mr. perdue: mr. president, i further ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the provides of rule 22, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the kan nomination at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. further, if cloture is invoked on the kan nomination, the postcloture time expire at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow. further, that the cloture motion with respect to the kaplan nomination ripen following the designation position of the kan nomination and if cloture is invoked on the kaplan nomination or, the postcloture time expire at 4:45 p.m. tomorrow. i further ask that if either of the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. finally, i ask that the cloture motion with respect to the mcferran nomination ripen at 11:30 a.m. thursday, july 30. if cloture is invoked on the mcferran nomination, the postcloture time expire at 1:30 p.m. thursday. if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered

mr. perdue if they would let the study go through, the two-year study to see if we could even say fleet mine mine in this pristine waterproof water soap you are that you could put a cop in and say fleet drink it while you are canoeing. twenty months into a 24 month study they abruptly stopped the study. the response we have had back is congress to seat with the taxpayers has been 60 pages of rejected reports. if it is so safe to mine why not share the reports? share the report. that is all i have been asking for. share the report, share your findings. why stop a study 20 months into 24 months and then with leasing then money and not one piece of scientific research shared with this congress. i am told no, you cannot see it. we are told no, you cannot see it. this region of the country needs to be protected from this type of mining. just as the trump administration protected the same types of treasures, even smaller, and montana and in washington state. as you can see i stand strongly behind my decision to provide these provisions in the bill and i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment

mr. perdue if they would let the study go through, the two-year study to see if we could even safely minesafely mine in this pristine waters, water so pure you can put a cup in an safe to drink from it while you are canoeing. 20 months, 24 month study, they abruptly stopped the study. and the response we have had back is congress to see what the taxpayers paid for has been 60 pages of redacted report. if it is so safe to mine, why not share the report? share the report. that is all i have been asking for. share the report. share your findings. why stop the study? 20 months into 24 months and then boom, boom, boom, one after another and not one piece of scientific research shared with this congress. i am told no, you cannot see it. we are told no, you cannot see it. this region of the country needs to be protected from this type of mining. just as the trump administration protected the same types of treasures, even smaller, in montana and in washington state. as you can see i stand strongly behind my decision to provide these provisions in the bill, and i urge my colleagues to oppose this

mr. president, welcome to ups. i would like to give a warm welcome to secretary chao and secretary perdue and governor kemp and alld federal

mr. president, welcome to ups. i would like to give a warm welcome to secretary chao and secretary perdue and governor kemp and all of the state and legislators and delegates who are here with us today. please give them a warm welcome. [applause] ups is a company of almost 500,000 dedicated employees. we deliver packages in more than 200 countries and territories. our ups automobiles, packet cars put on nearly 4 billion miles every year. yes, indeed. we offer the largest airline in the world. we know a little bit about transportation. we are honored to be essential workers. every day, our upsers delever ppe, hand sanitizers, medicines, and essential goods to americans and people across the world. we are honored to do that. we couldn't do that if we didn't have infrastructure. our ability to serve our customers, our ability to drive annomies, our ability to run environmentally responsible company, it wouldn't be possible without a strong infrastructure and that is why we are delighted to have president trump your today to talk to us about infrastructure. before i bring him to the stage, i want to give a shout out t