mrs. murray: mr. president? mr. president, i want to thank ranking member sessions once again for another good day of vigorous debate. there are clearly some differences between us here in the senate, but all of our constituents benefit from having those views laid out and expressed clearly, and i really appreciate all that he is doing to help us move along as well as the good debate that we're having. mr. president, yesterday the senate did vote to reject the idea that balancing the budget by an arbitrary date should come before middle-class families and broad-based economic growth. last night, the senate voted to continue down the path towards a truly balanced approach to tackling our economic and fiscal challenges. the kind of approach that cuts spending responsibly and calls on the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share. we voted on an approach that puts our economy first and foremost and makes sure that we are protecting, not threatening our fragile economic recover

mrs. murray: mr. president, i want all of our members to understand that the second amendment that we will be voting on tonight is the ryan budget. there seems to be some resistance among my republican colleagues in bringing up the house republican budget for a vote, and it's pretty easy to see why that is. last year's house republican budget was in fact soundly rejected by the american people in the election. and since then it continues to be very clear. the american people prefer a balanced and fair approach that puts our economy and our middle class first. not an extreme irresponsible approach. unfortunately, house republicans put forward a budget last week that doubles down on the rejected ideology that the american people spoke about. and they have a new talking point about their same old budget. they now claim their budget would eliminate the deficit in 2023. and house budget committee chairman paul ryan has even said that it doesn't really matter how their budget eliminates the deficit. mr. pre

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. i yield myself ten minutes off the resolution. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, we are having this debate today in hopes of ultimately reaching a fair and bipartisan budget deal, and we all know that's not going to be easy, so the least we can do is get our facts straight. it's kind of disappointing to see that rather than engaging in a productive conversation, some of our republican colleagues prefer to launch some pretty inaccurate attacks, so i'd like to take just a moment here to correct those inaccuracies so that we can really focus on the urgent task at hand. now, some republicans continue to claim that the senate budget includes a $1.5 trillion tax hike. now, i talked about this last night but i want to make it clear again, this is not true. here are the facts. of the $975 billion in new revenue from those who can afford it the most, $480 bi

mrs. murray: mr. president, thank you. mr. president, we do have some serious differences of opinions between the two parties when it comes to our values and priorities. we believe our budget should reflect, and we're having a good debate about that. but those differences would be difficult enough to bridge. we should at least be able to agree what the facts are. and i want to just take a moment tonight to correct an inaccuracy i've heard a lot in the last few tkaeurbgs including on the floor -- days, including on the floor tonight. we are hearing some republicans say the senate budget includes a $1.5 trillion tax hike. mr. president, that simply is not true. here are the facts: of the $975 billion in new revenue, which comes from those who can afford it the most, of that, $480 billion is matched with responsible spending cuts to fully replace the sequestration. $100 billion goes toward targeted high priority infrastructure repair and job training to help boost our recovery and put more americans back

mrs. murray: mr. president, i would ask consent that the time that's being consumed now come off the resolution. the presiding officer: without objection. the presidin mrs. murray: mr. president, let me ask all of the senators, women, who are down they're talk about the importance of passing a budget resolution that reflects the values and needs of women and the men that are important to them, especially senator mikulski, who has made it a passion that the women who come behind her are able to participate in the economy in any way they want to. i thank h.r. for her leadership and the other women senators that are here, senator klobuchar will continue that discussion. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: first i want to thank senator murray for her leadership on this budget. she has been working on had for years. i am very proud of this budget and the work that has been done here, the balanced approach that has been taken. i also want to thank

quorum call: mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from washington state is recognized. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the senate now proceed to the consideration of calendar number 28, s. con. res. 28. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 28, senate concurrent resolution 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the united states government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels -- mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: i ask any time in quorum call be equally divided. i ask no amendments be in order for the remainder of today's consideration of s. con. res. 8. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the use o

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, here in washington, d.c., the budget debate is often discussed in terms of abstract numbers and political winners and losers. but the truth is that budgets are about far more than that. they are about our values and our priorities, and they are about the people across the country whose lives are impacted by the decisions that we make. today the senate budget committee discussed one approach to tackling our budget challenges, an approach that while getting our debt and deficits under control will also create jobs and build the foundation for prosperity from the middle out. tomorrow we will continue this discussion and vote on a plan. then we will move this debate here to the senate floor and then hopefully work towards a balanced and bipartisan agreement with the house of representatives while the american people

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todaying today's sessione senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask that these requests be agreed to and printed in the record. officer without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: mr. president, i would yield 60 minutes to the senator from virginia, and both senators from virginia are here, both great members of our committee that have really contributed a great deal of tile and effort in helping us get onto a path of sustainable economic recovery and deficit reduction. and i really appreciate their -- both of their work. with that, i yield to the senator from virginia off the resolution. mr. warner: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. warn wasn't mr. president, let - mr. warner: mr. president, let me first of all thank the chairman of the committee for he

and they were there with the haven't much to yet mr murray for their peaceful protest against the muslim brotherhood what do we know about the violence so we just made this story the national survey should front doesn't condone this violence does it is it coming from both sides or you pinpointing who this who is instigating this violence so do you think. the neither the national salvation front neither of the civil block. parties are. calling for violence this was a very spontaneous call from different intervention activists that were appalled by the former to footage is of women being beaten in front of a. the muslim brotherhood headquarters when they were protesting against the policies and we had clashes all over this week with a follow up of that footage being released and this today was basically a spontaneous response from different independent and regular citizens against this this action that is being being shown in any in any civilization when you have a civilian a civil protest or a woman being beaten down in front of the of the place that she's protesting blessing and specious

mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i want to thank the senator from california, the senator fromnew york, the senator from alaska was here just a short time ago expressing the same frustration. we are ready to go. we have a budget. we want to debate it. we want when the american public sees the values in our budget and what we are fighting for to make sure that the middle class has an opportunity that we balance our budget in a responsible way and work to manage our debt in a responsible way, that we can do that and build on the promise of hope that this country has always had, that we are going to have a solid budget passed. we want to get started. where are our republican colleagues? on this empty floor? they're filibustering. they're counting down the hours so that sometime late thursday night we can finish the continuing resolution, after silence, silence, and more silence. it will pass. it has to pass. they all know that. we all know that of the none of us love it but we all recognize the situation we're in

mrs. murray: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: and unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you. i'm back to again urge my colleagues to wake up to the stark reality of climate change. we often hear in this chamber colleagues extolling the virtues of the marketplace, and indeed a fair and open marketplace is the cornerstone of our economy. markets work. not perfectly always but better than any other mechanism. paraphrasing winston churchill, one might say that markets are the worst form of setting prices and exchanging goods except all of the other methods that have been tried, but markets only work when they are fair. and markets are not fair if the price of goods doesn't take all

mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: madam president, you know, republicans have spent the last two years attacking us democrats for -- quote -- "not bringing up a budget resolution here in the senate," despite the fact, i would add, that we had a budget control act that took the place of the budget and the fact that actually those attacks aren't very persuasive to the american people. but nonetheless, republicans invested a lot of time and energy and money pushing for a budget, for a very, very long time. they couldn't agree amongst themselves on a long of things but they at least agree the senate should pass a budget. well, madam president, the senate budget committee has now passed a progrowth budget resolution out of committee strongly supported by every democrat and every independent on the committee from the mode

as come from the sistine chapel sam made this morning as they worked to elect a new pope was a mrs. murray of the vatican. >> warm weather as we know the bay area, temperatures expected to hit 80 degrees in sums parts of the bay. >> yoli the seventh is shari is joining us this mornin. >> you will probably have to muster through the cool air this morning by wearing a light jacket but it is turning out to be a beautiful day. it is possibly the hottest day of the year so far. you can really tell it will be a nice day, would give that a very clear sky. there is no wind. it is actually a little warmer than 43 degrees out there. >> even tahoe is warm right now. >> that is right area, it is warm everywhere. national weather service pulled the trigger and issued a dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. the visibility is as low as an aid of a mile in san francisco. once the fog burns off, 72 oakland, 77 fairfield, mid-60s daly city and have long day. closed at 80 and down in the south bay, a full look at the numbers coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> the north bay has residual slowing t

mr. president. and the work done by chairman murray reflects the priorities of the american people.d to on the op-ed page of "the washington post" today by a person who has won a nobel prize for economics. would the chair announce the business of the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 933 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 21, h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, the department of veterans' affairs and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is the senate is not in a quorum. mr. mcconnell: last week i noted that the senate democrat budget was one of the most stroim, most -- extreme, most unbalanced pieces of legislation we've ever seen. one that would never balance, ever

murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in jackson's death.trial begins tuesday and mrs.illions of dollars. let's bring in cnn legal contributor paul cow an and rachel self. this is a negligence case, a civil case. how will the jackson family try to prove this? >> well, i think they're going to have a tough time. it is kind after ridiculous case. picture this. michael jackson says to the concert promoters i want you to hire my personal physician. a guy who's licensed in four states and has never had a disciplinary problem brought against him, conrad murray. the promoters hire conrad murray. then at jackson's request he administers parole follow killing michael jackson and now the jackson family's trying to blame the concert promoter. they got to convince the jury of that and they got $40 billion. i say it is an uphill battle to sell that theory. >> so rachel, are you saying this is laughable? >> yeah. i agree with paul. what we're dealing with here, it doesn't make somebody professional incompetent to have personal debt. there's only one remaining claim here. aeg has actu

mrs. clinton saying gays and lesbians deserve the right of marriage. nbc political editor mike murraye from washington. mike i just got an e-mail from mike griffin saying make sure we notice how hillary clinton says this is a matter of policy and law. and president clinton came out striking down doma. and this comes back to the logic step-taking on marriage equality. >> thomas, it's not surprising that hillary clinton did this. but not only is the cover on the move for gay marriage in the next four or five years but also we haven't seen hillary clinton on the political stage in the last four or five years and that's is why she never communicated on the matter. consistent with barack obama when he was campaigning. of course, barack obama made his shift during the 2012 presidential campaign. now, we're seeing hillary clinton make her shift. and it does end up stoking some type of speculation that this might be all apparent to lay the ground work for a potential 2016 bid. >> from a strategy standpoint, why do you think this was done in connection with the hrc, as opposed to that website.

mr. president, that's why budget chair patty murray will introduce a budget that reflects those balanced priorities. her plan, the democratic plan, will cut wasteful spending and reduce the deficit, close tax loopholes that benefit the rich and will go really hard to continue to build, to grow. it will encourage a strong middle class. congressman ryan and his republican colleagues in congress have taken a different approach, an approach that makes it plain they missed the message in the november elections. their budget will once again put money of the special interests ahead of middle-class families. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: as we know, premised this year's legal deadline to submit a budget to congress, just like he has nearly every year of his presidency. but this year it's even worse. we now know he doesn't even plan to submit a budget until after the house and senate have already acted to pass one. this never happened in more than 90 years that have gone by since the modern budgeting process was established in the 1920'

i think at this point last senator murray and senator cantwell introduce mrs.mittee. we'll go forward with administering the oath of the brief questions and having your testimony. welcome. >> thank you, all the members of this committee. i'm so pleased to be here with senator cantwell to introduce sally jewell to this hearing. who will miss ken salazar of psilocybin elites, but i could not be happier the president has chosen sally jewell to replace him as interior secretary. i have met sally for many years and her unique background and experience make her the right person at the right time to be secretary of interior and it does in her shoes from what we refer to is the better washington. sally will come to the interior at a difficult time, when there's immense challenges the terminus opportunities. for working hard to protect our environment and invest in technologies to meet energy demands. on the local level, sally will face a complex issue like tribal lands and rights, but i think of no one better prepared for this task than sally. asher she studied to beco

stabenow, brown, reed of rhode island, carper, coons, casey, pryor, nelson, begich, mikulski, murray, levin and manchin. mr. durbin: i move the senate proceed to a period of morning business with minority permitted permitted each. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: i ask that when the senate complete its business, it he a jurn until 10:00 a.m., the journal of proceedings be approved to debate debate and the following any leader remarks the senate resume executive session in consideration of the brennan nomination, further that the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. to allow for caucus meetings. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> i believe the united states has many fantastic qualities. i believe that many many people have the possibility of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and i think every year that is less and less probable. but the united

mr. president, that's why this week budget committee chair, patty murray, will introduce a budget with both balanced priorities. her plan, democratic plan, will cut wasteful spending and reduce the deficit and invests in what the economy needs to grow really hard, to continue to build, to grow, and create a strong middle class. congressman ryan and his republican colleagues in congress have taken a different approach. an approach that makes it plain they missed the message in the november elections. their budget will once again put money into special interest they had at middle class families. no amount of rebranding will hide that, mr. president. >> as we know president obama missed this year's legal deadline to submit a budget to congress. just like he has nearly every year of his presidency. but this year it's even worse. we now know he doesn't even plan to submit a budget until after the house and senate have already acted to pass one. this never happened in more than 90 years that have gone by since the modern budgeting process was established in the 1920's. somehow presidents managed

alternatives that both that senator murray is offering in the senate and chris van holland is offering in the house do that while the republican budget offered by mrs will have a devastating effect, not only on average working americans, but on job creation in this country. we don't think it's a real budget. we think that the consequences of the policies that are included in that budget would be very devastating to the country and to middle class families and the working people. >> sir, does this mean, though, that we're headed for a government shutdown like we lived through in '95 and '96? >> we're talking about two different things, the budget and the cr, the continuing resolution, the funding past march 27th for government enterprises, i think we'll pass that. i hope we'll pass it this week. i senate i think is going to pass it hopefully late tonight. we'll send it over to us and i expect us to pass it on thursday. the senate passed version is better than the house version. it's not a good version. we should substitute as both the murray budget does and the van holland budget does, substitute for the sequester, not adopt the sequester numbers.

durbin, harkin, leahy, king, johnson of south dakota, warren, stabenow, murray, landrieu, reed of rhode island, shaheen, and blumenthal. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: and i hope the record is very clear that i do not criticize senator shelby. he's done his best. he was a tremendous advocate for his -- what he thought should be in this bill. but we're going to have to have senators stand up and talk about what's wrong with this place. when -- when all the work that's gone into a bipartisan bill, we're stymied from going to the bill, to offer amendments? note the absence of -- i'm sorry. ms. mikulski: madam president, a question for the majority leader. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: i salute -- i mean, the leader has to govern the senate and move the bill. but a question for people who watch us and don't know what all these parliamentary maneuvers. if there is an agreement to move forward on amendments, is it possible then tomorrow

mr. romo ran on was -- romney ran on was the republican platform. now they bring it back as if there was no election. >> neil: do you think the budget submitted by senator patty murray, which doesn't approach balance and increases spending and increases taxes, is what the american people voted for back in november? is that what they voted for? >> do you know there's no one that challenges that america's on the road to recovery. if you think for one minute just saying that you are cutting spending, that doesn't mean that you are cutting savings. it doesn't mean you're not -- more money. >> neil: even under the -- we're cutting the growth. are you saying -- >> you're talking about -- jo congressman, yes or no, do you think cutting spending should be a goal? yes or no. >> should i think cutting -- yes, it's how you cut it, of course. everybody believes in cutting. >> neil: what would you cut? >> there's so much money that's already been cut. if we had the obama law, things were cut there. ryan knows it, because he took out the savings we had in the president's bill. even though he's against the bill, somehow he found it that the cutting of savings. >> you're saying wha

mr. clinton writes, she has person identified good, honored and effective government. guard setty was an early supporter. he was the top vote getter. joining me now live, senior political editor mark murraythe clintons are loyal to those who have been loyal to them. is that why we're seeing the former president get into this race? >> absolutely. it is standard operating procedure for a politician. you want to reward those who were good to you and helped you along the way. of course, that famous obama/hillary fight was five years ago and we're still kind of talking about it and seeing the reverberations. wendy greuel, eric garcetti. it is a very strong relationship between president obama and his former secretary of state. five years later you have these obama/hillary clinton proxy wars popping up. this is the latest example. >> this is also an example, a remind per bill clinton is willing to get even into a mayoral race and larger statewide races and maybe even a presidency soon. >> well, right. he has played key roles in 2010 primaries, 2012 ones, as well as this mayoral contest in los angeles. so this is perhaps yet another sign. of course, we don't know what hillary clinton's presiden

murray's budget has more stimulus. if stimulus worked we would see its results in more rapid growth. and as to mr. ryan's austerity we had very good examples experiments. portugal, spain, italy. guest: it doesn't. guest: it doesn't work. if it worked those places would be the most dynamic locations on earth. guest: if prosperity and stimulus doesn't work is there any other choice? guest: i think we have fundamental structural dysfunction. guest: structural changes take time. guest: but at some point you have to start doing it. leader pelosi is saying wher the price of gasoline goes up we would have more oil but if we drilled more the last time the price of oil jumped we would have more. you can't get away from the fact that there are things that have built up over time through congressional and presidential inaction and politics that if we don't turn around we'll never grow. guest: i just have one thing. changing the price of oil is not just drilling for more oil it's alternative sources as well. host: time out. because peter you brought us into the next seg waw into patty murray's budget. patty m

mr. leader, is that we deal with this budget. i don't know whether the murray budget's going to pass or not through the senate, i hope they pass some alternative. not because the budget for pay bill passed which i think was a terrible bill to put on this floor and a terrible bill to pass. i think it sets a terrible precedent about you got to pass something or you don't get paid. that's not what our democracy is about. people voting their conscience is what our democracy ought to be about, not whether or not they get paid. but in any event, mr. leader, i'm hopeful that in fact we can get to, in some form or fashion or another, a budget, an appropriation bills and a bill that can be signed by -- and a ways and means bill that can be signed by the president, passed by the senate, passed by this house so we can get our country on a fiscally sustainable path. and i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i appreciate the gentleman and his sentiments and wanting to try to work together and as he knows, i have always held the position that there are going to be differences in

murray and senator cantwell introduce ms. jewell to the committee. when they've completed, will go forward with the oath in brief questions and having your testimony. welcome. >> thank you, mrthis committee, i am so pleased to be with my colleague, senator cantwell to introduce sally jewell to this hearing. all of us will miss ken salazar when he leaves the administration, but i could not be happier the president has chosen sally jewell to replace ms secretary. i have known sally for many, many years and her unique background and executive experience make her the right person at the right time to be secretary of interior and it does to her she is from what we like to refer to as the better washington. so it's great to be here. i will come to the interior to i will come to the interior to difficult time when there's a immense challenges, opportunity. we are working hard to protect our environment and invest in technology to meet energy demands. including our home state of washington, tsao will face a complex issue like tribal lands and rights, but i think of no one better prepared for this task. sally laughed breathless for the oilfields of oklahoma and colorado where she le

congressman van hollen's plan and senator murray's plan which achieve significant savings by eliminating tax loopholes and cutting wasteful spending. ay i have just one minute. mrs. maloney: i yield the gentleman such time as he may consume. mr. cummings: at the same time hey continue investments in infrastructure and ininvention and innovation -- research and innovation, the fastest way to reduce deficits is to put americans back to work. adopt why we need to policies that promote fiscal growth. the only path forward is for democrats and republicans to work together, to draft a reasonable budget that offers hope and prosperity for all americans rather than tax cuts for the rich and crumbs to the rest. i urge my colleagues to reject the ryan budget so we can craft a budget that works for all americans and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is reck nighed. mr. brady: we had an interesting joint committee about the growth gap in america, about the thought and prospect that america's future growth could shrink by as much as a third to

mrs. murray: mr. president, i don't believe there's any opposition to this amendment and i ask that we take it by voice vote. the presiding officer: all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, nay. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mrs. murray: move to reconsider. a senator: lay on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment number 5 597, offered by the senator from south carolina, mr. scott. the senator from south carolina. mr. scott con. thank you. my amendment is very simple. it prohibits the automatic deduction of union dues from federal employees' paychecks. i yield back the balance of my time. the presiding officer: who yields time in opposition? mrs. murray: madam president, has -- the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: the senator has yielded back his time? madam president, i would speak in opposition. gains in quality, productivity and effi

mrs. murray: mr. president, i believe that the senator from north carolina has the next amendment. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote in relation to amendment number 278 offered by the senator from north carolina, mrs. hagan. mrs. hagan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mrs. hagan: thank you, mr. president. this amendment establishes a deficit -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mrs. hagan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mrs. hagan: this amendment establishes a deficit-neutral reserve fund for families of service members and veterans. my home state has the third largest military footprint in the nation. one out of every three people is in the military, a veteran or related to a service member or veteran, and we are proud that we make military families welcome in north carolina because supporting military families is one of

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mr. baucus: the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the chamber will be in order. the senate will be in order. senators please take your conversations out of the well. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: it's my understanding senator ayotte and senator baucus, who are next, are not going to call up an amendment. the question is on the durbin amendment. are you good with a -- as amended. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. if there is no further debate on the amendment, all in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. mrs. murray: move to reconsider. the presiding officer: amendment 578 as amended is agreed to. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, move to reconsider. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. pre

mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: i'm proud of our senators for having patience for exactly 30 seconds. with that, i would like to yield it to the senator from idaho to offer an amendment. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. a senator: i call up amendment 318. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from idaho, mr. crapo, proposes amendment 318. mr. crapo: i ask unanimous consent we dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. there are two minutes of debate. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. this is a very straightforward amendment. in the budget that has been put forward, there is a reconciliation instruction for almost $1 trillion of new taxes. on the spending side, there is a, i think, a relatively modest amount, not adequate but at least there is an amount of health care savings in the amount of $275 billion. but interestingly, t

mrs. murray: missouri to reconsider. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: under the previous order, there will be two minutes equally divided prior to a vote on amendment number 222 offered by the senator from idaho, mr. crapo. mr. crapo: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: mr. president, could we have order in the senate? the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. senators please take their conversations out of the well and out of the chamber. the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. although it's been a couple of years now since we passed the health care law, it's becoming evident to all americans that there were, in fact, many new taxes, almost a trillion dollars of new taxes in the health care law. and despite the president's firm pledge at that time not to raise taxes by even one dime on middle-class americans, i at that time asked the joint tack committee to evaluate the law and tell us if there were such too

mrs. murray: mr. president if. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i yield one minute to the senator from rhode island. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, except for perhaps in congress and in the boardrooms of exxonmobil, it is no longer credible to deny what carbon pollution -- the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. whitehouse: -- it is no longer credible to ignore what carbon pollution is doing to our atmospheres and to our oceans. we aid and abet that harm by subsidizing carbon, distorting the market, by violating the rule that the cost of a product should be in its price. nonrepealable laws of nature, laws of physics, laws of chemistry are at work and history's judgment will be harsh if we continue to fail in respecting those laws. i urge a "no" vote and yield back to the senator from washington. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i raise a point of order

mrs. murray: the senator from north carolina. a senator: mr. president, i rise in support of the sanders amendment and i urge my colleagues to support it. mr. burr: you see, i -- i support chained c.p.i., just like the president, as it

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to speak up to ten minutes, following my remarks that senator murray, granted up to ten minutes and then senator boxer be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. baucus: mr. president, this month, we mark the tenth anniversary of the united states-led invasion of iraq. with more veterans per capita than nearly any other state -- the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the senator from montana. mr. baucus: thank you, mr. president. with more veterans per capita than nearly any other state, montanans proudly answer when dutily calls. the book of john, chapter 15, verse 13, says greater love hath no man than this than that a man lay down his life for his friends. on this anniversary, remember the montanans and all americans who laid down their lives in the name of freedom. on my family ranch near wolf creek, montana, there is a willow tree that sways in the wind that stretches in the sun. on july 29, 2006, my nephew marine corporal phillip baucus was killed during combat operations in iraq's

mr. president, i appreciate everyone's understanding on both sides. this is going to allow us to get to the issue at hand very soon. that's the budget, with senators murray and sessions leading us in that issue. and also we were able to get a number of these amendments that people have been really wanting to get very badly. so i appreciate everything that people have done to this point. and, mr. president, i would note the absence of a quorum and ask the time be equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. coburn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: under the unanimous consent agreement, i would now ask the pending amendment be set aside and amendment number 9 be called -- amendment number 69 be called up. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from oklahoma, mr. coburn, proposes an amendment numbered 69 to amendment numbered 26. mr. coburn: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. and i as