senator brian schatz of hawaii, u.s. senators jeff huntley of oregon, and [speaker not understood] of delaware, they were in san francisco. i had a private meeting with them. i took jim malony with me to that meeting. they all come from ports. they are very supportive. our union has a great relationship with these senators. and it piggybacks on other issues, the harbor maintenance press conference that we're having up in seattle on thursday, july 15th, with the u.s. senator's patty murry and maria can't well. we have 40 united states senators that so far on this bill ~ supported the maritime goods and movement act for the 21st century. and i think it's so important our west coast ports having relationship with u.s. senators. [speaker not understood]. they can make a lot of things happen and they're committed to the ports, the port of san francisco, seattle, oregon, or l.a. ferment and they know right now canada and mexico has an unfair advantage with the harbor maintenance tax and we need an equal plan. so, clearly as we

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, there will be an hour of morning business. the majority will control the first half, and the republicans the final half. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of s. 1392, the energy savings legislation. so we may have some votes today. we'll see if we can come up with some manager-related amendments that we can vote on. mr. president, america has and has for so many years had the most brilliant and innovative and imaginative science in the world. -- scientists in the world. many of them work hard developing new environmentally friendly energy sources. that's one area that we have just been so good. every year for the last many years, in august i host an energy summit in las vegas. we have had governors and presidents and all kinds

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would yield to the junior senator from new jersey to speak about the chaplain today. a senator: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. chiesa: i rise today to recognize my pastor, father kenneth kolibus, the pastor of st. joseph church in raritan, new jersey, is serving as our guest chaplain. he is the father and spiritual leader for saint joseph and the larger community. he began his work career in new jersey. when he was 23 years old he opened ken's flowers and gifts in catheteret, new jersey. he became someone everyone depend upon. when he later received, he answered the call to the ministry and now dedicates his life to our spiritual growth. his commitment and generosity to the members of our parish is unwavering and his door is always ope

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will resume consideration of the continuing resolution. at 10:30 this morning, after senator mcconnell and i finish our remarks, the majority and republicans will control alternating one-hour blocks with the majority controlling the first hour. i filed cloture last evening on the continuing resolution. as a result, the filing deadline for all first-degree amendments to the resolution is 1:00 p.m. today. absent consent the cloture vote will occur one hour after the senate convenes tomorrow. friday. mr. president, as i said yesterday, i tell everyone here today, we know what the end is like here that we have. we can finish this sometime saturday. but it would seem to me we should do everything we can to get this back to th