Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If no, the on this vote the yeas are 516789 the nays are 31. Threefifths having not voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i enter a motion to reconsider the vote. The motion is entered. Mr. Mcconnell i move to have proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 355. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All in favor say aye. Those opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, David Austin Tapp of kentucky to be a judge of the United States court of federal claims. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22
Seat held by senator john mccain. Like most of my life, i didnt take the traditional path, but i am blessed to have been given the opportunity to make a difference for others and stand in this Historic Chamber today. I love arizona, the grand canyon state, its people and our spirit. Like many arizonans, i wasnt born there, so this is a love of choice. Also like many arizonans, i first came to the state on a military assignment in the summer of 1990 to attend Pilot Training at Williams Air Force base, now home to a thriving Industrial Park called mesa gateway. I fell in love with arizona right away and was fortunate to have the Majestic View from the sky as a pilot. What a privilege to live in a land of adventure id only read about as a kid. Home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world and the grand canyon, and our diverse landscapes, mountains, canyons, lakes, rivers, sunsets, and the powerful desert lightning. After an assignment away i came back to arizona to fly the a10 war
Automatic sequester cuts. Kentucky senator rand paul will offer an amendment to lower spending caps over the next decade. We expect final votes later this morning and we may also see more work on President Trumps judicial nominations. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who has created humanity in your image, look upon us and hear our prayers. Today, give our lawmakers the desire to do your will and the energy to complete the tasks that will glorify your name. That which they dont know, reveal it. That which they lack, supply it and that which they doubt, confirm it. Keep them blameless in your service, so that their lives will be living letters causing people to exalt your name. Lord, strengthen their minds for your service, so that your wisdom will permeate their endeavors. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in re
Senator Bernie Sanders and senator Elizabeth Warren at the debate last night tackling topics like Climate Change, tariffs and trade. You outcompete them and put chief manufacturing officer in place to make sure we rebuild the manufacturing base, we have to fill the factories, we have to fill them with workers that are making batteries, charging stations, making sure making solar panels. Senator warrens plan basically that she would put out we would not be able to trade with the United Kingdom. We would not be able to trade with the eu, its so extreme. Thank you, congressman. What the congressman is describing as extreme is having deals negotiated by the American Workers for American Workers. American workers want those jobs and we can build the trade deals that do it, people want access to our markets all around the world, then the answer is lets make them raise their standards, let their workers unionize, Environmental Standards before they come to us and say they want to be able to s
Pathways such as family reunification process is reuniting parents with children for example but also humanitarian missions private sponsorship schemes where private citizens can sponsor refugees educational scholarships theres many ways we can do this to get people out of harms way and in terms of the lack of political well there where where are we getting hung up on this why these things not happening. Well we now have one person dying on the Mediterranean Sea for every 6 people that reaches european shows so you know that there is now a stark question facing states on both sides of the mediterranean about whether to come together and develop a common harmonized approach to shares responsibility among states for addressing the situation or whether we continue to turn a blind eye to refugees losing their lives or see charlie actually that from the u. N. Thanks for joining us on out there. Still ahead on this. And now that major layoffs in the global car industry best time yes and that