he served, jeff bingaman, those of you, a wonderful season a good friend to and actually some of theideas from lamar alexander was working with chuck schumer and has made suggestions on the motion to proceed, having a filibuster ridiculous. is going to filibuster, it's the substance to the kosovo. so that various things that i think nixon sent in reform areas that would suggest that i think that if having to get up there and talk. the majority can make you do that as well, too. the idea that you let people off the hook, when someone says they will filibuster and then all of sudden shut the thing down on the quorum call. in my view is you want to make people into it and%. at least then you could have a debate. regard to financial literacy come it's a great question. senator dan akaka of the light, no longer with us but he used to argue all the time can we made the case, i have very young children, i'm going to a new that get mailed aarp services and diapers. i don't see a reason why they couldn't going financial services in their math classes and how to balance a checkbook, all sorts

senator, jeff bing amanman and to our -- bingaman and to tom udall. i thank both of them for putting forward such a great candidate for this position and i'm very pleased to be here today to support him. ken has a long and distinguished record of public service including more than a decade of service in our military. ken has served as the u.s. attorney for new mexico since april of 2010, and his elevation to lead that office followed more than a decade of service there as an assistant u.s. attorney. i'd like to highlight at least one of his many accomplishments that i find particularly important. i think ken's efforts as u.s. attorney demonstrate not only his character intlect but the dedication that he has to serving his home state. and to making it a better place for all our residents. much of new mexico is indian country, for which the u.s. attorney has responsibility to prosecute criminal activity. ken has taken the initiative to reorganize and to focus the u.s. attorney's resources to more effectively combat the higher than average rates of vitam

of international relations, university of southern california, former policy advisor to senator jeff bingaman. rules are not etched in stone but changed over time. senator berkeley made reform efforts to change the filibuster rule that would require those who choose to fill buster to filibuster to make it more difficult for those who choose to do that. from outside the beltway, congress seems to be broken because we won't even debate the major issues of the day. your statistics were instructive in that regard. what are chances of any filibuster reform or is the culture such there will be no reform and we'll continue to go in the same direction? >> can you hold your thought? i want to bring the these people at once so we get them in. this young man at the front, right over here. if you don't mind being called a young man. i'd love to be called a young man. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm james reid, student at george washington university. make this quick. there's a deficit of financial literacy in our country so i was wondering how the bill addresses that, if there's any key players in cong

this effort was spearheaded by senator jeff bingaman here at this level and it received unanimous support back home in the new mexico state legislature. increasing the number of visitors traveling to the region will help u.s. businesses, local economies, and bring in more tax revenue. new mexicans, mr. president, are eager for a solution. dream act students deserve a solution. and, frankly, our economy requires a solution. with this in mind, i'll continue to work with my colleagues to ensure that we achieve accountable immigration reform that works for new mexico and for our nation. ese de esa el nano, mr. president. and i would yield the floor 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 colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i'd ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to come to the floor tonight tonight just to talk briefly about where we are on immigration reform. we're moving