senator shaheen, i mentioned senator shaheen is the co-chair with me at the diabetes caucus and the head of the special connection to this particular congress, and we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you, madame chair and to senator lieberman and both of you for holding this hearing today. i have a statement i would like to support for the record but i know we want to get to our panelists, so i just want to take a minute to introduce my granddaughter, a,i was a delegate at the children's congress, thank you and her mother, stephanie and father, craig cochairing the children's congress this year and also want to recognize abigail and her mother jeneane from merrimac hampshire. thank you both for being here as well and to all families and all the delegates who are here today. i'm very happy and proud and be happy to join you and advocating for research for a cure for juvenile diabetes and also moving forward as quickly as we can at the development of an artificial pancreas. so again, thank you all very much for being here. thank you. [applause] >> senator lautenberg we are delighte

the honorable senator jeanne shaheen and her husband, mr. william shaheen.lisa budmoon and her husband, mr. mark kastoler. mr. doug hickey and his wife, ms. dawn ross. ms. susan eisenhower and her guest, mr. bucky clarkson. the honorable senator daniel coates and his wife, mrs. marcia coates. the honorable representative schultz and her husband, mr. steven schultz. mr. david billings and his wife, ms. rebecca goodhart. mr. norman and his guest, ms. patricia lindbergh. mr. -- mr. volker bouffler. >> you are also performing. are you nervous? >> no, a bit nervous but i'm looking very much forward to the event. >> will you play vaugner? >> not tonight. she likes classical music. >> what german composers will you play? >> beethoven, hendle. >> are there any challenges? >> might be, but these are not things that you worry about. >> how many? >> about 30. but we perform in different groups. >> normally you would have others with you? >> we are 180. do you have a name for that? a symphony? >> for eight people, it's a sonata. there is a string orchestra. leader mitch

senator shaheen, i mentioned senator shaheen is the co-chair with me at the diabetes caucus and the head of the special connection to this particular congress, and we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you, madame chair and to senator lieberman and both of you for holding this hearing today. i have a statement i would like to support for the record but i know we want to get to our panelists, so i just want to take a minute to introduce my granddaughter, a,i was a delegate at the children's congress, thank you and her mother, stephanie and father, craig cochairing the children's congress this year and also want to recognize abigail and her mother jeneane from merrimac hampshire. thank you both for being here as well and to all families and all the delegates who are here today. i'm very happy and proud and be happy to join you and advocating for research for a cure for juvenile diabetes and also moving forward as quickly as we can at the development of an artificial pancreas. so again, thank you all very much for being here. thank you. [applause] >> senator lautenberg we are delighte

senator shaheen, i mentioned senator shaheen is the co-chair with me at the diabetes caucus and the head of the special connection to this particular congress, and we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you, madame chair and to senator lieberman and both of you for holding this hearing today. i have a statement i would like to support for the record but i know we want to get to our panelists, so i just want to take a minute to introduce my granddaughter, a,i was a delegate at the children's congress, thank you and her mother, stephanie and father, craig cochairing the children's congress this year and also want to recognize abigail and her mother jeneane from merrimac hampshire. thank you both for being here well and to families and all the delegates who are here today. i'm very happy and proud and be happy to join you and advocating for research for a cure for juvenile diabetes and also moving forward as quickly as we can at the development of an artificial pancreas. so again, thank you all very much for being here. thank you. [applause] >> senator lautenberg we are delighted that

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeanne shaheen, a senator from the state of new hampshire, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in morning business until 11:00 a.m. this morning. the majority will control the first half. the republicans will control the final half. at 11:00 the senate will be in executive session to consider the cecchi and salas nominations. following votes on this there will be recess for weekly caucus meetings until 2:15 p.m. at 2:15 there will be an additional roll call vote on the coburn amendment regarding ethanol. on the cloture vote senator rubio will be recognized to give his maiden speech to the senate. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the morning business consistent of -- consist of one full hour equally divided rather than ending at 11:00. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, on this side

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you. ambassador crocker, i joined my colleagues and thanking you for your willingness to continue insert the country. i certainly stand ready to ensure all of this to to help you if you take on this new assignment. i know you haven't had a chance to review the report that was released this morning from the committee, but i think it does provide renewed perspective on how difficult the challenge is our in afghanistan, particularly civilian challenges. much of that has been discussed by others here. but the report certainly underscores the need for our reconstruction projects in afghanistan should be necessary, achievable and sustainable. and i know there have been some concerns about the projects undertaken under the syrup program. i certainly share concerns about how those dollars are distributed. and i like others have called for a number of steps to train at dresdner accountability in afghanistan. i'm very pleased to see the overhaul of the special or general for afghanistan reconstructi

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeanne shaheen, a senator from the state of new hampshire, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. reid madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in executive session to consider the cole, monaco, and seitz nomination. i'm hopeful that the monaco and seitz nominations can be adopted by voice vote. following that the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for the weekly caucus meetings. following the recess, the senate will resume consideration of s. 679. madam president, h.r. 1249 is due for a second reading. i would ask the clerk will report. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the second time. the clerk: an ablght to amend title 39, united states code to provide for patent reform. mr. reid: i would now object to any further proceedings to this bill at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar under the provisi

i was talking to jack shaheen about the. we so have to connect the dots in los angeles and we have our different communities that are part of the religious institutions or is -- >> i'm sorry to cut you short. what is your question? >> they were connected with -- the agency was very good at bringing them under a common blanket. our new institutions need to do that our generation kind of loss at a cyberspace but how are they getting connected? how to bring them in and have them consider institutions any positive manner? >> this is the newer generation? i think -- >> generation x. was dragged in by their families. spoke to take a quote, we are going from the arab street to the arab between. and really, what adc is utilizing is social networking. social media. i mean, facebook, twitter. i don't know if -- just use that younger generation and her father, you want to talk generations, to generations of a family working at adc. i mean, energy shows that there will be different mindsets and different ideas coming forward. but we hav

they are coburn, cardin, webb, corker, lieberman, collins, shaheen, burr, risch, and toomey.nd so i wanted to have the record straight that this amendment is in response to a bill which we have crafted. on tuesday, the senate voted on the proposal, but unfortunately we saw a process battle which i spoke to on the floor, which i think overwhelmed in some respects the debate. that is not the case today. there are ongoing negotiations to see if it's possible to put together a solution which can bring all sides together on this amendment that we will be voting on at 2:00. thus far we do not have an agreement. however, at least one of our cosponsors of this has said to me -- this is senator webb -- that he would very much appreciate a straight up-or-down vote on coburn-feinstein so that we know exactly where the senate stands. it is still possible even after that cloture vote that if we can reach a successful conclusion to the negotiation that we could have another vote and change that. today this is really the first vote that the senate has taken based on the merits of repealing

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeanne shaheen mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday i came to the floor to call on democrats in washington to wake up and open their eyes to the signs we see all around us that the policies of the past years are make our economy worse. home values are still falling, manufacturers are showing the weakest growth in nearly two years, nearly 14 million americans are looking for jobs and can't find them. for many there is the nagging feeling that things will actually get worse before they get better, and who can blame them. over the past two months, two ratings agencies have come out with dire warnings over the status of america's stellar credit rat

boxer, conrad, kerry, whitehouse, klobuchar, cardin, binge minimum -- bingaman, merkley, menendez, shaheen, sanders, lautenberg, reed of rhode island, durbin, akaka. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, june 7. following the prayer and pledge the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day. following leader remarks, senate proceed to a period of morning business for up to one hour with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. following morning business the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 782, the economic development act. further that the

jack shaheen exposed hollywood and showed i think 1200 some odd clips of cartoons, tv shows and films where they only portrayed arabs, middle eastern and muslims in a negative light. you never saw the arab dhaka on friends, you never saw an air of a doctor on the er. you never saw a arab dhaka on the "seinfeld." so why should we wait around for the media monster to do it when we have the ability to do it? and i feel when the rest of america and the world says look at these arabs telling their own story that's fascinating. i didn't know that or look up the story about that person or the cook and dance and breed and eat just like us. and for whatever art form you decide to portray that through i believe is more powerful than what a politician has to say. [applause] speed to confine me at twitter at ahmed connolly. [laughter] how often has that crossed the intersection and is there a distance between being a muslim woman, what conflict there? >> it's a good question. i think that most people are comfortable between secular or religious divides, and when we and i think the arab-american c

senator shaheen. >> cannonmack been in chair and thank you to all of our panel is this afternoon. dr. zimliki, as you are aware i know, i share the frustration that both senator collins and senator graham have expressed about the pace at which the fda has moved on getting the guidance out on the artificial pancreas. i am pleased to hear you say that you expect that to happen by december but i wonder if you could then outlined what the next steps are once that happens on the way to getting approval for the artificial pancreas? >> can you clarify which artificial pancreas type system you are asking about? >> i would think -- i know there are a number of those systems in development and i am interested in seeing something that can be commercially available on the market that will be approved by the fda and be safe and available to my family on all the families who were here. i don't particularly care who the producer of that system is. >> i was just asking for clarification on the thai. the artificial pancreas have lots of different types. we talk about the deo system which the agenc

lautenberg, carper, brown of ohio, whitehouse, casey, coons, tester, cardin, udall of new mexico, shaheen, stabenow, murray, conrad, durbin and manchin. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 75, s. 679, the efficiency and streamlining act. the presiding officer: the motion to proceed is now pending. mr. reid: madam president, i want to say a word before i leave the floor to -- to and about my friend, the senator from california. as i've indicated, chair of this most important committee, the environment and public works which i had the good fortune of chairing on two separate occasions. she has been tireless in bringing legislation to this floor and attempting to. she has been talking about this bill for months about how good it is, and when she sat down and reminded me of the merits of this legislation, i thought this should be a good one. a job-creating measure. we need that right now. and i have been very disappointed that we haven't been able to move forward, but it is not because of any lack of effort on her behalf. she and i came to washington together many, many years a

offered and i have cosponsored along with senators burr, cardin, collins, corker, lieberman, risch, shaheen, toomey and webb. madam president, i know that the fact that this amendment is on the floor, scheduled to be voted on at 2:15 this afternoon, has caused some deep consternation on my side of the aisle. there is objection to the procedures used. i am not going to get into that. i am going to say a vote is a vote and we are facing a vote at 2:15 unless something changes. now, to be candid, if there were an offer to bring this to the floor next week or the week after for a time specific and a commitment specific, i believe that the author and myself and our cosponsors would certainly agree to that, but in the absence of that offer, it is important that the united states -- the united states senate takes a position on a program that has become both gross and egregious, and i want to explain why i feel that way. madam president, no other product i know of has the triple crown of government support that corn ethanol enjoys in this country. its use is mandated by law. oil companies are paid

when shaheen as the question earlier how to president hoenig how about whether we should be concerned about the financial system because it is not as bad as europe, i mean, he was quoting secretary geithner. i agree that is an awful analogy. that is a terrible cold. why should that be the standard for the u.s.? but that is the person who will ultimately be responsible for making the tough decisions. >> coming your way. >> [inaudible] come back to the original decision to switch to the mechanism which was the original trial of -- the triabetrayal [unintelligible] with the first approach have been feasible and with the blessing of hindsight, would it have been better to do that? because the fallout of not doing it was enormous. >> look, in certain aspects of it is my job to second-guess and use that 20/20 hindsight. i have never been critical of the move to shift to capital assets. buying toxic assets at that point, it could not have worked. it was not time for it to work. it would have had the unintended consequences of write-downs for the financial institutions. that was not a viable

in fact, i note akaka and blumenthal and levin and inouye, sanders, shaheen, senator whitehouse and senator wyden, and i imagine many more will join us. i encourage my colleagues to support fundamental fairness, single point of contact and the foreclosure dual track and have a third-party review so homeowners have a chance, like mr. colette, to stay in their homes. thank you, madam president. mr. levin: madam president? madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendments 411 and 412. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: i reserve the right to object. mr. merkley: i reserve the right to object. the presiding officer: the consent request is pending. mr. mccain: madam president, i would is it ask unanimous consent to call up both amendments. it's my understanding that amendments are allowed. if there's some amendments that are not allowed, i think we ought to understand that. i understand the strength of the ethanol lobby, but there was an agreement that amendments that

i go back to the point raised by senator shaheen. i want to ask more questions about it.standard you set out in your asia society speech to engage the taliban in a meaningful discussion to come up with a political solution? >> well, senator, your comments took me back to that very difficult time we shared together as members of the senate, and i certainly agree with you that we committed to going after al-qaeda, but we also, in my view, did not follow through the way we should have early on, and that's not meant as criticism. it's just a statement of fact, and i think that president obama, whom you know very well, faced an incredibly difficult choice. it was difficult politically. it was difficult sub stapp tiely -- substantively. it was difficult personally, but upon very careful reflection and review, he made the decisions that i thought were the right decisions given what he had inherited, and i think he is now on the right path towards resolving our involvement in afghanistan, and the best way possible out of a lot of difficult choices, so i would answer the question

shaheen: thank you, mr. president. came to the floor this afternoon to lend my voice to the others who have been here of my colleagues to talk about the need to come to the table and come up with an agreement about how we're going to deal with raising the debt limit by the august 2 deadline and include some sort of package to address our debt and our deficits. and i listened carefully to my colleague and friend from indiana, and i think we agree on a lot of what he said. i certainly agree that both sides of the aisle have been working hard to look at ways that we can address this issue, and i agree that we need presidential leadership. to address this challenge we're facing. that's why i was so pleased to see the president come out yesterday and say very strongly that in order to address this, we're going to have to put revenues on the table, make sure they are in the mix, because we can't get there without looking at revenues with just looking at cuts to the budget. so i think there is a lot of agreement, but every ne

levin: i know our presiding officer, senator shaheen, have very much -- is very much into the issue ofutting real pressure on pakistan to end the intrusions and excursions into afghanistan. i think we're all together on that essential goal of changing pakistan behavior in terms of what they are allowing to occur on their soil, which is that safe haven particularly for the economies. again i want to thank my friend from south carolina. i'm reminded by seg said about early visit that i paid to afghanistan, by the way. a number of colleagues who were with me -- i think senator reid and one other senator was with me -- and we were with a bunch of afghan leaders in a small town. this is what they call their shura. it just happened they were having this the day we were visiting. maybe 50 or 60, 70 guys, old guys, all guys, sitting on the ground on a dirt floor. we intruded and barged in. i asked one question. i said: you want us here? and the answer was: we want you to train our army and leave. and then we will invite you back as guests. you can't say it much more succinctly. i thank you, an