mr. lautenberg: thank you, mr. president. i have been asked to make a request for the committees to meet. mr. president, i have got nine unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and the minority leaders, and i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. lautenberg: thank you, mr. president. today's distinct honor -- today is a distinct honor for me to have the opportunity to fulfill the constitutional commitment that each of us has to assure the public at large that justice is being administered as it should be. we fulfill this commitment by making sure that vacancies on the federal bench are filled with individuals who have the proper experience and will provide the kind of fairness and balance in decisionmaking that confirms america's basic tenets. mr. president, during a two-year hiatus that i took from the senate, i was

mr. lautenberg: mr. president, i want to be sure where we are. now, are we in morning business at this point in time? the presiding officer: i believe so, yes. mr. lautenberg: i ask that only so i have some recognition of what the time availability is. i don't plan to take too long. the presiding officer: there are ten-minute grants. mr. lautenberg: thank you, mr. president. i wonder what the american public thinks about when they see an empty chamber, hear talk, hear mutterings about class warfare. and what puzzles me is which class is making war against which class and where are the casualties? well, as we look around, i ask the question: are we picking on the poor, rich folk, on those with wealth, abundant wealth, those who earn over a million dollars a year, those fortunate enough to have been able to bring their talent, their knowledge, their ability to the world's most important stage? are they immune from taking a bit part on the stage of human concerns once in awhile because they're being asked to make an extra contribution to the well-be

mr. lautenberg. he's made a lot more business decisions than i have come and i have a lot of respect for him, but i do think that these regulations matter, for instance let's talk about the billing regulation will but. the ruling you on that board, how long were you on the board? i know you were on until last week or the last couple weeks. >> i was the longest serving director and i joined the board -- >> that's probably all -- >> since 1993. >> you were on the board when they made the decision to locate the new facility in south carolina. and that was a unanimous a board decision and i think mr. daly was also on the board at the time. you were part of the decision. >> yes. >> i think this regulation matters a lot. i fink the message to everybody, i'm from a become azeri where we have a lot of boeing employees, we are not a right to work state but one of the messages is a few are in the right to work state or coming to the united states for the first time until this is settled it may be one reason no

klobuchar, cardin, binge minimum -- bingaman, merkley, menendez, shaheen, sanders, lautenberg, reed of rhode island, durbin, akaka. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, june 7. following the prayer and pledge the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day. following leader remarks, senate proceed to a period of morning business for up to one hour with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. following morning business the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 782, the economic development act. further that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for wee

mr. passel and now your opportunity, please. >> thank you, chairman lautenberg, ranking member hutcheson and senator udall. i am pleased to be today to discuss the efforts to enhance security. this is an important issue given the recent intelligence recovered from the bin laden compound and the prior on a successful plots to bomb the new york transit and the metro system. as you know, the systems are vulnerable to attack because they rely on the open architecture that is difficult to monitor and secured. today i would like to discuss three issues. first, the dhs chris assessment process used to focus its security efforts. second, the status of the tse efforts to provide security training for public transportation on front-line employees. third, tsa efforts to streamline the vast amount of security information it provides to stakeholders regarding the first point as we've reported today in the statement tsa made steady progress and improving the risk assessment across all modes of transportation including a real. for example, last june in response to the prior recommendation, tsa complete

lautenberg. [laughter] i didn't mean to interfere. you can about out the night before? >> i was here. tanks very much, mr. chairman. we have a distinguished colleague at the desk and i don't want to take too much time, but i've got to say we are so lucky to have some of the qualifications, but i've got to say we are so lucky to have some of the qualifications, but i've got to say we are so lucky to have some of the qualifications terry garcia bring got to say we are so lucky to have some of the qualifications terry garcia bring to this position. i met with mr. bryson last week. we have things in common in addition to being very proud fathers, were both former ceos and while we care about the environment and the well-being of our children. in order to try and beat a short time deadline, i introduce a letter in the business roundtable that was sent june june 21st in the right, john engler, who is the president i believe that the organization. anyway, he says here that john bryson's extensive experience in the other as well equipped him to take on the many issues the department must address to support the u.s. economy

reid of nevada, boxer, lautenberg, carper, brown of ohio, whitehouse, casey, coons, tester, cardin, udall of new mexico, shaheen, stabenow, murray, conrad, durbin and manchin. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 75, s. 679, the efficiency and streamlining act. the presiding officer: the motion to proceed is now pending. mr. reid: madam president, i want to say a word before i leave the floor to -- to and about my friend, the senator from california. as i've indicated, chair of this most important committee, the environment and public works which i had the good fortune of chairing on two separate occasions. she has been tireless in bringing legislation to this floor and attempting to. she has been talking about this bill for months about how good it is, and when she sat down and reminded me of the merits of this legislation, i thought this should be a good one. a job-creating measure. we need that right now. and i have been very disappointed that we haven't been able to move forward, but it is not because of any lack of effort on her behalf. she and i came to washington together many, many years ago and served together in the house of representat