the landrieu-hoeven bill, on the other hand, protects rural america. senator landrieu has been working on this effort for years. this bill will give the pipeline the senate's seal of approval and it will send a signal to the americans that congress is working together, creating good jobs, supporting our economy, and that we're able to make responsible decisions. but is this the big move forward? i'll continue to make sure oil shipped through this pipeline stays in america. i've heard the arguments on all sides but north america's oil should stay in north america. it will lead to cheaper energy that will be more affordable for our homes, our businesses, for our working families. that will lead to more good manufacturing jobs in this country because we'll be able to recruit because of our energy costs, be able to recruit that manufacturing based back to our country we gave up 20 or 30 years ago. mr. president, there are a lot of reasons to improve and build the keystone pipeline. it will create good-paying manufacturing jobs. it will support our middle c

so the respect for private property rights is in the landrieu-hoeven bill. it is not in the hospital. it is a critical component and has to be an otherwise we're making huge mistake. this pipeline must also be built to the highest safety standards. there can be no corners to leaks and spills don't make anybody money. they are unacceptable so the most modern safety systems must be employed, including double pipe if necessary. that is a fundamental this between senator landrieu and open bill. what they drafted in house personally done, the good work we've done in the senate. the house bill contains no protection for land owners, none, zip. the house bill said good luck, land owners, your subject to eminent domain by foreign corporations. you have no spill prevention protections. the landrieu-hoeven bill protects rogue america, protects private property rights. senator lantos been working on this effort for years. this bill will give the pipeline the senate seal of approval and it will send a signal to the americans that congress working together could in good

the landrieu hoeven bill protects rural american property rights.ator landrieu has been working on a separate for years. this bill will give the pipeline the senate seal of approval and will send a signal to the americans that congress is working together for creating good jobs and supporting our economy and we are able to make responsible decisions. as this debate moves forward i will continue to push to make sure that oil should do this pipeline stays in america. i've heard the arguments on all sides. north americans oil should stay in north america. it will make our country energy secure and lead to cheaper energy that will be more affordable for homes and businesses and working families. that will lead to more good manufacturing jobs in this country because we will be able to recruit because of her energy costs and be able to recruit manufacturing base that for a country that we gave up 20 or 30 years ago. mr. president there are a lot of reasons approve the bill of the keystone pipeline. it will create good paying manufacturing jobs. it will su

and so, senator hoeven deserves an incredible amount of credit. but equally, mary landrieu deserves an incredible amount of credit for moving this issue right at this point in time and moving this issue forward. and we who are working on this side to gather the number of votes that we know we're going to need to pass this, that's not easy work. trust me, that is not easy work. but we're making tremendous progress. we're making tremendous progress. now what happens next week? we hope we pass it. and we'll cross the bridge of a presidential veto when we come to it and if we come to it. but let's not presuppose what people are going to do and let's not stand here in a -- at a time when the american public wants to see us all come together. let's not stand here and worry about who gets credit. let's not stand here and call out people for what you consider past wrongs. let's move forward on behalf of the american people. i wanted to personally say thawrks senator landrii for your leadership and tenacity. i was with you every step of the way on flood insurance. it wouldn't have h

the hoeven-landrieu bill protects private property rights. senator landrieu from working on this effort for years. this bill will give the pipeline the senate seal of approval and send a signal to the americans that congress is working together on creating good jobs, supporting our economy and that we are able to make responsible decisions. is this dash continue to make sure oil should do this pipeline stays in america. i for the argument on all sides. but north americans oil should stay in north america but it will make our country more energy sector, lead to cheaper energy, more affordable for homes and businesses, for our working families. that will lead to more good manufacturing jobs in this country because we will be able to recruit because of our energy costs, able to recruit that manufacturing base back to return to we gave up some 20 or 30 years ago. there are a lot of reasons to prove until the keystone pipeline. it will create good paying manufacturing jobs. it will support our middle class and we need to support our middle class.

the respect for private property rights is in the landrieu-hoeven bill. it is not in the house bill. it is a critical component. it has to be in. otherwise we're making a huge mistake. this pipeline also must be built to the highest safety standards. there can be no corners cut. leaks and spills don't make anybody any money. they a >> >> what they haven't in-house versus over here in the senate. the house bill o has no projections for landowners. it says you're subject to eminent domain by a foreign corporation and you have no protection as. but the other bill protects private property rights but senator landrieu has worked on this for years it gives the senate seal of approval tuz said the signal to america that congress is working together to support our economy and create jobs to make responsible decisions but as this debate news for bird i will continue to push that the wailes stays in america i have heard the arguments on all sides that north americans should stay in north america to make more energy secure more affordable for homes and businesses an

now, this is an extraordinary coalition that has come together to support the hoeven-landrieu bill. the bill that i'm going to call up in a few minutes for unanimous consent to pass because i believe what the new majority leader has said and i believe what senator cornyn has just said, the senator from texas, and i believe what the current majority leader has sa said, soon to be minority leader in the next congress, that we need to work together and that we can work together and we need to begin to do that today. not tomorrow. not in january. not in february. not in march. not around the corner. not next week. but today. that would send "the" most positive signal. and i'm not asking to have unanimous consent on 10 bills that are controversial. i'm not asking us to do the impossible. i'm not asking us to do something that just came up last week. i'm asking us to move forward on a bill that has labor support, business support, general contractor support and the american people, most importantly. the latest polls on the keystone pipeline, not just in my state -- and i see my colleague

landrieu: i just need three minutes to close. mr. hoeven: do you want to do that now, and then you still have 2 minutes after i'm done as well. i'm trying to find out how you'd like to utilize your remaining time. ms. landrieu: we can do the closing now. you can do your closing and i'll do mine and then senator boxer. would that be okay? mr. hoeven: madam president, that's fine, sure. madam president, i'm going to go through a series of charts here. they're actually getting a little worn because i've used them now for a number of years. and i'm very hopeful that after today or certainly after the first part of the next year that i can retire these charts because it's long past time to approve the keystone x.l. pipeline. this is an effort that started in september of 2008. the trans-canada company applied for the keystone x.l. pipeline permit. they started this process in september of 2008. i wasn't in the senate then. i was governor of north dakota at that time. worked on it for two years as governor and now worked on it for almost four yea

this is an extraordinary color lotion that's come together to support the hoeven landrieu bill and going to call up in a few minutes for unanimous consent to pass because i believe that the new majority leader has said and i believe what senator cornyn has said into the and with current majority leader has said soon-to-be minority leader in the next congress that we need to work together and that we can work together and we need to begin to do that today. not tomorrow, january, not february, not march, not around the corner, not next week, but today. that would ascend the most positive signal and i'm not asking to have unanimous consent on the bills that are controversial i'm not asking us to do the impossible, i am not asking us to do something about it just came up last week. i'm asking us i am asking us to move forward on a bill that has labor support, business support, general contractor support and the american people most importantly the latest polls on the keystone pipeline not just in my state and i see my colleagues from west virginia by justin west virginia but the polls in the

hoeven: mr. president? ms. landrieu: i ask to be recognized. the presiding officer: the republican leader --. mr. mcconnell: i believe i have the floor and i believe senator hoeven is going to ask a question. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota is recognized. h.o.v. i'd like to thank the majority leader but ask thoim repeat his question. i was engaged in conversation when you directed the question to me. mr. mcconnell: i was talking about your leadership on this over the last six years and the difficulty of getting action here in the senate, and it almost seems to me as if it took the election by the american people to choose a new majority for next year to get the attention of the current majority to go forward on the issue that senator hoeven that be talking to us about one virtual daily basis here for six years. mr. hoeven: mr. president, i'd like to respond the minority leader. that's been the case, that we've worked for sometime to get a vote on the issue. we had actually passed the measure back in 2012 attached to pay troll tax holiday. at that time, the president turned

senator landrieu will control an hour of proponent time and senator hoeven two hours. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15. at about 6:15 the senate will vote on a bill to approve the keystone pipeline. there will be a confirmation of votes on abrams, cohen and ross. there will be 30 minutes of debate prior to cloture on a motion to proceed to the u.s.a. freedom act. mr. president, as i've indicated, this evening we'll vote on the motion to proceed to the bipartisan u.s.a. freedom act, which reforms the united states government's domestic surveillance authorities under the foreign intelligence surveillance act, or fisa, as we have come to call it. in 2013, the american public first learned that the federal government collected telephone internet records of ordinary americans, even when those americans were not suspected of any wrongdoing. earlier this year senator leahy introduced the u.s. freedom act to end this bulk data collection. this bill has the support of the entire united states intelligence community, including the director of national intelligence, gene

after senator landrieu, we hear from republicans john hoeven and mitch mcconnell. this is a half hour. >> so today, we vote on senate bill 2280, introduced by myself and senator landrieu. we actually have 54 sponsors on the legs so a total of 56 sponsors, bipartisan bill. that is the same bill that has been passed in the house of representatives. that was passed on friday. and same version, the prime sponsor in the house was senator cassidy. as i say the bill we vote on today is -- excuse me -- representative cassidy. the bill we vote on today, senate bill 2280, is approval of the keystone xl pipeline. we have actually passed legislation on keystone xl pipeline before. there ises not the first bill. in 2012, we passed legislation that required the president to make a decision on the keystone xl pipeline. we attached it to the payroll tax holiday. at that time the president turned down the pipeline project. so here we are today, and we submitted a number of different pieces pieces of legislation, but this legislation today actually has congress approving the keystone

because i've got some time to do this before i call for unanimous consent to pass the original hoeven-landrieu keystone bill which is a stand-aa loan keystone bill as originally introduced with 45 republican cosponsors, every member of the republican caucus is already a cosponsor of this bill. and we have on that bill about 12 democratic cosponsors. and i am confident that we have the additional votes necessary to pass it. the american chemistry council, the american concrete pipe association, the american exploration and production council, the american highways users' alliance, the american petroleum institute, the american road and transportation builders, american truckers association, associate general contractors of america, association of oil pipelines, concrete reinforcing steel institute, distribution contractors association, independent petroleum association of america, industrial minerals association of north america, institute for 21st century -- 21st century energy, international brotherhood of electrical workers, laborers' international union of north america, and let me stop the

landrieu. if the vote could have the sway in the runoff election, we can't be sure. she's certainly treating like it's make or break. even john hoevenntially a senator fe elected in the december run off. the politics are colliding here, jose. >> a lot to do with her personally there. thank you so much. kelly o'donnell watching the vote for us. >>> keystone pipeline is one topic being debated in washington with weeks left before the book is closed on this congress. many issues unresolved. lawmakers need to agree on a new budget by the 11th of december. that's a couple of weeks away. there's the economy, health care, and the fight against isis. joining me now is wisconsin republican congressman sean duffy who just returned from a meeting. how are you? >> i'm doing well. thank you for having me on, jose. let's get your thoughts on what kelly o'donnell was reporting on the pipeline. you support the measure. what is your message to senate democrats? this is a job-creating bill. going to put a lot of hard working union members to work building the pipeline. not only that it builds on american energy and independence. the oil that will flo

senators should ask themselves three questions before they cast their vote on the hoeven-landrieu bill. first, why does it make any sense for the senate to force the priewfl of a -- the approval of a project that will bring millions of brs of the dirtiest -- millions of barrels of the dirtiest pollution you can think of into america? why do we want to bring barrels of filthy, dangerous, dirty pollution into america? this isn't an ordinary pipeline. this pipeline is carrying tar sands oil, which is in fact the most polluted kind of oil. and i'm going to tell you why. this isn't hyperbole. tar sands oil contains levels of toxic pollutants and metals that are much higher than conventional crude oil. and i want to make this case. president obama said, when he became president, that he would do everything in his power to make us energy-efficient and to make us energy-independent, and he has worked on bodg both fron. we have seen a tremendous rise in domestic oil production. it is not tar sands oil. it is not filthy oil. conventional crude oil is different than the tar sands. the tar sands h

the house heard these words today and have decided to introduce the identical language in the hoeven-landrieu bill, and it looks like to me, which is very good news, senator -- i think you will agree -- that they are prepared to pass it, i really can see no reason to object to what you're asking for. and i consider it extraordinary progress, and i'm very happy that i came to the floor at 2:00 to get this ball rolling. and i was here in time to hear the senator's remarks about let's get to work. so let's get it done. we can get it done in the lame duck. i will accept the senator's counter. the presiding officer: the request has been modified. is there objection to the modified request? mr. cornyn: mr. president, a point of clarification. it is my opinion understanding the senator from louisiana is not objecting to my amended request and has not posed another modification. so i believe the question is, is there an objection to my modified request? i hear no objection from -- ms. landrieu: let me clarify -- the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: let me clarify because i

hoeven or his designee. one hour under control of senator landrieu or her designee. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there are two bills due for a second reading, mr. president, that is before this body. oh, mr. president, i did this earlier. it's a -- strike that. i understand that h.r. 2 is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 2, an act to remove federal government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings at this time. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: i ask consent when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. that following the prayer and the pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the sena