mr. president. mr. vitter: mr. president? mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: as i made clear previously but i will restate, i objected to, i continue to object to laying aside any amendment and making another amendment pending. we made that clear between floor staff of the minority and majority side. that was crystal clear. so i object. the presiding officer: we are on the amendment from the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: mr. president, i'd ask that my calling up of the amendment be vitiated out of respect for my colleague from louisiana. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: mr. president, if i can just very briefly thank the senator. that is a very generous and gentlemanly thing to do. this was the understanding between floor staff. i know apparently it wasn't properly communicated to the chair, but that was the clear understanding and i appreciate that gesture. mr. bennet: through the chair, i say to the senator from louisiana my understanding was that you would object. you w

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: mr. president, the folks back home will often come up to me after the senate has gone through some crisis or complex procedure and they'll ask me what just happened? usually i can give them an explanation. but i hope nobody asks me about what we've seen last night and today, because to me it's inexplicable. a senator holds the floor overnight, delaying that what turns out to be a 100-0 vote on cloture on the motion to proceed on this bill. i'm not sure i can explain that back home so let me describe what i expect to see in the days to come. the question question before the senate this week is whether some members of the senate will succeed in disrupting much of the federal government if they do not get their way in one matter on which they feel passionately. this group of senators argues that we should take away health insurance from more than 20 million americans, they urge us to take away cheaper prescription drugs and free preventative care for more than six million seniors, they argue

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president, there is a lot of concern all over this country about what's going on in washington in terms of the possibility that the united states for the first time in its history pay -- may not pay its debts and what that means to its economy, the world's economy, the international financial system, and there is a great deal of concern about the possibility that on october 1, the united states government may shut down because we have some right-wing extremists in the house who want to, among other things, abolish legislation that was passed four years ago, the affordable care act, and throw some other things in there, but before i get to those issues, i want to talk about the reality of what is going on in the economy today, and what i want to do is something that is not done often enough, i think, and that is to ask where some of our right-wing colleagues are really coming from

mr. president. may i dispense with the quorum call and ask to engage in a colloquy with th the senator frm mississippi for five minutes? the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: thank you, mr. president. senator wicker and i come to the floor to talk about a very important matter, and we appreciate the opportunity to talk about our amendment, which will update the current eisa statute to reflect the he have -- evolution of green-rating buildings and create a more strategic approach for the federal government so we have the highest-performing, most efficient and most cost-effective building. i'd like to ask senator wicker to go into a little bit more detail and then i'll come back to some more information about our amendment that's pending. mr. wicker: mr. president, i'd -- ms. landrieu: or that's been filed. not pending, that's been filed. go ahead. wick wok mr. wicker: i thank my colleague from louisiana and agree that this is a very important amendment because it addresses a number o

mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: later this morning in maryland the president will try yet again to sell his name-sake health care plan to an increasingly skeptical public. he will claim that americans will have lots and lots of options under obamacare. unfortunately, keeping the plan you have and like will not be an option for a great many americans. and it must be frustrating for the president that folks seem to keep tuning out all this happy talk, but it's not hard to see, frankly, why americans aren't buying the spinment over the -- around thest aren't buying the spin. over the past 50 years i've participated in more health care town halls in my staivment i've met with health care professionals, doctors, and nurses. i have met with patients, and i've met with everyday kentuckians, folks who are just concerned about providing health care for their families. many of the kentuckians i've met with are a lot more knowledgeable about obamacare than the washington intelligentsia might like it assume. in fact m

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. a senator: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection, the quorum call is suspended. mr. nelson: mr. president, i'd like to be recognized to speak on a few issues. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, in the course of the next few weeks, it's going to be white knuckle time. here coming up next week, october 1 begins a new fiscal year of which all appropriations funding for the government, save, for those programs that automatically flow, such as medicare, social security, all others will cease to have funding unless we can continue to fund through appropriations bills coming up. and that's next week. and as you know, there are a number of people on that side of the aisle are threatening to shut down the government unless they get their way. in this particular case, a lot of them in the house of representatives are saying their way or no way that they want to defund the implementation of the law that's been in e

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: and yield back the time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the question is on the caproni nomination. mr. cardin: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 73, the nays are 24. the nomination is confirmed. the question now occurs on the broderick nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legisl

mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to talk about the relentless assault on the poor and hungry in this country that is being waged right now in the house of representatives and too often here on the senate floor. the meltdown on wall street caused a recession in this country as we know that was worse than anything we have experienced since the great depression. eight million people, eight million americans lost their jobs. trillions of dollars in the stock market were wiped out. and with that money went the life savings of many middle-class families. many families lost their homes. small businesses closed up shop. this was an economic disaster that hit communities across this country as hard as any natural disaster that we have seen. and while wall street is doing well again these days, millions of families on main street are still waiting for their situation to improve. we are seeing new job creation, but millions of americans are still out of work. and in fact when we look at the chart on emplo

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspend. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, everyone knows that the vote we're about to take -- cloture of the house-passed continuing resolution -- is essentially a vote to allow the democrats to gut the house bill. that's why the senate majority leader, the senator from nevada, senator reid, and every other senate democrat are supporting it. 21 house members know that this is a vote to gut the bill that they passed, that they worked so hard to pass out of the house of representatives. that's why they signed a letter yesterday asking the senate republicans, stand united and vote against cloture on this bill. you see, what happened was the house of representatives, acting boldly and nobly and in response to a growing cry from the american people, a cry for help, acted to keep the government funded, to fund government while defunding obamacare. protecting the american people from a law that they're becom

mr. president. mr. president, if the senate would be in order so we can have one conversation at a time. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the senate will be in order. all senators having considers, please take them out of the chamber. the senate will be in order. the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: well, mr. president, we're at the brink. hello? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. senators having conversations, please take them out of the chamber. ms. mikulski: well, mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: thank you. well, we're at the brink. we're just hours away from a possible government shutdown. all over my state and all over the nation there are very devoted government employees who are wondering if they are going to be called nonessential, nonessential to performing important government services. should they come in tomorrow? people who have applied for small business loans, are those loans going to be processed? people have

mr. president. mr. president, the adoption of resolution 2118 expresses hope the unanimous and strong position by the security council will contribute the finding of the political solution to the conflict in syria to put an end to the suffering inflicted on the syrian people complies by the concern for their obligations and commitments under international law. we are grateful to the head of members of the united nations mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in the syrian arab republic for the work they have done extremely difficult and challenging security and political conditions. it is essential the mission complete his investigation to wall litigation's of the use of chemical weapons in syria and submits its final report. the continued support of this process by all concerned is critical to that end strongly condemn the use of chemical weapons in syria particularly in the killing of civilians which resulted from it. the resolution adopted a firm that the use of chemical wea

mr. president. >> i think his excellency mr.e for his statement and i give the floor to his excellency that the prime minister and minister for foreign affairs of luxembourg. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. president the resolution just adopted unanimously as a historic -- that contain strong a specific elements to constrain syria to respect its obligations and prevent chemical weapons from being used once again in syria. the security council is put in place a robust mechanism which creates legally binding obligations through rigorous verification measures. the objective is clear. it could not lead to mistakes. syria must fully cooperate with the opcw and the united nations with a view to dismantling its chemical program as quickly as possible. if the syrian authorities respect their obligations of the resolution will make it possible to eliminate one of the most significant chemical weapons programs in the world through nonmilitary means. we have all borne witness one month ago to the terrible massacre in the sub

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. sakson: before i make my remarks i'd like to join senator thune on the others on the senate floor to expressed their compassion and sympathy to the survivors and victims of yesterday's terrible tragedy in washington navy yrd yard. yesterday was another grim reminder of the dangerous society we live in and the dangers that can confront all of us and the need for us to be aware and do everything we can to make sure our environment is secure and safe. but to those who were injured, those who sacrificed their lives, those whose loved ones were hit, may god bless their souls and god bless them in their recovery as they deal with a terrible 2r5e7b8d. mr. president, in marietta, georgia, my hometown, there will be a celebration that i cannot attend. there will be a celebration to honor 50 years of medical service to our community by dr. john d. knox jr. i hate it that i can't be there because he's been an important part in my life but i wanted to take a minute on the floor of the senate to pa

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum call. mr. thune: okay, i rise today to talk about the economy generally and the negative effect that president obama's policies are having on the economy and its health and particularly on middle-class families. and i don't think you have to look very if aer to see -- look very far to sthe to see that im. this economy is growing is he -- the slowest recovery literally in 15 years. the recovery in terms of coming out of the recession we had years ago is slower than at any time in the past 50 years. the labor participation rate, the number of people in the workforce today, is at a lower level percentage-wise than it has been in 35 years. you have to go back to the administration of jimmy carter to find a time when the labor participation rate was at a lower level than it is today. in fact in the last year of the jobs that have been created, 60% of those jobs are part-time jobs. we're not creating full-time jobs

mr. president. mr.mr. president? the presiding officer: the sno senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: thank you. i'd like to introduce two amendments, both of them energy efficiency amendments that i'm offering for attachment to the shaheen-portman energy efficiency bill. and i want to thank both of the bill's sponsors, both the senator from new hampshire and the senator from ohio, for their willingness to work with me and with our cosponsors on this bipartisan legislation. i also want to thank both the chairman, the good senator from oregon, of the -- the chairman of the energy committee as well as the ranking member, the senator from arks for workin --r from alaska, for working with us as well. again, we have broad, bipartisan support on both of these measures, so i want to take a few minutes here to introduce them and to briefly describe them. the first one is a -- an amendment regarding water heretos. it is actually the water heater efficiency amendment. and what it does is it currently -- a 2010 d

mr. president?translator: when the negotiations between two parties start, these issues -- detailed issues could be resolved. the totality of the negotiation is that iran doesn't want the world to have concerns about iran's nuclear activities. iran wants to have peaceful nuclear activities. iran is against any nuclear weapons. >> if the clock runs out and a nuclear deal is not reached, mr. president, what happens? >> translator: all parties would suffer. as a matter of fact, we do not want to see a lose-lose game. we are looking for a win-win game. are we not caring for the interests of every nation? >>> here's what's happening. . the kenya military most of the hostages being held in a mall has been rescued. at least 68 people were killed, injuring 175. >>> state officials in colorado now say at least six people are unaccounted for. i'm veronica dela cruz, now back to program. >>> so, how important do you see the opportunity of your visit to the -- to new york next week to speak in front of the unit

mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i'm not sure if you have a fax machine at home, not many americans do anymore. neither do a lot of small businesses. so it seems a bit a odd to tell small businesses they need to fax in enrollment foamplet for be obamacare -- for obamacare. that is what the obama administration is now doing. i might paraphrase the president, the 1980's called and they want their health policy back. now, to be fair, snail mail is also an option and it looks like the president's people will try to have the issue fixed soon despite passing the law more than three years ago. but then again this is the same president who told us that obamacare is working the way it's supposed to, president obama said, and that those who already have health care won't see many changes under this law. the same guy who promised us his health care ideas would m

mr. president thomas i yield the floor. >> mr. president, a unified house republican congress sent a strong message to the american people. keep the government open. let's protect the american andle from the harmful devastating effects of obamacare. it is now time for the senate to act. we know that the president's health care law is not ready to implement. the wall street journal reported that the government software insurancethe online marketplaces, known as exchanges, simply are not ready. they cannot determine how much people need to pay for coverage. this and thece of other aspects of the law that are not ready. many, by the president's own admission. we know that obamacare will be implemented in a way that is manifestly unfair and is likely to harm hard-working americans. they business, unions, and other may receiverests, special treatment under obamacare and the rest of the country will be forced into obamacare's unfair and unworkable system. we know that the loss are important. we know that it will be bad for the economy. a

mr. president? a republican leader. >> mr. president, first i would like to welcome the president to the capitol today. members on both sides of the i'm are egger to hear from him, and to share their own thoughts. we look forward to a spirited and constructive exchange. it often said of all the questions we face as lawmakers. none is more serious or indeed more difficult than the question of whether to commit ourselves to military action. that's why it's important for us to have this debate. to lay out the arguments for and against military action in syria. to let the public know where we stand on the issue, and why. but if debates like this are always challenging, in some ways this one has been even more difficult. not because of some political caucus they will always suspect that. no, the debate has been made more difficult because even those of us who truly want to support the commander in chief have struggled to understand the purpose of the mission. over the past several days, i've spoke within a lot of people. a lot of ke

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that on moi day, september 16, at 5:00 p.m., the senate proceed to executive session to consider the nominations calendar number 175 and 176. that there be 30 minutes ... mr. reid: mr. president, i continue ... there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. upon the yielding back of time, the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on the nominations i in the ordr lists. any statemented be printed in the record and president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to calendar number 2319. -- 219. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, in a further motions be in order, any related statements be printed in the record,

mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. risch: thank you, mr. president. would the good senator yield for a question without yielding the floor? mr. cruz: i am happy to yield for a question without yielding the floor. we have all but six minutes until time will expire. mr. risch: i want to talk very briefly and sc request about the area you were talking about. my good friend senator rubio made reference to this story that i'm going to tell and i wish we had -- my good friends from the other side of the aisle are very good about bringing out pictures of people with sad faces. my only regret is i don't have a picture of somebody with a sad face. but i can assure you, these people are greatly sad saddened by this. we had a hearing in the small business committee and we brought people from around the country, small businesses, who were suffering under this terrible burden. you weren't here in the middle of the night when this abomination was shoved down the throat of the american people on a straight part-line vote in the middle of the night. we foug

mr. president. this is "piers morgan live." good evening, there is no better person to explain what's going on in washington, bill clinton. he is fascinating. every year, he brings his star power to new york city. he's made a bit of a tradition. sitting down with yours truly with an in-depth interview t. last time i spoke to you, this time last year, incredibly influential. it puts you in a position with somebody who had two terms. to make areal assess him of where the world is right now. a little turmoil, a little conflict. what is your take on where we are? >> well, first, all the problems are probably being intensified by the economic challenges we face quite apart from the agonizingly slow recovery from the financial collapse, there a job shortage. when the arab spring ban the in tahrir square. you were there. i don't believe i've ever seen a group of young people who are more impressive, the way they spoke, they used the social media to pull each other out, all that stuff. a lot of them have jo

the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: madam president, i rise today in opposition to obamacare. i rise today in an effort to speak for 26 million texans and for 300 million americans. all across this country americans are suffering because of obamacare. obamacare isn't working. and yet fundamentally there are politicians in this body who are not listening to the people. they're not listening to the concerns of their constituents. they're not listening to the jobs lost to the people forced into part-time work, to the people losing their health insurance, to the people who are struggling. a great many texans, a great many americans feel that they don't have a voice. and so i hope to play some very small part in helping provide that voice for them. madam president, i intend to speak in opposition to obamacare. i intend to speak in support of defunding obamacare until i am no longer able to stand, to do everything that i can to help americans stand together and recognize this grand experiment three and a half years ago i

mr. president -- supervisor mar? mar present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us for the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> could we go to our new business, item 1? >> item 1 is an ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions that refer to the former transfer tax review board that expired by operation of law on january 1, 2013. >> roll call, please. >> on item 1, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on the first rea

mr. portman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: madam president, in the next couple days we're going to have a chance --. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent the senate come out of the quorum call and go into --. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: the next couple days we're going to have a chance to vote on obamacare and this will be an opportunity for us to allow our views to be expressed on both sides of the aisle. i'm glad we're going to have that opportunity. we'll see bhaps but it's certainly an opportunity for us to have a good debate about where why -- about why we think it's important for us not to just to change obamacare but actually to start over and do this right. it's a time for us to undo the mistake that this senate made three years ago when that legislation was jammed through the process without a single republican vote, by the way. which is something that the american people are tired of. the partisanship in that particular vote i t

the presiding officer: we are. mr. durbin: does the majority have the control for an additional period of time? the presiding officer: yes. mr. durbin: how much time is remaining? the presiding officer: 20 1/2 minutes. mr. durbin: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, the news out of washington is not encouraging. it looks like we're facing a government shutdown, and the possibility of even a default on the debt ceiling. these are totally unnecessary. there is nothing that is forcing this other than the political will of some people, and both are disasters. shutting down the government, of course, runs the risk of disrupting social security payments, veterans' checks. it of course is damaging to our economy, at a time when we're recovering but slowly and we need to create jobs. it just doesn't make any sense. we're facing a deadline, obviously, of october 1 for a new fiscal year. we passed a budget in the senate here back in the end of march, if i remember correctly. senator patty murray of washington, chai

mr. president? now you want the american people after all they've been through to take you at your word and blindly follow you into yet another middle east conflict? hello and welcome to justice. i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight. this week the obama administration seeks congressional approval to strike syria. the narrative? we go in for just a couple of days, do a quick military slap, no intention of regime change, and then call it a day. we'll show them. but right now russian and american destroyers and an untold number of submarines are lining up along the syrian coast. iranian fast boats are already in the persian gulf where other american ships are positioned and since we gave them fair warning, mr. president, our enemies in the middle east have been moving assets and preparing to retaliate. it's teed up. once we start the bombing, the syrians will call on their allies, iran and russia. now, let me see if i understand this. we're looking to bomb syria because of an alleg

mr. president. [ laughter ] >> this is "piers morgan live." >>> good evening. there's no better person to explain what's going on in washington and the world for that matter than bill clinton. the former commander in chief is honest, blunt, and fascinating. every year he brings his star power to new york city for the annual meeting of his clinton global initiative. and he's made a bit of a tradition. sitting down with yours truly for an in-depth interview. last time i spoke to you was at this very event this time last year. incredibly influential around the world. and it puts you in great position as somebody who had two terms as president and one of the great statesmen of the world to make a real assessment of where the world is now. turmoil, a lot of conflict. what is your take on where we are? >> well, first, all the problems are probably being intensified by the economic challenges we face. quite apart from the agonizingly slow recovery from the financial collapse. there's a global job shortage.

mr. president, a lot of people have.mericans' dissatisfaction with the healthcare law is not just coming from fox. a poll finds 52% outright oppose it. 42% support it, and nbc, last time i checked, not exactly a conservative haven, 44% think that it's a bad beside. 3 %, good one. from cnn, 57% opposing the government control of healthcare. 39% in favor of it. it is the substance that people don't like, and nat is what is coming back to bite. what do you make of this? >> well, neil, when politicians blame the media, they're usually losing the debate, and those polls show that the administration right now is losing the debate. we'll see what happens come january. republicans obviously trying to defun obamacare. probably not going to happen. but these polls -- this has been a massive message war, and the administration had hope and change, a great message in 2008, but on the healthcare law they have not had a simple message that resonated and there have been arguments from the left and right, and those polls show that the g

mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, we rise today at a time of great debate here in this chamber and in this country about what the appropriate response should be by the united states to the horrific use of chemical weapons by the government of syria. that's a debate that will unfold over the next days here, and we'll see as the situation continues to develop what actually comes to the floor. but the president of the united states has asked for our input in the united states senate and a what today we're focused on the most important question an elected representative is requested asked to respond to, and that is whether to commit america to military combat. to that end, we've all spent time looking over intelligence reports, we've participated in classified intelligence briefings, i've also had the opportunity to meet with top members of the administration. from the administration i've received i do believe that the government o

mr. president. laughter ] >> this is "piers morgan live." >>> good evening. there's no better person to explain what's going on in washington and the world for that matter than bill clinton. the former commander in chief is honest, blunt, and fascinating. every year he brings his star power to new york city for the annual meeting of his clinton global initiative. and he's made a bit of a tradition. sitting down with yours truly for an in-depth interview. last time i spoke to you was at this very event this time last year. incredibly influential around the world. and it puts you in great position as somebody who had two terms as president and one of the great statesmen of the world to make a real assessment of where the world is now. turmoil, a lot of conflict. what is your take on where we are? >> well, first, all the problems are probably being intensified by the economic challenges we face. quite apart from the agonizingly slow recovery from the financial collapse. there's a global job shortage. so

does the president have the right to do that? mr. cruz: well, i thank my friend from wyoming for that very good question, and the simple answer is no. the president does not have the authority to rewrite lawsui rewr ignore the law. we operate under the principle that no one is above the law. we are a nation of laws and not of men. and there are many disturbing aspects of obamacare but one of the the persistent ones is this law has been such a train wreck that the approach of the president has been over and over again simply to disregard the language of the law. to -- to pretend as if the law of the united states doesn't exist because, as passed, it was such a bad law. and the way that has manifested, as my friend from wyoming pointed out so accurately, is to grant exemptions to politically favored classes. so it started out with big business, giant corporations, were all with the wave of a pen told, don't worry about obamacare. it's supposed to kick in for you january 1rs o 1st of next year,t the president has decided he's going to do

. >> translator: there president, mr. secretary general, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset i would like to offer my most sincere [ inaudible ] on your deserved election to the presidency of the general assembly. and seize the moment to express appreciation for the valuable efforts of our distinguished secretary general. mr. chairman, our world today is replete with fear and hope, fear of war and hostile regional and global relations, fear of deadly confrontation of religious, ethnic, and national identities, fear of institutionalization of violence and extremism, fear of poverty and destructive discrimination, fear of decay and destruction of life-sustaining resources, fear of disregard for human dignity and rights, and fear of neglect of morality. alongside these fears however, there are new hopes, the hope of universal acceptance by the people and the elite all across the globe of yes, to peace, and no to war. and the hope of preference of dialogue over conflict and moderation over extremism. the recent e

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the presiding officer: the minority whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, my dad was a pilot in the army air corps in world war ii, served in the eighth air force, the 303rd bomb group stationed in molesworth, england and on his 26th bombing mission over nazi germany he was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war. where he served for the remainder of the war. so i learned at a very young age that when we start talking about matters of war and peace, that we must take these very, very seriously. so i appreciate the fact that president obama came to capitol hill yesterday and spoke to both the democratic conference and the republican conference, and i further appreciate very much the fact that president obama spoke to the american people last night. i actually wish he had done it a little earlier, since the chemical weapons attacks occurred on august 21, it was roughly three weeks after that that he finally spoke to the american people, and i think it would have been better for him and better for the country if he had done it soone

mr. president, for any president to do so, democrat or republican, and i can tell you this, mr. president, if there were a republican president in office and he were saying i'm going to disregard the laws of the united states, i can promise you i would be right here on the floor of the senate decrying that republican president just as loudly as decrying president obama for disregarding the law. now look, i think obamacare is a disaster. i think it's a train wreck. i agree with james hoffa, president of the teamsters, it's a nightmare. but i don't think the president can just say i'm going to refuse to apply it to everyone. you haven't heard me call on president obama granting a lawless exemption to everyone. he didn't have an exemption to grant to big business and doesn't have authority to grant an exemption to the american people. only congress does. mr. president, that's why congress needs to act. that's why this body, why democrats in this body, why republicans in this body need to listen to the american people. mr. president, together we must make d.c. listen. mr. inhofe: wou

mr. president. this hearing is to consider the successor agency's proposal for the sale and development of land located 280 beale street to golub real estate corporation and mercy housing california, the california nonprofit affordable housing developer. this block is commonly known as the transbay block 6 and i'm sure supervisor breed got to work on this plan as the redevelopment commissioner previously. this parcel is part of the transbay redevelopment area. in 2003 an agreement with the transbay joint powers authority and the city, the state agreed to transfer approximately 10 acres of state-owned property in and around the former transbay terminal to the city in order to help fund the terminal which will soon be the home of many of our public transit lines, caltrain, and hopefully high-speed rail. tjp was given the power to sell the state owned parcel and use the sale of revenues to finance the center as i just mentioned. we just achieved a major milestone. the beginning of this month with the c

mr. president, would you... s strongly as believe the war powers act is unconstitutional, impractical, and inhibits the president in maintaining peace, if the court of highest jurisdiction made a decision, as wrong as i'd think it was, i would, i believe, abide by that decision, even though-- what's so special about courts? they're not even elect. this s the way our system works. they make their share of mistakes. they have before, they will in the future. this would be a serious error by the court to make that decision. so i have every reason not tannenberg media ♪ provided by: narrator: welcome to destinos: an introduction to spanish. as you watch our story unfold, remember-- don't try to understand every word while the characters speak in conversational spanish. listen and try to understand as best you can. ( se aclara la voz ) iah! alfredo. buenos días. buenos días, raquel. ¿qué tal pasó su primera noche en madrid? estupendamente, gracias. mire, aquí le traigo su cartera. you should use the context and the ch

mr. president, greg? >> mr. president, our time is limited, but i want to briefly go back in time a little bit. i was here in 2000 for the funeral of your father. you assumed the position of president. and at that time some people had real hopes for you as a reformer, to change things, to bring more democracy to this country. in fact, however, critics and analysts said you pulled back, you pulled back to the point where now you are being branded other things than reformer. you are branded dictator and much, much worse. how does that make you feel? how does it make you feel when people say, to use the american parlance you have lost the plot, that is you have lost the trail of what you might have done then that might have avoided all of this now? >> yeah. so, first of all, if you want to talk about the whole hope of the syrians doesn't matter if i'm the hope of any foreigner person whether he is official or any other one. so, all the terms that you view in your question should be referred to the syrian to see whet

mr. president. >> is there an objection? >> reserving the right to object. mr. president, i again understand the senator from texas in his request which would create a new 60-vote hurdle where the senate rules do not require one at the present time. mr. president, i follow the senate rules. sometimes they're obnoxious. i wish they were different. i try my best. in leading this to this difficult place sometimes. to live up to all of the rules. they live up to all of the hurdles. that's the way it's developed over the years. i understand that. sometimes senators like these, sometimes they don't. i guess that most would say senators have enough 60-vote hurdles. that the senate has enough of these really arbitrary hurdles as it is. don't add even more barrierles to getting things done. mr. president, we should be careful of adding new barriers. people travel the country. they know what the rules are and how difficult they are. and i would bet the vast, vast majority of the senators, democrats and republicans, would like them changeled. the problem is, mr. president,

mr. president. mr. as the world is preparing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against the tutsis in rwanda which is a reminder of the failure of the security council to serve a million citizens of this world, the conscience of the international community has once again been stained by the ongoing conflict in syria which is in its 30th month. mr. president, never again we said after what happened in rwanda, but since 1994 the community of nations has -- [inaudible] horrendous massacres and ethnic cleansing in corners of the world. as in 994, the security council was prevented to intervene in rwanda because of -- [inaudible] prevailing in this party among permanent members, the council was once again unable to save more than 100,000 people in syria because of ever-present divisions among world members. mr. president, the heart of the syrian crisis cull culminated wh the attack where 1,500 innocent lives were taken by poisonous weapons banned a century ago. i believe that the

mr. president? president, mr. secretary- delegates,llow ladies and gentlemen. each year, we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution. for most of recorded history, individual aspirations were subject to the whims of power, of empires, divisions of race , through the sword and the clash of armies. the idea that nations and people could come together in peace to their disputes and advance a common prosperity far-fetched notion. took the awful carnage of two world wars to cement this idea. the united nations did not think this body could eradicate all wars, but in the wake of dead, and theople development of nuclear weapons that could annihilate a planet, they understood that humanity could not survive the course it was on. institution us this , believing it could allow us to resolve our conflicts, enforce rules of behavior, and conduct habits of operation that would develop over time. for decades, the united nations has made a difference. from helping to eradicate disease, to educating children, to brokering peace paid but like every gene