i will just say, mr. speaker, before i yield back the balance of my time, i don't know when we're going to get this bill. i don't know where the cuts will be made, i don't know what other job creating programs will be cut but again, i will not bring a bill to the floor that hasn't been posted online for at least 7 hours. we're not going to get 72 minutes in all likelihood. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. drive: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the gentleman is recognized. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: the american people are hurting and have been suffering from disasters over the past several weeks and months and obviously for a long period of time in the past. we just had a meeting downstairs where one of my new colleagues, the gentleman from williams port, pennsylvania, mr. moreno stood up and talked about the fact that he -- marino stood up and talked about the fact that days ago he was drudging -- dredging through mud, meeting with the parents

mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? isn't it true that the industrial states are the ones that are getting most of this money? because that's where the automobile industry has, over the years, been located? mr. visclosky: the gentleman is correct but i would broaden that to suggest the united states of america is getting that money and people who want to make things in the united states of america and manufacture things in the united states of america are getting that money. mr. dicks: isn't it true, we already know this program works? this program received $7.5 billion and $3.5 billion of it has been spent, has been obligated and is out there as loans. i think it tripled under the loan guarantee program. and 50,000 -- i yield him another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded another minute. mr. dicks: another two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: another two minutes. mr. dicks: and so these -- we are seeing that this program actually works. i mean, if there were some question about this, if it hadn't

mr. speaker. will the prime minister join me in sending a very clear message to the travelers at the illegal sales farm site? we all hope they move on peacefully in order to avoid a forced eviction. but be in no doubt the government supports reclaiming this greenbelt land on behalf of the law-abiding majority? >> i certainly give my support to the essex police and to all the and district councils that have been involved, and i pay tribute to the honorable member for the very hard work he's put in on this issue. what i would say is it is a basic issue of fairness. everyone in this country has to obey the law including the law about planning permission and building on greenbelt land. and where this has been done without permission, it is an illegal development, so those people should move away, and i completely agree with the way he put his question. >> mr. john woodcock. >> thank you, mr. speaker. -- [inaudible] now he wants to weaken antiterror laws by scrapping relocation -- [inaudible] what will have

mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. -- mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. i can't hear the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon nor deathive business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business, last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. on thursday. on friday no votes are expected

i will just say, mr. speaker, before i yield back the balance of my time, i don't know when we're going to get this bill. i don't know where the cuts will be made, i don't know what other job creating programs will be cut but again, i will not bring a bill to the floor that hasn't been posted online for at least 7 hours. we're not going to get 72 minutes in all likelihood. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. drive: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the gentleman is recognized. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: the american people are hurting and have been suffering from disasters over the past several weeks and months and obviously for a long period of time in the past. we just had a meeting downstairs where one of my new colleagues, the gentleman from williams port, pennsylvania, mr. moreno stood up and talked about the fact that he -- marino stood up and talked about the fact that days ago he was drudging -- dredging through mud, meeting with the parents

i will ask mr. duthie about that. >> thank you. -- i will ask mr. duffy about that. >> thank you. >> good evening. i spoke earlier with the chief putting -- plumbing inspector. he wants to keep the penalty at nine times. some of the reasons are -- this was filled observation which -- failed observation. they saw during inspection of a building, sinks without traps, toward the front, plumbing supplies were thrown and new gas and water pipes were installed without permit. and there was no access to the restaurant upstairs. on august 19, 2010, the first notice of violation was issued. and on december 13, 2010, the second notice was sent. and on december 16, 2010, a final warning was sen. on december 29, 2010, we referred it to code enforcement as there had been no response from the person who got the notice of violation. it was received by code enforcement and it went to a director's hearing. the case did get continued. and that was in may 2011. in june 2011 it was a plumbing permit. the proper inspections were given and the case has been debated. -- a

you know what mr will go boy supposedly did in london so all basically you know we should always look who is the judge here that's the russian singles ok now i'm moving on to international issues syria will suddenly talk about among the other like syria libya lots of a baby international north africa middle east issues on the table here but syria remaining one of the main stumbling blocks of britain would like to see the u.n. move on this or russia has held back on the u.n. resolution for now how do you see this one a bargain moving forward well i think russia is somewhat conservative stance on this issue and i think russia has reasons we have just recently seen what the so-called arab spring lead to what you need tipped it's left to the rents they came all these radium but for the first time in thirty years. so it's not such a. one way nice street there. how the events i develop in in the middle east and of course russia is concerned which of course syria would take if indeed it has no future with the president. i would like to remind you that president of our side that his father pr

will the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 2401, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the environmental protection agency, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on thursday, september 22, 2011, pursuant to house resolution 406, all time for general debate had expired. pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in bit shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. no amendment to the committee amendment is in order except those printed in the house report 112-213, each such amendment may be offered overwhelm in the order printed in the report by a member designated in the report. shall be considered as read. shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally di

mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? mr. diaz-balart: of course. mr. dicks: one of the largest investors was wal-mart and wal-mart has a long history of supporting republican candidates. and i'll just say, i'll just say, they've invested i think $300 million or $400 million. there was a lot of private sector investment here, too. mr. diaz-balart: i reclaim my time. mr. dicks: i appreciate it. mr. diaz-balart: despite what you say, sir, despite what the gentleman says, mr. speaker, the previous president, administration, denied the funding for solyndra because they knew it was a scam, regardless of anything elts. this administration did that -- else this administration did that. the reason we have to support this c.r., let's put politics aside, let's not talk about revolutions of money blown like stimulus money that was blown. the reason this c.r. makes sense is because there are people who are suffering from natural disasters, this c.r. funs that program, it helps them out. the reason this is important is because it controls the size and the cost of th

i congratulate -- i probably will hurt my friend, mr. miller, by praising him here, but i will say that the process he's gone through on this issue of charter schools is something i believe is very, very good and positive thing. it's something that we all need to learn from, that experience that he had on the issue of charter schools to be willing to listen to our colleagues on both sides of the aisle on a wide range of issues. so that's why i think this rule, enjoying bipartisan support, we have allowed many more democratic amendments than republican amendments in the rule itself. we are going to have a free flowing debate on this issue. of course the very important intelligence authorization bill. and then tonight, tonight i hope we can have, again, these areas of agreement so that we can get our fellow americans who have been losing their homes, their businesses, and their jobs back on track. so with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back his time of th

there will knob better one. i hope that mr. netanyahu and mr. abbas will meet the challenge, end quote, and that's how he concludes the piece. and i also hope that today, both parties sit down in new york and avoid the disruption that will be caused by a vote in the united nations. and with that, mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. udall: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: i ask consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: and ask ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of h.r. 2646 which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 2646, an act to authorize certain department of veterans affairs major medical facility projects and leases and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding offi

arab and with other muslim countries i believe it's a priority and that is why mr amano will have to take into consideration not so much probably the sentiments of the arab street but the sentiments of the arab rulers who are still in place i mean this year or last year and of the last year we were. there they're. actually the replacement of of many western balls and that is why mr obama will have to think twice what will you say reestablish good relations with israel and other countries are going through but this is the average single year is a good truce israel is pretty smart for many many years israel acts like like. a young widgery you doing the honeymoon she says no no it's not me only your other is it's either me or. all the other risks and it makes me watching to make make a choice isn't it. actually we're not discussing it here. in the united states and israel because it's a very very sensitive and very complicated relationship but i can see that from the very beginning. and. jewish community in the not just the special feelings for israel and but and now of them there was a

will mr. obama be able to get this jobs creation plan with all the costs past congress and past furious republican opposition? the outcome of this battle will be a vivid measure to have strength to have obama presidency just as he starts his bid for re-election. adam brooks, bbc. washington. >> let's now have a quick look at the market. fears that not enough jobs being created in america and that the economy will be falling into a recession. you also have concerns that europe's sovereign debt trouble is currently hurting asian stock markets. regional independence sis are down 3%. japan, south korea and australia are all in negative territory at this hour. worries in the united states and europe pulling oil prices lower in regional trade with crude trading between $83-$84 per barrel and brent crude at $110 per barrel. major economies continue to struggle with the dollar/yen continuing its strength at 76.86. those are the markets. let's move on the developments in the state of texas where firefig

actually the replacement of of many western province and that is why mr obama will have to think twice what will you say reestablish good relations with israel and other countries are going to get but this is the big single year as well but the truth israel is pretty smart for many many years israel acts. like. a young. during the honeymoon she says it's not only your others it's either me or . all the other risks and it makes me watching them make make a choice isn't it. actually we're not discussing. the relationship between the united states and this film because it's a very very sensitive and a very complicated relationship but there comes. from the very beginning. and the jewish community in the not just the special feelings for israel and among them there was a very strong feeling for during the war you can be holocaust not just once again and make enough. to save european jews says professor remain as they get scanned from the institute of religious studies of the russian academy of science in the spotlight we'll be back shortly after a break so stay with us don't go. to. my las

mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. -- mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. i can't hear the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon nor deathive business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business, last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. on thursday. on friday no votes are expected in the house. the house will consider a few bills under suspension of the rules on monday, a complete list of suspension bills will be announced by the close of business this afternoon. as for the remainder of the week we have a number of items to consider. we will complete action on h.r. 2218, the empowering parents to quality chartered schools act, we expect to consider an additional f.a.a. extension, whether he vote on a re

mr. obama will talk about his proposals for job growth. the nation's unemployment rate is above 9%. here in california, it's 12%. >> at a time when a lot of people in washington are talking about creating jobs, it's time to stop the political gamesmanship that can actually cost us hundreds of thousands. >> today the president called on congress to start by extending the federal highway bill. the program set to expire at the end of next month. both sides are at odds over how much to spend. the president warns that one million jobs could be lost if the bill is not renewed. the white house today also confirming that mr. obama will make a fundraising trip here to the bay area on september 25. >>> $60 billion tax dollars wasted. that's what a bipartisan commission says was lost in the wars in iraq and afghanistan over the past ten years. the commission on wartime contracting released its final report this morning citing poor decisionmaking, vague contract requirement, and you duplicativd wasted work the commission made 15 recommendations to congress to prevent further waste. they include

. >> i will support mr. lee. >> it is for those reasons i will be supporting mr. lee's nomination. the reason why i wholeheartedly support ed lee is because he is a qualified person and he is the right person to lead san francisco. >> we have engaged in an orderly transition of leadership. this is what separates us, as a democratic society, from other less democratic societies. and i am so proud of us for what we are about to do today. so with that, colleagues, thank you for being part of this historic moment. >> the supervisor campos? there are 10 ayes, one no. [applause] >> the motion for edwin lee passes. [applause] >> you are talking to one of the happiest people in san francisco. this was an extraordinary an historic vote. but it was symbolic. remember, the new board of supervisors who convenes tomorrow will make the actual decision on who the next mayor will be. >> everybody came down to ed lee with the expectation that it will be done in the most intellectually honest way and in a way that role and order is respected. i think we discussed a few nominations and came down to t

russians twice a call one bus heading who was in charge and looking at the russian squad no other mr will very much involved that apart from time def we don't know too much about the macedonian side at all but i have three days training with him it's a lot of not a lot but obviously i know them alot better now than i did when we could go wanting to get a trap once i'm gone beyond their physical main danger yeah so it's really well i think time difference played into milan is obviously the one player that universally is known but we have two or three young players you know who. will be playing one of them in champions league this year one of them in your oprah league and another strike in poland that to look at so hopefully in the future people will know more than and then just kind of i mean with you can weigh from a point on front and i would be fantastic off you guys well we have that you know we for games to play if we win the four of them we can qualify we're not in a good position but what we have to try and do i think just to go out and try to win each game you know. we need to try

different medium so you have electric one medium you have all these different mediums but the unlimited mrs. will see. you you had several periods in your career at the tronic acoustic i thought of gardens a different types of and. as a matter of factness some of the albums sound like that then. but is there is there a favorite period is there favorite style. period album. favorite album there's too many of them you know my favorite thing is the process i love the process and like for instance now is my favorite period because i'm i'm getting to do so many different things during the course of a year i have i have my piano solo i do duets like with gary burton and by being fair and i do different various kinds of trio work and then with the advent of the reunion of return to forever i now get to put a more rock kind of music together with stanley clarke and the boys and. i'm having a ball listen. many jazz musicians for some reason like interpreting monserrate oh what you know most certainly it's going to be. probably i don't know the most popular musician that ever lived in terms of numbers he c

vice-president biden and former president bush and bill clinton will be attending the event. mr. biden will speak at 2:00 p.m. . we'll bring you his remarks live on fox news. before leaving for shanksville. former president bush and mrs. bush laid a wreath outside of corridor four the spot where flight hit the building and killing 184 people. the the current president are in a service in dc. they wrapped up a visit to arlington national cemetery. mr. obama will visit all three sites. starting with ground zero and then on to pentagon and shanksville. and concert for hope held in the kennedy center held here in washington d.c.. we are going to take a quick break right now . when we come back, we'll speak with someone who knows first hand what it is like to lose a loved one a decade ago. brad blakeman who worked in the white house and also lost a nephew on that fateful day. stay with us. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recommend the ensure brand for extra nutrition. ensure clinical strength has revigor and thirteen grams of protein to pr

mr. waxman: i will continue to reserve our time. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves his time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. whitfield: at this time i recognize the gentleman from illinois for four minutes. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for four minutes. mr. hultgren: thank you very much to my colleague from kentucky and thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the train act which will help give small businesses and our nation's job creators the certainty they need to hire, expand and invest. this is an excellent bill which will help create a progrowth environment our economy needs. upcoming e.p.a. gasoline regulations along with other regulations impacting domestic refiners have the potential to raise the price at the pump, reduce domestic gasoline output and increase reliance on imports and destroy domestic refining jobs. fuel prices changes create a ripple effect throughout the economy, increasing the price of food, goods and services that are transported to our communities, increasing

of the affair friends of libya which will be held in paris and we hope from the russian side we will see mr marvellous present. will be talking about the reconstruction of the company of the country when it comes to syria. we have different approaches. when it comes to the expression of the. public opinion about the situation was going on and that the measures that are being discussed are seen as disproportionate and unacceptable. will we have to have a strong message produce a strong message with russia. within the framework of the security council even though. we have different approaches in this respect when it comes to iran. as we have talked about all producing efforts as to the nonproliferation of nuclear weapon. in iran. well. we have to. project strong messages towards iran so that this issue does not become an international problem. we have mitchell approaches to the situation of middle east. it's only coming back to the negotiations table that may be a solution to stabilizing the situation between the israelis and the palestinians. it's also the task of the quartet. to continue ne

mr. thune, and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote. mr. thune: madam president? the presiding officerpresident?y we have order. the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: my amendment requires a study by the international trade commission from wh a trade agreement has been signed but the

to the cookies you will be economic force one mr ms it will be a prime minister is also i think quite exciting this season so all these congress. this is our sea life from the center of moscow it's good to have you with us to today just remind our breaking news for you this hour just a short while ago prime minister vladimir putin and that he will run for the presidency of two thousand and twelve he made it he asked but when addressing the members of the ruling united russia party meantime fully endorsed prudence presidency and in turn will lead the party in december's parliamentary election in what can be counted as his first campaign speech light of a broken pledge to russia's economy and tackle corruption if you stay with us for political reforms on this story. and i'll be back with more in just a moment ago. luminous . it's just. it's just. it's just it's. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or god just. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier not to buy territories was

the clerk will report. mr. reid: madam president. the clerk: treaty document 110-23, investment treaty with rwanda. treaty-doc 111-6, mutual assistance treaty with bermuda. mr. reid: i ask for division upon each of the resolutions of ratification. the presiding officer: a division vote has been requested on treaty document 110-23. all those in favor stand and be counted. all those opposed stand and be counted. on a division vote, two-thirds of the senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification is agreed to. a division vote has been requested on treaty document 111-6. all those in favor stand and be counted. all those opposed stand and be counted. on a division vote, two-thirds of the senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolution ratification is agreed to. mr. reid: i will ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to calendar number 174. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 174, 174, -- the presiding officer: the senate returns to legislativ

mr. mike alkire, chief operating officer premier. next we will hear from.or charles penley who is testifying on behalf of the american society of clinical oncology. we also have a mr. richard paoletti can a vice president at lancaster general house. and finally, that are robert dipaola, director of the cancer institute of new jersey. we thank all of you for coming. your written testimony will be entered into the record. we ask each one of you to summarize your testimony in five-minute opening statements. and mr. kafer, you may begin your testimony. >> thank you on the chairman. chairman pitt, ranking member pallone and distinguished colleagues in the full committee and subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. as referenced by the chairman, my formal testimony has been submitted to you. i am more than willing to answer questions specific for that testimony throughout the questioning. and i will symbolize my remarks in my opening. i am john kafer, vice president of sales and marketing for teva, representing teva pharmaceuticals

mr. speaker. will the prime minister join me in congratulating the football club who in partnership with the university have delivered the first university of football business in the u.k. which has generated immense interest among the young people of the u.k. and across europe? >> i will happily join my honorable friend in praising the work of the football club. i've been very struck in this job of the privilege you get of seeing different football clubs working not just on their own football skills but inspiring young people not only here but as i saw in south africa in other countries as well. i think there's a huge role for football to help change people's lives and i fully support what our clubs do. >> mark hendricks. >> can the prime minister confirm that the winter fuel allowance this year will be 50 pounds less for the over 60s and 100 pounds less for the over-80s. >> what i can confirm that that payment will be exactly as set out by labour in their march budget, a budget that he supported. but

they will be jobs here in the united states. so, mr. ent, i assume this weekend whether it's in coffee shops or talk shows or wherever, people are going to be talking about this discussion about taxes, and they will say oh, i don't know if those folks in washington are going to get anything done, and if they do anything, it will probably just be a temporary thing, and they will all talk about why if you had real tax reform it might not do anything soon and, well, it will take a lot more study and that sort of thing. i hope i have been able o'mr. president, this morning to talk about why i believe permanent tax reform, permanent tax reform will start changing the behavior of consumers in the marketplace, get them back into the marketplace buying those products that fuel a consumer-driven economy, and they will start doing it quickly if they see permanent tax reform enacted, and i hope i have been able to out line why a great deal of groundwork has been done already to allow us to move forward, not do the entire tax reform effort in the si

mr. speaker. will the prime minister join me in congratulating the football club who in partnership with the university have delivered the first university of football business in the u.k. which has generated immense interest among the young people of the u.k. and across europe? >> i will happily join my honorable friend in praising the work of the football club. i've been very struck in this job of the privilege you get of seeing different football clubs working not just on their own football skills but inspiring young people not only here but as i saw in south africa in other countries as well. i think there's a huge role for football to help change people's lives and i fully support what our clubs do. >> mark hendricks. >> can the prime minister confirm that the winter fuel allowance this year will be 50 pounds less for the over 60s and 100 pounds less for the over-80s. >> what i can confirm that that payment will be exactly as set out by labour in their march budget, a budget that he supported. but

mr. president, point of inquiry. at some point -- figure out how i can do that, will you? mrs. boxer: i will reserve the rest of the time four. tell me when i've gone that one and a half, and you'll have a minute left. well, today, mr. president, was a very rough day for us to get to this moment. and i want to thank everyone who came together. i want to thank everyone who came together to finally get this moving. let me tell you why we're at a critical moment. the f.a.a. clearly, we have to keep it going, and we are. i think we're going to win that amendment. and on transportation, senator paul has offered an amendment that technically really doesn't do anything, but it is his intent, as he said, to cut the funding by one-third. that means if that amendment were to pass and if his intent was carried out, we would lose 608,000 jobs right away. 608,000 jobs right away. we can't afford to do that. the funding is in this bill. there is no need to cut this bill. it is paid for. we are ready to go. republicans and democrats on the environment and public works committee are in agreemen

. >> what exactly will mr. clark's that this be? >> he will be deputy cfo with sara. will be working on a very carpet -- part-time basis. he is a tjpa employee. he is not a consultant and has not been a consultant. he has always been a tjpa employee. his hours would become less and less. >> and his compensation accordingly? >> yes. he is in his mid to late 80's, 70's? he is prepared to retire. >> i certainly support the appointment and refer to your dad on this, but isn't a law by the tjpa that you did not have the authority to make this appointment? >> there are certain position that we bring directly to the board. that would be the board secretary, chief financial officer position, as well as general counsel position. general counsel position is now in dennis herrera. that was from a board resolution quite a while ago. nila was appointed earlier. the chief financial officer, and of course, my position. those are the only one that would come to this body. >> surprised we still have dennis, but i guess we still do. all right, motion, 2nd. any speakers? >> no members o

look for him and they will find him the fact there's a warrant for mr gadhafi is arrest has been issued by the international criminal court it won't be revoked. now a question about the political process we touched upon earlier do you think the libyans will be able to reach some kind of balance some a common denominator because the previous ones have been left in the past is there any other idea that will unite everyone apart from toppling daffy's regime. i think this government will only be successful if it encompasses the largest possible number of different libyan the political religious tribal cultural and professional groups in this case i think the council would have to contact the royal family and the factions of the ruling elite in cairo led by mr gadhafi his cousin made gadhafi well done who spoke strongly against mr gadhafi is policy of suppressing popular protests by force they would also have to deal with various factions within the entity say which is not a uniform organization but rather a colorful collection of various people and political groups ea

mr. hatch. and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote. mr. hatch: mr. president, it's my understanding both sides will waive the two-minute debate time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who wish tpo vote or to change a vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 44. the nays are 54. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, the question occurs on amendment number 625 offered by the senator from arizona, mr. mccain. and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote. mr. baucus: mr. president, the senate's not in order. the presiding officer: the senate come to order, please. senate come to order. senators, please take their conversations out of the well, off the chamber. mr. baucus: the senate is st