so he could be baptized in the whitehouse swimming pool and suggested taking him to summer school. fdr was on his way to meet stalin's and work out russia's need to pressure stalin to open the churches. two months before tay ron stalin not only opened all of the russian orthodox churches and seminaries he freed the three russian pate arks we put in jail in 1925. the churches remained open throughout stalin's life. their relationship goes back to 1933 when fdr resumed diplomatic relations with the soviet union. a move that was not supported by many members of congress but was by the business community. stalin was trying to establish a diplomatic relationship with america since 1919. stalin was so grateful he put fdr's photo on the front page of russian papers and wrote quote it is necessary to pay full tribute to the initiative taken by the president of the united states. when germany laid the heel of the bis mark in 1936 the largest ship russia built stalin tried to have a light ship built in america. fdr defended the project even as the naval personal stab -- sabotaged it. stalin

i see that senator graham will not be here, so next will be senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse? senator whitehouse: thank you chairman. it has been an interesting week last week in the senate. i just completed last week a bipartisan markup on a contentious issue in the health committee, with the result there of a 22-zero bipartisan vote on a new elementary and secondary education act. we have just witnessed a unanimous bipartisan result in the senate committee on foreign relations on another difficult and contentious question. we have before us conference, the bipartisan and bicameral record of the ryan-murray negotiations. we even in a bipartisan and bicameral way just resolved the annoying annual ritual of the doc fix, so my partisanship -- so bipartisanship is possible but apparently not in the budget committee. this budget has been a bipartisan ramrod. even today's formality is not even a token. when i have said my piece here this morning, we are all done. republicans can ram their budget through, so they will ram their budget through, and that is fact. the problem is this h

he's the chief whitehouse correspondent of the "new york times." meter, tell --7"qx peter tell me how you see the president's frame of mind with tom friedman's interview as he strives to bring real probably the most important negotiations of his presidency. >> that's exactly right. we sat down and talked with tom friedman on saturday at the whitehouse to pitch his deal and also to think in larger terms of what it could mean for the region. he clearly has this idea that if they can make this work, if they can finalize the deal in june and get it past obstacles like congress,f0c there's a chance that transforms security in the region and perhaps even begins to change around just a little bit. he's not counting on that. he's realistic to understand that iran's a complicated country ease put it. clearly he has ambitions to go beyond simply curbing his nuclear program. >> rose: ambitions include what, do you think. >> well he thinks he's argued in fact that should this work, should sanctions be lifted, shouldhhvnbetter as a result, that that would empow

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senator whitehouse. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to compliment those chairs for their leadership in the process and what a privilege it is to serve on the conference committee. will we come this nation we are here today is an important step for governing in the way the american people expect. today's meeting is a positive step in the right direction and for the first time in a long time, there is a real possibility that both chambers of congress will adopt a budget resolution for a balanced budget. the budget will set the guard rails for federal spending in the upcoming year as well as decades ahead. families in my home state of michigan understand they need to tighten their belts and balance the budget when there is a change in household income or expenses. that is something we need to do in washington as well. the balanced budget will not raise taxes on hard-working americans and it will keep promises made to seniors while forwarding the historic national debt. from our nations founding it took more than 200 years for the g

whitehouse: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that chris stavish an education fellow and karen armitage both from my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this congress? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president may i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you. mr. president, the evidence of climate disruption caused by carbon pollution is clear and overwhelming yet the u.s. senate is sleepwalking through this history. i'm here today for the 97th time to say that we must wake up. climate disruptions are felt in every corner of the globe from every fleer to the reaches of the -- floor to the reaches of the atmosphere and pole to pole. the united states is antarctic nation. we have been since secretary of state seward negotiated the purchase of alaska from russia in 1867 for about $11 million. from our vantage point of the arctic circle we're witnes

senator grassley: senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: thank you for your work on immigration enforcement and express my regret we could not pass the bipartisan immigration reform bill through congress entirely that would have i think made your job a lot clearer and simpler and significant responsibility for the immigration mess that we're in now lies with congress, not with you and with congress for failing to pass the senate's bipartisan bill, which i was a strong supporter of. i would like to talk to you about cybersecurity. the majority leader has announced that he's going to try to have cyberweek here on the senate floor at some point. there's a lot of activity in the house. we have bipartisan bills that are pending on information sharing between federal agencies and the big communications providers. on agency public reporting of the cyberthreat to increase public awareness, of coordinating national notification when companies have data breaches. and updating some of the criminal penalties. when we first were work

. >> rose: has there been any consideration here, conversations in the congress in the whitehouse, at the pentagon, about the necessity possibly of more american troops coming to iraq? because the speaker of the house has entertained that idea as recently as the last couple days. >> well, i don't turn to what government in washington -- >> rose: has there been a conversation about that? >> no. >> rose: not at all? you haven't said we may need more than we're getting. >> no, not in terms of troops. i think it's the full stop. there is no means for troops on the ground or boots on the ground. we did ask for it. they don't have that in mind or in planning and we accept that. >> rose: but that's not going to happen. >> period. >> rose: what do you think of the turks? >> well, we're working with them. what we have done see we may have different things with different countries. true, for over the last decade or so or more there has been the -- with certain countries and our neighbors. in my opinion and that's the policy of this government we shouldn't stop short of any relationship because

senator grassley: senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: thank you for your work on immigration enforcement and express my regret we could not pass the bipartisan immigration reform bill through congress entirely that would have i think made your job a lot clearer and simpler and significant responsibility for the immigration mess that we're in now lies with congress, not with you and with congress for failing to pass the senate's bipartisan bill, which i was a strong supporter of. i would like to talk to you about cybersecurity. the majority leader has announced that he's going to try to have cyberweek here on the senate floor at some point. there's a lot of activity in the house. we have bipartisan bills that are pending on information sharing between federal agencies and the big communications providers. on agency public reporting of the cyberthreat to increase public awareness, of coordinating national notification when companies have data breaches. and only updating some of the criminal penalties. when we first were

. >> michael rubio is expected to launch his run for the whitehouse tomorrow, the 43-year-old is expected to make the announcement in his hometown of miami. he is son of cuban imgrant and invited people to a historic site in downtown miami that serves as memory of generations of cuban americans that risked everybody. >> sdrird as ellis eye land of the south. >> canada's for service here in philadelphia brought their campaigns to west oak lane today. they took part in political forum held by universal muslim businesses association. candidates for mayor as well as those for council and other offices were asked about the vision for thecyy fruit fewer. pennsylvania primary is may 19. >> it was a physician perfect surprised. meteorologist mel smell live with does he tailtz. hey, melissa. >> hey, walter, nice treat yesterday with temperatures in the 60s. once again we max out upper 60s in philadelphia. numbers across the mid-atlantic region and 50s and 60s at this hour. biping hamilton 53. 52 in philadelphia. up are 60 sz in charleston west viing virginia. roanoke coming in 61. satellite and ac

next would be senator whitehouse followed by senator portman, senator warner. senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: it's been an interesting week last week in the senate. i just completed last week a bipartisan markup on a contentious issue in the health committee with the result there of a 22-0 bipartisan vote on a new elementary and secondary education act. we have just witnessed a unanimous bipartisan result in the senate committee on foreign relations on another difficult and contentious question. we have before us as a conference the bipartisan and bicameral record of the ryan-murray negotiations. we even in a bipartisan and bicameral way just resolved the annoying annual ritual of the doc fix. so bipartisanship and progress are possible. but apparently not in the budget committee. this budget effort has been a partisan ramrod. even today's formality not even a token effort of bipartisanship. when i said my peace here this morning, we are all done. republicans can ram their budget through. so they will ram their budget through and that is that. the problem is that this has

. >> rose: we conclude this evening with megan smith technology officer at the whitehouse in charge of technology strategic. >> it's extraordinary legends for the whole group and we have had it pretty technical for everybody and the architecture and technology is really part of the strategies. they wanted the technical people with you. you got the country and google and facebook and twitter should as part of their rotation. >> rose: javad zarif and megan smith. >> rose: yesterday at this table, we had a 68 minute conversation with iranian's foreign minute far javad zarif. tonight, part two a conversation about the nuclear deal, about 69 relationship between iran and the united states and about the possibilities of future engagement. here is that conversation. if in factor there was a nuclear agreement, is it likely to lead to likely to lead to more cooperation in terms of u.s. iranian relations, u.s. iranian cooperation, u.s. iranian joint efforts if it finds itself on the same side. and do you somehow make the argument that if we can get past this nuclear agreement, we can work togeth

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i did not get the chance to see senator whitehouse the other day.ut from what you have indicated of his comments, i also agree. i do not think that replacing medicare a guarantee of care with a voucher that even our own budget estimates estimate would cost people $5,000 more out-of-pocket in a decade to get the same level of the and if it's that they have today -- i do not think that is the right answer for seniors unlimited income. i think we can do better. people have paid into social security and medicare. they have trusted that that money would be there for them. it is our responsibility as officeholders to make sure you get everything that you paid for. host: you did an op-ed in "the advocate" magazine, looking at marijuana. it makes the question between legalization of marijuana and marriage equality. can you explain? guest: we're not talking about morals be at we're talking about the political equivalency. those are two successful social movements in the last decade. legalizing marijuana and legalizing same-sex marriage. they have had great s

and tomorrow our road to the whitehouse coverage continues with hilary clinton in iowa. it is the first stop in a multi day road trip through the event. it is a round table discussion with local students and educators at a local community college. we will have that live at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span2. the bipartisan policy center heard from former homeland security secretary michael chertoff on better ways to manage security and immigration enforcement. he is the second person to head dhs after his formation in 2002. his remarks were followed by a discussion that included u.s. border patrol chief michael fischer. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much for coming out to the bipartisan policy center and thank you for joining us today for this discussion of border security metrics and immigration enforcement. we have a very great lineup of speakers. and i will introduce you to them in a minute. but first let me say i'm theresa cardinal brown and i am the director of the immigration project here at bipartisan pol

are not backing down but parted is they are demonstrating with more sophistication than though whitehouseould overplay their hand. maybe they underestimate congress where democrats oppose the deal as well spirit that is a separate issue if it would move for this potential issue whenever it is but as far as the iranian leadership leader has already said they're the end of june of course, we keep talking because as we do they continue their program. david: some people even suggest there is it the opening to though real-world plan because kissinger did the same with china but he chided with george shultz to write the op-ed to say as it is the projected nuclear agreement will reinforce not resolve the challenges in the region. he thinks it is a bad deal. >> it is. and trying to respond to secretary kissinger's comments. but from the iranian perspective we're already taking the floor of the break with the sanctions. they are eager to get in there it is easier and easier as the white house will normalize relations for the sanctions to be bypassed. with the idea to somehow keep them at the table

senator whitehouse. >> thank you madame chair. let me open with a question and comment. dr.peterson -- i was on the budget committee. i haven't been here for the whole hearing. could you be more specific about what you think the prospects are for a cure? how confident you are? how many viable paths towards a cure there are so that a non doctor like me can get a sense of how much confidence we can have? >> thank you senator whitehouse. excellent question difficult one to answer definitively of course. i think there's enough exciting research out there now, perhaps on new targets. this is a complex disease. it's not just a single cell disease. really involves networks in the brain. there are multiple targets out there. we're somewhat encouraged by a report just last week that one of the drugs that's under investigation for alzheimer's disease to remove the plaques in the brain in early phase one results indicated in fact there may be a path forward with this particular therapeutic. plaques were reduced in patients measured over a year and patients improved. very early phase on

i'm leading a reauthorization effort in a bipartisan way with senator whitehouse. we introduced a bill last congress to establish a starting point for negotiations in the new congress. just last week we held a hearing in the judiciary committee to focus on fixing issues within the juvenile justice grant program that whistleblowers had brought to my attention. the whistleblowers testified to widespread mismanagement and failures in the grant program. they cited instances of fraud and as will neglect of corporate requirements for these taxpayer-funded programs. the justice department's negligence relates to implementation of four criteria states must meet to receive funds. according to the whistleblowers, there are a few states that meet all of the grant eligibility criteria. but the office of justice programs which administers the program, turns its head the other way when states aren't in compliance. worse yet states know about this blanket amnesty, so apparently they don't even try to follow the law. after i wrote four letters on this issue the justice department

of where when they die lots of people say they brought it on themselves bear member went and the whitehouse guide or the kid from glee lots of people were saying they brought it on themselves. even a person at alton john guide wouldn't say good. it would be really extreme if they did that. it's about humanizing addicts and telling the story so it's about people coming out. like how did we change? 1963 the riots, two theaters in in -- 2000 years ago people were being persecuted. the defenders of people the pro-position was to say they are not evil, they are sick. that was the pro-position in people toga stories that people in their lives and incredibly people all over the world said i'm and i'm not the way you think i am. so partly stories about it coming out like you have black lives matter which is hugely important. i think we need the message addicts lives better. when the horrendous things i did for the book was i went to arizona the place about the chain gang and i interviewed to -- who works in prison right. tell me about something that shocked you. and she went through this long list

>>mark: whitehouse saying is willing to give congress a say on and a potential nuclear deal with iraqg the time president obama will not be allowed to waive in the congressional sanctions against tehran it also requires the white house a certified congress every 90 days it is complying with the deal the u.s. and six other nations are working on a bill to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. >>anny hong: jules first place on that list back in 1982 and face harsh economic sanctions this applies decade and a terrorist and supported marks and scrunches such as columbium the removal from the list will likely result in increased international financing for the cuban government as well as increase criticism of the new cuba policy for many years we've had that allegation that and you'd spots into mass terrorism in the value as word when it comes to terrorism and investing is are waiting for cuba to lose the tier designation before investing money in the country. >>mark: a dozen police officers will be equipped robotic cameras by the end of the year and officials hope the program cons

there is no some agreement on the united states side for a process of consideration between the whitehousend the congress. there seems to be less agreement on what the substance should be. a bad agreement is worse than no agreement, but there seems to be no real agreement on what a bad agreement would look like. secretary of state baker in an opt-ed last friday suggested one of the steps we ought to do is get our own house in order and identify the three or four things that really make a reasonable agreement from this u.s. stand point and be clear about them in the same way someone would say the supreme leader would be clear about what he needs. is that a good course of action? >> when you ask the question is this a good deal or bad deal i think it is really two questions in a sense. the first is does the deal do what we need to do. is it valuable to our interest and advance the objects we set out which in this case non-proliferation and the threat we see iran poses in the middle east. there is a second question as well. it is highlighted by the president. watt are the alternatives? a good

is the lead republican on this amendment -- we were pleased to include a provision that senators whitehouse and sessions were working on to include the u.s. marshal service's assistance in locating missing children. incentives for the safe harbor laws that we've already been seeing in 15 states. we've seen an increase in these kinds of crimes. qualifying victims for job-training programs and then finally the provision to make it easier for the u.s. marshal service to assist local law enforcement. that was included in this amendment, came through the committee. i just want to end by telling what you this is about. it is about a 12-year-old girl in rochester who got a text. the text said she was invited to a party. the text said meet me in a parking lot. then she got raped in a man sold on craig's list, sold for sex. raped by two other men. finally, the guy that did this -- weeks later they were able to find him. he has been prosecuted -- he's being prosecuted federally. that's what this is about. these are serious crimes. the average age of a a victim is 12 years old. again, i want to thank

. >> if only terrorists attacked the gulf more, that might actually get the whitehouse's attention.e obama administration has done? >>> one half of the blues brothers and dan aykroyd has a message for you. >> america is flat-out gun crazy. that's it man. >> but he's got a solution. does it include a proceed -- proton pack. what till you hear it. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> we start with this fox news alert. just moments ago isis reportedly releasing a brand-new horrific video showing the brutal murder of ethee beyond the scopian christians in libya. one group is beheaded, the other is shot to death. the video has not been authenticated yet. >> this comes as the latest attack. 21 christians were beheaded in libya early in the year. >> a major shift in the war on terror. isis striking on the heart of afghanistan. a suicide attack at bank early in the morning when civilians were picking up money for their paychecks. he blew himself outside the bank. >> this is like going to your local branch of your bank to cash a check is the parallel that you can relate to this in your

whitehouse is saying this particular drone was not authorized by the president.s is urgent legal territory which the courts have never really construed. i am painting a picture of fidelity to the constitution. the president if he were to address this would paint a picture of i want to keep you safe so i need the power to kill the bad guys no matter where they are. tom: to your point that the families of the people would diet would have a cause of action against the united states is there anybody else at the start the process to either make congress declare war which sounds like in your comments that that would solve all of this. is there somebody in congress or judiciary branch, you can't do this anymore. judge napolitano: courts have no authority unless and until someone brings a proper case to them the injured party aside from these people that i did is the congress. the president, by the subterfuge of using the cia in civilian garb to fire military weapons. in virginia where the computer is engaged. the physical drone is not in virginia but the decision to dis

the whitehouse threatened to veto this bill, but senator cardin probably better than most was able to listen to the concerns and then try to respond to the concerns in a way we could make the bill productive. this matter is so important that we -- we just can't tackle it in any way other than trying to follow to the best we humanly can that vandenberg maxim and i hope as we get into the deliberations on the floor next week that that will be the spirit of all the colleagues who tackle this most important matter. with that, mr. president i thank you and yield the floor. mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president i just really want to thank senator kaine and i appreciate you outlining how this legislation went from unlikely to have much impact because we just didn't have the consensus and the numbers necessary to get it through to the finish line. it would have had a very, very difficult time getting through the committee let alone the floor of the senate and the house and signed by the president but how people listen to each ot

senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. senator carl levin of michigan.enator gordon smith of oregon. mrs. irene inohe, wife of deceased senator of hawaii, senator inohe. senator paul kirk of massachusetts. ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the senate. [applause] please be seated. i would like now to ask members of the house of representatives who are with us today thank you all for being here and please be seated. i would also like to knowledge the governors from the commonwealth and the city of washington to join us today attorney general laura healy state treasurer deb goldberg, and rosenberg, state speaker of the house robert delauro, and mayor of boston, marty walsh. [applause] and next i am especially pleased to see so many future senators in our midst. there are 50 students here today, as their badges show from every state in the nation and thank you all for being here. [applause] and of course, our thanks to the kennedy family, who made all of this possible. would the kennedys all stand up, all 370 of you? [applause] [laughter] vice president

governor and members of the panel after your last meeting my friend senator sheldon whitehouse spoke about regulatory systems in place to protect shareholders sorry stakeholders instead of encouraging innovative methods for solving existing and new threats that we face. i'm here to put a face on that issue as it applies to the vaccine development experiencing it firsthand. i know and i hope that you will know there are ways to respond to the biological threat than what we are doing today. i trust that by the end of my presentation you will know but also. i'm the infectious diseases expert and founder, ceo scientific officer. over the past 17 years my company has been engaged in designing vaccines that are more effective, safer, faster and cheaper to produce than those made with existing methodologies in the 1 cents, we are like many companies that have a solution potentially for dealing with threats that our company may be a little different from others. we've become successful by challenging the scientific status quo. it has been a struggle but i think that it is worth the effort an

nearly $24,000 less than the median income of whitehouse holds. black americans are nearly three times more likely to live in poverty than white americans. at 10.1%, the current unemployment rate for black americans is more than double that for white americans. in my congressional district, the rate of black unemployment is 24.5%. comparing to only 5.1% for white unemployment. these facts exemplify the extraordinary growth of inequality in recent years. the massive inequality and the injustices which flow from the great imbalance grips so many of our neighborhoods, so many of our towns and villages, so many of our people who need and deserve the opportunity to share in all of our nation's potential and all that it has to offer. these are the topics on which policymakers should focus, not hundreds of billions of dollars in piecemeal tax cuts for the wealthiest corporations and heirs' estates over 10 million. the republican budget proposes to raise taxes on 26 million working families and students by discontinuing important improvements to the earne

whitehouse: mr. president as americans celebrate the 35th earth day this week, i rise for the 96th time -- i seem to be coinciding with the presiding officer's schedule so he's been treated to his share of these speeches -- to urge this body to wake up to the threat of climate change. it's real, not a hoax. it's caused by carbon pollution. and it's already making changes that we are already seeing in the world around us. we must cut our carbon pollution to prevent even bigger climate changes, changes in our atmosphere and oceans and human habitat potentially unprecedented in the history of our human habitation of this planet. yet the polluters who are producing this problem would have us do nothing. they make money when we do nothing. so we do nothing. the polluters run a racket. they offload on to us the costs and damage from their fossil fuel product. the costs of heat waves of sea level rise, of ocean acidification, of dying forests and more. the polluters happily dump those costs on to everybody

whitehouse: thank you very much mr. president. mr. president, the distinguished majority leader, the senior senator from kentucky, is resolutely opposed to any serious conversation about climate change. under his leadership, the republican party and the senate has exactly zero legislation for addressing carbon pollution in any serious way. and the majority leader has even written to governors around the country urging defiance of the climate change regulations of the united states government, namely the environmental protection agency's forthcoming clean power plan to cut presently unregulated carbon pollution from our power plants. so i thought i should take a look at what kentucky is doing about climate change. well it turns out that kentucky is already crafting a plan for complying with president obama's clean power plan. why are they doing that? well, in a statement the kentucky energy and environment cabinet said it was because and i quote the overwhelming majority of our stakeholders are telling us to make prepgz to submit a pla

whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president i am very pleased and also very proud to follow my senior colleague and to join senator reed in congratulating our providence college men's ice hockey team in wing its first ever national championship. the friars edged out boston university 4-3 a week ago sat saturday night in p.c.'s first trip to the frozen four in 30 years. the bupc event was a southern new england showdown that brought more than 18,000 hockey fans to boston's t.d. garden. playing so close to home, p.c. had plenty of support from the stands. they also had a little bit of good luck. but it was more than luck that put providence college over the top. those kids played their hearts out. and forward bran deny tanif f's goal was no fluke. the pry yarrs earned that victory and rhode islanders couldn't be more proud of them. head coach nate liman said that when it gets to be that late in the season, and when there's that kind of

these victims for job training programs and finally it includes a very important bill that senator whitehouse and senator sessions had that helps federal marshals to track down victims of sex trafficking. i want to thank my coauthor and all 26 cosponsors of this amendment, senator cornyn i know we'll talk later about the underlying bill but this is a bipartisan effort from beginning to end and a very important policy bill. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i rise in favor of the cassidy-peters amendment. i've been working in a public hospital for 30 years. i'm aware the following is true. 90% of victims in a recent survey saw a nurse or doctor or other health care professional while being held captive. if those health care workers have the training and tools to identify the signs, symptoms of those being trafficked, we can -- they can make the appropriate referral and a help them escape that terrible exist epps. this amendment would provide for the development of best practices to enable health care workers to recognize

crapo graham portman toomey, johnson, ayotte, wicker, corker, perdue sanders murray, wyden stabenow whitehouse, warner, merkley baldwin mccain. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session at 2:00 p.m. on thursday, april 16, to consider the following nominations. calendar number 1 and calendar number 51. that the senate vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that no further motions be in order that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business

i know they worked with the whitehouse to craft a bill that does not cut the legs out from underneath our negotiators as they worked to finalize a deal with iran. and i want to thank them for preserving the administration's ability to negotiate and congress' ability to weigh in on the final deal. as we cast our votes on amendments and final passage of this bill, i would encourage us to consider the delicate nature of the compromise that senators corker and cardin have struck. too often in washington, we focus on what divides us rather than what unites us, and that's unfortunate, sometimes counterproductive for our country. on not just this issue but on a host of important policy matters. compromise should not be aare occurrence in our nation's capital. rather it should be one of our guiding principles. we should seize this opportunity, colleagues, to advance a compromise that meets the needs of my colleagues and our colleagues and the president and our nation, and i urge our colleagues to join me in supporting senator corker and senator cardin's legislation. mr. president, some of my