[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1237]
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                      Vote on Slaughter Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the Slaughter nomination?
  Mr. WARNER. 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
  The result was announced--yeas 57, nays 41, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 95 Ex.]

                                YEAS--57

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Cassidy
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Shaheen
     Tillis
       
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The majority leader.


                      America COMPETES Act of 2022

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I have an announcement to make for the 
information of Senators. In a few moments, I will take the next 
procedural step to advance the jobs and competitiveness legislation so 
important to so many of us in this Chamber.
  Last summer, the Senate passed an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill that 
will bring manufacturing jobs back to America, fix supply chains, fuel 
scientific research, and ultimately lower costs by a significant 
amount. The bipartisan bill will be great news for our economy, our 
entrepreneurs, our innovators, and especially families who are feeling 
the sting because of the chip shortage.
  We all know the chip shortage is hurting so many people. It is 
hurting the auto industry that has had to temporarily shut down 
factories. It has hurt our tech industry, our healthcare industry, and 
so many others. So let's solve this quickly.
  In order to go to conference, the Senate needs to amend the House-
passed COMPETES bill with the Senate-passed U.S. Innovation and 
Competition Act and send it back to the House. That is what we will aim 
to do next week as quickly as we can.
  Again, this jobs and supply chains legislation will help lower costs. 
Let us have bipartisan cooperation on this bill. Now, despite cloture, 
it is far better for Democrats and Republicans to reach an agreement to 
vote on this bill quickly, and we will keep working on that over the 
next few days.
  It is regrettable that a small band of Republicans are determined to 
stand in the way of quick action after all the good work we have done 
in recent weeks passing bipartisan legislation. Let's add to that tally 
by quickly passing this bill. Creating jobs, lowering costs, and fixing 
supply chains shouldn't be partisan, and I hope to see an agreement to 
expedite this process soon. In the meantime, the process is moving 
forward.

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