March 24, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1727 He ignores what happened in be- formance; that is just discharging our Kelly Murray Smith tween. After the election returns of No- duties as U.S. Senators. King Ossoff Stabenow Klobuchar Padilla Tester vember 3, 2020, Republicans across the So I would say to that Senator and Leahy Peters Van Hollen Nation, in 40 different States, intro- others, I agree completely with Sen- Luja´ n Reed Warner duced hundreds of bills to limit peo- ator SCHUMER. We need to bring bills to Manchin Rosen Warnock Markey Sanders ple’s right to vote. That is why we are the floor that will reduce gun violence Warren Menendez Schatz Whitehouse Merkley Schumer responding with this Federal response in America, keep firearms out of the Wyden that is now being considered in the hands of people who should not have Murkowski Shaheen Senate Rules Committee. them. Convicted felons and mentally Murphy Sinema He missed part of the equation. It unstable people should not be having NAYS—48 went from November 3rd’s big turnout guns and buying them and be able to Barrasso Graham Portman to efforts in State legislatures to re- kill innocent people who are just stop- Blackburn Grassley Risch strict turnout, to limit the rights of Blunt Hagerty Romney ping by the supermarket to pick up Boozman Hawley Rounds people to vote across America, espe- something to take home. That is what Braun Hoeven Rubio cially African Americans and Latinos happened in Boulder, CO. Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse and those who are not wealthy—to Capito Inhofe Scott (FL) As the stories are printed in news- Cassidy Johnson Scott (SC) limit their right to vote. And then papers across America about those Cornyn Kennedy Shelby came this response on the Federal lives lost, it is a grim reminder that Cotton Lankford Sullivan basis. That is an important point. If we this is not ridiculous. It is not theater. Cramer Lee Thune believed that the filibuster would not Crapo Lummis Tillis It is a life-and-death issue which we Cruz Marshall Toomey be used against it, if there was some have the power to change. Daines McConnell Tuberville promise that it wouldn’t be, we cer- I hope we can bring this measure to Ernst Moran Wicker tainly could bring that bill to the floor the floor, the one that passed the Fischer Paul Young for debate, and we should, if we are House of Representatives—and others— The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. given that kind of assurance. to bring sanity to our Second Amend- HICKENLOOPER). On this vote, the yeas GUN VIOLENCE ment, to make sure that we have con- are 52, the nays are 48. Mr. President, the final point I want stitutional, commonsense gun safety The motion is agreed to. to make is regarding the hearing we that is consistent with any constitu- CLOTURE MOTION held yesterday. It was a hearing before tional right. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant the Senate Judiciary Committee on I yield the floor. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the guns and gun violence. I scheduled it CLOTURE MOTION Senate the pending cloture motion, last week, and I didn’t know as I sched- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- which the clerk will state. uled it the tragedy that was occurring pore. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair The legislative clerk read as follows: in Atlanta, GA, with eight people who lays before the Senate the pending clo- CLOTURE MOTION were murdered. We heard about that. It ture motion, which the clerk will state. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- was an outrage, these poor, innocent The legislative clerk read as follows: ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the people killed—coincidentally, the ma- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby CLOTURE MOTION jority of them Asian Americans—at a move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- time when we know hate crimes We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- nation of Executive Calendar No. 38, David against Asian Americans are on the ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Turk, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary rise. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby of Energy. That was the day that I announced move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Charles E. Schumer, Patrick J. Leahy, nation of Executive Calendar No. 40, Rachel Richard J. Durbin, Christopher A. the hearing that occurred yesterday, Leland Levine, of Pennsylvania, to be an As- but little did I know, as we prepared 2 Coons, Robert Menendez, Chris Van sistant Secretary of Health and Human Serv- Hollen, Tammy Baldwin, Thomas R. days ago for that hearing, what would ices. Carper, Tina Smith, Richard happen in Boulder, CO, just 2 days ago Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Ben- Blumenthal, Ben Ray Luja´ n, Debbie when 10 innocent people were killed at jamin L. Cardin, Jon Tester, Richard Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Cory A. Booker, a supermarket. Blumenthal, Michael F. Bennet, Shel- Alex Padilla, Jack Reed, Mark R. War- We had a hearing yesterday. It was don Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, ner, Chris Van Hollen, Robert P. Casey, an important hearing. Members all at- Jeanne Shaheen, Debbie Stabenow, Jr. Thomas R. Carper, Margaret Wood Has- tended. Sadly, one of the members on VOTE ON THE TURK NOMINATION san, Elizabeth Warren, Alex Padilla, the other side came in, the junior Sen- Tina Smith, Tim Kaine, Christopher A. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- ator from Texas, and characterized our Coons. imous consent, the mandatory quorum hearing on gun violence, in light of VOTE ON THE LEVINE NOMINATION call has been waived. what is happening in America, as ‘‘ri- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The question is, Is it the sense of the diculous theater.’’ Those were his pore. By unanimous consent, the man- Senate that debate on the nomination words, ‘‘ridiculous theater.’’ There was datory quorum call has been waived. of David Turk, of Maryland, to be Dep- nothing ridiculous about the hearing uty Secretary of Energy, shall be The question is, Is it the sense of the that we held yesterday. It was a matter brought to a close? Senate that debate on the nomination of life and death. The yeas and nays are mandatory of Rachel Leland Levine, of Pennsyl- The grief that is being felt in Boul- under the rule. vania, to be an Assistant Secretary of der, CO; Atlanta, GA; and all over The clerk will call the roll. Health and Human Services, shall be America is a grief that is shared on a The bill clerk called the roll. brought to a close? daily basis. Forty thousand Americans The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 98, The yeas and nays are mandatory each year lose their lives to gun vio- nays 2, as follows: lence—40,000—a recordbreaking number under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. [Rollcall Vote No. 133 Ex.] and nothing we should be proud of as a YEAS—98 nation. The legislative clerk called the roll. When we address gun violence and The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 52, Baldwin Cardin Duckworth Barrasso Carper Durbin the measures that should be taken to nays 48, as follows: Bennet Casey Ernst reduce it, it is not ridiculous; it is as [Rollcall Vote No. 132 Ex.] Blackburn Cassidy Feinstein serious as it gets. Furthermore, it is Blumenthal Collins Fischer YEAS—52 Blunt Coons Gillibrand not theater. Theater is a depiction of Baldwin Carper Feinstein Booker Cornyn Graham reality; the Senate Judiciary Com- Bennet Casey Gillibrand Boozman Cortez Masto Grassley mittee is reality. Blumenthal Collins Hassan Braun Cotton Hagerty We are imparted, as Senators, to Booker Coons Heinrich Brown Cramer Hassan Brown Cortez Masto Hickenlooper Burr Crapo Heinrich change the laws of America and make Cantwell Duckworth Hirono Cantwell Cruz Hickenlooper it safer. That is not a theatrical per- Cardin Durbin Kaine Capito Daines Hirono

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