associate with the supreme court. a famous corporate attorney, former head of the american bar association. he served for 17 years and he was known as a quiet presence, a modest man. lois paul was -- louis powell had a major impact on the stealing of the american dream. i discovered it in the last couple of years. what he did was he wrote a memorandum to the u.s. chamber of commerce and said american industry, the free enterprise system is under assault from the labor union movement. from ralph nader and the consumer movement. from a salt from regulatory agencies from the environmental protection agency. a lot of agencies, agencies that wereet up by richard nixon. the republican president that regarded himself as a friend of industry and loved to hobnob with the captains of industry and poll said they have to go fight and industry -- get organized. they have to play hard ball aggressively and that is what happened. the chamber of commerce circulated the polls memorandum as it is known to business leaders all over the country. the business roundtable, the most powerful force for major corpora

it does not the american bar association or the american medical association. they're doing pretty well. let me say something else. it is true that we have a big trouble maintaining what is amateurism. it is hard to maintain the amateur focus because everybody wants to make a buck off these big-time student-athletes. the problem is, the big-time student-athletes are a very tiny fraction of our franchise. very few. 430 student athletes in the franchise. 430,000 student athletes. that is a lot of kids. they're all playing in a franchise. we believe in this stuff. it is very hard to manage. what you watch when you watched the evolution of the n.c.a.a., and don't forget, this is about the universities, the universities are the franchise, whatever is done is because the universities, their presence, their trustees, faculty, regulatory agencies, everybody is in favor of what is going on. there is nobody opting out. nobody is opting out. people are raising their hands. they get filled with wisdom and justice and truth and they go off and say, we don't need to play any

the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously rated miss rose as well qualified for this position of district judge. in addition, she is supported by the legal community and judges throughout our state. newspaper articles published in the cedar rapids gazette on february 2 and february 20 this year captured some of that support. i ask unanimous consent to insert these two articles in the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: assistant u.s. attorney c.j. williams described miss rose's ability to quickly comprehend complex issues. former assistant u.s. attorney bob tigue who retired last year after 31 years said thursday that rose will make an excellent federal judge. he went on to say -- quote -- "she has experience in the courtroom and as an administrator. she has a broad view of the federal legal system and she's very intelligent. stephanie will make a good addition to the federal bench" end of quote. u.s. district judge mark bennett said -- quote -- "she is very skilled, she doesn't have a personal agend

so the american bar association appointed a task force to look into these findings statements and i was a member. the president of the aba and i testified before a house committee. guess what? even though a good case was being made by a lot of very good lawyers, that the president was within his rights to issue these findings statements and saying i don't have to follow these provisions of the law, not one single democrat -- not one, saw any merit whatsoever in his argument. even though i thought and a lot of other people thought what the president was doing was unconstitutional, the president saying that i don't have to obey the law that i just signed up -- not one republican signed on with it. on issue after issue -- foreign policy or anything else. you divide into these categories. how does that happen? first of all, there is nothing in the constitution that creates political parties and nothing but creates political primaries and nothing in the constitution that allows political parties and party bosses and those to draw congressional district lines. let me talk about this a little

see the american bar association appointed a task force to look into these statements. i was a member of that task force and the president of the aba and i testified before a house committee. and guess what, even though a good case was being made by a lot of very good lawyers that the president was within his rights to issue the signing statements and say i don't follow this provision of the law appeared now one for any merit whatsoever. even though i thought and a lot of people thought what the president was doing really unconstitutional. i don't have to obey the laws they just sign. so on issue after issue, foreign policy and anything else can be divided to these rivalries. how does that happen? first of all, nothing in the constitution and nothing that creates political primaries and nothing in the constitution allows political parties, bosses and legislatures to draw congressional district lines. let me talk about a couple of those same spirit and because by identifying what the problem is, you can see what the solution is. so let me very quickly just talk about the

the american bar association appointed a task force to look into these findings and i was a member of that task force, and then the president of the aba and i testified before a house committee and, guess what? even though a good face was being made for the president to issue and sign the statements, not one single democrat, not one saw any merit in his argument. even though i thought and a lot of other people thought that what the president was doing was clearly unconstitutional, the president saying i don't have to obey the law that i just time, not one republican done anything wrong with it. on issue after issue, foreign policy or anything else, we divide into these parties. first of all, there is nothing in the constitution that creates political parties and nothing that creates political primaries and allows political parties and party bosses and legislatures to talk congressional district lines. let me talk a little bit about that. because by identifying what the problem is, you can see where the solution is. and i do believe that our solutions are there. very quickly, let me ta

it is no surprise that the american bar association gave miss rose a unanimous well qualified rating, the highest rating by the american bar association. finally, mr. president, i want to comment on the historic nature of her confirmation. miss rose was the first woman to be confirmed as u.s. attorney in iowa's northern district. and when confirmed later today, she will be the first woman confirmed as a u.s. court judge in iowa's southern district. miss rose is a person of truly outstanding intellect, integrity and character. she's exceptionally well qualified to serve as united states district judge for the southern district of iowa. i urge all of my colleagues to support her nomination. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that courtney zinner and jessica cullen be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the se

it does not the american bar association or the american medical association. they're doing pretty well. let me say something else. it is true that we have a big trouble maintaining what is amateurism. it is hard to maintain the amateur focus because everybody wants to make a buck off these big-time student-athletes. the problem is, the big-time student-athletes are a very tiny fraction of our franchise. very few. 430 student athletes in the franchise. 430,000 student athletes. that is a lot of kids. they're all playing in a franchise. we believe in this stuff. it is very hard to manage. what you watch when you watched the evolution of the n.c.a.a., and don't forget, this is about the universities, the universities are the franchise, whatever is done is because the universities, their presence, their trustees, faculty, regulatory agencies, everybody is in favor of what is going on. there is nobody opting out. nobody is opting out. people are raising their hands. they get filled with wisdom and justice and truth and they go off and say, we don't need to play any

the policy. they just don't want to talk about it. they think it's a losing issue. >> let's show an interesting bar graph. this comes from larry, the american political science associatione surveyed by the researchers showed budget deficits were an important problem. 60% said child poverty was a very important problem. i mean, theoretically, what is -- why would we be worried about deficits, right? it would impact our economy and i guess, presumably, you would have more children in poverty in the worst case scenario, yet we are seeing our political elite, essenti essentially. this is the discourse through following the policy prescriptions. when we come back, we'll talk more about that and what can be done about it. oid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. you're not using too much are you, hon? ♪ nope. [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use les