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stabenow: thank you very much. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you very much. i would like unanimous consent to speak for ten minutes, and if you could let me know when i've spoken for eight minutes, please. the presiding officer: will do. the chair will do so. ms. stabenow: okay. thank you very much. mr. president, this has been a roller coaster time for those of us who care deeply about what happened over two and a half years ago in the city of flint, with a system that was not treated properly and exposed 100,000 people in flint to lead poisoning. we had a great vote last week -- and i'm very grateful for senator inhofe and senator boxer coming together, working with us, senator peters and myself, to put together a larger water bill that included a final vote of 95-3 with an effort to help flint families as well as other communities that have exposure to lead in water. this was a very positive moment. today, just a little while ago, it was just the opposite. we have an oppor
stabenow: thank you very much. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you very much. i would like unanimous consent to speak for ten minutes, and if you could let me know when i've spoken for eight minutes, please. the presiding officer: will do. the chair will do so. ms. stabenow: okay. thank you very much. mr. president, this has been a roller coaster time for those of us who care deeply about what happened over two and a half years ago in the city of flint,...
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stabenow: mr. president, i want to thank the majority leader for his comments and conversations we've had publicly and privately and our senate democratic leader as well for being such a stalwart in all of our -- and all of our colleagues. we in the senate have done the right thing and moved forward on a wrda bill that has an important package for flint and other communities that have lead and water issues. at the beginning of this week, there was a house bill that did not include anything for flint or anything around lead contamination. we now have a commitment. there is going to be something in the house wrda bill and a commitment that the final bill will include the work that we did in the senate, so i just want to thank again senator inhofe, senator boxer, all of our colleagues. this is a very positive step forward and just remind people that folks in flint are literal ly bathing with bottled water every single day, and the sense of urgency only grows, and so i'm anxious to work with our leader
stabenow: mr. president, i want to thank the majority leader for his comments and conversations we've had publicly and privately and our senate democratic leader as well for being such a stalwart in all of our -- and all of our colleagues. we in the senate have done the right thing and moved forward on a wrda bill that has an important package for flint and other communities that have lead and water issues. at the beginning of this week, there was a house bill that did not include anything for...
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stabenow: mr. president, i wonder if i might -- officer the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i hate to see the boxer-inhofe team come to an end. we've had some great bipartisan accomplishments. this bill we're about to pass and of course the highway bill last year, which was something i think all of us -- all three of us were very proud of. so i want to say to my colleague from california, as we've discussed on numerous occasions, there are not a whole lot of things we agree on, but when we do, we have a whole lot of fun together. we're going to miss that next congress. notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the cloture vote with respect to the motion to proceed to h.r. 5325 ripen at 5:30 p.m. monday, september 19. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: so we're continued to negotiate text for the short-term c.r., the zika bill, and moving the vote until monday night will allow us to move forward next week. i also, mr. president, want to ask unanimous consent that at 1:30 p.m. on thursday, september 15 -- that's today -- th
stabenow: mr. president, i wonder if i might -- officer the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i hate to see the boxer-inhofe team come to an end. we've had some great bipartisan accomplishments. this bill we're about to pass and of course the highway bill last year, which was something i think all of us -- all three of us were very proud of. so i want to say to my colleague from california, as we've discussed on numerous occasions, there are not a whole lot of things we agree on, but when we do,...
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he has worked with senator stabenow and i to secure federal resources for flint families, and i know he's working hard with his house colleagues to pass legislation to aid flint. local elected officials like the state representative sheldon neely and mayor karen weaver continue to battle for their constituents, secure resources to fix problems, and shine a light on the many positive aspects of the city of flint. i know other members of the michigan delegation and other states are committed but now is the time to step up to the plate and show that we will follow through on our responsibilities as representatives of the people. finally, if we are to solve this crisis, the state of michigan must step up with substantial long-term support for the people of flint and help them fully recover in the years and decades ahead. this disaster happened on their watch and it is an immense failure on the part of the state of michigan to protect the health and safety of its cities' residents. despite the grim facts of this tragedy, some day in the future i hope that we will look back at today and sa
he has worked with senator stabenow and i to secure federal resources for flint families, and i know he's working hard with his house colleagues to pass legislation to aid flint. local elected officials like the state representative sheldon neely and mayor karen weaver continue to battle for their constituents, secure resources to fix problems, and shine a light on the many positive aspects of the city of flint. i know other members of the michigan delegation and other states are committed but...
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after more than a year, i've had an opportunity to meet with senator stabenow, talked to her a number of times this morning. i've had occasion to visit with the majority leader. and i've spoken to leader pelosi, and i am convinced that there's going to be help for flint in the lame-duck. they've been waiting for help. they deserve help. and i'm very happy it is going to come. the people there deserve their relief. what's going on there has been wrong. but now i feel very comfortable in being able to say that the people of flint, michigan, i've had conversations with people that have -- i've been given the assurance by the republican leadership that something will happen in the lame duck. we've been waiting a long time to get this done, and it is going to happen. as indicated a minute ago, i've had a umin of conversations with leader -- i've had a number of conversations with leader pelosi this morning. and one never wants to say what someone has said, but i can say that i felt comfortable in talking to her that the house feels comfortable with where they are on flint. we feel comforta
after more than a year, i've had an opportunity to meet with senator stabenow, talked to her a number of times this morning. i've had occasion to visit with the majority leader. and i've spoken to leader pelosi, and i am convinced that there's going to be help for flint in the lame-duck. they've been waiting for help. they deserve help. and i'm very happy it is going to come. the people there deserve their relief. what's going on there has been wrong. but now i feel very comfortable in being...
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stabenow: thank you. first thing i want to do is thank the very, very distinguished lead, our democratic ranking member on appropriations committee, former chair senator mikulski who has been with us every step of the way. i've learned a lot about lead exposure. i thought i knew a lot but by sitting down with senator mikulski, we've had an opportunity to have discussions about potential treatments to help and impacts regarding lead. it's very flittenning, particularly -- frightening, particularly for children what lead poisoning mean. senator mikulski over the years, her advocacy and leadership with national institute of health and center for disease control and other areas on health care has made a tremendous difference, including helping to create a way to have some options on treatment for children. i want to thank you. we are going to greatly miss you. i don't think we're going to let you go. it's just amazing, senator mikulski and her staff, for your commitment and support and understanding of what
stabenow: thank you. first thing i want to do is thank the very, very distinguished lead, our democratic ranking member on appropriations committee, former chair senator mikulski who has been with us every step of the way. i've learned a lot about lead exposure. i thought i knew a lot but by sitting down with senator mikulski, we've had an opportunity to have discussions about potential treatments to help and impacts regarding lead. it's very flittenning, particularly -- frightening,...
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stabenow: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today to speak about legislation that's currently on the floor, water resources development act, and i want to start by thanking a great legislative team of opposites who come together, and when they do, they get things done. and that's senator inhofe, as chair of the e.p.w. committee, and the ranking member, senator barbara boxer. i want to thank both of them for tireless efforts, including their staffs' for bringing forward something that is very important to my home state but important to communities all across the country. and i also want to thank our two loords for coming together and finding a way to -- leaders for coming together and finding a way to have a path affor forwart allows us to have bill. that's evident on this bill and very much appreciate everybody's efforts. this comes after the environment and public works committee approved the water resources development act by 19-1 in the committee. so clearly there's very strong bipartisan support, and it comes before
stabenow: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today to speak about legislation that's currently on the floor, water resources development act, and i want to start by thanking a great legislative team of opposites who come together, and when they do, they get things done. and that's senator inhofe, as chair of the e.p.w. committee, and the ranking member, senator barbara boxer. i want to thank both of them for tireless efforts, including their staffs' for bringing forward something that...
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stabenow: thank you very much. mr. president, it's been now 189 days since president obama nominated a distinguished jurist, dparl garland, to the united states supreme court -- merrick garland, to the united states supreme court, and i know there are a lot of issues on people's minds every day as they are working hard and taking the kids to school and putting food on the table and all of the hard work that goes on every day for families, and sometimes talking about the supreme court may seem a little abstract to people. so i want to talk a little bit about why americans should care. now, beyond the fact that we all care about the fact that we have three branches of government under our constitution. we need them all fully functioning. that was the point of our founding fathers to make sure that we had three functioning branches, and right now we have one that is not fully functioning. in fact, when they sit starting october 1, there is going to be a vacant chair because we will not have fulfilled the responsibility of
stabenow: thank you very much. mr. president, it's been now 189 days since president obama nominated a distinguished jurist, dparl garland, to the united states supreme court -- merrick garland, to the united states supreme court, and i know there are a lot of issues on people's minds every day as they are working hard and taking the kids to school and putting food on the table and all of the hard work that goes on every day for families, and sometimes talking about the supreme court may seem a...
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we have a guest larry stabenow, curious to see what he thinks will happen to the race now that terror. good to see you up so early. >> i got up to see you then i forgot to ask you a question. >> good to see you. you toss to break. >> you decide. >> a department homeland security. is it a professor who never stops being a student? is it a caregiver determined to take care of her own? or is it a lifetime of work that blazes the path to your passions? your personal success takes a financial partner who values it as much as you do. . . . . gy... ...doesn't go on your wrist. ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with class-leading horsepower. rethink. reimagine. because right here, right now. it's time to take a closer look at botox® cosmetic, the only fda approved treatment for the temporary improvement of both moderate to severe frown lines and crow's feet. see what real results can really look like. so talk to your doctor about botox® cosmetic. and make it part of what you do for you. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert you
we have a guest larry stabenow, curious to see what he thinks will happen to the race now that terror. good to see you up so early. >> i got up to see you then i forgot to ask you a question. >> good to see you. you toss to break. >> you decide. >> a department homeland security. is it a professor who never stops being a student? is it a caregiver determined to take care of her own? or is it a lifetime of work that blazes the path to your passions? your personal success...
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stabenow: thank you mr. president. well, first of all i want to thank really two great leaders on the environment and public works committee the chairman and ranking member, and i absolutely take the chairman at his word. i have since the beginning. chairman inhofe has been an extraordinary leader on this issue and other infrastructure issues and i believe him completely in terms of what he wants to get done. and the same goes for our ranking member, senator boxer. i have no doubts whatsoever. two weeks ago when we passed 95-3 the bill in the senate, the wrda bill, that has help for people of flint as well as other communities that have water -- lead-in-water issues, i was prepared and in fact went to house colleagues, democratic colleagues, and said, i trust the chairman and ranking member, let's get the bill going in the house, even if there's not flint in it, let's get it to a conference committee and work it out, because i trust them and we will make sure it's in the final package. well the bill didn't get taken up
stabenow: thank you mr. president. well, first of all i want to thank really two great leaders on the environment and public works committee the chairman and ranking member, and i absolutely take the chairman at his word. i have since the beginning. chairman inhofe has been an extraordinary leader on this issue and other infrastructure issues and i believe him completely in terms of what he wants to get done. and the same goes for our ranking member, senator boxer. i have no doubts whatsoever....
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up next i will talk with michigan senator stabenow about what the candidates have to do to swing there coming to you live from dearborn outside detroit from the henry ford museum. this is a live look of the first ford mustang ever off the assembly line. that was 1965. want to get behind the wheel? stick around. people always say let's just get a sandwich or something. you don't just learn how to drive... or solve the world's problems... be a dad... "or something" and we don't just make sandwiches "or something" we hand-slice avocado, pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and craft every sandwich clean from top to bottom... there's nothing "or something" about it. panera. food as it should be. this clean was like - pow.ything well? it felt like i had just gone to the dentist. it just kind of like, wiped everything clean. my teeth are glowing. they look great. they are so white. crest hd 6x cleaning. 6x whitening. and at two weeks, superior sensitivity relief to the leading sensitivity toothpaste. i actually really like the two steps! crest hd step 1 cleans, step 2 whitens. it's the
up next i will talk with michigan senator stabenow about what the candidates have to do to swing there coming to you live from dearborn outside detroit from the henry ford museum. this is a live look of the first ford mustang ever off the assembly line. that was 1965. want to get behind the wheel? stick around. people always say let's just get a sandwich or something. you don't just learn how to drive... or solve the world's problems... be a dad... "or something" and we don't just...
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it is amazing what we will do in order to avoid embarrassment or stabenow, so it is a difficult choice. lorraine: very hard. >> it is important to understand that part of the equation as well. everybody cheers the person that was right once it works to their advantage. many years later, it is easy to say it, that was a great thing you did for all of us. but at the time, he was given a hard time by people at the camp. lorraine: i suppose it is hard for me to find those big solutions. it is what can we do in smaller ways that could help. >> it is like high school. because we were just living or lives in high school. -- our lives in high school. there are people that will stand up and say something and a lot of people do not do anything against the minister should. -- administration. but they will all come up and say, i am really glad you are doing it. we have to see that that is a difficult thing. some people are easily braver than other people for whatever reason. it is good to see those people that are shy. but the people that are shy are also playing a role in support and probably wil
it is amazing what we will do in order to avoid embarrassment or stabenow, so it is a difficult choice. lorraine: very hard. >> it is important to understand that part of the equation as well. everybody cheers the person that was right once it works to their advantage. many years later, it is easy to say it, that was a great thing you did for all of us. but at the time, he was given a hard time by people at the camp. lorraine: i suppose it is hard for me to find those big solutions. it is...
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. >> senator debbie stabenow. thank you for pointing out that this is a paid-for line item.oad with intuitive all-wheel drive. the nissan rogue, murano and pathfinder. now get 0% apr for 72 months, plus $500 bonus cash. >>> within the past few minutes, nbc has spoken to an attorney representing the family of keith lamont scott. what's important to him is that he is one of the people who has seen the video showing this shooting. it has not been released publicly, but one of the...
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this is -- this is money that the people of michigan have allowed -- stabenow and peters -- to give up. it's michigan money that's going to be used in a different way. the money is already there. we overwhelmingly supported that. so, as i've said before, we'll continue to exercise caution moving forward, but i'm glad to see progress has been made. mr. president, if it were up to me, i believe these three nationally dlird -- declared emergencies: louisiana, $2.8 billion. it was devastating what happened to baton rouge and other parts of louisiana. rain storms, even the coast of louisiana had never seen before, never seen before. thousands of structures damaged, hundreds and hundreds of them destroyed. i think they're entitled to work on fixin fixing all that. we should do as we do with emergencies. the presiding officer is from texas. and we have stepped forward every time there is an emergency in texas and taken care of it, whether it was an explosion that blew up a facility there, whether it was the floods, whether -- the many problems that texas had over the last decade, we've taken
this is -- this is money that the people of michigan have allowed -- stabenow and peters -- to give up. it's michigan money that's going to be used in a different way. the money is already there. we overwhelmingly supported that. so, as i've said before, we'll continue to exercise caution moving forward, but i'm glad to see progress has been made. mr. president, if it were up to me, i believe these three nationally dlird -- declared emergencies: louisiana, $2.8 billion. it was devastating what...
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senators stab -- senator stabenow and i asked the committee on foreign investment in the united states to review thoroughly the supposed acquisition with the department of agricultural's help. we've raised the issue because as i've said before protecting the safety and integrity of our food system is a national security imperative as well as an economic issue. now, there's another aspect of this issue that i'd like to focus on this day, and that's i am's here. -- that's why i'm here. i would like to consider the flip side of the approval question. as their involvement in international commerce grows, how can we ensure that foreign state-owned companies are held to the same standards and the same requirements as their non-state-owned counterparts or companies that are in the private sector? first, consider two age old principles of international law. one is that american courts don't exercise jurisdiction over foreign governments as a matter of comity and respect for equally independent countries. they're very, you know, each is sovereign. so this is called the foreign sovereign immunit
senators stab -- senator stabenow and i asked the committee on foreign investment in the united states to review thoroughly the supposed acquisition with the department of agricultural's help. we've raised the issue because as i've said before protecting the safety and integrity of our food system is a national security imperative as well as an economic issue. now, there's another aspect of this issue that i'd like to focus on this day, and that's i am's here. -- that's why i'm here. i would...
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stabenow: mr. president, might i take just one minute or less, as well, if it's -- the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. stabenow: i just want to thank the leader as well and thank colleagues senator inhofe and senator boxer for working in good faith, as they usually do, in coming up with a bill that addresses multiple issues that are very important for members, certainly for us in michigan, but others as well. and i thank the leader for bringing it forward. mr. rubio: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. before i begin my remarks on the vote we just took on zika, i want to thank the majority leader for bringing to the floor the water bill, that also has important priorities for the state of florida, particularly the central everglades planning proficiency which will allow us to move forward on a series of programs that are important for not just restoring the natural flow of the everglades but for helping coastal areas of flo
stabenow: mr. president, might i take just one minute or less, as well, if it's -- the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. stabenow: i just want to thank the leader as well and thank colleagues senator inhofe and senator boxer for working in good faith, as they usually do, in coming up with a bill that addresses multiple issues that are very important for members, certainly for us in michigan, but others as well. and i thank the leader for bringing it forward. mr. rubio: mr. president?...
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language addressing the flint water crisis, language that i worked on with my colleagues senator stabenow, senator inhofe, senator boxer and many others is included in the wrda bill before us. their strong leadership has been invaluable and i thank them for their efforts. wrda provides resources that will improve drinking water infrastructure in flint, michigan, and other places where pipes, pumps and treatment plants are crumbling and are woefully out of date. this bill also funds health programs for communities that have been affected by lead contamination. also, all of the direct spending is fully paid for. crafting this bill has been a constructive process with input from many senators. there are a number of new smart policy changes that will vastly improve water quality and tackle accessibility challenges. for example, this bill delivers funding for programs that will reduce lead in drinking water, tests for lead in schools and child care facilities, and invest in new water technologi technologies. wrda also authorizes over $12 billion for 29 corps of engineers projects in 18 states.
language addressing the flint water crisis, language that i worked on with my colleagues senator stabenow, senator inhofe, senator boxer and many others is included in the wrda bill before us. their strong leadership has been invaluable and i thank them for their efforts. wrda provides resources that will improve drinking water infrastructure in flint, michigan, and other places where pipes, pumps and treatment plants are crumbling and are woefully out of date. this bill also funds health...
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stabenow: mr. president, i would ask suspension of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, it has been 187 days. that's a long time. 187 days since president obama nominated merrick garland to the supreme court. since march 16, we have been waiting for a hearing. it's really extraordinary when you think how long we have seen the third branch of government unable to fully function because of inaction in the united states senate. republicans have a constitutional duty to uphold and have not done their job. we all have that constitutional duty. we are standing at the ready. we are willing to remain here in session until we can get this done. we need a hearing now. we need to get merrick garland on the court before, in fact, the court begins its new session october 1. but unfortunately we are likely to leave maybe the end of this week or next week without a hearing. the republican leadership's inability to consider garland's nomination puts the court at frequent risk of de
stabenow: mr. president, i would ask suspension of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, it has been 187 days. that's a long time. 187 days since president obama nominated merrick garland to the supreme court. since march 16, we have been waiting for a hearing. it's really extraordinary when you think how long we have seen the third branch of government unable to fully function because of inaction in the...