mr. schumer: thank you. my dear friend and colleague -- the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. my friend and i have disagreed but he

mr. schumer: mr. president, i regret my colleagues' objections. hope they change their minds. i must rise to address the growing crisis of judicial vacancies in our federal and district courts. mr. president, as we all know, it is the job of the senate to responsibly keep up with the needs to confirm judges. unfortunately, my friends on the other side of the aisle have slowed the judicial confirmation process to a crawl. they did their best to slow the pace of confirmations when the senate was under democratic leadership and now are sluggishly moving nominations even more so in a senate they control. it's resulted in a nearly 10% -- 10% vacancy in judicial positions throughout the united states. there are 31 -- 31 districts that are considered judicial emergencies, meaning they don't have enough judges to hear the caseload. the lorpg w longer we wait to me judges through the committee and to the floorks th floor, the woe numbers will get. let me take the western district of new york as an example to talk about these vacancies and what they mean it practice. it includes the cit

mr. schumer: as we look forward to the weeks ahead, we're confronting with deadline after deadline. if the past is any prologue, republican leaders will wait until there's a crisis in the 11th hour and then risk disaster. but it doesn't have to be that way. we democrats are ready to negotiate on a budget that protects our national and economic security and creates jobs. we're ready to pass a bill that ensures -- -- to ensure we don't devastate the economy and default on the debt. we need to start working on these issues sooner rather than later. c.b.o. estimated if we lifted the sequester caps we'd get 800,000 new jobs. we're talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. and our republican opponents, our republican friends are arguing no jobs. we hope our republican colleagues won't waste any time and join us at the negotiating table. just yesterday leader mccarthy rolled out a vision for american foreign policy that relies on a strong and robust military. but every military leader from every branch has been crystal clear that sequestration harms the military. and that they support a federal budg

mr. schumer: thank you. my dear friend and colleague -- the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. my friend and i have disagreed but he has -- i appreciate the way he has conducted himself through this entire debate. now, mr. president, every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high, both sides of the issue feel very strongly about their views. such is the case with the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran. it demands reasoned and serious debate. over the years i have learned that the best way to treat big decisions is to study the issue carefully, hear the full explanation of those for and against, and then without regard to pressure, politics or party, make a decision based on the merits. that is what i did with the iran deal. i carefully studied the jcpoa, read and reread the annexes, learned from the proponents and opponents and studied the text of the agreement and after deep study and c

mr. schumer said he has a great deal of respect for the colorful the -- for the careful thought and the liberations my colleagues went through and i recognize they vote with conscience, just as it is for me. securing's triumph in you mean deal, without support of a single member of the party now in control of congress, is refashioning the definition of victory. no alltors voted legislature involving iran and 42 block a vote. terrible, she says. james is from akron, ohio on the support line. caller: some of these people to look atn needed more than one channel. i watch free speech tv, cnn, msnbc, the nightly news, and fox news. everybody is saying that they malicious to the united states, and are more dangerous to our well-being than anybody. the only people that i see for are -- against this deal people who listen to fox news and listen to the republican propaganda. here is the problem, all of these people that are for the war, the vast majority have never been in war or had anyone in their family in war. when you look at what it is beth, we do not need to against this, we need to make it work. we

mr. schumer. senator from washington mr. murray. from ver national correspondent mr. leahy.enator from montana mr. tester. senator from michigan, mr. -- excuse me the senator from michigan, miss stabenow. senator from minnesota. senator from maryland, senator from new jersey, senat. >> the members will exit the chamber through the lobby doors h >> when the good senators made their way through that aisle, within about ten minutes the holy father, pope francis will also make his way down the aisle. and that will be very interesting. because they're going to have members of congress stationed on the aisle trying to stop other members reaching out to touch or shake hands or otherwise-- >> they've been told they can't, but you think they'll do it anyway? >> i think there may be some applause during the speech and i think there will be some applause from democrats, especially, who wish to co-on the pope to their point of view. if they applaud loudly, i think that's breaking the new rules. i think they will be hard put to restrain themselves, to stop themselves from applausing. >>

mr. schumer: thank you. my dear friend and colleague -- the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. my friend and i have disagreed but he has -- i appreciate the way he has conducted himself through this entire debate. now, mr. president, every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high, both sides of the issue feel very strongly about their views. such is the case with the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran. it demands reasoned and serious debate. over the years i have learned that the best way to treat big decisions is to study the issue carefully, hear the full explanation of those for and against, and then without regard to pressure, politics or party, make a decision based on the merits. that is what i did with the iran deal. i carefully studied the jcpoa, read and reread the annexes, learned from the proponents and opponents and studied the text of the agreement and after deep study and c

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mr. szubin: no. sen. schumer: what does it mean it's sanctionable? is it in your view that the sections are severe enough that total will terminate the contract and risk being sued by iran? what does sanctionable mean in that situation. sec. szubin: it's exactly what the circumstances are right now and what the circumstances have been. there were a lot of pre-existing contracts that were 10 year, 20 year contracts when we put them into place. what companies saw is that they faced the threat of these powerful u.s. sanctions -- >> so another words, totale will not be able to do business in the u.s. if they continued in year 4, for instance. answer me that question. would they be able to do business in the u.s. in year 4 if they continued the contract? sec. szubin: totale could face a menu of choices. a menu of penalties under the iranian sanctions act, which could include being cut off from the u.s. market. >> what does could include mean? i just want to nail this. sec. szubin: the iran sanctions act has a menu-- >> and who has the ability to determine

mr. ryan. i know that senator schumer and others have been working on the possibilities of a fairly robust package. ultimately you will have to have the leader of the senate majority party brought in to try to get this done. i understand why tax reform is elusive, because those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax framework in the abstract sometimes look at our bottom lines and say the deduction sounds pretty good here. even at this organization, has been supportive, there are other organizations in town that have pretty strong influence over the republican party that have not been as wild on it, partly because their view is that the only kind of tax reform acceptable is one that would lower all rates, regardless of the effect on the deficit. that is not something that is viable. we will keep on working on it. my suggestion would be that the brt continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell to come up with an ambitious package. i can assure you that the white house will take it seriously. we do not expect everything in our original package would go forwa

mr. ryan. i know that senator schumer and others have still been working on the possibilities of a fairly robustackage. ultimately you have to try to get this done. you know, i understand why tax reform is losing because those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax framework in the abstract sometimes look at our bottom lines and say, oh, no, that deduction is helping us pretty good here, and even if this organization has been supportive, there are other business organizations in town that have some pretty strong influence over the republican party that haven't been as wild on it. partly because their view is that the only kind of tax reform that is acceptable is also one that would lower all rates my suggestion would be that the brt continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell to come up with an ambitious package. i can assure you that the white house will take it seriously. we don't expect that everything in our original package would go forward. the one thing that we couldn't do and i get concerned sometimes that what is labelled as tax reform ends up

mrs. de blasio, senator schumer, governor cuomo. you heard cardinal dolan.ind of a family moment we get to witness after the holy father has left the room. kate snow is here with us. kate, this really does remind you of every classroom we've ever occupied. >> it looks like our back-to-school night that we just went to with my 10-year-old. those kids, how precious, brian, to watch them presenting their little projects -- i shouldn't say little, they're big projects that they've made for the pope. and i think some of these third and fourth graders had just gone through first communion. so i think some of what they were presenting was what they learned about scripture and other things. >> bishop robert barron is with us. that seemed to be the case. >> yeah, just a wonderful scene to watch. just so caught up in it. i was struck when the pope was putting his finger on the board, surprised by the computer graphic that came up. they say he's not very computer savvy. so the kids are more at home with that than he is. >> someone else runs his twitter feed. >> i think

mr. ryan. i know senator schumer and others have been working on the possibilities of a fairly robust package. but ultimately you'll have the leader of the senate majority party bought in to try to get this done. i understand why tax reform is elusive. because those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax framework in the abstract sometimes look at our bottom lines and say, i don't know, that deduction is helping us pretty good here. and even if this organization has been supportive, there are other business organizations in town that have some pretty strong influence over the republican party that haven't been as wild on it. partly because their view is, is that the only kind of tax reform that's acceptable is one that would also lower all rates, regardless of its effect on the deficit. that's just not something that is viable. so, we're going to keep on working on it. my suggestion would be that the brt continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, to come up with an ambitious package, and what i can assure you is, is that the white house will take i

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mr. ryan i know that senator schumer and others have been working on the robustlities of a fairly package --tely, you will have the leader of the senate majority party has to buy into try to get this done. i understand why tax reform is elusive. those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax-free mark in the abstract, sometimes look at our bottom lines and says that deduction is pretty good. even if this organization has been supportive, there are other business organizations that have pretty strong influence over the republican party that have not been as wild on it, partly because their view is that the only kind of tax reform that is acceptable is one that would also lower all rates, regardless of its effect on the deficit. ist is not something that viable. we will pick -- keep on working on it, my suggestion was that you continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell to come up with an ambitious package and what i can assure you is that the white house will take it seriously. we do not expect that everything in our original package would go forwa

mr. chairman. there was an eight minute exchange between senator schumer and the witnesses about the meaning of the grandfather clause. i think we got some sort of answer out of that, but officials have said repeatedly that iran will support -- exploit every ambiguity, so i can only imagine what they will say about that cause. shermanng on, secretary , there is a lot of commentary about access. access to iran's nuclear sites, the military sites. they have frequently talked about managed access. can you assure us that this access will actually be physical access? iaea inspectors will be physically walking into the sides and taking samples or installing equipment? ms. sherman: i think that every situation is different, senator. and that the iaea has the capability, the expert knowledge to make sure that whatever they do can be technically authenticated. so i can't go through every hypothetical situation. i know that the director general , who i am sure will be asked these questions by these colleagues -- your colleagues, so i would rely on his answers more than on my answers. but what i am assured of

senator schumer concluded we would be worse off with this agroment than without it. but there is another choice, mr. speaker. a better deal. one negotiated with a clear understanding of the nature of our enemyism ask my colleagues to rejeck this deal, encourage the president to go back to the negotiating table and to vote no on this resolution. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: john kennedy negotiated the first nuclear treatment with our arch enemy, the soviet union he said we should never negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate. i now yield two minutes to my friend from california, congresswoman lois capps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minks. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the p-5 plus one nuclear agreement with iran, formerly known as the -- formally known as the joint omprehensive plan of action. this is one of the most important votes i'll take in my time in congress. the idea has alway

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schumer and senator bob menendez to say that he is going to vote against the deal. when it comes down to the numbers and the process, i do thethink there -- i'm of good mr. smaltz weather too much because of the fact that they know they have the votes in the senate to sustain the veto. think they will be sweating it too much because they know they have the votes in the senate to sustain the veto. getting everybody on board to support the iran deal, the rules committee takes it up in the house on tuesday evening for a debate beginning midweek. what does the debate look like in the house and who will some of the four leaders be there? laura: the house is a bit more fluid right now in the colleague letter that you mentioned. minority leader pelosi did say that they have well over 100 democrats that have come out in support of the deal, but they need 146 in order to sustain a presidential veto. their not quite there yet. it has been very aggressive over the august recess and administration to make sure that they are trying to get the support that they need. it is going to be very interesting next week. >> let's go back to the senate for a second. we didn't t

senator schumer concluded we would be worse off with this agroment than without it. but there is another choice, mr. speaker. a better deal. one negotiated with a clear understanding of the nature of our enemyism ask my colleagues to rejeck this deal, encourage the president to go back to the negotiating table and to vote no on this resolution. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: john kennedy negotiated the first nuclear treatment with our arch enemy, the soviet union he said we should never negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate. i now yield two minutes to my friend from california, congresswoman lois capps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minks. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the p-5 plus one nuclear agreement with iran, formerly known as the -- formally known as the joint omprehensive plan of action. this is one of the most important votes i'll take in my time in congress. the idea has alway

mr. schumer: mr. president, i am going to make a unanimous consent request. i was going to tell the body why i was doing that, then make the unanimous consent request. but my colleague who was going to object to it from texas, my colleague and friend, has a plane to catch, so i'm going to make the unanimous consent request, let him object, let him explain why he objects and i'll explain why i was for it, a little unadore knocks but won't change it. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the president proceed to a executive session to consider the following nominations, 139, 140, 141, that the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the motions in the order listed, that the motions be considered and reconsidered upon the table without intervening action or debate, no be in order to nominations, that any statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions, and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. cornyn: mr. president? the pr