S128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 10, 2019 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This is just the wrong way to do busi- Ernst Lankford Rubio objection, it is so ordered. ness. We are the U.S. Senate. We are Fischer Lee Sasse Gardner Manchin Scott (FL) Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, I rise open for business. We are doing busi- Graham McConnell Scott (SC) today, again, to discuss S. 1 and to urge ness. In the last shutdown, we did busi- Grassley McSally Shelby my colleagues to vote in favor of this. ness, and there is no reason we can’t do Hawley Menendez Sinema Hoeven Murkowski We had a vote just the other day on this. Sullivan Hyde-Smith Paul Thune this, and it has been reconsidered. All Inhofe Portman Mr. President, fellow Senators, for Tillis Republicans voted for it. Four of our Isakson Risch all of the reasons I have just said, I Toomey Johnson Roberts friends on the other side of the aisle urge an affirmative vote on this good Wicker also voted with us on this, and I would Jones Romney legislation. Get it on its way, and get Kennedy Rounds Young urge a few more to do so. If that hap- it doing the things that we want to see NAYS—43 pens, we will actually pass this pack- done. age of bills, which is so important. Baldwin Harris Sanders These have been kicked around for CLOTURE MOTION Bennet Hassan Schatz Blumenthal Heinrich some time. The substance of these bills The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Schumer to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Booker Hirono Shaheen have near—although not complete— Brown Kaine Smith unanimous approval of this body. In- Senate the pending cloture motion, Cantwell King Stabenow deed, Members of this body have voted which the clerk will state. Cardin Klobuchar Tester Carper Leahy Udall for these, both in committee and on The senior assistant legislative clerk Casey Markey Van Hollen read as follows: Coons Merkley the floor, individually in the past, but Warner Cortez Masto Murphy they have not gotten across the finish CLOTURE MOTION Warren Duckworth Murray line because we ran out of time in the We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Durbin Peters Whitehouse last Congress. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Feinstein Reed Wyden Essentially, it is a package of three Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Gillibrand Rosen bills that support our friends. One, of move to bring to a close debate on the mo- NOT VOTING—4 course, supports Israel. One supports tion to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S. 1, a bill to make improvements to certain defense Cornyn Moran Jordan, one of our best friends in the Cruz Perdue Middle East. And, lastly, one of the and security assistance provisions and to au- thorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this bills refreshes and strengthens the to reauthorize the United States-Jordan De- vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 43. sanctions against Bashar al-Assad and fense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- his government in Syria. wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, sen and sworn not having voted in the These should pass. You might ask and for other purposes. affirmative, the motion is rejected. yourself: Well, what is going on here? Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Roger F. Why are we having these party-line Wicker, John Cornyn, Rick Scott, Mitt f votes on this? Well, my friends on the Romney, Cory Gardner, Marco Rubio, CLOTURE MOTION other side of the aisle have said: We are John Thune, Chuck Grassley, Todd Young, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I not going to vote on anything while send a cloture motion to the desk. the government is shut down, and we Lindsey Graham, Johnny Isakson, James E. Risch, John Boozman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- should be focused on this. I would re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- ture motion having been presented mind my friends that there are a lot of under rule XXII, the Chair directs the us around here who are veterans of the imous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. clerk to read the motion. 2013 Obama-Harry Reid shutdown. The senior assistant legislative clerk The question is, Is it the sense of the During that shutdown, the U.S. Sen- read as follows: ate continued to do its job, continued Senate that debate on the motion to CLOTURE MOTION to consider resolutions, continued to proceed to S. 1, a bill to make improve- ments to certain defense and security We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- pass bills, and continued to do con- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the firmations, as it was required to do. assistance provisions and to authorize Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby That is what we have here today— the appropriation of funds to Israel, to move to bring to a close debate on the mo- something that we should be doing reauthorize the United States-Jordan tion to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S. 1, a bill that reinforces our friends in the Mid- Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to to make improvements to certain defense dle East. Particularly with times being halt the wholesale slaughter of the and security assistance provisions and to au- somewhat tumultuous there, it is im- Syrian people, and for other purposes, thorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, portant that we support our friends in shall be brought to a close? to reauthorize the United States-Jordan De- the Middle East, and it is important The yeas and nays are mandatory fense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the that we put these sanctions on the peo- wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, under the rule. and for other purposes. ple of Syria. The clerk will call the roll. Todd Young, Mike Rounds, Richard C. I would also remind my friends on The senior assistant legislative clerk Shelby, James E. Risch, Mike Lee, the other side of the aisle that they are called the roll. Josh Hawley, John Boozman, Shelley forcing a vote on the Treasury regula- Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Moore Capito, Mike Crapo, Tim Scott, tions surrounding Mr. Deripaska, the are necessarily absent: the Senator Cory Gardner, Roy Blunt, Steve Daines, Marco Rubio, Rob Portman, Russian person who has had sanctions from Texas (Mr. CORNYN), the Senator John Barrasso, Mitch McConnell. placed on him and who has gone from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator through the process of getting them re- from Kansas (Mr. MORAN), and the Sen- Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous moved. My friends on the other side are ator from Georgia (Mr. PERDUE). consent that the mandatory quorum requiring that we debate and then vote Further, if present and voting, the call be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on those, which is a good thing to do. Senator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN) First of all, there are some issues that would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ objection, it is so ordered. need to be aired there, and, secondly, it The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- is important that we have the process ator from South Carolina. SIDY). Are there any other Senators in for reviewing actions by the Treasury the Chamber desiring to vote? CIVILITY, FAIRNESS, AND OPPORTUNITY Department under the sanctions legis- Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 53, lation in the past. It is good that we do President, each new year brings with it nays 43, as follows: that. But to say ‘‘We can’t do this, but a range of different emotions. We look we can do that’’ because they want to [Rollcall Vote No. 2 Leg.] back on what we have accomplished in do it really doesn’t make sense. They YEAS—53 the last year, what we hope to achieve also want to do this. I think if we had Alexander Braun Cotton in the year to come, and think of ways a straight-up vote on this, I would sus- Barrasso Burr Cramer we can better ourselves. Blackburn Capito Crapo pect the Democrats would vote unani- Blunt Cassidy Daines Some of our objectives may include mously to do this. Boozman Collins Enzi eating just a little less. For me, that VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Jan 11, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10JA6.024 S10JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 10, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S129 means eating a little less sour cream too often, when we leave the comfort of of us—are celebrating the absolute pound cake or sweet potato pie, which those mornings, we tend to want more overwhelming success of the Clemson is something I can completely control, for ourselves than we want for others. Tigers. You can’t help but appreciate and I am trying. We want people to treat us in a way and admire the amazing leadership at As a nation, though, we need to look that gives us the benefit of the doubt, Clemson University, the leadership of at some goals for the new year that but sometimes we don’t want to give it Jim Clements, the President of will help us move forward together— in return. Being fair means first seek- Clemson University. goals that may be a little tougher and ing to understand before being under- Clemson has been an amazing testa- require all of us to work together.