Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his vote . Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote . If not, the yeas are 52, the nays are 44, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the evious order, the motion to reconsider is consideredade and laid upon e table and the president will be immediately notified of the senas actions. A senator madam president. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call wit respect to the shelt nomination be waived. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk clotu motion, we, the undersigned setors, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, hereby bring to a close debate on the nomation of judy slton, of califora, to be a member of t board of governors of the Federal Reserve system, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of judy shelton, of california, to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system shall be brought to a close . The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 47, the nays are 50. The motion is not agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Cconnell i enter a motion to reconder the vote. The presiding officer motion is entered. Mr. Cconnell i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the crouse nomination be waived. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the ovisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the sene, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination ofoby crouse of kansas to be United States districtudge for the district of kansas, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion of toby crouse of kansas to be United States district judge for the district of kansas shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer on this, the yeas are 51, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Thclerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, t judiciary. Toby crouse o kansas to be United States district judge for the district of kansas. Mr. Lee madam president . The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 4902 which was introduced earlier today. The presiding officer the clerk will rept. The clerk s. 02, a bill to designatehe United States courthouse located a 351 southwt temple in utah as the orrin g. Hatch courthouse. The presiding officer without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. The senator from utah. Mr. Lee madam president , this is a bill that will name the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City madam president , this is legislation that would name the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City just completed a few years ago after my friend and former colleague, also a longtime mentor of mine, senator orrin g. Hatch. Senator hatch, long before he became a statesman, was a lawyer, and not just any lawyer. Avenues lawyers lawyer. He was he was a lawyers lawyer. He was really good. He received the prestigious martindalehubbell ab rating. The first Public Office that he sought as an elected official was to the United States senate. He was elected in 1976. He then served in the United States senate from 977 from 1977 all the way up until 2019. During this 42year time period, senator hatch had a profound impact not only on the United States senate and his colleagues here and he certainly did; he was a friend to everyone who knew him but he also had a much broader impact, one that will have farreaching, lasting impacts on the federal court system. I took a look at a list of all Federal District judges, the Trial Court Judges who serve on the federal bench from utah ever since our statehood. There are only about 020 people on that list. All but five of those came onto the court either during or right after in other words, with some input, significant input from senator hatch. Senator hatch has also been a part of every judicial nomination in the confirmation process during that same 42year period, and i cant think of any other utahan in the history of our state who has had anywhere near the kind of impact on the federal judiciary as senator hatch. And its not just that he served on the committee throughout that time period that confirmed judicial nominees, whether to Federal District courts, to the courts of appeals or to the Supreme Court. He certainly did have a lot of impact there. But his impact even went further than that. You see, because he sought to be a mentor to people interested in the law and in Public Policy everywhere. His service had an impact certainly on me, as one of countless lawyers, and other people interested in law and Public Policy in this country. I remember watching proudly and with great admiration as he conducted himself as a member of the Senate Judiciary committee during the robert bork confirmation hearings. He had a certain commitment to the rule of law and to fundamental fairness that would be owed to anyone nominated to that or any other judicial position, and he was willing to make sure that the senate did its job and that it didnt get mired in the politics of the day. There is a great quote on this topic. Politics must not undermine the principles and standards we apply to every judicial nomination. I watched over the years, in part because i had first seen him participate in the bork hearings. That got mid my interested tt got me interested in the senate. That got my interested as a teenager to be a senate page. I later became a senate page appointed by senator hatch. I saw him carry out his activities as a member of the Senate Judiciary committee. From then on i watched with careful attention when he was handling a judicial confirmation hearing. I watched through the years as he handled the hearings of individuals such as justice alito, my former boss. In each instance, he treated judicial nominees and literally hundreds of others like them with dignity and respect but also with the amount of thorough attention that a lifetime appointment to the federal judiciary demands. In addition to this, he also liked to try to foster in others a genuine interest in the law. I remember when i was serving as a law clerk to Federal District judge dee benson in Salt Lake City, one of the brightest and most capable jurists ever to serve on the federal bench, whether in utah or anywhere else. He was a good friend, a longtime ally and confidant of senator hatchs. I remember while i was clerking for judge benson right after i graduated from law school, senator hatch came by and just held a roundtable discussion with all the federal judges. He not only seemed but was in fact conversant on all kinds of issues of the law, not just the hotbutton issues that people think of when they watch the news, but he was delving into arcane details of the law, that readily made me proud to have him representing me in the United States senate from the state of utah. I got to know senator hatch even better after i got elected to the senate, and he and i had the opportunity to Work Together as colleagues. Throughout all of these experiences ive come to revere him as someone who reveres the law. And so for these reasons ive concluded that its fitting for us to name this federal courthouse in utah after him. Its difficult to imagine anyone who has had the same impact on the federal judiciary, who has ever lived in or served from our state, as senator hatch. And now, madam president , id like to yield some time to my colleague, the senator from utah. Mr. Romney senator lee, thank you for your excellent remarks with regards to senator orrin hatch. I rise to second what you said and to add a few words, some duplicative. As you indicated, senator hatch dedicated his life to serving our country and our state, and he served in this body for some 42 years, a remarkable and extraordinary career of Public Service. And of course he was one of the longestserving chairmen of the Senate Judiciary committee and, therefore, played a pivotal role in confirming many, many current and now retired Supreme Court justices, and while serving as chairman he also helped shepherd countries of judicial judges through confirmation, including the majority of utahs federal judges. His impact on the state of utah is not just professional but also personal. Virtually anybody who stopped senator hatch and asked his opinion on a topic, he would stop, that i shake their hand, smile, and give them a full rapt attention. Hes full drink of water, so you have to look up to senator hatch. I came to him following the crisis of 9 11 asking for his help in securing essential security funding for the olympic winter games of 2002. Senator hatch immediately took me to meet with other senators, and he along with others was able to secure the funding necessary to make sure that our games were safe and ultimately produced successfully in a way that made them the most successful Olympic Games in history. He was and is an honorable Public Servant who continues to have tremendous impact on our state in our state. Therefore, it is only appropriate that utahs federal courthouse be named in his honor. And im glad to support this legislation, and i yield my time back to senator lee. Mr. Lee madam president , i ask unanimous consent that this bill, s. 4902, be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Lee madam president , im grateful that my colleagues have chosen to allow this to pass into law. Its a great day for senator hatch, for the state of uta and for the United States of america. I yield the floor and note the absence of a quoru the presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , the United States surpassed 11 million covid19 cases this past weekend. This comes just six days after our nation recorded 10 million cases, one million added to the 10 million in six days, making it the fastest transmission of 1 million new cases since the pandemic began. Nearly a quarter of a million americans have died. This runaway crisis is alarming, its deadly, and it demands action. The city of chicago began a stayathome advisory to encourage people to contain the virus in our communities. Across illinois, more than 5,000 patients have been hospitalized with covid19 each night for the past week. We have shattered new infection records nearly every day this month. Illinois has now experienced more than 597,000 cases and we have sadly lost 10,875. My heart goes out to everyone whos lost a loved one. In addition to trying to keep ourselves and our loved ones healthy and safe from the virus, americans have also been struggling to deal with economic uncertainty, job loss, food insecurity, child care. The list goes on and on and on. Leer we are just here we are just days before thanksgiving and many of our neighbors are trying to pick the right day to go to the food bank so they can feed their families on this day of thanks. Where is the sense of urgency on capitol hill when it comes to providing another round of Economic Impact payments and unemployment benefits, funding for food stamps, the snap program . Our country is in desperate need of help and they are counting on us. You would think that this crisis would be the first order of business for the Republicancontrolled Senate this week, yet, while this pandemic continues to rage, too many republicans in congress refuse to even come to the table to negotiate a comprehensive bipartisan relief bill. There are those who will, and i commend them. It takes real courage. Instead the leader, senator mcconnell, has scheduled votes this week on six barely qualified judicial nominees. The average age of this weeks judicial nominee is 38. You see, these are Lifetime Appointments and if you get somebody with the right answers to the political questions and theyll give you 20 or 30 or more years, well, youve got control of that court and control of the court is more important, obviously, than the coronavirus. The youngest one of these nominees is kath rin mizel le. She was judged you unqualified. This is the tenth Trump Nominee for a lifetime appointment to the federal court has been judged unqualified by the American Bar Association. You might say im sure that happens. Well it didnt happen at all in the eight years of the bawm presidency. Not a single nominee who was judged unqualified was sent to congress. Another nominee, Stephen Vaden who has been nominated to the court of National Trade has never appeared before the court of National Trade. Hes never tried a case in any court. Hell be a great judge once he figures it out. Well also be voting on dr. Judy sheltons nomination. I believe that came up this morning. To the Federal Reserve board. She is uniquely unqualified. Her economic views are almost humorous. They are so far out of touch with reality. Were experiencing the worst recession in 75 years and dr. Shelton, by her stated views, is unprepared to contribute to dealing with this economic crisis. Its the story of the 116th congress. The Republicancontrolled Senate spends month after month after month ignoring the raging pandemic and refusing to even consider housepassed relief legislation. Heres a good question for members of the senate. How many amendments has the senate voted on this calendar clear of 2020, not counting impeachment, lets set that aside. How many amendments to legislation have we considered in this calendar year . The answer is 27 27 amendments in this calendar year. Thats an improvement, incidentally. 2019, we considered we considered in 2019, we considered exactly 22 amendments. Six of them were forced on them by senator rand paul of kentucky who said i wont let you go home until you vote on this amendment and, as senator paul said, of course he lost every one of those amendments. 27 amendments in one year, 22 the previous year. You know why . We dont legislate. We dont debate. We dont offer amendments. We dont pass bills. We come here with a new set of new set of nominations every week from the republican majority. We dont have any legislation on the pandemic. We have no legislation on economic recovery. We just have to get these lifetime appointees, some have been found categorically unqualified. That is what this senate is all about. In this last week, before the thanksgiving recess, is this really all were going to do . How about the 28 rural hospitals in kentucky that are facing foreclosure . How about the 1. 3 billion in uncompensated losses for these hospitals across kentucky . The republican proposal a few weeks ago didnt provide any Economic Resources for hospitals, clinics or Health Care Providers like those. Americans need leadership. They need for the senate to step up and say, for goodness sakes, whatever the political agenda here, how can it be more important than this pandemic . Isnt there enough talent and will on the floor of this senate on the republican and on the democratic side to find a way to help americans who are struggling to provide unemployment assistance, to provide help to Small Businesses, these restaurants and other Small Businesses that are facing closure, to give some money to local units of government who through no fault of their own have lost revenue due to the covid19 crisis . These are not wild ideas. These address the very basics that face families, businesses, governments across this country. For some reason that particular issue cant make the agenda. Mr. President , i ask the same im about to make be placed in a separate part of the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , losing an election hurts. I know. I lost three elections before i ever won one. I suspect anyone who has ever lost an election has had to grapple with the disappointments, the what ifs, and even a kind of sadness bordering on anger. But thats the risk you take when you run for office. The voters have the last word. Never until now have we heard it suggested that losing a president ial candidate ought to be allowed to put Americas National security at risk because he is struggling, struggling mightily to accept his own loss in the election. Never until now have we tolerated a losing president ial candidate deliberately underminin