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mrs. shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i rise to join my colleague from illinois, senator durbin, to support patricia millett in her appointment to the d.c. court of appeals. as he said so eloquently, ms. millett has brought bipartisan support, extensive litigation experience and she would make an outstanding addition to the d.c. circuit court of appeals. after graduating with honors from the university much illinois and -- university of illinois and harvard law schools, miss millett clerked at the united states court of appeals. she then spent 15 years at the department of justice, including 11 years as assistant to the solicitor general in both the republican and democratic administrations. again, i think it's important to point out she has support on both sides of the aisle. miss millett has argued 32 cases before the supreme court as well as dozens of others at the circuit court level, and she currently manages her law firm's supreme court and national appellate practice. she was unanimously rated well qualifie
mrs. shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i rise to join my colleague from illinois, senator durbin, to support patricia millett in her appointment to the d.c. court of appeals. as he said so eloquently, ms. millett has brought bipartisan support, extensive litigation experience and she would make an outstanding addition to the d.c. circuit court of appeals. after graduating with honors from the university much illinois and -- university...
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mrs. shaheen: i thank my friend and colleague from new hampshire, senator ayotte. ms. ayotte: thank you, senator shaheen. madam president, i wanted to continue just to thank the seven senators on both sides of the aisle that were working together to resolve and working with our leadership, and i mentioned this was led by an effort by senator collins. senator murkowski from alaska, senator mccain, senator johanns, senator kirk, senator flake, on the republican side of the aisle, and on the democrat side of the aisle, senator manchin, senator begich, senator pryor, my colleague, senator shaheen as i've mentioned, senator klobuchar, senator donnelly, senator heinrich and we even were tripartisan because we had senator king with us as well in these efforts. and i think what we demonstrated is that we can come together as a core group when things break down here, that are many of us that desire to solve the problems facing the nation, and we know that we can do it with -- we can't do it with juan party alone. it took two parties to get us $17 trillion in debt and it's going
mrs. shaheen: i thank my friend and colleague from new hampshire, senator ayotte. ms. ayotte: thank you, senator shaheen. madam president, i wanted to continue just to thank the seven senators on both sides of the aisle that were working together to resolve and working with our leadership, and i mentioned this was led by an effort by senator collins. senator murkowski from alaska, senator mccain, senator johanns, senator kirk, senator flake, on the republican side of the aisle, and on the...
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mrs. shaheen: madam president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mrs. boxer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i may speak for as long as the time i consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: thank you. madam president, as you know and as i know, this is the 11th day of a completely manufactured crisis, a self-inflicted wound that came about because our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are obsessed with repealing a law that's called the affordable care act. a law that passed almost four years ago whose benefits have taken root -- and i'll go over those benefits for all americans , and for a group of americans that have had a really hard time getting insurance, we're just beginning to see them be able to sign up for health insurance for some of them f
mrs. shaheen: madam president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mrs. boxer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i may speak for as long as the time i consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: thank you....
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mrs. shaheen, mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. blunt, mr.no. >> all right, we're going to step away from the drama in the senate chamber. and continue our conversations with chuck conesburg, he was an assistant director of the white house office of management during the '95 shutdown. in listening to all what is going on this morning, does it feel the same in '95? does it feel worse? how do you characterize this? >> well, 1995 was pretty bad. it was the longest shutdown in u.s. history, lasted for three weeks. this one, this one feels that it could be as bad, because of the level of gridlock that is currently in place right now. >> roger simon from politico, he just said this feels different from '95 because he said that legislators are meaner. i mean, there is no -- there is no cooperation between the two sides at all. do you agree with that? i mean, no whigham roiggle room >> i agree with the comment about the atmosphere being meaner. i started working on the hill in the '80s. i worked on both sides of the aisle for democrats and republican
mrs. shaheen, mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. blunt, mr.no. >> all right, we're going to step away from the drama in the senate chamber. and continue our conversations with chuck conesburg, he was an assistant director of the white house office of management during the '95 shutdown. in listening to all what is going on this morning, does it feel the same in '95? does it feel worse? how do you characterize this? >> well, 1995 was pretty bad. it was the longest shutdown in u.s. history, lasted...
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mrs. shaheen: thank you,madam president. i want to echo my colleague from alaska, senator murkowski, and also the chair of the appropriations committee, senator mikulski, for their comments because i think, as senator mikulski said, that the majority of members in this body believe that it's important for to us keep the government open, that we may disagree about the affordable care act but one thing we ought to be able to agree on is that it's in the best interests of this country to keep government open. i believe the same is true in the house, that if the speaker would bring up the senate-passed c.r. that's clean, that doesn't have any amendments on it, that extends funding for government through november 15, that accepts the top-line numbers for the amount of money we would spend during that period, accepts the house numbers, if the speaker would let that be voted on on the floor, i think it would pass the house. and it's unfortunate that he's been unwilling to do that.but the realit.but the reality is, h senator murkows
mrs. shaheen: thank you,madam president. i want to echo my colleague from alaska, senator murkowski, and also the chair of the appropriations committee, senator mikulski, for their comments because i think, as senator mikulski said, that the majority of members in this body believe that it's important for to us keep the government open, that we may disagree about the affordable care act but one thing we ought to be able to agree on is that it's in the best interests of this country to keep...
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mrs. shaheen: thank you, madam president. as my colleague from kansas said, i also came to the floor today to talk about the unnecessary government shutdown that's continuing and having widespread ramifications in new hampshire and across the country. but i would just like to respond to some of what he said about the budget control act and about the current state of the deficit, because the fact is the deficit under this president has been reduced by more than 50% since he took office. it's on course to reach a little over 4% of g.d.p. by the end of 2015, i believe, and by 2023 to get even lower, down to a little over 2%. so there is no doubt that we need a plan to deal with the long-term debt and deficits of this country, and most of us who supported the budget control act thought that's what we had done, that we had put in place a committee that was actually going to come up with an agreement on how we could get to a long-term plan to deal with this country's debt and deficits, and it's really unfortunate that some of the p
mrs. shaheen: thank you, madam president. as my colleague from kansas said, i also came to the floor today to talk about the unnecessary government shutdown that's continuing and having widespread ramifications in new hampshire and across the country. but i would just like to respond to some of what he said about the budget control act and about the current state of the deficit, because the fact is the deficit under this president has been reduced by more than 50% since he took office. it's on...
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mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman.and thank you to secretary sherman, we very much appreciate you being here. you talked a few minutes ago and in your testimony about meaningful transparent and verifiable steps that would address core issues. i want to ask you first if there is agreement within the administration about what those concrete, verifiable steps would look like in order for negotiations to continue? and then secondly, whether there's agreement with our international partners about what those steps should look like? >> thank you very much senator. we have extensive discussion about in various scenarios before we go to a negotiation. both internally and with our p5+1 partners. because it is being united that really makes any negotiation effective, and doing a negotiation with six partners is never an easy undertaking. and that senator cardin and others have pointed out it is the international unity of sanctions and international unity of negotiations that makes this effective. and if there are divisions it mak
mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman.and thank you to secretary sherman, we very much appreciate you being here. you talked a few minutes ago and in your testimony about meaningful transparent and verifiable steps that would address core issues. i want to ask you first if there is agreement within the administration about what those concrete, verifiable steps would look like in order for negotiations to continue? and then secondly, whether there's...
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mrs. shaheen: thank you, madam president. i am pleased to join my colleague from hawaii, senator schatz, and share his point, and i think most of the american people share his perspective that this is an awful mess and it's way past time that we fix it. i am hearing from people in new hampshire every day who are affected by the negative consequences of this shutdown. i heard from some employees at the berlin prison. this is a medium security facility in the northern part of new hampshire. it hasn't even been fully staffed up, doesn't have all of the inmates there, and several of the employees had emailed me talking about what their situation is. one woman says we're expected to work and not get paid for the time being, but it's going to be tough when both working members of the household are government employees who aren't getting paid. i'm expected to make my federal student loan payments on time as well as my private student loans. how is one supposed to do that when the government isn't paying them? they expect payments, w
mrs. shaheen: thank you, madam president. i am pleased to join my colleague from hawaii, senator schatz, and share his point, and i think most of the american people share his perspective that this is an awful mess and it's way past time that we fix it. i am hearing from people in new hampshire every day who are affected by the negative consequences of this shutdown. i heard from some employees at the berlin prison. this is a medium security facility in the northern part of new hampshire. it...
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mr. wesley and then we're going to turn to senator shaheen for her questions. >> mr. singh is absolutely right, investors and bankers make digs on certainty and predictability. and you can just walk down the hall and talk to your friends at the fdic and o.c.c. if you want clarification on that. but before the shutdown, our bank, like many paul's bank, experienced record loan growth, and we're a commercial lender really by trade and that means that small business had a lot of confidence and wanted to invest and wanted to borrow to do that investment. i'm very concerned about this temporary fix because that confidence is going to go away. and what has started to become a real, energized recovery is going to be stalled and i fear worst than that. that you can lull back into recessionnary times. which would be really unfortunate because i heard earlier the term manufactured and this is a manufactured problem. and that's too bad. i would like to see it end. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you very much. thank you for holding this hearing. thank you to each and every one of yo
mr. wesley and then we're going to turn to senator shaheen for her questions. >> mr. singh is absolutely right, investors and bankers make digs on certainty and predictability. and you can just walk down the hall and talk to your friends at the fdic and o.c.c. if you want clarification on that. but before the shutdown, our bank, like many paul's bank, experienced record loan growth, and we're a commercial lender really by trade and that means that small business had a lot of confidence...
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mr. withee and then we'll turn to senator shaheen for her questions. >> okay. mr. singh is absolutely right. investors and bankers make decisions uncertainty and unpredictability. and you can just walk down the hall and talk to your friends at the fdic and the occ if you want verification on that. but before the shutdown, our bank, like mr. paul's bank, experienced record loan growth, and we are a commercial lender really by trade. and that means that small business had a lot of confidence and wanted to invest and wanted to borrow to do that investment. i'm very concerned about this temporary fix because that confidence is going to go away. and what has started to become a real energized recovery is going to be stalled, and i fear worst than that. that you can roll back into recessionary times. which would be really unfortunate because i heard earlier the term manufactured, and this is a manufactured problem. and that's too bad. i would like to see it and spent senator shaheen. >> thank you very much, jan lu, and thank you for holding this hearing. and thank you to
mr. withee and then we'll turn to senator shaheen for her questions. >> okay. mr. singh is absolutely right. investors and bankers make decisions uncertainty and unpredictability. and you can just walk down the hall and talk to your friends at the fdic and the occ if you want verification on that. but before the shutdown, our bank, like mr. paul's bank, experienced record loan growth, and we are a commercial lender really by trade. and that means that small business had a lot of...
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lou: i would like to extend a complement to the six senators, jeanne shaheen, mark begich, joe manchin, and of course mrthal, all democrats on the board, delaying and recommending the delay of obamacare is individual mandate. where were they when they were needed. for one, you can't find the people for not having health insurance is a cam by it. as of right now, they cannot. it looks like they may not be able to, as perhaps as far into the distance as the middle of december. we will see with that and much more. we have judith miller, a fox news contributor, joining us. pleased to have you here. it is good to have you with us. so what in the world is happening here? these democrats could have joined the republican colleagues in the senate and had some significant influence on history itself. what do you think? >> if we are talking about when the law was passed, this is obviously true for a number of them. poor richard blumenthal, that is not necessarily correct. lou: i was talking about joining with the call for the mandate to be delayed for a year. i did not want to go back in history quite that far. >>
lou: i would like to extend a complement to the six senators, jeanne shaheen, mark begich, joe manchin, and of course mrthal, all democrats on the board, delaying and recommending the delay of obamacare is individual mandate. where were they when they were needed. for one, you can't find the people for not having health insurance is a cam by it. as of right now, they cannot. it looks like they may not be able to, as perhaps as far into the distance as the middle of december. we will see with...
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mr. chairman. i want to go to portsmouth, new hampshire, and democratic senator jeanne shaheen. senator, thank you for joining us. >> good morning gleeft person brought in to fix obamacare and the web site told reporters friday that the problems would be fixed by november 30. do you still want them to extend the time that people have to enroll in this program? >> well, let me begin by saying that i support the affordable care act. i voted for it. i think it's important that we make it work for the millions of americans who haven't been able to get health insurance at a price they can afford. and that's my goal. it's to fix it. and as you said, jeffrey zients, the person brought in to address the web site concerns, has indicated he hopes to have it up and running by the end of november. i hope that's accurate. because we have-- we're hearing from lots of constituents in new hampshire that they want to enroll in health insurance, but they can't because of the problems with the web site. the roll out has been a disaster. and so what i'm proposing is that we extend the period in whi
mr. chairman. i want to go to portsmouth, new hampshire, and democratic senator jeanne shaheen. senator, thank you for joining us. >> good morning gleeft person brought in to fix obamacare and the web site told reporters friday that the problems would be fixed by november 30. do you still want them to extend the time that people have to enroll in this program? >> well, let me begin by saying that i support the affordable care act. i voted for it. i think it's important that we make...
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shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your service and for being here today. there has been, a lot of discussion so far about what our strategy is in syria. and you have laid out what you believe that to be. can you talk about how we are judging whether we are being successful or not, and at what point we may determine the strategy is either successful or not successful and where we may need to make a change? likes senator, we think that the discretion of the chemical weapons is a huge success, if it is carried out fully. that was a core u.s. national security interest. i remember when i came to this committee as the nominee to be ambassador three years ago, we talked about those chemical weapons. that is a success. can i say that our efforts to create a political solution or to contain the civil war are a cisco has -- are a success? know, we are still working on it very hard, but the situation in the country is still deteriorating. this tot see a way for be solved militarily in a community where they think it is existential, where they think if they surrender
shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your service and for being here today. there has been, a lot of discussion so far about what our strategy is in syria. and you have laid out what you believe that to be. can you talk about how we are judging whether we are being successful or not, and at what point we may determine the strategy is either successful or not successful and where we may need to make a change? likes senator, we think that the discretion of the chemical weapons...
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mr. obama himself accountable for what is now knocking less than an utter fiasco. it is a decided change of voice and tone within the democratic party. senator shaheenled upon the enrollment to stop until it's working properly. mark begich joining the chorus just moments ago. fellow democrats, bill nelson of florida calling the obamacare rollout inexcusable. he told the white house to fire whoever is responsible for the barely functional website on which the obama administration spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. congressman congressman rick no one effectively told the president to grow up and take ownership of the obamacare mass. to let us know who's responsible and to fire them. "the new york times" is defending health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, while placing the blame for the obamacare disaster squarely on the president. "the washington post" featured a front-page article today on the already failing health care system. the networks of nonprofit insurance companies created by the government to provide competition for the major corporate insurers. even the cbs and nbc anchors reven the cbs and nbc anchors reportin
mr. obama himself accountable for what is now knocking less than an utter fiasco. it is a decided change of voice and tone within the democratic party. senator shaheenled upon the enrollment to stop until it's working properly. mark begich joining the chorus just moments ago. fellow democrats, bill nelson of florida calling the obamacare rollout inexcusable. he told the white house to fire whoever is responsible for the barely functional website on which the obama administration spend hundreds...
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begich, leahy, coons, heinrich, murray, sanders, shaheen, cardin, franken, brown, harkin, reed of rhode island, carper, whitehouse, nelson and schumer. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 327. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, nay. all in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: there is another cloture motion at the desk. i ask that it be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, patricia ann millett of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: the clerk will repor
begich, leahy, coons, heinrich, murray, sanders, shaheen, cardin, franken, brown, harkin, reed of rhode island, carper, whitehouse, nelson and schumer. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to...