william francis kuntz, ii of new york to be united states district judge.to be united states district judge. jennifer guerin zipps of arizona to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be one hour for debate with respect to the nominations with the time equally divided in the usual form. mr. leahy: and, mr. president, that would bring us to 20 minutes to 6:00, and i think there was probably an attempt to vote at 5:30, so i would ask consent that the time be still divided in the regular way but the votes begin at 5:30. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, today's consideration of six qualified consensus judicial nominations is welcome. it's all too rare. i commend majority leader reid for pressing for senate votes on all 27 of the judicial nominees fully considered by the senate judiciary committee and waiting final action by the senate. we have a judicial vacancy rate that stands at 11%. we have 95 vacancies in federal courts around the country. we have to build on today's e

. >> with an increasing number of kuntz 50 percent or more their revenue comes from outside of the united states. >> yes and the jobs are being created abroad and it is not demand in the simple sense that you could still late the puhases, it is rather that to be profitable they would rather hire labor in china rather than in the u.s., given the mix of skills that they can find here and the wages that they would have to pay versus the mix of skills that they can find there. >> rose: let's hear what you exactly propose in here. so what would you do in terms of advising the president at this point and the goverent at this point? is it, in fact, to increase taxes? on -- you have lked about he, reia wake thing american virtue and prosperity, what is it -- who should be taxed .. how much revenue would you get from that and how would you spend that revenue? >> when things started to go sour 30 years ago for the u.s. it was globalization that gave a huge opportunity th the at the , provided a flow of cheap goods from china, led to the loss of jobs outside of construction sector, and the result wa

louisiana, nancy terresen to the united states district judge for the district of maine, william francis kuntz to be district judge for the eastern district of new york, marina marmolejo to be descrilgt judge for the southern district of texas. i'm pleased to support each of these nominees and i thank them for their public service and congratulate them for their prior accomplishments and confirmation today. and i ask unanimous consent that my full statement be entered in the record at this point because it talks about the qualifications of each of these judicial nominees. the presiding officer: without objection, the statements will be included in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: and i yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. graham: mr. president i'd ask unanimous consent to terminate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. graham: lieblgd to rise and talk on two topics, the nomination of henry flaid to the fourth circuit court of appeals and the motion