mr. heinrich: madam president, i rise today to speak about this bipartisan energy package that we're going to be voting on here today. last year my colleagues and i on the senate energy and natural resources committee worked together to pass an energy package that received incredibly strong and bipartisan support at a time when that is hard to come by. and i think it's important to start out my comments today by simply thanking the chair and the ranking member of the energy committee, senators murkowski and cantwell. as senator portman mentioned, they showed incredible leadership and also incredible patience. and that patience and that persistence on behalf of all of us is now paying off. my home state of new mexico occupies a very central and interesting place in nearly every facet of our nation's energy industry, including uranium enrichment, oil and gas production, refining, wind and solar energy, as well as the research and development of new energy technologies, technologies of the future that come out of our national laboratories and our research universities. and that's why i've bee

mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the next amendments in order be the following and that it be in order to call them up and considered offered in the order listed -- gardner, 3460; thune, 3512; heinrich, 3482, as modified; thune, 3462; schumer, 3483; thune, 3463; cantwell, 3490. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. thune: i call up the gardner amendment number 3460. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, for mrn amendment numbered 3462, amendment numbered 3464. mr. thune: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i call up amendment number 3512. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, proposes amendment numbered 3512 to amendment numbered 3464. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanim

mr. heinrich: mr. president, i would call up my amendment number 3482, as modified, and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new mexico, mr. heinrich, proposes an amendment numbered 3482, as modified. mr. heinrich: mr. president, this amendment would strengthen u.s. airport security, especially in nonsecure or soft target areas of airports, places like check-in and the baggage claim areas. it would also update federal security programs to provide active shooter training for law enforcement and increase the presence of federalling agents with bomb-sniffing -- federal agents with bomb-sniffing canines at these nonsecure areas. i want to thank the amendment's cosponsors, senator manchin, senator chiewrm, nelson -- schumer, nelson, klobuchar, baldwin, durbin, bennet and blumenthal. and i would urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting the passage of this amendment. and i would yield the floor. note the absence of a quorum. the

mr. heinrich: airplanes, bus depots and train stations are things we all rely on every day. to have the freedom of movement we enjoy in this country. in the wake of the recent terror attacks in the brussels airport and metro, americans are worried about their security and want to feel safe when traveling with their loved ones. while we relentlessly target terrorists overseas, we must also do all we can to intelligently protect americans here at home. my amendment would increase the number of t.s.a. viper teams who provide a visible deterrent to terrorist threats at high-priority locations. these teams are recognizable as they often have bomb-sniffing canines. my amendment would also provide active shooter training for law enforcement and strengthen security in nonsecure, so-called soft target areas, like check-in and baggage claim. by employing these additional commonsense safeguards, we will intelligently respond to these threats and, most importantly, by preserving our freedom to go about our daily lives, we'll ensure that the terrorists have failed to change how we live a