pamela harris of maryland to be united states circuit judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order the time until 5:30 p.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. mr. reid: mr. president, i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, i'm here to talk about some complex litigation on chinese drywall, but before i do, since this week seems to be the week that if we're going to get anything done to assist the administration with regard to all of these children that are showing up at the border, of which it has diminished over the last few weeks, but nevertheless, there's still been an influx that we all have read about. and, of course, senator mikulski, the chairman of appropriations, has roughly a $2.7 billion supplemental appropriations b

they had a full hearing on pamela harris' heerk. they had a full record. one of letters that's part of that record, that's also part of the record of the united states senate, was a letter -- around e got numerous literac letters of. i am going to quote from one letter that was signed by more than 80 of her professional peers including representatives appointed by republican presidents and democratic presidents to key spoations including the former solicitor general for george w. bush. that letter where she is 80 signatures to that letter strongly endorse pamela harris' confirmation for a judge on the fourth circuit, that letter said in part, "we are lawyers from diverse backgrounds and varying affiliations but we are united d in our admiration for pam's skills as a lawyer and her respect for her integrity, her intellect, her judgment and her fair mindedness." the letter continues, "many of us have had the opportunity to work with pam on appellate matters. she has been cocounsel to some of us, opposing counsel to others, and a valuable colleague to all. in

heads and our lgbt caucus at the board of supervisors i would actually know that attorney general pamela harris would join me in a unique opportunity for our city and to see the national and international stage of a step named after supervisor mimic not only a stamp but a forever stamp a forever stamp (clapping) rose marie thank you for being part of the postage service because this is pretty unique it also means that we confidentially ourselves inform being a city of quality and making sure we do everything we can to do what harry taught us he saw the significance of changed and he had that door open and all he asks us to do was to keep the door open when we come walking through it that's our commitment we've seen the millstones just a year ago we were here celebrating the instruments decision an dermoand prop 8 and a if i months ago we celebrated 10 years of w45er7 doing here to lay the foundation for change across the country lovd 18 its in the united states of america have seen it there's more to be done (clapping) today, this forever stamp puts us and harvey milk stamp autonomy face and na

in all of the candidates that i've interviewed for an appellate court, i must tell you, pamela harris has stood out as one of the most qualified individuals that we had in the legal community to sit on our appellate court. she is exceptional in her qualifications. well qualified. she's an excellent supreme court litigator, has clerked at the federal appellate court, supervised policy initiatives at the department of justice and she has dedicated her career and her professional life to improving the administration of justice as a public servant. a little bit of background about her, particularly her family. her grandmother was a polish jewish immigrant to the united states who valued education and worked hard to overcome personal adversity. her mom put herself through law school with young children after a divorce and died from cancer a few years later. mrs. harris relied in part on pell grants to attend college at yale. her story represents the american dream and the american experience and the opportunity of this country, coming from immigrant families. after graduating from public h

company said they will comply with stricter standards requested by the state attorney general pamela harris who asked it reduce greenhouse gas and emissions. >>> days after malaysian airlines flight was shot down, the bodies of most victims are on the thai home. the data recorders are in the hands of investigators. here is the latest from washington, dc. >> finally, investigators gained access to the site and rebels handed over the black boxes. >> the blacks box is intact. >> the team on site faces enormous challenges looking at debris scattered across 13 square mile site that has been compromised. >> some of the important evidence that would have been available initially will have been lost. >>> the search for bodies is complete. human remains arrived by rain and then the bodies will be turned over to family members. >> president obama upped the pressure on president vladimir putin to rein in the rebels. >> burden is on russia to insist the separatists stop tampering with the evidence. >> russia denies any involvement in the disaster and says a ukraine bomber was near the jetliner and coul

they over everest college and has been sued by california attorney general pamela harris who accuses the company of deceptive marketing. >> a popular dating app is at the center of a sexual harassment lawsuit. the vice president of marketing for tender is suing the start-up for harassment and discrimination. she is accusing the chief marketing officer of repeatedly calling her derogatory names. the former v.p. says that tender operates in a "frat like manufacture," where it is common for men to use racist terms. the executive has been suspended pending an internal investigation. >> it is official: lebron james is now a free agent. espn reports teams that contact him are informed that he wanted for less than $22 million max salary. teams with the space to offer that include miami heat, los angeles lakers, phoenix suns and orlando magic. the salary demand shows a shift in priorities since 2010 when he signed with miami haiti he accepted a pay cut taking less than the max salary to help make space for other free agents. >> we will have traffic because there have been problems including

the company announced it will comply with stricterred its requested by state attorney general pamela harris who asked the new project reduce greenhouse gas. >>> now a check with meteorologist mike nicco and the thunderstorms. >>> good morning, everyone. there is supposed to be one over sfo but you can see there is light inning and not much. on radar you can see it is pulling away from the main part of the airport headed through san bruno and south san francisco and up along the bay shore into san francisco. another impressive radar return from angel i'll across to richmond-san rafael bridge will head to the north to san pablo bay and could make it up to 37 miles per hour east of vallejo and american canyon. we it will have one shower moving away from lafayette but pleasant hill and martinez and concord possibly pittsburg could bet a thunderstorm, a belt -- bolt of lightning. this is headed to the north from minutes. we are hearing of big drops reaching the drowned but not heavy rain from 10,000' to 4,000' the air dry so it is evaporating. it will not be heavy downpour. >> this will linger i

pamela harris is not alone in her concerns in a blistering dissent, ruth baiter ginsburg said she thought the court was wandering into a mine field. >>> there are some other notable rulings, including a decision on california's law banning so-called conversion therapy. the justices let stand a reef yuts ruling that the state may ban programs to make gay minors straight and it does not violate free speech rights. also the oyster debate. they're disappointed by the court's decision against them. they say they'll keep fighting on to stay. >> al:. the court left in place a lower court ruling to return the area to wilderness status. for years, the federal government has wanted to close the oyster farm. they may pursue a legislative solution because congress could override the department of interior and issue the farm a permit to continue operating. >>> iraq's government struggles to launch a counter offensive. the total of u.s. troops in and around baghdad will be brought to around 800. most are training local forces and protecting american interests. the president has ruled out sending in com

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of pamela harris of maryland to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

pamela harris of maryland to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit. department of defense, lisa s. disbrow of virginia to be an assistant secretary of the air force. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: would it be appropriate at this time to yield back the two minutes on each of those? the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i would ask consent to do that. i'm sorry. the presiding officer: the question is now on the disbrow nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is agreed to. -- is confirmed. the clerk will report the men dez nomination. -- the mendez nomination. the clerk: department of transportation, victor m. mendez of arizona to be deputy secretary. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the rogoff nomination. the clerk: department of transportation, peter m. rogoff of virg

the clerk: nomination, pamela harris of maryland to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of pamela harris of maryland to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit, signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minute

there will be an immediate roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of pamela harris to be a circuit judge for the fourth circuit. 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 the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president, as chairman of the senate committee on veterans' affairs, i wanted to just take a few minutes to to just take a few minutes to spin mr. president as chairman of the senate committee on veterans affairs i want to just take a few minutes to update members of the senate as to where we are in some very very important issues that impact veterans all over this country. first that i want to make is they think some good news. the committee had a hearing yesterday. i think i can speak for the whole committee and saying that we were very impressed by what we heard from mr. mike donald both in terms of his passion

there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of pamela harris toe united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit, followed by a voice vote on confirmation of the nomination of lisa disbrow to be an assistant secretary of the air force. i ask unanimous consent that at 3:40 this afternoon, the senate conduct a moment of silence in member of the 1998 capitol shooting that resulted in the deaths of special agents john gibson and officer jacob chestnut. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: s. 2649 is due for a second reading here in the senate. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2648, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2014, and for other purposes. mr. reid: i object to any further proceedings with respect to this legislation. the presiding officer: objection is heard. it will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, many years ago, i came to washington, d.c., to go to law school. i came back here becaus

home care worker pamela harris was paid from state medicaid funds to care for her disabled son said she to pay fees to the union that represents home care workers in the state. roughly half of all states including illinois to pay fair share fees to the union to cover the cost of negotiating better wages and benefits. these fees prevent workers from free riding, getting a bump in earnings, enjoying the union does in their behalf without paying for the cost of the negotiations. on monday for the first time the court says these home care workers can't be compelled to pay collective bargaining fees. home care is the third fastest growing occupation in the united states, more than nine in ten of home care workers are women. most of them, the majority are african-american, hispanic and asian. you might remember president obama spent a day with a home care worker represented by the union when he campaigned for president. >> i'm rid difficult to work. >> at his home i prepared breakfast for him. i helped to make the bed. i cleaned the house, did some laundry. >> i think the center is doing a go