mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: how long does my colleague wish to ... okay, i'll ask unanimous consent that the gentleman be given 15 minutes, and then i get on the floor for the 5 minutes after him. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: not 15 minutes of our time. 15 minutes of their time. the presiding officer: the minority does not have 15 minutes. mr. schumer: okay. then i withdraw the last -- mr. reid: he can have, to make up whatever time, he can take it from us. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so just point of information, so i'm in order after the senator from arizona? the presiding officer: correct. mr. schumer: okay, thank you. mr. mccain: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: madam president, i won't take a lot of time here on the floor. the floor has been well used over the last day or so. i would like to make sure that my colleagues and especially those who are not here -- who were not here in 20

mr. schumer" because that's where onus really is now, right? >> the fed was the only one doing anything. everyone else is cutting back, the democrats are cutting back. this is not an eisenhower administration where they set up the interstate highway system. in '37 we had a terrible recession. bernanke, that's what he's about. he's a student of history. he is. he's a smart guy. >> there are many who say they love gridlock in washington, d.c., but many would also counter the inability to get an immigration bill, to get anything that could codify certain policies that would help chi economic growth in this country -- >> i would love to hear from bill clinton. he was saying the shutdown would be terrible. >> i think he's going to be on letter man. >> letterman going to have bernanke? >> no. i think fallon's got bernanke. >> stewart's got bernanke. >> what a get! >> there is one final interesting point about all this because tomorrow we're going to get this vote on whether to defund obama care in the house. what bernanke did yesterday was effectivel

mr. schumer, as one report was titled the other day.e what else is moving on the floor. >> hey, carl. the dow off 73 points right now, up off its worst levels of the session. traders are keeping watch on washington to see if there are any developments today as to whether or not they can come to some agreement on a stopgap spending measure. but that's keeping some pressure on the markets in today's session. the s&p after yesterday's gains, the first in six sessions, is still on track for a losing week, as is the dow jones industrial average. the nasdaq now holding on to a slight gain. behind me over my shoulder, can you see ring central, one of two ipos pricing today at the new york stock exchange. 7.5 million shares pricing at 13, hasn't opened yet. looks to be a happy open. right now about 580,000 shares. again, some traders telling me it's going to be a couple minutes. we do have the ceo on later in the day, but it looks to be a good open for this provider of cloud systems. also -- of course, you talked about jcpenney. just want to to

mr. schumer? >> thank you, henry. i've been in washington for over 30 years.and all the years of analysis and i've never seen a group of people more extreme than the hard right republicans in the house right now. they are have always been extreme members of congress year but they have been gadflies who come and go without much of an impact. this group of extreme republicans in the house isn't just having an impact. they been handed the keys to the republican party i a reluctant leadership. they have banded together and literally handcuffed republican leadership, so they're forced to pursue an extreme agenda that defense or delays obamacare. and their my way or the highway approach is to today. in this case, the highway lease over a cliff to shutdown or a default commute of which would be devastating to the economy. republican leadership has been dragged, kicking and screaming into a fight that they know is bad for the party and bad for the country. and they should know it's a fight they will not win. and the whole country has been dragged closer to a governmen

nevada, mikulski, donnelly, durbin, whitehouse, bennet, leahy, heitkamp, schumer, warner, heinrich, kaine, baldwin, coons, king. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum required under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business, senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider the nominations on the seetary's desk in the air army, ny,hat thenominations ben bloc, the motion to reconsider made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motion be in order to any of the nominations, any related statements are printed in the record and president obama immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 13, s. 252. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the

reid of nevada, mikulski, levin, leahy, warren, schumer, durbin, coons, murphy, markey, kaine, king, cardin, gillibrand. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask we have a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the veterans' affairs committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 1412. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1412, an act to improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs and so forth and for other purposes the presiding officer: without objection the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the sanders substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three times and passed, the sanders title amendment which is at the desk be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table wi

mr. president, keep in mind who they areçó and what they're doing. senator schumersenator mccain: understand they have a nuclear program they must own up to before you talk to them. people around the world are getting nervous after they saw the way syria and that deal came down. i understand the best chance they have of meeting might be a semi scripted step aside or handshake at lunch today. >>steve: i bet they do meet. i bet they have a chat of some nature. ambassador john bolten had this to say regarding that with greta last night. >> they're using the first days in office of hassan rouhani to smile, to try and convince gullible westerners that they're moderates and that they're different from mahmoud ahmadinejad. they are different, much more savvy. they are not going to change a single thing about iran's nuclear weapon program but they're going to try to take advantage of president obama's weakness to buy time, to get relief from the sanctions and to continue with the nuclear weapons program. i call it the diplomatic equivalent of the p. t-bar number doctrine. -

schumer. >> thank you mr. chairman i want to thank you and senator corker not only for the courtesy of introducing our great constituent but for the great job that you have been doing on this committee and thank all the members for being here. mr. chairman, ranking member it is my great privilege to introduce an individual that is well known to this committee, to most americans and to so many people around the world. caroline kennedy is an american author, editor, philanthropist and the attorney, and i am proud to present her as president barack obama's nominee to be the next ambassador to japan. i'd like to welcome her lovely family life had the privilege of knowing. her husband, edward schlossberg and two of her wonderful three children are here. totyana who went to school with my daughter and john and rose in california. as well as vicki kennedy, tim shriver and john who are joining us here today as well. i am also sure that her father, monk mother, uncles are looking down with pride upon this hearing. i sh