I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. (Ms. HIRONO assumed the Chair.)

He is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists. And this comes from a guy who before the Russian invasion suggested…

And coming from a person who exonerated Donald Trump for extorting Zelenskyy for withholding lethal aid. They withheld legal aid until -- unless Zelenskyy would release false smears against Joe Biden`s son.

Is there an objection? Does he object or not? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Regular order has been called. Is there objection?

I am asking, will the Senator yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri has the floor.

I will not yield. Mr. Lowman is well-qualified for this job, and no one is disputing that. He is a Marine Corps veteran who spent nearly four decades working for the Army. He has the exact expertise necessary to help support our logistics…

What Senator Hawley wants is an excuse to go through his litany of criticisms of the Biden administration. And the truth is that every Senator has that right without blocking the logistics guy from the Department of Defense. He could have…

He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted no. We voted no on Ukraine aid. And now he has the gall to say it’s going too slow.

I am here today to speak in support of the nomination and confirmation of Christopher Lowman to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. We are in a fight for the free world and that requires maintaining a robust military…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). Without objection, it is so ordered.

You may well ask: ``Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?'' You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks…

throughout 2 days of questioning in front of the Judiciary Committee on which I sit, Judge Jackson proved, without a shadow of a doubt, what we all knew to be true: She is eminently qualified to serve on the Supreme Court of our country…

But he is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists.

reserving the right to object. This is not the right way to get at the fentanyl problem. This gives the Secretary permission to shut down all asylum seekers from a country on the basis of any type of drug, no matter how much is in…

This comes from a guy who just about a month ago voted against Ukraine aid. He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted no.

I think we have a 2- to 4-year window to move into this space in the hemisphere to take advantage of President Xi's promise.

We continue to seek to work with like-minded partners and allies to offer higher-quality and transparently procured government infrastructure investment that will provide an alternative to PRC programs in the region.

Given the propensity of the CCP to go back on its word, what do we do about monitoring the fidelity to that pledge?