mr. barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming is recognized. the senate will be in order. take your conversations out of the chamber. mr. barrasso: parliamentary inquiry. is it correct that no -- the presiding officer: the senator cannot be heard. the senate will be in order. mr. barrasso: mr. president, parliamentary inquiry. is it correct that no senator is permitted to offer an amendment to this bill while the majority leader's amendment or motions are pending? the presiding officer: at this time, there is no place for other amendments on the senator's amendment tree, so that is correct. mr. barrasso: i move to table the reed amendment number 3025, and 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: any senators wishing to cast their votes? the ayes are 45. the nays are 51. the motion to table is not agreed to. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from minnesota is recognized. ms. kl

mr. barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: how much time do we have remaining? the presiding officer: one and a half minutes. beneficiary beer thank you. dorks mr. barrasso: thank you. this week members of both parties have offered amendments to the bill. the minority leader says he is even willing to limit the number of amendments to five. the majority continues to say "no." i'm not sure what the majority leader is fraid of in terms of allowing people to voavment people come to the senate. they're expected to speak up, tell people their positions on various issues. one of the amendments that i am offering today expedited liquefied natural gas exports. the magazine "the economist" published an article "the petro state of america. "the energy boom is good for america and the world." they saivment "it would be nice if barack obama helped a bit." the article explains the process for obtaining permits to export liquefied natural gas from the united states is insanely slow," thethey say. over three and a half years the adm

mr. barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming is recognized. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i actually rise today in support of the 2013 water resources development act and the conference report. i agree with my colleagues who have spoken on this, colleagues who believe that passing this conference report is important for our communities. as a ranking member of the subcommittee on transportation and infrastructure and as one of the members of the conference committee coming out with this report, i believe that the agreement we have here today addresses the issues facing the army corps of engineers and facing our country. we have problems in this country, mr. president, with aging infrastructure. we have problems with the lack of transparency and we

mr. barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this week president obama told a group of campaign donors that people who still talk about his health care law, as he said -- quote -- "are not speaking to the real concerns" he said that people have. the president still does not seem to understand that americans do have real concerns about his health care law. and these aren't partisan concerns, mr. president. they're practical concerns. and the reason americans are worried is because the law directly impacts their personal lives, their personal health, their personal pocketbooks. that's why i've come to the floor week after week to talk about some of the alarming side effects of the president's health care law. and there are many alarming side effects related to the law that people are seeing in dealing with in their everyday life. i've talked about how this law has increased premiums, how it's cut paychecks for many families, how week after week more people are realizing that they'r

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the kwourb be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today having been visiting with people from my home state from wyoming and who come to washington, many who want to talk about the health care law and the side effects of the president's health care law the democrats in this body voted unanimously, democrats on the other side of this building voted for overwhelmingly and that a little earlier today one of my colleagues, as a supporter of the law came to the floor to say it's working and everything is great. mr. president, i come to the floor to say it's not and to dispute some of the comments made by my colleague, because what i'm hearing are people whose care have been affected, lives have been affected, their ability to keep their doctor has been affected, the cost of their care and the cost of their insurance has gone up. many have had their insurance canceled and all because of

mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the sph sphrr wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. thm president. i come to the floor as my colleague from indiana has because the same thing that he's hearing about at home in indiana -- stories from real people and how their lives have been impacted by the health care law -- are things i'm hearing at home every weekend in wyoming. i think it's aston irin astonist the majority leader would come to the floor and sthait storie e stories we're coming to the floor with are made up. these are people that have been impacted by the health care law in ways that have been very detrimental to their life, their livelihood. people have had hours cut, their take-home pay is less, they're finding that they're having it pay a lot more for insurance. a lot of times it is insurance they won't use or need, but the president says they have to buy. they've lost policies that have worked well for them. and i got a recent e-mail from a gentleman, a family in powell, wyoming, a community in park county, and he writes, he said, "now

mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you. today president obama is doing teltell televised events and talking about climate change. i also want to talk about environmental stewardship today, madam president. i want to talk about how what's going on in some of our states where they're actually doing something, not just talking about it. today the senate and congressional western caucuses are issuing a new report called "washington gets it wrong; states get it right." "washington gets it wrong; states get it rievment" the report shows how regulations imposed by washington are undermining the work being done at the state level. the work being done to manage our land, our natural resources and to protect our air and our water. now, more often than not, washington regulations and a one-size-fits-all approach mandates do get it wrong. in the west we take very seriously our commitment to ensuring that the health and viability of land, of wildlife and environment -- that's at both the local and the state level. fe

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, yesterday i came to the floor to address remarks made by the majority leader. just yesterday the majority leader came to the floor and he said that republicans were going quiet, he said, on health care. well, senator reid said that obamacare is no longer high on republicans' radar screen. mr. president, yesterday i said that it was certainly still very high on my radar screen and that republicans have every intention -- every intention -- of continuing to focus on the democrats' health care law and all of its harmful side effects. americans all across the country have been feeling those damaging side effects of the president's health care law and the side effects, mr. president, are getting worse. hardworking middle-class families who didn't want this health care law in the first place are facing higher premiums, they're facing smaller paychecks, they're facing fewer jobs, fewer doctors, and many other problems as a result specifically of the president's health care law. so

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today after having heard the majority leader open this morning's session by talking somewhat about the health care law, and he was referring to a headline that said that republicans were going quiet on health care. he went on to then say that obamacare is no longer very high on their radar screen. well, mr. president, i will at l you, as a doctor, someone who et goes home every weekend to wyoming, this issue of people's health care, something very important to them, continues high on my screen and high on the radar screen of americans all across the country because we're seeing all across the country that the president's promises have been broken. people can't keep what they had if they liked it. many are losing their doctor. there are many obamacare side effects, and one doesn't have to go very far today to see on the front page of "the new york times" this morning a comment referring in an article related to the president's promises. he said, if you li

mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. stiewk that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: i come to the floor having just heard my friend and colleague from connecticut talk about the health care law and as a doctor, i am always happy to hear about people who are getting better care. my concern is that there are so many people across this country who have been hurt as a result of this health care law that i feel compelled to speak about so many of the side effects of the president's health care law and families who are seeing government waste massive amounts of money. it's not going for care. not helping people actually get better. not giving them the care that they need from a doctor they choose at lower cost, which is what the president promised when he said premiums would drop by $2,500, i heard the president as well as my colleague here today say that this law will help ke

mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to be able to seek as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, i come to the floor today to talk once more about the negative side effects of the president's health care law. president obama has been spiking the football over the number of people who he says have actually signed up for insurance through his exchanges. he also said that democrats should forcefully defend and be proud of the health care law. now, he's had nothing to say to the americans who are seeing their premiums increase. this washington mandate insurance is loaded up with so many specific mandates that unless you get a massive taxpayer subsidy, it's just not affordable for many, many families across this country. for some people, the insurance gets even more expensive, even less affordable, depending specifically on where you live. you know, insurance companies used to base your premiums on a lot of different