with that, i would yield to my colleague, senator isakson. mr. isakson: i thank senator chambliss. mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: i rise to speak on the two nominees. amy totenberg and steve jones. amy totenberg is an attorney of practice for many years, a judge, an arbitrator, mediator and educator. she brings a wealth of experience to the bench in many, many areas not the least of which is personnel law. in fact, during her term of service to the atlanta board of education in the mid-1990's, i was chairman of the state board of education and dealt with the major litigation pieces that went through the system of education in georgia. i know of her competence, her ability and the trust that her colleagues have in her, and i think she'll be an excellent appointee. steve jones is the real deal. he is a terrific individual who is one of those people who is so active in trying to make the community better. just one example is clark county in athens where steve has been a superior court judge for many years is one of the leading drug cases i

and isakson says even the honor is sometimes distorted and pakistan, dofasco concept is the lone start guiding the jupiter future. it's an amazing and fascinating and i heard this he concludes is an indispensable book for moral philosophers and honorable citizens. just delivered two hours ago, he completed the final of his three lectures on w.e.b. du bois, the and africa and those i'm pleased to say will be published soon i am hope. anthony appiah will reduce this evening from this remarkable new book on the latest contribution in a truly, truly remarkable career. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my friend, anthony appiah. [applause] >> so, i am half english. my mother was english. and when people say nice things about you when you are english, you feel embarrassed. [laughter] people say nice things about you. so i think i'll focus on that. thank you very much indeed. i'm happy to be from the book if you like, but i thought they just talk about it first. then by the end of my talk if you want me to read from that, but then you ought to ask questions, so we'll see. thank you all ver

isakson: thank you, madam president. rise today in the united states senate and on the floor of the senate to speak for a few minutes about the gentleman whose 70th birthday will be celebrated next monday night in atlanta, georgia, a gentleman who has deep advertise to the united states senate. his name is t. rogers waivmentd came to the senate as a chief legislative assistant. senator talmadge was chairman of the powerful agriculture committee. rogers wade is one of these unique people that all of us are lucky to have in our offices, somebody that supports us, keeps us moving in the right direction, helps us back home with our people. in other words, kind of drives our ship of state. my chief of staff does rogers wade did it for senator talmadge. he brought these talents and brought them back to georgia in 1980. he first came back and founded a firm called he haddington-wade and associates that represented several fortune 500 companies. he did many other things in georgia, founded leadership georgia, a program today cel

isakson: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that michael mclaughlin be allowed to have floor privileges during the reading of washington's farewell address. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: friends and fellow citizens, the period for a new election for a citizen to administer a new election for the government of the united states being not far distant and the time actually arrive when thoughts must be deployed and designating the person with whom you clothe with the importance of this trust, it appears to me properly especially as it may conclude to the more distinct expression of the public voice that i shall appraise you of the resolution i have formed of the client being considered of the number out of those which one will be chosen. i beg you at this time to do me the justice to be assured this resolution was not taken lightly without a strict regard to all considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutyful citizen to its country. and that in withdrawing

isakson: mr. president, i rise for a moment in joining my other colleagues in paying tribute to ronald reagan, president of the united states -- the presiding officer: the senator should be aware we're in a quorum call. mr. isakson: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. isakson: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to join many of my other colleagues in paying tribute to the late ronald reagan and president of the united states and a great conservative leader of our country and an inspiration to many, many, many americans. i want to dedicate my remarks to a lady named kathy miller. she works tabor me here in washington. she has loved ronald reagan since the day he came on the scene and probably can quote him verbatim much more than i can. i dedicate these troorks her today. and my speech is is going to be about two events that i happened to attend where ronald reagan was president. the impact of those e

chairman, and thank you for your time. >> thank you, senator isakson. we have a tough road ahead of us, the committee, but at least we have a stronger financial system because of dodd-frank. over the next weeks and months, we'll continue to see the implementation of dodd-frank. i look forward to hearing more from our colleagues and the regulators. i'm sure that we will continue to hear about numerous successes and challenges, and it is important for us to conduct oversight. thanks again to the colleagues and our panelists for being here today. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations

thank you for your time. >> senator isakson. we have it tough but this on the committee, but i believe we have a stronger financial and because of dodd-frank. over the next weeks, months and will continue to oversee the implementation of dodd-frank in hearing more from our colleagues and the regulatory. i'm sure we will continue to hear about numerous successes and challenges and it is important for us to conduct oversight. thanks again to my colleagues and panelists for being here today. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]ations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> according to a government report, the federal

thank you for your time. >> senator isakson. we have it tough but this on the coittee, but i believe we have a stronger financial and because of dodd-frank. over the next weeks, months and will continue to oversee the implementation of dodd-frank in hearing more from our colleagues and the regulatory. i'm sure we will continue to hear about numerous successes and challenges and it is important for us to conduct versight. thanks again to my colleagues and panelists for being here day. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]ations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> next, timothy geithner caused president obama's proposed 2012 budget the first step in addressing the de

deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and senator isakson then deliver washington's farewell address to the senate. that following the address, there be a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. further at 3:30 the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 6, s. 23, the patent reform act of 2011, and finally i ask at 40:00 the senate proceed -- 4:30 the senate proceed to the executive session to debate the nominations of amy totteberg and steve jones as provided for under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, senators should expect roll call votes at approximately 5:30 on monday, february 28th on confirmation to executive calendar number 9, the nomination of steve jones of georgia to be u.s. district judge of the northern district of georgia, the nomination of amy tottenberg to be the judge of the northern district of georgia will be confirmed by a voice vote. if there is no further business to come befo

isakson: mr. president, i commend the senator from kentucky on his remarks, particularly his reference to the constitution. when i read the remarks of judge vinson, it read a lot like the "congressional record" of christmas eve last year when we were debating whether or not to pass the affordable care act. and judge vinson was clear and precise both in his ruling on the commerce clause as well as recognizing the necessary and proper clause nor the general welfare clause could substantiate the american people to make the decision that the health care bill requires. now, i'm going to vote for the amendment by senator mcconnell to repeal the affordable care act. and i want to repeat the reasons that i stated a year and a half ago on the floor of the senate as to why i believe that. first of all, it has little or nothing to do with affordable care, in my judgment, and we have seen in the 13 months since its passage and the nine months since its signing increase after increase in costs both in terms of

like to announce that we have cosponsors in senator alexander, senator burr, senator mccain, senator isakson, senator chambliss, senator inhofe and senator kirk, and i want to thank them for joining us in this effort, and i hope that many more will do the same. mr. president, i spent a lifetime in business and i came to the united states senate not to score political points, not to be involved in messaging, but to solve our country's problems. i think everybody in this body understands that we have tremendous fiscal and financial issues to deal with in this country. this morning, i was happy to see that 3 senators met over at the visitor's center on both sides of the aisle to listen to people involved in the financial industry talking about the path that we're on and what that's going to lead to as far as the ruination of our fiscal situation in this country and our ability to borrow money at low rates as we are today, and all of us know what that will mean to citizens of this country. mr. president, i think there is no one in this country that doesn't understand how problematic our financia

isakson: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to join many of my other colleagues in paying tribute to the late ronald reagan and president of the united states and a great conservative leader of our country and an inspiration to many, many, many americans. i want to dedicate my remarks to a lady named kathy miller. she works tabor me here in washington. she has loved ronald reagan since the day he came on the scene and probably can quote him verbatim much more than i can. i dedicate these troorks her today. and my speech is is going to be about two events that i happened to attend where ronald reagan was president. the impact of those events, not only on me, but on everybody else that was there, and on the future of our country. one took place in 1975 when he was beginning his pursuit for the nomination for the presidency of the united states. gerald ford was still president of the united states at that time and was running for the nomination for a full term. ronald reagan came to cobb county, georgia, where i

senator isakson has just come upon the floor and his airport in atlanta is one of the most complicated and busy in the entire world. he needs, as do we all, an air traffic control system which is digitalized which makes for communication between air traffic controllers and pilots much more accurate so they can see terrain, they can see mountains, they can see weather all in streaming, live exactitude. the economic downturn of the past several years has actually in a quirky way bought us some time to reform our system. we've declined to use it, but this will quickly change as the economy rebounds. our present air traffic control system is stretched to its limits already. anyone who flies on a regular basis has experienced the system's congestion and delay problems. we talked about that yesterday. we'll talk more. the system will not meet the projected growth of the next decade. so we have this choice in -- in an industry that employs 11 million people and several more million indirect jobs that traffics eight million people around the country, very complicated, runway problems, gateway

last but not least, senator isakson. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for including me. thanks to all those who have testified. we appreciate your time and i will be brief. my question would be for ms. bair, but applies to all of you because you all have the mortgage world is being writte and senator wicker's comments could not be more appropriate. in your testimony, ms. bair come you say we will continue to work to these shows forward without delay. we are determined to get them right the first time. it's to that subject i want to speak. the qrm amendment is very specific and with the theme of the requirement shall be in terms of underwriting or a fine come, verified job, credit rating ability to amortize the mortgage. i'm down payment it did not specify an amount, but as specified in the amount of loan about 80% would have to be privately insured and carry private orphanages. i have sent a letter with t. wolpe lurches to two shen, a down payment requirement to be a qrm loan for 30%. what that would in effect to the city handful ofpeople in control of the entire mortgag

isakson: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to join many of my other colleagues in paying tribute to the late ronald reagan and president of the united states and a great conservative leader of our country and an insration to many, many, many americans. i want to dedicate my remarks to a lady named kathy miller. she works tabor me here in washington. she has loved ronald rean since the day he came on the scene and probably can quote him verbatim much more than i can. i dedicate these troorks h today. and my speech is is going to be about two events that i happened to attend where ronald reagan was president. the impact of those events, not only on me, but on everybody else that was there, and on the future of our country. one took place in 1975 when he was beginning his pursuit for the nomination for the presidency of the united states. gerald ford was still president of the united states at that time and was running for the nomination for a full term. ronald reagan came to cobb county, georgia, where i live.

isakson: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed, to the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: , and mr. president, i'd ask one further unanimous consent, that the entirety of my remarks be printed in the record as submitted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: and i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. a senator: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, yesterday along with senators hutchison and mcconnell, we introduce add resolution of disapproval that if adopted will overturn the f.c.c.'s attempt to regulate the internet through the recent open internet order. in december the f.c.c. defined congress and the judiciary

signed by 17 senators as follows: hutchison, kyl, ensign, cornyn, ayotte, thune, chambliss, burr, isakson, moran, risch, shelby, paul, hoeven, mccain, graham and lee. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, the amendment that is now pending for which we have a cloture motion is -- what we are going to try to continue to work on and hope that we can come to a consensus on the issue of the perimeter rule that has caused so much of this bill to be held up. this is a good bill. this is a bill that is going to give america the opportunity to start the next generation of air traffic control systems. it is a bill that we must begin now if we are going to go to a satellite-based system, which will free airspace and make our air system work more efficiently for the aircraft that we need to put in the air. it has safety provisions. it has consumer protection provisions. it is so important that we also accommodate the needs of all of our country, the constituents that we have, to be able to have an airport system that works, especially