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UN: More Than 4.3 Million People Have Fled Ukraine, 2.3 Million of Those into Poland; U.S. Accepted Just 12 Ukrainian Refugees In March; Murdered Ukrainian Mother Identified By Her Manicure; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Set To Make U.S. History As 1st Black Woman On Supreme Court; Now, Senate Voting On Confirmation Of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Aired April 07, 2022 - 13:30 ET
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LT. COL. ALEXANDER VINDMAN, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED: It's a kind of a callousness that we just don't understand here.
KYUNG LAH, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is known as a crucial witness in former President Trump's first impeachment proceedings. But he was also a child refugee from Ukraine, whose family moved to the U.S. in 1979.
VINDMAN: Refugees have been a weapon for a long time. Russia uses refugees as a weapon for years.
LAH (on camera): How do you deploy refugees as weapons?
VINDMAN: Where you bomb cities and those cities result in civilian populations, women and children in particular.
LAH: What is the theory behind that?
VINDMAN: Well, they're weaponized just by the mere fact that they're -- these are large numbers of people flowing into a country that is not prepared to handle refugee camps that has to now spend funds on those refugees.
LAH (voice-over): The alleged goal, destabilize Poland, a NATO country, from within. But that hasn't happened. Yet.
VINDMAN: Poland, which was having a mixed record with regards to their democratic activities and democratic backsliding, has actually, you know, kind of gone back to its roots.
It has been extremely welcoming to the Ukrainian population, welcoming Ukrainians into their homes as members of the family. That's, to Putin, probably unexpected.
LAH: But Warsaw's mayor says the pressure on his country grows by the day. RAFAL TRZASKOWSKI, MAYOR, WARSAW, POLAND (through translation): Putin wants to destabilize Europe and the whole Western world. I mean, he miscalculated because he thought that he's going to divide the Ukraine society. He lost. He wanted to divide us in the West. He lost.
We are also waging a war against his effort to destabilize us. And we have to prove to him that we stand united, that we share the burden.
MARINA LESYK, UKRAINIAN REFUGEE: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
LAH: "We're just so thankful to Poland," says Marina Lesyk, something we hear again and again from Ukrainians. Nearly six weeks into this war, they hope that goodwill lasts.
Kyung Lah, CNN, Warsaw, Poland.
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ANA CABRERA, CNN HOST: As Poland and other countries open their borders, we're learning that last month, the U.S. accepted just 12 Ukrainian refugees. Not 12,000, not 1,200. Twelve.
CNN's Priscilla Alvarez is with us now.
Priscilla, I read this and I was shocked. Why so few?
PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, CNN REPORTER: Ana, this really speaks to how slow and cumbersome the U.S. refugee admissions program is.
Last month, as you mentioned, 12 Ukrainian refugees arrived to the U.S. But they likely applied years ago, well before Russia invaded Ukraine, and just now arrived to the United States.
And that's the issue with the refugee admissions program is that it doesn't respond quickly to crises or conflict.
Now the White House has committed to accepting up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees through a full range of legal pathways. But they haven't yet provided details on how they're going to do that.
And so, in the interim, they are just very limited ways that Ukrainians can come to the United States.
And hundreds have now opted to go to the U.S./Mexico border in hopes of gaining entry through there because it is easier for them to obtain a visa to go to Mexico and then try to gain entry to the United States.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that, just last week, up to or close to 3,000 Ukrainians entered the United States through the border.
Now it's under tremendous pressure to do more for refugees. Just yesterday a group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking the administration to do more. Be it sending resources to U.S. embassy personnel that have to process
refugees and immigrants, as well as waiving immigration application fees, among other measures.
But all of it to help Ukrainians who desperately want to come to the United States -- Ana?
CABRERA: Priscilla Alvarez, thank you for that reporting. It is complicated, and it's something we're watching closely.
As Ukrainians now take back some of their cities north of Kyiv, the extent of the horrors inflicted on the people who didn't flee, unable to get out, is now only coming to light.
Family members say one of the bodies filmed along a street in Bucha this week was 52-year-old mother, Iryna Filkina.
After raising two daughters, Iryna had decided to focus on herself in 2022. In February, she signed up for makeup classes.
She got the manicure you see here for Valentine's Day. And we're told the heart on her finger represented how she was starting to love herself.
When the war broke out, Iryna helped her daughters cross into Poland while she stayed behind to help others.
After spending a week feeding people sheltering in a shopping center in Bucha, Iryna tried to get a seat on one of the evacuating cars but there was no room. So she decided to bike home.
Chilling drone footage taken over Bucha in early March and shared just this week appears to capture the moment Iryna was gunned down by a Russian military vehicle.
You can see a cyclist, believed to be Iryna, circled there.
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Now as the cyclist rounds the corner, you can see puffs of smoke from the Russian military vehicle as it appears to fire. And the cyclist falls to the ground.
This week, Iryna's body was photographed on the Bucha street where she fell last month. Her manicure, the one that represented love, was instantly recognizable to those who knew and loved her.
We'll be right back.
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CABRERA: Welcome back. Right now, we are waiting on the Senate to vote in what is expected to mark a first for the Supreme Court.
You are looking at live pictures right now from Capitol Hill. You see Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaking right now.
We anticipate that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will also have some remarks in a moment as they get ready to confirm judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. That's expected to begin any minute now.
If confirmed, Judge Jackson will become the first black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
Manu Raju, Nia-Malika Henderson and Joan Biskupic are all back with us. Also joining us now is CNN senior legal analyst, Laura Coates.
Laura, let's hear from you. What's going through your mind right now as we are watching history about to be made?
LAURA COATES, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: It is a really joyous day. Not just for myself but for every lawyer, every woman, every black woman. This is a confirmation hearing that actually is an affirmation. It's a
validation.
This should have really happened generations ago, as one Senator also pointed out today, but it's happening now. And it's happened after we've seen the whirlwind of a six-week process after the announcement of Justice Breyer's decision to retire.
We've watched the unbelievable confirmation hearing process where she was confronted with a number of issues that have nothing to do with actually being a Supreme Court justice.
She sat there poised and composed, akin to what we've seen at a Woolworth's counter not too many generations ago while she was thrown the book at for a number of reasons.
And the dignity and grace that she exemplified really is illustrative of what a judge ought to be, to be able to sit there and reflect upon what the actual future precedential value of their choices will be.
So if that was any indication of how she might rule on the bench, regardless of what she actually rules -- and I'm thrilled she'll be confirmed as the first black woman justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
I have to tell you, Ana, as a lawyer myself, I must admit that my spine feels a little bit straighter today. I, obviously, respect her professionalism, but for many of us, we all feel confirmed, affirmed and validated today.
CABRERA: Manu, to you, because we're getting color from the Senate chamber that there's a long line of people wanting to get into the chamber to be present in this moment.
Tell us what we can expect as this vote goes down.
MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's actually been unusual during the pandemic. Just recently, the Senate and the House have started to reopen to the public. This has not been the case since the beginning of the pandemic.
And the upstairs galleries of the Senate typically are empty. So they are filling up here given the historic nature of this vote.
And also, on the Senate floor, themselves, House members, members of the Congressional Black Caucus have come across the capitol.
Walked across the capitol and are now seated on the outside, right off the -- near the Senate desks where the Senators actually sit, to themselves experience history here, which will happen in a matter of minutes.
Now when this vote kicks off, after Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, speaks, following the remarks of Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell -- Schumer is now speaking at the moment --
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CABRERA: Hey, Manu, I'm going to cut you off.
Because we have Chuck Schumer speaking right now. Let's listen.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): -- the Supreme Court and for the United States of America. Today, we are here to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Now a few days ago, I spoke with a group of eighth graders from New York. Many of them were students of color. It was amazing.
When I mentioned that this week we were confirming the judge, you could see them light up. The unmistakable look in their eyes. One day, each young lady thought to herself, I can do it, too.
You know it's been a dark two years with COVID. People getting sick and dying, many of whom we knew. Stores closing, schools shutting their doors.
But even in the darkest times, there are bright lights. Today is one of the brightest lights. And let us hope it's a metaphor, an indication of many more bright lights to come.
As I've said over and over again, there are three words that I think best fit Judge Jackson, brilliant, beloved, belongs.
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Judge Jackson is, in every sense and by all measures, a brilliant jurist. She is, indeed, a brilliant person.
By the judge's own telling, she first discovered her calling to the law, not in a classroom or by reading a book or by talking to lawyers, but by sitting at the kitchen table next to her dad, filling out her coloring book while her dad poured through case law.
Years from now, other parents and daughters will do the same, and it will be Justice Jackson's opinions that will lay open on the table. The judge's parents, her entire family, should beam with pride that
this day has come.
At every step of her upbringing and career, Ketanji Brown Jackson ranked among the highest of achievers.
And, look, we should take a moment to note that Judge Jackson will be the first and only justice with experience as a public defender. We're proud of that, and America is proud of that.
It will enhance the court's ability to preserve a basic truth in our country that all deserve equal justice under the law, from the privileged to the impoverished.
In an imperfect world, the judge considered so many hurdles -- the judge conquered so many hurdles and today stands as one of the most experienced individuals ever nominated to the Supreme Court.
For this reason, the judge is also beloved by individuals and organizations across the political spectrum.
I went through her record carefully and never did I find one instance of a peer or colleague or associate say one negative word about her. It was incredible.
When we go through these records, you'll often find someone here and there who will badmouth the individual who knew them. Not with Judge Jackson.
And lest we forget, the judge is popular in the minds of the American people. A Gallup poll released after her hearing showed nearly 60 percent of the public supports her confirmation. Ten points above the historical norm.
And there's no question here, the country, by and large, wants the Senate to confirm Judge Jackson. Police chiefs want to confirm Judge Jackson. Conservative and moderate and liberal judges all want us to confirm Judge Jackson.
And I thank my colleagues in this chamber who worked in good faith to make sure the Senate can finish its work today.
Finally, as I've said many times, the judge belongs on the Supreme Court. By that, I mean something very specific.
In our nation's history, 115 individuals have been confirmed by this body to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Of those, 108 have been white men. Only four have been women. Only two have been African-American.
But Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first African-American woman ever to hold the title of justice. Think about the impact that will have on our democracy.
Untold millions of kids will open textbooks and see pictures of Justice Jackson among the highest ranks of our public figures. How many millions of kids in generations past could have benefited
from such a role model?
How many would-be justices, lawyers, doctors, generals, businesspeople have been lost to history precisely because their history books had few, if any, role models that they could relate to?
We certainly have a long way to go on the road to true justice, but by confirming Judge Jackson today, we are taking a bold step forward towards reaching the full realization of our country's promise.
We will make it far more likely that girls across America will feel precisely what Judge Jackson felt herself when she was a kid. Nobody can stop me. I can do this, too. I am brilliant, too. I belong, too.
For all these reasons, increasing the diversity of the court has been one of my highest priorities and one of the highest priorities of our Senate Democratic majority, of whom I am so proud.
Justice Jackson is the most important example, but we've been working on this for over a year. Of the 58 Senate-confirmed federal judges, since we took the majority, three-quarters have been women. Two-thirds have been people of color.
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And it's not just racial and gender diversity that matters. We have strived to lift up judges that that bring diversity through their experience, more public defenders in our courts, more civil rights lawyers, more election lawyers.
When Americans of all walks of life come before the court, they should have confidence that those who don the robes have the ability to walk in their own shoes, to see and understand their side of the story, and then apply the law properly, according to the facts.
One judge at a time, one judge at a time, this majority is expanding the possibility of who merits consideration to the bench.
And I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge my Republican colleagues who joined us on this occasion over the year to achieve this goal.
In closing, I want to thank Chairman Durbin for beautifully executing this nomination process. It was equal parts fair, thorough, and expeditious. No easy feat in this modern Senate.
I want to thank all of my Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee -- you were just fabulous, every one of you -- for your respectful and insightful examination of the judge's record.
And I want to thank my Republican colleagues who chose to take this process seriously, no matter which side you voted on.
The president sent us an impressive nominee. She merited robust and thoughtful and lively examination. I thank the members who did precisely that. In short, Madam president, this is one of the great moments of
American history.
At the time of our Constitution's ratification, in most states, you had to be a white male protestant landowner to be considered part of American society.
So, from the get-go, generations of Americans have sought to establish the United States as a full democracy.
We fought a bloody civil war to end slavery. Women organized and reached for the ballot. The civil rights movement brought an end to the vicious segregation of the mid-20th century.
And today, we are taking a giant, bold, and important step on the well-trodden path to fulfilling our country's founding promise.
This is a great moment for Judge Jackson, but it is even a greater moment for America as we rise to a more perfect union.
I thank my colleagues for their work, and I yield the floor.
KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Under the previous order, all post-cloture time has expired.
The question occurs on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
SCHUMER: I ask for the yeas and nays.
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HARRIS: Is there a sufficient second?
UNIDENTIFIED SENATOR: There is.
HARRIS: There is. And certainly appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the role.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Baldwin?
SEN. TAMMY BALDWIN (D-WI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Baldwin, aye.
Mr. Borrasso?
SEN. JOHN BORRASSO (R-WY): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Borrasso, no.
Mr. Bennet?
SEN. MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO): Aye. UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Bennet, aye.
Mrs. Blackburn?
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Blackburn, no.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Blumenthal?
SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Blumenthal, aye.
Mr. Blunt?
SEN. ROY BLUNT (R-MO): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Blunt, no.
Mr. Booker?
SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Booker, aye.
Mr. Boozeman?
SEN. JOHN BOOZEMAN (R-AR): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Boozeman, no.
Mr. Braun?
SEN. MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Braun, no.
Mr. Brown?
SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-OH): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Brown, aye.
Mr. Burr?
SEN. RICHARD BURR (R-NC): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Burr, no.
Ms. Cantwell?
SEN. MARIA CANTWELL (D-WA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Cantwell, aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Capito?
SEN. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO (R-WV): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Capito, no.
Mr. Cardin?
SEN. BEN CARDIN (D-MD): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cardin, aye.
Mr. Carper?
SEN. TOM CARPER (D-DE): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Carper, aye.
Mr. Casey?
SEN. BOB CASEY (D-PA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Casey, aye.
Mr. Cassidy?
SEN. BILL CASSIDY (R-LA): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cassidy, no.
Ms. Collins?
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Collins, aye.
Mr. Coons?
SEN. JOHN COONS (D-DE): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Coons, aye.
Mr. Cornyn?
SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R-TX): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cornyn, no.
Mr. Cortez Masto?
SEN. CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (D-NV): UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Cortez Masto, aye.
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Mr. Cotton?
SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AK): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cotton, no.
Mr. Cramer?
SEN. KEVIN CRAMER (D-ND): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cramer, no.
Mr. Crapo?
SEN. Mike CRAPO (R-ID): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Crapo, no.
Mr. Cruz?
SEN. TED CRUZ (R-FL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Cruz, no.
Mr. Daines?
SEN. STEVE DAINES (R-MT): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Daines, no.
Ms. Duckworth?
SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-IL): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Duckworth, aye.
Mr. Durbin?
SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Durbin, aye.
Ms. Ernest?
SEN. JONI ERNST (R-IA): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Ernst, no.
Mrs. Feinstein?
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Feinstein, aye.
Mrs. Fischer?
SEN. DEB FISCHER (R-NE): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Fischer, no. Mrs. Gillibrand?
SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-NY): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Gillibrand, aye.
Mr. Graham?
Mr. Grassley?
SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY (R-IA): No.
Mr. Grassley, no.
Mr. Hagerty?
SEN. BILL HAGERTY (R-TN): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Hagerty, no.
Ms. Hassan?
SEN. MAGGIE HASSAN (D-NH): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Hassan, aye.
Mr. Hawley?
SEN. JOSH HAWLEY (R-MO): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Hawley, no.
Mr. Heinrich?
SEN. MARTIN HEINRICH (D-NM): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Heinrich, aye.
Mr. Hickenlooper?
SEN. JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-CO): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Hickenlooper, aye.
Ms. Hirono?
SEN. MAZIE HIRONO (D-HI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Hirono, aye.
Mr. Hoeven?
SEN. JOHN HOEVEN (R-ND): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Hoeven, no.
Mrs. Hyde-Smith?
SEN. CINDY HYDE-SMITH (R-MS): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Hyde-Smith, no.
Mr. Inhofe?
SEN. JIM INHOFE (R-OK): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Inhofe, no.
Mr. Johnson?
SEN. RON JOHNSON (R-WI): No.
Mr. Johnson?
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Johnson, no.
Mr. Tim Kaine?
SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Kaine, aye.
Mr. Kelly?
SEN. MARK KELLY (D-AZ): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Kelly, aye.
Mr. Kennedy?
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Kennedy, no.
Mr. King?
SEN. ANGUS KING (I-ME): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. King, aye.
Ms. Klobucher?
SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Klobuchar, aye.
Mr. Langford?
SEN. LANGFORD (R-OK): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Langford, no.
Mr. Leahy? SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Leahy, aye.
Mr. Lee?
SEN. MIKE LEE (R-UT): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Lee, no.
Mr. Lujan?
SEN. BEN LUJAN (D-NM): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Lujan, aye.
Ms. Lummis?
SEN. CYNTHIS LUMMIS (R-WY): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Lummis, no.
Mr. Manchin?
SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Manchin, aye.
Mr. Markey?
SEN. MARKEY (D-MA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Markey, aye.
Mr. Marshall?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL (R-KS): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Marshall, no.
Mr. McConnell?
SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. McConnell, no.
Mr. Menendez?
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Menendez, aye.
Mr. Merkley?
SEN. JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Merkley, aye.
Mr. Moran?
SEN. JERRY MORAN (R-KS): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Moran voted in the negative.
Ms. Murkowski?
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-AK): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Murkowski, aye.
Mr. Murphy?
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Murphy, aye.
Mrs. Murray?
SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-WA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Murray, aye.
Mr. Ossoff?
SEN. JON OSSOFF (D-GA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Ossoff, aye.
Mr. Padilla?
SEN. ALEX PADILLA (D-CA): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Padilla, aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Paul?
Mr. Peters?
SEN. GARY PETERS (D-MI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Peters, aye.
Mr. Portman?
SEN. ROB PORTMAN (R-OH): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Portman, no.
Mr. Reed?
SEN. JACK REED (D-RI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Reed, aye. Mr. Risch?
SEN. JIM RISCH (R-ID): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Risch, no.
Mr. Romney?
SEN. MITT ROMNEY (R-UT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Romney, aye.
Ms. Rosen.
SEN. JACKY ROSEN (D-NV): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Rosen, aye.
Mr. Rounds?
SEN. MIKE ROUNDS (R-SD): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Rounds, no.
Mr. Rubio?
SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Rubio, no.
Mr. Sanders.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Sanders, aye.
Mr. Sasse?
SEN. BEN SASSE (R-NE): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Sasse, no.
Mr. Schatz?
SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ (D-HI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Schatz, aye.
Mr. Schumer?
SCHUMER: Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Schumer, aye.
Mr. Scott of Florida?
SEN. RICK SCOTT (R-FL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Scott of Florida, no.
Mr. Scott of South Carolina?
SEN. TIM SCOTT (R-SC): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Scott of South Carolina, no.
Mrs. Shaheen?
SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mrs. Shaheen, aye.
Mr. Shelby?
SEN. RICHARD SHELBY (R-AL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Shelby, no.
Ms. Sinema?
SEN. KRYSTEN SINEMA (D-AZ): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Sinema, aye.
Mrs. Smith?
SEN. TINA SMITH (D-MN): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Smith, aye.
Ms. Stabenow?
SEN. DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Ms. Stabenow, aye.
Mr. Sullivan?
SEN. DAN SULLIVAN (R-AL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Sullivan, no.
Mr. Tester?
SEN. JOHN TESTER (D-MT): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Tester, aye.
Mr. Thune?
SEN. JOHN THUNE (R-SD): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Thune, no. Mr. Tillis?
SEN. THOM TILLIS (R-NC): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Tillis, no.
Mr. Toomey?
SEN. PAT TOOMEY (R-PA): No.
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UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Toomey, no.
Mr. Tuberville?
SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (R-AL): No.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Tuberville, no.
Mr. Van Hollen?
SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN (D-MD): Aye.
UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CLERK: Mr. Van Hollen, aye.
