mr. schumer: i would. mr. cornyn: madam president, i know there are a number of us who would like to speak on the judgment coming cloture vote at noon on the mcconnell nomination. i know senato senator grassley . i assume the senator from new york and the senator from rhode island. i wonder if we can reach a unanimous consent agreement that would allow five minutes for each of us to speak. i would pose that as a unanimous consent request that that -- for the senators who are currently on the floor, the five of us, that we'd be given up to five minutes to speak preceding the cloture motion. mr. schumer: might i ask a question of the chair? what is the status, the time status? there's 35 minutes until noon. is that divided? the presiding officer: the democrats -- the time's equally divided. the democrats control 19 minutes, the republicans control 18 1/2 minutes. a senator: reserving the right to object. ms. landrieu: this isn't the only debate on the floor, we're having a cloture vote on sbir and we'd like some

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. i rise today in support of legislation -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call, sir. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today in support of legislation we'll later vote on this week authored by my good friend from new jersey, senator menendez. as this chamber knows, senator menendez has been championing this legislation for quite some time. he's is -- he's had the precious and foresight to focus on this idea early on. and i applaud the hard work he's done to build support for it. i'm also glad that our leader, senator reid, has scheduled a vote on it this week and i hope the bill will pass. i've heard even a few of my friends from the other side of the aisle say they're considering voting for it. nothing would be better, mr. president, in terms of showing bipartisanship and giving the american people hope that we can come to

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: mr. president, first, even though i don't agree with him, it's always a pleasure to listen to my friend from utah give his arguments, but i will just give mine instead of talking to him. just remind him of one thing. this bill is not intended to lower gas prices. it's intended to reduce the deficit. it clearly does that. and if my colleague cares so much about reducing that deficit, the oil companies are a good place to start. money does not go for spending, it goes for deficit reduction. anyway, i rise today in support of the legislation authored by my good friend from new jersey, senator menendez. senator menendez has championed this legislation for quite some time and i applaud the work he's done to build support for it. as you know, our leader, senator reid, has scheduled a vote on it in just a few minutes and i sincerely hope the bill will pass. nothing would be better in terms of showing bipartisanship and giving the american people hope that we can come to a fair agreement on our l

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. first, i want to just give kudos and accolades to my friend and colleague and fellow madisonian -- madison high school in brooklyn, new york, that is -- bernie sanders. i have rarely met, not just here in the senate but in public li life, people who display the passion and the effectiveness combined that bernie does. and sometimes it's a lonely world for him in a certain sense because he feels these issues so strongly, he is so outstanding at articulating them in every way, and he wonders why the world doesn't change a little more. well, bernie, in terms of this world, which changes slowly, unfortunately, we would agree with that, you've done a great deal of good for people who need help. and i'm just glad you're here and i'm glad you're my friend. thank you. anyway, madam president, i rise today in support of the legislation authored by my good friend from new jersey, senator menendez. as you know, the democrats here on our side of the aisle are fo

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. first i want to commend my colleague and friend from illinois for his outstanding remarks on both subjects, the deficit and on immigration. i'm here to talk about the deficit, but i will just touch on immigration. people are saying well, why is the president going to el paso when we haven't made enough progress on immigration? they bring up a point. the president's point is the right one. he is bringing the message to the country on why we need real immigration reform. i think there's one thing 100 members of this chamber would agree on -- our present immigration system is broken, badly broken. we turn away lots of people who should be here. we also don't have a rational system for who should come here. and america is the lesser for it. as the senator from illinois pointed out, immigration is part of our proud, proud heritage, and immigrants help america. one of the reasons we are doing a lot better than europe is we have welcomed new people into th

mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays on the nomination. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 96, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. and the senate will resume legislative session. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that at 1:00 p.m. thursday, may 12, 2011, the senate proceed to executive stowings consider the nomination number 47 on the calendar, that there be one hour for debate equally divided in the usual form, upon the use or yielding back of that tiernlg the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate, on calendar number 47. the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no in

klobuchar, whitehouse, brown of ohio, udall of colorado, durbin, carper, sanders, rockefeller, shaheen, schumer. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate resume legislative session and then proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 61, there be three hours of debate equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of that time, the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on calendar number number 61, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further statements be in order to the nomination, these statements related to the nomination be printed in the record, that the

schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, chairman bernanke, have a couple of statements that were recently made by the speaker of the house, john boehner, and i would like to ask about them. the first is he said, quote, we are calling for the end to the government spending binge that is crowding out private investment and threatening the availability of the capitol needed for job creation. now several economists reach you did the notion that given particularly now with our current slack in the economy and corporate america having lots of money and still being reluctant to invest for other reasons, so they disputed the notion that we are crowding out private investment with government spending. do you agree with speaker's statement that the government spending is at this time crowding out private investment? >> there is a lot of crowding out as you pointed out interest rates are quite low. there is a lot of excess resources available for the firm's that need to for civil high your additional workers obviously. that bei

mr. davidson's willingness to come back to senator shoe mer -- schumer with your response. i also want to welcome and commend google's response on the notice issue in case of breaches which i think is a very important source of support for notice legislation and would ask dr. dribble, i don't think i saw -- dr. dribble i don't think i saw in your testimony, i may have looked at any reference for requirement for notice 234 case of breaches of confidentiality. would apple likewise support that kind of legislation? >> i actually don't -- i'm not the policy person. what i'll say is that in general we think it's extremely important that information kept on our servers stay secure. we do a lot to make sure that that's the case. and we think that if -- i personally think if customers are at risk from information, important information that's leaked from servers, i, for example, as a consumer would like to know. fortunately apple has not--it's not that. here, if that were to happen i think that would be something that consumers would want to know about. >> with would it be apple's

schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, chairman bernanke, have a couple of statements that were recently made by the speaker of the house, john boehner, and i would like to ask about them. the first is he said, quote, we are calling for the end to the government spending binge that is crowding out private investment and threatening the availability of the capitol needed for job creation. now several economists reach you did the notion that given particularly now with our current slack in the economy and corporate america having lots of money and still being reluctant to invest for other reasons, so they disputed the notion that we are crowding out private investment with government spending. do you agree with speaker's statement that the government spending is at this time crowding out private investment? >> there is a lot of crowding out as you pointed out interest rates are quite low. there is a lot of excess resources available for the firm's that need to for civil high your additional workers obviously. that bei

senator schumer has stepped in. >> let me thank you, mr. chairman, for having this very important hearing, and there are so many different types of issues and questions that have come up because we are in this brave new world where information is available much more freely creating new privacy concerns and the balance is one of the most important things that we can do at the beginning of the century. i look forward to your lead in as we try to balance the important benefits. i am glad that you stepped in. i always tell people that the senate has so many different factions that somebody who is interested can step into. this is a classic example. thank you. i am glad that their representative, a particular area that some of you know i care about. there are a lot, but i'm going to talk on a couple today. google and apple have come here, and i thank you both for that. want to ask about those deadly different aspect of balancing technology with public safety which is the smart phone applications that enable truck driving. as you know, several we

mr. chairman-- that that's what we're going to see here today. i have a chart depicting what i expect this hearing to turn into. there you go. >> reporter: new york senator chuck schumert back that his side had a just cause. >> some of my colleagues suggested that this hearing is nothing more than a dog and pony show. well you'd have an easier time convincing the american people that a unicorn just flew into this hearing room than that big oil companies need taxpayer subsidies-- that's the real fairytale. and i would just say to >> reporter: another democrat-- jay rockefeller of west virginia-- warned the oil execs it's time to do their part. >> i think the main reason that you're out of touch, particularly with respect to americans and the sacrifices we're having to look at here in terms of trying to balance or come close to even balancing a budget is that you never lose. you've never lost. you always prevail. >> reporter: in fact, the companies-- including chevron, a "newshour" funder-- racked up record profits of $36 billion in the first quarter of this year. but exxon c.e.o. rex tillerson insisted efforts to eliminate tax breaks are wrong-headed. >> it is not simp

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york is recognized. mr. schumer: first i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business and my time be counted against cloture. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. first, i just want to add my kudos to senator reed and senator whitehouse from rhode island for their persistence and their success today in getting to the bench a fine person. i also want to thank my republican colleagues, those, of course, who voted for cloture. and maybe that will help break some of the logjams here. i think it is very meaningful to some of us on this side of the aisle that that happened. the fact that it does happen maybe says something that this is a day after what happened over in pakistan that we can come together, and it's meaningful, and i want to thank senator mcconnell as well. he had his strong views. but obviously we know the respect that his colleagues have for him. and thank him as well for understanding that there would be differing views within both sides of th