murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from the great state of alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate p in a period of morning business and senators be permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 188, s. 1461. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 188, a bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services and so forth. ms. murkowski: i ask consent that -- the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. murkowski: i ask consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amend, be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding office

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heller, paul, murkowski, kirk, collins, cot top, ayotte, and man'sup. why are they voting no. >> you have consecutives arguing that they want to see a more robust spending process. cotton said the military got short-changed. rand paul says this is business as usual, although he still supports defunding planned parenthood, and then people are just trying to disassociate themselves with any threat of a shutdown ask that's lisa murkowski, mark kirk, sues can collins, kelly ayotte types. they just don't want to play games with this, and kelly ayotte in particular. she came to senate floor to blast the tactic from senator ted cruz that would risk a shutdown over planned parenthood. so trying to get a distance from defunding plat plaid in a government funding bill. >> well, you wrote at bit about what majority leader mitch mcconnell's strategy was, and moving forward, what are we looking at here for this cr? >> the senate is now essentially on kind of a -- it will take a few days but a glide path 0 a clean cr which will fund the government and not touch plann

andtenant governor -- senator murkowski and senator sullivan. we are so appreciative to alaska for an absolutely spectacular welcome here. it is fair to say on behalf of all my colleagues that have been part of this daylong discussion, a tremendous been reception in alaska but importantly a very constructive and substantive day. i think every delegation here will agree that we have covered an enormous amount of territory, today reinforced here that every nation that ares about the future -- that cares about the future of the arctic has a responsibility to be a leader in taking action and urging others to take bold action to deal with this challenge. it is immediate, and it requires ambitious steps to curb the emission of greenhouse gases and deal with methane, coastal erosion, fisheries, a host of challenges that alaska particularly faces. there is no mystery as we saw reinforced in very dramatic presentations by a number of scientists, no mystery at all about what a failure to act would mean. we can already see it. we can already measure it. an

you mentioned senator murkowski and your work together on the topic. ways the origin of that? i think it's an interesting partnership. >> senator murkowski and i share a lot of similar interests. lit start with being from very rural states. every time i bemoan the fact of how rural north dakota is she remains me how expansive and rural alaska is. we bonded very early on an issue near and dear to my heart, the status of native-american children. from our work in energy, and i have a long history in north dakota and energy, whether it is in utility work and that did with base and electric, or really a long history in oil and gas. so, talking about these issues, and realizing very early on, even before the price reduction that we've seen, that this policy is not good policy. she's seen -- she has seen how this policy works in alaska. would like to see us continue to develop our domestic industry. so, i love working with lisa. i think that you know, we have something that we call the common sense caucus in the united states senate. we leak to believe that -- and it is true -- that

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and while alaskan senator lisa murkowski thanked the president for the decision, ohio senator rob portman blasted it as another example of the president going around congress. speaker of the house john boehner who represents ohio said he was deeply disappointed in this decision. all of this as the president makes his very first visit to alaska to highlight the effects of climate change even as he faces intense criticism for allowing shell oil to drill off the alaskan coast. i will ask his press secretary about that ahead. behold, these are two wind turbines. can you spot the difference? the wind farm on the right was created using digital models and real world location-based specs that taught it how to follow the wind. so while the ones on the left are waiting, the ones on the right are pulling power out of thin air. pretty impressive, huh? now, two things that are exactly the same have have never been more different. ge software. get connected. get insights. get optimized. have you touched the stuff?. it's evil. and ladders. sfx: [screams] they have all those warnings on 'em. might as we

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pallor, paul murkowski kirk colin scott and ayotte and manchin were the only democrats voting against. why were those republicans voting no? >> guest: you have conservative like cotton who are arguing that they want to see a more robust spending process and cotton says the military got shortchanged. rand paul said his business as usual as though he supports funding planned parenthood in the new have people who have just tried to disassociate themselves with any threat of a shutdown that would be burkowski mark kirk susan collins kelly ayotte. they just don't want to play any games. kelly in particular came to the senate floor earlier this week blasted tactics as senator cruise that would have ripped the shutdown of versus planned parenthood so she's trying to give testing testing -- distancn the government funding bill. >> host: you wrote a little bit about what majority leader mitch mcconnell strategy was an moving forward what are we looking at here for the cr? >> guest: the senate is essentially, it will take a few days but it's really a clean cr that will fund the government and n

acknowledge that the senate energy and natural resources committee under the leadership of senators murkowski and well added a permanent reauthorization to a bill, an energy bill that passed their committee that has not had action on the senate floor. the president's budget has called for full mandatory funding. it was a much higher proportion as you might imagine in 1964 then today command get that number has not,. congress is only appropriated about half of that. that is the 2nd reason why we're 15 days away from an important decision and are urging congress at every level. this is bipartisan. the senator burr and i have been hiking together on the appalachian trail where the trail could have houses right up to the edge of it on the connector piece between an existing state park. so using that as an example and backdrop, very powerful statement in favor. that was quite a while ago, and no action has been taken also 15 days away from her budget running out. very, very frustrating. my 1st year was sick restriction implementation, and immediately following that was the government shut down. i

now, i know that my chairman, senator murkowski, did the very best she could with the allocation she was given, but here's the reality. the budget control act caps don't meet the needs of our nation. they fail critical programs. they fail our communities in new mexico and nationwide. our nation faces an infrastructure crisis, and yet the senate bill cuts grants to states for water and sewer infrastructure by more than $500 million below fiscal year 2015 levels. actions have consequences, and here are the consequences of the senate bill. 230 communities will not have their water projects funded. 14,000 construction jobs will not be created. $1 billion in matching and leverage funds from state partners will be lost. the senate bill also shortchanges the nawrks service with $318 million less than the president requested. that means 1,000 fewer park rangers. it means $150 million less to maintain our nawrks. even though the service will celebrate its centennial in 2016 and will host a record number of visitors at national parks nationwide. we have 15 national parks in new mexico, includi

. >> obviously senator murkowski and i share a lot of similar interests.y rural states and every time i bemoaned the fact about how rural north dakota issue reminds me of how expansive in rural alaska so we have found an issue earlier on an issue that is near and dear to our heart which is the status of myth of american children. from the work we did and our understanding and our work in energy and i have a long history in north dakota energy whether it's in looking at utility work that i did or really a long history in oil and gas. talking about these issues and realizing early on even before the price reduction we have seen that this policy is not good policy. gsa now this policy works in alaska and would like to see us continue to develop so i love working with lisa. i think that we have something they call the common sense pocket and the united states senate. we like to believe and it is true that we are least partially responsible for opening up government and it's a group of us. now over half are women that actually sit down and talk about issues and

acknowledge that the senate energy and natural resources committee, under the leadership of senators murkowski and cantwell, added a permanent reauthorization of the land and water conservation fund to a bill, an energy bill that passed their committee that has not yet had action on the senate floor. so i appreciate that. the president's budget calls for full mandatory funding at $900 million. it was a much higher proportion, as you might imagine, of offshore oil and gas revenues in 1964 than it is today, yet the number hasn't gone up. congress has appropriated less than half of that $900 million a year. so that is the second reason why we are 15 days away from a very important decision. and we are urging congress at every level, and this is bipartisan, senator burr from north carolina and i have been hiking together on the appalachian trail at a critical point where the trail could have houses right up to the edge of it on a connector piece between an existing state park and the a appalachian trail. so senator burr, using that as an example and a backdrop, made a very powerful statement in fa

acknowledge that the senate energy and natural resources committee, under the leadership of senators murkowski and cantwell, added a permanent reauthorization of the land and water conservation fund to a bill, an energy bill that passed their committee that has not yet had action on the senate floor. so i appreciate that. the president's budget calls for full mandatory funding at $900 million. it was a much higher proportion, as you might imagine, of offshore oil and gas revenues in 1964 than it is today, yet the number hasn't gone up. congress has appropriated less than half of that $900 million a year. so that is the second reason why we are 15 days away from a very important decision. and we were urging congress at every level, and this is bipartisan, senator burr from north carolina and i have been hiking together on the appalachian trail at a critical point where the trail could have houses right up to the edge of it on a connector piece between an exist state park and the appalachian trail. so senator burr, using that as an example and a backdrop, made a very powerful statement in favor

the senate version, s. 230, sponsored by senator murkowski, is before us today. the bill directs the secretary of health and human services to convey by warranty deed a 23-acre parcel of federal land under the administration of the indian health service and located in bethel, alaska, to the union calendar union calendar -- to the yukon kuskokwim health services. the ykhc is a nonprofit alaskan native organization which operates a regional hospital on the 23 acres of the federal land conveyed under this bill. in recent years the hospital's had a need to expand and renovate the existing facilities in this location. to secure funding for the hospital expansion, the ykhc must demonstrate sufficient site control. because the surrounding land is federally owned, this bill is necessary to provide the health corporation the site control necessary to improve its facilities. congress' enacted two similar bills in the last several congresses, and like those, this bill is supported by the entire alaska delegation and by the administration. i again want to commend my lleague

as did frank murkowski's expertise and experience, particularly with regard to our relationship with taiwan. and the focus on the asia-pacific and the rise of china is certainly one that in many ways we can view as an opportunity, certainly in my state. last year china became the number-one export market for alaska goods. $1.4 billion of goods exported from alaska to china, an 18% increase. so i believe maintaining this focus and we have this visit today with the president of china, is critically important not only to my state, not only to our country but also to our allies in the region. and we should all try to put more focus and our best thinking on these critical foreign policy and national security issues that although are not always on the front page of the papers, i believe are some of the most important long-term strategic challenges and opportunities that we face in this country. mr. president, i yield the floor. sulaymaniyamr. sullivan: mr. pri note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quoruquorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr.