and again on behalf of senator kohl, he urges all senators to reject crapo amendment number 814. i thank the chair and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i ask suspension of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you very much. mr. president, i rise to speak in opposition to the coburn amendment number 791 and i'm pleased to be joined on the floor by my good friend and colleague and ranking member, senator robert. and let me start by saying that in the context now of addressing a very large deficit that we know that needs to be addressed and in the context of the work being done by colleagues and what's been called the super committee, i'm very proud of the fact that senator roberts and i and our colleagues, the chair and ranking member of the house agriculture committees have come together working very, very hard. different regions of the country, different issues that we bring to the table,

crapo: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my pending amendment -- my amendment number 814. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from idaho, mr. crapo, foyer himself and oh, proposes amendment numbered 814 to amendment number 738. on page 83 -- mr. crapo: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be disamsed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: i would also like to note that as cosponsors of the amendment, senators johanns, shelby, toomey, vitter, and kirk are also supportive. the unprecedented scope and pace of agency rule making in the united states today is posing incredible uncertainty and throat our economy. americans today know that jobs is the number-one issue we face and consistently across the country americans are also recognizing that the explosion of government regulatory action is one of the huge impediments to our job-creation effor

burr 890, demint 763, inouye 918, ayotte 753, crapo 814, kyl as modified with changes at the desk. lee motion to recommit. that there be no amendments or points of order tkpwaepbs of the amendments -- against amendments prior to the votes other than the budget points of order. that the vitter and menendez, sessions, paul, ayotte, crapo and coleman amendments be subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold. all after the first vote be ten-minute votes. the remaining coburn amendments be withdrawn with the exception of amendment 801, that no other motions or amendments be in order to the bill, the senate proceed to the cloture vote on the substitute amendment 738 as amend. if cloture is invoked, the substitute amendment be considered as read as agreed to. the majority leader be recognized to raise points of order against any pending nongermane amendments. if cloture is invoked the senate resume consideration of the bill on 4:00 p.m. monday, october 31 and proceed to skwrer mainly pending amendments -- germane pending amendments. in addition to germane amendments the bill as amended be

senator crapo is next. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. congress is hopefully on the cusp of passing historic trade legislation, and while auspicious this is not a moment in my opinion that reflects well on congress, the administration or our country. for almost four years our trade competitors have enacted agreements they erode our export markets while we frankly have yielded the field. the rest of the world has been busy signing new agreements expanding markets and trading trading alliances. if ever there were a self-inflicted wound, this is it. four years a bipartisan majority in congress have been ready to help our exporters by new market opportunities and reduce consumer prices on the many goods that we import. that's what it's truly a shame that we have had to face this kind of delay in the united states. i have with concern saying that just days ago president has put yet another apparent roadblock in the way of implementing the colombian free trade agreement saying he will forgo implementation until colombia fulfills its commitments

crapo: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. all pending nominations other than the nomination of henry floyd are confirmed, and the question is on the floyd nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the ayes are 96, the nays are zero. 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 its legislative session. the senate will come to 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 hereby move to bring to a close the berate debate on a motion to proceed on calendar 183, s. 1619 a bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, action to correct, and

it's cosponsored by senators crapo, risch, snowe, ayotte, wyden, johanns, nelson of nebraska, mikulski and hoeven. mr. president, earlier this year the u.s. department of agriculture proposed a rule that would limit servings of a certain category of vegetables that includes white potatoes, corn, peas, and lima beans. it would limit them to a total of one cup per week in the national school lunch program. the proposed rule would also ban this category of vegetables altogether from the school breakfast program. our bipartisan amendment would prevent the department of agriculture from moving forward with this arbitrary limitation. i'm concerned that the proposed rule would impose significant costs on schools and would limit the flexibility that they need to serve nutritious, affordable meals to their students. now, for those who are less familiar with this issue, let me give my colleagues some background. current law already requires the school lunch and breakfast programs to follow the most recent dietary guidelines for americans. last year, the usda released the newest guidelines that c

president, i want to talk about one more amendment, which is the bill i filed with senator crapo that't bring up the jobs bill. well, the americans want us to consider jobs legislation. i hope we find a way to do it. i can tell you that i am going to continue to fight to create more jobs for america because that's america's future. our economy depends upon it, and we need to continue to focus on how we can create more jobs for the american economy. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska is recognized. mr. johanns: mr. president, i rise today to remember a fallen hero. u.s. army national guard master sergeant christian rege. he and two fellow officers were killed when a gunman opened fire on a carson city international house of pancakes on september 6, 2011. this was a tragic event. it ultimately took the lives of four people and left hollow hearts from nevada to nebraska where his father and mother and several relatives live. master sergeant rege listed in the united states navy in 1992. as a career noncommissioned officer,

following senators be added as cosponsors of this version of the amendment: senator udall, senator crapo, senator risch, senator snowe, senator ayotte, senator johanns, senator nelson of nevada, senator hoeven, senator murkowski, senator johnson of wisconsin. the presiding officer: is that udall of colorado? ms. collins: thank you, udall of colorado. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. c ms. collins: and, mr. president, i want to thank the senator from business which wisconsin and the senator from colorado and the two senators for their help. i ask that senator kohl be added as a cosponsor of this amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments and call up my amendment number 816. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from vermont, mr. sanders, proposes an amendment numbered 816 to amendment number 738. on page 87 -- mr. sanders: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the senat

that they have any possible concerns, read the remarks by senator hatch and by the chairman, senator crapo senator wyden and senator kerry. more especially senator wyden who got a little static from the audience undeservedly. the good news, the pending trade agreements add up to $13 billion in additional exports. they estimated 250,000 jobs, that's estimated by the american chamber of commerce. just a few big picture highlights right now. korea imposes an average -- a 54% tariff for agricultural products. within three years after implementation, 95% of these tariffs drop off with the most zeroing out after a decade for beef producers, and that's a big thing for kansas. that means the 40% tariff on beef products will be fazed out over 15 years. around 75% of the ag and non-ag exports entering colombia will be duty free upon implementation of the agreement duties on many other tariff lines will be fazed out over a five to ten-year period. panama while reducing import duties is important, expansion of the panama canal is not only an important project for u.s. bidders, it is a geographical key

crapo, aye. mr. coburn, aye by proxy. mr. burr, aye by proxy. sherman votes aye -- chairman votes aye. the tally of the members present is 12 ayes, 3 nays. >> ayes have it. next is the panama on bill. i see no questions. senator hatch has made the motion. all those in favor com, say aye. ayes have it. the next order of business is our final free trade agreement. we considered the south korean agreement. unless there are questions i suggest we go straight to the vote. it has been moved. all in favor, aye. ayes have it. we will next move to our trade nominees. i entertain a motion that they will favorably report. >> so moved. >> ayes have it. one final moment to address our audience. clearly, all of us want to create jobs. anyone that does not know about now lives under a rock. we all want to create jobs. it is the most important effort. we know these trade agreements also engender a motion -- emotion. the main point i want to make is we have our great country and we got free speech. good it is the cornerstone of liberty in this country, and i dee

senator baucus, senator crapo, senator widen, senator risch, senator reid of nevada, senator cochran, senator tester, senator blunt, senator feinstein, senator heller, senator tom udall, senator boxer, senator cantwell, senator murray, senator bennet, senator merkley, senator sanders, senator johnson, senator begich, senator mccaskill and senator mark udall and senator al frank -7b, all of whom are cosponsoring this important legislation. i hope the rest of the senate will join us again to support the continuation of these important programs and enact this legislation. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, thank you. i'm happy to rise today to speak about the three trade agreements that are working their way over to the senate. at a time when unemployment is over 9% and we have over 14 million americans out of work, it's past time for us to take up these three important agreements. these agreements with korea, colombia, and panama are going to create jobs and put americans back to work. tha