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grassley: and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i rise with a real heavy heart. our friend dan unowe way just died. -- our friend dan inouye just died. i have a never known anyone like deign owe way. no one else has. like dan inouye. no one else has. the kindness that he has shown for my time here in the senate is something i will cherish always. a man who has lived and breathed the senate. if there were ever a patriot, dan inouye was that patriot. a week ago -- a week ago last friday, he and i spent some time together in his office, just the two of us alone. we spent an hour together. and we ended the meeting by saying, you know -- w we both said, we need to do this again. but i won't be able do it again. he won't be able do it ag

grassley. mr. grassley, no. senators voting in the negative. mcconnell, mr. hatch, mr., no. >> bob dole needed five votes today. those five votes were all he needed. bob dole received into their hearts today. and found nothing. after the vote, john kerry said, it was one of the saddest days i've seen in almost 28 years in the senate. we know that when bob dole leaves us, which i hope doesn't happen for a very, very long time, those five men, if they're still with us, will rise on the they will know and we will know on the day when they could have honored bob dole. honored his vision as a legislator. honor his friendship and his personal kindnesses to him over many, many years. they failed bob dole. with one word, no. they failed their old friend. they dishonored themselves and they dishonored the united states senate. inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. take advantage

senator grassley. >> thank you very much. thank you all for appearing and my own secretary of state for coming my first question would be to my secretary of state applauding my efforts to get non-citizens you thought were on the voting rolls that should be there and an opportunity to be heard before they were removed from the polls and i think your own attorney general has of your efforts word well-meaning but you have been unable, am i right, to remove the ineligible voters because you have received no cooperation from the department of the homeland security. so i would like to give you an opportunity to describe your request for assistance from the department, their response and if they have shown any concern that ineligible voters may be diluting the votes of the citizen. >> thank you, senator. i think it goes back in march when we did this match and i would be very clear of the potential non-citizens unlike florida and other states we did not ask to have these people removed because we recognized there was a potential for

grassley: i suggest the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. grassley: first of all, i had an opportunity to hear what senator udall had to say about iowa and my participation in it, and i thank him very much for his kind remarks. but for this year, he is the champion of people speaking about the wind energy tax credit. i have spoken a few times, but if he has spoken for every state that has a wind energy business in that particular state, he has spoken many, many times more than i have, and i want to compliment senator udall for doing that. i think that it's just a foregone conclusion that after 20 years of investment of taxpayers' money in what we call the tax incentive for wind energy, that with a 20-year investment, with the industry just about becoming a mature industry -- and there is different points of view within the industry, but just a few years and starting to phase out very soon, this tax -- wind energy tax credit can go away because it would be a mature industry much as the

grassley: i yield. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. mr. president, i rise today to express my strong support for the nomination of michael shea to serve as an ex-federal district court judge for the district of connecticut. as the president heard and i did as well, chairman leahy and senator grassley expressed very different analyses of the pace at which congress this senate is confirming judicial nominations of president obama. but i note with gratitude that both of them expressed support for this particular judge, michael shea, and it gives me confidence that he will receive the confirmation vote today that he deserves. mr. president, i suppose because i'm at the end of the privilege of serving as a senator for 24 years, i'm looking back at various opportunities and experiences i've had, and it strikes me at this moment i should say what i'm sure is felt by all my colleagues, which is that while it's often said of presidents of the united states that the most important decisions they make really are the

reid: i ask unanimous consent that the leahy-grassley substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and that any statements related to this matter be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 1:00 p.m. on sunday, december 30, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning business be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. that following any leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order, and that following disposition of the galante nomination, the senate recess for one hour to allow for caucus meetings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: so, mr. president, there will be two roll call votes at approximately 2:00 p.m. on sunday. i ask that if there is n

grassley: i am going to vote for mr. grimm to be district judge. i know of no organized opposition on my side of the aisle. that doesn't mean that there might not be a few votes against, but i don't know who they are and hopefully it will pass unanimously. i'm going to put a statement in the record on my reasons for voting for mr. grimm. i'm going to spend my time giving some review of the -- of the approval of judges during lame duck sessions of presidential years. today, for only the fourth time in over 70 years, we will confirm a federal judge during a lame duck session in a presidential election year. according to the congressional research service, the senate has confirmed judicial nominees during a lame duck session in a presidential election year on only three occasions since 1940. it occurred in 1944, 1980 and 2004. so for those who say that we're treating this president differently, i would say that we have treated him far better than most presidents have been in regard to their judicial nominees. this year, we will have already confirmed

grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president, i'd like to speak. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: we've been hearing a lot about the so-called bush tax cuts from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. given the rhetoric being used by some on the other side to describe this tax relief, i would like to take this time to correct the record. but first during this talk about the fiscal cliff and about the tax cuts that sunset at the end of the year, all we've been hearing since the election is about what are we going to do about taxes? that's a very significant thing as a result of the last election because i think it's a foregone conclusion there's going to be more revenue raised. but if we raise the amount of revenue that the president wants raised and raise it from the 2% that he wants to raise it from -- the wealthy -- that's only going to run the government for eight days. so what do you do the other 357 days? or if you look a

there at the age of 89 to rally support from his former friends including orrin hatch, cluck grassleytch mcconnell and thad cochran but they voted it down. the floor manager john kerry called it one of the saddest days in his nearly 28 days in the senate which he says is broken and dysfunctional. the chairman of the foreign relations committee john kerry joins me now. thank you very much. you spoke of this passionately yesterday and you've had an overnight to think about this, but the moment was clearly so compelling watching bob dole on the floor, wheeled in by his wife, the former senator elizabeth dole and you and john mccain and other war veterans calling for passage of this, it tell me your thoughts today? >> my first thought, andrea, hate to say this i can't believe you're already talking about 2016. i'm sorry to change -- >> i'm sorry about that too. >> that threw me at the outset here. >> my apologies. >> that said, let me say to you, yesterday was exactly as i described it, just a very, very sad day for the senate. because fear triumphed and politics triumphed, not the legiti

grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: i'd like to speak for about three minutes in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: to my colleagues, i'd like to speak as many of my colleagues have about senator inouye. when i was a new senator, the first encounter i had with senator inouye is he invited me to go with him to the university of hawaii to debate some issue, and i don't remember exactly what the issue was, and obviously i didn't know what i was getting into because he had been in the senate by then a quarter of a century, i believe, and i was new, but i was glad to be invited and feel honored to be invited, so i suppose every senator here is going to be able to have a lot of memories of senator inouye, so i come to the floor to pay tribute, as we ought to, to our friend. i've heard the tributes paid to senator inouye by his fellow senators, and that's gone on over the past several hours since his passing. it's a strong testament

grassley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa is recognized. mr. grassley: there's been a lot of discussion lately about how the senate is not working properly. this is evidenced by even a casual observer. to understand how the senate was observed to work and what has gone wrong requires some knowledge of the history and the rules of the senate, and i would put more recommend if more empy thank the rules of the senate, particularly as expressed in "the federalist" papers but the people who are advising the states -- who were advising the states to approve the constitution. to many people this subject, no doubt, seems arcane and confusing. the simplistic explanation that we get from the other side of the aisle -- and it is a steady drumbeat -- is that republicans are filibustering everything just willy-nilly, thereby grinding the snoo senate to a h. various motivations are suggested as to why republicans would do such a thing, but the point that they want americans to take away is that republicans are abusing the filibuster. this message has been re

grassley: i am not sure whether there is a quorum call or not. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. grassley: i would like to speak to an amendment to the pending bill, an amendment i won't be able to offer because i understand the majority filled the amendment tree so that we cannot make amendments pending at this time. so i'd like to take some time, though, to inform members about the importance of my amendment and why it ought to be included. i think it's simply about smart government. it's about ensuring that taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely while at the same time guaranteeing federal law enforcement agencies that face challenges following hurricane sandy have the resources that they need to get the job done. on december 7, the white house office of management and budget transmitted a legislative proposal to congress seeking supplemental appropriations for disaster mitigation relating to hurricane sandy. by all accounts, this action was normal response to the federal disaster and one that nearly all members have s

chuck grassley calls the lack of charges a declaration that "crime does pay."ustice department did not comment but defends its nearly $2 billion settlement with the bank. >>> two massachusetts costco workers are splitting a $50 million powerball prize. rosa deleon buys two tickets every day and shares them with her co-worker reginald. on wednesday the tickets finally paid off. the two will each get $11 million after taxes. congratulations to them. very lucky. >>> there is a machine that could one day be used to make homemade guns, not only that, it could make plastic guns that a metal detector won't find. you can believe some people are worried about it. here is joe johns with more. >> reporter: in the this northern virginia gun store you can buy all sorts of weapons but what if you could make weapons in your own home using a three-dimensional printer. sounds like science fiction but to some it's not far-fetched. >> primarily 3-d printers are used to manufacture parts for antique cars. >> you think our killer printed a gun. >> multiple guns, identical disposabl

and republican senator chuck grassley of iowa is calling for a commission to study the shootings, but he says it should include mental health issues and not just be about guns. let's talk about it with bret baier, the anchor of "special report." we got some indications in the message that the president had to share really with the nation at that memorial service that he would be interested in pushing forward with some kind of gun control, but he's been very short on specifics thus far. >> well, that's right, jon. not specific policy proposals. the only one that is pretty specific so far up on capitol hill is from senator dianne feinstein who has the outlines of a bill ready to go for the new congress, a bill that would essentially institute the assault weapons ban back from the mid '90s and also have some very strict restrictions on the ammunition, the rounds, the clips, the amount of rounds in a clip. and it's very specific but also grandfathers in a number of weapons. that's a piece of legislation that feinstein says she'll put up. you mentioned some of these lawmakers, democrats --

grassley: i have been here and listened to the process about why this bill won't be taken up now. i would like to speak to the merits of the legislation and the importance of getting it passed. not only as a senator from iowa but as ranking minority member of the committee of jurisdiction, the judiciary committee. i think this is a very good piece of legislation and i think it ought to be passed and i compliment the senator from texas for leading this debate. i'm proud to support a stem jobs october, a bill passed by the house of representatives last week. this bill would make available up to 55,000 green cards each year for foreign students who have received doctorates or master's degrees in science, technology, engineering and math from any u.s. university. the bill wouldn't increase overall immigration levels, but rather would move our immigration system towards one in which we reward the best and the brightest of the world with a chance to remain, live and work in this country. without a doubt, our immigration system is flawed. i have long argued that we need to enhance and ex

grassley wants to know if he himself was trafficking guns or doing so with department approval becauseike just letting guns go with the bad guys being smugglinged to mexico, jenna, did the atf do it itself and try to hide it? that is the question investigators are look at today. jenna: wow. that's a big question. a lot of bizarre twists and turns there. william, we'll stay on it. thank you so much. jon: right now authorities in the new york are investigating a massive pile-up involving dozens of cars that left one person did. harris is on it, she's in the newsroom for us. >> reporter: we're starting to hear from some of the people who survived this thing. now we're told by police it involved 35 vehicles. take a listen. >> it was just like a movie, and it -- chain reaction. of it was just so fast. no one could react to it. >> reporter: you saw that woman had her little one in her arms. also in the car, we understand. the long island expressway is back open today in this area east of new york city in shirley, new york. a big rig, we now know, somehow smashed into several vehicles at firs

tom grassley. whatever. there are a lot of people out there, bob corker. keep seeing lindsey graham as if he is the only guy over there. i don't know. i am on a tear this morning. >> he has to have something to do. before the susan rice thing -- >> >> bill: go shopping. >> when i heard lindsey graham talking about susan graham that guy is in the senate? what else could he do? >> good, the war on susan rice. did you make that up? i am loving it. >> bill press is the war on susan rice. >> i will tell you who bill press is this morning, war on john boehner. >> that's who i want to talk to you about. i think it's time for john boehner to get out of the way. just resign. so here is the deal. >> you explain to me. >> you have a bill that will give 98% of the americans a tax cut january 1st. it's already passed the senate. president obama says i will sign it. actually, if you look at t it's not just 98% of americans. it's 100%, up to 250 dollars a year. the only reason that bill not happening is because john boehner will not schedule a vote in the united states h

senator grassley controlling the next 45 minutes. the majority controlling the next 45 minutes. the republicans controlling the next 45 minutes. and the majority controlling the following 45 minutes. and that following morning business the senate proceed to the consideration of h.r. 6156, the russia trade bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i am informed that we expect to complete action on the russia trade bill during tomorrow's session of the senate. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until the senate failed to pass the united nations disability treaty. what happened on the senate floor? >> ultimately they couldn't get the republican votes they needed. they got all the democrats and only god 61 votes to ratify a treaty. so they were about five votes short today in terms of getting that two thirds number. they only got 61. >> host: toss about this treaty. what was it proposing to do and might do supp

what was so disconcerting was the democrats did not join senator grassley in their u.n outcry about that protect the integrity of financial markets. it is something that should be bipartisan. but it is not, apparently. that is an example of regulation cannot afford. not all it is it is expensive, it's keeping people from getting loans, and it is impeding economic growth, which we need to pay for that column i talked about. host: on twitter -- guest: it is not. it is something people gravitate to because they use a rhetorical device to say there's a way out. bowles-simpson was created on an unbalanced panel. the president had 60 votes in the senate and a majority in the house. very liberal democrats basically and moderate republicans that he put on the panel. it came up with a set of solutions. the president is even more to the left than their solution. he wants nothing but additional taxes. it is unacceptable to the tea party. i have bad news for the tea party. and for party president's whether it is eric cantor from virginia, the majority leader in the house, or the president, but neith

state senator grassley would require all schools to have an armed staff member and called gun controlan will not allowed concealed carry in schools or churches. governor rick snyder vetoed that bill saying public institutions need the legal authority to ban weapons from their building if they choose. on both sides of the aisle opening up the gun control debate. speaker boehner is calling for a republican discussion on guns. in a closed door meeting, he did placate conservatives saying he will not do anything major but it is time to depoliticize the gun issue. the nra is ending its silence planning to hold a major news conference on friday. later this morning, president obama will formally announce his new task force on reducing gun violence. that's led by vice president joe biden. more bill coming up after the break. stay with us. let's rock and roll. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here.

this is a subject, even senator grassley is willing to talk about it. in terms of lifestyle choices, obesity is a scourge. how about honest labeling? how about if you take up two seats coming up to buy two tickets. how about tobacco settlement funds on smoking cessation. only 2% of that money, the public health windfall is actually spent on its intended purpose. 90% is spent on other things. one of my favorites, tv for children from how about it is powered by an exercisable. people burn calories while they are watching. doctors taking leadership that they i wish we could empower doctors to say no. sometimes that is very necessary in a clinical setting. you know, we haven't even gotten complete implementation in the form of checklist yet. we need malpractice reform. even using skilled medical technology information systems. many doctors have nurses to do all that. i am from one of the state that is [inaudible] if elected officials and public employers really have a good chance to lead. not by talking about it, but by being guinea pigs for. we are subject

iowa senator chuck grassley wrote, representative boswell has worked hard to represent his constituents. he did his job very well. while we disageeplilledly we never had a personal disagreement. we found plenty of common ground. i'll miss his camaraderie around congress but i have in doubt we'll run across each other because representative boswell is unlikely to avoid public service which has been his calling for so long. thank you for your service, representative boswell. nancy williams, president of a.i.b. college of business in des moines wrote, i wish to recognize and thank congressman boswell her fizz dedication to our country, to iowa and to his constituents. he has changed our world, our country and our state with his personal service for so many years. every life has a great purpose and congressman boswell has had a wonderful calling for him. i'll wait in anticipation to see what he chooses to do next. i just cannot thank him enough. kent sager, poth of this -- president of the iowa federation of labor, afl-cio wrote congressman boswell was a representative who would take the ti

the single largest tax cut was the extension of the alternative minimum tax which came from chuck grassleyho ultimately voted against the plan. three and a half weeks in of a single republican in the house votes for it and three msm at not including those that had their amendments added, and we move on from there from of a single one voting for a reason to deviate to initiative. that for me represents a difference. and a difference would suggest a willingness to try to figure out how you can solve some problems even if there are other places you want to stop on the president and democrats did that with bush at other times but the contrast between where the two parties are now. so they are no angels here but we do have one party that this not that far from the mid fielder area of the weeks moved and the other party is behind its goal post. >> i see the problems with both sides. i don't like the training because who decides where the middle of the field is and so a lot of republicans would probably say yes but we have set for 40 years we don't want to go there and now at our failure to go th

i again want to thank ranking member conyers, senator leahy, senator grassley and p.t.o. director for their contributions to the project. s. 3486 saves american inventors money and expands their patent protection outside the united states. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i rise in support of s. 3486 because it will decrease the barriers that u.s. innovators and businesses confront when they pursue patent protection in foreign countries. specifically, the legislation will standardize the application procedures of the u.s. patent and trademark office and will make them consistent with the hague agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs known as the hague treaty and the patent law treaty. the bill implements the ha

grassley: in this day and age, there is simply no denying that our economy is very much a part of a global economy and affected by it. gone are the days when businesses relied solely on growing their customer base for domestic markets. today, 95% of the world's consumers live outside the united states, and we're producing for those consumers as well as domestic ones. one of the things that will help our economy improve at a faster rate would be to increase trade opportunities overseas for american businesses and farmers, increase trade helps create jobs, increase income and expand opportunities for innovation. and as we've seen over the course of history and also repeated what president john f. kennedy often spoke about, free and fair trade helps all boats rise. that is to say, countries willing to lower their trade barriers and allow fair and competitive trade will see growth in their economies. however, history also shows, even among nations with good relations, trade disputes still arise. that is why we need a forum to settle international disputes such as the world trade organization d

is our own senator grassley from iowa. if we don't extend this, we're going to lose thousands of jobs. at a time with our economy still in balance, that's just not acceptable. it can't happen in maine, can't happen in colorado. should be happening to thousands of families across our country. so it's simple. the p.t.c. equals jobs. we need to pass it asap. let's work together. our inaction is stunting the growth of a 21st century clean energy economic opportunity for us. those jobs are not necessarily going to be lost if we don't do what we should do, but they are going to go to places like china, europe. the world is investing in big numbers in wind energy because of all the possibilities for economic development. so let's in sum remember the production tax credit equals jobs. the p.t.c. equals jobs. let's pass it as soon as possible. time is running out. the clock is ticking. madam president, thank you for your interest, thank you for your support. new york has great wind energy potential. with that, i yield the floor, no

grassley: thank you, mr. president. a week ago i visited with my colleagues about the necessity of taking a closer look at the problems of medicare and taking advantage of the opportunity we have now with the fiscal cliff debate to bring attention to it because i don't think it's getting enough attention. there's no greater threat to america's growth and prosperity than our uncontrolled national debt. currently the country posts -- country's debt exceeds $16 trillion. we face the so-called fiscal cliff that could send our economy into another recession. in these difficult times we're challenged by people we represent to find real solutions, not short-term band-aids. as we move forward, it's clear that we must discuss spending. emphasize that word "spending." i know that president obama is hyperfocussed on increasing taxes as part of his deficit-reduction proposal, and i think the the election shows that he's legitimate in doing that. but he could have really declared victory about three weeks ago and in the three weeks

senate intelligence committee originated the senate bill to reauthorize and extend fisa, senator grassley and i asked for a sequential referral, one that would allow the judiciary committee to consider and improve this important legislation, which under the rules we could. the bill that was approved by the intelligence committee provided for a general and really unfettered extension of the expired provisions until june 2017. i hope that we could approve that and we did. i worked with the distinguished chair of the senate intelligence committee to craft a compromise to assure the extension until 2015 you go also add some -- but also add some accountability in the overite oversight provision. i appreciated the senator from california's help and strong words of support for the judiciary committee bill. we adopted the substitute. we reported the bill to the senate promptly last july, and i did it, madam president, in july so we wouldn't be in this last-minute crunch. i wanted to give the senate plenty of time to consider it. so we wouldn't have to be merely rubber-stamping the house bill. the

grassley proposes amendment numbered 3348 -- ms. mikulski: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: i ask unanimous consent now that we proceed to vote on the following amendments en bloc: cardin 3393, grassley 3348, feinstein -- the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. mikulski: madam president, i have a series that i wish to go through. okay? so let me start again. because i have have about seven of them. cardin 3393, grassley 3348, feinstein 3421 as modified, harkin 3426, landrieu 3415, leahy 3403, coburn 3369, and division 1 of coburn 3370. a senator: these amendments have been cleared by the managers on this side. i know of no objections to their adoption. the presiding officer: without objection the amendments will be considered en bloc. ms. mikulski: the -- the presiding officer: if there is no further debate on the amendments, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it.

the single largest tax cut was the extension of the alternative minimum tax which came from chuck grassley who ultimately voted against the plan. three and a half weeks in of a single republican in the house votes for it and three msm at not including those that had their amendments added, and we move on from there from of a single one voting for a reason to deviate to initiative. that for me represents a difference. and a difference would suggest a willingness to try to figure out how you can solve some problems even if there are other places you want to stop on the president and democrats did that with bush at other times but the contrast between where the two parties are now. so they are no angels here but we do have one party that this not that far from the mid fielder area of the weeks moved and the other party is behind its goal post. >> i see the problems with both sides. i don't like the training because who decides where the middle of the field is and so a lot of republicans would probably say yes but we have set for 40 years we don't want to go there and now at our failure to go

that notwithstanding rule 22, the following amendments be the senate will come to order, cardin, grassley, coburn 3382, coburn 3383, tester 3350, paul 3376, paul 3410, mccain 335, merkley 3367, leigh 3373, coats 3391, that no amendments -- yes, leigh as lei. that is 3367 as modified, 3373 as modified. that no amendments be in order to any of these amendments fryer votes in relation to the aims, that the amendments be subject to a 60-affirmative vote threshold, this athere object 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usually form, with the exception to l following, 20 minutes on the coburn amendments, one hour equally divided on coats amendment. the senate proceed to votes in relation to the amendments in the order listed. there be two minutes of debate equally divided between the votes. all after the first vote be 10 minutes votes. upon disposition of the pending amendments listed, the senate proceed to vote in relation to the pending substitute amendment as amed, if amended, upon disposition of the substitute, the cloture vote be withdrawn, the bill be read a third time and the sen