mr. boozman: mr. president i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the president of the senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the senate to join with a like committee on the part of the house of representatives to escort his excellency into the house chamber for the joint meeting at 11:00 a.m. on wednesday, april 29, 2015. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: as in executive session, i ask unanimous consent that the nomination of peter neffinger of ohio to be assistant secretary of the homeland of security be referred to the committee on science and transportation that reporting out of the discharge or the nomination the nomination then be referred to the committee on homeland security and governmental affairs for a period not to exceed 30 cal

mr. boozman: you answered correctly. mr. scuse:i said earlier, i think our farmers and ranchers produce the best products in the world. i'm going to stick to that. sen. roberts: said very well. sen. boozman: exactly. i think that is important in the sense that it is not only an opportunity, but it is an opportunity for the cuban people. mr. smith, you've talked about easing financing and things like that. out of the things we are doing what is the most important thing we need to be doing? mr. smith: i think when you started out you talked about travel between the american people and cubans. i think that is right. as the president said, the best ambassadors for america can be ordinary americans going to travel and embodying our ideals. i think we have authorized travel within the 12 categories that we've had. congress has prohibited any further opening for tourist travel. we also have a statutory prohibition with respect to private assistance to cuba for exports, but also for u.s. government exports. sen. boozman: do you agree

mr. boozman: i ask for unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: today we honor the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's death. mr. cotton: on the evening of april 14, 1865, the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the civil war and just days after its end in appomattox, president lincoln was shot while attending the theater. the next morning his last labored breathing ceased. his fanatically unreconciled assassin was enraged by lincoln's achievements, his saving of the union his emancipation of the slaves his forecast as freed slaves would soon be voting, his rededication of the nation to the declaration, to the constitution in which it is embodied. lincoln lived for these things and he also died for them. days earlier lincoln's assassin, in attendance at the second inaugural, had ignored the reelected president's eloquent plea to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds, doing so with malice toward none, with charity for all. a year and a half earlier dedicating the cemete

boozman: what about the quality of a vietnam rice compared to american rice? mr. use: senator, i'm partial to u.s. products. i said earlier, i think our farmers and ranchers produce the best products in the world. i'm going to stick to that. sen. roberts: said very well. sen. boozman: exactly. i think that is important in the sense that it is not only an opportunity, but it is an opportunity for the cuban people. mr. smith, you've talked about easing financing and things like that. out of the things we are doing, what is the most important thing we need to be doing? mr. smith: i think when you started out you talked about travel between the american people and cubans. i think that is right. as the president said, the best ambassadors for america can be ordinary americans going to travel and embodying our ideals. i think we have authorized travel within the 12 categories that we've had. congress has prohibited any further opening for tourist travel. we also have a statutory prohibition with respect to private assistance to cuba for exports, but also for u.s. governm