ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senator from delaware, senator coons, and i be permitted to proceed as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: mr. president i send a bill to the desk on behalf of myself and senator coons and ask that it be appropriately referred. the presiding officer: the bill will be received and appropriately referred. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, today i'm very pleased to be joined by my colleague from delaware, senator chris coons in introducing the reach every mother and child act of 2015. the purpose of our bill is to improve the health and well-being of women and children in developing countries. mr. president, every day approximately 800 women will die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and child birth. in addition, more than 17,000 children under the age of 5 will die each day of treatable conditions such as prematurity pneumonia and diarrhea, with malnutrition being the und

ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. before the senator from rhode island leaves the floor let me thank him for his comments. i've been working with him on issues like hospice care and advanced planning. i know these issues are very important to him as they are to me and i'm happy that we're able to collaborate on a g.a.o. request and also on a hearing later this year. so i want to thank him for his efforts in resolving this issue so that the reauthorization of the older americans act could go forward. mr. president before i begin my comments on the older americans act, i do want to add to the accolades that have been given today to the chairman and the ranking member of the senate health education, labor and pensions committee on which i'm pleased to serve. they have worked as a team providing tremendous leadership that brought us to a tremendous accomplishment today and that is the passage of the every child achieves act. it would not have happened without the extraordinary leadership of chairman alexander a

ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i send a bill to the desk and ask that it be appropriately referred. the presiding officer: the bill will be received and appropriately referred. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to introduce the federal information security management act of 2015. i'm very pleased that senator warner, senator mikulski, senator coats senator ayotte and senator mccaskill are joining me in this bipartisan effort to strengthen cybersecurity in federal agencies. i very much appreciate their input into this bill and their support. mr. president, the cyber attack that stole sensitive personal data from millions of current former and retired federal employees from the poorly secured databases at the office of personnel management underscored the extraordinary vulnerability of our federal computer networks. but for the more than 21 million americans infected and indeed, for our country the threat from this theft continues. whether it is the risk to th

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members of the foundation board of directors i'd like to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950 remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse navy, castro street or merchant mar

ms. collins: thank you mr. president. i rise to support the bipartisan every child achieves act. this is landmark legislation that would reform and reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act also known as no child left behind. this bill would improve our schools and strengthen the traditional roles played by our local communities our educators, and our states. i am proud to have joined every member of the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee in voting to report this bill, and i applaud the chairman senator alexander and the ranking member, senator murray for their leadership. mr. president, congressional action to remedy the serious problems with the law no child left behind while preserving its valuable parts is long overdue. nclb was a well-intentioned law and its focus on the education of every child greater transparency in school performance and more accountability for results were welcome reforms. but, mr. president some of its provisions were simply not achievable and thus, discouraging to teachers, to parents and students alike. the current sy

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofe to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950 remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse navy, castro street or merchant sailor or markup and many of the veterans are

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofe to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950 remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse navy, castro street or merchant marin sailor or markup and many of the vetera

ms. bolger welcome. >> thank you and good morning chairman collins, ranking member murray and members of the commit commit. i am very grateful to be here. during high time at amhurst college i benefited from decades of fight to promote gender equality but inherited a history of under enforcement in the shadow of gender violence ramped and with a few students known anything about title nine. students who experienced sexual or dating violence were encouraged not to report denied counseling and pressured to take time off. when i reported my own abuse, i was urged to drop out and go home and return after my rapist graduateed graduate graduated. students of color, lgbt students, low income students and students with disability are the most underrepresented. this frustrates their effort to learn and graduate but came with staggering burdens. the cost of violence is very real. between the expense of health services that colleges have refused to provide and tuition lost when victims feel they cannot safely remain on campus with their assailiant without support. it cost survivors educational students and continue

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you very much, mr. collins. i think you laid it out in a thoughtful manner. no deal is better than a bad deal. with that, i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to mr. zeldin of new york who has been calling out for rigorous inspections -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman is recognized. mr. zelidni -- mr. zeldin: i appreciate that. i know my constituents up in new york are more sequre and free due to your work through the years here in the halls of congress so i thank you for your leadership this past weekend we celebrated the fourth of july. 239 years since america delair -- declared its independence. what makes america great is what we stand for. freedom and liberty. then there's iran. the world's largest state sponsor of terror. a nation overthrowing foreign governments unjustly imprisoning united states citizens including a united states marine. iran blows up mock u.s. warships. develop icbm's, they pledge to wipe israel off the map. and in their streets

ms. this -- in my business, you don't love coincidences, but it does appear that there is not a cyber intrusion involved. senator collins: director, you talked about the impact on terrorism cases and your counterterrorism efforts and you said it is very difficult to quantify what the impact is. but it is my understanding that this morning, in testimony before the judiciary committee that the district attorney for manhattan said that in the past six months alone, there had been 74 cases where law enforcement had been stymied because they were unable to get information from police-seized cell phones. is that accurate? dir. comey: i saw that in the written testimony. knowing him, i believe it to be accurate. senator collins: as i look at this problem, which obviously has ramifications that some of my colleagues have pointed out for criminal cases as well as for counterterrorism investigations, would an option be to require the companies themselves to be able to access the information to comply with a lawful court order, not the government having the keys or backdoor in, but the company itself? might that be a solution to t

ms stefanik: first, i want to take a moment to thank congressman newhouse and congressman collins for spearheading and organizing this special order and thanks to congressman fincher for his work and leadership. mr. speaker, i stand today to express my support for the re-authorization of the export-import bank and h.r. 597 of which i'm a proud original co-sponsor. it would reform and re-authorizize this critical institution. the ex-im bank has facilitate exports on behalf of thousands of businesses and created jobs in all 50 states. failing to re-authorize the ex-im bank would create a stark disadvantage for our country's businesses and cause significant job loss. in fact, over 40 other nations have an export credit agency. and if america's is not re-authorized, our nation would be the only country in the top 20 economies in terms of g.d.p., not to have one. as i travel throughout my district, i hear from manufacturers who are directly impacted by the ex-im bank. for example the platco corporation has been in separation since 1897 and specializes in valve engineering for a wide variet

ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise in support of the multiyear surface transportation bill before the senate. the current authorization is set to expire this friday when the highway trust fund will be depleted to levels that can no longer fully reimburse states for construction that has already been completed. unfortunately, it looks as though we are going to have yet another short-term extension rather than immediately enacting a longer-term bill as the house of representatives is preparing to send the senate a three-month extension. mr. president, this is a critical time of year for many states particularly my home state of maine where peak construction work occurs during a very short construction season. it would be irresponsible for congress not to pass a bipartisan bill this week and keep those projects moving forward. i hope that this