mr. chairman. senator carper, i would just say that the boarder surges lash it was unprecedented i've been doing this a job for a long time and i've never seen the level of interagency coordination and discussion at this engendered fully from the start, from when we first started identifying this issue in late april may. i think that it's been a challenge for all the agencies butbut we don't do this weekend i think it has had an effect and we look forward to continue our discussion with you and with our fellow partners at the other agencies spent i think i speak for the ranking member. we talked to customs and border protection i think they did and extraordinaire job grappling with the very, very difficult problem. i think they kind of circumvented symbols and god bless them for doing that. we are a very compassionate society. this was a human chain crisis and the people in those agencies rose to the chance. i think we want to give him kudos for doing that. mr. greenberg spent i'm tom carper and i approve that me

mr. greenberg. >> i am tom carper and i approve this message. [laughter] >> i want to underscore the remarks about how close the agencies are collaborating and cooperating on his efforts. i first met him last year when we were in texas visiting the facilities at the same time as it was indicated he and his colleagues went to texas to look at those facilities and our staff talked every day. we have distinct responsibilities and we very much appreciate the importance of coordination. we are working hard to calm flesh that. senator, i did want to follow up on the issue around the legal representation. my understanding is that the statutory language that you were referring to is seeking to make clear that there is not a right to paid accounts all account so at the expense of the government >> we would be happy to follow up with the staff and then finally i want to indicate that having been before the committee a year ago there has been tremendous progress over the course of this last year. we look forward to continuing to build on it and working wit

carper: 55 judge teams? i think the appropriators have picked that up. mr. osuna: that will be critical for us to move these cases as quickly as we can. senator carper: you did a great job on those acronyms too. >> the message we're sending to children in central america is 2.7% of them are returned from 2014. . that is about 10%. if you get to america, 90% or more of you will be able to stay. my understanding is mexico is doing a far better job of policing its southern border increasing their apprehensions by 79%. that is probably the number one reason why our numbers are down here. senator peters? senator peters:. as i have said on repeated occasions, i believe ultimately we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform to deal with these issues in a comprehensive way, which is why we need comprehensive immigration reform . a hearing earlier this year discussing the deferred action for childhood arrivals and deferred action for parents of americans, i spoke about two michigan students as an example of the daca program. one of these individuals came here ver

senator carper: thanks. dr. clifford. mr. clifford: senator, if i may expand on that for more than one i would like to hit a few. senator carper: quickly. mr. clifford: first and foremost the questions that senator johnson, chairman, was asking earlier about the time frame of depopulation due to positive testing at our national veterinary services lab, we have already implemented plans quite a while ago to base the depopulation of those birds based on presumptive positives by the nonlaboratory where it was taken. we don't require confirmation anymore. that's one lesson learned. one action we have taken. in addition, one of the things we'll be looking at in the future is clinical signs where we already know we have virus in the area, not even waiting necessarily on presumptive positive. on the area of disposal, we need state, local plans in place that we know will work before they occur. biosecurity is based upon new biosecurity. air filtration systems. these air handling systems and these facilities have to have some type of f

senator carper three to >> of >> thinks mr. tran. i want to go back to the root causes again with a different focus. one of the things we agree on is folks that are hunters that want to come to this country for a limited period of time and be able to go home maybe we ought to change the loss of that could happen. and that is one element of comprehensive legislation that passed several years ago. please give us some advice if we were to be piecemeal immigration reform what advice would each of you have to give us of an element or two to include in the legislative effort to help address the issues that we are addressing today for its >> the administration does support what the senate passed a couple of years ago. that's something all the agencies here are behind specifically for my agency that they have included significant resources for the system and we would of course ask that any comprehensive immigration reform bill pete taken into consideration for the needs of the court system and the constraints. >> i think i need to be for ton

mr. mcconnell: i further ask the carper substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 160 s. 242. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 160, s. 242, a bill to amend title 5 united states code and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i further ask the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 161 s. 764. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar

mr. mcconnell: i further ask the committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the carper amendment which is at the desk be agreed to the bill as amended be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. friday, july 31, for a pro forma session only with no business being conducted. further, that following the pro forma session the senate adjourn until 2:00 p.m. monday, august 3. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1881. finally, notwithstanding rule 22 the cloture vote with respect to the motion to proceed to s. 1881 occur at 5:30 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr.

i think both senator carper and i will certainly work together to see what we can do to help those in mr. schneider's position and not just mr. schneider and everybody affected. now and in the future. that's a real commitment of this committee. it's not necessarily in our jurisdiction. but this is certainly you know, our ability to hold an oversight hearing, to expose the particular problem. the panel sat down. this is about getting people to admit we have a problem. i think this is a real problem that needs to be addressed urgently. mr. schneider? >> one of the things i think might be able to help people like me is just in the indemnity payment formula and one of those things is specific to egg laying farms, but it could be based on the future value of the eggs that are supposed to be produced. that's where the egg industry is just a little bit different than the broilers and turkeys. over a period of weeks, those animals are raised and sent to market. and the egg industry those animals are in my facility for over a year. sometimes even two years. as the value of those eggs that are goi

mr. carper: madam president thank you very much. madam president, colleagues, i want to harkin back to last november's election, and i thought for some time -- the presiding officer actually heard me say this once or twice -- for me three takeaways from that election. one of those is that the american people want uts to -- us to work together here in the senate, here in washington. the american people want us to get things done. and most especially, the american people want us to get things done that actually strengthen our economic recovery. my own view is one of the things we can do to strengthen our economic recovery is to increase exports. we work -- we worked very hard in this chamber, in the senate, with the president to try to pave the way to create a large new trading bloc which the u.s. and 11 other countries would be a part of, which when put together comprise about 40% of the world's customers. to be a big trading bloc that we call the trans-pacific trade partnership. and somebody sought by the president, supported by mys

carper. >> thanks. thanks, mr. chairman. i want to go back to root causes begin with a little different focus. among the things that chairman and i agree on our the idea that if folks who are citizens of honduras guatemala el salvador to want to come to this country to work for a limited period of time and be able to go home maybe we have to change our immigration laws so that that can happen. there are other, and that's one element of the comprehensive immigration reform that passed the senate several, eight years ago. just give us some advice. if we were to peaceful immigration reform or attempt again to do comprehensive immigration reform what advice would each of you have to give us of an element or to to include in that legislative effort to help address the issues that we are addressing here today? mr. osuna. >> to comment, senator. first, the administration does as you know support the comprehensive immigration reform bill that the senate passed a couple years ago. that framework i think of something that the administ