mr. langevin: we're still going to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island still wishes to reserve. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: thank you, mr. chairman. we have no further speakers at this point. the chair: the gentleman reserves? the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: mr. chairman we have no speakers on our side. so i will yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i would yield myself the remaining time just to mention that in this en bloc package there are amendments from nine republicans and eight democrats. we have heard discussed over the last two en bloc packages a number of important issues such as cybersecurity, about equipping and training our national guard again, members from both sides have contributed to this product but make their contributions count this bill's going to have to pass. i hope that all the members who offered these 17 amendments of this en bloc and th

mr. forbes: i yield one minute to my friend from rhode island, mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. lack mr. langevin: i rise in opposition to the blumenauer amendment and echo the comments of the chairman and the ranking member. the national sea base deterrent fund is crucial to our fluret. it provides bases outside for the survivable piece, a bill that came due in the 1980's in the buildup. these boats are essential. this is not just a navy issue. as secretary defense carter said this is a national priority. the deterrent fund avoids pressuring the navy out of badly needed investment. unless congress acts these boats will consume half of the projected ship building funding for a decade causing shortages that would echo for decades thereafter. congress has acknowledged these problems ahead and last year took a bipartisan, bicameral step modeled on mechanisms to help. this amendment does nothing to address the challenges at stake and moves us backward in policy as time marches on. i urge this amendment's defeat. the chair: the gentleman's time

mr. rhodes' position on consumer affairs, i guess, as long as it was limited to one state. i think that's what i understood you to say. so is it true that if i live on western avenue, which is the borderline between maryland and d.c., anything that happens anywhere in the district, if i want to call -- if i'm in the veterinarian and i get a call from the amputee that it's okay for me to answer, yet if my friend of 40 years, who is also an amputee, lives across the street in maryland and i cross the street to answer his question about his dog, that the suggestion by mr. rhodes that could result in a -- that could be resolved by a cause of action in tort law, that wouldn't be adequate. >> i understand the question. i appreciate it. first of all, my main point is it's a different issue within the state versus between states and i think that to the extent what jeff is saying there is a first amendment issue in a doctor-patient relationship and needs to be balanced in different ways. across jurisdiction, it has a lot to do with enforcement. we're talking about charging, i would

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. april 18 2012, was not the first time i spoke on the senate floor on the dangers of carbon pollution, but it was the first in the weekly series that brings me here today with my increasingly dogged-eared sign. opponents of responsible climate action do it best in the dark, so i knew if anything was going to change around here, we would need to shine some light -- on the facts on the science and on the sophisticated scheme of denial being conducted by the polluters. i decided to come to the floor every week the senate is in session to put at least my little light to work, and today i do so for the 100th time, and i thank very much my colleagues who have taken time from their extremely busy schedules to be here, particularly my colleague from the house jim langevin and david cicillini who have tr

mr. cellini of rhode island. >> thank you to our witnesses for your really courageous testimony. and the description of the horrors and the violence and a sadistic behavior of this terrorist organization. i hope this is something that the whole world understands as result of your being here today. the significant, personal risks you and yourselves are doing. as my colleague from massachusetts said, we are doing everything we can to protect the sites. but more poorly, we want to protect lives. this effort to destroy cultural and religious identity is an extension of their effort to eliminate entire communities. it is something we have to respond to in the strongest terms. my first question is, i know there are religious minorities that i faced terrible persecution. and they have fled their ancient homeland. but they are unable to cross the border in many instances. they are not technically refugees. they are internally displaced persons. what can we do, what can united states be doing better to help these communities that are trapped in very unsafe locations? be an assay forin a s

island. >> how is the gentleman from rhode island recorded? >> mr. langevin is recorded no. >> i change my vote to yes. >> the clerk will report the result. >> there are 14 aye votes, 49 no votes. >> the amendment is not adopted. the question now occurs on 201. the clerk will call the roll. >> clerk calling roll. >> the clerk will report the results. >> plrp 23 aye votes, 40 no votes. >> and the amendment is not agreed to. if there are no further amendments the chair recognizes the gentleman from nevada dr. heck for the purposes of offering a motion. >> i move to adopt the subcommittee report of the subcommittee of military personnel as amended. >> questions on the motion? in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes have it and the motion is adopted. >> mr. chairman. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> just a quick question. the sanchez amendment did we adopt it before we did the roll call on the amendments by unanimous consent? >> we did. the sanchez amendment as amended was avopted by voice vote. >> thank you. how lon

mr. david cicilline of rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman for calling this hearing. thank you to our witnesses for your courageous testimony and the description of the horrors and the violence and the sadistic behavior of this terrorist organization. i hope it's something the whole world understands better as a result of you being here today. significant personal risks to yourselves and the work you're doing. thank you for being here. as my colleague from massachusetts said i think our whole committee is of course committed to doing everything we can to support the preservation of cultural and religious sites but more importantly in my view, to protect and save lives. this effort to destroy cultural and religious sites, i think, is clearly an extension of this terrorist effort to eliminate entire religious communities in this region. something we have to respond to in the strongest terms. my first question is, i know there are religious minorities that have faced terrible persecution and have fled their ancient homelands. but they're unable to cross the border in man

rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses. i think everyone on this committee brings their own life experiences. i was a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, most cases involved complaints of police brutality, i went from that to being mayor of providence where i was the acting public safety commissioner for eight years, overseeing the providence police department and proud to report that in those eight years we brought the crime rate to its lowest rate in 40 years. i bring my own set of experiences and have deep deep respect for law enforcement. nothing will be seared in my mind more directly than april 17th of 2005 when a police officer in providence was murdered in the providence police headquarters. i understand the hard work of our police and the importance of what they do, i think we do have to focus on systems which build good review and detection of police misconduct good oversite and civilian reviews, prosecutions all of that. what i want to focus on i think the fact is, those are important to do, and we have to

mr. speaker, ben rhodes, the president's deputy national security advisor, said the iranian nuclear deal is president obama's second term obamacare. now, he meant that as a good thing. but we all know what a disaster that law has been for this country. and in reality, the iranian nuclear deal, as it is being negotiated by this president, is far worse for the american people and for future generations than that health care law could ever be. now, this much-heralded framework agreement between the p-5 plus one and iran that president has talked about has never been written down. everyone in this chamber today knows exactly what the ultimate deal will entail, though. the united states and the international community will release iran from its crushing sanctions in exchange for nearly nothing. let's be blunt. iran will continue on the path of getting a nuclear weapon if this agreement is ultimately signed. but instead of asserting congressional authority and constraining the president, the house today is considering a bill that will do just the opposite. it will give president obama a blank

. >> the senator from rhode island, mr. reeves. >> thank you general dempsey for your extraordinary service. i think you'll attribute it to the brilliant first glassman who mentored you at west point. just for the record. thank you for your extraordinary service to the nation. in regard to the proposals to do things that might help defense general dempsey indicated in testimony that there are nine of lines of operation against isil. the department of defense has two of those lines. the other lines are agencies that were not benefit directly or as much from this oco maneuver. is that fair to say? general dempsey: to tell you the truth, i have not looked at anyone's budget although than myself. two of the lines are military, others are other agencies of government. >> the efforts of the state department are contracted because you don't have that expertise. fbi, dea agents deployed forward -- you have a whole strategy that will become unhinged even if you get the extra oco money. general dempsey: again senator i don't know wha

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarksment the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, earlier today i introduced the stem to steam resolution. we all know how important science, technology engineering and mathematics is to our education, but it's also important that we recognize art and design are critical and complimentary to the traditional stem field. this is what my resolution accomplishes. our design are key parts of the innovative process and i urge my colleagues to keep this in mind as we consider education legislation. in classrooms and laboratories across the contry, the innovative nature of art and design play an essential role in improving stem, education, and advancing stem research n my home state, the rhode island school of design, continues to be a leader in this field and i commend their efforts to unlock our full creative potential. stem is a strategy

mr. david sis leaney of rhode island. >> thank you for calling this hearing.hank you to our witnesses for your courageous testimony and the description of the horrors and the violence and the sadistic behavior of this terrorist organization, i hope is something that the whole world understands better as a result of your being here today, significant personal risks yourself and the work that you're doing. thank you for being here. as my colleague from massachusetts said, i think our whole committee's committed to doing everything that we can to support the preservation of cultural and religious site. but more importantly in my view to do all that we can to protect and save lives. this effort to destroy cultural and religious sites, i think, is clearly an extension of the terrorist effort to eliminate entire religious communities in this region, something we have to respond to in the strongest terms. terms. my first question is, i know there are religious minorities, christians, yazidis, faced terrible persecution and have fled their ancient homelands. but they'

mr. langevin of rhode island. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the ranking member on sea power and that is the the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: i extend my complyments to the chairman for the way he conducted a 19-hour markup that went to close to 5:00 in the morning and the ranking member who provided just real great leadership in terms of moving that process along and the strong vote that came out of the committee. the seapower committee that mr. forbes kicked off some of the priorities, i want to add just one item i think is important to note. in terms of the future challenges for the shipbuilding of this country, the replacement program for the ballistic submarine program is going to cost roughly $80 billion been identified as the top priority of the defense department as well as the department of the navy. so the question is not about whether or not we are going to

mr. david sis leaney of rhode island. >> thank you for calling this hearing. thank you to our witnesses for your courageous testimony and the description of the horrors and the violence and the sadistic behavior of this terrorist organization, i hope is something that the whole world understands better as a result of your being here today, significant personal risks yourself and the work that you're doing. thank you for being here. as my colleague from massachusetts said, i think our whole committee's committed to doing everything that we can to support the preservation of cultural and religious site. but more importantly in my view to do all that we can to protect and save lives. this effort to destroy cultural and religious sites, i think, is clearly an extension of the terrorist effort to eliminate entire religious communities in this region, something we have to respond to in the strongest terms. my first question is, i know there are religious minorities, christians, yazidis, faced terrible persecution and have fled their ancient homelands. but they're au

. >> the senator from rhode island, mr. reeves. >> thank you general dempsey for your extraordinary service. i think you'll attribute it to the brilliant first glassman who mentored you at west point. just for the record. thank you for your extraordinary service to the nation. in regard to the proposals to do things that might help defense general dempsey indicated in testimony that there are nine of lines of operation against isil. the department of defense has two of those lines. the other lines are agencies that were not benefit directly or as much from this oco maneuver. is that fair to say? general dempsey: to tell you the truth, i have not looked at anyone's budget although than myself. two of the lines are military, others are other agencies of government. >> the efforts of the state department are contracted because you don't have that expertise. fbi, dea agents deployed forward -- you have a whole strategy that will become unhinged even if you get the extra oco money. general dempsey: again senator i don't know wha

. >> the senator from rhode island, senator reed. >> thank you very much mr. chairman.thank you, mr. secretary, for your health is one. thank you, general dempsey, for your service. i think you'll thank you to the brilliant first class been -- >> how could i have forgotten? >> just for the record. but thank you for extraordinary service to the nation and your testimony today. in regard to the proposals to move oco money prevent and to do things that might help defense commute indicated general dempsey in testimony that there are nine lines of operation against isil. department of defense has to of those lines. the other lines are agencies that would not benefit directly or not benefit as much from this oco maneuver come is about. is a? >> to tell you the truth i have a look at anyone's budget other than myself. other than ours. it is fair to say of the nine lines of operations, two of them were military and others are other agencies of government spent on the other agencies state department which they're not able to ramp up their efforts? in fact their efforts are contr

rhode island rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the granite state hero and fallen police officer, steven arkel. the state of new hampshire lost a true granite state hero. mr. guinta: we remember and celebrate the life of a tremendous police officer but also a father, brother master carpenter, coach and friend. he devoted his life to protecting our families and our communities. and ultimately died in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence dispute. as his family, friends and neighbors knew, he was one of a kind. the bravery and compassion he demonstrated during his 15 years of service are not and will not be forgotten. it takes a remarkable individual to rise and risk their life daily to keep us safe and protect us from harm. let us take a moment today to pause, reflect and celebrate the life of officer arkel. you put your life on the line and we are forever grateful. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> permis

gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses. think everyone brings their own life experiences. before i came to congress i was a criminal defense civil rights lawyer. most involved claims of lease brutality. i went from that to being mayor of providence, where i was acting safety commissioner for eight years overseeing the providence police department and proud to report that we brought the crime rate to its lowest in 40 years. i bring my own set of experiences and have deep respect for law enforcement and the hard work of good police officers. and nothing will be in my mind point directly than april 17 2005. a police town officer was murdered in headquarters. i understand the hard work of police and the importance of what they do. i think we do have to focus on systems which build good review and detection of police misconduct, good oversight and civilian reviews, all of that. but the fact is, those are important to do and we have got to do than to rebuild trust. but in many ways, it is too late when problems have already occur

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 36. instead of considering legislation that would help to promote our economic recovery, expand educational opportunities, repair our crumbling infrastructure or invest in science and research, our house colleagues on the republican side continue to pursue an extreme social agenda. i stand to strongly oppose h.r. 36, which would violate supreme court precedent and impose arbitrary and unconstitutional restrictions on women's health care decisions. every woman in america deserves access to affordable comprehensive health care, including full reproductive health care. h.r. 36 would ban abortions after 20 weeks, even though medical professionals have explained that some deadly and severe conditions cannot be diagnosed earlier. politicians are not medical experts. and should not be making health care decisions for women in this country. these decisions are probably made by women in consultation with their h

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president i have an amendment that i would like to discuss. we about a year ago as a senate unanimously by voice vote ratified four treaties that helped protect american fisheries from illegal unreported and unregulated fishing around the world. what's called pirate fishing. this was an effort of the oceans caucus, it was led by myself and then senator begich on our side and senator murkowski and senator wicker on the other side. it was hotlined on both sides and cleared. so it's a useful treaty to be in it's important for our american fishing industry to make sure that they are not being punished or harmed by foreign competitors who aren't fishing sustainably who are fishing illegally, who are violating the laws of the jurisdiction in which they're fishing and because of their misbehavior they're able to bring catch to market less expensively than fishermen who play by the rules. so i would ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside so that i may call up my amendme

the united states postal service located at 820 'emwood avenue in providence, rhode island as the sister ann kiev post office. mr. mcconnell: i said i said 74 it's 71. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. it's 71. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 177 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 177 designating may 10 through may 15, 2015 as national police week. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if ma

mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the following senators be added as cosponsors to the brown amendment: stabenow, klobuchar blumenthal whitehouse, udall sanders, warren, manchin markey reed of rhode island and heinrich. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: the support to this funding level reached 300-some house members four years ago and 70 senators, including obviously a number in each party four years ago when we decided to support this number. so this funding level of 5of $575 was established four years ago. the amount included in the underlying bill is enough to operate the program we some say and we shouldn't bring the funding level back to the $575 million. fact is, mr. president we don't really know what. what we do know is that t.a.a., the trade adjustment 123457bs, the money that we provide to workers to be retrained after they have lost a job because of the decision that president obama an the congress have made to pass a trade agreement which always produces wirps and losers free trade supporters, free trade opponents all agree -- even cheerleaders as passionate as the "wall street journal," even they acknowledge as strongly supportive as they are of t

chair will now recognize from the gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses. i think everyone brings their own life experiences. before i came to congress, i was a criminal defense civil rights lawyer. most involved claims of lease brutality. -- police brutality. i went from that to being mayor of providence, where i was acting safety commissioner for eight years overseeing the providence police department and proud to report that we brought the crime rate to its lowest in 40 years. i bring my own set of experiences, and have deep respect for law enforcement and the hard work of good police officers. and nothing will be in my mind point directly than april 17 2005. a police officer was murdered in headquarters. i understand the hard work of police and the importance of what they do. i think we do have to focus on systems which build good review and detection of police misconduct, good oversight and civilian reviews, all of that. but the fact is, those are important to do and we have got to do than to rebuild trust. but in many ways,

mr. dunn. >> don dunn, superintendent at van isd. last night's storms created some significant damage to our elementary campuses. je rhodes elementary school and van intermediate school took on some significant damage as well as the van isd administration building and our bus barn. as of right now we have four weeks of school. we're in the process of making plans to reorganize our campuses and to consolidate those two campuses into the remaining three. we will obviously have to communicate through facebook, twitter and our website but the great thing is, the damages to van isd are all brick and mortar. every bit of that can be replaced. we're just very blessed, we feel very blessed, that this did not happen during a school day and that i'm not standing up here right now talking to you about any kids. so just ask that you would continue to send your thoughts and your prayers to the community of van and the great people of this little town. thank you. [ inaudible ]. >> the two schools that were affected are j.e. rhodes elementary school and van intermediate school. >> [ inaudible ] van isd administration building and van is

mr. enzi: i'd note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode president may i ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. i rise today to speak in opposition to the republican so-called budget. i call it a so-called budget because i don't believe that even republicans would actually pass appropriations consistent with it. it looks to me like it's just a show to keep extremists on the right happy. my guess is that practical republicans can't wait for president obama to bail them out by negotiating appropriations higher. recently we've seen impressive examples of committee bipartisanship. in foreign relations senator corker brought a unanimously bipartisan iran resolution out of the poisonous turmoil surrounding that issue. in the help committee senator alexander brought a unanimously bipartisan education bill out of committee on an issue that has long been contested. even the intensely divided environment and public works committee brought out a c

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president may i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. i'm here today for the 99th time to remind us that we are sleep walking our way toward a climate cat strove and that it is time to wake up. noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the united states, recently announced an ominous milestone. this march for the first time in human history the monthly average of co2 in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. this chart shows the global concentration of carbon dioxide over the last few years as measured by noaa. the level varies with the seasons, the earth sort of inhales and exhales carbon dioxide as the seasons pass, but overall you can see the steady prominent upward march of co2 levels, rising right here to above 400 parts per million for the month of march 2015. scientists at noaa's mauna loa observatory in hawaii first measured an

. >> the senator from rhode island, mr. reeves. >> thank you general dempsey for your extraordinary service. i think you'll attribute it to the brilliant first glassman who mentored you at west point. just for the record. thank you for your extraordinary service to the nation. in regard to the proposals to do things that might help defense general dempsey indicated in testimony that there are nine of lines of operation against isil. the department of defense has two of those lines. the other lines are agencies that were not benefit directly or as much from this oco maneuver. is that fair to say? general dempsey: to tell you the truth, i have not looked at anyone's budget although than myself. two of the lines are military, others are other agencies of government. >> the efforts of the state department are contracted because you don't have that expertise. fbi, dea agents deployed forward -- you have a whole strategy that will become unhinged even if you get the extra oco money. general dempsey: again senator i don't know wha

mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: objection? the senator from rhode island. island senator senator reed:i'm honored to be here today with his holiness aram i from the apostolic church in america. his holiness will be visiting the apostolic church in america in providence on may 30 and members of the armenian community in rhode island look forward to welcoming here. he is an accomplished scholar devoted humanitarian and h strong spiritual shepherd. we marked the 130th anniversary of the armenian genocide it exiled over half a million survivors and deeply impacted all armenians throughout the world. on this centennial, reflect on this exceptionally grave tragedy and looking to the future continue to work to promote peace and human rights worldwide. and there is no one better able to help us to do so than the catholicos. it is an honor to welcome his holiness hear his words of prayer and reflection and go forward h knowing he is a powerful force for tolerance and decency. i thank him for being here today and for sharing his words of wisdom with the senat

rhode island seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection ordered. mr. cicilline: i rise today to con garage late the city of new port, rhode island, in my district, for hosting this month's ocean ration, the premiere sailing race around the world. -- premier sailing race around the world. it brought thousands of visitors to our island as well as millions of dollars of economic activity that supported the tourism industry and our small business community. more important, the success of event allowed us the opportunity to tell our story about great things happening in rhode island today. i want to thank everyone who helped make the nation ose only stopover for this race a success. including the department of environmental management, the new port chamber of commerce, members of the general assembly governor ramundo and i want to acknowledge senator sheldon whitehouse for bringing this to rhode island and his ongoing efforts to enhance our state's position in the maritime industry. congratulations to everyone who made this such a success. i yield back. th

suggest you try what rhode island has -- we actually have trouble to invest in a significant way and energy reduction and efficiency. with that, my time has expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we've been talking about this since 02 when i remember on the senate floor when i try to pass a simpler thing the regulation would do by legislation. i saw what happened. the mccain lieberman bill. we decisively defeated that never go since that time. senator markey has not here right now. he had a bill also. this discussion about the scientists this, scientists back. wherever it isn't settled, all they talk about is they don't want to elaborate on it. i want to make it part of the record in an article a couple weeks ago in "the wall street journal" called the climate change 97%. they keep saying 97% of the science is totally confusing and it would take me to want to read it so i'll put it the record. talk about some of the sciences. he was quite upset when vice president al gore was using his career as an m.i.t. professor to be recognized as being one of the top professors in the climate in the very thing we are talking about. people asking the question, why is it people a

mr. lauer. red nose day number two. and he is huffing and puffing up that hill but looking good in coventry rhode island. >> #go matt go. your cheers. >>> meanwhile, it's 7:50 right now. and dylan is in the orange room to give you a little taste of last night's billboard music awards. >> good morning, guys. it was a huge night at the mgm grand in las vegas. we'll have much more on the awards in the next half hour. as a preview, taylor swift owned the night. she took home the most awards of any artist. eight total. making her the most decorated artist in the show's history. and she started off strong opening the show with the debut of her star-studded music video for "bad blood." the cameos were continuous featuring everyone from selena gomez to lena dunham and cindy crawford. we'll have much more ahead in pop start. and coming up in "trending," is there finally a cure for the dreaded hangover? i tried it. i think it works. and the controversy over this shirt and why it's being pulled. >> way to do some research. >> working hard. >> i hope you used that yesterday, dylan. >> very nice. >>> coming up matt shows us what his

. >> try rhode island because our costs are higher but it is lower than yours because of energy reduction and my time is expired. >> mr. chairman we have been talking about this since 2002 when we passed similar things to pacify legislation and i saw what happened with the first bill with the oh lieberman bill. we decisively defeated that bill and every one since that time. that has happened that this discussion this science is settled. the science is settled. all they talk about the science is settled they don't want to elaborate. i want to make it part of the record called the myth of climate change 97%. they save 97% that it diffuse is that it takes me too long to read it by putting into the record without objection. i have talked to richard and he was quite upset with vice president al gore and as the m.i.t. professor who has been recognized as the top professors around with the very thing and to ask a question why is it that people are so concerned about regulating co2? it is a power grab regulation of carbon is a bureaucrat's dream review regulate carving you regulate life. the whole idea that the science is set

rhode island seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the important and hard work of chairman thornberry and ranking member smith and all the members of the armed services committee as well as the committee staff on the f.y. 2016 national defense authorization act. i'm particularly proud of the work of the emerging threats and capability subcommittee and working with chairman joe wilson on national security priorities such as things like cybersecurity one of the chief threats facing our nation and special operations and counterterrorism and the bill's jefment in undersea capabilities and the virginia module as well as the ohio replacement program. however, i'm concerned that the ndaa reflects a budget approach that locks in sequestration and severs the approach between national security and economic security and unfortunate that a measure that has represented such strong bipartisanship and regular order has been taken hostage by refusing to address the budget control act. mr. speaker, w

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president i presume we're in a quorum call and ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: and i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. i'm here today for the 98th time to urge this body to stop sleep walking through history. climate change is real, and it is already harming the united states, and it's time for the united states senate to wake up and address this threat. the science that links carbon pollution to global warming is nothing new. it dates back to president lincoln. in the century and a half since we've measured changes in the climate that scientists virtually unanimously say are caused by our burning of fossil fuels. atmospheric carbon is now measured at 400 parts per million, higher than ever in our species' history. our oceans are warming and acidifying. those are