quorum call: quorum call: mr. walsh: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. walsh: madam president, i rise today to remember september 11. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. walsh: madam president, request to rescind the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. walsh: madam president, i rise today to remember september 11, 2001. we all know the changes that came about that day were terrible. i watched the events unfold with my colleagues at the montana national guard, and we all knew it would change the course of america's long-term military strategy, and that, madam president, is what i want to talk about today. the victories, the consequences, the true costs of sending america's men and women to defend our country. in the 13 years that have passed since that awful day, we have experienced more tragedy and adversity. what hasn't changed is how as a nation we triumph over adversity. throughout our history, americans have united to face our biggest challenges. past a

mr. walsh's point about this is a 41 or 42 permit from everything i've seen it should be a 42 type permit application. there is reason to be skeptical about the ability to have food as your preliminary source of income without a kitchen and in a tight space. if the neighborhood association is unusual 1/3rd of the neighbors are businesses we're not trying to limit businesses. one of our board members is the owner of the emphasis he will they came to the community and the merchant association and the neighbors have been supportive and been good neighbors we look for an amicable solution we want garages converted to good communities servicing businesses but not for the quality of life of residents who have to be impacted if adequate precautions are not taken all the comments of the lady are from the hayes valley associations will urge you to build into this thank you very much >> thank you. is there any additional public comment. okay. seeing none project sponsor our team has 5 minutes >> commissioners. ma'am, chairman i'm john kennedy the owner of 458 grove street purchased in 1976. the pro

mr. walsh's point about this is a 41 or 42 permit from everything i've seen it should be a 42 type permit application. there is reason to be skeptical about the ability to have food as your preliminary source of income without a kitchen and in a tight space. if the neighborhood association is unusual 1/3rd of the neighbors are businesses we're not trying to limit businesses. one of our board members is the owner of the emphasis he will they came to the community and the merchant association and the neighbors have been supportive and been good neighbors we look for an amicable solution we want

mr. walsh: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. walsh: i rise today to speak in support of senate joint resolution 19, a constitutional amendment that would give both states and congress the power to undo the damage caused by citizens united and restore our democratic traditions. passing this amendment is vital if we are going to begin to roll back the coercive influence of money in our democracy. because of the supreme court's decision in citizens united, political power has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of corporations and modern day. in fact, less than one-third of americans provide more than two-thirds of the money spent on elections. the voices of everyday americans are simply being silenced. in montana, we have seen firsthand the damage to the process. turn of the century mining companies made rich off the cop per seines under butte, montana, my hometown. they bought up the state press and bought off the state legislature. in response to these abuses, montana banned corporate spending by citizens initiative ove

mrs. arrested walsh. prosecutors eventually dropped criminal charges. her attorney says she's now seeking unspecified damages. >>> spokesperson for harrah's tells fox 29 quote we take the safety and security of all of our guests very seriously, personnel trained to use the least amount of force required to manage any particular incident. while ensuring they take the steps necessary to protect guests, employees, anthem selves. >>> same sex marriage has been added to the agenda of supreme court meeting later this month. this conference will be the first time the justices have the issue before them. however, this doesn't mean the court will decide to hear state appeals, lower courts, will have struck down some of the bans on same sex marriage. appeals have been filed from indianna, oak home, a utah, virginia and wisconsin. >>> meanwhile the governor of california signed a bill that mandates paid sick leave. that law means that employers must give full and part-time workers at least three paid sick days a year. this expands sick leave to an additional six a

mr. walsh: i was born during the baby boom time in butte, montana. things weren't always easy, especially in a tough, blue-collar town like butte. but it was still easier in those days to believe that the american dream was within your grasp. put in your time and you can earn a good living. work hard, and you can play hard. unfortunately, i'm less confident in the american dream for today's young people. unless politicians can put their partisanship aside and put the interests of this country ahead of their own. i am hopeful that this congress can once again behave like statesmen from half a century ago when the boom times of the 1960's also produced some restraint. i grew up in the morning shadow of the continental divide. butte was surrounded by some of the most fly-fishing in north america and huge areas of land known at the time as primitive areas. some of those blue-ribbon streams were separated by the smallest of divides from the most polluted waters in america. some of those primitive areas shared borders with the most valuable hard-rock mines

nevada, mikulski, feinstein, blumenthal, casey, walsh, hirono, booker, heitkamp, boxer, nelson, durban, white house, klobuchar, reed of rhode island, and levin. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the filing deadline under rule 22 of the first-degree amendments to h.j. res. 124 be 2:00 this afternoon and the filing deadline for second-degree amendments be 3:30 p.m. today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the motion to table an amendment to the joint resolution provided under the previous order be in order during the time for debate, if made during the debate the vote on the motion to table occur immediately after all debate time has been used or yielded back on h.j. res. 124. further that if a budget point of order is made the motion to waive be considered made and the vote on the motion to waive occur following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on h.j. res. 124. the presiding officer: without

walsh, a senator from the state of montana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 409. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 409, s. 2432, a bill to amend the higher education act of 1965, to provide for the refinancing of certain federal student loans, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:30 today. during that period of time senators will be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. following that morning business, the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 to allow for our weekly caucus meetings. at 2:15 the senate will proceed to two roll call votes on confirmation of baran and burns, followed by several voice votes on executive nominations. i now ask unanimous consent that the time between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. today be under the control of the majority