mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: i'd ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, i rise just for a few moments to make a few comments regarding the pending legislation that deals with the currency policies that china has had in place which have been, have proven to be adverse to american workers. i was saying on the floor yesterday and i'll say it again that this isn't a complicated issue. when china doesn't play by the rules, when they cheat on the international stage and on their currency policies, americans lose jobs. and we've lost far too many of them for us to just sit back and do nothing or to sit back and just discuss and urge and plead instead of taking action. but what i failed to do yesterday was put a couple of basic numbers on the table. i mentioned in some of my comments yesterday that we had a hearing in the joint economic committee which for those who aren't as

the chest to chest type stuff and that was when there was either a punch or a push resulting in mr. casey falling and striking his head. >> reporter: casey went into a coma and was declared tuesday brain dead from injuries. an autopsy performed today determined this was a homicide and the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the back of the head. >> it just doesn't make any sense and it's not fair. >> we've identified almost all the parties that were involved either with mr. casey or with the other group. at this point we are not able to say that it was clear cut it was a punch. >> reporter: the casey family says none of what the police are saying makes sense. they say patrick's friends have told them what happened and that's what they believe. again the family says they just don't buy the argument pa that patrick initiated this fight. -- that patrick initiated this fight. they say based on what they know the three men are harassing patrick's friends and want to know when are you supposed to start defending yourself. police say this is an ongoing investigation and that they have one ot

sort of the chest to chest type stuff and that was where there was a punch or push resulting in mr. casey falling striking his head. >> casey went into a coma and tuesday was declared brain dead from his injuries. an autopsy determined this was a homicide and the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the back of the head. police have identified almost all the parties involved with casey or the other group. at this point they are not able to say if a punch or push knocked him to the ground. the casey family, however, says none of what the police are saying makes any sense to them. >>> we have a news edge alert, new intelligence tonight indicates the top al-qaeda bombmaker in yemen was killed in the same drone attack that took out radical cleric anwar al-awlaki. the bombmaker is linked to the device used by the so-called underwear bomber on christmas day 2009. the death is not officially confirmed, but we'll have much more on it. so keep it here on fox 5 and www.myfoxdc.com. >>> more on the man who topped america's terror hit list after the death of osama bin laden. i cia drone killed u.

mr. casey: mr.he presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i'm -- i would ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, i just have a short presentation to make regarding trade adjustment assistance, which of course is legislation that was passed through the senate not too long ago, and there was a long debate, an important debate, about trade adjustment assistance, which is basically a program that we've had in place for decades that recognizes that sometimes workers and companies are caught in a position where, because of unfair trade and unfair competition, that they're left without -- not only without a job but sometimes without a prospect of retaining their position in a particular trade or work that they've done for many years. and so a trade adjustment assistance -- and so what trade adjustment assistance allows us to do is to provide some assistance so we can retrain folks for t

the initial push came from either -- we believe it was mr. casey. it may have been someone that was with him. >> police say someone from another group pushed or punched back. casey fell, hit his head and suffered a severe brain injury. no one has been arrested and police say at that point it looks like the only charge would be simple assault. >>> you know the saying, you can't go home again. it is really true for one man. steven armstrong. he is going to be spending the next year in jail for committing a hate crime. after that, when he gets out, he is not allowed to go back to his house. >> i went through a lot of stress. >> i prayed for my life. it bothered me and all of them, my neighbors. >> he can live somewhere, but he just cannot live among the people whom he victimized for so long. >> he was convicted of committing hate crimes from his neighbors. they banned armstrong from returning to his home in wheaton woods for the three years he is on probation. he slashed at least 100 tires during a two year intimidation campaign against latinos in his

mr. casey: thank you, mr. president.i rise to speak in favor of the nomination of judge cathy bisoon. i ask consent for two requests, one request to speak for no more than ten minutes and the second request is to submit a fuller statement for the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i first of all want to thank senator leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee judiciary committee, working with both parties to move the theez nominations along. senator toomey my colleague from pennsylvania for his cooperation in moving our pennsylvania judicial nominees forward, i'm grateful for his help and his cooperation. i rise to speak about judge cathy bisoon, the daughter of brooklyn, new york, born there and became a pennsylvanian after law school. cathy bisoon is of hispanic oarnl in, her mother from was the west indies and her dad from puerto rico. when she was just 4 years old and living in the williamsburg section of brooklyn, her father was stabbed to death in a park blocks fr

mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i just rise for literally 30 seconds. what i failed to do when i was talking about both nominees was to thank senator too maniy, my colleague from pennsylvania. we worked together on both of these nominees at a process to arrive rat a consensus position. so i am grateful for senator toometoomey's help on this and k thankful for the staff's help as well. i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the hornak and scola nominations are confirmed and the question occurs on the mariana nomination. -- on the mariani nomination. mr. casey: mr. president, i would 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: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? are there any senators who haven't voted who wish to vote? the presiding officer: all right, the vote is 82 yeas, 17 nays. the nomination is confirmed. un

the initial push came from either we believe mr. casey created it may have been someone with him. >> please say the other three men involved have now come forward areas so far no charges have been filed in this case. >>> his death sparked a global debate. they'll try davis is laid to rest. he was put to death by lethal injection last month for the murder of an off-duty police officer in 1989. more than 1000 people attended the funeral in georgia yesterday. it was billed as a celebration of davis' life. strike the u.s. state department issues a warning up about the risk of anti-american violence following the death of an american born. the state department says the death led to the retaliation against u.s. citizens worldwide. we are also learning more today about the strike that killed him. a secret justice department memo authorizing air strike after a review of legal issues about the killing of a u.s. citizen. >>> and with islamic extremists in the global spotlight, american muslims here try to distance themselves from the violent fracti

. >> we believe it was mr. casey, it may have been someone that was with me. we're still ironing that out. that was the initial push. >> police say someone then punched casey. he fell to the ground and hit his head leaving him brain dead. all the suspects involved in the altercation have been interviewed. police say if it was simply an altercation only misdemeanor charges would be filed. that decision will likely be made by a grand jury. >>> happening today, you'll now have to pay more at the dmv many the district. the agency is more than doubling its fees for several services. it is raising fees from $7 to $20 for duplicate driver's license, duplicate learners permits, temporary driver's license, identification cards, change of address and printing duplicate registration cards. the price for parking is also going up. a residential parking permit is jumping $20 from $15 up to $35. senior citizens will pay a little less they only have to pay $25. i should make that nice trip to the dmv a little more fun. we all love going. >> just what we need. that's quite a ju

. >> the initial push came from either -- we believe it was mr. casey. hat was with him. we're still ironing that out. that was the initial push. >> police say someone then punched casey. he fell to the ground. hit his head leaving him brain dead. all the suspects involved in the altercation have been interviewed. police say if it was simply an altercation only misdemeanor charges would be filed. that decision will likely be made by a grand jury. >>> today you'll have to pay more at the dmv in the district. the agency is more than doubling >>> kicking off your weekend with a cool and cloudy start, chuck bell. >>> certainly, are, jim. if you were hoping for a little bit of sunshine in your weekend you need to hope harder or go somewhere else. were stuck with cloud cover. these temperatures won't be budging much over the course to have weekend. 53 in washington. but upper 40s have moved in as close as the western sides of the beltway. be ready for a chilly day today passing light rainshowers out there now. that is also going to continue off and on throughou

mr. casey: i rise this afternoon to speak for a couple of moments about the three pending trade agreements that the senate is considering, those with south korea, panama, and colombia. and i want to start by highlighting what i believe the american people are most concerned about right now, certainly the people that i represent in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. wherever i go, other than sending us a message that they want to us work together to solve problems, that they confront in their lives, the number-one issue, the number-one priority for them in terms of the work we can and should be doing and thanksfully are starting to move forward on is a series of steps to improve the job market. and to reduce the unemployment rate. we have as we've so often said more than 14 million americans out of work. in pennsylvania we were on the way last year of lowering that rate and that number substantially. we went from approaching 600,000 people out of work to going below 500,000. now, unfortunately, t

casey. some of mr. sherman, thank you very much. i am offering -- let me get the right amendment number here. this is amendment number one. >> the title of the amendment is a well-rounded education amendment, and the thrust of this amendment is to speak to a basic problem we have now with no child left behind that the focus, and sometimes the focus to the exclusion of a lot of subject matter is to focus only on reading and math, and as appropriate as it is to focus on those subjects to bring scores of unfortunately it has led to a real diminution in the time that students are spending on virtually anything else. and so, the amendment very simply would -- and ghanem rates subjects -- it enumerate subjects to have the benefit of an improved instructional course of study. subjects like the arts, foreign languages, history, civics and government, economics, financial literacy, health, environmental and education, geography, physical education, a whole range of subject matters that not only students are disadvantaged if they don't have e

senator casey. >> mr. chairman thank you very much. m offering -- let me get the right amendment number here. this is casey california amendment number one. and the title of the amendment is the well-rounded education amendment, and the thrust of this amendment is to speak to a basic problem we have now with no child left behind, the focus and sometimes the focus to the exclusion of a lot of subject matter is the focus only on reading and math, and as appropriate as it is to focus on those subjects to bring scores up, unfortunately it has led to a real diminution in the time that students are spending on virtually anything else. .. >> they do a lot better not only in school, but certainly i think over time and in life. let me give you an example of that. the college board reported that in 2010 students who took a full year of art and music scored 91 points higher on the s.a.t. than students who took only a half a year or less. i know the impact that this has had, that the failure to have these subjects available has had on a state like

mrs. gillibrand: i'd like to add senators casey and schumer along with senator lee hey and i. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, there's no unanimous -- no consent to bring up amendment number 812 that i have offered. it's a very important amendment. it's something i will insist on through every appropriate power an individual senator has to get an amendment to be voted on, and hopefully it will be, come on up tomorrow or the next day. let me summarize it briefly, and then i will offer my full statement for the record. amendment 812 would prohibit the patent and trademark office from using funds to implement section 37 of the americans invent act, more commonly known as the med cofix. when the patent bill moved through the senate and the house, efforts for --

mr. sucharski wore. >> and what was it that bar owner butch casey seemed to be suddenly fearful about in the days beforeabout that things in south florida were very -- were fierce and things were -- something was not quite right. >> while many say casey mentioned his mysterious fear before he died, the reason for his apprehension will likely never be known. >> no one ever ran down those leads. >> as for the friends and families of marie rogers, sharon anderson and butch casey, they are not interested in any talk of mysteries or doubts. they are waiting for the day they get the call to report to the florida state prison to witness two executions. >> and i want them to suffer. i do. i think they will suffer. >> i will be there. >> the videotape that one won justice for the families and friends of the victims is the same videotape they will never be able to erase from their memories. >> sometimes i sit by myself and i think, the pain she must have gone through, you know. she just lay there very still and she must have been saying, oh, my god, you know, what is going to happen? >> there is no way you can wa

follows -- reid of nevada, brown of ohio, schumer franken shaheen, hagan casey durbin, blumenthal conrad, whitehouse, harkin and inouye. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the amendment under quorum call rule 2 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 361. the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nomination, that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 361 francis joseph rigadone jr. of massachusetts, a career member to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of turkey. the pres

i will also continue to work with senator casey, with you, mr.siding officer, and with all of the other senators involved in this including senator susan colorado intense get our legislation passed. it is common sense, it is not over the top, it simply takes a tool that's used now to avert drug shortages for orphan drugs and expands it so that other drug manufacturers when they have drugs that are going to experience a shortage are required to notify the f.d.a., and it just gives the f.d.a. a little extra time, whether it's one month, whether it's six months, whether it's a year, to look for the drug in other locations. and i think i also -- it also would give us some insight into what actually is going on here so we can fix this. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. johanns: mr. president, i rise today to honor a fallen hero. petty officer first class caleb nelson of omaha, nebraska. petty officer nelson died on october 1, 2011, when his vehicle was struck by an explosive de

mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from new jersey for this amendment. it's an amendment that's critically important to new jersey, to alaska, and to the state of illinois, because the menendez-casey amendment in my state means that 14,500 teachers, firefighters and policemen will stay on the job. if the menendez amendment, which is part of president obama's jobs package, does not pass, these people will be out of work. there will be more kids in the classroom, talented teachers will be laid off. there will be fewer cops on the beat in small towns and large, and firefighters will have to cut back in terms of their ranks, and we need their protection and we can't let that happen. senator menendez has an amendment which deals with this responsibly. it pays for it. it doesn't add to the deficit. and that's where the objection comes in from the republican side of the aisle, because he pays for it by asking those making over a million dollars a year to pay about .5% more in taxes, and the republicans say no way. we cannot ask the wealthiest people in america to pay one penny more. now, that to me is hard to explain. why we would want to deny our children a quality education, lay off te