thank you for the question, senator coons. when you look at trade secret theft regardless of whether it's coming from domestic or international, it hurts boeing, it hurts other companies. i think the best thing we can do as a country is to set the standard and provide the tools necessary for efficient and effective protections of our trade secrets, and get to stand at your trade negotiators to press the issue with their counterparts. >> i couldn't agree with you more and i appreciate the response. if i might, mr. greenblatt, marlin steel, small manufacturers that escrow significant under your leadership. trade secret theft can pose an existential threat, if they did succeed in stealing as you put your secret sauce from a can literally mean the end of the visit -- >> senate coming back in session now. you see the rest of this hearing on our website, c-span.org. members will vote to confirm several nominees, but a vote to limit debate on a substitute an end to a bill extending expired tax breaks. live coverage on c-span2. neithe

coon held down the suspect until police arrived. he said confronting burglars is something he does not recommend for others and there has been several break ins at his home. >>> changes could be coming to football practice at california high schools. the state assembly has passed a bill limiting full contact. drills would be limited to oil minute sessions twice a week. it comes as a response to the result of head injuries. >>> friends, family and colleagues are remembering a san francisco -- army first lieutenant jennifer morano was killed in afghanistan last year. morano and three other soldiers died in a suicide bomb attack. >> she had courage that many of us would not have had that day. that fateful day. >>> some san francisco businesses and homeowners are fighting a plan to put a homeless shelter in the bay area. it would be built next to mother browns dining room. the dining room has cooked and served hot meals for the homeless every day for 15 years. now it wants to build a 100 bed shelter in the warehouse next door. supporter

. >> chairman coons, ranking member flake, chairman menendez, other members of the committee, thank you. efforts to address the chilling threat that boko haram represents to nigeria. one of our most important partners in subsaharan africa. -- she will be attending the regional summit organized by president hollande in paris on saturday. it has now been one month since boko haram kidnapped the 200 young women from the town of chibok in northeastern nigeria. at the time of the kidnapping, these brave young women had returned to their high school in order to complete examinations that would allow them to attend university. by seeking knowledge and opportunity, they represented a challenge to boko haram since it opposes democracy and formal education. indeed, boko haram has attempted to crush the kind of faith and the promise of education and prosperity that families in chibok showed. the attack is part of a long, terrible trend. boko haram fighters have repeatedly targeted schools. in february, boko haram massacred at least 29 people when it destroyed a rural boarding school in otamawa. bo

senators coons and hatch have recently introduced legislation to give the option of pursuing thieves and civil court. senator flake is introduced legislation to give courts a federal civil remedy for trade secret theft. i hope the judiciary committee will act soon on legislation to strengthen the criminal and civil protections against trade secret theft and i look forward to working with those colleagues toward that goal. today we will hear from witnesses from government industry and the nonprofit sector to confront the threat of trade secret theft on a daily basis. what i hope will be clear by the end of this hearing is that we need an all in approach to this hearing. we must strengthen our criminal laws and our law enforcement agencies must prioritize stopping trade secret theft before it occurs and investigating and prosecuting when it does occur. i will add that there remains an urgent need for us to pass broader cybersecurity legislation and i appreciate working with senator graham on that effort. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today and to working with my colleagu

. >> chairman coons, ranking member flake, chairman menendez, other members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to update you about u.s. efforts to address the chilling threat that boko haram represents to nigeria. one of our most important partners in subsaharan africa. -- she will be attending the regional summit organized by president hollande in paris on saturday. it has now been one month since boko haram kidnapped the 200 young women from the town of chibok in northeastern nigeria. at the time of the kidnapping, these brave young women had returned to their high school in order to complete examinations that would allow them to attend university. by seeking knowledge and opportunity, they represented a challenge to boko haram since it opposes democracy and formal education. indeed, boko haram has attempted to crush the kind of faith and the promise of education and prosperity that families in chibok showed. the attack is part of a long, terrible trend. boko haram fighters have repeatedly targeted schools. in february, boko haram massacred at least 29 people when it destroye

senator coons. welcome, good to have your. >> appreciate the opportunity to join and thank you both for your service and the opportunity to discuss with you your proposals. if i might first, chairman wetjen, a quarter of your funding request is investment and technology. your fy '2015 request calls for funding and it funny but could you just comment on the risks posed you organization with -- if your it infrastructure is an upgrade and modernize and what role it plays? >> thank you, senator coons your we have a plan developed by our office update technology on how to use the $50 million it would include some enhancements to current systems we have in place, which are necessary for surveillance purposes. and the once as i would point out is one that tries, track positions taken on by market participants. and so it's a critical tool that we have now but it still needs to be enhanced. if it's going to be as effective as possible. going forward, i think what the agency should consider doing is investing

water and sanitation projects in several countries recently she worked to bring awareness to nitrate coon tam nation water in salinas drinking water supply she speaks about her bout with redepregs. iets something can live with. >> peters received a $2500 prize, which she will donate to california rural legal assistance foundation, working with poor families in places like salinas valley. >> work on bart extension from fremont into san jose, moving right along. crews began digging a trench and the work is affected traffic throughout the area. officials say the extension is due to open in late 2017 a full year ahead of schedule. and expect to meet it's price tag. >> you know poisonous dog treat investigation we've reported to you is more wide spread than we knew. >> really scary stuff. >> we told you about this last year. now, it's come to the for front again. 5,000 expected animal food poisonings have been reported to the fda. now, the centers for disease control and prevention have joined in the investigation i reported 600 dogs died that number stands at a thousand. it is unclear if thos

. >> for more on the kidnapped girls and is a tax i spoke a short time ago with chris coons who chairshe subcommittee on african affairs. the announcement that some 80 american personnel have been sent to chad to help look for the schoolgirls, you think that ?hey can do much like the forces that were deployed to chat are there to protect our assets. i do think it is possible that we can positively contribute to the areas to gain and use intelligence about the location of the schoolgirl and given the resources that we have in theater. more important contribution is the folks who we have deployed to the nigerian capital who are coordinating with law enforcement and helping them prepare for both responding to the families and their needs, hopefully working for a recovery of the girls and helping the nigerians better utilize the assets they have and do you tell us is that we are helping them gather. watching thisen for years. we do see and to have seen and uptick in attacks on the country. what is going on? >> we have seen the attack steadily increased. twoaired a hearing on this years ago

reid: i ask unanimous consent the coons amendment to the resolution which is at the desk be agreed to, the resolution as amend be agreed to, the coons amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the' amble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask the judiciary committee be discharged frommess res frommes. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 402, expressing the regret of the senate for the passage of section 103 of the expatriation act of 1907 that revoked the united states citizenship of women who married foreign nationals. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the prea preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its busin

the coon/hatch bill would tremendously accelerate our ability to stop bad actors and get good results. >> thank you, if i might mr. chairman, one last question of mr. norman. >> thank you again for your hard work and leadership and in particular one of the sections we worked on was the exparte injunkive relief. can you explain why it is important to eli lilly or others? >> yes, sir. we often run into situations where we find that an ex-employee has left and is going to work for a competitor and we finds out something such that in once they turn in their lilly issued computer that there's been a download of a number of documents which contain highly confidential lilly trade secrets. these occurrences almost always happen on a late friday afternoon. and therefore, the best part i believe about the ex-parte seizure aspect of the bill that's currently pending is the fact that we could go to federal court and in one action kick out an ounce of prevention rather than worrying about a pound of cure a week or two later when we can get the indiana state courts involved or new jersey state cour

. >> we are now going to turn to the next few people will be senator coons and senator collins. >> thank you m we need a whole ecosystem and be stronger and you play a central role in making that happen. if i could within nsf there is a particular interesting program to me that supports science engineering education for sustainability program and within it sustainable chemistry initiative that has dramatic attention when terms of replacing ray or strategic minerals with more commonly available reengineering the basic processes of industrial production and making them of a lighter footprint and more cost-effective for us in the united states. tell me if you would how you see that cross disciplinary issue making a difference going forward. >> senator i don't know a lot about the details. i know that it's been a high priority. it was a one-time program that would last for a certain number of years. i believe on the order of the decade. we put a lot of investment into it and then it would have seats that would initiate other programs. so i know that we are still continuing to fund it. it has

thank you for the question, senator coons. >> when you look at trade secret theft it hurts boeing and other companies. but i think the best thing we can do is set the standard and provide the tools necessary for efficient and effective protection of trade secrets and get those standards to our trade negotiators to press the issue with their counterparts. >> i couldn't agree more and appreciate that response. if i might, mr. greenblatt, from marlin steel, a small manufacturer that has grown significantly. trade secret threat can pose a existent shal theft in a thief succeeds in stealing your secret sauce, it could mean the end of the business but for a firm like marlin steel, it could mean the end. securing your trade secrets and asserting your rights in court can also be significantly expensive relative to the size of your business. i saw this in my own experience. can you speak to how existence of a federal private right of action would reduce the cost of protecting trade secrets and have woun uniform standard might threat then your ability to go after those that steal your trade sec

--caroline coon on their caroling coonaird there. with us is bill blain.ou must be loving this story. political protectionism -- the priceth the for shareholders is to decide. we could spend the rest of the day talking about m and a and current motivations. i think it would be wrong to dismiss this as this is a french being typically french. it is more than that. the french are quite right to be concerned that they are seeing their prime assets -- france does not have -- does have excellent companies. them.m is one of they're concerned that if they lose control, where does that leave the economy in the future? link it too got to what is going on in the u.k. with the astrazeneca take over as well. morning thatn this say that the u.s. companies gaining tax advantage by switching and spending their piles of money overseas is not a good motivation necessarily for him and a. -- m&a. >> provisions missed on estimates. this is a company right for takeover. pe for takeover. >> it is attracted to the right partner and eight would probably be ge. we should not overe

i worked o on an amendment with senator roberts that senator coons had originated with senators isakson and blunt to improve the section 181 live production incentive. portman and carter worked on energy nshes. cantwell and roberts on low-income tax credit and the list goes on and on and on. as a result, this bill has broad support. the business round table, grover norquist as well as the n.e.a. and feeding america -- broad, bipartisan support. so where are we? and i'd just like to further elaborate on what the chairman has said. we are willing to vote on amendments. now, i -- you know, i always think of my dear friend from tennessee, lamar alexander, who remembers how the place used to work -- and constantly reminds us. and that's a good thing in this body. he'd say, on most bills there would being bipartisan support in the committee. the ranking member and the chair would get together with a list of amendments, each from his or her side, and they'd come up with a list. well, we're willing to do that here. in fact, leader reid has been extremely generous. he said, we're not going to --

coons: madam president, i ask proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, i come to the floor today to speak about the corrupting power of money in our national politics and the tragic impact of a whole series of decisions by the supreme court that has steadily strengthened that power. madam president, over the last 40 years bipartisan coalitions in this body, bipartisan coalitions in congress have come together behind commonsense measures that actually succeeded in limiting the power of money in politics. most recently back in 2002 a bipartisan coalition in this chamber led by senators john mccain and russ feingold, republican and democrat respectively, took a few steps to significantly limit the use of so-called soft money and to ban special interests from pouring money into national elections in the month or two before election day. as actually elected representatives the perspective of members of congress who enacted that legislation was informed by their real experiences as public of

. >> this is unlikely to be resolved any time coon. melissa chan, al jazeera, isla vista, california. >> an elaborate swearing in of india's prime minister. much hope is riding on this new leader. leader. true business-grade internet comes with secure wifi for your business. it also comes with public wifi for your customers. not so with internet from the phone company. i would email the phone company to inquire as to why they have shortchanged these customers. but that would require wifi. switch to comcast business internet and get two wifi networks included. comcast business built for business. trwith secure wifie for your business. it also comes with public wifi for your customers. not so with internet from the phone company. i would email the phone company to inquire as to why they have shortchanged these customers. but that would require wifi. switch to comcast business internet and get two wifi networks included. comcast business built for business. >> in nigeria today the military is saying it now knows where those kidnapped scho

the coon/hatch bill would tremendously accelerate our ability to stop bad actors and get good results. >> thank you, if i might mr. chairman, one last question of mr. norman. >> thank you again for your hard work and leadership and in particular one of the sections we worked on was the exparte injunkive relief. can you explain why it is important to eli lilly or others? >> yes, sir. we often run into situations where we find that an ex-employee has left and is going to work for a competitor and we finds out something such that in once they turn in their lilly issued computer that there's been a download of a number of documents which contain highly confidential lilly trade secrets. these occurrences almost always happen on a late friday afternoon. and therefore, the best part i believe about the ex-parte seizure aspect of the bill that's currently pending is the fact that we could go to federal court and in one action kick out an ounce of prevention rather than worrying about a pound of cure a week or two later when we can get the indiana state courts involved or new jersey state cour

coons forgot something and had to come home. he opened the door and closed it making his way to the dining room when he saw him. >> walked in roughly about here and a gentleman was inside my house. >> a gentleman. >> yeah. >> reporter: if the burglar would have seen this shirt he would have known he was in trouble. >> so i grabbed him right here and he pulled away. he had a pry bar in his hand. >> reporter: instead of the shirt bryan says the burglar saw this. several blows to his head. the room spinning as bryan kneed him down below. where the burglar's head splashing its way through the dining room window. then he was dragged to the front door. >> i grabbed him and put him in a choke hold and we went outside. >> reporter: neighbors came out and snapped this picture of bryan on top of the suspect. patricia macarris lives across the street and heard the commotion. >> it was pretty scary. >> reporter: the man's face bloody cuffed by an officer who lives two doors down and taken away by police. the man broke into the home through

coons forgot something and had to come home. he opened the door and closed it making his way to the dining room when he saw him. >> walked in roughly about here and a gentleman was inside my house. >> a gentleman. >> yeah. >> reporter: if the burglar would have seen this shirt he would have known he was in trouble. >> so i grabbed him right here and he pulled away. he had a pry bar in his hand. >> reporter: instead of the shirt bryan says the burglar saw this. several blows to his head. the room spinning as bryan kneed him down below. where the burglar's head splashing its way through the dining room window. then he was dragged to the front door. >> i grabbed him and put him in a choke hold and we went outside. >> reporter: neighbors came out and snapped this picture of bryan on top of the suspect. patricia macarris lives across the street and heard the commotion. >> it was pretty scary. >> reporter: the man's face bloody cuffed by an officer who lives two doors down and taken away by police. the man broke into the home through

ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks that the senator from delaware, senator coons, be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: the whole idea of this report, by design, is to spark fear in the american people so they'll go along with the administration inemp in implementing their policies that will leave us with nothing but a broken economy. if in fact -- and no one would refute this -- we are dependent upon fossil fuels for 75% of the energy to run america, then what's going to happen to our economy if we extract 75%? well, i think we all know logically what's going to happen. in the worlds of the white house counselor john podesta this morning, he said, "the american public doesn't feel that sense of urgency about the impacts of climate change, and i think this report will help influence that." well, that is nothing but an admission. the whole reason for this report is to try to resurrect the issue of global warming. we heard my good friend from massachusetts talking about that. he is very knowledgeable, and i'll refer to some of his acti

hard to coon receive by the president of the united states while intervene personally when a police officer has an incident with a liberal professor. remember the whole beer summit you have a u.s. marine who has served two times in combat, the president of the united states doesn't seem to be concerned. the secretary of state checks the box. this is something that the president himself. the president himself should be contacting the president of mexico who should be demanding answers. should be doing everything he can to get this young man returned back to his family. and we can't even get letters, responded to, members of congress can't even get the administration to respond to our letters. >> do you think congressman more is happening behind the scenes? should we give the administration the benefit of the doubt? do you really think on this one they are really not focused on the specific marine incident and the best way is for people like to you come on shows like this and people like greta van susteren to cover stories like this because the administration just simply isn't paying attentio

coons: i ask unanimous consent to yield back all remaining time on both sides. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the franken nomination. all in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i wanted to speak briefly on three topics this afternoon. human trafficking, the terrorist attack at fort hood, texas in 2009 and finally on the way that the senate has become a killing ground for good ideas because of the practices of the majority leader. starting with human trafficking, we know that while slavery was formally abolished in the united states years ago, it continues today in the form of human trafficking. tragically, too many children are victims of

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because these archives seem to show tremendous coon raise between the big internet and telecom companiesthe surveillance. dot archives tell us why? in other words, is it willingly, is it, are they coerced? are they duped? >> it's a little bit of all of that. so one of the claims that the tech companies like facebook and google and yahoo! make in response to these stories is we cooperate with the nsa only to the extent that the law obligates us to do so. but when it comes to foreign nationals meaning 95% of the planet, the nsa has almost no legal constraints on what kinds of collection they can ken gauge it. so when they go to facebook or yahoo! or google and say we want the e-mails and chats of these specific foreign nationals, the companies are obligated to give it. there's no warrant requirement there is to going to a court. then there are other instances in which the companies go beyond what the law requires and cooperate eagerly and actively with the nsa to insurance better access than the law even says they should give. >> warner: so who is watching these companies? do you think tha

such as the proposal that senator roberts and i put together under the guidance really of senator coons, who was the originator of the idea. so, madam president, today i want to thank my friend from arizona. i know he has some important towards speak in the next few minutes and he has let me go now and i appreciate that very much. and i know everyone looks forward to hearing from him. now, i rise today to continue a conversation i started, and it's apropos that my colleague from arizona is on the floor because we worked together so long and hard and at least in the senate successfully on this issue -- immigration. so i rise today to continue a conversation i started two weeks ago about the house's incomprehensible refusal to do anything to try and fix our broken immigration system. i want to remind everyone that it's now been 320 days since the senate passed a strong bipartisan bill that would secure our border, hold employers accountable for hiring illegal workers, grow our economy, and provide a chance for people currently here illegally to get right with the law and earn legal status

senators schumer and roberts built on the good work of another bipartisan duo, senator moran and senator coons and improved the research and development credit to make it available to those start-ups out there in garages who have a dream. the research and development credit is essentially the premier part of this legislation because we so need those innovation-driven jobs. and here we had four senators, two of them were democrats, two of them were republicans, in effect coming together to significantly improve the research and development credit to ensure that it was available to even more of the start-ups, even more of those innovators, the ones just getting out of the gate. we know -- mr. president, we know a lot of our big businesses started that way, the microsofts and the intels and others. next, senator cardin and senator portman add an important provision to help the long-term unemployed. we all understand that the nature of those who are unemployed has changed significantly in recent years. we have many more who are long-term unemployed americans, and we had two senators -- by the way,

on the democratic side, it was shaheen, bennet, coons, franken, landrieu, manchin and warner. a good mix of senators on both sides. so it will be very, very hard to find a more bipartisan bill. and i washed with them, i didn't give up. we continued trying to move forward. we did that as we did with child care last -- recently. it was in march, actually. i have looked for other bipartisan bills that we could come forward on. we did it with the child care bill. we should do it on this bill. that was my anticipation, and we were able to do it, i thought. so this shaheen-portman bill is a very fine bill. i reached out to republican senators. to be honest with you, they reached out to me, mr. president. they wanted to work to get this passed. we said originally the arrangement was let's just pass this bill as it is. right before the august recess, i was told how about a sense of the senate resolution on keystone. i said i don't want to do that. we already have an agreement. anyway, we relented and said okay. so i come back after the easter recess. well, that agreement that we have,

i'm pleased to be able to cochair with the presiding officer and the senator from delaware, senator coons, the law enforcement caucus that we founded when we came to the senate together. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the national blue alert act that senator cardin talked about, and i'd thraoeubg see that done -- i'd like to see that done. i think we can do things to provide more safety and security for local police officers as we have for the fire grants, all those things that followed 9/11. as i was standing here listening, i was thinking about how much we benefit every day, mr. president, from the capitol police -- we walk by them and their positions securing these buildings, stand in the way of harm, and often forget that they're there for that purpose. and that when others are able to look for a safer place to be, our police officers run to where the danger is. they stand between us and that danger. and in the time i've been here, two of our capitol police officers have been killed in the building, on duty, one just a few feet away from where my office would be in the next congress.

. >> we are now going to turn to the next few people will be senator coons and senator collins. >> thank you m let me just turn for a moment if i could do to specific areas of interest to me because i think if we're going to have a more sustainable and secure energy future, better protected consumers or better national security, find our ways to innovate across incredibly broad array of things we need the whole ecosystem of innovation to be stronger and you play a central role in making that happen. if i could within nsf there is program that supports science engineering and education for sustainability. enginee within it is a sustainable chemistry initiative that has dramatic potential i think in terms of replacing where repl strategic minerals with more constantly available ailable reengineering the basic processes of industrial production and making them of ae lighter footprint and morest cost-effectiverial for us, the united states. and more cost-effective for us in the united states. tell me if you would how you see that cross disciplinary issue making a difference going forward. >>

legislation's additional cosponsors -- senators ayotte, bennet, collins, presiding officer, senator coons, senators franken, hoeven, isakson, manchin, warner and wicker. i think that list of bipartisan cosponsors just indicates the breadth of support for this legislation that shows the ideological breadth of support for it and i look forward to working with senate leadership, with all of my colleagues here in the senate because we can pass this legislation, we can create these jobs, we can save consumers money and we can redues pollution. thank you very much, mr. president. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mrs. shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 th

chairman coons, ranking member flake, members of the committee, thank you for convening this important and timely meeting and for giving me the opportunity to speak today. i thank honorable mr. jackson and honorable ms. friend for your testimonies. i thank you for your commitment and effort to help respond to the crisis in our country. my name is lantana abdullah. i work with violence prevention in nigeria. the testimony reflects my own views and informed by my experiences first as a mother with five children, a nigerian and peace builder. i will speak of the evidence that brought us today because of the crisis and practical recommendations. you will all recall that today marks the 30th day that is over 200 christian and muslim girls were abducted from their school in north nigeria. this means a whole generation is, frankly, at risk. this is only one of many attacks which boko haram claimed responsibility. the group was created in 2002 with the sole proposal of imposing islamic law throughout nigeria. so far the attack s have claime more than 2,000 people to date and displaced tens of

not the only -- there are other things that coon done. people come to me and say we could do this, we could do that. yes, we can work on coal, on propane. i had a hearing on propane today. we can work on additional rail for the country, we can work on pipeline safety, we can work on alternative fuels, on strengthening our relationship with israel and china, work on new kinds of automobiles. but that is for another day. we cannot do all of it at one time. but what we can do is what's before us. we can do what is before us. and we can do what is clearly timely, the energy efficiency bill for five years has been waiting for action by this senate. the house has already passed an energy efficiency bill. the pipeline has been waiting five years, been reviewed five times. it is time to move forward on both. and create the kind of jobs for america we need. high-paying middle-class jobs and begin to help really build america and north america as the energy powerhouse that it can be, doing it together. recognizing, you know, the transport of oil an

carolina, with senator hoeven of north carolina, two republicans as well as senator schumer and senator coons. as i noted, it passed the judiciary committee but we still have objections on the other side, people that are holding this bill up. at the same time metal theft continues to rise across the country, and this bill does not create the kind of burdens that my friend mentioned. this bill is very narrow. the only crime that it creates for a federal crime is a crime of theft of critical infrastructure. critical infrastructure, something that could threaten the national security, and this is not a far reach given that we have seen people stealing copper pipes, given that we have seen houses blow up. it is not a far reach at all. secondly, what does this bill do? well, it leaves it to states to decide what metal theft laws they want because in the end, it does not preempt those laws. if they have laws that are on point, if they have laws relating to metal theft that create some kind of a requirement that not everything can be paid for by check so that law enforcement -- by cash so that law e

senator coons. >> thank you for your leadership of the fed and thank you for your testimony at your service and thank you, senator king for chair schenk. there were some exchanges about community bankers, community banks and the potential role i felt was constructive and would encourage your attention in that direction. let me move us towards a focus on inflation. given that it is well below the target of 2% i would be interested in what you think about the consequences of its staying below 2%. a variety of factors that might lead to inflation either reemerging or staying low. and is there any risk of entering a deflationary period in what would be the consequences of that would happen. >> it would seem deflation is associated with very weak outcomes, economic outcomes in the rare situations where it has occurred and it is something we absolutely want to avoid. even ignoring the risk of deflationary, inflation that runs persistently at levels lower than 2% objective also have economic costs. first of all it raises real or inflation-adjusted costs of capital and also read distributes debt bu

senator hoeven and senator schumer are also cosponsors of this bill as well as senator coons. we've been working very hard on this for years. it has some broad support, metal theft, because it struck so many electric companies. it has struck so many consumers. it has blown up houses when people just take a simple copper piping out of a basement and then someone turns on the gas and literally people have lost lives. veterans groups, because of the -- we had one incident in minnesota, and we've seen others across the country -- this is unbelievable, but the stars on the graves that were placed there for veterans during veterans holidays have been stolen. and the beer industry is strongly behind this bill. why? because kegs are being stolen all over the country. that is just some things i'm telling you by memory, but this is a major problem. ask any power company or construction crew across the country or even operators of ice skating rinks in minnesota, where one theft of a couple thousand dollars literally cost the city of saint paul millions of dollars because once they take a

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coons sciengts that dr.mr. coone dr. sydney kaufman be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 113th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: thank you, madam president. with that, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. barrasso: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to be able to seek as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, i come to the floor today to talk once more about the negative side effects of the president's health care law. president obama has been spiking the football over the number of people who he says have actually signed up for insurance through his exchanges. he also said that democrats should forcefully defend and be proud of the health care law. now, he's h

coons: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recognized. mr. coons: mr. president, i come to the floor today to speak about a ream opportunity that we have this week in this congress, in this senate to come together in a bipartisan way to adopt measures that will actually create jobs and help grow our economy. this week we're considering tax extenders, a package of bills that can do a lot of good for the middle class, our economy, and our nation. together various proposals in the tax extenders would spur investment in manufacturing, clean energy, innovation, make it easier for families to afford a home or to send their children to college, open up career pathways for veterans and bring investments and jobs to communities in need. they recently passed by a voice vote out of the finance committee here in the senate, sending an important signal that we can come together, democrats and republicans, to move our economy forward. mr. president, i mentioned innovation and ma

i'd also like to take a moment to speak about an amendment that i have joined along with senator coons and collins in filing to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program. i along with senator collins yearly fight for the funding for state energy programs. this amendment would reauthorize and enhance these two well established cost-effective energy programs that support jobs, contribute to the nation's economic recovery, and help meet important goals like improving energy efficiency and lowering energy costs. i know that we have many supporters of the weatherization and state energy programs here in the senate. i look forward to continue to work with each of you to ensure that these important programs remain successful in improving energy efficiency, creating jobs and reducing the overall cost of heating and powering our homes and businesses. while we should certainly do much more to advance our national energy policy -- and i hope that we can take greater steps very soon -- i urge my colleagues to join me now in supporting the shaheen-portman energy efficiency bill. and i once