years ago i said we needed around us sometimes but not between us and let's do what we are finding. some of the responsibly of oversight. i'm the oversight chair for thimmittee and find your agency that is important to keep in mind and our efforts can only be productive if we seek with trust and that requires a process

where there is accountability you have the unibody in the u.s. to conduct resignation 11:00 to and the reaching bizarre conclusion no one else could reach and you changed their inclusion. we have top accountability in the process. we want to make sure there is integrity, appropriate methodology. in going forward with the conductor investigation walked.

when we inquired what is going on who's doing what and how the processes want to make it what it would get do that if people talk to us if you will give us the information we need and don't allow us to investigate. comes across as very contentious and this body and the people who who, that's a problem. who want to continue to look bullet make sure our agencies are functioning at a high level that you have to look at look good at going to ask you to provide it to this committee and the gross negligence and any

punitive action so we can include for the and create a better process will you commit to that to me. >> let me just say first as we discussed before and i would appreciate our conversations. i know we have provided all sorts of information in a variety of settings. >> let me -- mark will continue to work with you in double down on efforts to see if there's more information we can provide to be more responsive. >> i want to take further action i want to work together because the law says -- this is under general congressional

oversight. a congressional intelligence committee currently informed of the intelligence activities of the united states to be insured so it means nothing. it's not law. it can't write law for yourself yourself congress writes laws. >> i appreciate that. there are things i will talk about more than just bio grants and functional and i want to publicly comment on how grateful in those arenas i've been working with doctor haynes and director burns i think there's a lot more can do so we can do better in the future and see how well we've done on so many things already. >> last year we published the

annual demographics report 2022. i'm concerned the report highlights ongoing disparities the women employed in the icy compared to the rest of the federal workforce including decrease in pay grade increases a representation of the highest grade inting and changing officers as they approach these ranks. unlike your response as well the ca a and fbi following questions. one week seek sustained document progress on these benchmarks and what is holding the icy back? do you feel comfortable with how the i see is engaging with underrepresented communities

let's what additional resources to effectively improve treatment from all backgrounds and walks of life? cannot this is an issue i'm obviously passionate what there's no question we are not where we want to be of representation and minorities and women and in terms of reflecting the country and we note in the report we do intertextuality to show challenges. we see the representation you look one thing and then you basically see it is lower so a couple of things, the

recruitment piece althought is a place where we have seen a better in terms of applicants a fairly robust demographic mix for the i see doesn't mean we don't need to continue and who improve and get to different parts of the country and we worked out programs to help us recruit from those schools in a coalition of schools attached and one of the things intended was to get more diverse populations across the u.s. and what we are doing is applying metrics to demonstrate where it's working and where it may not be take advantage of best

practices will reduce the improvement. another key element this month one of the key challenges is retention in the first five years of diverse employees and it's an area we into and this is where resources matter. in order to understand why we retention particularly of diverse population to more exit interviews and things that help us understand what's happening across the i see and that something we requested money for an the budget and i will help us understand what's happening so we can address the challenges see if we can remote army and we

have seen places where this cycle we are trying to create which is cap at the data, understand what's happening take action to fix it and see whether it works is having an impact and director cws and dia happening but it's a long-term process it will take a while so when was the it, longer than any of us wanted to become a something would push it on but i appreciate your advice and got do better in this area as well. >> i'll be that i share and have shared over the three years i've been director i it's not

just the right thing but the smart thing. we are making progress. last year for example we had one of the highest percentages in terms of new officers women and minority underrepresente unity officers. equally important in terms of promotion into the senior intelligent services smoke we had in it historic high 40% in% women, 27% minority. the key to retention have learned over the years this you have to show people whatever their background, they can get promoted to senior jobs is just a step and we have to and that is what we are determined to try to do >> thank

you for being here today. important for the american people to understand we have the responsibility of overseeing your agency so i'm just get into couple quest most violent extremism. i believe the most significant terrorist threat in the united states is loan actors suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: president biden came to congress thursday night to deliver the state of the union address. unfortunately it was exactly what you might expect from the president. same old, tired, tax-and-spend proposals, a far-left agenda. and a couple -- i should say a complete failure to address some of the biggest challenges facing the country. mr. president, let's step back in time for a minute to the beginning of the president's

administration. three years ago this month the president signed into law a massive and partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill under the guise of covid relief. despite the fact that congress had just passed a fifth bipartisan covid economists including some left-leaning economists warned at the time that the bill ran the risk of setting off inflation. but democrats and the president proceeded anyway and every american knows what resulted -- an inflation reach the highest level in more than 40 years. an inflation crisis that three years later still -- still -- isn't over. but if you thought three years of inflation had taught president biden to be wary of excessive government spee president's state of the union address was bursting with ideas for new spending and new taxes to go along with them. had the audacity to claim that he

quote, is delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways end quote. well mr. president, when you've passed an unnecessary $1.9 trillion spending bill that plunged the country into an inflation crisis from which it has still not emerged, i would think you might be cautious about asserting any claims to fiscal responsibility. but the president isn't over-ly troubled by the facts. he went on to assert that he's federal deficit by more than a trillion, a deceptive claim he has repeated so often that it earned him a bottomless bin invokio from "the washington post" -- pinocchio from "the t" column. -- they stated biden's actions have cleared added to deficits end quote. mr. president the president's address featured lots of new spending ideas and proposals for new taxes. what it didn't feature was

solutions to challenges that are actually facing the american people. the president didn't get around to discussing the border and inflation, two of the biggest issues on minds of americans, until around halfway through his speech. and even then even then it was not to offer solutions; it was to dodge responsibility for these crises despite the fact that the crisis at our southern border is a direct result of president biden's policies, the president spend of the border that it is congress's responsibility to act. mr. president, president biden created this border crisis. and he has the power to end it. and he could start today. for example the president could crack down on abuse of the asylum system by tightening the standard for asylum claims which could help weed out many of the specious claims that are being made that allow individuals to get years of

essentially legal permanent residence. but i don't think the president is really interested in securing the border. he is however, preventing his border crisis from hindering his reelection. and so he's taking steps to put the blame anywhere but on himself. and as for inflation, while the president has tried a variety of tactics for mesging on inflation, from minimizing the crisis to blaming it on others and in the state of the union, he trotted out his latest blame-deflecting strategy complaining about so-called shrinkflation. i thigh he will tell the -- i president, but the 10% shrinkage in the size of a snickers bar is why americans are paying $1,000 a mandatory to maintain the same standard of office that they had when the president took office. shrinkflation is not an

explanation for the crisis the president helped create. it is just one more attempt by the president to shift the blame. mr. president there are a lot of other things i could say about the president's speech. i could talk about the president once again touting his including his plan to install 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations even as our electric grid heads for disaster. or i could talk about how disappointed i was that the president chose to resurrect the ugly moments early in his presidency when he and his democratic colleagues attempted to manufacture a nonexistent voter suppression crisis in order toislation to give democrats a permanent advantage in elections. and of course i thought it was deeply sad that the president's definition of freedom seems to be mostly centered around abortion. the way the president made it sound in his speech, the core american freedom these days is the right to kill unborn americans.

well there is a lot more to say, mr. stop here. suffice it to say that if americans were looking for solutions to the challenges facing our country, they did not hear them in the state of the union. mr. president, i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

humanitarian assistance required trying to get this deal done. as a president made. israel has the right especially after the attack hamas -- nobody disagrees with. [screaming] but at the same time israel has an obligation checked civilians particularly innocent women and children. >> i had to get to one more

issue. >> a los house responsibility under hamas is interested in the fate of innocent civilians in gaza it will work hard to produce this. >> you agree even in wartime obligations by all assistance reach civilians, is that correct? u.s. law the aid limits to countries is made known to the president government country prohibits or otherwise directly or indirectly to transport delivery of the rest mentoring assistance dog would follow as a president advisore aware the government of israel directly or indirectly grabbing or otherwise restricting humanitarian assistance because it puts. >> of course would provide intelligence we have.

>> i have one more question but has the president made aware israel did have walking back terms of humanitarian is. >> thank you all. in recent decades the u.s. intelligence worked to reform practices that led to disruption of infiltration of the civil rights movement and 70s i'm sure you are aware of the most including the martin luther king jr. ca operation chaos. yesterday i sent a letter asking your agency to release to the great extent possible.

want to ask you if you will commit to working with me group historical record intelligence agencies in regards organization later he what we can provide. >> i appreciate and i yield he looked the special counsel work? you believe joe biden handled is classified information? >> i will not report -- >> erp you believe classified information? will revert to the report. >> are you aware this is great news right now there's an audio recording of february i found all the classified stuff downstairs and are you aware of that audio recording? >> i would refer you to know i'm asking you if you are aware.

>> of what? left the audio this break 2017, i found classified stuff downstairs. >> number two for the testimony of the report concession will aspire investigation and 26. abuse of power this comttee included directions in the iaa requiring verification leadership of any investigation into a federal candidate for office, is there any counterintelligence investigation into either biden or donald trump? >> i would say i will refer you

to the special counsel. th requirement of the fbi, is there counterintelligence investigation into joe biden or donald trump? >> is no investigation that i can confirm. >> -- mr. warner: ask unanimo my remarks will go over five minutes, but if they extend beyond a minute or two, that i be able to finish my remarks before we go the vote. the presiding officer: also without objection. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today in support of ms. jasmine yoon whom president biden has nominated to serve sasse a u.s. district court judge for the western district of virginia. for the last decade and a half junior senator -- jasmine has served has offered a unique zeal for public service and an incredible life story. she came to this nation at age 14 from south korea speaking virtually no english.

all three eighth grade -- all through eighth grade -- and i can only think of myself in grade; i can only imagine going through this. she read merriam-webster dictionary. thanks to this hard work she developed a stellar academic record. she became a full two-time graduate of the university of virginia where she was awarded the jack kent cooke full scholarship, given for academic and extracurricular achievement. shortly before law school jasmine became a u.s. citizen. she's spoken movingly to me and senator kaine about her memories of that c citizenship means to her. following law school, jasmine began his public service c honorable

james c.kavheris. after completing his clerkship, jasmine went to work as an assistant u.s. attorney in the eastern district. during her time in that office, she prosecuted countless complex cases. her work was so won the fbi directors award given for outstanding prosecutorial skills and service to the fbi. upon conclusion of her time as a prosecutor she went back to uva, this time as aye law university's counsel's office. in taking this job she and her husband chose to move their entire family to the western district of virginia where they put down deep roots. as counsel to the university, jasmine impressed everyone she met with her calm and measured approach to nuanced and subtle issues. jasmine's community-oriented

qualifications and unanimous a icle laids and awards makes her an exceptional nominee for the western district org her nomination has received countless letters of support from leadership local leaders and the of asian-american association of virginia. she was counted out of the judiciary committee with a strong bipartisan vote. once sworn in jasmine will be the first asian american federal judge in virginia. i know she will serve with distinction and make our country and our commonwealth i urge my colleagues to support her nomination yoon withthat that mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the snarl

from virginia -- the senator from virginia. mr. warner: i ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenth 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. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton.

mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst.tterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty.

ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall.

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch.mr ms. rosen.

mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune.;

the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. cotton, no.>@

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. cardin, aye.

the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the

clerk: ms. stabenow, aye.

booker, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. paul, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. sullivan, no.

mr. van hollen, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: mr. rubio, no.

mr. schmitt, no. mr. barasso, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. cruz, no.

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of south carolina no. ms. rosen, aye.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.

the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. graham aye. mr. schatz aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse aye.

the clerk: mr. mullin no.

the clerk: mr. tillis aye.

the clerk: mr. markey aye.

the clerk: mr. me

the clerk: mr. dd, no.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye.

the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: on this vote the

ayes are 55, the nays are 41. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconside considered made and -- is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk wilion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 ofing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 541 sunil r. harjani, of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. the presiding ofent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois shall be brought to yeas and nays are mant tri triunder the rule -- mandatory under the rule.

the clerk had will -- the clerk will call 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.jaj mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn.

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley.mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven.

mrs. hyde-smith. the clerk: mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy.

mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler cantwell hassan heinrich hickenlooper menendez padilla, rosen,

schatz stabenow whitehouse and wyden. mr. graham aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cramer paul ricketts tillis tuberville, and vance. mr. johnson, no. mr. durbin, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. marshall no. mr. manchin, aye.

the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. peters aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. barrasso no.

mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd no. mr. scott of south carolina no. ms. lummis no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no.

the clerk: risch, no. mr. cardin aye. mr. carper

the clerk: mr. rounds no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. lankford no. mr. scott of florida, no.

the clerk: mr. mr. casey, aye.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. warner aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. combraun, aye. -- mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand aye.

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. moran, no.

vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.

the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. welch aye. ms. collins, aye.zv

the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. capito, no.

the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. sanders, aye.

the clerk: mr.l, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. bennet aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. king, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. cornyn, no.

the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 52, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination the judiciary, sunil r. harjani of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:1

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