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mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 892. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it.

ththe motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of state. noahbryson mammot to be ambassador to the argentine republic. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of noaa bryson mammos of california to be ambassador to the argentine republic. signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session -- oh, mr. president, i'm so sorry. i'm not used to doing this. i ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now, mr. president, move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 631. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: colleen bradley bell of california to be ambassador to hungary. mr. reid: mr. president, there's a cloture motion at the desk and i ask it be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of colleen bradley bell of california to be ambassador to hungary. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the

mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move, mr. president, to executive session to consider calendar number 772. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of housing and urban development. nani a. colerett california to be deputy secretary. mr. reid: mr. president, there's a cloture motion at the desk that i ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to

bring to a close the debate on the nomination of nani a. coleretti of california to be deputy secretary of department of housing and urban development. signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion's agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 918. the presiding officer: without objection. the majority leader, the request he is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: consumer product safety commission, robert s.

adler of the district of column column to be a commissioner. mr. reid: there's a cloture motion at the desk, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of robert s. adler of the district of columbia to be a commissioner of the consumer product safety commission. signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. reid i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 1069. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no.

the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: equal employment opportunity commission. charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member. mr. reid: there's a cloture motion, mr. president, at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia, to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission. signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed -- oh, i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye.

all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: there's a cloture motion at the desk, mr. president. okay. mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 1067. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. mr. presidenmr. reid:: mr. presi don't know if you gain the drift but each one of these is the same. all right. so... the presiding officer: the question is still on the motion. all in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the

nomination. the clerk: equal employment opportunity commission, p. david lopez of arizona to be general counsel. mr. reid: there's a cloture motion at the desk, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of p. david lopez of arizona to be general counsel of the equal employment opportunity commission. signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. ththe motion is agreed to. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that on monday, december 1, at 5:30 p. p.m., the senate proceed to executive session and vote on cloture on executive calendar

number 892 and 631. further, that if cloture is invoked on either of these nominations, that on tuesday, december 2, 2014, at 10:30 a.m., all postcloture time will be expired and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order upon which cloture was invoked. further, that there be two minutes of debate prior to each vote and all roll call votes after the first vote in each sequence be 10 minutes in length. further, with respect to the nominations in this agreement, that if any nomination is confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

mr. reid: i ask consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed

to executive session to consider nominations calendar numbers 663, 671, 672, and 923. and they're also, mr. president, i ask that consent include all nominations placed on the secretary's desk in the foreign service. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate and that no further motions be in order to any of the nominations and that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask that we proceed to a period of morning business, senators be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the help committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 669 and the senate proceed to its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 669, an act to amend the public health service

act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask that the harkin substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time, passed and the harkin amendment to the title which is also at the desk be agreed to, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to h.r. 4067. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 4067, an act to friday for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapy pick services therapeutic access in small rural hospitals through 2014. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure?

without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. reid reid i asmr. reid: i ask us consent the senate proceed to h.r. 5441. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5441, an act to amend the federal charter of the veterans of foreign wars of the united states to reflect the service of women in the armed forces of the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be made and laid on table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to h.r. 5728. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5728, an act to

amend the communications act of 1934 and title 17, united states code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television, broadcast stations, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask the bill be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider considered made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the help committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 580 and the senate work on this right now. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 580 expressing support for the goals of national adoption day and national adoption month and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure.

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 583 and sentence the senate proceed to this matter. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 583, designating november 30, 2014, as drive safer sunday. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 588. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 588 recognizing the access to

hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the united states is essential to the survival and success of communities in the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 589. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 589, honoring the life of thomas m. menino, mayor of boston, massachusetts, from 1993 to 2014. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 590. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 590 recognizing national native american heritage month and celebrating the heritage and cultures of native americans and the contributions of native americans to the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider laid be made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s.j. res. 112. the presiding officer: clear. the clerk: s.j. res. 129 appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the 114th congress. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the matter? without objection the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the joint resolution be read three times, passed, the

motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the senate proceed to h. con. res. 119. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h. con. res. 119 providing for conditional adjournment for the house of representatives and recess or adjournment of the senate. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the current resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent during the adjournment or recess of the senate from thursday, november 20 through monday, december 1 the majority leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the senate, the president pro tem of the senate and

majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appoints to boards or conferences authorized by law by concurrent action by order of the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today until 2:00 p.m. on monday, december 1, 2014, following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved, tashes the morning business deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders reserved for utes later in the day. following any leader remarks the senate be morning business until 5:30 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each and with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: for the information of all senators, mr. president, there will be two roll call votes at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the mamet and bell nominations on the monday that we get back. if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday,

objection. mr. mcconnell: i'd like to say a few words this morning about president obama's proposed executive action on immigration, and i'll begin with a quote from the president himself. "democracy is hard" he said during a commencement speech in miami three years ago. but it's right and changing our laws means doing the hard work of changing minds and changing votes one by one. well, mr. president, as somebody who well understands just how difficult the work of changing

minds and votes can be, i couldn't agree more with the president's statement. americans accept that democracy's blessings are only made possible by the constraints it imposes, both its legal contours and those imposed by popular election. we accept democracy's messiness. we accept democracy's messiness. and those imposed by popular election. we accept democracy. we may not always get exactly what we want when we wanted. and based upon more of what the president said in miami, this is something he seems to understand as well. he was talking about immigration that day, day, and here is something else he said on that topic. some wish some wish that i could bypass congress and change the law myself,, but that is not how democracy works. indeed, mr. pres., it is it is not.

all of which makes the presidents planned action on immigration even more jarring. if he truly follows through on this attempt to impose his will unilaterally he will have issued a rebuke to his own stated view of democracy, and he will have contradicted his past statements on this very issue. the instances of pres. obama saying that he does not have the power to do the kinds of things she now plans to do are almost too numerous to list. he list. he tried to suggest otherwise last weekend. a prominent fact checker pad this been as pinocchio laden, and pinocchio laden and clarified the president has been asked specifically about the sorts of actions he is contemplating now. the president's previous answer seems to be unequivocal. he lacks the legal authority to act. according to the president

himself as one example, pres. example, president obama said last year that executive action was not an option, not an option, not an option because he would be ignoring the law. there is a path to get this done, he said, and that is through congress. he is right. the the action he has proposed would ignore the law, reject the voice of the voters. in fact, fact, his action is more likely to make it even worse. we we have seen the consequences of deferred action. his most recent action in this area, encouraging young people to risk their lives on a perilous journey some would never have even contemplated and some would never complete.

the effects of this action could be just as tragic. just as the affordable care act had little to do with making healthcare more affordable, slapping the term immigration reform on something does not make it immigration reform. and just reform. and just as with obama care, the action a president is imposing is not about action but what a political party thinks would make good politics, what a politics, what a president thinks would be good for his legacy those are not the motivations that should be driving such sweeping action. i think the president will come to reject t5 regret the chapter that history rights if he does move forward. the plan he is presenting is more than just as the president himself has a knowledge as an overreach but unfair. what does the president has decided to the countless aspiring immigrants you have have

spent literally years waiting patiently in line? the people who played by all the rules, where is his compassion for them? what does the president have to say to the millions of americans who still cannot find work in this economy? the president cannot reach across the aisle to secure a serious jobs plan for them, but he is willing to put everything into one executive action. where is the justice in that a larger., mr. president. we just had an election before that the president told us about his plan to act unilaterally on immigration. he he reminded us that his policies were on the ballot the american people clearly sent a message. nobody missed it.

they said they want to see us working together. they want to see more serious ideas pastor congress. they did not want to see the president sidestepping the very representatives they just elected. that's why so many have been calling my office in opposition with his plan. phones are continuing to bring off the hook. our constituents want to be heard. pres. obama needs to president obama needs to listen to their voices. if nothing else perhaps the president ought to consider the views of senators and congressmen who have urged him not to do this to understand the consequences citing this precedent in the future. either way he needs to understand something, if, if president obama acts in defiance of the people there

is no mistake, make no mistake, when the newly elected representatives of the people take their seats, they will ask. look, as look, as the president has said, democracy is harsh. imposing his will unilaterally may seem tempting. it may serve him politically in the short term, but he knows it will make an already broken system even more broken, and he knows this is not how democracy is supposed to work because he told us so himself. >> we will have pres. obama's aggress on immigration policy live at eight pm 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span.

engage with us. what are your expectations? visit us at twitter or at facebook .com/c-span. >> today at the white house president obama awarded this year's national medals of year's national medals of science and the national medals of technology and innovation. a sum of the achievements of this year's recipients include the invention and commercialization of flash storage technology, innovation in the field of dna replication,, and the doubt t5 the development of a vaccine. these awards are the highest bestowed by the us government among scientists, engineers, and inventors. this is about 30 minutes.

thank you. thank you. take you. thank you. take your seats. well, hello, everybody. welcome to the white house. if you have ever been in a situation where you are a little self-conscious because you feel like maybe everyone in the room is a little smarter than you, today you are right. that is how i am feeling. today it is my pleasure to welcome a truly extraordinary group of men and women, women, some of the worlds greatest scientists and researchers, and i have got the extraordinary honor of presenting them with our nation's highest honor for scientific and technological achievement, the national

medals of science and the national medals of technology innovation. to join us in celebrating these innovators, i i want to welcome the members of congress who are here with us. we also have interior secretary sally jewell, my science advisor, national science foundation directors friends cordova, deputy cordova, deputy director of the us packed and trademark office whose work helps to oversee the granting of these awards, and awards, and our national science and technology medals foundation chair. now, as many of you know, know, every year i host the white house science fair. these boys and girls are as young as six years old. sometimes the projects are messy. there was they there was they can in that fired the marshmallow. into the white house wall

and left a little mark. which is still there. earlier this year i also hosted i also hosted the first white house maker fair, the participants were a little older and i met a giant robotic talking giraffe. we giraffe. we had a chat, and that was unique. the boys and girls and the makers and thinkers across the country who i welcome here are an inspiration. inspiration. it is one of the favorite things that i have the pleasure of doing as president. often at the beginning of a lifetime of asking questions, pushing boundaries. discovering things that have not been discovered before, and innovating in ways that transform our world.

and ultimately, that is what america is about, one of the things that makes america exceptional, the sense that we push against limits and that we are not afraid to ask questions. and when that sense of possibility is truly unleashed, then you get the remarkable men and women that you see here today. they are achievements span disciplines, industries, but there is a common thread. at a young age and encouraging parent or captivating teacher was able to with their appetite for the scientific process. unmatched opportunities drew some of them here from distant shores because the american scientific community that powers young researchers, some of today's honorees at a very young age

conducted their own experiments, experiments, ran their own labs, published their own findings our country's diversity, infrastructure, universities, and our willingness to take risks on new ideas made america the place to start new business, new ventures, and the results of the work of the people we honor today have transformed our world. because of these men and women we can use a thumb drive to store a universe of information on the postage size gadget unconnected to a power source and have the data intact. in fact, i have got a little gift here. apparently this was this was from my library. i was going to, i was told i was told i could store all my documents on this thing. i am keeping it in my pocket we can manufacture better

blood clotting agents and water filtration systems like those used in the aftermath of the fukushima nuclear reaction. using bright throughout rhythms breakthrough algorithms we can monitor our planet's future climate in the tiny valves and our own heart, treat cancers, strokes, macular degeneration. in short, because of these innovators our lives are healthier, our economy is stronger, our future is brighter. today's honorees are a reminder of perseverance. they achieve their most meaningful gains when they were optimistic in the face of skepticism and out, when they crept out onto that farthest lamb and equipped with scientific reason to believe in their own theories and because they were not afraid to fail once in a while they figure that eventually they would crack open some mystery that had not been solved. so one month after neil armstrong landed on the moon

elli hariri came to america from israel to study the effects of electronics in space. that led him to cofound scandisk and eventually the creation commercialization of flash storage technology, which today's technology is and millions of audible electronic devices which our lives would be completely different without, certainly different without them. at the time he invented it, though, the technology was too early for consumer business and the company almost went out of business. with patience he drove the cost down, opened large-scale markets, describing his experience he said, we could said, we could not have done it anywhere else in the world.

mary shaw stumbled into computer science in high school, and as a college student she walked into a busy engineering building in search of a computer. when i first showed up they handed me a user manual and told me to go read it. silly me, i thought it it was an invitation. i did read it and came back. she applied to carnegie mellon the same year they formed a graduate degree program in computer science and has been there ever since pioneering new ways to educate students in computer science and converting the emerging field into a curriculum and also textbooks used all across the nation. douglas and john schiller have collaborated for nearly 30 years. together they developed the technology that led to the vaccine to prevent cancer-causing hpv virus. when they presented their research to drug companies, many told them that while their data looked good a vaccine against the sexually

transmitted sexually-transmitted disease just was not going to work, but with the help of nih research funding they helped create one of the most successful preventative treatments in decades, potentially decades, potentially saving the lives of millions of young women and girls. so the story t5 i am giving you a sample. the story of these trailblazers reflects our larger american experience, our story of constant transformation, pushing against limits. these folks. these folks represent the spirit that has always defined us, one of restless inquiry, searching for the right solution to any problem, and inclination to dream big and to tinker and to pull things apart and put them back together again, and insistence on making our dreams come true. as thomas, one of our arteries today says, scientists honorees today says, scientists are intrinsically helpful in finding answers.

if we work hard enough we can find some of them in our lifetime. that is a good phrase. intrinsically helpful. intrinsically helpful. i am intrinsically helpful. i am. that is who we are as a peep, as a people, as americans, as a nation. we have got to fight to make stories like the ones in this room not only possible but sometimes likely. now, that cannot happen when half of our nation's high schools do not offer calculus, and more than one third of our high schools do not offer physics. that is why we will need more science advisers on the course schedule, teachers with math and science backgrounds, educators who can show students how chemistry and computer science can open the door to a whole new world. why five

years ago i launched my campaign to get more kids in stem classes and later set goals of training 100,000 new stem teachers, not just to teach but to teach math and science partnering with 200 organizations like the carnage t5 carnegie foundation and at&t to pursue that goal. today we are announcing many partners will invest an additional $28 million toward increasing the number of stem teachers in the classroom across the country, and that is worthy of applause. four years ago we call on business leaders of america's leading countries to join us in this effort. since then this coalition has raised tens of millions of dollars to help strengthen the country's

most effective stem education programs and get them broadened out. today we can announce over the next two years this coalition will help bring these programs to an additional 1 million students across america. this is extraordinary work. part of this is making sure we continue to welcome the best and brightest minds from around the world. so thomas came to this country from india at the age of 22, a research assistant ship that took him to stanford where he made critical contributions and information theory and statistics and mentor to more than 100 scholars along the way. after he came here from israel along the way. after he came here from israel. alexander whose accomplishments led to a a sea change in the way a generation of mathematicians use computers sums up his experience this way, i way, i came here as a foreigner on an american fellowship, receive the opportunity to

study at great schools and have been treated as if i belong. treated as if i belonged. you do belong because this is america. we welcome people from all around the world who have that same striving spirit. we are not defined by tribe or bloodline but by a creed, an idea, and we want that tradition to continue, but too often we are losing talent because after the enormous investment we make in students and young researchers we tell them to go home after they graduate. we tell them we tell them to take your talent and potential someplace else. part of staying competitive in a global economy is making sure we have an

immigration system that does not send away talent but attracts it. we want that we want that discovery. right here in the united states. that is what i will be talking about a little bit tonight. part of keeping america prosperous and keeping america strong. [applause] i want to congratulate these extraordinary men and women for their accomplishments. i want to thank each of you for the contributions that you have made for our country and the world. your passion, your persistence, your intrinsic hopefulness, and it is now my privilege to present the national medals of science and the national medals of

technology and innovation. so we will read some citations here. >> bruce alberts, national medal of science to come on bruce alberts, university of california san francisco for intellectual in experimental innovation in the field of dna replication and unparalleled dedication to improving science education and promoting science -based public policy. [applause] >> robert axelrod. national medal of science to , robert axelrod,

university of michigan for interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation complexity theory and international security and for the exploration of how social science models can be used to explain biological phenomenon. [applause] >> mayfair and bow to five may bear and bow, national medal of science two, university of illinois for pioneering studies on chemical company evolution in the genetic basis of insect plant interaction and for enthusiastic commitment to public engagement that inspires others about the wonders of science. [applause]

>> alexander j jorn, national medal of science two, alexander j jorn, university of california berkeley for the development of revolutionary methods for realistic fluid flow simulation, now ubiquitous in the modeling and design of engines, aircraft wings, heart valves, and the analysis of natural flows. [applause] >> thomas, national medal of science to thomas kyla, stanford university for transformative contributions

to the fields of information and systems science, for sustained mentoring of young scholars and translation of scientific ideas and to entrepreneurial ventures at that have had a significant impact on industry. [applause] >> judith, national medal of science to judith clemens, university clemens, university of california berkeley, for her discoveries of fundamental medical and physical principles underlying enzyme catalysts and her lead in the community of scientists. [applause]

>> gerald, national medal of science to gerald mine well, cornwell university for applying chemical principles and techniques to studies of land and insect defense and infestation and for his seminal role in establishing chemical ecology and a a core discipline appropriate for several sciences. [applause] >> richter, national medal

of science to burton richter, national accelerator laboratory in stanford university for pioneering contributions to the development of electronic celebrate her's, including circular and linear collider's, light sources, and for discoveries in elementary particle physics and contributions to energy policy. [applause] >> sean c solomon, national medal of science to sean c solomon, c solomon, columbia

university for creative approaches and outstanding contributions to understanding the internal structure and evolution of the earth, the moon, and other terrestrial planets and for his lead and inspiration of new generations of scientists. [applause] >> family members who accept on behalf of their father, david blackwell, national medal of science to david blackwell, university of california berkeley for fundamental contributions to probability theory, mathematical statistics, information theory, mathematical logic which have had a lasting impact on critical endeavors, such as drug testing, computer communications, and

manufacturing. [applause] >> charles w bodman, national medal of technology and innovation to charles w bodman for fundamental inventions and in database management, transaction processing, and software engineering. [applause]

>> edith m flanigan, ..

[applause] >> arthur levinson. national medal of technology and innovation. arthur levinson, calico for pioneering contributions to the fields of biotechnology and personalized medicine leading to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. [applause] >> jerry emory.

national medal of technology and innovation, jerry a. murray school of engineering and applied sciences. contribution for the management of devices to submit telecommunications and life are studying matter and take leadership and development of the science technology engineering and math workforce in the united states. [applause] mary shaw. national medal of technology and innovation, mary shaw carnegie mellon university for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative curricula and computer science. [applause]

douglas lily and john schiller. national medal of technology and innovation to douglas lily and john schiller national cancer institute national institutes of health for developing the viruslike particles and related technologies that led to the generation of effective vaccines specifically targeting hpv and related cancers. [applause] [applause]

>> let's give a big round of applause to all of our own ward ease. [applause] [applause] we couldn't be prouder of all of you and i hope for those who are watching or those who read the stories or reports about this, that we are all reminded once again of the role of science and discovery and invention and reason in our lives. you know sometimes we spend a

lot of time lifting up sports heroes and nobody is a bigger sports fan than i am. we extol the virtues of our singers and our movie stars. i like entertainment too, but we have to remind ourselves constantly that so much of what has set us apart economically, culturally is our commitment to science and we have to continue to broaden opportunities for young scientists especially girls and minority students to enter into the field and we have to remind them of how exciting it is to be able to shape the world, unlock its