mr. webb: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. webb: i ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak for ten minutes and following my remarks that senator barrasso be allowed to speak. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. webb: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i would like to speak for a few minutes today about an amendment that i introduced that in my view gets to the heart of some of the more troubling chinese trade policies that are threatening the economic security and the long-term competitiveness of our country. it's well-known that many foreign companies, many american companies, operating in china are required to transfer their intellectual property and proprietary technology to china as prerequits for -- prerequisite for doing business in that country. despite ainsurances from -- despite assurances from chinese leadership earlier this year that this was no longer -- quote -- "official chi

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mr. webb: mr.resident, first let me say there's a great deal of what the senator from connecticut just said we are nearly in full agreement on. we're probably going to cancel ourselves out on these two votes later in the day. for essentially the same reasons that the senator just gave, and i am to talk about that -- and i want to talk about that on the floor today. but i thank the senator for his comments and particularly this second piece of legislation which i've been struggling with exactly the same way the senator from connecticut has. mr. president, i have two unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. webb: mr. president, i'd like to begin my comments today by expressing my strong support for the majority leader in terms of how he handled

mr. webb: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to thank my colleague from oklahoma for having given me the courtesy of speaking and thank him again for the work that he has done on the foreign relations committee -- subcommittee on east asian affairs where he is the ranking republican and the other work he has done on the arm services committee. mr. president, today i rise to speak about the national criminal justice commission legislation which i introduced more than two years ago in which the leader and the managers of this bill are now going to call as an amendment on the pending legislation, and i want to first of all thank the leader and the managers of the bill for calling up this legislation and also to thank my principal republican cosponsor, senator lindsey graham, for all the work that he has done on the bill. mr. president, there's good national commissions and bad national commissions and redundant national commissions and sometimes our national commissions, which are not only needed but vital to the resolutio

mr. webb: thank you, mr. president.i would like to spend some time addressing the amendment which i have introduced and will be voted later on this morning or early this afternoon which would establish a national commission to address the issue of criminal justice in our country. and i'd like to begin by thanking the senior senator from maryland for her comments earlier this morning and her strong support of this legislation. also to thank the majority leader, and i believe a majority of our democratic caucus who cosponsored this legislation in the last session, and to emphasize that this is -- this is a bill that was put together over a period of 4 1/2 years. it is not so much politics as it is leadership in terms of how we address the issue of criminal justice in the united states. we had the support last year, we continue to have support, i believe, the cosponsorship on the republican side, of senator graham. last year senator hatch, senator snowe also cosponsored this legislation. it passed the house in the same for

president lee of the republic of korea, the senator from alaska in beg itch, the senator from virginia, mr. webbsenator from kentucky, mr. mcconnel, the senator from tennessee, mr. accident happeneder, the senator from wyoming, mr. boras smbing o the senator from south dakota, mr. une, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from wrin, mr. lugar, and the senator from ohio, mr. port map. the speaker: members of the escort committee shall exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. >> mr. speaker, the president of the republic of korea. president lee myung-bak: thank you. thank you. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you his excellencey, lee myung-bak, president of the republic of korea. president lee myung-bak: thank you. will you please allow me to speak in korean, please. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, distinguished members of congress, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great privilege to speak to you from this podium in this great in

mrs. alberta, robinson -- alberta robinson shuttlesworth webb, she developed a very powerful personality that prepared him for his civil rights leadership in alabama. reverend shuttlesworth whereas a bright student and -- was a bright student and graduated valedictorian of his class at rosedale high school in 1940. shuttlesworth was compassionate, he was captivating, both as a student and then later as a minister. he captivated the -- the -- the baptist denomination and felt called to the ministry. he graduated from alabama state college, now known as alabama state university, in 1952, and became the pastor of the historic first presbyterian church, first baptist church in selma, alabama. in 1953 reverend shuttlesworth took over as pastor of bethel baptist church in north birmingham, alabama. reverend shuttlesworth soon became the most publicized crusader in the history of birmingham, alabama. he became active in the voter registration efforts of the naacp and in the civil league's attempts to clean up is a loons. in 1955 reverend shuttlesworth supported the montgomery bus boycott that was se

mr. speaker, you refused to hold a vote on the jobs act, a mainstream deal that would boost the economy and jobs now. that's legislating? joining me now, david webb of the david webb show and co-founder of the tea party 365, and sally sally kohn, founder of move on vision.org. the president is about to go out there, and they're going to have this vote in the senate, and he's trying to shore up people's belief that this is the real deal, this isn't a campaign effort, this jobs bill, and he's going to get ready to blame the republicans if it doesn't go through. meantime, let me start with this, sally, because he's sparring with boehner, but the democrats in the senate are not onboard yet. he doesn't have the vote from the democrats yet, so it's not really just between the president and the republicans in the house. >> i mean, first of all, to hear john boehner saying this when he said his was the party that their number one priority is to make sure barack obama is out of office in 2012 -- megyn: that's a mitch mcconnell sound bite? he says that was their number one political goal. >> that's not exactly governing either. that's campaigning too. and

mr. webb: mr. president, i -- the presiding officer: order in the chambers. senator webb. mr. webb: mr. president, this bill is the result of four and a half years of work and outreach and listening to the other side incorporating recommendations from across the political spectrum. it is paid for. it is sunsetted at 18 months. it is balanced philosophically and politically. contrary to some of the comments that were made earlier. the presiding officer: will the senator yield. order in the chambers. the senator from virginia. mr. webb: this does provide for equal participation from both parties. it has been endorsed by more than 70 national organizations, including almost all of the law enforcement organizations in america. the international association of chiefs of police, national sheriff's association, fraternal order of police, national association of counties, national league of cities, u.s. conference of mayors. it is time for us to move forward to get the comprehensive advice of the best minds in america in terms of how to fix our broken criminal justice system. i urge a