cornyn: i couldn't agree more with the senator from kentucky. this is really the silent but potentially deadly threat to our whole economy if interest rates were to go up, if china or -- the presiding officer: senator, you have consumed five minutes. mr. cornyn: they're not going to buy it at current rates. we're going to offer a better rate of run. so i join my colleagues in supporting the balanced budget amendment. i look forward to the vote on this amendment sometime during the week of july the 18th, i think the we're shooting for. we invite our colleagues on the other side to join us. and the reason we're here today is because it is important to let the people across the country know what we are doing, the solution we are proposing and to ask them to encourage other senators and congressmen to support it because this is, i think, the single most important thing we could do get our economy back on track and to save generations in the future. mr. hatch: i want to thank my colleague for his cogent remarks. mr. president, my colleagues in north

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john cornyn/ senador de texas 44:00 with a sense of frustration the way this issue has been wielded as political weapon.. este senador republicano dijo que no poda respaldar una medida que se est usando como arma poltica por demcratas.. s.o.t. senador dick durbin/ senador de illinois :05 they criticize the bill and offer no alternative. el autor dijo que los republicanos critican el proyecto de ley, pero no ofrecen una alternativa. s.o.t. jazmin segura/siren 4:18:00 mientras no consigan los votos, los 60 votos, las audiencias no va a realmente cambiar nada y no nos van a mover hacia adelante.. la organizacin siren comparte la opinin de observadores de que dada la desventaja de demcratas en el congreso, es improbable que el proyecto sea aprobado.. s.o.t. 3:52:00 el senado está teniendo audiencias pero creo que necesitamos un plan completo... nats.. francisca quisiera que la ley se aprobara para que sus 4 hermanos menores no sufran lo que ella ha vivido.. s.o.t. francisca melchor/quisiera en dream act 11:35:00 que pues no tienes un buen trabajo, siempre pides trabajo y no te lo dan por f

. >> cornyn 1839, tom reed would have been 22 or so at the beginning of the war. did he serve? >> he did. he went to california and pursued what he thought to be his dream. he was unhappy. he became a lawyer. he was all for the union. must have seemed odd to people. he was not in uniform. one never knows. he must have felt the call to arms. one of his close friends have been called. here is one of the least sounded titles. assistant paymaster. >> how long did he serve in total? >> 13 or 14 months. >> when it came out of the navy, what did he do? >> he went back to maine and resumed his legal studies and opened a one-man practice. he waited for customers. >> he talked about his diaries earlier. is there an english version? >> some of it is in english. much of it was in french. my high school french was inadequate to the location. >> why do you think he wrote his diary in french? >> i think he was practicing french. he was a serious student. i think he believed it imparted some discretion to what he was saying. one of his valentine's got hold of the diary and board will risburgla

further, the cornyn amendment number 04, mccain and the paul amendment 502 be withdrawn, that no amendments be in order to any of the amendments prior to the votes. upon disposition of the amendments, the bill be read a third time and the senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill as amended. that there be no motions or points of order in order. the bill or any of the amendments other than the budget points of order and applicable motion toss waive. finally, that all other provisions of the previous orders with respect to s. 679 remain in effect. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president, reserving my right -- the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: reserving my right to object, i may not object to this motion. it certainly is not addressing the primary problem facing our nation today, and that's the fact that we're bankrupting this nation. we need to start actually addressing that here in the united states senate, but i realize that the managers have worked hard on this bill. i realize there are some good amendments that the senate reall

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senator cornyn of texas, he said, "$2 million e.d.a. grant for water tower will pave the way for creation of new jobs and business opportunities in palestine, texas." but, they're filibustering this bill. senator crapo says, "e.d.a. business grants will help keep idaho firms on the cutting edge in various fields." he says, "it can make idaho firms successful, which translates into more jobs and revenue in idaho." so, my republican friends, while they're trying to kill this bill by filibuster, have said laudatory things about the e.d.a. you explain it to me. you explain to me. i think i have an answer as to why they're doing it, but i'll continue. let's see what senator wicker said when he got a grant. "these federal dollars will fund rail improvements and help bring new jobs and economic growth. i am glad the federal government has taken this step to continue its investment in south mississippi's recovery." unquote. these are all the republicans who are killing this bill with a filibuster. senator collins, "$1.1 million grant to fund re

>> well, i'm actually co-sponsoring a resolution brought forward by senator cornyn.hat the president should have come to congress to seek approval for libya. and, in addition to that, i think we haven't had a clear plan from the administration on what is it that they're hoping to accomplish. the last thing we want in libya is stalemate so i think it is time for the administration to come forward with a concrete plan. how much is this going to cost? what is it that you hope to accomplish, especially since -- >> pull out and leave the rest of nato there. >> we have stalemate for all intents and purposes in libya. this is the third or fourth engagement that we've had with an islamic nation. we don't -- we never had a plan to begin with. we never had an exit strategy. and now nato and tangentially us are involved there, and we should not be there. >> are you willing to pull out and leave the rest of nato there? >> i'm willing to make -- i'm willing to make libya a european problem, not a u.s. problem. >> let me ask you about afghanistan, because we've got osama bin laden

texas senator john cornyn warned democrats will pay the price unless they accept huge spending cuts. >> obviously if it's possible to deal with the spending problem and the entitlement reforms, that's our first choice but if the president and his party refuse to do the right thing, then in the senate they're going to be required to vote to raise the debt limit. we'll have a referendum in 2012 on that decision. >> sreenivasan: in turn, democratic majority leader harry reid criticized several republican presidential candidates for suggesting the issue is not so urgent. >> i think everyone needs to do a better job of explaining to the american people what it means to raise the debt ceiling. what the american people seem to think-- and i can understand why they would think that, but it's wrong-- that this means just more spending. all that raising the debt ceiling does is indicate we're going to pay our bills. we already accrued. >> sreenivasan: the treasury department has said the government will hit the debt ceiling and risk default by early august. fire crews in northern new mexico st

cornyn: i thank the chair. mr. president, i was frankly shocked by the president of the united states' comments yesterday at his press conference telling congress it needed to get to work. get to work. i guess the president forgot that his party controls the united states senate, and republicans being in the minority have no ability to place matters on the agenda or to force a vote on issues over the objection of senator reid, the majority leader, and the democrats who control the senate. i guess the thing that rankled me so much, mr. president, is rather than hold a press conference and tell senator reid to get to work on the budget, the president should have picked up his telephone or invited senator reid to come to his office and say harry, we need to pass a budget. we need to take care of this debt crisis, we need to take care of this cliff that we're getting ready to fall off of august 2 that secretary geithner has warned us would have perhaps calamitous impact on markets and on the economy and on interest rat

i ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the senator from texas, senator cornyn, be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, i come to the floor today to talk about our obligation to protect workers across america and to urge my colleagues to support the protecting america's workers act, which i'm very proud to introduce today. madam president, middle-class families across is this country -- across this country are struggling. so many have lost their homes and jobs and are fighting to keep their heads above water. we are working hard here to create jobs and get the economy back on track, but we also owe it to middle-class families to make sure that those jobs are safe and healthy. madam president, in 2009 alone there were 4,340 deaths in workplaces across america. and over 3 million more were injured or sickened while on the job. you know, if more than 4,000 americans were killed in one day, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in this country. if an epidemic in this country claimed 4

i wonder your reaction to that in a separate senator cornyn what you intend to do on the libya de bate? >> i don't want to respond to my eye difficult to revive rather wait to see what he announces and then i would be happy to give you my view. thanks everybody. >> several weeks ago but the point is we want to know what the president's plan is. we don't initiate hostilities in a form of country like libya without a plan and then try to hand it off to nato which is predominantly faction supported, and we would like to know what the plan is and to consult with us to tell us what his plan is for success and hopefully then we can muster the support of the american people behind the plan. that's important for the military. [inaudible conversations] >> after republicans spoke to reporters, senate majority leader harry reid came to the microphone and said republicans democratic efforts to improve the economy. this runs a little more than five minutes. >> we have to deficits in this country from the republican colleague only cares about one of them. we have a budget and deficit problem but we

host: senator cornyn, republican of texas. back to your calls.h is a republican in sweetwater, texas. what did you think of the president's speech last night? caller: it was interesting. host: what does that mean? caller: i do believe we need to draw back our troops as soon as possible. yes, i do. i do not believe that we should be spending all the money that the united states spends to help them rebuild their country. germany and other countries we went to war with in the past -- has made them proud for themselves. if we continue to support -- they will never get any better. host: "we should not adhere to a timetable" -- this is met ronnie -- this is mitt romney. in fact, hillary clinton will testify at the senate foreign relations committee today beginning at 10:00 a.m.. you can see that on c-span3. she will be talking about the president's withdrawal plan. this is issa. he takes a little bit of a different tact. host: shady side, maryland, sarah on the line for independents. all right. let's try oklahoma. james is a republican in oklahoma. wha

[laughter] cornyn? >> -- courtney? >> thank you for your words.e last time, how time [unintelligible] have you deployed? [laughter] >> we bought 27,000 of them, right? >> to you bought them. -- you bought them. thanks so much. it has been a true honor to work with all of you. i hope we can stay in touch and work together in the future. take care. >> in a few moments, the supreme court oral arguments in a california law banning the sale of video games to minors. the law violates the first amendment in this unconstitutional. review the boyer's supreme court's major decisions during this term. -- lawyers review the supreme court's major decisions during this term. later, michele bachmann announces her republican nomination candidacy for president. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, ray lahood previous his trip to michigan and ohio, to discuss transportation jobs. we will discuss policy with scott paul. and you can call in with your questions about energy in the national security to davis pumphrey. "washington journal" is live on c-span every d

cornyn: mr. president, i am reading in press reports that some of my colleagues across the aisle are advocating another stimulus package, sometimes called government investment, otherwise called spending taxpayers' money that we don't have and borrowing it from our children and most immediately from the chinese that own a trillion dollars of our national debt. it is astonishing to me that after the last stimulus package early in 2009 failed to meet the president's own stated target of keeping unemployment to 8% or lower, that some of our colleagues are trying to double down on a bad deal by advocating more stimulus. when 43 cents out of every dollar that is being spent in america today is borrowed money. i mentioned that the president in his speech on afghanistan last night said that the federal government needs to invest more. well, i don't think anybody should be fooled by what he really means when he says the federal government must invest. the only money the federal government has is the mone

senator cornyn? >> thank you, madam chairman.e new york times" reported this morning according to military officials, the withdrawal plan outlined by the president who resolved and the cancellation of plans to shift u.s. troops coming out of southern and southwestern afghanistan to eastern afghanistan where afghan u.s. coalition forces are fighting insurgents, including the haqqani group. is that accurate? >> first of all, i don't have a clue who those military sources are, and if they know something i don't know, i'm just the commander of the theater. laughter again, we have not yet -- i don't think so. again, i literally just gave guidance to the deputy chief of staff for operations of isaf who is cool headed as the j3 for the u.s. forces this evening on secure internet as to how to move forward on this. and this is -- they are a little bit ahead of the planning process, if i could, mr. chairman. >> so, if this were true, would you know it? >> i would certainly hope so. again, as i said, -- to quote military sources. i actually

cornyn: mr. president, i would like to start with a unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent that my navy fellow, lieutenant maxwell keith, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment number 504 and ask for its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, proposes an amendment numbered 504. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: it shall be without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to on congratulate senator schumer and senator alexander, senator collins, and others, for working through this bipartisan legislation. it's nice to actually have a piece of legislation we can actually work on together to -- in this case to help streamline the appoin

it's -- one of the best ways to tell you is to quote john cornyn, senator john cornyn whorbgs said a2 million e.d.a. grant for water tower in texas will -- quote -- "pave the way for creation of new jobs and business opportunities." that says it all. we have 27 republicans who went on the record saying the e.d.a. was a good job-creation bill. we know that historically $1 of e.d.a. investment attracts $7 in private-sector investment. so while this is a $500 billion, madam president, if you see that it's $7 for each $1, it's into the billions in terms of the job creation that will follow. as a matter of fact, we know that the jobs created here will be between about 250,000 and a million over the life of the bill. a million jobs. all we need is a cloture vote. this e.d.a. started in 1965, and it has been supported by democrats and republicans. i gave you an example of senator cornyn and what he said. these are just some of the people who are supporting us: the conference of mayors, public works association. it goes on into all of our states. the university economic development associati

cornyn: mr. president, last month, the medicare trustees warned that medicare will go bankrupt in 13 years, which is five years earlier than they had previously calculated. you heard me right. one of the most important programs that the government actually runs, the medicare program, designed to provide health care to seniors, is going to run out of money in 13 years, five years earlier than projected just last year. medicare trustees noted that medicare's unfunded liabilities -- that is, the number of -- what it's responsible for, there is a a $24 trillion shortfall, but that that is also growing. so stated another way, this is a a $24 trillion gap between medicare's future benefit costs and the future taxes and premiums that are expected to be collected to pay for it. today, mr. president, i am, along with nearly all of my republican colleagues, sending a letter to the president of the united states insisting that he comply with the law. what law would that be? well, the law that was passed in