mr. donnelly: i now ask for its second reading and object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. donnelly: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on wednesday, november 20, 2013, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour 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. and that following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business for debate only for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half and the republicans controlling the second half. and that following morning business, the senate resume consideration of s. 1197, the national defense authorization act, under the previous ord

mr. donnelly: thank you, mr. president. i would like to congratulate my friend from kentucky on ford's expansion there. we have a proud auto-building history in indiana as well. we're extraordinarily proud of all of the different folks who help make our country run, who help make our cars go. and in indiana it is part of who we are, and it's great to see expansion in kentucky as well. mr. president, i'm here today to discuss the most important issue facing hoosiers and all americans, and that's getting a good job. good jobs allow us to provide for our loved ones, educate our children and ultd -- ultimately retire with dignity. good jobs are also critical for strong communities and a vibrant economy. that's why i'm proud to be part of the group of senators working on manufacturing jobs for america. it's an effort to refocus the senate on helping businesses create jobs and help communities pursue economic development in the area of manufacturing. this effort is aimed at building bipartisan support for modernizing the manufact

levin, durbin, kaine, feinstein, hagan, mikulski, donnelly, udall of colorado, mccaskill, coons, shaheen, warner, reed of rhode island, murray, nelson, king. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business, senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 304, 305, 306, 307 and 308. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the senate will proceed. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and blocked with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i'm told that s. 1752 is due for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 1752, a bill to reform procedures or determinations to proceed

mr. donnelly: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. donnelly: on veterans day, we come together to honor the brave men and women who have given so much to defend our country and protect our freedoms. i think of so many veterans. thank you, mr. president. on veterans day, we come together to honor the brave men and women who have given so much to defend our country and protect our freedoms. i think of so many veterans, including my dad, who served in the united states navy. and i want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our country's veterans and the nearly 500,000 veterans in the state of indiana for your service to the nation. veterans day is also a chance to reaffirm our country's commitment to caring for veterans and their families. while it's important to say thank you to veterans, it is even more important to express our gratitude through action for all generations of veterans. there are several ongoing efforts in my office that i would like to share with everyone. i have been a proud supporter of the veterans history proj

mrs. boxer: it includes the following: and i see someone is is inning g -- someone is missing here, so i want to check. i'm going to read thew he is in alphabetical order. ayotte, blumenthal, blunt, donnelly, fisher, gillibrand, graham, hire row knee, mccain, mccaskill, murkowski, shaheen, tester and warner. thiwonderful. and this amendment that we have written is going to reform what we call the article 32 process. in the military when there is a sexual asawment an assault and n is made to move forward with the trial, there is first a pretrial. that's called the article 32 process. it is the equivalent of a pretrial hearing. and even though there is supposed to be a rape shield law in place, it doesn't work. what's happening is these article 32 proceedings have become their own trials. an opportunity for the defense to -- the defense counsel to harass and intimidate sexual assault victims. in fact, according to the d.o.d., 30% of sexual assault victims who originally agreed to help prosecute their offenders change their minds before the trial, because they know and they told us, they are revictimmized by the process. so let me tell you -- and i'd ask unanimous consent to place my entire