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you can find a provision in the house passed faa bill to address those issues. let me say that again. one of those issues you can find provision in the house passed faa bill to address these issues. i want to remind you we passed that bill months and months ago and well before the september 30 expiration. that didn't happen by mistake. we worked methodically and want to thank chairman and ranking member larsen, our leader, sam graves, chairman sam graves and all the aviation team for plowing through literally thousands and thousands of stakeholder, of public, of member of congress requests and ultimately yielded a strong bipartisan, a strong bipartisan bill. despite the differences the house was successful in passing that bill by vote of 351-69 and similar to your confirmation vote in these times that is

absolutely extraordinary. since the passage of the bill is received support from all corners of the aviation sector come join aviation, business aviation, manufactures, innovators, labor members, commercial aviation groups representing passengers, airports and on and on. the house produce legislation, tells produce legislation makes transformative changes in the passenger experience and in private aviation. it provides innovators of the unmanned aerial systems and advanced air mobility space, the regulatory certainty thingy to deploy some of the most advanced technologies receiving aviation. also expedite the process, processes and positioned agency to manage ever expanding aviation system and develop into numerous provisions aimed at improving aviation safety. with all the recent incidents, accidents, near misses and problems it's nothing short of malpractice that the senate hasn't even bothered to markup

the faa reauthorization bill. the senate to repeated failure has destroyed 600 $50 million in fairport investment this year alone and and a late and i would've urgently needed safety measures and reforms. this never been a worse time to leave the aviation unauthorized yet that's what the senate actions has left us. you were doing the best you can with the job you have, mr. administrator it's clear to me the senate and the ability to do its job has real-world consequences. the directly affect affect american leadership in aviation and in the safety of the traveling public. we stand ready, willing and able to negotiate the faa reauthorization bill when the sin is ready. oakley could do something to help us with that, mr. administrator hopefully the conversation went today serves to underscore the urgency of getting a long-term comprehensive reauthorization bill signed into law. i yield i now recognize ranking member calling for five minutes for an opening statement.

>> i just would say disagree disagree with everything he said we need to find ukraine initial at the same time. i'm just glad you're here to listen to it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you mr. whitaker for come before study. such an important time with the aviation and you're being at as the aipac appreciate that. it's important we have leadership, the thing article some people in the industry, six, seven, eight months when you destroyed ministry we need a new administration everyone is pleased with your selection. but without the recent problems, not her fault, with the boeing, the 737 max nine. we had the japanese airline collision, increase runway incursions. they've been around a while and in no that is on top of your mind is getting something straightened out with the potential intersections of airlines and with the faa,

getting better air traffic controls, or more aircraft controller truly, more and we need to get by point going to get comfortably to your opportunity to participate. the faa's prompt response to the january 5 bowling incident is commendable. ungrounding more than one hudson aircraft and what you've done there has been i think if one agrees with and appreciates. boeing must be held accountable because as you said another set said safety is first, and that's, doesn't come that needs to be made clear. as this incident and the max eight crashes the mystery, places luxury we cannot afford when it comes to aviation safety. boeing and faa's oversight must make necessary changes to ensure similar accidents do happen again. parts flying off in the middle of the our planes falling out of the sky for whatever.

as fta and ntsb investigations into this accident are subject he will stand to work with you and all the parties to enact let's is a change of this are but, of course, of if assumiu to do is get the reauthorization bill passed. we've done our job, now at your job to get the senate to do their job. i want to thank all the faa employees who worked day and night to ensure no stone is left unturned when you came to reviewing max nine inspection instructions as well as airline maintenance technicians for opening these to ensure that aircraft can safely transport passengers again. ntsb chair did a great job and she's had some of us over for briefing limited and showing us some of the problems and we appreciate that. she's been thoreau. based on what's been committed to us and the public thus far that work is been outstanding. so it must everything we can to pass our next reauthorization. done that the next deadline

march 8 is quickly approaching. of course when you are senate colleagues to act. because we need to make sure that the air-traffic control has more people and beefed up. they're tricky issues with the approximation to our -- we find, granted a bill passed to enhance aviation system and ensure robust and vibrant future for use aviation. that bill passed by overwhelming bipartisan margin and we hope the senate can be bipartisan as well. i look forward to your testimony. appreciate the work of chairman gray, ranking member larsen and the other chairman would put together good deal of hope we can have success and confidence

of the american public, airplanes and flying that we don't lose business to airbus. the french of ari made overtures what they're trying to do to make sure that there are safe planes produce all over the world, but particular against the thinking france and airbus so that's an important industry to be aware of for boeing. good luck. thank you. >> thank you, ranking member cohen. nobody is the chairman of the full committee chairman gray for five and. >> thanked chairman gray and ranking member cohen for the hearing and thank you, administer whitaker for come in. its pleasure to have you before the aviation committee. the united states aviation system has been a major focus of our committees work this congress. last year we overwhelmingly as has been the theme here so far today we overwhelmingly passed a conference of bipartisan aviation administration reauthorization that is going to dramatically improve american aviation and the faa.

unfortunately the bill as is been pointed out and as many proves been held up and sent for more than six months. the senate it appears that the senate is poised to resume its markup of the faa bill and a few days and look for to seeing if it finally happens and i look forward to sitting up with our senate conference committee counterparts and start reconciling the two bills. serious issues within her aviation system have played that time and time again on the nightly news and in my opinion the consequences of having no long-term faa bill are exacerbating them. now more than ever american aviation and faa needs some bold direction from congress and we can't afford business as usual or half measures. our bill will secure the growth and robust leadership the american people deserve in the aerospace disappeared while congress conduce to move the faa reauthorization towards the finish line we we're lookingu

or depending on you to pick up that slack. many of the provisions in the house-passed bill are noncontroversial, and can be implemented by the faa without any additional authority from congress and i would urge you and your staff to start laying the groundwork for an expeditious and efficient application of the provisions with congressional intent in line with the congressional intent. today is a great opportunity for members to highlight the aviation, their aviation priorities that matter to them and ensure that the issues are heard and understood and hopefully are addressed here we also want to hear what your impressions of the agency our sense you have taken over the agency, center confirmation, what your priorities are going, obviously moving forward. and finally we look for during an update and what the faa is doing regarding the flight 1282 action and what you learned so

far. i do want to thank you, administrator, for, enter staff, for your very effective communication so far relating to the incident and your related findings that you found so far. open communication i think is important, a very important component in the committee having confidence in the actions taken by the faa and i hope that this continues as the agency progresses with its oversight work and audits are . we all share the same goal of ensuring that safety of our aviation system and maintaining that gold standard that we all talk about. so with that, thank you again for coming before the committee, and with that i yelled back the bows of the tub. >> thank you, mr. chairman. regular, full committee of the spin is just one more, thanks for joining us today. appreciate it very much. we got a lot to discuss.

history comes at a critical time. first with review the implementation of the 2018 faa reauthorization which expired last sender. we have to push the passive coprincipal long-range 2023 faa reauthorization which passed the house last july. and finally we must examine the problems that the recent 737 max nine exposed. safety has always been this committees top priority at the aviation system here in the u.s. is responsibly, is responsible for safely to the sporty hundreds of millions of passengers each year without fear of harm or injury. americans have to have full confidence in our aviation system. that confidence must be justified. this committee must venture the fha's resources and tools they need to effectively conduct investigations, artist and enforce action. as always with two remain vigilant to make sure something like this accident, the likelihood of this accident

happening is decreased substantially. on january 5 to 737 max and ask it was terrifying to everybody on board but thanks to call and professional actions of the flight crew at once landed safely. i fully support the fac cites a response to the action which included grounding the effective max nine fleet, a separate investigation into whether boeing delivered a noncompliant aircraft to its customer, and overarching audit of boeing's max production line and suppliers, and a probation an increasing boeing 73737 max production rate until its quality control issues are resolved. unfortunately it's of the first and we see an aircraft falling in recent history. may 21 we wrote to the department of the faa and to point with concerns about no less than nine reports of quality control issues and boeing production facilities. since then there been dozens more reports of similar issues leading to emergency fixes and

delays in production. the safety culture any workstation flows from the top and urge the bold leadership to take time now to examine that culture that they have currently, , that it is currenty instilled and to improve. for to the implementation of the 2020 reform bill base that houses u.s. personnel in syria. the iran-backed houthis continue to threaten u.s. vessels and international shipping in the red sea. three days after president biden directed strikes in response to the killing of three u.s. soldiers in jordan, iran and its proxies are demonstrating that the calculus, their particular calculus, has not changed. the president said on friday that our adversaries should know that, quote, if you harm an

american, we will respond. well, by their actions, our adversaries are turning the president's words back around. they're essentially saying we will attack america at times and places of our choosing. iran and the expendable terrorists traces for american blood are demonstrably undeterred, and they are hardly the only ones. for three years, america's adversaries have luxirated in a world that no longer takes us at our word. embarrassing retreat from afghanistan, fawning climate diplomacy with our top strategic comp competitor, failure to take putin seriously until it was too late, and fears of escalation that delayed lethal aid to

ukraine at every turn. for three years america's foreign policy has been defined by hesitation, half measures, and self-deterrence. president biden has dug our credi credibility, the value of america's word, into a hole. meanwhile, our adversaries are aligning and coordinating through an unprecedented degree. as america gives our allies and partners reasons to doubt our resolve, russia and china are engaged in a, quote, friendship without limits, end quote. the contrasts couldn't be starker, but it doesn't have to be this way. take it from practitioners who know that better than anyone. for example, just yesterday, national security advisor, retired lieutenant general h.r.

mcm mcmaster had this to say, the abandonment of kiev would be a gift to moscow, tehran, beijing, and pyongyang, the axis of aggr aggressors. allies and partners would lose trust in america as those aggressors are emboldened. the result could be escalating conflicts even more costly than the interconnected wars in ukraine and across the middle east. of course, general mcmaster was the national security advisor to president trump. former secretary of state mike pompeo, in the trump administration, put it this way after his recent visit to ukraine, quote, it will be far more costly and dangerous if putin wins, end quote.

another former national security advisor, robert o'brien, also with the previous administration, expressed his support for supplemental security assistance to israel, taiwan, and ukraine, saying simply, quote, the free world has been attacked, and we are the arsenal of democracy. it is in america's direct interests to take growing threats seriously, to invest even more urgently in our capabilities to meet them, and to support our allies and partners on the front lines. the reality of hard power competition simply does not wait for the president or congress to take it seriously. either we confront challenges we face with clear strategy and firm resolve or we lose. around the world, 21st century autocrats and mid evil theocrats

will continue to challenge the u.s.-led order that has underpinned global peace and prosperity for generations. and their proxies will continue to target american personnel and american interests with lethal force. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

to move graduates quickly to on-the-job training. and we've initiated year-round hiring for experienced controllers on the military or from private industry. during my first three months as administrator i met with controllers in boston, philadelphia, dallas and here in d.c. in the tower. in those conversations controlled fatigue came up with repeatedly as a top concern. caused a large pot by shifting schedules and challenging over time requirement. increasing our control rights won't mitigate risk associated with control fatigue. additionally we have set up a panel of fatigue experts to review the latest science on the needs and how that can be applied to work requirements and scheduling. we expect received the panels report later this spring. the third priority is to continuously improve our safety processes and procedures. for example, our air traffic safety oversight department that reports directly to me this is

me unfiltered candid feedback on this date and quality of the organization. we are also exploring how the agency can approve data accessibility and collaborate with stakeholders to collect and analyze the data across our aviation system. data is crucial identifying and mitigating significant risks and emerging safety trends. i support this effort applied to hold a discussion tomorrow with senior leadership for major u.s. airlines that we can share information more transparently and improve our safety management system. the need to be vigilant on safety came third in the focus on january 5 with the incident involving alaska airlines flight 1282 when the mid cabin door plug blew out of a boeing 737 max nine shortly after departure. i want to commend the flight and cabin crews for their professionalism and heroic actions to ensure the safety of everyone on board during that

emergency. less than 24 hours following the incident the faa took decisive action to ground 171 max nine airplanes within approved a thorough inspection and maintenance process that was performed at each of the grounded aircraft prior to returning to service. we have begun an audit of boeing's production quality control practices and within four and boeing that the faa will not grant any production expansion of the max until we are satisfied the quality control issues uncovered during this process are resolved. going forward we will have more boots on the ground closely scrutinizing and monitoring production and manufacturing activities. boeing employees are encouraged to use her faa outline to import -- reporting safety concerns. let me stress, the safety of the flying public is our mission and will continue, and will continue to inform our decision-making going forward. i am honored to lead the faq of more than 45,000 dedicated employees who work every day to

meet our mission of ensuring with the best and the safest aviation system in the world. i am confident in her agency's ability to address our current challenges and those that lie ahead. i also want to confirm as chairman gray alluded to really commend the bipartisan effort in the house toward completing long-term faa reauthorization bill. for to working with congress as it finalizes this vital legislation. thank you for your continued support of faa and the look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you, administrative or break it for questions. in 2020 congress passed the aircraft certification safety and accountability act in response to design flaws which contributed, which contributed to the crashes of two boeing 737 max aircraft. one of the provisions of the bill requires aircraft manufacturers to implement safety management systems. given what you've learned so far

from the alaska airlines flight 1282 incident and challenges that boeing has had with quality control is the faa considering further action with sms requirements for aircraft parts come suppliers or others involved in aircraft manufacturing, whether that be rule-making, regulatory changes or requesting changes in the law? >> they could chairman gray. that's a great question. the sms process is really the core technology for safety system. so we have a rule now that roles this out to manufacturers and operators. boeing has been voluntarily deploying an sms system. one thing we've learned in this particular study circumstances with the alaska flight was we need to make sure those sms systems are talking to each other and we need to make sure we're getting all the data that we can from the systems and have the tools to analyze those. to your specific question, the role that is out there covers

manufacturers, , doesn't necessy cover all the component part manufactured but it oem has the ability to post those terms by contract and we would expect as part of their safety management system they would insist on those types of controls with particularly key suppliers. >> thank you. visit the committee is going to be working very closely with you and ntsb to make sure we get this right. i'm going to be candid. looking at what's happened in the aftermath of the max incidences, comp incidents. i can't help but think the faa had a lot of trouble walking and chewing gum, candidly. i think they really struggled with thinkable to carry out all of the duties and responsibilities. the returning to drones i want to bring up that i heard ranking member cohen bring it up as well, the beyond visual line of site committee submitted its final report nearly two years ago what i don't think is

perfect i think it's a pretty good roadmap on how to move forward. can you give some projection for the aviation industry should be expecting in that regard? >> i think there's been a lot of interaction with stakeholders and then know from my roles before taking this position there's been some frustration on a quickly that might be moving. we do expect to have the npr out this year so it is a priority and we will continue to push it forward. >> i can't emphasize enough how important i think it is for the faa to be able to manage all of its various functions to maintain certain the unpredictable that these new entrance need in market while we're also continuing to advance our gold standard of safety and the united states. last question -- >> i agree with that. >> thank you. administrator, there are provisions in the 2016 faa bill and 2018 at the a bill that have

not been fully implemented yet. here we are advancing a 900 page, 23 or 24 faa authorization bill. the house and senate bills have a number of identical provision provisions. while it's very difficult to improve upon the perfection, the scent is find add some new things. i want to hear from you, what is the faa doing to ensure that the going to hit the ground running, be able to comply with and intimate this bill in a manner that is urgent as the law is in regard to addressing and number of the safety and new pastor to experience issues resolved in the legislation? >> what i can say is i can commit to you that when this bill passes we will work hard to work together, to of work plans on policies of various initiatives and communicate with you on our expectation stores when we can meet those. i think what we can just make

sure we have good open communication about how will execute on the provisions of that bill. >> in my 30 seconds i'm going to say that as much blood, sweat, and tears as a folk appear, the aviation team has gone to over the past years and putting his legislation together, striving to reach bipartisan consensus in addressing many of the urgent issues the aviation industry, i'm hopeful the faa will treat the implementation with the same urgency as we have been putting the legislation together. >> we will and we appreciate that effort. >> thank you. recognize ranking member cohen for five minutes. >> thank you, sir. mr. administrator, what parts of the oversampled assurance of point airplanes are considered delegated by the faa to the manufacture? and how does it as a overseas representatives when there performs as delegated function. >> was the i couple of answers to that question. one, with cast to look a sort of

a technical level on where the delegations are and what our options are with respect to delegation. quality control and quality assurance are a key function for the manufacture and so what normally falls within the purview of that manufacture although there's no reason to not have those types of functions done by third parties i think that something we want to look at as well. at a macro level i think with manufacturing there has been an oversight approach that is focused heavily on audits. checking the paperwork to make sure it's correct and making sure to the systems are in place. we are migrating to a system that is i would call audit plus. so we would have more of the surveillance component, it's like you would find on the flatline or maintenance stations where inspectors or action on the ground talking to people and looking at the work that is being done. we are proposing at this point to expand the oversight approach with both audit and inspection

which is why would moving inspectors into the facility. >> i presume we look at, which then around the world, best practices, all these things? >> well, we like to think we're best practices. >> i like to think that we may be but airbus kind of claims they are doing -- >> we do pay attention what others are doing. in this case we know what we need to do which is to have more on the ground presence to verify what's going on. >> thank you, sir. the committee passed a law the aircraft certification safety and accountability act which was a correct response to the max eight crashes. can you provide an update of what the faa implementation of that is been, particularly the section we highlighted in the letter we sent to lessig? >> i can. the you specifically highlighted, we have completed much of that work picu highlighted section 102 around sms so the move has been pushed out an estimate systems are

being deployed. the culture so that section 103 is due within a month. we are very much looking for to getting that data around boeing safety culture. that will inform some adjustments to the risk model approach. with updated the policy under 107. we have completed the stand up that ec and sc for compliance under 122, and 125 incorporated oda best practices into our process. >> thank you, sir. two of a package of issues what are important issues, and that's evacuation of airplanes, required 90 seconds and also the size that are safe for people to the grass. we passed laws to say that they had to study on seat size and evacuation what what they did on evacuation was embarrassingly poor.

and didn't have a model of what an aircraft looks like, passengers, nobody over six years of age come nobody under seven or eight or

. mr. schumer: good morning. well, mr. president -- i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensedwith. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: well, mr. president, the sun may be shining outside but today is a gloomy day here in the united states senate. last night members of the other side of the aisle met to decide whether they were going to side with the american people or obey the wishes of former president trump and his friend, vladimir putin. while i was not party to that meeting, the reports that came out of it were disturbing to say the least. after months of good faith negotiations, after months of giving republicans many of the things they asked for, leader mcconnell and the republican conference are ready to kill the national security supplemental package, even with the border

provisions they so fervently demanded. those reports are disturbing because this is a good bill, a bipartisan bill that will address the problems at the border directly, expeditiously, seriously. and don't take my word for it. just ask the conservative editorial page of "the wall street journal" who called this, quote, a border bill worth passing. or the president of the national border patrol council who rarely sides with democrats who called this bill far better than the status quo. or the u.s. chamber of commerce whose president, a fervent trump ally, called this package a commonsense measure and warned that congress cannot afford to ignore these problems any longer. so, mr. president, last night's reports coming from the republican conference meeting are alarming because they represent a dramatic

transformation in republican thought. in october republicans objected to president biden's national security supplemental request telling the world they could not consider it without, in leader mcconnell's words, something credible on the border. he said his conference would give, quote, this supplemental request a serious look and probably recommend some changes as well, quote. that was october 22, 2023. since then senators on both sides of the aisle have conducted intense, good-faith negotiations to try to find a way forward on border. we thought we were close in december but some on the other side does not want to be, quote, jammed by the christmas holiday. so we gave them more time. senator graham reasoned that a delay was necessary and thought that president biden, quote, should get involved in border immigration negotiations,

unquote. well, president biden did get involved, and he gave senator graham the more time that he asked for. and yet again yesterday, he asked for more time once again. in december senator fischer accused democrats of not wanting to address border security saying, quote, my democratic colleagues support border security for taiwan. they support border security for ukraine, and they support border security for israel. but what they won't support is basic border security for the united states of america. we are told that our own border security is not related to the national security supplemental. that's absurd. that's what she said. that's absurd not to have border security in the bill. in december. well, yesterday she said she would refuse to even debate a bill that addressed our national security and border security,

not even a debate. the entire process has been quite a roller coaster. and it's not just my senate colleagues who keep moving the goalposts. in november speaker johnson said, quote, with our appropriations bills for ukraine funding, for example, we're going to marry that to border security. these two things are going to be handled together because we believe it's a top priority, end of quote. but when former president trump said he didn't want republicans to solve the border problem, that he wanted it as a campaign issue, speaker johnson did a 180-degree about face and obediently and obesiantly changed his tune. mr. president, i understand politics. i understand electoral strategy. but for more than a year, members on the other side of the aisle have been wailing that the border was an emergency

situation, that the country was in urgent crisis. as the senior senator from wyoming said, quote, this crisis requires swift, serious, and substantive action. or like the senior senator from texas said, the current crisis cries out for a solution and nobody believes the status quo is acceptable. or how about the words of speaker johnson just one month ago. just a month ago he said the time to act on the border is yesterday. this morning republicans are singing a new tune. suddenly this crisis is not so urgent. suddenly we need to take even more time before we address this crisis. one hard-right republican member of the house even ridiculously suggested that we wait until after november. this morning a member of the republican leadership who had recently called for swift action now says that action must wait

until after the election, the next election. give me a break. today this is the new republican line on the border. it's an emergency, but it can wait 12 months or until the end of time. what utter bunk. the senate might suggest this request for more time was a political ploy. but maybe we should take the republicans at their word. maybe we should take them at their word when they say there is absolutely no reason to agree to policies that will further enable joe biden. or when they say let me tell you, i'm willing, i'm not willing to do damned much right now to help a democrat. that is why, mr. president, this is a gloomy day. that is why the republican party is being thrown into disrepute but many of its own members back

in the states. some republicans will claim they have not had enough time to read the bill. some republicans will claim that they want an amendment process. some will claim that they want guarantees their amendments will be accepted. some republicans will claim we need more time for debate and consideration. my guess is they'll ultimately want 10 to 12 months. finally some republicans will claim that we should separate -- new tune -- separate border solutions from funding for ukraine. i'd like to address each of those claims right here, right now. for those who claim they have not had enough time to read the bill, on january 25, ten republican senators wrote me a letter. in fact, i'd like to introduce the letter into the "congressional record." the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: in that letter senators ricketts, barrasso,

cassidy, sullivan, risch, and wicker asked one thing of me before the first vote on legislation. they asked for 72 hours to read the bill. mr. president, we've met that request. the bill was posted at 6:45 p.m. on sunday, february 4, and if they want until 6:45 tomorrow evening, that's fine with me. actually, mr. president, we'll even offer to delay that vote until some time on thursday to give even more time for senators to make up their minds. but i suspect they won't accept even that offer because they really don't want more time. they're just using it as an excuse. in fact, it will surprise no one that some of the signers of that letter actually did not wait 72 hours before they rejected the bill. senator cotton declared his opposition after 16 hours, 48

minutes, less than 25% of the requested time. senator risch took a little longer, an additional 15 minutes to read the bill before announcing his opposition. clearly this wasn't about having 72 hours. that's okay, i can recognize when senators grandstand, but this, this is no time for grand standing. this is a time for serious people to work together to solve serious problems. mr. president, senators are elected to vote, not to be afraid, run away, make excuses when it comes to voting on the tough issues. senators are elected to debate and deliberate, not just to say no when a former president instructs them to. we were sent here to make laws, not just to make speeches. if my colleagues want more time, fine, fine.

all they have to do is vote yes tomorrow. that will mean the senate will have up to 30 hours of debate before we lay down the motion to proceed. again, i want to be clear, the vote tomorrow is not about the substance of the bill. no one is being asked to take a position on the supplemental tomorrow. the only thing a yes vote would allow is for the senate to simply begin to consider, discuss, and debate the vitally important issues before us now. and we'll have plenty of time to do so, because we will stay here in session as long as it takes. that brings me to the republican second claim. they want an amendment process. well, during my time as majority leader, i presided over more amendment votes than the senate held in all four years of the trump administration. so i'd like to remind my colleagues about senate procedure. if you want a chance to amend a bill, it turns out you actually

need to get on the bill first. voting no says no amendments. and further, once we are on the bill, you still possess the power to kill the entire bill if the amendment process is not to your liking. you can hold out for your amendment. you can hold out if you want to re-read the bill again and again. and you can hold out if your amendment fail. but, our republican colleagues, we know this, really don't want any of those things. and when they won't, they forfeit their ability to address the border situation at all. when they vote no, they forfeit their ability to address the border situation at all. so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote yes on the bill so we can discuss amendment, timing, and any other issues. the issues in ukraine, in israel, humanitarian aid, the south pacific, and the border

are urgent, and so many of my colleagues have said they are urgent. well, let's vote. it's urgent. we've spent months talking and debating. it's time to vote. make no mistake about it, a no vote says i never want to move forward on the border, not with amendment, not without amendments, not now, not later. we must move forward. we cannot wait any longer. we have waited long enough. now for my republican colleagues who say that we just, that we need more time to debate and consider the bill and i don't want to be jammed, i have a question. in september, you told us we cannot provide support to the people in ukraine without addressing the border crisis. in december, you told us that

leaving for christmas break was more important than solving the border crisis. now in february, you're telling us you need more time. so the question i'd like answered and that the american people want an answer to is this -- what date would work, my republican friends? if you don't want to solve the border crisis and fight putin today or tomorrow, when do you want it? would saturday the 24th of february be a good day for you, the day that marks the second anniversary of putin's invasion of ukraine, so it can have symbolic value? and sins that falls -- since that falls on the weekend maybe we can vote mon, let me know so we can schedule it. we have options. tell us which day would work. we can change the schedule, but we are voting to move to proceed

wednesday night, or if you want the extra day, thursday. would you be willing to address those tough issues in march, in april, in june, and july? mr. president, i suppose i won't get a response because it seems the only date republicans seem to care about is november 5, election day. we all know what's going on here. donald trump would rather keep the chaos at the border so he can exploit it on the campaign trail instead of letting the senate do the right thing and fix it. he would rather let ukraine suffer on the battlefield instead of being tough on putin. and instead of standing up to donald trump, senate republicans are ready to kill our best chance at fixing the border and ready to vote down this aid package for ukraine in order to put what they think, they think is their party's political interest above the interest of the country. it is my hope but not my

expectation that my friends across the aisle will resist the former president's exhortation and do what is right. that is why the senate will move forward with our vote tomorrow. if senators vote yes, we have options. more time to debate, opportunity to consider amendment. if senators vote no, those senators should have to explain why they're ready to let the border emergency, which they've so decried, why would they let it continue. we've had four months, four months, dithering or delay. tomorrow the american people will find out whether senators seek border security and oppose russian expansionism or whether they stand with former president trump in support of the chaos, and vladimir putin. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum.

the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

>> some u.s. airports bows pass faa restoration would it's bound equipment equipment large and medium hub airports. how would increasing this technology help air-traffic controllers and flight crews? >> these near misses are one of the areas where there's a lot of ability to have tailored solutions for each airport, every airport is different has its own challenges a lot of these technologies or tools in the tower can really make a difference and create awareness to avoid these types of mishaps. >> in my remaining time, i want to give a thank you. i want to thank you and faa for the collaborative partnership in helping the next mesa gateway to expand its infrastructure to accommodate extraordinary growth. it would airport is the busiest contract air-traffic control tower in the region and contributes nearly $2 billion to our regional economy. they recently completed the new terminal south concourse due in

part to $14.4 million in the dollars in the bipartisan infrastructure law fund. ribbon cutting ceremony withheld a couple weeks. the cooperation between faa and arizona delegation and call yourself an crucial to this growth and of the fortune continues strong were to partnership to implement innovative ways to increase capacity at gateway. with that i you and i you back. >> thank you. >> recognize the german from arkansas for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman graves. thank you, administrator whitaker -- over here. want to follow up with my colleague mr. perry line of questioning. i know you are whole test basically about safety and we all want safe airports and mr. perry read to you from the manual about have not and nautical purpose and airport has to be approved by the faa, and you stated that only one airport

had approval to be used for the not air nautical purpose of housing migrants here would you like to correct that answer or is at the answer you want to stick by? >> to my knowledge this is not an issue -- happily been to three months. not an issue if that much time appear to my knowledge there's on one application. also applications are only involved if it's behind security. security. so other properties on airports don't, , through our office for approval. it's really just behind security properties. >> so the 12 document many airports been used for this purpose, so do you think these airports are in violation of any federal law or do you think they found a way around that? >> i assume they're in compliance. i have not heard otherwise our role is to make sure that the proper procedures are followed. >> this is an issue that i didn't think we would have to deal with in congress.

i have chaired the committee on natural resources and we've got a similar issue with the national park service land with the administration has approved use of national park service land to build migrant shelters, which that's kind of crazy that you think that would even be an issue, but it has happened. and in researching the process how it happened, it appears may be secretary mayorkas had a lot more to do with that than even the dli secretary. are you aware of any meetings between secretary mayorkas and secretary buttigieg to discuss issues of using faa or using airports to house migrant? >> i'm not aware of any, no. >> are you aware of any meetings between other d.o.t. or dhs officials to discuss this issue? >> i am not. .. an whip. mr. thune: mr. president, is the

senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: early reports suggest that the biden administration may have set yet another record at our southern border. and not the good kind. if this early report is accurate, the numbers of migrant encounters at our southern border in january is the highest border in january is the highest the highest january number ever recorded. i would follow decembers breaking encountered a staggering 309,034. the only the highest december number ever recorded at the highestig number for any month ever recorded. number, and the list goes on. mr. president, the biden administration has presided over a truly unprecedented crisis at

our nation's border. we've had three years of record-breaking illegal immigration under the biden administration. fiscal year 2021, a record breaking 1,734,686 migrant encounters at your southern border. then fiscal year 2022 broke that record. in fiscal year 2023, broke that record. they didn't break that 2021 record by a small margin, either. fiscal year 2023 exceeded fiscal year 2021 by a staggering 740,000-plus encounters. mr. president, if the current trajectory continues, it is likely that fiscal year 2024 will break the record yet again. all told, since president biden took office, there have been more than seven million, million migrant encounters at our southwest border.

that's just counting the individuals who were stopped by customs and border protection. since january 2021, when president biden took office, there have been more than 1.7 million known gotaways. those are individuals the border patrol saw but was unable to apprehend. we have no idea how many un unknown, unknown gotaways there have been over the same period. now, mr. president, i can keep throwing out numbers all day, but needless to say my point is this, the situation at our southern border is a disaster. it is unprecedented, and it is untenable. we have to get this crisis under control. mr. president, i am thankful for senator lankford's efforts to address the chaos at our southern border. senator lankford has spent months now working to develop serious border security reforms,

and his work further highlighted the ways the biden administration has invited illegal immigration and undermined security at our nation's border. the worst border crisis on record will be a defining feature of president biden's legacy. in addition to the high costs of inflation imposed on american families and the weakening of america's standing on the world stage. mr. president, i also want to take a moment to comment on friday's strikes against the iran revolutionary guard corps and iran's proxies in iraq and syria. last week, i called on the president to take decisive action in response to the more than 1 of 5 attacks -- 165 attacks against u.s. forces in iraq, syria, jordan and the red sea, including the tragic death of three soldiers in jordan. the president's half measures had failed with deadly consequences and a forceful response was overdue. the president must continue to take the necessary measures to protect our troops abroad and to

maintain freedom of navigation in the red sea. mr. president, i specifically would like to commend the men and women of the 28th bomb wing, based in south dakota, at ellsworth air force base, but no, sir uh now -- now mass a contingent operating out of dais air force base while our airfield is closed. the 28th bomb wing not only participated in friday's strike against 85 targets, but did so flying what's known as a conus-to-conus mission. that is daking offer from american -- taking off from american soil, hitting overseas targets, returning to base in a single marathon flight. this ability to generate combat power that can strike anywhere on the map is a testament to the professionalism of the 28th bomb wing's air crews and main tapers, and it -- maintainers, and underscores the importance of preserving this capability now and well into the future to deter threats and hold

adversaries accountable. global reach, anytime, anyplace. the b-21 bomber, which was unveiled last year and set to make ellsworth its first home for main operating base one later this decade, will begin a new era of american air power. until that sixth generation bomber is fielded, we need to continue full support for programs like the b-1 bomber. i will continue to do everything i can here in congress to support both the b-21 and b-1 missions and the men and women who are behind their success. 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.

i'm curious if you are considering a proposal. >> thank you for the question.

you hit on an interesting issue which is how we fund facilities and equipment and we are in a situation now with a lot of redundant, we have facilities that need replaced. with respect to this particular issue my understanding is structure funding is available for deployment of those systems, the ones you mentioned that are in storage my understanding is they will begin to deploy those. >> do you have a timeline? objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. we recently released the text of the supplemental, and this bill is about our national security, it's about our national credibility, and it's about our future. that's why democrats have been

glued to the table negotiating in good faith every step of the way, because the stakes could not be higher. on sunday, we rolled out a bipartisan compromise package with $60 billion in aid for ukraine, $14.1 billion in security assistance for israel, 4.8 billion to support our allies in the indo-pacific, $10 billion for humanitarian assistance, $20 billion for operational needs at the border, and more. now, i want to be clear, this is not the bill i would have written on my own. it is compromise legislation that came out of negotiations between senate democrats and senate republicans. as i've said before, i never believed that we should have conditioned emergency aid for our allies on unrelated partisan

priorities, but republicans demanded that. they insisted we needed not just executive action at the border or new resources, but policy changes. so, my colleagues, the junior senator from connecticut, senior senator from arizona, worked around the clock, and now we have a bipartisan set of prop proposals, just as our republican colleagues demanded. now, before i say anything else, this will not be the last word on immigration reform. i will keep fighting, and i know many of us will, day in, day you the out, until we deliver on comprehensive immigration reform that creates a pathway for citizenship for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in america, and makes our system work better and more fairly. i know we need to finally are pass the dream act. we need an immigration system that creates new pathways for legal status and eliminates dysfunction and backlogs and

recognizes that immigrants do make america great. immigrants are not just crucial to our economy, to he they absolutely are, they enrich our communities and strengthen the fabric of our country in countless ways. we should, of course, be invited the world's brightest minds and hardest workers to make america home. that will always remain a north star for me as we push to make our system work better and meet new needs as more folks come to our country, fleeing persecution and seeking opportunity. we also have to address the root causes of migration in a way that promotes stability and mutual economic prosperity for everyone. now, the bipartisan compromise before us does not accomplish all of that. border policy and immigration reform is a very tough issue, and in a divided government compromise is required. so, what we have in front of us is a tailored package aimed at addressing some of the

challenges before us and one that can win passage in both chambers. i'm not thrilled with several of the provisions, but there are some important steps forward in this, like a quarter of a million new family and work visas over the next five years, pathways to citizenship for the brave afghans who worked alongside our servicemembers during the war in afghanistan. the bill would help speed up the processing of asylum claims and ensure for the very first time everyone gets a written explanation of their asylum decision and provide an important down payment on new resources to clear the backlog it would provide immediate work permits for folks who pass through the asylum screening, so they can provide for their families and build the life in our country. the bill enshrines for the first time a legal right to representation for all asylum seekers and expedited removal, and especially important to me, it provides legal counsel for

the youngest kids who arrive at our border without a parent, seeking relief in the united states. it protects the president's parole authority, another means of preventing chaos at our borders. it helps ensure that. ed dreamers, the children of h1b visa holders are not depoured port -- deported. it provides a 75% boost for our cities and states and organizations around the country to provide lifesaving support to migrants who are already here. it also includes funding to help resettle refugees fleeing putin's war and other horrific conflicts across the globe. a temperatured -- and it has significant new investments to not just detect and stop fentanyl at our borders, but to stop the chemicals used to create it way up the supply chain. so, this bill does leave a lot to be desired, but it is a compromise bill.

it takes really important steps to get urgently needed aid to our allies and innocent civilians, and it was crafted to win bipartisan support. mr. president, i will be voting for this package because american leadership is on the line here, and because aid to our allies, including in ukraine and humanitarian aid to gaza, can not wait a moment longer. i have tremendous appreciation for the tireless effort my democratic colleagues put into negotiating away some of the worst and most partisan proposals. i'm not new to brokering deals here in the senate. and i understand that in negotiations you don't always get what you want. in fact, you never do. but i also know that after a bill passes you don't stop pushing for the progress you want to see, and that will be the case here. but when it comes to the bill before us, there is no reason, none whatsoever, for further

drama or delay or partisanship. funding for ukraine, israel, and the indo-pacific all have overwhelming bipartisan support, and senate and house republicans alike were some of the loudest voices calling for changes to border policy in the first place. despite the flurry of statements from republicans in the past 24 hours rushing to judgment, i hope they will join us in moving the very steps that they demanded. after all, if republicans kill this deal without even voting, throwing out border policies that they demanded, that they demanded, throwing their senate colleagues under the bus and throwing in the towel to dictators like putin, how are they going to have any sort of credibility on addressing the border? they won't. the american people will rightly see it for the kind of naked

partisan politics people cannot stand. we have a bill here that is ser serious, it is bipartisan, and it is urgently needed by our allies, especially ukraine. if we do not fully meet this moment and soon, we are going to leave families living in a more dangerous world, a world where dictators like putin trample democracies without consequence, a world where civilians who are caught in cross fire have less hope of getting basic aid, food, water, medical care, and a world where allies don't trust our promises and adversaries don't heed our warnings. that is unacceptable to me, mr. president, and i urge our colleagues to join me in passing this bill through the senate and impressing the house -- and pressing the house to vote on this bill without any further

delay. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

welcome, mr. whitaker. catch a tiger by the tail. i was going to become something else and i am airports housing documented, it's a big deal to the community, it's a big deal and appeal for safety and what's going on on this issue. think is wholly inappropriate

and this is a plan and ten different airports they would house. in my district talking about to 60000 community. you need a policy from the faa and we have the information, i need you to do that and would appreciate it is that

information back. could you commit to getting that information? >> we are complying with the law around any approval. we don't own the airport. >> but an important part of what happened, this should be included. the people of our country 50 as well. the about that. please commit to doing that. last month she the boeing 737 max 16000 aware of it, 180 people on board and the result

that we have. in my opinion decades long process in the early 2000's going aggressively market strategy with the systems, i know you are aware of that. it is about a global corporation and identified by the faa. one example how boeing sources has led to client and boeing has hidden its decline in my opinion by appealing to diversity, equity and inclusion in the investors are interested in that.

jack has gone for stock has gone up. the social engineering, it doesn't belong, job number one is safety, safety for every man, woman and child at the airports in the company struggling to produce safe aircraft. are you concerned is an american institution? >> externalities in the aircraft going to muck they have a job to worry about safety and when you are worried about all these other issues and the green

economy will that should be your job number one and i hope you have a plan to put it back on track. a letter december the american public safety seriously and i think you and wish you good luck. >> good morning. general aviation in alaska continue to outpace the rest of the country. can you provide an update on the recommendations 2023 and aviation safety initiative including the automated

observing system, schedules completed in september of 2023. >> i am supportive of the nature and that and have a chance to visit when i was deputy, the remote facilities and it has been a strong program and need to work that and we continues to support that. i know we were briefed in the hearing, seven of the eight have been deployed successful due to planning flooding. we will make sure we continue. >> and as you say, 82% of communities are not accessible by any other way, airplanes about the faa past -- the half

past faa authorization bill including section 510 safety initiative which : aviation decoders work together to reduce the rate of fatal accidents by 90% by 2033 in alaska, hawaii and other american territories this provision includes a number of objectives and am wondering what you see we have an aggressive growth down to its current level. there a lot of pathologies deployed to situational awareness and more tools around the weather is the limbic system

so this is an area where technology is quick deployment and it can be of benefit. positive all these stakeholders have that. >> regrettably i yield. >> thank you and thank you for being here today. i represent kansas all a strong relationship between the aviation, 91000 jobs in the aviation industry including 42000 from that segment. for our aviation industry to drive, a robot of congressional authority to adopt policy

changes in requirements. the waves and rulemaking deficiencies it is imperative the american will standard and referred a lot of the homeless process and the international leadership, what will you do under your assets is more timely and transparent and accountable? delivering services, registrations for example, we are working on those issues, rulemaking is a little different so we are required -- dispensed

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: i ask consent that i be permitted to finish my remarks before the scheduled vote. the presiding officer: also without objection. mr. cardin: i come to the floor today to speak in favor of the nomination of kurt campbell to be deputy secretary of state. the deputy secretary of state is one of the most critical roles at the department of state. the deputy secretary serves as the key adviser to the secretary, advancing top national security priorities and serves as one of our top diplomats around the world. to that end, mr. campbell's distinguished career provides him with the experience to excel in this position. it includes service in the navy, the state department, the defense department, and the private sector. mr. campbell brings more than two decades of service in various leaderships, including as assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs and deputy assistant secretary of defense for asian and pacific affairs. he has the expertise to help

navigate the department and our nation through complex global challenges. having a confirmed deputy secretary of state is paramount as we work to support our allies to build resilient partnerships and respond to crises and de-escalate tension and conflict around the world. from europe where maintaining unity and support for ukraine is more critical than ever, to addressing challenges in the indo-pacific with the dynamic reaction between beijing and taipei to the middle east where we must prevent further escalation and work towards the release of hostages and avoid a humanitarian crisis. these require the full diplomatic force of our nation. at this critical moment, the state department's role and leadership is more important than ever. i don't have to remind my colleagues of all the challenges we have around the world. we need a full diplomatic core there to represent the united states' interests and it's critically important that we have mr. campbell confirmed as deputy secretary of state.

i want to take a moment to acknowledge the exceptional leadership of ambassador victoria newland who has been serving in an acting capacity since last year. she is among our nation's finest diplomats and we've been lucky to have someone of her experience step into this role in the interim. i must tell you i've had many dealings with ambassador nolan. she's always been direct with us, an incredibly talented diplomat representing our nation and we thank her for being willing to take on this extraordinary position during this critical time. but it's in our international interest to have an official confirmed serving in our nation's top security post. mr. campbell is among the most experience and capable officials to be nominated to this position. i urge my colleagues to support cloture on this nomination and confirm him without delay.

with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 486, kurt campbell of the district of columbia to be deputy secretary of state, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of kurt campbell of the district of columbia to be deputy secretary of state shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. 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. the clerk: mr. carper mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn.

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines.

the clerk: mr. daines ms. duckworth. 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. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. tuberville. 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 -- capito, cardin, cassidy, collins, crapo, daines, duckworth, durbin, grassley, heinrich, hirono, king, markey, mendendez, merkley, ossoff,

padilla, schatz, schumer, stabenow, van hollen, warner, whitehouse, wicker, young. no senator voted in the negative. mrs. reid-smith, aye. -- mrs. hyde, smith, aye.

the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye.

the clerk: mr. tuberville, no.

the clerk: mr. marshall, no.

the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. ms. warren, aye.

mr. schmitt, aye. mr. cruz, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. budd, aye.

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

mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. kennedy, no.

the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye.

the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye u -- aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye.

the clerk: mr. cotton, aye.

the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. murphy, aye.

ms. rosen, aye. mr. tester, aye.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye.

the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kelly, aye.

the clerk: mr. rubio, aye.

the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. reed, aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. vance, no. mr. manchin, aye. ms. murkowski aye. mr. ricketts, aye.

the clerk: mr. paul, aye.

vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.

clerics cleric ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. casey, aye.

the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. tillis, aye.

the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. cramer, aye.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye.

vote:

the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mrs. fischer, aye.

mr. moran, aye.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 90, the nays are 5. motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from conkwon. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'd ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to complete my remarks before the scheduled

recess. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: mr. president, this is unbelievable. like, i can't believe this is happening. we were all here. this wasn't a dream. this really happened. republicans all stood up and said that they wanted a bipartisan bill to fix the border. the border is a priority. the border is a crisis. we delivered a bipartisan bill to fix the border with the republican senator appointed by the republican caucus to cut the deal. and within 24 hours before the ink was even dry, republican senators decided they don't want a bipartisan bill to fix the

border. they want to pretend they never asked for a bipartisan border bill. because what they actually want is chaos. because that's what donald trump says he wants. what the hell just happened? here's what happened. the facts are just the facts. in october republicans refused to support funding for ukraine. they voted against stopping putin from making kyiv a russian city. not because they opposed ukraine funding, they said. no, because they demanded that ukraine funding be paired with bipartisan border reforms. democrats took them at their word. america took republicans at their word. -- that these two things had to be combined. republicans appointed a lead negotiator, one of their most conservative members, a serious

legislator, senator lankford, an unquestioned border hawk. i represented the democratic caucus in those negotiations. now, i'll be honest with you. a lot of my friends told me that i was crazy. they told me that i was hopelessly naive. that republicans were never going to agree to a bipartisan bill to fix the border. this is just a set-up. you shouldn't go into the negotiating room. it's a trap. but i did. because, you know what? i am an optimist. maybe a hopeless optimist. i still believe that when people say things in this body, they mean what they say. and i do believe that the border is a mess. it is too chaotic. we can't handle 10,000 people crossing on some days. and i believe the asylum system is broken, and my constituents, whether they be right or left, believe the asylum system is broken. it shouldn't take ten years to

process an asylum claims especially when the majority are ultimately reequityjected. so i went -- rejected. soy he went into the rom skeptical -- into the room skeptical that we could get a deal but sincere. my party actually wants to fix the problem at the border and we're willing to reach across the aisle and find a compromise in order to do it. so we met for months every day. we took thanksgiving off, we took christmas off, but that was it. because republicans told us that they wanted a bipartisan border deal. we met every saturday, every sunday. we worked straight through the holidays because we saw an opportunity to cut through the politics, to get a bipartisan agreement done, to finally start fixing the border. we saw that opportunity because republican senators told the country that if we could find an agreement with their appointed

negotiator on border policy, that they would support it and they would support it funding for ukraine. and against the odds, we made the deal. we actually achieved the compromise. and here's just a snapshot of of what it does. it allows the president to close portions of the border on those days when 10,000 people are crossing, to funnel people who are applying for asylum in a much more orderly manner, to make sure that you don't have those chaotic scenes that we have watched on the news. it reforms the asylum system, a comprehensive reform, so that it doesn't take ten years to get your asylum claim adjudicated, that it will take months, and it screens individuals so that no longer are we going to let people into the country who don't have a likely positive

claim of asylum. it allows more people to qom into the -- to come into the country legally. we expand visas so that people can find non-asylum pathways to come to the country, to reunite with family or to work. it speaks to our values by making sure that the most vulnerable people who come to the country, like young, unaccompanied kids have an advocate standing next to them when they're making their case for an asylum claim. it honors the commitment we made to our afghan partners by allowing those individuals who are in the country today to have a pathway to citizenship. and it speaks to the nightmare in many cities where you have immigrants who can't work on the str streets and in homeless shelters. it makes sure we get more work permits to individuals who do have legitimate claims for asylum. this bill is not comprehensive immigration reform, but it would

fix the crisis at the border. it would immediately give the president tools to start better managing the border. we released the text of the bill on sunday night at 7:00 p.m., the first serious bipartisan compromise on border policy in a decade, a break this through, a -- a breakthrough, a real chance for this nation to come together on an issue, immigration, that too often divides us. and within 24 hours, by 7:00 p.m. monday night, almost every single senate republican, including the senate republicans who set us on the mission four months ago, declared that they wouldn't support it. for some of them, it didn't even take that long. when the text of the bill came out, senator lee tweeted, it's 370 pages long. time to start reading. three minutes later, he tweeted

again, no self-respecting senator should vote for this bill. that's either record time for reading a 370-page bill or more likely senator lee didn't even open the pdf. what happened? how did senate republicans tell us they wanted a bipartisan bill only to end up opposing the very bill that they asked for? well, here's the simple truth, and there's no way around this. republicans don't want to fix the border. they want the border to remain chaotic. they want the asylum system to remain broken. because republicans in this country don't view the border as a problem to fix anymore. they view it as a problem that needs to be exploited. senate republicans have been pretty unapologetic about just wanting to keep this issue open as an election issue. less than 24 hours after the text came out, one senator launched killtheborderbill.com,

an effort to fund his campaign. senator barrasso said he can't support the boil. americans should go to the election to soft the border crisis. -- to solve the border crisis. i believed there were enough republicans of good faith who would actually support senator lankford's sincere efforts to achieve a bipartisan fix. but i was wrong. senator lankford doesn't matter, what his colleagues have put him through is unforgivable. senator mcconnell doesn't matter. the migrants and regular americans who are getting screwed by a broken immigration system and brothered border doesn't -- by a broken border. the only person that matters is donald trump. donald trump told republicans that they should oppose any bill to fix the border. and he meant it. to trump it didn't matter at all what the policy or substance was. his only advice was kill any

bipartisan bill. why? because president trump wants to win an election, and if the border is fixed by a bipartisan bill, then this hurts his reelection chances. trump wants chaos at the border because it helps him personally. he asked republicans to back him, and nearly every single senator did exactly that less than 48 hours after flukes of this i will about. -- after introduction of this bill. this country should be outraged. regular people out there don't think this is a game. they don't think that the only thing that matters is donald trump's election odds. they do think the border is broken. they spent the last 40 years hearing about how the border is a problem, but they don't see any action from congress. they're sick of this. and they want the two parties to come together to fix the problem. and they're going to be furious to find out that when republicans here are the chance to support a bipartisan bill that they requested, that they

asked for, almost every single senate republican opposed that bill because donald trump wants to keep the chaos. there used to be a difference between house republicans and senate republicans. i used to explain this fact to my constituents all the time. i would defend my senate republican colleagues. i'd explain how trump doesn't control the senate republican caucus like he controls the house. i don't think that's true any longer. i think this conference is just as big a mess as the conference in the house. and that's terrible for the border. which will remain a wreck because republicans have just chosen to keep it that way. that's terrible for ukraine, which will soon be overrun by russia. because republicans have chosen to leave it undefended. and that's terrible for america

because the one group of republicans that used to be able to exercise original thought and independent judgment now seems to be another subsidiary of the trump campaign. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate >> the senate has gaveled out now and will be in recess until midafternoon today. earlier lawmakers voted to limit debate on kurt campbell to be the deputy secretary of state. the chamber will be back in session at 2:15 p.m. to continue work on the nomination along with the judicial nominee. live coverage when the senate returns right here on the c-span2. >> last december the calder president donald trump inr eligible to appear on the states

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