leadership, we came together and put in this grant and it's the first time that the federal government, n.i.h., has awarded this kind of money to a health department. they've only awarded this kind of research money to universities so it's really through the joint efforts under barbara's leadership that we've been able to move forward and it's really through the support of the city government through the mayor, through our supervisors, through the health commission, that we've moved this field forward so without further ado, i want to introduce the honorable mayor lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you, everybody, for coming this morning, and dr. buchbinder and barbara and the commissioners, congratulations. these days it is so difficult to land federal grants, so matter where they're from and it only takes the dedication that you've identified, the people who worked on this very hard to put together a grant specific to modernize our aids research office and it's absolutely needed. i remember in the early 1980's where we joined three major cities of the country, this city and new york and los a

all of the health care innovation has grown out of the n.i.h. >> stahl: in his ten years as c.e.o., immelting off half the company he inherited, including plastics, insurance, and nbc. >> oh, my god. >> they're selling nbc to a company called kabletown, with a "k". >> stahl: at the same time, he has refocused the company on manufacturing, bulking up units like transportation, energy, and research and development. as jobs czar, he's urging his fellow c.e.o.s to double their hiring of engineers and devote more money to r&d. at g.e., he's tripled spending on everything from medical research to green technology, including the building of a solar panel factory in the u.s., even as other american solar companies are folding. is this something that's incredibly risky for you? >> immelt: in g.e., this is extremely low-risk because we have good technology and we have scale. the crime for us is when we don't do things like that. we ought to be percolating 20 $1 billion businesses all the time that can grow inside our system. >> stahl: but even while he promotes american innovation, he's been accused

agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and n.i.h. related paimentds be praints printed in the rohr as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the when the senate completes its business today we adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on wednesday, october 19, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserve for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business for up to one hour with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each with the time equally divide and controlled between the leaders or her designation dings with the republicans controlling the first half, the majority controlling the final half. following morning business, the senate resume consideration of h.r. 2k 112, agriculture, c.j.s., and transportation aappropriations bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the first roll call vote will occur around noon tomorrow. if there is no further business come before the senate, i ask at tha

the administrator can reach this determination only after consultation with experts at n.i.h. and c.d.c. this amendment is common sense. there's no point in engaging in an extensive process to set broadly agreed upon goals to guide agency actions to improve the health of americans and then adopt laws that prevent agencies from meeting these goals. the republicans want to vote against these goals, that's what they'll be doing if they vote against the pallone amendment. unfortunately, the bill we're considering today could hinder this initiative's goal to reduce children's mercury exposure by nullifying long overdue rules to reduce toxic mercury from cement kilns but republicans have told us their pill won't hurt public health. they argued that mercury reductions achieved by cement and boiler rules won't have a discernable effect for public health. it won't even benefit these goals. benefit us in how we achieve these goals. if they actually believe that, then those who support this bill should consider this amendment as an opportunity to prove that the bill has no impact on the

we need to be able to save lives, and we save it not only at n.i.h. and finding cures, but also if you're out there on the plains of the united states or in my own community, you know when a hurricane's coming, you know when a tornado's coming. mr. president, right now the chinese are taking what is our national science foundation, and they're replicating it. and we're, unfortunately, forced to keep it at a very modest funding level. so if you want america to continue to be great and you want america to continue to be exceptional and you want to create jobs, support the passage of the c.j.s. bill. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i rise as the ranking member of the commerce-justice committee, subcommittee. i am very pleased that the bill we are presenting is a bill that chairman mikulski and i worked on together. we came together and compromised. but we didn't compromise on the top level of spending. and i commend chairman mikulski for her leadersh