articles accusing the secretary of lawful -- unlawful refusal to mply with the law. several republicans made procedural motions to move and close session or adjourn until a later time but those requests were denied. the vote was along party lines. the white house skesman said the articles were rightly ved down aiding that secretary mayorkas will continue doing their jobs. up next, we take you back to the trial on the senate floor. um is pursuant to rule iii of the rules of procedure and practice

in the senate when sitting on impeachment trials, the hour of 1:00 p.m. having arrived and a quorum having been established, the senate will proceed to consideration of the articles of impeachment against. alejandro n. mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. mr. schumer: madam president, at this time, pursuant to rule iii of the senate rules on impeachment and the united states constitution, the president pro tempore emeritus, the senator from iowa, will now administer the oath to the president pro tempore, patty murray. mr. grassley: will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of >> do you solemnly swear that -- to the impeachment of alejandro

n. mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and all ofra us so help you god? >> i do. the president pro tempore: at this time i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article i, section 3, clause 6 of the constitution, and the senate's impeachment rules. will all senators now stand and raise their right hands? do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of

alejandro n. mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the justice according to the do you swear you will do impartl justice hemselves at the desk to sign the oath book. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun.

the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler.

the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper.

the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons.

the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer.

the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty.

the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper.

the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson.

the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan.

the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. .

the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray.

the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters.

the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders.

the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida.

the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith.

the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville.

mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock.

ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make the fact known to the claire so the oat may be -- to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the

senator. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. the sergeant at arms: hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the house of -- while the senate of the united states is convenes as an edu court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro nicholas mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. mr. schumer: madam president, in a moment i will ask for unanimous consent to allow for debate time, to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent that senator lee be recognized to offer a resolution that is the test of -- text of s. res. 614, the full senate trial, that senator cruz be recognized to

offer the text of s. res. 622, the trial committee. that there then be up to 60 minutes of ipodate on the resolutions -- of debate on the resolutions concurrently and equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. following the use or yielding back of that time, the senate vote on or in relation to the resolutions in the order listed with no amendments in order. further, following the disposition of the trial resolutions, if they are not agreed to, senator schumer or his designee be recognized to make a motion to dismiss the first article, that the motion be subject to only seven points of order, that there be up to 60 minutes for debate cob currently and -- concurrently and equally divided on the motions to dismiss and points of order, and following the use or yielding of that time, the senate vote in relation to the points of order in the order railed -- raised and motion to dismiss. further, if senator schumer or des

designee makes a motion to disminimums the second article of impeachment, the motion be subject to one point of order, with 60 minutes for debate, con currently and equally divided on the motion to dismiss and points the order, and that following the use or yielding of that time, the senate vote in relation to the points of order in the order raised and the motion to dismiss. following, further disposition of article 2, the senate vote on the motion to adjourn the court of impeachment sine die. finally, up to four minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or designees, prior to each roll call vote, all without intervening action or debate. is there objection? mr. schmitt: madam president. reserving my right to object. to dismiss articles against secretary mayorkas without a trial, here today or in committee, is unprecedented move by senator schumer. never before in the history of

our republic has the senate dismissed or tabled articles of impeachment when the impeached individual was alive and not res resigned. as senator schumer said in 2020, a fair trial has witnesses, relevant documents as part of the record, a fair trial seeks the truth, nothing more, nothing less. i will not assist senator schumer in setting our constitution ablaze and bulldozing 200 years of precedents. therefore, i object. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. schumer: madam president, i raise a point of order that impeachment article 1 does not allege conduct that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor as required under article 2, section 4 of the united states constitution and is therefore unconstitutional. the presiding officer: under the press depths and -- precedents and practices of the senate,