>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. the democratic leadership has reportedly trying to find a compromise on health care reform. the only problem is they're compromising with themselves than with republicans. democrats have been trying to blame their fate to find broad consensus on health care reform on republicans but this ignores the facts. the facts are three committees, the house democratic leadership sat down and drafted a bill with no republican input. these same democratic leaders have then made changes to the bill based on concerns raised by other democrats. now, democratic leaders are continuing their negotiation with a different group of democrats in an attempt to secure 218 votes in their own caucus. since republicans aren't invited to these negotiations, here's some free advice from the house floor. if you're having this much trouble getting a majority of their conference to support your bill, then you're going to have an even bigger

lieberman: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered he. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. mr. levin: i would ask the senator from connecticut to yield. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent that no second-degree amendments be in order to amendment that. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair and the chairman of the committee. mr. president, i rise to introduce this amendment, along with the senator from alabama, senator sessions, in a broad -- and a broad bipartisan group of cosponsors. this amendment concerns the deployment of missile defenses in europe. i'm very pleased to say as chairman levin suggested, there has been a lot of work done on this by a lot of people, including chairman levin, ranking member mccain, their staffs, our staffs, and i think that we have reached a

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tiahrt: mr. speaker, on friday i offered an amendment in the appropriations committee that failed because every democrat voted against it. the amendment simply stated that members of congress and the administration should live by the laws they impose on the american people. specifically, if you vote for a government-run health insurance plan you should get a government-run health insurance plan. if it's good enough to impose health care rationing on the american people, it's certainly good enough for you. botts it's hypocritical to vote for a goift-run rationed health care plan that will be forced on everyone else -- government-run rationed health care plan that will be forced on everyone else and obtaining a private health care plan yourself. kansans are upset about the possibility that they're forced on a rationed public health care plan by this congress. they believe if it's not good enough for the people who vote for it, it's not goo

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lee: for months now my constituents in western new york have been asking, where are the jobs? well, take a look around. are they in the recently passed national energy tax that devoted more than 50 of its 1,300 pages to light bulb regulation and just two paragraphs on carbon-free nuclear energy? or are they in the 1,000-page government sponsored health care proposal without so much a mention for malpractice liability reform to dramatically reduce premiums on struggling americans? or maybe they're in the recently passed $700 million welfare program for wild horses. the majority has shown it doesn't know how to create new jobs outside of -- for those of new federal bureaucrats, but it certainly knows how to create new burdens for our children and grandchildren. this week alone, our treasury is set to sell off a record $205 billion in debt. let's start working together to implement responsible solutions to the serious challenges facing our n

coburn: i ask unanimous consent further reading be dispensed. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. coburn: throughout this appropriations bill we have a lot of reports we are asking agencies to come up with. this is another amendment about transparency. i appreciate that the chairman and ranking member will accept this amendment. this says if we have a report the agency has to report it to the american people. in other words they have to publish it. we get to see what the results of that report. now there's exceptions for national intelligence and military but in those areas where there is not reason for the american people to see it, what this amendment says the amendments have to release the report and put them online and mack them available for the american people. you paid for the report. for too often we pay for the reports and never get to see them. this says the reports that come out of here that are not related to national security or defense and otherwise are appropriate will be made available by the agency to the am

berkley: i ask unanimous consent -- consent to claim ms. woolsey's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. ms. berkley: thank you, madam speaker. nevada has been a boom state for as long as i can remember. my family has been there for 46 years and with every passing year more and more people moved in and more and more people flourished in a very strong economy. but when the bust came it came with a vengeance and i'm afraid that the state of nevada, like many other states in this country, and many other countries in the world, are suffering as in the midst of an economic crisis. we have the highest morgue foreclosure rate in the country in my congressional district and i have one of the highest unemployment rates and what makes this so startling is perhaps a year ago there was virtually no unemployment in my district and in the state of nevada. there's been a lot of criticism about the stimulus package. the called the recovery act, more commonly known as the stimulus package. people say it's not big enoug

hof i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call -- mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. inhofe: i notice no one on the floor and i was going to address those three subjects. i do want to make a couple of comments, and if anyone comes in and seeks the floor, i will draw to a close. one other major issue that we are dealing with right now, and we've had a number of hearings, and i'd like to kind of put it in perspective so people understand, there's a lot of complaints around the country that the cap-and-trade bill that was passed by the house of representatives interestingly by one vote over the majority -- and that's 219 -- when the bill was passed 3:00 in the morning and -- was written 3:00 in the morning and passed the same day. i applaud john boehner over there for saying we want to establish some kind of a program whereby anything that we're going to consider on the floor should be on a web site so all of america can read it at least

brown: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate now proceed to the considers of s. res. 209 submitted earlier today. excuse me, mr. president -- the presiding officer: yes. mr. brown: this one the senior senator from new york. the presiding officer: complort. the clerk: recognizing the 40th anniversary of the national eye institute and expressing support for designation of the years 2011 through 2020 as the decade of vision. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate proceeds to the measure. mr. brown: mr. president, 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. brown: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 tomorrow, a.m., july 8, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour b

boffer doll low: i ask unanimous con -- ms. bordallo: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady will suspend. could we have people remove their conversations from the floor so we may proceed. ms. bordallo: h.r. 1044 provides that the port chicago naval magazine national memorial be managed as a unit of the national park system. currently, the area is managed as an affiliated site by the parks service. on july 17, 1944, 320 men were killed in an explosion at the port chicago navy loading base in the san francisco bay area. this was the largest homeland disaster in world war ii osm the dead, 202 were african-american enlisted men assigned to moving ammunition a highly dangerous job, for which they had not received adequate training. fearful of another explosion, 258 of their surviving fellow sailors refused to work without more training. in response, the navy charged 50 men with mutiny and all were convicted. p

baca: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baca: president kennedy once said, ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country. immigrants take this question to heart, not only do they ask what they can do for their country but they also ask what they can do for their communities, their families as well. simply put, immigrants are one of the hardest working groups of america, regardless of legal status. their willingness to work and gain assimilation into the american -- enter the american society and culture greatly benefits our country. this month in iraq, 237 foreign-born u.s. service members became citizens of this country. this is a key example of the level of dedication, i state dedication, and service that immigrants give to america. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work with president obama and c.h.c. to pass comprehensive immigration reform. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield

hinojosa: i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i stand before you as a member of the education and labor committee. it is a pleasure to stand before you today to speak about the adult education and economic growth act of 2009, known as h.r. 3238 legislation that my friend and colleague, representative patrick kennedy of rhode island and i introduced on thursday, july 16, 2009. as we all know, our nation is facing one of the most difficult economic times in history. technology and globalization, coupled with the economic recession are causing low wage and low-skilled workers to become particularly vulnerable. according to the bureau of labor statistics, unemployment among individuals with less than a high school diploma has risen from 7.5% to almost 15% in april, 2009. the unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college degree has increased from 4.6% to 9.3%. currently, the u.s. ranks 11th among oecd countries in the percentage of young a

i ask unanimous consent to submit this letter for the record, madam speaker. the chair: without objection. mr. gingrey: i also ask to submit for the record that a let that are i sent to president obama and secretary gates and signed by 199 of my house colleagues that concludes that continued f-22 production is in the national economic interest of the united states and i ask unanimous consent to submit that letter, too. the chair: without objection, so ordered. mr. gingrey: madam speaker, i ask all my colleagues, reject the obama administration's posture on the f-22 and support continued f-22 production as we consider this bill. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: -- mr. young: i yield now two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, dr. broun. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. yet again the democratic leadership has decided to close down this process. i submitted an amendment to th

i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the presiding officer: under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order the senate will proceed to a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the time is equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the second half. mr. corker: madam president, thank you. i rise today to speak about where we find ourselves today. this is a momentous time in our country's history as all of us in both bodies on both sides of the aisle find ourselves focused on the issue of health care reform. madam president, in the middle 1990's i had the tremendous honor of serving the state of tennessee in a position that allowed in toe oversee the state's medicaid program and many other programs in our state that focused on the needs of many of the underserved in our

levin: i would ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call, senator. mr. levin: i ask can unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: i would now ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment, the sessions amendment as modified be temporarily laid aside and we now proceed to the next item under the u.c. agreement, which would be senator isakson's amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: i call up the isakson amendment. the clerk: the senator from georgia mr. isakson proposed amendment 1525. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: a few years ago there was a bury waiver for the purpose of making the fire-resistant uniforms the united states marines, the united states army and aviators. the barry requirement is the by america requirement. meaning that you first have to buy american before you go offshore to buy a product. at the beginning of the iraq war the united states army and marines noticed im

i ask unanimous consent that i might speak for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: mr. speaker, this past sunday i read a column in the "raleigh news observer" entitled from "from vietnam 1959 to afghanistan 2009." the column was written by joseph gal way, a military journalist, and co-author of a book on vietnam called "we were soldiers once and young." mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit the full text of this column for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. jones: thank you, sir. mr. speaker, perhaps the column's most point is its description of a time in 1965 when secretary of defense robert macnamara presented president johnson with a top secret memo. it indicated that the united states had reached a decision point with two available options. the first option was to arrange diplomatic cover and pull out of south vietnam. the second option was to increase the number of american troops by 200,000, bringing the total to more than 500,000 americans on the ground. rega

woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders hevert entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include thrn extraneous materials. ms. woolsey, ms. kaptur, mr. quigley, illinois, mr. spratt, south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. if you wonder why health care reform is so hard, look at the rhetoric surrounding efforts to help senior citizens and their families cope with end of life decisions. it has more ofed it -- morphed into something that i think is rather sad. i was angry and put off in reference to section 1233 today in "the washington times," they cite a misrepresentation by republican leadership at that -- that talks about the government-encouraged euthanasia. we heard one of our republican colleagues talk about actually having the government -- i want to be careful about this -- that seniors being in a position of put to death by their government. mr. speaker, looking at this legislation, it is the result of a bipartisan effort to allow senior citizens and their families to know the choices that face them. nothing mandatory, no government bureaucrat, simply giving them the choice to have format

jones: i ask unanimous consent that i speak for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes without objection. mr. jones: tonight i'm on the floor to express my thanks to the united states marine corps. on april 8, 2000, the late lieutenant colonel john a. breaux, and late major brooks groove of jacksonville, north carolina, were the marine pilots of an m-22 os pre-- osprey that crashed in arizona. the mishap occurred during a training mission as part of a test phase to determine the aircraft's operational suitability for the marine corps. 17 other marines were killed in the crash. from that day until tonight, i have worked with many aviation experts in the corps and outside the corps who helped me reach the conclusion that these pilots were not at fault for this crash. unfortunately many inaccurate reports have characterized the cause of the mishap as pilot error. to set the record straight, in 2009 i asked the marine corps to include in the official military personnel files of lieutenant colonel breaux a

president, i ask unanimous consent -- i have two unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. and i would ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: now i would ask unanimous consent that the senate stand in recess until 1:00. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate stands in recess until 1:00 p.m. recess: >> you prepare to argue before her. >> you prepare to argue before her as you would we have any judge. you have to know the case backwards and forwards. one of the interesting, differences between the american system and the english system for al appellate advocacy. as far as i understand it, i never argued in england or seen an appeal, i'm told the house of lords takes as long as they need to decide an appeal. and, hear arguments. that sometimes arguments there can go on for days. what's unusual here, both in the circuit court and in the supreme court

mccain: i'd like to ask unanimous consent to ask several questions of the senator from kansas. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: a has the senator from kansas detected any change in north korean behavior since the imposition of sanctions? mr. brownback: yes, they have taken less provocative actions. mr. mccain: including launching missiles on the 4th of july. mr. brownback: it is a strange date they would pick. 4th of july, but they did. mr. mccain: isn't it true that there is evidence that north koreans were involved in the construction of a nuclear facility in syria, which the israelis felt was enough of a threat to their national security that they destroyed it? mr. brownback: absolutely. abundant evidence and it was amazing how kauaiest the -- how quiet the world community was because they didn't want it known that the north koreans did build that facility or that it was in syria. mr. mccain: isn't it true that there is a published news report that north korea and iran have worked in together in the development of nuclear weapons and energy t

durbin: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended.he presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, pending before the senate at this moment is this national defense authorization act which is an annual bill considered by the senate which basically authorizes the spending of money and certain policies for the department of defense. there's a lot of work that goes into this bill put in primarily by the chairman of the committee, carl levin of michigan, and john mccain of arizona. this bill looks to me -- i'm trying to find a page number here -- to be over 1,000 pages long. they put a lot of effort into this bill and are anxious to pass it. an issue came up, an important issue, about the f-22 airplane. this is a fighter plane that the current administration and others have said should be discontinued. now, whenever a fighter plane is being built and is being discontinued, there are people who resist it because each one of these defense projects involve a lot of people, a lot of jobs, a lot of contracts that are impor

i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the presiding officer: under the previous order the clerk will report the motion toin vehicle cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of robert groves of mitch to be director of the census, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of robert m. groves, of michigan, to be director of the census, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: society:vote: sthoo the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change your vote? seeing none on, this vote, the yeas are 76, the nays are 15. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirm

and, madam president, i ask unanimous consent the g.a.o.'s full testimony be entered into the record. g.a.o.'s -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. voinovich: it's quite a report and for those that are really interested in the subject, i asked them to read this or have their staff look at it: joint strike fighter strong risk management essential entering the most challenging phase. it is interesting the company originally chosen to do this has had cost overruns even in the beginning and the two companies that were competing with them have been on budget and on time. for the record -- by the way, it's right here in this g.a.o. report. all you have to do is read the report and it is there. let me read the record "a competitive strategy has potential of exceeding that amount across the life cycling of the engine. prior experience indicates it is reasonable to assume competition on the joint strike fighter engine program could yield savings. as a result we remain confident that competitive pressures could yield enough savings to offs

president, i ask unanimous consent to call off the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. vitter: and now ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: will the -- in my capacity as the senator from new mexico, i object. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to speak in morning business. mr. president, the issues before the united states senate are sometimes weighty and complex, historic. i don't think there's any greater challenge this senate has faced in modern times than our current debate over health care. this is such a major part of not only the american economy, but of our every day lives that it's hard to think of another issue that we have tackled in the senate which will be so far-reaching. the american people understand the need for change it comes to health care. even if they have a health insurance policy today that they value and trust, they're worried abo

shaheen: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be dispensed. .the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, i ask to speak up to ten minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. time and time again we've heard that our health care system is not working. costs are too high. outcomes are too poor. and access is too limited. i agree with so many of my colleagues who have spoken out over the last several weeks that the status quo is not sustainable. we manufacture take action. we must all work together to ensure that every american has access to quality and affordable health care. mr. president, everyone deserves stable health care coverage that they can count on. regardless of the job they hold or the curve balls that life may throw. all americans should be able to count on insurance premiums and deductibles that won't continue to rise and eat away more and more of their paychecks. and all americans deserve stable health care that lets them keep their doctor a

young: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. young: thank you, madam speaker. today it was my great privilege to welcome reverend mark campbell to the house of representatives. reverend campbell and his wife, shelly, are active duty in the united states air force, ministering our brave men and women in uniform. reverend campbell is currently the chaplain for the office of the secretary defense, office of family community and policy. he works as a consultant on religious affairs. supports families. prior to serving as a chaplain in the air force, he pastored the baptist church in anchorage, alaska. he served in bases around the world. he's a shining example of those of us who preach the good news to all creations. i thank reverend campbell for his prayer today and being here today for leading the invocation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 10 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the house. for what purpose does th

reid: i ask unanimous consent that at 3:00 p.m. monday, july 27, the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 116, h3183, energy and water appropriations. immediately after the bill is reported, senator dorgan be recognized to offer a substitute amendment, the text of which is s. 1436 as reported by the committee. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. con. res. 35. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. con. res. 35, authorizing printing of the pocket version of the united states constitution. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the krupbt resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements relating thereto appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent we proceed to s. res. 223. the presiding officer: the cle

president, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. lincoln: thank you. mr. president, i also ask for unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. lincoln: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, today i rise to speak in support of five amendments that i have introduced to the bill before us, the national defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2010. and each amendment focuses on improving the benefits and care for the members of our nation's national guard and reserve forces so that we can improve military readiness, strengthen our efforts to recruit and retain quality men and women to serve. i know each of us from our states recognize the tremendous bravery and courage, the dedication of our national guard and reservists in each of our states. they're parts of our community. they are certainly in many instances, i know for us from seeing the deployments, they're people of public service but they're also people who are there servi

i would ask unanimous consent, mr. speaker, that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2770, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. filner: and i urge my colleagues to unanimously support the bill, and yield back our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2770, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlen from california rise? mr. filner: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3155, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 122, h.r. 3155, a bill to amend title 38, united states code, to provide

reid: i ask unanimous consent the action on executive cammer 370 be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: if there is in further business to come before the senate today i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate will stand adjourned until monday, august >> stack the former surfing court correspondent linda greenhouse. hosted by the american university law school, this runs about 40 minutes. >> good evening. i think we'll get started. thank you. well done. good evening. my name is richard gordon. i am the president of american jewish congress and i want to welcome each of you to gender and justice conference. thank you all for being here. i hope you have enjoyed it as much as i have. it is a more spirited debate than even i even expected. i thought it was excellent. thank you all for participating. thank you all for being here, and i think we are off to a great start. considering the long history of the american jewish congress, and i worked on women's issues, it is only fitting that we organized

speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. in addition i ask that the exchange of letters between the committee on energy and commerce and the committee on foreign affairs relating to that bill be be printed in the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. klein: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this legislation and yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. klein: i would like to thank the distinguished ranking member of the africa and global health subcommittee, my friend, chris smith, for his long-standing leadership in the fight against torture and i'm proud to stand with him unequivocally in this crucial human rights fight. i would also like to thank the distinguished chairman of the committee on energy and commerce, chairman waxman from california, and the distinguished ranking member on the commi

i ask unanimous consent to submit mr. simpson's statement for the record. the chair: the gentlewoman's request will be covered under general leave. mrs. emerson: i yield to the distinguished minority leader, mr. boehner. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank mr. flake for having my amendment offered. as you know, the gentleman tried to substitute for his amendment an amendment that would provide for a continuing scholarship program for students, poor students here in the district of columbia. this is an issue that many of us fought very hard for some five or six years ago, and unfortunately the administration and the majority party here in the house have decided to end this program and only allow those students who are currently enrolled to finish. does nothing to address the siblings of these students that are in these schools. and the reason this program was set up was because the district of columbia had some of the worse schools in america. and while we spend nearly $15,000 per student for the students here in the district

i would ask unanimous consent to take out section d. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman, again i ask my colleague from michigan, i would just feel more comfortable and i think, i should have my time. i only get one question. i will ask my question slowly. if there was something we could do that would place in their what is common practice is in your hospital and i was born in a catholic hospital, my children were born in a catholic hospital. i respect the right to do it but i also respect their right to refer someone for someone who does not have a conscious concern. >> is there a problem with accepting that in your amendment? >> no, i mean i am open to it. why don't i withdraw this one for now let's get these concerns worked out for a few minutes. this thing has been around in these things are just coming at us. let's look at it closer. i withdraw from now. >> i yield back my time. >> mr. rushdie wanted to be recognized? >> mr. chairman i would like to call to the amendments and block, amendment number 13001 and 14001. >> the clerk will report the rush of amendm

chairman, i ask unanimous consent to suspend the reading. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. velazquez: mr. chairman, the manager's amendment makes technical and conforming changes to the underlying legislation. it also incorporates several important amendments offered by members. i would like to thank these members for their contributions, mr. broun, mr. boren, mr. boswell, ms. sutton, mr. cardoza, mr. childers, mrs. dahlkemper, ms. kilpatrick, ms. markey, mr. perlmutter. because of their contributions, we have a stronger bill before us today. the provisions that are included in the manager's amendment will bolster what we are doing to help small businesses. as a new generation of veterans return home from the current conflicts in iraq and afghanistan, many of them will be seeking opportunities in entrepreneurship. veterans are often well suited to the small business owners. the manager's amendment will also enhance our outreach to women and minority-owned businesses. diversity has al

ask, mr. president, consent -- unanimous consent that the reading of the names be vitiated, waived. esiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i also ask consent that the mandatory quorum with respect to these cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent on thursday, july 9, when the senate resumes consideration of h.r. 2892, there be 10 minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to the kyl ale 1432 with the time equally between senators tester and kyl, upon the use or yielding back of the time, the senate proceed to vote in relation to amendment number 1432. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business, with senators aplowed to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaufman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: mr. president, this week many clashes have erupted between the minority uighur community and the equity nick group in china. reports indicate

udall: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be rescinded. presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. udall: i rise to speak in support of the levin-mccain amendment to strike excessive funding for the f-22 and outline why this amendment is in the best interests of our national defense and our fiscal future. i thank the chairman for his leadership here. this amendment, in my view, republics the best of leadership that our nation has to offer. senator mccain and president obama have put political parties aside and hav

speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on oversight and government reform be discharged from further consideration of house joint resolution 12 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 12, joint resolution expressing support for designation of september, 2009, as gospel music heritage month and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the joint resolution? without objection, the joint resolution is engrossed, read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. clay: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measures just considered. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. clay: i ask we be discharged f

president, i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be dispensed. .the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president, i rise today in opposition to senator session's am t amendment immediately mandating all federal contractors and subcontractors to use e-verify. first of all, obviously, legislating on and delaying a critical appropriations bill which is necessary for us to pass, which is necessary for us to pass quickly to secure our borders, ports and provide into our interior points of vulnerability is a delay that we don't need. but, secondly, and more importantly, despite claims this amendment only seeks to reauthorize e-verify for three years -- which i don't oppose -- the actual language of my distinguished colleague's amendment makes e-verify permanent and mandatory. there would be nothing wrong with that if the system actually worked. but, it doesn't. the distinguished senator from alabama and i agree upon one of the main seven principles for immigration reform which i issued two weeks ago: namely that an employer verification system with tou

president, i now ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be immediately withdrawn, that no amendments on the topic of hate crimes be in order to the pending legislation. further, i ask when the senate completes action on the department of defense authorization bill, that it be in order for the senate to proceed to s. 099, the matthew shepard -- 909, the matthew shepard hate crimes prevention act under the regular order. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. durbin: reserving the right to object. mr. president, i would say that the senator from arizona knows that on 16 different occasions this year republican senators have offered nonrelevant amendments to pending legislation. the senator has done that himself. i've done it myself. it is not unusual or beyond the custom and rules of the senate and i believe senator reid has the right to do it on this critically important legislation which we can move to dispatch. based on that, i do object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mccain: here's the facts, the fact is, the majority leader whose job it is to move legis

reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask that morning business be closed. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. mr. reid: mr. president, what is the pending business? the presiding officer: 1390, the defense department authorization bill. mr. reid: thank you, mr. president. i have a cloture motion 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 debate on calendar number 89, s. 1390, the defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010 signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i would consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without . mr. reid: i ask that the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer:

shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. shimkus: i want to thank chairman emeritus dingell for his work on this bill. i also want to thank chairman waxman. i would yield. mr. dingell: how important the labor the gentleman has been and also that of mr. barton and mr. deal. we owe a great debt to the gentleman. mr. shimkus: thank you very much. i also want to thank chairman waxman for mentioning chris who did yeoman's work with the majority staff. i appreciate their kindness and work effort. this is a model for what we can do on energy and what we can do on health if we would move in that direction. we can't defend the current system. as a former ranking on oversight and investigation, there are fixes that have to be made. this bill provides a risk-based inspection regime and givers the f.d.a. flexibility to change the frequency of inspections to lower risk facilities, allows f.d.a. access to records. it gives companies the flexibility to use different preventive con

>> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> as both house and senate democrats attempt to pass a multitrillion government-run health care bill, there are some fact that was come out we can all see. these three facts are known about the house democrat legislation. first, the bill will force 114 million americans out of their current health care coverage into a new government-controlled health care plan. second, the bipartisan congressional budget office states the bill will cost the american taxpayers $1.5 trillion. third, 29 million americans will still remain uninsured if this disastrous piece of legislation becomes law but 83% of americans like the insurance they now have. yes we must reform the system to include those without insurance but we must not throw out what is working. the american people need real reforms, not government-run medicine. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from washington rise? >> to address th

, we are trying to clear in number of amendments to gather. >> i know, i was going to ask unanimous consent to do and block between altman number one, and green 02. >> mr. chairman, i received -- reserve a point of order. >> let's be sure we have put unanimous consent. [inaudible conversations] if the gentleman from texas would modify his unanimous consent to do the green and baldwin amendment. >> we have no objection to my republican side has no objection to that. >> green 002, baldwin 01. >> we will accept those. >> without objection, the amendments will be considered it and the bloc. without objection both amendments will be considered as read. and the gentleman from texas recognized for five minutes to explain. >> thank you mr. chairman and i will be brief, i know miss baldwin want to discuss her amendment. i have an amendment i have worked on for behavioral health trading grants, not only myself but mr. murphy of pennsylvania. >> we will accept both amendments. a voice vote, we will accept them. >> okay, we want to end up on a positive note. >> i accept that and withdraw my -- >> we wi

president, i would repeat a unanimous consent request that i proffered several days ago. several days ago, i askedor unanimous consent that the senate call up and pass s. 1344, my bill to use stimulus funds to protect the solvency of the highway trust fund. this request was objected to on the democratic side. i would now renew that request and specifically ask consent that the senate enter into a unanimous consent agreement that would provide for time certain, immediately following the conclusion of consideration of the energy and water appropriations bill, to consider this bill and would allow for relevant amendments. the presiding officer: is there objection? mrs. boxer: reglirveg the rightt to object. i'm going to spend about a minute to explain why i will object. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: i know that senator vitter serves on the environment and public works committee with me. we work closely on many issues. i know that he is aware our committee has already voted an 18-month extension of our highway programs, our transportation

i ask unanimous consent that the hearing of record be open for five business days all members would be able to spend a written statement for the record. without objection so ordered. good morning. i want to thank all of you for being with us here today. as i promised you, i did have the restrain to get in the big chair. we will continue this oversight of defense spending issues with the hearing to discuss what has become an all too familiar issue in recent years. waste, fraud and abuse and lack of accountability in wartime contracting in both iraq and afghanistan. with hundreds of billions of dollars of united states pack taxpayer dollars invested since 2001, and more to come, it is critical that we continue to strengthen our oversight of contracting in these areas. before i begin my remarks i just want to address a procedural issue for the benefit of subcommittee members and public. we did have an arrangement with the commission earlier on that we would have the report released to us and not by the president and to the evening of this hearing. that didn't occur and i apologize to the

jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from colorado for his time, and i thank the -- both chairman and ranking member of this subcommittee on financial services for what i think has been a wholeistic approach to the needs that we are going to have to address and what has been called an economic collapse as it has been based on the practices of our past administration. we're simply trying to put humpty dumpty back together again. i would think as we make progress on this bill, as we fund the small business administration that we will be reminded of the importance of language to advocate for small businesses. it is very disconcerting to find out how difficult it is for small businesses to actually do business with the federal government. veterans businesses, minority owned businesses, in essence, they don't have an advocate and our agencies are using good old boy systems to give business not to our sma

president, i ask unanimous consent that at 4:45 p.m.wo minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to the mccain amendment 1400 with the time equally divided and controlled between senator mccain and the majority leader. on wednesday, july 8, when the senate resume consideration of h.r. 2892, there be five minutes for debate prior to a vote in relation to the sessions amendment number 1371 with the time equally divided and controlled between senator schumer and sessions or their designees. that upon disposition of the sessions amendment 1371 the senate resume consideration of the demint amendment number 1399 with two amendments in debate prior to a vote in relation thereto. that the time equally divided between senators murray and demint, no amendment be in order to any amendment covered in this agreement -- amendments covered in this agreement prior tpo a vote in relation to the amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. gregg: reserving the right to object. i'm not yielding the floor as a result of that unanimous cons

i ask unanimous consent that he be permitted to control that time. . the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. murphy: i thank representative grayson for his graciousness in allowing this bill to come before us today. as he mentioned, this bill is the frank melville supportive housing investment act of 2009 and is an improvement of our nation's existing section 811 supportive housing program. this house passed a nearly identical bill last year and unfortunately it didn't get passed the united states senate and we re-introduced it and hope to see it pass this year. before i talk about the issue which it addresses, let me thank a few people. first, chairman frank and subcommittee chairwoman waters have been instrumental in helping us bring this very important bill to the floor as well as ranking member capito on the republican side. but really, the largest thanks is to my co-sponsor on this

gingrey: i ask unanimous consent i get outside the list.he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton. mr. gingrey: i ask unanimous consent to take his place. >> back in december, hank paulson and president bush came to congress in a rush, the financial sky was going to fall out if we didn't pass the tarp bill, the financial bailout for wall street. now, we were told if we didn't do it, stock portfolios and savings of americans all over the country would decrease, maybe as much as 30% or 40%. in that spirit of panic, that frequently happens in this town we did pass tarp. and what happened to your ira back home? what happened to your savings account? what happened to your stock portfolio? unless you're extremely lucky and unusual, your assets dropped 30% to 40%. so much for the $700 billion bailout. then in january, president obama, using the same panic tactic, came to us and said, we have got to pass a second stimulus program. keep in mind, we'd already passed one under president bush in may of 2008. but we had to pass in a

wexler: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wexler: thank you. i rise in strong support of the house democratic health care reform proposal. the united states currently spends, per capita, almost double the money on health care than any other industrialized nation on earth. despite all of this spending, 45 million americans languish without health care coverage. every day, 850 floridians and 14,000 americans are added to the ranks of the uninsured. since 2007 the number of floridians without coverage has grown by 15%. those who do have coverage face skyrocketing premiums, co-pays, and fees. in recent years, the average premium paid for a family in florida has spiked by $1,400. if we continue down this path, by 2017, health care spending will consume 20% of our nation's gross domestic product. the staggering cost of health care in america is simply unsustainable. businesses cannot compete. millions of americans go without care or receiv