and fourteen bikes and trying to get the only action was really drivers really gave their in one kansans the run for their money they specialise in my stand on g.m. it's so why the emirates. it's like a big truck so you don't know exactly what to do with a rally car but we try to make. the winter olympic city of so shoot join the air force in the living room of your old room clean twenty fourteen when we were thirty one year old said moving just knowing. how to sprain a stick. and the other ones for the european girl very say i can see what i know about cost a lot of money but one racer be amazing in itself. and i think already look forward to right here. as i said this is a real taste of the parents here and. for the people of moscow to really experience what we could do with the rice and the sounds of the smells i think. and well my current theory implore the swing to training motor sports teams and must kill russia's understand what if one driver you can really get through it was killing the streets of sochi the building of the big sea resorts three huge again on the way this year not

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and i certainly know this as a kansan, in which we manufacture airplanes and general aviation, we grow lots of agriculture commodities, wheat, cattle, co corn, much of that is exported abroad and these countries present opportunities for us to grow our economy and put more people to work. the south korea free trade agreement, for example, if approved is estimated to create 70,000 new jobs. the -- it is estimated that it is an increase in u.s. exports of $9.7 billion and our gross domestic product would increase by over $10 billion, and yet the framework by which we can begin to increase our exports to those three countries is once again stalled and the white house announced this week that those trade agreements will not be presented to congress before the august recess. and in my view, that is a terrible mistake and it's particularly a problem because as we speak, other countries are assuming the role of exporting to those countries, assuming the role that the united states has historically played and we're being left out in the market. a free trade agreement with south korea was just

and i think she in many ways expresses a conservative yet common sense point of view that so many kansans have and i often think that we often -- i often think too many times we are caught in a circumstance that we find an inability to resolve. sometimes we are trapped by our political party and that in my view while we ought to have strong opinions and ought to have a solid philosophy, we need to make certain we're motivated for the right reasons and the good of america is at the forefront of our minds. i indicated in my maiden speech when i first spoke on the senate floor here now four months ago, as a new united states senator, that when i need a prospective as to what we need to do here and sometimes we get bogged down in those things that are a lot less important, i'll put my walking shoes on, my running shoes and i'll walk up to the lincoln memorial and now you go by the world war ii memorial, you walk on past the vietnam wall, and you walk back by the korean war memorial. and in each one of those locations i am reminded no american memorialized in those settings fought and decide d

and his comments echo the calls i received every day from kansans.there's a lot of rhetoric going on here now, and i understand it. let's all take a deep breath if we can. debate and posturing is nothing new in this body or in american history, the earliest days in our republic it was between alexander hamilton and the fellists on one side -- and the federalists on one side and thomas jefferson and his allies on the other. the enmity between these men was so obvious, much that occurred then would be considered out of bound by today's standards of political discourse. the debate raged on between the early parties with the drafting of the constitution. it seemed possible that the great american experiment would be over before it began. george washington at that time retired to private life, begged him to rescue america from the pending ruin. washington rose to the occasion the way a leader does. he did it for his country, his fellow americans. he showed leadership because it was the right thing to do. and in the end, a compromise was reached. yes, it w

[laughter] >> for a lot of these people, the metaphorical kansans, they have seen red and blue administrations come and go, come and go. economic circumstances have not changed for them, right? if you see a myriad of administrations of various parties come and go, come and go, and economic circumstances do not change the matter which party is in power, pretty soon you figure out that it does not make any sense to vote on the basis of economic issues because that will be pretty much the same. you are on the periphery of the economy. what do you decide to vote on then? you decide to vote on those things that could be a change, or you imagine they could possibly change. you have never seen your economic plight change the matter who is in power. that is what is going on here. >> in the new deal time, we were not liberal or social. the new deal coalition was southern segregationists who believed every word in the bible was true. conservative and northern working-class catholics and a handful of former republican progressives in the northeast. let's get that clear. the country is more socially liber

. >> so bill -- so jim, the question is, what's the matter with kansans? >> for a lot of these folks, the metaphorical kansans, they've seen red administrations and blue administrations come and go and come and go and economic circumstances haven't changed for them. all right? so if you see new 1kwr5d mrgses of various parties come and go and come and go and economic circumstances don't change no matter which party is in power, pretty soon you'll figure out it doesn't make any sense to vote on the basis soft economic issues. that's going to be pretty much the same. you're on the periphery of the economy. you're not in the core. so what are you -- what do you decide to vote on, then? you vote on those things that could yield change or that you imagine could possibly change. but you've never seen your economic plate change because -- no matter who is in power that's what's going on. >> can i add something to that? in the new deal period this country was not liberal socially. frankly roosevelt's new deal coalition was southern segregations who believed every

throughout 2010, the conversation with kansans and americans was about the debt, our fiscal house, full instruction for us to get things in order. and even perhaps more importantly, grow the economy is is a component of us getting fiscal sanity back here in washington, d.c. our class are supporters of cut, cap and balance. there is an additional component of that plan that we would add to that. it is cut, cap, balance and grow. that involves significant changes in the regulatory environment, a tax code that is fair and certain. my point to the president in signing this letter is that the vast majority of americans who spoke in the 2010 election were expecting us to do serious work to accomplish good for america. the idea that we can revert back to the politics of usual of saying that social security recipients have the potential of not being paid is politics as usual. that is what the american people rejected. the president, unfortunately, has fallen back into politics as usual, and it diminishes the voice that americans spoke, the message they delivered, in november of 2010. i would yi

and so, while i've always indicateed to kansans, while we have this debate every year about how to balance the revenues with expenditures and it's not an enjoyable debate, we are fortunate in kansas that we have to reach that conclusion, and it's something that we need in washington, d.c. for a long time the politics, the political talk in washington is that we're too likely to spend and tax. well, there's also a problem with spending and borrowing. and we are now suffering the consequence, and we are not immune from what we see in greece and italy and portugal and ireland. if we do not solve this problem that we face today in a responsible way, it will be solved for us by the markets, by those who we borrow money from determining we are no longer credit worthy. we don't have to worry so much about that in kansas because we have a constitutional provision that requires our legislature and governor to reach the right conclusion. and it's why i thought the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves, this debate on the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves

and so, while i've always indicateed to kansans, while we have this debate every year about how to balancehe revenues with expenditures and it's not an enjoyable debate, we are fortunate in kansas that we have to reach that conclusion, and it's something that we need in washington, d.c. for a long time the politics, the political talk in washington is that we're too likely to spend and tax. well, there's also a problem with spending and borrowing. and we are now suffering the consequence, and we are not immune from what we see in greece and italy and portugal and ireland. if we do not solve this problem that we face today in a responsible way, it will be solved for us by the markets, by those who we borrow money from determining we are no longer credit worthy. we don't have to worry so much about that in kansas because we have a constitutional provision that requires our legislature and governor to reach the right conclusion. and it's why i thought the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves, this debate on the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves t

and so, while i've always indicateed to kansans, while we have this debate every year about how to balance the revenues with expenditures and it's not an enjoyable debate, we are fortunate in kansas that we have to reach that conclusion, and it's something that we need in washington, d.c. for a long time the politics, the political talk in washington is that we're too likely to spend and tax. well, there's also a problem with spending and borrowing. and we are now suffering the consequence, and we are not immune from what we see in greece and italy and portugal and ireland. if we do not solve this problem that we face today in a responsible way, it will be solved for us by the markets, by those who we borrow money from determining we are no longer credit worthy. we don't have to worry so much about that in kansas because we have a constitutional provision that requires our legislature and governor to reach the right conclusion. and it's why i thought the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves, this debate on the debt ceiling was the opportunity for us to force ourselves

but there's nothing more important to americans, to kansans across our state than being able to have a secure opportunity for employment, to put food on their families' tables, to save for their own retirement and their children's education. and i do believe, seriously believe that a significant message that was delivered by the american people in the election of november of 2010 was the reminder to us that we have the responsibility -- again, government's not a creator of jobs, but we are the creator of an environment in which the private sector can create jobs. so let's cut, cap, balance, grow the economy, strengthen the opportunity for every american to have a valuable and viable job with the hope of improvement in their own lives. and most importantly, make certain we pass on to the next generation of americans the ability to pursue that american dream. mr. president, i thank you for are the opportunity of addressing the senate, and i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. chambliss: mr. president, i would ask tha

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that great kansan, general eisenhower, did not declare victory in 1944 after we commenced the liberation of europe. rather, he acknowledged a good day, that the battled had been joined and had a deep recognition that he needed to continue to execute his battle plan. the american people spoke on november 2, 2010, and we now begin to do what they demand that we do. this bill we vote on today honors that commitment. we said we would not raise taxes. this bill does not do that. our president complains. we said we would not increase the debt limit beyond the amount of spending reductions we undertake. this bill does that and our president complains. these were bold commitments we made to the american people, especially when washington, d.c., continues to be controlled by liberal democrats. how can we be sure that a group of republicans can accomplish this? it has never been done before. today we have an opportunity. this monumental struggle begins. how big will our federal government be and will our country return to its constitutional role of having bounded government? in kansas i know it's

she is also a fellow kansan by extension as well. or speaking -- speaker committee chair is doing a fabulous job today. we will skip over our guest speaker for a moment. we have a news contributor from the daily beast. the research director for cnn. producer/director of "the lieutenant vanzandt." -- the lieutenant dan band. -- "lieutenant dan band: for the common good" film. praetorius u.s. tv reviewer. washington bureau chief with the houston chronicle and hearst newspapers, also a past npc president. now a round of applause. [applause] our guest speaker today is widely recognized for his humanitarian work on behalf of u.s. military troops and he is an award winning actor. he now plays a detective, the start of the -- star of a cbs series. "csi new york." he has been in a number of collaborations with tom hanks. of " apollo 13" and "the greek mile." it is worth noting that he played a president in a television movie "truman," that particular president as a matter of fact. the former governor, george wallace as well. it was his acade

and i think she in many ways expresses a conservative yet common sense point of view that so many kansans have and i often think that we often -- i often think too many times we are caught in a circumstance that we find an inability to resolve. sometimes we are trapped by our political party and that in my view while we ought to have strong opinions and ought to have a solid philosophy, we need to make certain we're motivated for the right reasons and the good of america is at the forefront of our minds. i indicated in my maiden speech when i first spoke on the senate floor here now four months ago, as a new united states senator, that when i need a prospective as to what we need to do here and sometimes we get bogged down in those things that are a lot less important, i'll put my walking shoes on, my running shoes and i'll walk up to the lincoln memorial and now you go by the world war ii memorial, you walk on past the vietnam wall, and you walk back by the korean war memorial. and in each one of those locations i am reminded no american memorialized in those settings fought and decide d