. >> senator boozman?today which is 42 and senator burr, especially having people that are on the front line. you guys are out fighting the battle and you really do appreciate your service. so many different ways at affecting a very positive outcome for so many. this is such, it's just an interesting, very difficult problem. we talk about the stress of war, and yet many were not deployed and in situations were not as stressful as in the sense of a job. but not stressful in the sense of combat. we are having a lot of problems in the private sector, jason society in general in the same way. we have the reintegration problems like you experienced, mr. wood, which again, you know, is so common and you can see how that happens. and yet a lot of these individuals are 50 years old. in fact a significant portion of these. so i guess what i'm wondering about is the root cause, how can we get, how can we identify and the phone with the suicide called? and i guess what i'm wondering is, is what doctor does marital di

senators alexander, ayotte, baucus, begich, boozman, burr, coburn, cochran, crapo, cruz, donnelly, enzi, flake, graham, grassley, hatch, heitkamp, hoeven, inhofe, isakson, johanns, johnson, king, lee, manchin, lee, mccain, risch, roberts, rubio, shelby, wicker. and we have three late responses of no from landreau, murkowski and murray. those are the 35 senators so far who have told us that, no, they oppose senator feinstein's proposed bill to ban assault weapons. 28 senators said yes, they agree with her and support it. 34 no responses so far. and 3 said they had no position. we're going to chase the 34 no responses and the 3 who say no position. and we'll come back on friday, give them enough time to think about their response so we can get a very firm idea of why this assault weapons ban has apparently got no chance of getting passed in the senate. you as the american people have a right to know what these senators believe, and i intend to get it out of them. let's turn now to the police chiefs. i can't think of five better people to talk to about what happened ever since just over th

i'm glad to have senator boozman as the lead republican in an effort to make sure that these men havethe recognition they deserve. together we introduced senate bill 381, which will rewards the surviving airmen, known as the doolittle raiders, with the congressional gold medal. senator boozman's collaboration reiterates the bipartisan support that -- for our veterans, that endiewrs i endurs body. joining are senators murray and testing, baucus and nelson, senator cantwell and senator schatz. during the last session, senator murray also cosponsored last year a resolution we're especially grateful for her leadership. our colleague, senator lautenberg, the sole world war ii veteran serving in the senate, is also a cosponsor. some 16 million americans served this country during world war ii. these survivors have earned the respect of a grateful nation. now is the time for us to act to honor them. on april 18, 1942, 80 american airmen volunteered for an unknown assignment. their sons and their fathers and brothers accepted what they only knew to be -- and i quote -- "an extremely hazardous

boozman. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. president. this amendment would discourage the taking of private property to transfer to another private, nongovernmental use. it does not diminish the use of eminent domain. for public right-of-way, to acquire abandoned property, or to remove immediate threats to public health or safety. in the past we've had significant bipartisan support in regard to protecting property rights, so i would encourage us to vote for the amendment. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i do not oppose this amendment and i'm happy to have a voice vote. the presiding officer: any further debate? the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. there are now two minutes equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment number 45 -- 153 by the senator from ohio, mr. portman. the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, this is a jobs amendment. this is abo

my amendment has been to be cosponsored by inhofe, vitter, boozman, mcconnell. and that's the cosponsorship. within the last few days we've had the director of i.c.e., mr. morton testify yesterday in the house. chairman goodlatte said his testimony raised more questions. i'll put a press release in the record that expresses this. last week mr. morton said they released ten level one offenders. these are people convicted of violent crimes. they are repeat drunk drivers, as an example. yesterday he said they only released eight. but he also said they were trying to relocate them and bring them back in. if you got these dangerous people out on the streets, the public ought to know about it. and so i suspect that when i'm asking unanimous consent now, that the other side will object to my amendment. and i don't know why they want to go to such lengths to protect this administration when all we want is simple information. just simple information. we aren't saying that the decisions made, even though we disagree, ought to be changed. we're just saying the public ought

499, coats 195, hoeven 319, ayotte 161, kirk number 67 is, murkowski 672, rubio 623, alexander 348, boozman 389, heller 477, hoeven 217, enzi 48, hoeven 655. this is a package that's been agreed to by both managers and i urge senators to accept it. mr. inhofe: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. inhofe: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i understand we're having a side-by side that was on there and i didn't hear you -- oh, okay. no objection. a senator: reserving the right to object, and i'd like to ask the chairlady, do you have foreign affairs amendments there? mrs. murray: no, that's din. a senator: all right. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: madam president, i am going to now ask for unanimous consent for a number of amendments and -- to get to final passage. i would just ask all senators that we are going to have a number of votes. we would like -- tell everyone to sit in your seat. we will get through these faster if we can take rol

both sides of the aisle, whether it's blunt of missouri, whether it's isakson of georgia, pryor or boozman of arkansas, mikulski and cardin of maryland. chicken is the mainstay of our eastern shore. we all are facing these. in my original underlying bill, i had a 1% transfer authority, subject to the approval of congress, that would have solved all these problems. it was the other chamber and even those on the other side of the aisle that insisted that i remove that from this bill. so for all who wanted flexibility, i wanted to fix it. we couldn't fix it. believe me, i wanted to fix it. each and every one of these individual amendments have merit in and of themselves. but we are now at the point where we have to decide whether you want the senate bill to stand and be voted on, with further amendment, subject to the parliamentarian determining what is germane and, therefore, eligible for consideration, or do you want the house bill? it's as simple as that. and i want to say, we've come so far. i want to thank the vice chairman, senator shelby, and his staff and all of the clerks on the othe