ms. ayotte: sounds great. mr. enzi: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. that's passed. next, the ayotte amendment on abuse. drug abuse. ms. ayotte: i just wanted to this is a deficit neutral reserve fund to address haren. i would like to ask senator baldwin on as a co-sponsor and senator johnson as well and also senator toomey and also senator warner and anyone else who would like to be added on including senator kaine and senator king. senator merkley, senator sessions. i'm going to safely ask for a voice vote. >> could we get a recorded vote on this one? mr. enzi: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. that's passed. senator king. mr. king: this is an amendment which requires the congressional budget tufse publish historic data in a projection of 110 years for tax expenditures. senator portman and senator warner are co-sponsor, i hope we doon this by voice vote. mr. enzi: opposition? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. that's passed. senator sessions. no medicare double counting. mr. sessions: yes. the c.b.o. has said that though the conventions of accountin

ms. ayotte: mr. misener, with some issues you have raised, given how amazon proposes to use these unmanned systems to help package delivery, where do you see this issue in the rulemaking going forward? ms. gilligan, if you can help address concerns mr. misener raised. first, i would like to hear from mr. misener. mr. misener: what the faa has done in its nprm is fine. it really needs to go further. we need to be looking further beyond the road from the beyond visual line of sight. it is coming quickly. the fact that we are not even proposing rules or frameworks for rules is lamentable. we ought to move ahead now. at least be thinking about those rules as opposed to dismissing them as the nprm did. ms. ayotte: how do you address the concerns with which he pays the faa is going for to issue these rules in light of international competitors? ms. gilligan: we are focusing on the area authorizing operations beyond visual line of sight. there are several technology challenges to being able to do that, inclu

ms. ayotte: mr. misener with some issues you have raised, given how amazon proposes to use these unmanned systems to help package delivery, where do you see this issue in the rulemaking going forward? ms. gilligan, if you can help address concerns mr. misener raised. first, i would like to hear from mr. misener. mr. misener: what the faa has done in its nprm is fine. it really needs to go further. we need to be looking further beyond the road from the beyond visual line of sight. it is coming quickly. the fact that we are not even proposing rules or frameworks for rules is lamentable. we ought to move ahead now. at least be thinking about those rules as opposed to dismissing them as the nprm did. ms. ayotte: how do you address the concerns with which he pays the faa is going for to issue these rules in light of international competitors? ms. gilligan: we are focusing on the area authorizing operations beyond visual line of sight. there are several technology challenges to being able to do that includi

ms. ayotte. mr. wicker. mr. corker. mr. perdue. mr. sanders. >> no. >> ms. murray. mr. wyden. ms. stabenow. mr. white house. esther warner. mr. merkley. mr. kane. mr. king. mr. chairman. chairman enzi: yes. clerk: the yeas are 12. the nays are 10. chairman enzi: the amendment has failed. next one -- the amendment has passed. yes, the amendment has passed. sorry. next one then is the kaine amendment. i think there is a side-by-side. sen. kaine: thank you, mr. chair. this is to promote cte education, cosponsored by senators baldwin and portman. chairman enzi: any opposition? seeing none. we can do a voice vote. all in favor? those opposed. it is past. next, the ayotte amendment. this is a democrat side-by-side on this one. has the side-by-side been distributed? >> mr. chairman, can i move my vote after? we are waiting on a ruling from parliamentarian. chairman enzi: i couldn't hear you. >> i'm waiting for a ruling from the parliamentarian. can i move my vote until the end? chairman enzi: ok, the next one is the wyden for schools. there is a side-by-side which i think has been handed

ms. ayotte: thank you. i would like to direct my first question to ms. gilligan. what i wanted to ask you about with this nea -- new area of rulemaking and implementation of the small uas rule and subsequent rules how does the agency plan to fund this effort?

ms. ayotte proposes amendment number 400. ms. ayotte: mr. president i ask the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. ayotte: thank you mr. president. last year in this body, we heard and saw evidence about what was happening at some of our v.a. facilities. the manipulated wait lists the delays that our veterans had to endure and unfortunately some of our veterans died waiting for care. we passed a bipartisan bill, one that we all worked together on, and i appreciate that senator sanders worked very hard on. the veterans' choice program was part of that bipartisan bill, but this program has yet to be implemented in the way that this body intended. the goal was to expedite care for veterans that had been waiting longer than 30 days or live farther than 40 miles away from the v.a. hospital. in my home state of new hampshire, we don't have a full service veterans hospital, so too often our veterans are driving long distances to massachusetts or to other locations to get the care that they earned

ms. ayotte. mr. wicker. mr. perdue, mr. sanders no. ms. murray, no. mr. wyden. ms. stabenow, mr. whitehouse. mr. kane, mr. king. mr. chairman. senator enzi: yes. the clerk: the yeas are 12 and the nays are 10. senator enzi: the amendment has failed. the next one -- the amendment is passed. the amendment is passed. sorry. next one is the kaine amendment. senator: this is an amendment to promote c.t.e. education co-sponsored by senators baldwin and portman. senator enzi: any opposition, seeing none. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . it is passed. next the ayotte amendment and there is a democrat side-by-side on this one. has the side-by-side been distributed? senator: can i move my vote after. we are awaiting a ruling by the parliamentarian. can i move my vote until the end? senator enzi: there is a side-by-side which has been handed out already. two minutes of debate each side? senator: my amendment creates a neutral deficit reserve fund to america's treasures and grow our rural economies in a balanced way. the side-by-side ties the well-being of rural economist and our

ms. ayotte. >> yes. >> mr. wicker. >> no. >> mr. corker. [inaudible] >> mr. sanders. >> yes. >> mrs. measurery. >> aye. >> mr. widen, jest. >> miss stab no., aye. >> mr. warner -- [inaudible] >> mr. merkley. ms. balled win. mr. cain. mr. king. mr. chairman. >> host: no. >> theist are 10, nays are 12. >> defeated. the next amendment is the stabenow amendment on oil spills. >> thank you mr. chairman. this is a taxpayer amendment to say if you have an oil spill from tar sands, that the oil companies should be paying for that. the cleanup. the oil spill liability trust fund should have those types of spills covered by companies paying into it. we permanently extend the tax and eliminate tax benefits that apply when there's a settlement or judgment because of oil spills and there's punitive damages, if somebody is found to be reckless, the taxpayers should not pick up the tab. i would ask for a yes vote. >> i would ask for a no vote. this is overly prescriptive and an issue that needs to be deliberated. they blinked in finance committee, and i know that senator wyden has been here to hear

ms. ayotte: well, thank you. i would like to thank the senator from hawaii. this is such an incredibly important issue and it's an honor to see my colleague as well from north dakota. this is a great example of an incredibly important issue that's a bipartisan issue and unfortunately human trafficking sex trafficking, this is something that impacts everyone, and this is something that the women of the senate have been very focused on, but it crosses all party lines and we want to work together to end this modern day slavery which unfortunately the funding for this is really supporting criminal syndicates and so many other crimes. it's also supporting terrorism and so working together we hope to make meaningful progress to end this slavery that is happening for too many young people in this country who are vulnerable but let's make no mistake, this happens in every single community in this country. i had the opportunity to testify before the senate judiciary committee, along with senators mikulski collins and gillibrand last week regarding the importance of le

ms. ayotte: i would thank the senator from south carolina and the senator from south dakota. as i look at where we are right now, first of all our support for israel and our friendship with steel this has been a very strong bipartisan issue and it's an issue that rightly crosses party lines. because we share the same values the relationship is very important we share technology we share intelligence and we share the concern that we do not want the world's worst regime to obtain the world's most destructive weapon and that is the iranian regime. so i want to welcome prime minister netanyahu to the congress and very much listen to what he has to say. because he comes to us in a very important time where the administration is negotiating a appropriation agreement with iran and what we want most of all is that that agreement will end iran's nuclear program and be a very verifiable, transparent agreement. because a good agreement is a blessing. a bad agreement is a nightmare. and we have to hear from the prime minister of israel and i look forward to hearing what he has to say tod