mr. udall: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to just say a few words about my good friend and my mentor in the senate, senator richard lugar. i heard both leaders here this morning mention senator lugar, and i just thought i would rise for a minute to talk about him because i've been lucky to have him as a mentor since i've arrived in the senate. senator mark pryor organized for our class when we came in mentors, usually a senior democrat, senior republican, and senator lugar was -- was that mentor for me, and he -- i've spent, as a result of that, a great deal of time with him, both in -- at the foreign senate relations committee and in a variety of committeings, and he's always given me -- the remarkable thing ssess a always given me -- he's always given me very, very valuable advice. and above all, his advice has been -- is to urge bipartisanship, not for its own sake but because it's what makes the senate work, and what allows us to move foompletd and i didn't want to get up, as one of the leaders poi

mr. udall: mr.the senator from louisiana has the right intentions but this amendment would truly be a vote against u.s. jobs and manufacturing. the presiding officer: please, order. mr. udall: it would wrongly target renewable energy manufacturing. it would threaten millions of dollars in export of u.s.-made products at a time when we should be seeking to expand these markets overseas. and if you look particularly at the wind industry, it's already suffering because we haven't had the courage to extend the production tax credit ford wind. and it has bipartisan support. so we've got to pass that production tax credit immediately. but in the meantime, let's not create a double whammy and pass the vitter amendment. without question, that sector is expanding dramatically. and it is the source of a lot of jobs in my state and i think in every state? thlet's export, let's not limit that possibility. the vitter amendment would do just that. i urge you to vote against the vitter amendment. the presiding off

mr. udall: i ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i -- i was just listening to senator whitehouse who is now in the chair, and i just want to congratulate him on filing that amicus brief with senator mccain and the supreme court. i really believe that the supreme court should heed the good advice that both senator mccain and senator whitehouse have given them, and i think if they do not heed that advice, they will be -- the authority that they have undertaken themselves would be taken away from them by the people, the people that are urging a constitutional amendment to give this back to the congress and back to the state legislatures, and i -- i join my colleagues today to highlight what i consider a significant problem in our country, the unprecedented flow of money into our democratic elections. over the past several months, a group of us have been working together to address this problem. we have asked the f.e.c., the i.r.s. and the f.c.c. to take actions that would help curb the impact of money on our electi

mr. udall: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: thank you for the recognition, mr. president. let me just say, i have been sitting here listening to my colleague, the senator from wyoming, and i think he makes some good points. i think we do need a more open process. i think we need to try as much as possible to work with each other in the committee process. i don't think there's any doubt about that. i think we need to allow germane amendments and have a good, robust debate on the bills that are on the floor. but the thing that i wanted to talk about today is the fact that we're in a filibuster, and if 52 of us wanted to move forward on this bill and 45 of us didn't -- that's why we're locked in this situation. and i rise with regret today -- and there is of to r regret abot yesterday's vote on the student loan bill. first, i regret the false choice between helping students or funding preventive health care. most americans support student loans. most americans see the value of preventive health care. and yet my colleagues on

udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. sorry i wasn't here earlier. we all have so many things going on. >> we were talking. >> yeah. i understand. but -- and i hope you all forgive me. incredibly important subject and the chairman always focuses on what the american people are concerned about, and i just hear a lot of discussion in new mexico about this whole privacy issue and i apologize if i'm going over any ground that you've already hit here, but i just had a couple of questions. chairman liebowitz, the ftc's recently settled privacy cases with well-known online companies used by millions of americans. could you explain how these settlements will benefit consumer online privacy and how have these secretary of statements encouraged other companies to change or improve their privacy policies? >> well, we have -- if you're talking about our settlements with, say, google, for google buzz and facebook, we -- we found what we believed were violations of the law essentially those companies made commitments about keeping information private that we belie

udall. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you the ranking member for holding a very important hearing on innovation. always good to see you, mr. augustine. thank you for your continued service to the country. your ideas are always spot on. the american energy innovation council has done yeoman's work here and i hope we will listen to, and implement, your recommendations. as you've pointed out, we are in the midst of a clean energy revolution and by that i think we mean all energy sources and all energy technologies have clean elements. we can't have, as you point out, inconsistent and uncertain innovation policies. that's why it's -- you've underscored here and why this hearing, again, is so important. i have in my notes here -- i've said to myself -- we need to be leaders in this field and we've always been a paragon of innovation. i think about the fact we have been leaders, particularly -- well, in every energy technology, but i think about solar and wind, for example, in the '70s. now we're trying to play

udall. >> thank you mr.airman and the ranking member for holding a very important hearing none innovation. always good to see you mr. augustine for your service to the country and your ideas are always spot on the and i hope we will listen to and implement your recommendations. we are in the midst of a clean energy revolution and by that i think we mean all energy sources in all energy technologies we can't have as you point out inconsistent and uncertain innovation policies that's why this is important. i have my notes here that i said we need to be leaders in this field and we've always been a paragon of innovation but i think about the fact we have been leaders particularly in every energy technology and solar and wind in the 70's now we are trying to play catch-up i'm biased and honored to represent the six colorado we are a national leader in many areas we of a great model of industries of research institutions like the national energy lab in the government and of encouraging energy innovation for job c

udall. specs before mr. chairman. sorry i wasn't year earlier.hat we have so many -- >> we have things going on. >> i understand. and i hope -- i hope you'll forgive me, but incredibly and precious objects the chairman always focuses i just hear a lot of discussion in the mexico about this whole privacy issue and i pulled his time going over in the ground that you already hit by just a couple of questions. chairman leibowitz, the ftc's recently sold privacy cases are companies used by millions of americans could you explain how the settlement will benefit consumer online privacy and how they have the solid encouraged to other companies to change or improve their privacy policies? >> you're talking about the settlements that say google or facebook we are found in violation of law is essentially those companies made commitments about keeping information private that we believe they got keep or didn't honor their commitments as we brought cases against them and have a settlement. in the settlements they are required to be monitored, the have to enga

mr. president, i am finished here but i just want to say again, for those that are listening here or watching, senator udall and senator merkley want to do something to change the rules regarding filibuster. if there were anything that ever needed changing in this body, it's the filibuster rule because it's been abused, abused and abused. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: i appreciate the majority leader's actions on trying to move us forward on a very important jobs bill. the export-import bank is a way to fund manufacturers in the united states so that their products can be sold around the globe. it's kind of like a small business administration finance program for exports. we know the president has said we need to increase exports, and this is a program that has been in place for decades. never controversial at this degree and now all of a sudden here we are weeks before the authorization expires, sitting here arguing over whether we can move forward on this bill. i have great respect for the united states senate, but there are sometimes when the united states senate doesn

i hereby appoint the honorable tom udall, a senator from the state of new mexico, to perform the duties f the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mring officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: we're now considering s. 3187, the f.d.a. user fees legislation. there is an agreement now reached to complete this legislation today. under the agreement, debate time will expire at 2:00 p.m. today. up to 12 roll call votes could begin earlier in order to complete action on the bill and have a couple votes in relation to the student loan interest rate hike. we'll notify everyone if time is yielded back, but people should be aware of the need for you come here we hope before noon to have a couple votes. there will be no votes between 1:00 and 2:00 because of meetingmeetings both sides have. so we also hope -- we worked out a tentative agreement yesterday on flood insurance, which is important to 6 million people. we need to get that done today also. we hope we can get that done. mr. president, i was pleased yesterday to reach an agreement with the republican leader on thousand move forward with this f.d.a. -- on how to move forw

mr. chairman. >> rejiggering here i will call upon senator klobuchar and then senators to who was here earlier and then senator pryor and then senator cantwell senator udall and senator ayotte. >> already. thank you very much, commissioner. welcome to our two new commissioners. i want to applaud you for a reason action. that is something that had a lot of issues within our state and i wondered if you could just elaborate a little mr. chairman, navy commissioner mick dowell on how you're going to investigate this and what your plans are and why you think is the problem. >> well, work with them for the excellent work the staff committee did in tackling to cram in the hearing the committee held and the complaints we also received at the fcc about cramming and wireline. we found same as the committee staff report with respect to wireline there is real evidence that consumer reviews that we needed to act and we did unanimously at the commission, putting in place a set of reform that we expect will decrease cramming. we also continue to take enforcement seriously. we announced over the last three series of enforcement action by finds. that will continue and we

cantwell, murray, lautenberg, bingaman, whitehouse, shaheen, udall of new mexico, klobuchar, levin, warner, pryor, reed of rhode island, and gillibrand. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived and the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 3220 occur at 2:15 p.m. on tuesday, june 5. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, we're going to arrange a vote monday night on one of the members who is trying to become a judge. one of the nominees, i should say. i note -- a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i want to take a few moments this afternoon to do something that has become a bit of a ritual with me, and that is to try to take some time each week to speak about the damage that we are doing to our atmosphere, to our oceans and to our climate with the relentless carbon pollution that we are discharging. as each week goes by, the information continues to pile up about the harms that we're causing. a recent story says that rising temperatures could el