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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I have an amendment to amendment No. 3024, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

Finally, as a reminder, tomorrow at 2 p.m., Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, will address a joint meeting of Congress. Senators should gather in the Senate Chamber at 1:20 p.m., and we will proceed to the House Chamber at 1:30…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senators Welch and Sanders. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 3024 to the…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask that further reading be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To add an effective date) On page 1, line 3, strike ``2 days'' and insert ``3 days''.

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 3025 to Amendment No. 3024

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask that further reading of the amendment be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To add an effective date) On page 1, line 1, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``4 days''.

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

Mr. President, I understand that there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for the second time en bloc. The legislative clerk read as follows…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House of Representatives on S. 2073. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I move that the Senate concur in the House amendment to S. 2073 with amendment No. 3021, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') Cloture Motion

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I know of no further debate on the bill as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill as amended? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill, as amended, pass? The bill…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I finally ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To add an effective date) At the end add the following: SEC. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I move to refer the House message to the Committee on Homeland Security with instructions to report back forthwith an amendment No. 3023. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 23, 2024

I ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Amendment No. 3024

Congressional Record · 2024-07-23