mr. isakson: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: mr. president, h. res. 88 is exactly the same as the resolution of disapproval i introduced in the united states senate, but it's lferred passed the house so today if we can take a vote and pass it, we can send it to the president hopefully for his signature, at least for him to express himself one way or another. the fiduciary rule and i might add identify disturb-year has nine letters in -- identify disturb-year has nine letters. there are pages of definitions prescribing the one nine-letter word. this is a solution in search of a problem. it's bad for america, bad for our savers. makes too big to fail even bigger in america today. i'd like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record 461 -- a letter from 461 people of the united states of america who are opposed to this bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: i want to read one paragraph from the letter because it says better than anything i can say what's wrong with the identify disturb-year -- id

mr. isakson: mr. president, i rise to speak -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. isakson: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: mr. president, i rise to address the subject before the senate with regard to the h.u.d. proposed rule, the lee amendment and the amendment proposed by the senator from maine, ms. collins. i do so as one that had 35 years of experience in the housing business, affected by the civill rights act, affected by the 1968 fair housing act, and one who has a good deal of working knowledge about what that accomplished. and what it accomplished was an end to prejudice against african-americans in the south and ethnic minorities in the northeast and around the country to ensure everybody had an equal opportunity -- underline the word opportunity -- to have safe, affordable housing. that took place in 1968. it's been a long time since 1968. prejudice in america is almost gone. housing access is almost universal. but there's one group of people in america that have very little a

mr. isakson who wrote the book on steve jobs. is that what this is all about? that not the having the next big thing, because the 7, they believe it is the next big thing even though it is the same thing, but it is big >> that is why it is trading cash 8 times the earnings, and don't act like jobs or zuckerberg or bezos is running it. it is not valued like a big innovator, but a hardware company at a very, very low multiple which if you are long the name gives you the potential so that if they do come out with some kind of a major innovation, whether it is television or the cars or whatever is going on that no one can quantify, and if it happens, you are not already paying up for that, and you are paying as if there is no more innovation, and this is a company to sell you apple radio subscriptions, and a replacement phone every two years. that is the only thing in the multiple today. >> and for more on the big multiple move, let's bring in a tech analyst in new york city with yukovich, and as apple is taking a loss in the market cap, and what are you seeing? >>

mr. isakson: mr. president, i want to thank senator casey from pennsylvania for giving knee a couple minutes. he is the chairman of the veterans' affairs committee to come to the floor and pay tribute pro-seeding memorial day to those men and women that have sacrificed, fought, and died on behalf of the people of united states of america. we would not be where we are today, madam speaker, had it not been for veterans who died on the battlefield to see to it that we could have free speech, democracy in government and our people could peacefully decide who their leaders were and leave it up to us to lead the kufnlt i want to put a personal face on memorial day, if i can. first by talking about a guy named tommy newan, my military staffer who volunteered for the united states army guard, went to fort benning, georgia, graduated number wurntion and you no he what that means at fort benning. and right now is deployed in afghanistan and has been deployed for the last five months. while we sit here in peace

mr. isakson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: i thank the senator from maine for recognition. i want to commend senator collins and senator reed for their work on this bill. they've shown great leadership and for the senate for having the good sense to pass it this afternoon. if anybody in the audience or this room doesn't think this is an emergency, you should have been with senator collins two weeks ago at the c.d.c. in atlanta. we spent four hours looking at the depiction of what the zika outbreak will look like if it doesn't stop. there have been one million cases in the caribbean and central america and south america, 500 cases in the united states of america and it's going to grow. the faster we get our arms around it the better off the american people are going to be. this is a lot of money but it is only a pittance compared to what it would could have if the epidemic got out of control and we didn't stop it and defeat it. this money will go to labor-h.h.s., health and human services and other en'tis to provide --

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bennet. senator isakson. senator murkowski. i made a mistake. senator murkowski is next. i've done that once before. i don't want to do it twice, johnny. >> actually, mr. chairman, i will defer to senator isakson as i just came back in and i'm just finding out what has already been discussed. so i will defer to senator isakson. >> thank you. senator isakson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, lisa, i appreciate that. ranking member murray, she left i guess. i want to commend the chairman and ranking member on their leadership on essa, and every student succeeds to the point where we're at today. i think great empowerment for local boards of education and state boards of education to carry out the educational mandate in their state. throughout the debate, i'm one of the last remaining people that wrote no child left behind. i readily admit that. it was great act for six years. seven years it wasn't reauthorized because it became harder and harder to make adequate ceiling process. ceiling got too low and people were put into non-performing scho

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bennet. senator isakson? whoop, senator murkowski, i made a mistake. senator murkowski is next. i've done that once before. i don't want to do it twice, excuse me. >> and, actually, mr. chairman, i will defer to senator isakson as i just came back in, and i'm just finding out what has already been discussed. so, i will defer to senator isakson and -- >> thank you. senator isakson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, lisa, i appreciate that. ranking member murray -- she's left, i guess. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member on the essa and every student succeeds and the point we're at today. i think it will be a great empowerment for the local boards and state boards of education to carry out the educational mandate in their state. i'm the last remaining people that wrote no child left behind so i readily admit that. it was a great act for six years but it became an impediment as the ceiling got too low and people were put in nonperforming schools that shouldn't have been put in that category. but the thing i look at most with the assess

isakson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. can anybody tell me what happened to joseph koenig? >> he's still out there. there has been a strong and proactive effort against the lra. we've been working with the au and with the ugandans and other partners. and we were able to get his number two, who is now currently in the hague being tried. but coney has been elusive. but our efforts continue very robustly to get him, and the job is not over until that is done. >> and one time we committed 100 special troops and forces to c.a.r., i believe to go after coney. are they still deployed? >> i believe they are. i can't give you the exact numbers, but i did meet with the team when i was in uganda the last time and they are still working there. >> although not recognized as an institutional terrorist, there's probably no worse terrorist than joseph coney in terms of children and women. i'm glad we're still committed to trying to bring him to justice, as hard as that appears to be. >> yes, sir. >> talk about the african union for just a second. does the african union address the issue of

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator isakson. senator warren. >> we talk about the department of education's plans for enforcing these provisions. now, we've heard concerns from witnesses who represent is professionals on the front lines implementing esea, but i want to make sure we have the opportunity to clarify a few key points regarding these provisions and why they're in the law in the first place. congress strengthened the kent in essa to ensure federal money is used to meme the purple of title one. to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair equitable and high quality education, and i underline "all," not just children in wealthy districts. so, miss weingarten, let me start there. why do you feel it's federal law to provide quadcy and how money is spent? >> sorry. i've been having a microphone problem all morning. essa is a civil rights law and it is about trying to make sure that there's opportunity for all children. so if that is the case, equity is absolutely essential in order to get to excellence

isakson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. can anybody tell me what happened in joseph kony? >> he is still out of there. there has been a very strong and proactive effort against the lr a. we've been working with the au and with ugandans and other partners, and we were able to get his number two who is now currently in the hague being tried. but kony has been elusive but our efforts continue very robustly to get him. the job is not over until that is done. >> one time we committed 100 special troops and forces to see a are ugly to go after kony. by the still deployed? >> i think they are. i did meet with the team when i was in uganda the last time and they are still working there. >> although not recognized as institutional terrorist there's probably no worst terrorist in terms of women and children i'm glad we're still committed to bring justice as hard as that appears to be. talk about the african union. does the african union address the issue of terrorism on the continent? did have a game plan to deal with terrorism? >> we are working closely with the african union on te

states senators, senators isakson and perdue who will handle this in the senate and i see my republican friends n the floor, thank you for joining us here for this important bill. now, mr. speaker, why we're here. major uary 11, 2016, gregory e. barney, who also notably was the very first african-american interim chief in the history of riverdale, georgia. i was fatally shot in the line a uty while he was serving warrant for the arrest of a drug dealer, a drug dealer, mr. speaker. the drudge of our community right now, major barney stepped up and responded. he was working with a detail of the clayton county police. their narcotics unit and their s.w.a.t. team. and they were there to put forward this warrant for his arrest. and the drug dealer shot mr. barney. now, the day of this tragic ath also, mr. speaker, the 11th of february, there was something else significant. it also marked the anniversary of his 25-year career, shot on he 25th anniversary of his 25-year service to the clayton county and riverdale police forces. and so i know with a heavy heart and deep condolences, each of this in this united states congress takes this moment to extend our heartfelt condolenc

mr. isakson: i want to add one further comment. the cost associated with extending the eligibility of choice by three years which is the mccain amendment scores at a cost. to recognize the cost you have to assume we would not have treated an eligible veteran under any other program if choice expired. we're not going to abandon our veterans. we have a commitment to the veterans for the health care they signed up for. what center mccain is doing is trying to improve access to health care, maintain the access through the choice of a private sector provider or v.a. provider. there's no additional cost unless you assume that you want to take away a benefit that we've given two years ago in the omnibus bill we passed. i commend senator mccain for extending the eligibility for choice for three more years. i will support the amendment when it comes before the senate and i encourage all the members to do the same. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum cal