mr. heinrich: i want to thank my friend from oregon. and i think you could not have chosen a more appropriate way to end than to reference what ben franklin said so many years ago that great quote that those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. and while many reforms still lie in front of us, i think as we move forward to approving the u.s.a. freedom act we move a lot closer to the balance that ben franklin articulated so well over 200 years ago. and i look forward to working with my colleagues from oregon and all of our colleagues to achieving that balance and standing up for our constituents mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i know of no further debate on the motion. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, the question is on the motion to proceed. all those i

mr. heinrich: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: madam president i would ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call and to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heinrich: president obama announced that dreamers, young people who were brought to the united states as children, would have the opportunity to apply for temporary protection from deportation through the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, what has become known as daca. today more than 660,000 young people across this nation have benefited from did daca, including more than 7,000 in my home state of new mexico. these are some of our brightest students. they're our veterans, who no longer have to fear deportation. not only do dreamers want to earn an education and to work, they want to give back to their communities and to their country. in fact, i would suggest that dreamers don't know how to be anything but american. we hear again and again of the remarkable stories of immigrants overcoming very difficult

mr. president. i am coming to the floor today to speak on behalf of an amendment that i am offering along with schatz, senator udall, senator blumenthal, senator heinrich, senators tester merkley and baldwin. mr. president, today was announced that president obama is going to be sending another 450 troops to iraq to help assist in the fight against isil. that will mean that we now have 3,500 troops in position throughout iraq assisting in the battle against isil within those borders. this marks also nearly a year since we have reengaged in military activities in iraq and in syria both with support forces for the iraqis, with training, for those that are fighting in syria and major air operations targeting isil. there i think is broad bipartisan consensus here that the united states needs to take the fight to this enemy an enemy that is seeking to occupy an enormous amount of territory in a very dangerous region from which it can plot attacks against the united states. but i also think that there is bipartisan agreement that we should do our constitutional duty that we should authorize that war against isil, and my hope is that the foreign relations com

mr. president, i join senator mccain and ranking member read as well as senator collins and the other original cosponsors from the senator legg t., paul king flake heinrich, white house, mikulski warner, baldwin and marquis in darfur in an amendment that will help ensure the united states never again carry so coercive and abusive interrogation techniques or indefinite secret detentions. i'm very pleased the senate will consider the amendment and i urge and aye vote. the amendment today is really very simple. it applies the authorizations and restrictions for interrogations in the army field manual to the entire united states government. it extends what congress did in 2005 by a vote of 929 with the detainee treatment of fact which i believe mccain off third for amusing techniques not authorized by the army field manual and also then the government for using cruel inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment. the amendment requires prompt access by the international committee of the red cross to any detainee held by the united states government. both of this provision are consistent with united states policy for the past several years. this amendment wo

mr. president i want to thank my friend and colleague, the senior senator from vermont for his tireless work on this issue. senator leahy and i allow a senator heinrich and so many others to participate in this process have worked together to develop a legislative strategy that is both bicameral and bipartisan. this legislation that we were about to vote on today was passed with an overwhelming supermajority in the the house of representatives. 330 votes to 88 does. this is a testament to the fact that in so many instances there is more that unites us than divides us. in today's political environment. this is an example of the type of win-win situation we can develop. this bill protects american national security and it does so in a way that is respectful of the privacy interests and that the letter and spirit of the fourth amendment. the american people understand intuitively that it is none of the governments business who they are calling who called them how long the calls blast. the american people intuitively understand the graduate researchers have confirmed, this type of calling data even the data is self not anything having to do with recorded

mr. president i join senator mccain and ranking member reed as well as senator collins and the other original cosponsors senators leahy paul king, flake heinrich whitehouse mikulski, wyden murphy hirono, warner, baldwin brown and markey in offering an amendment that will help ensure the united states never again carries out coercive and abusive interrogation techniques or indefinite secret detentions. i'm very pleased that the senate will consider this amendment and i urge an aye vote. the amendment we are offering today is really very simple. it applies the authorizations and restrictions for interrogations in the army field manual to the entire united states government. it extends what congress did in 2005 by a vote of 90-9 with the detainee treatment act which i believe senator mccain authored which banned the department of defense from using techniques not authorized by the army field manual and also banned the government from using cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment. the amendment also requires prompt access by the international committee of the red cross to any detainee held by the united states government. both of the

mr. heinrich: i want to thank my friend from oregon. and i think you could not have chosen a more appropriate way to end than to reference what ben franklin said so many years ago that great quote that those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. and while many reforms still lie in front of us, i think as we move forward to approving the u.s.a. freedom act we move a lot closer to the balance that ben franklin articulated so well over 200 years ago. and i look forward to working with my colleagues from oregon and all of our colleagues to achieving that balance and standing up for our constituents. mr. wyden: mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: . quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: