Vote the presiding officer is anyone in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, on this vote the yeas are 84. The nays are 9. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer thank you. Rise to speak on the Defense Authorization bill. Congress has passed this Bipartisan Legislation every year for the past 55 years, and once again this year the United States senate is debating this critical legislation to provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need to keep americans safe. This is a bipartisan bill. It represents the combined efforts of members from both sides of the aisle. It walls approved unanimously by the Senate Armed Services committee. All 27 of our members voted for it. Thats more than a quarter of this body. The distinguished chairman, the senior senator from arizona, spoke on the