Mr. Thune under the previous order, the question is on the sorokin nomination. Mr. Thune ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 91, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the question is on the boulware nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . The yeas are 58, the nays are 35, and the nomination is confirmed. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid on the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. U
Our version of productivity, i would ask to have some measure of skepticism in the i want interpretation of that y d productivity data. It is tied to revenue. I want to thank you again, i appreciate your candor, and i will tell you two weeks ago, many of us are asking for urgency, we have heard that froe you tonight. The acting secretary has i demonstrated his approach as one of urgency ask well. That i thank you very much. I do ask unanimous consent be that the former chairman of the subcommittee of oversite investigation be allowed to ask questions. Without objection, mr. Th johnso youre recognized for five minutes. Thankl you, mr. Chairman, an thank you to my colleagues for allowing me to participate. I commend you for your candor, i have i want to focus on the t it issue. As subcommittee of the o i committee, one of my very first requests of the va was to show t me the it architecture for the o va. Now, i dontn know what your ity background is, so i dont mean ar to be insulting. Do
Feet. Its really up to the democrats. Totally up to the democrats whether or not we have a shutdown. I hope we not, but we are totally prepared for a very long shutdown. This is our only chance that well have or have in our opinion because of the world and the way it breaks down. To get great border security. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer saying that trump would be at fault and democrats will not be budging on any extra funding for the border wall. President trump . You will not get your wall. Abandon your shutdown strategy. You are not getting the wall today. Next week. Or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. Jesse, everyone is figuring out, whats the end game here . How does the president play out the strategy . What do you think . I dont see the end game here, juan. If he has a bill that gets to his desk and it doesnt have wall funding, he vetoes it. He signs it and says i tried. If he vetoes it, goes back, everything gets shut down. Maybe its a shutdown f
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