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0:00 Thank you. >> I recognize a senator from Hawaii. >> Mr. President, I call >> Can we have order, please? >> Thank you. I call up my amendment 4884 and ask that it be reported by number. >> The clerk will report by number. >> The senator from Hawaii, Miss Herono, proposes an amendment number 4884. >> Mr. President Republicans budget resolution would provide another $140 billion for immigration enforcement. With that amount, Republicans have proposed Democrats could fully fund federal programs for low-income students, fully fund federal programs for students with disabilities,

0:46 quadruple federal funding for afterchool programs, double the PEL grant maximum award, and provide universal free school meals for all students. That's why my amendment with Senator Van Galand would ensure that before we give another black check to ICE and CBP without any guard rails, we ensure our funding for free school meals so every child has the nutritious food they need to learn and grow. Republicans could easily do this, but they'd rather spend our tax dollars on lawless immigration enforcement and illegal wars. Budgets are about priorities. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment and showing that our nation's children are

1:32 worth prioritizing. Mr. President, I yield back. >> Mr. President, >> I recognize a senator from Arkansas. >> I rise in opposition to amendment number 4884. I appreciate my colleague and I share her support for the school meals programs. This issue is within the jurisdiction of the Senate Agriculture Committee of which I am chair. I am eager for the agriculture committee to turn to child nutrition reauthorization and it is prudent that we work together to examine and strengthen our school meals programs so they are targeted to those most in genuine need. This amendment is not gerine to the budget resolution in violation of the congressional budget act under the

2:18 provisions of section 305B two of the congressional budget act of 1974. I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not German. >> Mr. President >> Senator from Hawaii. >> Pursuant to section 9004 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to wave all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget points of order for the purposes of the pending measure. I ask for the yays and nays. >> Is there a sufficient second? >> Appears to be. >> There appears to be. The clerk will call the role. >> Miss also Brooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin.

3:38 Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, >> Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud,

4:34 >> Miss Kwell, Mrs. Capicho, Mr. Cassidy, How are you? >> So great. How are you? >> I know. >> Miss Collins. Got

5:20 off the wagon. You got off the wagon. You didn't want to get You didn't want to get on the wagon. >> Mr. Coons, >> Mr. Cornin Miss Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton.

6:21 Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban. We have something Miss Ernst

7:06 Mr. Mr. Betterman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibram, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Mr. Rono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, >> Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine,

8:04 Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Cloachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lumis, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, >> Mr. McConnell,

8:52 Mr. McCormack, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno, >> Miss Marcowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Osav, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Ris, Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina,

9:39 Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shehy, Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. young.

10:38 >> Senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Campwell Collins Cortez Masto Duckworth Durban Betterman Ggo Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Herono Kim King Luhan Marky Mkeley Murphy Assaf Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schiff Sullivan Warren Welch White House widen senators voting in the negative. Armstrong, Banks, Baraso, Blackburn Boozeman Britt Cassidy Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz

11:24 Curtis Danes Graham Hagerty Holly Hovind Houston Hidesmith Johnson Justice Kennedy Langford Lumis Marshall McCormack Moody Moreno Paul, Ricketts, Schmidt, Scott of South Carolina Sheehy Thun Tillis Tubberville Wicker Young Mr. Lee Mr. Lee no Mr. Ris Mr. Ris no Mr. Van Holland Mr. Van Holland I Mrs. Shaheen Mrs. Shaheen I miss Marcowski Mowski no Mr. Kaine Mr. Kain I Mr. Moran.

12:15 >> Mr. Moran. No. Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Murray. I. Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Fiser. No. Miss Smith. Miss Smith. I Miss Ernst. Miss Ernst. No. Mrs. Cabato. Mrs. Cabato. Nobody.

13:15 Mr. Hickinlooper I Mr. Kelly. Mr. Kelly. I Mr. McConnell. Mr. McConnell. No. Mr. Rounds. Mr. Rounds. No. Mr. Shots. Mr. Shots. I

14:03 >> Mr. Booker. Mr. Booker. I >> Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott of Florida. >> No. >> Miss Slotkin. Miss Slotkin. I >> No. >> Mr. Waro. I

15:00 Mr. Bud. Mr. Bud, no. Miss Cloverar. Miss Cloar I

16:38 Mr. Schumer. Mr. Schumer. I

18:42 Mr. Coons Mr. Coons I The yays are 48, the nays are 50. On this vote, the the three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained and the amendment fails.

20:05 Mr. Chair, >> I recognize the senator from Colorado. >> I call up my amendment number 4956 and ask that it be reported by number. >> The clerk will report by number. >> Senator from Colorado, Mr. Hickinlooper proposes an amendment number 4956. >> Mr. President, the president of the United States calls affordability a hoax, but 92% of Americans call it a crisis. The president's tariffs, his healthc care cuts, the unwanted war have created a cost of living emergency. Mortgage rates are up over a half a percent, making it almost impossible for people to buy homes. Gas is up over $4 across most of the country. Electricity prices are climbing faster than

20:50 inflation, and healthcare premiums have doubled and even tripled. Parents are worried they can't afford care if their child gets sick. Farmers have all this and more. Fertilizer prices are up more than 40%, diesels up 50%. And together with what many science scientists refer to as a climate caused drought, farmers are wondering if they should even plant at all. Our amendment is simple. It gives Congress a path to lower costs for Americans by investing in and supporting clean, affordable energy and other technologies without adding to the deficit. Across this country, working families are struggling to make ends meet. Let's do our job and help them. Thank you. I yield back. >> Mr. President, >> recognize the senator from Idaho.

21:36 >> Mr. President, the focused budget blueprint before us today is necessary to quickly fund ICE border patrol agents and support staff. Since the finance committee is not instructed in this budget resolution, this is not a tax, trade, or healthc care reform bill. The budget makes that clear. Adding a deficitneutral reserve fund in finance jurisdiction is non-gerane as it expands the scope of the budget resolution. Therefore, under the provisions of section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not germanine. Mr. President, pursuant to section 9004 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

22:22 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to wave all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget points of order for the purposes of the pending measure. I ask for the A's and NAS. >> Is there sufficient second? >> There appears to be. >> The clerk will call the role. >> Miss Also Brooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin, Mr. Banks, >> Mr. Barasa, Mr. Bennett, >> Mr. >> Okay, >> I did. Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you,

23:10 >> Mr. Bennett. Thank you. rounds. Thank you. Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr.

23:56 Boseman. >> Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Miss Canwell, Mrs. Capo, Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. Coons, >> Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez Masto,

24:43 Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz Young Kennedy, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban, Miss Erns, Mr. Fedman, >> Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham. Thank you,

25:28 Mr. Grassley, Miss Ha. Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Miss Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde Smith, >> Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, >> Mr. Kaine,

26:14 Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim. Thank you, >> Mr. King. Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan

27:21 Miss Lamus, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormack, >> Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, >> Mr. Marino, >> Miss Marcowski, >> Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, >> Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rickettts, Mr.

28:06 Ris, >> Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, >> Mr. Shehy, Miss Slattkin,

28:55 Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, >> Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, >> Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young.

29:57 senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Canwell Collins Coons Duckworth Durban Fedterman Ggo Gillibrand Hassan Kain Kelly King Marky Mkeley Murray Assaf Padilla Peters Reed Sanders Shots Schiff Schumer Shaheen, Slotkin, Van Galand, Warner, oh Van Galand, Waro, Warren, Welch, White House, and Widen. Senators voting in the negative. Armstrong, Banks, Baraso,

30:46 Blackburn Capito Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Danes Ernst Fiser Hovind Houston Hides Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Langford Lumis McConnell McCormack Moody Moran Marino Paul Rickettts Rich Browns, Schmidt, Scott of South Carolina Shehy Thoon Tillis Tubberville, Wicker, and Young. >> Miss Herono, I Mr. Cassidy, no. Mr. Marshall, no. Mr.

31:31 Murphy I >> Mr. No, Miss Cortez Masto. I miss Marcowski. No.

34:19 Mr. Hinrich I >> Mr. Hagerty. >> No. Mr. Sullivan. >> No,

35:09 >> Mr. Graham. No, >> Mr. Boseman. >> No.

36:24 Mr. Scott of Florida. No. Mr. Bud. No.

40:11 On this vote, the yays are 47. The nays are 51. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained and the amendment fails. Madame President, >> Senator from Maryland, >> I call it my amendment 5294 and ask that it be reported by number. >> Clerk will report by number. >> The senator from Maryland, Miss Alen Brooks, proposes amendment number 5294. >> So many of my constituents in Maryland are worried. worried about making ends meet when the cost of utilities, goods, and services are at a record high because of this administration's

40:57 reckless policies. The cost of housing is up. The cost of groceries is up. The cost of health care is up. The cost of gas because of the war, the president's war with Iran is now $4.19 a gallon on a good day. And the average cost of child care in the state of Maryland is around $25,000 a year. Across the country, working families are demanding highquality, affordable child care opportunities for their children. Child care has been hard to find and expensive for families for years. While many child care providers struggle to stay afloat, the system is broken and American families and their children are stuck paying the price. Instead of solving the problem, the Trump administration has frozen billions in child care funding for states this

41:43 year. Freezing and delaying federal child care funds hurts child care providers, forcing them to close their doors. As if that were not enough, the president's budget proposal slashes funding for preschool programs by $315 million. Now, the president has thrown salt in the wound for working families by telling them it's about to get much worse. This month, the president said that it's not possible for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid. >> Thank you. Senator from Louisiana. >> Madam President, Democrats have held have held Department of Homeland Security hostage for 68 days with a shutdown. The disc this discussion is about funding ICE, Border Patrol, and

42:29 paying the men and women who keep our country safe and using child care is a distraction. Republicans have supported reducing child care costs for families through multiple provisions of the working families tax cut, including the expansion of tax credits for child care expenses for working families. I am we are open to conversations about other ways to increase access to affordable child care options. But that must include an acknowledgement from colleagues across the aisle that fraud in the ch child care system steals money from taxpayers steering money away from families who need it most. Ultimately, Madame President, this amendment is not gerine to the underlying bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. and I urge a no vote under the provisions of

43:15 section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not your main. >> Madame President, pursuant to section 9004 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to wave the point of order and I ask for the yays and nays. >> Is there a sufficient second? >> There appears to be. >> Clerk will call the role. Miss Als Brooks.

44:45 Mr. Armstrong, Miss Volwin Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, >> Mr. Bennett,

45:34 >> Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Glenn Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Miss Canwell, Mrs. Capo, Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer,

46:20 Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban, Ms. Erns, Mr. Federman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Miss Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Clolobachar, Mr.

47:07 Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lemus, Mr. Murky, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell

47:55 Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormack, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody. Mr. Moran

48:43 Mr. Marino, Miss Marowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rickettts, Mr. Ris, Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, >> Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, >> Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina,

49:28 Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sheehy, Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young

51:18 Senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Kwell Collins Coons Cortez Masto Fedterman Ggo Gillibran Hassan Hinrich Hickinl Looper Corono Kain Kelly King Luhan Mkeley Murphy Murray Oaf Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Waro Welch White House, and Widen,

52:08 >> Mr. Marky. Mr. Marky, I >> senators voting in the negative. Banks, Roso Blackburn Brit Capito Cassidy Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Danes Erns Graham Hagerty Hovind Houston Hyde Smith Kennedy Lee Lamus Marshall McCormack Moody Moran, Marino, Mowski, Paul Browns, Scott of Florida, Tillis, Wicker, and Young. Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson. No. Mr. Kim.

52:53 Mr. Kim. I Mr. Bud. Mr. Bud. No. Mr. Justice. Mr. Justice. No. Mr. Tubberville. Mr. Tubberville. No, Miss Clolobachar. Miss Clolobachar. I Miss Smith. Miss Smith. I >> Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan. No. >> Mr. Van Galand. Mr. Van Holland. I

53:55 Miss Duckworth. Miss Duckworth. I Mr. Thoon. Mr. Thoon. No. Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Fischer. No. Mr. Holly. Mr. Holly. No.

55:04 Mr. McConnell. Mr. McConnell. No. >> Miss Warren. Ms. Warren. I >> Mr. Booker. Mr. Booker. I Mr. Boseman. Mr. Boseman. No. >> Mr. Langford. Mr. Langford. No. Mr. Shots. Mr. Shots. I Mr. Armstrong. Mr.

55:51 Armstrong. No. Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott of South Carolina. No. >> Mr. Rish. Mr. Rish. No. Mr. Shehy. Mr. Shehy. No.

57:10 Mr. Durban. Mr. Durban. I >> Mr. Rickettts. Mr. Ricketts. No. Mr. Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt. No.

1:06:21 still in a vote on this vote. The EAS are 47, the NAS are 51, three-fifths is the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. Point of order is sustained and the amendment fails. >> Madam President, >> Senator from Louisiana. Thank you, Madam President. I ask please with respect um that there be order in the Senate and conversations be Senate will come to the floor. >> Uh Madame President, I call up my amendment 5414 and ask that it be reported by number. >> Clerk will report by number. >> Senator from Louisiana, Mr. Kennedy, proposes amendment number 5414.

1:07:08 Thank you. >> There are 10 minutes equally divided on this amendment. >> Yes, ma'am. Uh Madame President, this this amendment would instruct our rules committee to come up with an elections bill. It's my version of the Save America Act, but you can call it what you want. It would ask the rules committee to do two things. require that in federal elections you have to be an American citizen to vote and provide for the provisions to enforce that. Number two, it would require that in federal elections you have to prove you are who you say you are in order to vote and it would provide provisions to enforce that.

1:07:55 Number three, we under this uh it it further instructs the rules committee that we're going to go back to having an election day and not an election month. And it instructs the rules committee to uh provide the pro provisions to enforce that. Now, Madame President, I did not just pull this bill yesterday out of my rectum, though I will concede sometimes I do my best thinking there. I have been talking about this bill for a month, so it should come as no surprise now. Some say it can't be done under the budget act and under the the bird rule

1:08:43 and reconciliation. And you know what? They may be right, but you know what else? They can't predict the future. They're not clairvoyant. >> They have to wait on the future like the rest of us. >> I hope you won't vote against this bill just because President Trump has talked about it. This amendment rather. If you think this is just a Republican issue, then you're not revolving in the same direction as planet Earth. There are plenty of Democrats and plenty of independents that are worried about the integrity of our elections and this would allow the rules committee

1:09:28 to try to resolve some of their concerns. I trust the rules committee. There's not a dummy on there. Um there are plenty of Republicans and plenty of Democrats. There are a lot of smart lawyers in the United States Senate. But they're not the only smart lawyers in America. And in fact, believe it or not, there's some lawyers not in the Senate who are smarter than we are. And I trust the rules committee to go find them and be and and and try to craft a bill to fit within reconciliation working with with our esteemed parliamentarian. Uh last last two points. Uh the the the

1:10:17 if this amendment passes, and I hope it will, uh the rules committee is going to have to saddle up and ride. I I'm asking them to do do it within weeks, days if possible. That's probably too ambitious. If they have to work weekends, I'll stay here with them. Finally, um do what you think is right. Don't vote against this just because President Trump has talked about it. Uh, file your heart. Take your brain with you. I respect everybody in this body. Everybody. If you vote against this bill, I'm not going to say a word. And I'm sure as hell not going to go on social media and call you an ignorant

1:11:04 That's not the way I roll unless I'm pushed too far. So what else am I supposed to say? Tony back. >> I yield back. >> Senator from California. >> Colleagues, with all the serious issues facing this country, including but not limited to the challenges that so many working families are struggling with. Can't believe we're back here debating a partisan attempt to rush through what I refer to as a solution in search of a problem. As uh we all know, in particular, the voters of Virginia will remind us, voting is already underway this election year. And

1:11:51 instead of working to keep our elections safe and secure by making it more accessible for eligible Americans to cast their ballot in our elections, we have back before us a measure that would make it harder for eligible citizens to register to vote, to stay registered to vote, to cast their ballot, make it tougher for elections administrators and volunteers to administer our democracy as is so fundamental to our country. We've already gone down this road for several weeks and weeks and weeks now as we've debated the so-called Save America Act. But I think despite how you felt about the Save America Act, which has certainly not passed the Senate, even my

1:12:38 Republican colleagues would see the measure suggested by our colleague from Louisiana is even more extreme version. Let me begin by saying we already know you have to be a citizen to vote in our elections. That's nothing new. That's already existing law. And despite the president's claims, there is zero evidence of massive voter fraud across the country, which is the premise of these proposals. So, not only is it a solution in search of a problem, to paraphrase a wise man, this measure is all foam and no beer. This amendment seeks to eliminate or at a minimum restrict early voting opportunities with

1:13:24 47 states in the country offer for eligible citizens. 47 states. Why would we want to take away opportunities for citizens to participate in our democracy? I don't know. This proposal also suggests that all ballots be counted within 36 hours of the election. That may sound good and maybe very doable in states with smaller populations and smaller numbers of registered voters, but in the larger states, yeah, it takes more time to count more ballots. And I know we can all agree that we want to do it securely to maintain election integrity. Things like ensuring that if a ballot comes in on election day, that that voter hasn't already voted by mail. It takes a minute to cross reference those records or a

1:14:12 ballot that is received on time by mail that you conduct a signature verification to help confirm that the person submitting that ballot is indeed the voter. You need more than 36 hours when you have more than 20 million voters like we have in my home state of California. So what is this proposed amendment really about? It's about holding on to power because the president knows that his agenda has failed and is not just extremely unpopular but has done damage to families across the country. Just look at his most recent executive order seeking to ban vote by mail. Changes to the rules when the primary season's already underway, but the language would have these changes go into immediate effect.

1:14:59 just adding to the rising cost, just adding to the rising chaos, just adding to the rising corruption. And it's unfortunate that elections administration has been turned into a partisan issue. I actually ask our colleagues to protect the early voters, not just in my state, but in yours. Protect vote by mail opportunities, not just my state, but in yours. Let's protect women who are married and change their name and their right to vote, not just in my state, but in yours. Colleagues, I urge a no vote on amendment 5414. And furthermore, Madame President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not gerine and therefore violates section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. >> Madam President

1:15:45 >> from Louisiana, >> Madame President, we'll never know till we try. Pursuant to section 904 with respect to my colleague I move to wave and ask for the yays and ns. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. Clerk will call the role. >> Miss also Brooks Mr. Armstrong Miss Baldwin Mr. Banks Dune

1:17:25 Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Miss Canwell, Mrs. Capo, Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. Coons,

1:18:19 Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez, Masto Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban,

1:19:21 >> Miss Ernst, >> Mr. Fedman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibran, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Hinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Miss Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted,

1:20:06 Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee,

1:20:58 >> Mr. Luhan, Miss Lumis, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, >> Mr. Moran, Mr. Marino, >> Miss Marowski

1:21:57 Miss Marcowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rickettts, Mr. Ris, Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shehy, Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.

1:22:52 Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young, Senators voting in the affirmative. Armstrong Banks Baraso Blackburn Boseman, Bud, Cap City, Cornin, Cotton, Kramer Crapo Curtis Danes Graham Houston Hyde Smith Johnson Kennedy Langford Lee Lumis Marshall

1:23:39 McCormick Moody Moran Marino Paul Rich, Schmidt, Scott of Florida, Scott of South Carolina, Shehy Thun Tubberville and Wicker Mr. Young Mr. Young I Mr. Sullivan Mr. Sullivan I senators voting in the negative also Brookbrooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Booker Canwell Coons Duckworth Durban Federman GGO Gillibbrand Hassan Hinrich Hickinlooper Herono Kain Kelly Kim King

1:24:25 Clolobashar Luhan Marky Mkeley Murray Oaf Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Shots Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slatkin Smith Tillis Van Holland, Waro, Welch, White House, and Widen. Miss Ernst, Miss Ernst, I Miss Cortez, Masto, Miss Cortez, Masto, No. Mrs. Fischer Mrs. Fiser I

1:25:11 >> Mrs. Cap Mrs. Cap I Mr. Hovind Mr. Hovind. I >> Miss Warren. Miss Warren. No. >> Mr. Rounds. Mr. Rounds. I Mrs. Britt. Mrs. Britt. I

1:26:25 Miss Blunt Rochester. Miss Blunt Rochester. No. Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy. No. >> Miss. Mowski. Miss Marcowski. No. Miss Collins. Miss Collins. No. Mr. Holly. Mr. Holly. I

1:27:29 Mr. Hagerty. Mr. Hagerty. I

1:28:15 Mr. Cruz Mr. Cruz I Mr. Ricketts. Mr. Ricketts. I

1:32:56 Mr. Justice Mr. justice. I

1:35:02 on this vote. The yays are 48, the naysay are 50, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained and the amendment fails. >> Madam President, >> majority whip. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the following amendments be the next amendments in order. Holly 4794, Marky 51, Paul 5378, Mkeley 5235, Kain 5282. >> Is there objection? Without objection. >> Senator from Missouri.

1:35:47 >> Madam President, I call up my amendment number 4794 and ask that it be reported by number. >> The clerk will report by number. >> The senator from Missouri, Mr. Holly proposes amendment number 4794. >> Senate will come to order. >> Senator from Missouri. >> Madam President, this amendment poses a simple and direct question. Should we use federal tax dollars to pay for transgender surgeries and treatments for minor children? More specifically, should we divert money from Medicaid, a program that is dedicated to the most needy among us, and use it instead to pay for risky, dangerous, irreversible transgender drugs and surgeries for

1:36:32 minor children? Because, Madame President, that's what's been happening for years. Outfits like Planned Parenthood have gotten billions of dollars from Medicaid and Medicare. Billions of dollars taken from the elderly, from the poor, from the needy, paid out to them, which they can then use for transgender surgeries, treatments, drugs for minor children. They proudly advertise it on their websites. One recent study found that in three years alone, Planned Parenthood got a billion and a half dollars from Medicaid and Medicare money to be used on these risky surgeries and procedures for our children. This is wrong, Madam Chairman. This is a terrible misuse of federal funds and we should put a stop

1:37:18 to it today. I ask for a yes vote. Madam >> President, >> Senator from Morgan. Madame President, it has been a year since Republicans gutted Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics. For many women, Planned Parenthood is their only source of primary care and prevention like cancer screenings and STI testing. 23 Planned Parenthood clinics have closed and 75% of the clinics that shuttered their doors were in rural or underserved areas. The number of breast exam visits fell by 25%. Fewer women are getting essential preventive care, heightening their risk of cancer. All of this lifesaving care

1:38:06 is on the chopping block if this amend if this amendment passes. This amendment is just Republicans latest attempt to strip women of the health care they need and depend on so that they can go score some political points. I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. I strongly oppose it. And Madame President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not gerine and therefore violates section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Madam President, >> Senator from Missouri. >> Under no circumstance should Medicaid money dedicated to the poor and the needy be used for transgender surgeries and treatments for minor children. It is a moral outrage. This body has a duty to

1:38:52 stand against it pursuant to section 904. I move to wave and I ask for the yays and nays. >> Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. Clerk will call the role. Miss also Brooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin.

1:39:43 Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, Mr. Bennett. Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman,

1:40:55 Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Miss Kwell, Mrs. Capo, Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durban,

1:41:43 >> Miss Ernst, Mr. Federman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, >> Mrs. Gillibrand, >> Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, >> Mr. Hagerty, >> Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich

1:42:33 Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hagen Looper, Miss Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde Smith, >> Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lemus, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, >> Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormack,

1:43:21 >> Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Marino, Miss Marowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Rosoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Rish, Mr. Rosen, Mr. rounds.

1:44:31 Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shehy, Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thoon, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr.

1:45:16 Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young, senators voting in the affirmative. Armstrong Baraso Boseman Britt Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz

1:46:04 Curtis Danes Graham Hagerty Holly Hovind Houston Hides Kennedy Langford Marshall McConnell Moody Moran, Marino, Paul, Rounds, Scott of Florida, Scott of South Carolina Shehy Sullivan Tillis and Young Mr. Banks Mr. Banks I senators voting in the negative also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blunt Rochester Cortez Masto Durban Federman Ggo Gillibran Hassan Hickinlooper Herono Kain Kelly Kim King

1:46:52 Luhan Marky Mkeley Mcowski Murphy Murray Oafia Reed Rosen, Sanders, Welch, and Widen. >> Mr. Shots. Mr. Shots. No. Mr. Tubberville. Mr. Tubberville. I >> Miss Canwell. Miss Canwell. No. Mr. Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt. I Mr. McCormick Mr. McCormick I

1:47:53 Mr. Johnson Mr. Johnson I Mr. Bud Mr. Bud I Mr. Rickettts. Mr. Rickettts. I Mrs. Shaheen. Mrs. Shaheen. No, >> Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee. I >> Mr. Van Holland. Mr. Van Holland. No. Mr. Schumer. Mr. Schumer. No. Mr. Ris. Mr. Ris. I. M. Ernst. Miss

1:48:39 Ernst. I Mr. White House. Mr. White House. No. Miss Lamus. Miss Lamus. I Mr. Coons. Mr. Coons. No. Miss Lin. Miss Lin. No. Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Fischer. No.

1:49:27 Mr. Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal. No. Mr. Wicker. Mr. Wicker. I >> Mr. Thoon. Mr. Thoon. I Mrs. Blackburn. Mrs. Blackburn. I Miss Smith. Miss Smith. No. Mr. Schiff. Mr. Schiff. No. Ms. Warren. Ms. Warren. No. Mrs. Capito. Mrs. Capau. I >> Miss Clolobachar. Miss Clolobachar. No. Mr. Cassidy. Mr. Cassidy. I

1:50:38 Mr. Booker. Mr. Booker. No. Miss Collins. Miss Collins. No. Mr. Heinrich. Mr. Heinrich. No. Mr. Peters. Mr. Peters. No. Mr. Justice Mr. Justice. I

1:52:16 Miss Duckworth. Miss Duckworth. No. Mr. Waro. Mr. Waro. No.

1:53:57 Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Fischer. I

1:54:58 On this vote, the A's are 50, the Naz are 48, three-fifths of the Senate is duly chosen, and swearing, not having voted on the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained. The amendment falls. >> Majority leader, >> Mr. President. Um we've got four more amendments in in this tunch that we're dealing with right now. But u if we could start to compress these uh time for votes even more um we are still running close to 20 minutes and it's a 10-minute vote. So let's try and do it in 10 minutes. >> Senator of Massachusetts. I call up my amendment 5,01 and ask that it be reported by number.

1:55:45 >> Clerk will report by number. >> Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Marky proposes amendment number 50001. >> Mr. President, since Donald Trump took office, electricity prices have risen by as much as 13%. three times faster than inflation. Families are already falling into debt, and it is only getting worse. Utilities requested a record $31 billion in rate increases in 2025. That's twice as high as the year before. Republican cuts to American energy programs stoked this

1:56:30 fire of a crisis. The Republican big ugly bill is expected, this is unbelievable, to kill 790,000 megawatts of new clean electricity over the next decade. It has already cancelled or stalled 28,000 megawws from 365 energy projects. And as we produce less and less new electricity, the remaining electricity becomes more and more expensive for families all across this country. Instead of providing a blank check for ICE, we should be providing electricity bills for American families. And that's what my America that's what my amendment does. It says that if

1:57:18 Congress is going to pass, then the budget must result in lower electricity bills for all American families. Next, Mr. President, colleagues to support my >> Senator of Utah. >> Mr. President, we need dispatchable power. Something happens when the government subsidizes and otherwise encourages non-dispatchable power and it punishes and deters dispatchable power. the price of dispatchable power and power generally goes up. It's exactly what happened following the passage of the Democrat bill with the Orwellian name of the inflation reduction act. The same year that was passed in 2022, that bill which encouraged and fostered

1:58:03 non-dispatchable power and discouraged dispatchable power, the cost of electric power went up. It went way up. It went more up more than any year since the Energy Information Administration began tracking this data in 1984. That's what happens and that's what they want to do more of. We need less of that or trying to turn it down. They're trying to accelerate into the turn in a way that would make energy more expensive. So, Mr. President, under the provisions of section 305B of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not your man. Mr. >> President, >> Senator Matthews, >> Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to wave the point of order and I

1:58:50 ask for the yays and nays. >> Is there a second? There appears to be. Cler call the role. >> Miss also Brooks.

2:00:09 Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin

2:01:15 Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bloom and thaw. Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, M. Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Miss Catwell, >> Mrs. Capo, Mr. Cassidy, >> Miss Collins, Mr. Coons,

2:02:01 Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, >> Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban. Miss Ernst, >> Mr. Fedman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, >> Mrs. Jillbrim, Miss Mr. Graham, Mr.

2:02:47 Grassley, Mr. Hagerty. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Miss Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Houston, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, >> Mr. Kain, Mr. Kelly,

2:03:32 Mr. Kennedy, >> Mr. Kim, Mr. King, >> Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee,

2:04:17 Miss Lumis, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Mkeley, >> Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, >> Mr. Marino, Miss Marowski, Mrs. Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr.

2:05:04 Peters, Mr. Reed, >> Mr. Rickettts, Mr. Ris, >> Miss Rosen, Mr. Realms, >> Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott, South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, >> Mr. Shehy, Miss Lockin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis,

2:05:50 Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen Mr. Young. Senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Canwell Collins Cortez Masto Duckworth Fedterman Gillibran Hassan Hickinlooper Herono Kain Kelly Kim

2:06:36 Clolobachar Luhan Mkeley Murray Oaf Padilla, Reed Rosen Sanders Shots Shiff Shaheen, Slacken Smith Sullivan, Van Holland, Waro, Warren, Welch, White House, and Widen. Senators voting in the negative. Armstrong Banks Baraso Bosezeman Britt Cassidy Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz Crapo Curtis Danes

2:07:21 Ernst Fiser Graham Holly Hovind Houston Hyde Smith Johnson Justice Langford Lee Marshall Moody Moran Marino Paul Rich Rounds Schmidt Scott of Florida, Scott of South Carolina, China Shehy Thun Tillis Tubberville Wicker and Young Mr. Peters Mr. Peters I Mr. GGO Mr. Ggo I Mr. Heinrich Mr. Heinrich I Miss Marcowski Miss Marcowski no Mr. King Mr. King I

2:08:28 Mr. Marky Mr. Marky I Mr. Murphy Mr. Murphy >> I Mr. Rickettts. Mr. Rickettts. No. Mr. Bud. Mr. Bud. No. Mrs. Capito. Mrs.

2:09:15 Cap. No. Mr. Cruz. Mr. Cruz. No. Mr. McCormick. Mr. McCormick. No. Mr. Schumer. Mr. Schumer. I

2:10:02 Miss Lumis. Miss Lumis. No. Mr. McConnell. Mr. McConnell. No. Mrs. Blackburn. Mrs. Blackburn. No, Mr. Coons. Mr. Coons I

2:11:09 Mr. Durban Mr. Durban. I Mr. Hagerty. Mr. Hagerty. No.

2:12:36 Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy. No. on this vote. The A's are 48 and the N's are 50. Three-fifths of the Senate is duly chosen. Swearing not have voted on the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained. The amendment falls. Thank

2:13:22 you, >> Mr. President. Senator Kentucky. >> I call up my amendment 5378 and ask that it be reported by number. >> Clerk will report. >> Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Paul proposes amendment number 5378. >> Congress ought to fund border security, but we should be good. >> Order, please. >> Congress ought to fund border security, but we should be good stewards of the taxpayer dollars and fully pay for the $70 billion to secure our borders. My amendment would eliminate over $5 billion in refugee welfare, cut over $45 billion in foreign aid, and slash National Science Foundation by nearly 4 billion, as well as reducing the Department of Education by 16%. This is

2:14:07 consistent with the Trump administration's goal of returning educational authority to the states. These reductions would be made in just one fiscal year and would fully pay for border security. With $2 trillion deficits and a $39 trillion debt, we must stop handouts to refugees, countries that hate the United States, and federal agencies that study such things as frog mating calls in Panama. Let's pay for the border security. I ask for a yes vote. >> Mr. President, >> Senator Morgan, >> my colleague from Kentucky is is right that this bill is unfunded, that it adds the deficit and adds the debt. And maybe the best way to address that is not to send $70 billion to two agencies that

2:14:53 are sitting on top of $103 billion right now of unobligated funds. They couldn't even get started spending that massive amount from HR1 last year. but blindly slashing away at scientific research when China is producing four times the patents that we're producing each year. Blindly slashing away at PEL grants which under this proposal would be equal to 2 million individual students losing their PEL grants. That is the type of detailed work that needs to be done in the authorizing committees and in the appropriations committees. This slash and hack strategy is way off base. >> Senator Kentucky, >> there's nothing in the bill that cuts PEL grants.

2:15:39 >> Mr. President, the blind the bill cuts um 16 billion dollars from education. Doesn't say specifically where, but that is a good example of the type of thing that could happen. >> Questions on the amendment? Questions on the amendment? Is there a second? Appears to be. Cler call the roll. Mr. Also Brooks.

2:16:41 Mr. Armstrong Miss Baldwin, Mr. Banks, Mr. Barazzo, Mr. Bennett,

2:17:28 Mrs. Blackburn, >> Mr. Blumenthal, >> Miss Blunt Rochester.

2:18:13 Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Boseman for you, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Bud, Ms. Hwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. >> Coons, >> Mr. Cornin, >> Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr.

2:19:00 Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Dames, >> Miss Duckworth Mr. >> Dur, >> Miss Ernst, >> Mr. Betterman,

2:19:46 >> Mrs. Fisher, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibran, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich.

2:20:41 M Hickinlooper Mr. Rono M Mr. Hovind Mr. Houston, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly.

2:22:04 Mr. Kennedy, >> Mr. Kim, Mr. King, >> Miss Cloverar, Mr. Langford, >> Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, >> Miss Lumis, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, >> Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran,

2:23:09 Mr. Moreno, Miss Marcowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, >> Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Ris, >> Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt,

2:23:59 Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida.

2:25:14 Mrs. Shaheen. Mr. Shehy. >> Thank you. Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen,

2:26:06 Mr. Young. Senators voting in the affirmative. Banks Blackburn Britt Bud Cruz Curtis Hagerty Hydemith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lee Lumis McCormack Moody Moreno Paul Schmidt Shehy Sullivan. Senators voting in the negative. Also, Brooks Armstrong Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Bosezeman

2:26:54 Campwell Capito Cassidy Collins Coons Cortez Masto Cotton Crapo Danes Duckworth Durban Ernst Betterman Fiser Gillibbran Graham Hassen Hickinl Looper Herono Houston Kain Kelly Kim King Clolobachar Langford Luhan Marky Marshall McConnell Mkeley Moran Marcowski Murphy Murray Assaf Padilla Reed Rickettts Rosen Rounds Sanders Shots Ship Schumer Shaheen Slatkin Tillis Tubberville Van

2:27:41 Holland Waro Warren Welch White House, Wicker, Widen Young. Mr. Booker. No. Mr. Holly. I Mr. Cornin. Mr. Cornin. No. Mr. Justice. No.

2:28:29 Mr. Baraso I Mr. Thun Mr. Thun Mr. Scott >> Mr. Scott of South Carolina. No.

2:29:34 Mr. Ris, no. Miss Smith, no. Mr. Peters, no.

2:30:42 Mr. Hinrich now Mr. Ggo. No.

2:32:18 Mr. Kramer Mr. Kramer I Mr. Hovind Mr. Hovind I Mr. Scott of Florida. I

2:33:26 Y are 24 and N are 74. MS not agreed to >> majority leader. Um, I think we now have a a finite >> order. Mr. President, >> order finite list of five amendments. So, if we could just have everybody stay in their seats and um we'll try and knock them off quickly and do legit 10-minute votes. >> Mr. President, >> Senator, >> I call up my amendment 5235 and ask it be reported by number. >> Clerk report by number. >> Senator from Oregon, Mr. Berkeley proposes an amendment number 5235. >> Mr. President, >> Senator Morgan, >> in the State of the Union,

2:34:12 President Trump told the story of Rachel Wiggins, who had lost out to private equity 20 times in trying to buy a house. After all, it's very hard to compete against an allcash offer, fast closing, no inspection. The president said, "I'm asking Congress to act because we want homes for people, not corporations." And the Senate did act and they included in a bill the road to housing an element. And my compliments to my colleague from Ohio and my colleague from Massachusetts who worked together to get the element into that house into that bill. But right now down the hall, private equity is lobbing like hell to make sure that element never

2:34:59 passes. We have an opportunity tonight to send a message that we agree with the president that we have a challenge in home ownership because home ownership is dying and one of the factors is private equity buying up the homes. So >> Senator's time is expired. >> So thank you, Mr. President. Let's pass this amendment. Restore home ownership. Thank you, >> Mr. President. >> Senator, >> I I first of all, I'm very thankful that the senator from Oregon is now completely on the side of President Trump and making certain that we restore home ownership for Americans. I didn't think I'd see this moment, but I'm excited that it happened. Either way, I obviously urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment because we've already

2:35:45 passed it. We've already solved this problem. In fact, congratulations to all of us. 89 to 10. We banned institutional ownership of single family homes. I think that's fantastic. By the way, in January we saw a 7% decline in the prices of homes in just San Diego because another factor that we're dealing with tonight is that unfortunately the Democrats allowed tens of millions of people to come into this country illegally. That drove up housing prices. So, what this bill is about is actually enforcing our immigration laws, making certain that we have border protection and making certain that we remove the people from this country that were not supposed to be here in the first place. And that will also continue to drive down housing prices. But again, I agree with the senator from Oregon.

2:36:32 This is about lower time price of housing. We've already done it. I urge all my colleagues to vote against this amendment. >> Ask for the yays and >> is there for a second? appears to be >> appears to be clerk call. >> Miss also Brookbrooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin, >> Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, >> Mr. Bennett, >> Mrs. Blackburn, >> Mr. Blumenthal, >> Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman,

2:37:27 Thank you. Mrs. Brett, Mr. Bud.

2:38:15 Miss Canwell, Mrs. Capau, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornin. >> Thanks. Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton,

2:39:03 Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, >> Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban, Miss Erns, Mr. Betterman,

2:39:54 Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibrand. >> Thank you. Mr. Hagerty, >> Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Mr. Mr. Hovind,

2:40:42 Mr. Houston, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, >> Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lamus, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall,

2:41:27 Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormack, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Marino, Miss Marcowski. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Murphy. Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, >> Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed,

2:42:15 Mr. Rickettts, >> Mr. Ris, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Thank you, >> Mr. Schiff. Mr. Schmidt, >> Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen,

2:43:01 Mr. Shehy, Miss Slutkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Galand, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren,

2:43:51 >> Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, >> Mr. Widen, Mr. Young. Senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Canwell, Coons Duckworth Durban Hassan Hickinl Looper Herono Kain Kelly

2:44:37 Kim King Clolobachar Luhan Mkeley Murphy Murray Osaf Padilla Reed Rosen Sanders Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slatkin Smith Smith Van Holland Waro Warren Welch White House, and Widen. >> Mr. Heinrich. I >> Mr. Peters I Mr. Ggo

2:45:25 I Mr. Moran Mr. Cotton senators voting in the negative. Armstrong Banks Baraso Blackburn Bosezeman Capito Cassidy Collins Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Curtis Danes Ernst Fiser Graham Hovind Houston Hides Johnson Justice Kennedy Langford Lee Lemus Marshall McConnell McCormick Moody Moran Marino Marcowski Paul

2:46:13 Richs, Scott of Florida, Scott of South Carolina Shehy Thoon Tillis Tubberville, and Young. >> Mr. Bud, no. Mr. Wicker, >> no. Mrs. Gillibrand. I >> Mr. Fedman. Hi. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Hagerty. No,

2:46:59 Mrs. Britt. No. Mr. Shots's eye. Mr. Schmidt no. >> Mr. Marky, I >> Mr. Ricketts. No, >> Mr. Sullivan. No, Mr. Cruz. No.

2:48:25 Mr. Holly. No. >> Miss Cortez Masto. I

2:52:22 Roll call vote. Uh 46 yays, 52 nazs, and and the amendment is not approved. Senator from Ohio. >> Mr. President, on roll call vote 99, I voted no. My intention was to vote yes. Therefore, unanim I ask for unanimous consent to be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. >> Without objection. >> The senator from Vermont. >> Mr. President, I call up my amendment 5159 and ask that it be reported by number. >> The clerk will report by number. >> Senator from Vermont. Mr. Sanders proposes an amendment number 5159. >> Mr. President, I ask with order. We have

2:53:08 order. >> Order in the chamber, please. >> Mr. President, the American people pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. And the result, one out of four Americans cannot afford the prescriptions that their doctors write. and thousands die every year as a result and many become sicker than they should. During his State of the Union address, President Trump asked us to codify a most favored nation drug policy to ensure that the American people pay no more for prescription drugs than people in other countries. Well, Mr. President, the amendment, the amendment

2:53:54 that I'm offering now calls on Congress to do exactly that. This amendment is very simple. It would prevent pharmaceutical companies from charging more for prescription drugs in the United States than they do in Canada, the UK, Germany, France, and Japan. Researchers at Yale University estimate that this bill would cut the cost of prescription drugs in America by half. 50% reduction so we're not paying the highest prices in the world. >> Time is expired. >> Let's stand with the American people, not with the pharmaceutical industry. Please vote yes. >> Mr. President, >> the senator from Idaho.

2:54:40 >> Mr. President, the focused budget blueprint before us today is necessary to quickly fund ICE, border patrol agents, and support staff. Since the finance committee is not instructed in this budget resolution, this is not a tax, trade, or healthc care reform bill. The budget makes that clear. Adding a deficitneutral reserve fund in the finance jurisdiction is non-gerermanine as it expands the scope of the budget resolution. Therefore, under the provisions of section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not gerine. >> Mr. President, >> the senator from Vermont. Pursuant to

2:55:25 section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to wave the point of order and I ask for the aas. >> Is there a sufficient second? >> There appears to be. >> Clerk will call the role. >> Miss Also Brooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin.

2:56:25 Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Miss Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Brett, Mr. Bud, Miss Canwell, Mrs. Capito,

2:57:14 Mr. Cassidy, Miss Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornin, >> Miss Cortez, Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, >> Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Dervin,

2:58:15 >> Miss Ernst, Mr. Federman, Mrs. Fiser, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassly, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, >> Mr. Holly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Mr. Rono,

2:59:22 Mr. Hovind, Mr. Hughstead, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, >> Mr. Justice, Mr. Kain, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, >> Mr. King, >> Miss Cloverar,

3:00:15 Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lumis Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormack,

3:01:04 Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno, Ms. Marcowski, >> Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Assaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rickettts, Mr. Ris, Miss Rosen,

3:01:50 Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shehy, Miss Slotkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young

3:02:39 senators voting in the affirmative also Brooks Baldwin Bennett Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Campwell Collins Coons Duckworth Durban Betterman Gillibbrand Hassan Holly Hinrich Hickinlooper Herono Kain Kelly, Kim, King, Luhan, Marquy, Mkeley Murray Osaf Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Shots Smith Waro, Warren, Welch, Widen, Mr. Schiff, I, Mr. White House. I Miss Slotkin

3:03:24 I Mr. Murphy I senators voting in the negative Armstrong Banks Baraso Boseman Cassidy Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Danes Ernst Fiser Graham Hovind Hidesmith Johnson Justice Kennedy Langford Lee Lumis Marshall McConnell McCormack Moody Moran Marcowski Paul Rich Rounds

3:04:10 Schmidt, Scott of Florida, Shehy, Tillis Tubberville Wicker Mrs. Shaheen. I Mrs. Blackburn. No. Mr. Schumer. I. Mr. Van Holland. I Mr. Moreno. No. Mr. Hagerty.

3:04:56 No. Mrs. Britt, >> no. Mr. Ricketts, no. Mr. Bud, no. Mrs. Capito, no. Miss Cortez Masto I

3:05:52 Mr. Sullivan. I Mr. Houston. No. Mr. Scott of South Carolina. No. Miss Cloverar I

3:07:19 Mr. Young. >> No. >> Mr. Thun. >> No. Mr. Ggo. I

3:13:18 Let's vote. The yays are 49. The naysay are 49. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. The motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained and the amendment fails. Mr. President, >> the Senator from California. >> Mr. President, I call up my amendment number 4855 and ask that it be reported by number. >> The clerk will report by number. >> Senator from California, Mr. Padilla

3:14:03 proposes an amendment number 4855. >> Mr. Mr. President, my amendment would create a point of order against reconciliation bills that would provide funding for federal agencies that still have unobligated funds left over from previous reconciliation bills. Now, as I describe this amendment, many people are thinking, well, that's pretty common sense. Why is this even necessary? Let me remind us that ICE and CBP still have a combined total of $13 billion in unspent funds from last year's big anything but beautiful bill. You heard

3:14:49 me right. $103 billion. Let that sink in. ICE is still sitting on 63.2 billion of its funding. That's 84% of the funding from that bill. CBP is sitting on $40 billion. That's 62% of funding from last year's bill. So, what are we even doing here? There's $103 billion that's unspent. You're trying to get your time's expired 40 billion. This doesn't make sense. So, uh call >> Senator from Wyoming >> urge you to vote yes on amendment 4855. >> Mr. Republicans are committed to a safe and secure America. That's what this debate is about tonight. All night long, Democrats have ignored this very

3:15:36 important issue. Democrats would rather protect illegal immigrant criminals than protect law-abiding American citizens. They want to defund ICE. They want to defund Border Patrol. They want to go back to the days of 10 million illegal immigrants flooding into our country. Criminals, drug dealers, gang members, all of it. Republicans are getting law enforcement and the resources they need to keep our communities safe. So, Mr. President, under the provisions of section 305B2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I raise a point of order that the amendment offered is not gerine. >> Mr. President, >> the senator from California, >> pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to wave the point of order and I ask for the and

3:16:22 is there sufficient second? >> Appears to be. Clerk will call the role. >> Miss Oscar Brooks, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Baldwin. Mr. Banks, Mr. Baraso, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal,

3:17:09 Miss Blunt Rochester, >> Mr. Booker, Mr. Boseman, Mrs. Brett,

3:17:54 Mr. Bud, Miss Kwell, Mrs. Capito Mr. Mr. Cassidy Miss Collins Mr. Coons I got him. I got him.

3:19:00 Mr. Cornin, Miss Cortez, Masto. I did. >> Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Miss Duckworth, Mr. Durban, Miss Erns,

3:19:57 Mr. Federman, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Ggo, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Miss Hassan, Mr. Holly, Mr. Mr. Hinrich, Mr. Hickinlooper, Mr. Herono, Mr. Hovind, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, >> thank you,

3:20:42 >> Mr. Kaine. >> Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Miss Clolobachar, Mr. Langford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Luhan, Miss Lennis, Mr. Marky, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Mkeley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran,

3:21:33 Mr. Marino, Miss Marcowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Oaf, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, >> Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Rich, Miss Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shots. Thank you, >> Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, >> Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, >> Mrs. Shaheen,

3:22:32 Mr. Shehy, Miss Slutkin, Miss Smith, Mr. Sullivan, >> Mr. Thun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tubberville, Mr. Van Holland, Mr. Warner, >> Mr. Waro, Miss Warren, Mr. Welch, >> Mr. White House, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Widen, Mr. Young.

3:23:39 senators voting in the affirmative. Also Brooks, Baldwin, Bennett, Blunt, Rochester Booker Canwell Cunes Cortez Masto Duckworth Durban Federman GGO Hassan Hinrich Hickinl Looper Herono Kain Kelly Kim King Luhan, Marky Mkeley Murray Osaf Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Shots Schiff Schumer Slatkin Smith Waro Warren, White House, and Widen.

3:24:25 Senators voting in the negative. Armstrong Banks Baraso Capito Cassidy Cornin Cotton Kramer Crapo Curtis Danes Ernst Fiser Graham Houston Hyde Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Langford Lee Lemus Marshall McConnell McCormack Moody Moran Marino, Paul Rounds, Scott of Florida, Scott South Carolina Shehy Thun Tillis Tubberville and Young Mr. Hovind no Mrs. Shaheen I

3:25:14 Mr. Wicker no Miss Clolobachar I Mr. Blumenthal I >> Mr. Boseman. No. Miss Marcowski. No. >> Mr. Schmidt. No. Mr. Van Holland. I Mrs. Britt. No. Mr. Welch. I

3:26:06 >> Mr. Murphy. I Mr. Ricketts. No. Mr. Holly. No. Mr. Bud. >> No. Miss Collins. >> No.

3:26:57 Mrs. Mrs. Gillibrand I >> Mr. Cruz no Mr. Sullivan no >> Mr. Hagerty. >> No. >> Mr. Ris. No. Mrs. Blackburn. No.