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mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar number 44, s. 601, with be withdrawn. further, that at 2:15 p.m. on tuesday, may 7, the motion to proceed be agreed to, the senate begin consideration of the bill. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, in the closing ten minutes, the four proponents will be speak will be senator heitkamp of north dakota followed by senator alexander of tennessee, myself and then senator enzi of wyoming, who has for 11 years been waiting for this vote. and i want him to have the last word. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. ms. heitkamp: mr. president, this is a day that has been 20 years in the making. you have heard argument after argument here about how this bill has been rushed, how it's not ready, it's we have not yet had enough debate or deliberation. and i tell you, on behalf of the small business owners in my state who hav
mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar number 44, s. 601, with be withdrawn. further, that at 2:15 p.m. on tuesday, may 7, the motion to proceed be agreed to, the senate begin consideration of the bill. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, in the closing ten minutes, the four proponents will be...
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mr. durbin: no. mr. cruz: which is why the majority is seeking unanimous consent to set aside the rules. but let me -- let me -- the question i'd like to ask, if i might -- mr. durbin: i yielded for a question. i'll respond to it. then you may ask another if you wish. it is the regular order of things to ask for unanimous consent and it is the usual and customary way the senate works so that we don't have to repeat all over again the debate on the budget resolution to take up the house version. so it's not unusual, it is the regular order. mr. cruz: i would suggest that unanimous consent is used to circumvent the regular order. and in particular, the debt ceiling -- mr. durbin: in response to that -- the debt ceiling was not debated in the budget, it is not part of the budget. mr. cruz: the debt ceiling was not debated in the budget. it is not part of the budget. we could have gone to conference 60 days ago if the democrats had simply agreed not to use reconciliation as a backdoor trick to raise the debt
mr. durbin: no. mr. cruz: which is why the majority is seeking unanimous consent to set aside the rules. but let me -- let me -- the question i'd like to ask, if i might -- mr. durbin: i yielded for a question. i'll respond to it. then you may ask another if you wish. it is the regular order of things to ask for unanimous consent and it is the usual and customary way the senate works so that we don't have to repeat all over again the debate on the budget resolution to take up the house version....
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mr. durbin. who yields time? mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, i'm cosponsoring this amendment which says that the wealthiest 20,000 farmers in america will pay slightly more for their crop insurance so the program will be a sound program for all farmers. i urge my colleagues in the name of deficit reduction and making this a good program, vote yes on the durbin-coburn amendment. ms. stabenow: madam president, i would urge a no vote for a number of reasons, but let me simply say the problem with increasing crop insurance premiums by about 40%, which is what this does, is we are going to reduce participation in crop insurance, reduce coverage and drive up premiums, and most importantly for me, we have a historic agreement to tie crop insurance to conservation compliance, and this would undermine that effort. i would urge a no vote. and before proceeding, madam president, i want to thank everyone for their good work up to this point and announce there will be no further
mr. durbin. who yields time? mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, i'm cosponsoring this amendment which says that the wealthiest 20,000 farmers in america will pay slightly more for their crop insurance so the program will be a sound program for all farmers. i urge my colleagues in the name of deficit reduction and making this a good program, vote yes on the durbin-coburn amendment. ms. stabenow: madam president, i would...
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mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no by proxy. >> mr. franken. >> yes. >> mr. coons. >> no by proxy. >> mr. bleemen thall. >> no. >> ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> mr. hatch. >> no. >> mr. sessions. >> aye. >> mr. graham. >> no by proxy. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> no by proxy. >> mr. cruz. >> no by proxy. >> mr. flake. >> no. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, the votes are three yeas, 15 nays. >> and senator klobuchar will voting in person. are there any other amendments those hatch-schumer -- in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appears to have it. the ayes do have it. now as i understand it, we can turn to subtitles b and c involving agriculture workers. nd future immigration. here's the amendments that are before us. on subtitles b and c involving agriculture workers, future immigration. leahy-whitehouse-coons, franken. grassley five amendments. >> three amendments. >> only have three of the -- sessions has six. >> he'll only have four. >> he'll only have four. cornyn, cruz -- >>
mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no by proxy. >> mr. franken. >> yes. >> mr. coons. >> no by proxy. >> mr. bleemen thall. >> no. >> ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> mr. hatch. >> no. >> mr. sessions. >> aye. >> mr. graham. >> no by proxy. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> no by proxy. >> mr....
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mr. durbin: mr. president, i thank my friend and colleague from oregon for coming to the floor and stand his position on the bill. for those who found it something historic, nothing short of remarkable may happen here. the senate is going to vote on bill. yes, and those who are wapping this program on c-span or from the galleries may see 100 senators or close to that come to the floor and vote and you may just find that there will be a bipartisan majority supporting the bill, at least m.i.a. that'y hope. i have joined with senator enzi, senator alexander, senator heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota, in a bipartisan effort to solve a problem. it was a problem not of our colleagues. it was a problem that came about because commerce has changed in the united states. 20 years ago the state of north dakota went across the street to the supreme court and said, we want to collect sales tax from remote sellers. these are mainly 20 years ago catalog sales, so that if you have a catalog sale into the state
mr. durbin: mr. president, i thank my friend and colleague from oregon for coming to the floor and stand his position on the bill. for those who found it something historic, nothing short of remarkable may happen here. the senate is going to vote on bill. yes, and those who are wapping this program on c-span or from the galleries may see 100 senators or close to that come to the floor and vote and you may just find that there will be a bipartisan majority supporting the bill, at least m.i.a....
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mr. durbin: i ask consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, i have three separate statements that i ask be placed at strat parts of the congressional record. -- at separate parts of the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, once in a while, you're lucky enough to meet someone who is down to earth but uncompromising in their idealism. i met someone just like that in the year 2007 and i hired her for my staff. it was a great decision. for the better part of six years, sara neimeyer has been a senior member of my staff. this week she left my office for aew adventure s started today, working with the new secretary at the department of the interior. i'm sorry to lose her but i wish her well. sara comes by her idealism honestly. she grew up in a family of progressives in rural minnesota. her dad practiced law. her mom raised honey bees and grew vegetables for the family. from her parents, sara inherited progressive ideals, practical midwestern values and a deep love of th
mr. durbin: i ask consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, i have three separate statements that i ask be placed at strat parts of the congressional record. -- at separate parts of the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, once in a while, you're lucky enough to meet someone who is down to earth but uncompromising in their idealism. i met someone just like that in the year...
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mr. durbin: will the senator yield for a question? mr. mccain: so all i can say is, is the senator from utah got another way of reconciling legislation between the house and the senate? of course not. of course he doesn't. of course he doesn't. of course he doesn't. because that's the only way that we can get legislation that will be passed by both bodies and signed by the president of the united states. that's the only way and i tell the senator from utah again, if this is imposed, this condition is imposed, then there is no reason why any group of senators should impose conditions on conferees from now on, which will then mean, of course, that we won't go to conference. so i would be glad to answer a question. mr. durbin: i'd like to ask the senator from arizona a question through the chair. it's my understanding the budget resolution passed by the house, the budget resolution passed by the senate if conferenced and agreed upon will result in a resolution passed by both the house and senate but never sent to the president. it is a budge
mr. durbin: will the senator yield for a question? mr. mccain: so all i can say is, is the senator from utah got another way of reconciling legislation between the house and the senate? of course not. of course he doesn't. of course he doesn't. of course he doesn't. because that's the only way that we can get legislation that will be passed by both bodies and signed by the president of the united states. that's the only way and i tell the senator from utah again, if this is imposed, this...
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mr. durbin. >> no. > mr. franken. mr. cruz. >> no. >> mr. blumenthal. >> no. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> no. >> mr. sessions. >> mr. graham. >> no. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. by proxy. >> mr. lee. mr. cruz. mr. flake. >> no. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the votes are one yea, 17 nay. >> we've had a good long discussion on it. he amendment is defeated 17-1. senator -- >> my amendment six, mr. chairman. >> the amendment and then senator grassley has an amendment. i would like to call up whitewhite house six and offer a second degree to t this should be a fairly simple and noncontroversial amendment. i think we've all had the experience of people coming up to us in our states and complaining that they got laid off from their job. and they know somebody who is doing their job right now who is been brought in by the company from out of the country. just to do their job. and we have done a lot of work here try to make sure that doesn't happen. and i applaud the effort that the gang of eight has done. this is one additional stop gap. it would require the departmen
mr. durbin. >> no. > mr. franken. mr. cruz. >> no. >> mr. blumenthal. >> no. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> no. >> mr. sessions. >> mr. graham. >> no. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. by proxy. >> mr. lee. mr. cruz. mr. flake. >> no. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the votes are one yea, 17 nay. >> we've had a good long discussion on it. he amendment is defeated 17-1. senator -- >> my...
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mr. durbin. >> eye. >> mr. white house. >> eye. >> mr.klobuchar vote proxy. >> m- >> vote proxy. >> blumenthal. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. -- >> no. >> mr. -- -- [inaudible] [inaudible] mr. chairman, 14 yea's, four nay's,. >> the amendment is agreed to. i have a list of 11 amendments in order today and i hope we can do in block a moment to explain. the first is my amendment to prohibit border crossing fees. it has broad bipartisan support, i think. senator cornyn -- the putting a financial burden on the border communities. senator graham talked about the canadians who come down to myrtle beach. as most members know, my parents-in-law-french canadaans and came to vermont as immigrants. my wife was born in vermont. learned to speak english when she was four or five years old. on the northern border we go back and forth all the time. families visiting families and relatives. it is major part of our economy in our state of vermont, i suspect in most northern border state, an imposition of a fee, a toll, to go
mr. durbin. >> eye. >> mr. white house. >> eye. >> mr.klobuchar vote proxy. >> m- >> vote proxy. >> blumenthal. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. -- >> no. >> mr. -- -- [inaudible] [inaudible] mr. chairman, 14 yea's, four nay's,. >> the amendment is agreed to. i have a list of 11 amendments in order today and i hope we can do in block a moment to explain. the first is my...
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mr. durbin, mr. mr.ehouse, mr. franken, coombs, mr. blumenthal, mr. mr.sley, mr. sessions, ,atch, mr. graham, mr. cornyn ,r. lee, mr. cruz, mr. flake mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, the votes are six days, 12 names. >> the amendment is not agreed to. senator blumenthal will be recorded as having voted as indicated but in person. >> i just spoke to senator schumer, and perhaps on the floor we will put something in that work will continue on the development of a biometric system. i am convinced that as the technology becomes better the cost will go down. so, i will work with him to see if we can put some addendum in there. >> senator lee, you have an amendment? >> yes, if i can call up numbers 12 and three. i will not asked for a vote. each of these is a strike and replace amendment that shows we could do this in an incremental fashion. we could be passing immigration form by having one bill dealing with border security, another with them ploy he verification, and another to deal with these a modification and so forth. we do not have to lump all of them together and hold all of them pend
mr. durbin, mr. mr.ehouse, mr. franken, coombs, mr. blumenthal, mr. mr.sley, mr. sessions, ,atch, mr. graham, mr. cornyn ,r. lee, mr. cruz, mr. flake mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, the votes are six days, 12 names. >> the amendment is not agreed to. senator blumenthal will be recorded as having voted as indicated but in person. >> i just spoke to senator schumer, and perhaps on the floor we will put something in that work will continue on the development of a biometric system....
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mr. durbin? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. whitehouse? >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar? >> aye. >> mr. franking? >> aye. >> mr. coons? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. blumenthal? >> aye. >> [inaudible] >> mr. grassley? >> no. >> mr. hatch? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. sessions? >> no. >> [inaudible] >> no, by proxy. >> mr. lee? >> aye. >> mr. cruz? >> no, by proxy. >> mr. flake? >> aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, the votes are 13 yeas, 5 nays. >> then the amendment as amended is passed. senator from -- and indicate that senator durbin, of course, voted in person. >> thanks, mr. chairman. >> senator feinstein? >> i'd like to call up amendment feinstein 4 which is co-sponsored by senator cornyn, and i want to thank him for his support. since 9/11 u.s. citizenship and immigration services, cis, has worked with law enforcement and the intelligence community to develop anti-fraud mechanisms and security screening measures to enhance the security screening process used for its asylum and refugee programs. so today biographic and biometric checks are done by checking asylum and refugee applicants agai
mr. durbin? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. whitehouse? >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar? >> aye. >> mr. franking? >> aye. >> mr. coons? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. blumenthal? >> aye. >> [inaudible] >> mr. grassley? >> no. >> mr. hatch? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. sessions? >> no. >> [inaudible] >> no, by proxy. >> mr. lee? >> aye. >> mr. cruz? >> no, by proxy. >> mr....
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mr. durbin. ms. klobuchar. mr. blumenthal. mr. grassley. mr. cornyn. mr. cruz. mr. flake. >> senator feinstein, and made a mistake earlier. i thought you had finished your amendment but you have another one? >> or microphone? bythis is co-sponsored senators cornyn, flake, and cruz. i thank them for their support. this has to do with creating some additional border federal judgeships and it would create judgeships andl convert two to permanent, three in the eastern district of california, two in the western district of texas, one in the southern district of texas, and two in arizona. it converts the central district of california to a permanent judgeship, and one in arizona, to permanent status. these are all districts with a very heavy caseloads in which immigration makes up a big percentage of a criminal files. it is paid for by a $10 increase in civil filing fees as an offset. understand, senator grassley, you have a second agreement? providing58 whistleblower protection for employees of the judicial branch. congress has consistently recognized the value of whistl
mr. durbin. ms. klobuchar. mr. blumenthal. mr. grassley. mr. cornyn. mr. cruz. mr. flake. >> senator feinstein, and made a mistake earlier. i thought you had finished your amendment but you have another one? >> or microphone? bythis is co-sponsored senators cornyn, flake, and cruz. i thank them for their support. this has to do with creating some additional border federal judgeships and it would create judgeships andl convert two to permanent, three in the eastern district of...
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durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and happy birthday, al. this issue has been important to me for a long time. i have made it clear during the course of the hearing what i think about immigration. and i acknowledge that there are opportunities for talented people to come to the united states and make a profound difference. about one out of eight americans are foreign born. but when it comes to the founders of high-tech startup companies, one out of four are foreign born. so they can bring added jobs to america and added opportunities and from the beginning, i agree with you, senator grassley, we weren't opposed, but we saw within that program the need for reform. i joined you in legislation. for several years we introduced it together. we got some bad press in some parts of the world but i still stood by this and then became part of this negotiation. and i had to make a choice, am i go go to stay with my friend chuck grassley on a bill that i still believe in or join in the negotiation here in an effort to actually create a law, a law which
durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and happy birthday, al. this issue has been important to me for a long time. i have made it clear during the course of the hearing what i think about immigration. and i acknowledge that there are opportunities for talented people to come to the united states and make a profound difference. about one out of eight americans are foreign born. but when it comes to the founders of high-tech startup companies, one out of four are foreign born. so they can...
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senator durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is a big issue with a gain came together.there were strong feelings on the republican side. two of the senators were from border states. senators mccain and slate. they were determined to do more and we do. let's not overlook what we've done in terms of border security. some of the suggestions are three to four people getting away. you can find the evidence to back that up. my friend says that it anecdotal, which means anybody can say to anybody and be repeated in this hearing. let's look at specific facts. it's the safest of 40 years. how can i say that? the president said at the state of the union address. what is my basis before this committee? in fiscal year 2012, the government spent $18 million on immigration enforcement. that is more than we spent on all other federal law enforcement combined. fbi, secret service, dda, alcohol tobacco and firearms. the department of homeland security has deployed unprecedented levels of technology and infrastructure of the border. the number of agents has more than doubled. 10,002,004,
senator durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is a big issue with a gain came together.there were strong feelings on the republican side. two of the senators were from border states. senators mccain and slate. they were determined to do more and we do. let's not overlook what we've done in terms of border security. some of the suggestions are three to four people getting away. you can find the evidence to back that up. my friend says that it anecdotal, which means anybody can say to...
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mr. chairman durbin, ranking member cruz and members of the subcommittee. i come from operational point of view and speak in generalities from the unclassified level from my military experience use of remotely-piloted aircraft for targeted killings. i use the term remotely piloted aircraft instead of drones because that is part of problem. there is information campaign going on against us and word drone has connotation we have autonomous vehicles flying around and striking at will without a whole lot of scrutiny and oversight to them. so the military does use the term remotely-piloted aircraft to explain and to try and paint the picture that actually takes about 200 individuals to keep one of these aircraft airborne for a 24-hour orbit and that 200 individuals includes the operators, the intelligence personnel, the maintenance personnel, equipment people, the lawyers and also is part of the process you have literally hundreds of other personnel that are involved in the process on a military side when you're actually conducting one of these operations. so i
mr. chairman durbin, ranking member cruz and members of the subcommittee. i come from operational point of view and speak in generalities from the unclassified level from my military experience use of remotely-piloted aircraft for targeted killings. i use the term remotely piloted aircraft instead of drones because that is part of problem. there is information campaign going on against us and word drone has connotation we have autonomous vehicles flying around and striking at will without a...
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senator durbin, and then i'll give you the list. >> mr. chairman, i'm glad we're going to the amendments, and i think through those amendments which is, i think, a more constructive way for us to move on it. let me just say we did consult with law enforcement when it came to the provisions. and i would also say that even though there's been criticism leveled against this administration from the union association which you have referred to but also from many people, there have been 1.4 million people deported by this administration. so they have not ignored the law. it is true the president has included daca, for example, and said we are not going to deport those who are eligible for the dream act. so it has been a two-way street in terms of deportations. but i find it very difficult, i'd say to my friend from alabama, it is very difficult to argue that this bill is weak on enforcement. we are literally investing billions of dollars in border enforce bement and a border -- enforcement and a border that has already had a massive investment.
senator durbin, and then i'll give you the list. >> mr. chairman, i'm glad we're going to the amendments, and i think through those amendments which is, i think, a more constructive way for us to move on it. let me just say we did consult with law enforcement when it came to the provisions. and i would also say that even though there's been criticism leveled against this administration from the union association which you have referred to but also from many people, there have been 1.4...
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senator durbin has this and i yield back the time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, secretary. >> i'm continuing to figure how we are demonstrating this for the fiscal year 2015. a minute ago you talked about the fact that we now have 9 million participants in the program for the program program. that is up from $5 million just six years ago. the cost was about 12 elion. we have tripled the cost. what reforms we have available to help lower the cost? especially after receiving telegram money, what can we do to bring the cost down rather than more money? >> i think that this is a real question of how we make it more efficient. i would like to make education more affordable. we have that conversation. and i would like to view more is really clear. we cannot sustain that path everyone is going to lose out. >> what we have to do is find ways to get states to invest. we have to get universities to become more efficient with technology and different ways to get the result, encouraging universities and we provide some incentive to give states and universities attem
senator durbin has this and i yield back the time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, secretary. >> i'm continuing to figure how we are demonstrating this for the fiscal year 2015. a minute ago you talked about the fact that we now have 9 million participants in the program for the program program. that is up from $5 million just six years ago. the cost was about 12 elion. we have tripled the cost. what reforms we have available to help lower the cost? especially after receiving...
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mr. chairman. this is the 2nd amendment and we were talking to senator durbin about our first amendment. is that okay? thank you. >> did the senator bring up the second degree? >> yeah. >> without objection the amendment that graham two amendment as amended by the graham second degree amendment and that is the amendment before us. >> thank you mr. chairman and we had a discussion with the white house in the last couple of days how to make this thing more effective. basically the entry exit program that we are trying to create deals with 40% of people here illegally. 40% of the people overstayed their visas and we really don't have a system that can account for that 40%. as we try to secure border i think it's very important that we do a better job when it comes to visa overstays. the 19 hijackers of 9/11 i think two words in visa overstay status and this is a problem of i think national security concern. what this amendment does we created in integrated database to share with the customs folks and i.c.e. and others that you are in a visa overstay status. this amount would share the infor
mr. chairman. this is the 2nd amendment and we were talking to senator durbin about our first amendment. is that okay? thank you. >> did the senator bring up the second degree? >> yeah. >> without objection the amendment that graham two amendment as amended by the graham second degree amendment and that is the amendment before us. >> thank you mr. chairman and we had a discussion with the white house in the last couple of days how to make this thing more effective....
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durbin. senator kirk, do you have any remarks? >> i do, mr. chairman. i just wanted to say that i'm very enthusiastic for penny's nomination. i have see her as a voice for business that the president will have to heed, that let me point out a few things that senator durbin mentioned. she started a new business from the ground up called classic residents by hyatt employing 3500 americans that she has a letter for you i want to submit to the record by the former chairman. fdic, william issac, i think that will help you, and just to say to my republican -- >> the letter will be included. >> i will be whipping each one of you on behalf of penny's nomination coming up when the vote comes hoping this voice for business is the next commerce secretary. >> great. all right. now you two distinguishedded senators have a choice, you can listen to senator rockefeller or mr. thune -- >> we're afraid we have to go, mr. chairman. [laughter] we so appreciate that offer. >> yeah. [laughter] >> thank you very much. >> now, senator thune and i will give our opening remarks
durbin. senator kirk, do you have any remarks? >> i do, mr. chairman. i just wanted to say that i'm very enthusiastic for penny's nomination. i have see her as a voice for business that the president will have to heed, that let me point out a few things that senator durbin mentioned. she started a new business from the ground up called classic residents by hyatt employing 3500 americans that she has a letter for you i want to submit to the record by the former chairman. fdic, william...
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mr. chairman. i offer this on behalf of the sponsors of the bill myself, senator durbin, senator stepdad stepdad --as myself, senator durbin, senator graham and senator flake. this is very simple. it is a complete substitute to as 744 in line to senator grassley's request. i thought it was very appropriate we try to have the final language after we make technical corrections available. sadly though he a week ago tuesday when people offer to men and, they would offer to the bill was not as you know in many bills reduce the so-called managers are sponsors at the same time. so that's what it does. it tactical. it fixes legal citations, technical adjustments and make several import clarifications, which i want to make clear. it clarifies the visit of surcharges to pay for the cost of legislation and clarifies the surcharges included in the bill don't sound that an immense the merit-based point system to church at $1500 surcharge for green cards to pay for the bill. it clarifies aliens who have advanced degrees in science, take knowledge he come engineering and math. and for the green card cats and biom
mr. chairman. i offer this on behalf of the sponsors of the bill myself, senator durbin, senator stepdad stepdad --as myself, senator durbin, senator graham and senator flake. this is very simple. it is a complete substitute to as 744 in line to senator grassley's request. i thought it was very appropriate we try to have the final language after we make technical corrections available. sadly though he a week ago tuesday when people offer to men and, they would offer to the bill was not as you...
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i think that said, i have no doubt that reid and durbin will bring this back up next spring, particularly if they know what's happening with mrrkansas. if it they sort of feel like they can bring this up and let him vote against it which helps protect him and then put republicans that have a lot of urban and -- districts or areas in their states, they could put them in the hot seat and try to turn voters against them after their primaries, i think that's something you could say. >> bill: certainly, i have to agree with you that i do not understand the logic that senator baucus is more likely to vote for this now that he's not running for re-election i think it is just the opposite because there's no way you can put political pressure on him at all. >> he's never been much of a pressure guy. ask tom daschle. >> bill: you start from there. >> harry reid's brilliance with dealing with him when he took over the conference in 2005 was that he really let max sort of be in charge of some stuff and he deferred to him on a lot of things and let him work his way. and that was something that tom daschle hadn't done and that caused a lot
i think that said, i have no doubt that reid and durbin will bring this back up next spring, particularly if they know what's happening with mrrkansas. if it they sort of feel like they can bring this up and let him vote against it which helps protect him and then put republicans that have a lot of urban and -- districts or areas in their states, they could put them in the hot seat and try to turn voters against them after their primaries, i think that's something you could say. >> bill:...
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mr. george, during your investigations, are you aware of the three letters submitted by senators baucus, schumer and durbin written to the irs, asking them to give extra scrutiny to 501(c)(4) applications? >> i am aware of it but i don't know the details, sir. >> so in your investigation so far in questioning employees of the irs, did you ask them specifically whether or not these letters from sitting united states senators influenced or impacted their decisions around these cases? >> i do not believe that was part of the inquiry. >> will you ask those questions in the future? >> i will ask that if appropriate -- we will certainly do so if appropriate. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i am particularly troubled by some on this committee who seem to want to rationalize or justify the inappropriate behavior by the irs in these cases by their disagreement with the citizen united ruling of our supreme court. i think we all know that our nation is a nation of laws and we either abide by those laws or not. to our peril. and whether we agree with the citizens united ruling or not should not be justification for this a
mr. george, during your investigations, are you aware of the three letters submitted by senators baucus, schumer and durbin written to the irs, asking them to give extra scrutiny to 501(c)(4) applications? >> i am aware of it but i don't know the details, sir. >> so in your investigation so far in questioning employees of the irs, did you ask them specifically whether or not these letters from sitting united states senators influenced or impacted their decisions around these cases?...
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mr. george and the inspector general's office can enlighten us. during your investigations are you aware of the three letters submitted by senator baucus, schumer and durbin written, specifically asking them to give extra scrutiny to the 501c for applications? >> ibm aware of it but i don't know the details, sir speed in the investigation so far in questioning the employee to the irs did you ask them specifically whether or not these letters from the united states senators ought to influence or impact their decisions around these cases? >> i do not believe that was part of the inquiry. >> will you ask those questions in the future? >> as appropriate we will do so if appropriate. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman i am particularly troubled by some in this committee that seem to want to rationalize or justify the inappropriate behavior by the irs in these cases. but the disagreement with the citizens united ruling of the supreme court - we all know that our nation is a nation of law, and we either abide by those or not to our peril. whether we agree with the citizens united ruling or not should not be a justification for this agency which is charged with uphold
mr. george and the inspector general's office can enlighten us. during your investigations are you aware of the three letters submitted by senator baucus, schumer and durbin written, specifically asking them to give extra scrutiny to the 501c for applications? >> ibm aware of it but i don't know the details, sir speed in the investigation so far in questioning the employee to the irs did you ask them specifically whether or not these letters from the united states senators ought to...
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mr. durbin: no. mr. cruz: which is why the majority is seeking unanimous consent to set aside the rules. but let me -- let me -- the question i'd like to ask, if i might -- mr. durbin: i yielded for a question. i'll respond to it. then you may ask another if you wish. it is the regular order of things to ask for unanimous consent and it is the usual and customary way the senate works so that we don't have to repeat all over again the debate on the budget resolution to take up the house version. so it's not unusual, it is the regular order. mr. cruz: i would suggest that unanimous consent is used to circumvent the regular order. and in particular, the debt ceiling -- mr. durbin: in response to that -- the debt ceiling was not debated in the budget, it is not part of the budget. mr. cruz: the debt ceiling was not debated in the budget. it is not part of the budget. we could have gone to conference 60 days ago if the democrats had simply agreed not to use reconciliation as a backdoor trick to raise the debt
mr. durbin: no. mr. cruz: which is why the majority is seeking unanimous consent to set aside the rules. but let me -- let me -- the question i'd like to ask, if i might -- mr. durbin: i yielded for a question. i'll respond to it. then you may ask another if you wish. it is the regular order of things to ask for unanimous consent and it is the usual and customary way the senate works so that we don't have to repeat all over again the debate on the budget resolution to take up the house version....