[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 82 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2906-S2907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                          National Police Week

  Mr. President, I come to the floor to honor the integrity, dignity, 
and bravery of the Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers 
throughout our country who keep us safe every day.
  As officers from around the Nation gather here in Washington, DC, to 
honor their fallen brothers and sisters and to add their names to the 
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I take a moment to thank 
the officers for their service and to pay tribute to those who have 
died in the line of duty.
  In 2018, 159 officers nationwide were killed in the line of duty, and 
already this year, 41 officers throughout the United States have made 
the ultimate sacrifice to protect our communities and protect our loved 
ones. Two of these officers came from my home State of Washington.
  Cowlitz County deputy sheriff Justin DeRosier served the people of 
Washington for 6 years--3 in Cowlitz County and 3 in Whitman County. He 
was a graduate of Kelso High School and of Washington State University. 
He loved going to work every day to serve and protect the people of 
Cowlitz County.
  My thoughts and the thoughts and prayers of all Washingtonians are 
with his wife, Katie, his new daughter, his entire family, and the 
entire Cowlitz County law enforcement community.
  Kittitas County sheriff's deputy Ryan Thompson served the people of 
Washington for 12 years. He was born in Walla Walla and graduated from 
Central Washington University. Whether it be with Kittitas County or in 
the police ranks of Central Washington University, he served his 
community with honor.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, his three children, his 
entire family, and the Kittitas County Sheriff's Department as they 
work through this unbelievable tragedy.
  Since 2017, four other officers from Washington State have also lost 
their lives in the line of duty: Diego Moreno from Kent, deputy sheriff 
Daniel McCartney from Pierce County, detective Derrick Focht from Kent, 
and chief of police Randall Scott Gibson from Kalama.
  All of these men deserve a great deal of respect and gratitude for 
their service and for their sacrifice. All of the men and women in law 
enforcement deserve our respect and gratitude for their commitment and 
dedication to our country and for embodying the best of our Nation.
  I have seen so many of the men and women of law enforcement who have 
come here to DC this week to participate in this memorial. It is right 
that we give them recognition, and it is right that we remember the 
sacrifice law enforcement officers make every single day on our behalf.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the 
nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Rosen nomination?
  Mr. MANCHIN. 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 bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) are 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Ex.]

                                YEAS--52

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     McConnell
     McSally
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

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                                NAYS--45

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Jones
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Alexander
     Gillibrand
     Harris
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to 
reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The Majority Leader.

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