[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4867-S4869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019--Continued
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will
resume legislative session.
Vote on Compound Motion
The question occurs on agreeing to the pending motion with respect to
the House message to accompany H.R. 5515.
Mr. INHOFE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 91, nays 8, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 147 Leg.]
YEAS--91
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Shelby
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Young
NAYS--8
Gillibrand
Harris
Markey
Merkley
Paul
Sanders
Warren
Wyden
NOT VOTING--1
McCain
The motion was agreed to.
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Motion to Instruct
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have at the desk a motion to instruct
conferees, which I ask for its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cornyn] moves that the managers
on the part of the Senate at the conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Senate amendment
to the bill H.R. 5515 be instructed to insist that the final
conference report include language to maintain the position
of the Senate regarding modernization of the Committee on
Foreign Investment in the United States, as reflected in
title XVII of the Senate amendment.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, this motion to instruct conferees for the
Defense authorization bill is related to our reforms of the operation
of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
It is no secret that China is weaponizing its investments in the
United States to exploit national security vulnerabilities, including
backdoor transfers of dual-use U.S. technology and related know-how.
I am delighted to be working with Mrs. Feinstein, the Senator from
California, on this issue. I thank our friend Senator Inhofe, who has
taken a leadership role on the Armed Services Committee, and Senator
Crapo for the unanimous vote on the Banking Committee.
I yield to Senator Inhofe.
Mr. INHOFE. Just for one comment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Texas, Mr.
Cornyn, for the effort he has put forth on a very difficult issue. I
wholeheartedly agree with him.
I must say that this morning I received a phone call from Secretary
Mattis, who strongly supports this and says we really need to have
this.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the remaining
votes in the series be 10 minutes in length, and I yield back the
remaining time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Senator from Rhode Island.
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I commend Senator Cornyn and Senator
Feinstein for their extraordinary work on this vital legislation and
urge complete support.
I yield the floor, and I yield back all time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to
instruct.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 2, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 148 Leg.]
YEAS--97
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sanders
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Shelby
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--2
Lee
Paul
NOT VOTING--1
McCain
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
Motion to Instruct
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I have a motion at the desk, and I ask that
it be read.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
The bill clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed] moves that the
managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Senate amendment
to the bill H.R. 5515 be instructed to--
(1) reaffirm the commitment of the United States to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance as a
community of freedom, peace, security, and shared values,
including liberty, human rights, democracy, and the rule of
law;
(2) reaffirm the ironclad commitment of the United States
to its obligations under Article 5 of the North Atlantic
Treaty to the collective self-defense of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization alliance;
(3) establish as the policy of the United States pursuit of
an integrated approach to strengthening the defense of allies
and partners in Europe as part of a broader, long-term
strategy using all elements of United States national power
to deter and, if necessary, defeat Russian aggression;
(4) call on the Administration to urgently prioritize the
completion of a comprehensive, whole-of-government strategy
to counter malign activities of Russia that seek to undermine
faith in democratic institutions in the United States and
around the world, and to submit that strategy to Congress
without delay; and
(5) reflect the support of the United States for the rules-
based international order that has ensured, and will continue
to promote, an international system that benefits all
nations, and for deepening and expanding alliances and
partnerships to jointly work with one another on shared
challenges in Europe and the Indo-Pacific Region and
throughout the world.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
Mr. REED. Mr. President, this would instruct the conferees of the
National Defense Authorization Act conference to support our
traditional relationship with NATO, reaffirm our commitment to work
with them, recognize their work with us as they deploy personnel in
Afghanistan, as they deploy personnel to training missions in Iraq,
and, as members of NATO armed forces, have given their lives to help us
in Afghanistan. It recognizes our traditional, long-term support for
NATO, and it looks forward to continued support.
I urge adoption.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I agree with the Senator from Rhode
Island.
I would like to say that there are 29 members of NATO. Of the 29
countries, if you take all of their defense budgets and add them
together, the United States' defense dollars equal about 67 percent of
that.
I believe this is sending the right message to let them know that we
appreciate them--that is, our partners in NATO--but also that our
President has made a very strong pitch that each one of them come up
with 2 percent for their commitment, and they have not done it. I think
the President needs to have our support. I think this does add
legitimacy to that request.
I believe that burden-sharing has always been a problem. We have
never been able to do it under Republican or Democrat Presidents, and
this, maybe, is the time that we can get it done.
I support this motion.
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to instruct.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 2, as follows:
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[Rollcall Vote No. 149 Leg.]
YEAS--97
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sanders
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Shelby
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--2
Lee
Paul
NOT VOTING--1
McCain
The motion was agreed to.
The Presiding Officer appointed Mr. McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wicker,
Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Sullivan, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Graham, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Scott, Mr.
Crapo, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
King, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Warren, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Brown conferees on
the part of the Senate.
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