mr. bennet: thank you mr. president. i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: i ask consent the pending motion be set aside so i may call up my motion. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the amount much amendment. the clerk: the senator from colorado mr. bennet, moves that the managers on the part of the senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the house amendment to the resolution s. con. res. 11 be instructed, one to insist that the final conference report include provisions in the occurrence resolution as agreed to by the senate for the establishment of deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to a responding to the causes and impacts of climate change including the economic and national security threats posed by human-induced climate change and b, department of defense initiatives to bolster resilience of mission-critical department infrastructure to impacts from climate change and two, to recede from the position of

then senator bennet. >> mr. chairman? thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment number 65. my amendment would create a fund, jointly managed by ustr and the department of state, and available to agencies for the enforcement and implementation of free trade agreements, in capacity building so that we can make sure we are enforcing these agreements. enforcement fund would be capitalized through existing anti-dumping countervailing llected and this amendment would require u.s. government accountability office to study our current efforts in making sure enforcement happens. this legislation makes a lot of long-needed improvements to the trade enforcement regime, particularly with the anti-dumping and countervailing duties. one of the corrections we need to ask ourselves is do agency haves the ability to enforce our trade deals, and the resources they need to do their job? last year, the government accountability office issued a damming report about the ability of ustr and the department of labor, and their ability to enforce labor provisions of our free trade agreements. the ga

mr. bennet, for himself and others proposes amendment 1115. mr. bennet: this amendment provides two years of funding for the chip l program. i want to thank senators brown wyden, stabenow, casey and reid for their leadership on this amendment. we have made great strides in recent years to ensure americans of all ages have access to quality health care, but a huge part of the success to increase the access to quality health care comes from chip which provides insurance to low- and moderate-income children and pregnant women. we know chip works. it serves more than eight million children including more than 150,000 in colorado. this is health care they might not otherwise achieve. unfortunately the house failed to take full advantage of this moment and this moment to compromise and extended funding for two years. chip is authorized through 2019. this would extend it for two additional years. the very physicians who would be helped would see increased reimbursement when they treat these children -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired

mr. bennet: thank you mr. president. i rise to offer a very simple motion to instruct the budget conferees to encourage the conferees to address the economic and national security threats posed by climate change. during our consideration of the budget i offered an amendment that outlined these threats and highlighted the need to act. that amendment passed the senate by a 53-47 vote margin with support from both democrats and republicans. the same language should be included in the final budget conference. during the markup, the budget committee adopted a complementary amendment which discussed the importance of climate change initiatives at the department of defense much the language should be included in the final budget resolution. let's make it clear that the congress plans to respond to the serious economic and security threats posed by climate change. i urge a "yes" vote on this motion to instruct. i yield the floor and i'd ask for a voice vote. mr. enzi: we would be willing to accept it on a voice vote. the presidi

bennet climate change. eight would be fischer side by side. mikulski equal pay for equal pay. murray eliminate sequestration. followed by stabenow's medicare cuts. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president as i have indicated on many occasions, i think this republican budget is, frankly a disaster. it causes severe harm to some of the most vulnerable people in this country. it throws 27 million people off of health insurance. it forces elderly people to pay more for prescription drugs. it cuts $90 billion in mandatory pell grants at a time when young people are struggling to be able to afford to go to college and pell grants are one of the significant ways that they are able to go to college. $90 billion is cut. it cuts head start significantly, such that 110,000 fewer young children will be able to enroll in head start. it cuts title 1 education program money directed to schools with low-income kids, the schools that need the help the most. at a time when so many of our families are struggling to put food on the table this budget cuts nutrition programs, including the w.i.c. program by