S3182 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 20, 2021 can’t move on to fix the problem of do technology. We need the fence. We The PRESIDING OFFICER. The DACA; we can’t set up a legal immigra- bought and paid for it; let’s construct clerk will report the nomination. tion system that works best for every- it. The senior assistant legislative clerk one. I yield the floor. read the nomination of Kristen M. You know, it is not good for Central The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to America. I have been there. I have jority leader. be an Assistant Attorney General. talked to their Presidents. They ask us f CLOTURE MOTION to fix their laws. It is not good that Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send their countries are being depleted of LEGISLATIVE SESSION a cloture motion to the desk. the people they need to rebuild their Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- economies. It is not good for them. It is move to proceed to legislative session. ture motion having been presented not good for us. It is certainly not good The PRESIDING OFFICER. The under rule XXII, the Chair directs the for the migrants who are put in the question is on agreeing to the motion. clerk to read the motion. hands of the most evil people on the The motion was agreed to. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: planet and left to their tender mercies. f We were so close. President Trump CLOTURE MOTION had stopped the flow, largely, of unac- EXECUTIVE SESSION We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- companied children, of family units, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the and he was doing the final step, which Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby was complete the wall. Walls work. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Take a look at what happened here Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I nation of Executive Calendar No. 124, Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to be after January 6—double layers of fenc- move to proceed to executive session to an Assistant Attorney General. ing, concertina wire tipped. We obvi- consider Calendar No. 117. Charles E. Schumer, , Alex ously thought they worked here for us The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Padilla, , Jeff in Congress; they will work at the bor- question is on agreeing to the motion. Merkley, Jack Reed, , der as well. The motion was agreed to. Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, What my amendment would do is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The , Jacky Rosen, Rich- simply complete the wall that Presi- clerk will report the nomination. ard Blumenthal, , John W. dent Trump started. He wanted to The senior assistant legislative clerk Hickenlooper, Michael F. Bennet, , . build 800 miles; he built 450. Two hun- read the nomination of Chiquita dred and fifty miles of that wall has al- Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Ad- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask ready been contracted for. It will be ministrator of the Centers for Medicare unanimous consent that the manda- paid for whether it is built or not. and Medicaid Services. tory quorum calls for the cloture mo- tions filed today, May 20, be waived. About 100 miles wasn’t contracted. CLOTURE MOTION So, American taxpayer, you need to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send objection, it is so ordered. understand this: You will be on the a cloture motion to the desk. f hook for a couple billion dollars, you The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- know, tens of thousands of tons of steel ture motion having been presented LEGISLATIVE SESSION that has already been produced. All under rule XXII, the Chair directs the that waste—all that waste, and we clerk to read the motion. ENDLESS FRONTIER ACT won’t even get the 250 miles of wall. The senior assistant legislative clerk Isn’t that absurd? Isn’t that ridiculous? read as follows: Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask All because securing the border has be- CLOTURE MOTION unanimous consent that the Senate re- come a partisan issue, when it was not sume legislative session. a partisan issue in 2006. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without So my amendment, amendment 1518, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby objection, it is so ordered. is really pretty simple, just two pages. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- It is very common sense. It just says: nation of Executive Calendar No. 117, ator from Michigan. Complete the wall that we have al- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be AMENDMENT NO. 1518 ready contracted for, that we are going Administrator of the Centers for Medicare Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I rise to to have to pay for whether we build it and Medicaid Services. speak in opposition to the Johnson or not. Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Alex amendment. Now, in a rational Senate in reason- Padilla, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff The amendment would force the con- able times, this ought to pass 100 to 0. Merkley, Jack Reed, Debbie Stabenow, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, tinued payment of government con- I fear this is going to be decided strict- Elizabeth Warren, Jacky Rosen, Rich- tractors to build an ill-conceived bor- ly on party lines, and that is a real ard Blumenthal, Tina Smith, John W. der wall. shame. Hickenlooper, Michael F. Bennet, Tim Most of these funds were never in- If there is one thing that we ought to Kaine, Brian Schatz. tended for this purpose. More than $10 be bipartisan about, it is about na- f billion was redirected from the Depart- tional security, it is about securing our ment of Defense. These funds were in- homeland, and part and parcel of secur- LEGISLATIVE SESSION tended for military missions and func- ing our homeland is having a secure Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I tions, such as schools for military fam- border. One element of that, in addi- move to proceed to legislative session. ilies and National Guard equipment. tion to instituting consequences, like The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Biden administration is con- the Migrant Protection Protocol, like question is on agreeing to the motion. ducting a comprehensive review of something I proposed with the Senator The motion was agreed to. these contracts, led by the Depart- from Arizona, Senator SINEMA, Oper- f ments of Defense and Homeland Secu- ation Safe Return, there has to be a rity. These decisions will be guided by consequence to reduce or stop this EXECUTIVE SESSION what is best for our national security, flow. not well-connected government con- But we also need barriers. Tech- tractors profiting off of hard-earned nology alone is not going to work. We EXECUTIVE CALENDAR taxpayer dollars. can’t hire enough Border Patrol Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I We need to move forward with smart, agents. They are already being dis- move to proceed to executive session to bipartisan investments to improve bor- pirited. We are going to have a hard consider Calendar No. 124. der security that secure both our time hiring enough people just to come The PRESIDING OFFICER. The southern and our northern borders, not up to the quota levels we want to hire. question is on agreeing to the motion. look backwards at the former adminis- We can’t do it with personnel. We can’t The motion was agreed to. tration’s boondoggle.

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