mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 33, h. con. res. 25, that the amendment which is at the desk, the text of s. con. res. 8, the budget resolution passed by the senate, be inserted in lieu thereof, that h. con. res. 25 as amended be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the house on the disagreeing votes of the two houses and the chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the senate, that following the authorization, two motions to instruct conferees be in order from each side. motion to instruct relative to the debt limit and motion to instruct relative to taxes and revenue. that there be two hours of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to votes in relation to the motions. further, that no amendments be in order to either of the motions prior to the votes, all of the abo

durbin from illinois. >> thank you for much, mr. chairman. i would like to commend you chairman rockefeller for convening this hearing on this important issue. and i want to thank you for allowing me to make a statement. people ingo, most this room what not to heard of an energy drink. the times are changed. by some estimates, the sales has risen by 60% over the last five years. energy drinks are a common fixture in grocery stores, vending machines. i would really challenge anybody in this room to go to their favorite gas station and he -- if it cannot reach an energy drink, i would be shocked. in illinois, they are as close to the register to consumer as possible. isthe sales have grown, so the alarming evidence they pose potential health risks. drink has grown to its current size because it targets adolescents. consuming large amounts of caffeine have serious effects such as seizures, heart arrhythmias, and even death. our audience -- in our artist today is wednesday tom the mother of a 14-year-old -- in is wendy, theoday mother of a 14-yea

durbin. like judge gibbons, mr. nachmanoff is a graduate of the university of virginia law school. mr. nachmanoff, please proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you -- [inaudible] >> thank you. sorry. thank you for holding this hearing and providing me with the opportunity to speak on behalf on the federal public and community defenders. i appreciate very much the comments from you, mr. chairman, and from senator sessions come and also the expressions of support and the recognition of the particular problem that federal and commit defenders have in the support from judge gibbons and from the federal bar association, mr. allen. we appreciate the opportunity to be here. mr. chairman, you made reference to the deity in case, and it is an irony that we are discussing the crisis that faces federal defenders exactly 50 years after the gideon case was decided. decision that really breathes life into the fundamental principle that we all cherish. of equal access to justice under the law. but there is a bigger irony here in some ways, that this funding crisis for federal defenders comes

i'd like to welcome senator durbin for his round of questions. >> thank you very much, mr.few questions. first, by way of introduction, terence mccarthy, defender emeritus of the federal defend or program for the northern district of illinois, has been a close friend for many years, and he's written me a lengthy letter about the impact of sequestration on his program where a third of their 40 attorneys are going to be furloughed in some form and unable to be part of this process. and he asked me to come to this hearing, and it's particularly because of his letter that i wanted to make a oipt of coming even at the end of it. judge gibbons, given the fact that u.s. attorneys already have more resources available to them, is sequestration increasing the gap in resource parity to a point that calls into question whether indigent defendants are getting full due process and an adequate defense under the law in i ask you this, i guess, on the 50th anniversary of gideon. >> certainly, we are, we're threatening to get to that point. and the problem is made particularly acute. i mean

mike lee and rand paul and dick durbin have promise legislate -- legislation and a mean giving judges more discretion to certain drug offenders. [applause] thank you, mrchairman president. good morning everyone. it is a beautiful morning. but i detected very early a hint of often in the air. i don't know if you did. you may have seen recently "the new york times" article about a renaissance throwback to another century, the 19th century where families find new york and ohio and pennsylvania and the canadian provinces came to loof spend summer to restore themselves in a place called the chautauqua it describes what makes it so unique at least for me to pursue a beauty of truth or spiritualism philosophy of what makes life special and was a great tribute to a generations have done to built this amphitheater in extraordinary campus the only surprise for me was the revelation that now there are several in the united states had not realized that i guess that is the success of your brand because all of us know this is the mother ship the true place. [laughter] and the heart of the move is a wanted to start by paying tribute to chautauqua. the reality rush h