without this bill, -- tria. without this bill, tria is set to expire meaning that the house or the senate will extend or else it will end at the end of this year. since it has been here since 2002, it has served with the problem of availability of terrorism insurance. tria has enabled the private insurance market to provide an essential type of coverage that otherwise would not exist. however, like many other government programs, tria needs to be looked at and reformed in order to serve its original purpose, and that is why we are ere today. thanks to the leadership of chairman jeb hensarling and ce chairman randy neugebauer of the financial services committee, s. 2244 provides many of the necessary reforms that will protect taxpayers, promote market stability and provide for economic security for the american people, all in one brand new package. what we're doing here today is important and essential for many people, but it's here to maintain the stability of a marketplace. mr. speaker, i'd like to take us back

we passed tria, the anti-terrorism risk insurance act. now tria is set to expire in just four weeks and we kess prattly need -- desperately need a long-term re-authorization of this important economic tool that has brought stability to businesses and to our economy. we cannot kick the can down the road again by pushing a short-term extension of tria. in fact, just last night 45 republicans signed a letter opposing a short-term extension of tria. all the democrats already oppose an extension of a short-term re-authorization of tria, and this should take this united position, should take this issue off the table. now some members have insisted that the house can't waive the cutco rule to pass tria. it's important to note the house has waived it 18 times and we traditionally waive it for emergency spending, which is what tria is. spending in the wake of a terrorist attack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. mrs. maloney: please come together and pass a long-term re-authorization for our economic growth. the speaker p

/omnibus, the extenders bill, and tria tonight. tonight. and as for right now, i can tell you we're prepared to go forward on the extenders bill and therefore i would ask unanimous consent at the time determined by the majority leader after consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to consideration of h.r. 5771, the tax increase prevention act, that there be up to one hour of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to the vote on passage of the bill, further that the vote on passage be subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold. the presiding officer:le the majority leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to object. madam president, we've had bipartisan conversations about having more than a one-year extension of this tax, the tax extenders. bipartisan conversations about moving to a two-year bill or maybe do what we did here in the senate and pass the extend bill. so i respect my friend who's trying to get us out of here as quickly as possible but we have to have a path forward to make sure t

tria ts that 70,000 fr the philadelpa area. that is a slight increase over last year. the passengers are to make sure thathe t patience. >> pack their patience. >> flights are delayed and kidar concerned to get down on time. we are persevering amu as we can. >'s 5% higher than last year that ar traveling by car. they are gti a gift the gas prisn lower levels in the last years. and traveling to date from jan 4, it will be an alle record. >yre hitting the roads and waiti for a loved one to get in on a flight. we updates on the rainstorm and traffic and airport delays. the system caused violent resus down south. four peo we killed by tordoi mississippi with sevel injured. theorag of in the city of columbia. >>> twister touched down in louisiana, ripping off roofs and downing trees and power line not claiming any live >>>i n at this hour geor h.w. bush has been admied to a houston hospital. the 90-year-old experienced shonef brth tonight. he will be monitored at houston methis hospital as a prect he spent two months at the same host bronchitis. no me details are released a

tria in your comments. we are hopeful that we will follow the senate's -- not lead, but follow the senate in terms of a bipartisan engagement on this issue. as you know, mr. leader, mr. eaker, the senate passed the tria bill which extended the federal reinsurance program for even years by 93-4 vote. it was not close. it was overwhelmingly bipartisan judgment that extending this would be good for business, good for insurers, good for contractor, good for jobs, and good for our economy to give, again, confidence that there would be the insurance available so that people could undertake construction projects either in urban, suburban, or rural areas. and i would hope very much that we could bring a bill to the floor next week, mr. leader, hat extends for no less than two years, i pull out of it, because it's less than, because i know you have the chairman of the finances committee who doesn't want to do the five years or seven year, but the way we're going to to give confidence to people in this economy is to

it's known as tria.f the act does not pass in congress by the end of the year they say the super bowl can't be played. this is for insurance reasons but people say we're going to be talking about wages and snacks and talking about february 1st this most likely will go through. this act is meant to share risk between the federal government and the insurance industry. insurance companies are required to offer terrorism coverage to businesses, and the federal government helps make that happen by covering a certain portion of insured losses and more than 60% of large businesses now happen terrorism insurance. before 9/11 terrorism insurance was not top priority because it was low on the list of concerns. after insurance paid out 44 bill in claims from philadelphia things changed. now with isis in the forefront. terrorism worries are more profound. the nfl joining groups to form a coalition to ensure against terrorism because most insurers won't cover terrorism without this federal support. so we wait until t

could finish the defense bill and then look to doing the tax extenders and completing the work on tria whatever that might be, and from that point forward, we would work on nominations and be out of here fairly quickly, but everyone's going to have to work together to get this done. ms. mikulski: thank you very much, leader reid, for your very kind words and your support and assistant -- oh, ahmadinejad? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise to speak on the omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2015. madam president, i wish to thank the democratic leader, the majority leader, for his kind words. but it's not only about his kind words about me, it's been his advocacy to make sure that as we look at the need for funding for the entire government, that there would be no government shutdown and the no government on autopilot. just a few minutes ago, the house of representatives did their part. they passed the omnibus spending bill, passing it

tria, i don't think it's going in the omnibus. okay, thanks, everybody. john kerryy of state was asked about the senate report on c.i.a. interrogations senate hearing. secretary kerry testified tuesday about the use of force against the militant group, isis, that's next on c-span. this morning's "washington journal" we'll talk more about the c.i.a. interrogation report, calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 eastern. >> this week on q and a, bresnahanraju and share sores about being on the campaign trail with senator mcconnell. >> he had planned for four years this campaign. this started in 2010, right after he saw what happened in the republican primary for rand paul, the kentucky republican senator. rand paul beat mcconnells hand anded guy in that primary, that at that point mcconnell realized i have to recalibrate abouthing i know republican primary politics in my home state and we started to key changes, he hired staff, started to build this sophisticated infrastructure knowing that this would be the most difficult r

terrorismt pass tria, risk insurance, the world will end.if we do not pass tax extenders, special-interest handouts, the world will end. we have to pass a trillion dollar omnibus. given an environment where it's easier than ever to organize we should not be surprised that the conservative movement is stronger. you can tell a lot about his civilization by its pop culture. when you look at the pop culture of the united states you have a "house of cards," popular with that flicks and they say there is politicians willing to murder, lie, and steel for no getting power.an "candle," politicians are willing to murder, torture, and steel for getting power. the premise of "the daily show" is this whole thing is a game, an exercise in coming up with an amendment to turn into a 30 fool the american people into continuing the status quo. you get a sense that washington isn't working to me addressing the anxieties i have. it's exploiting me to take care of those people and we should not be surprised or for you have the type of populist uprising that we s

. >> the speaker laid out to you the next two days of the schedule, the tria today, omnibus tomorrow. i want to highlight something that's very personal to me. i represent california and the central valley. we have a drought that's the worst in 1200 years. yesterday on the floor we passed a bill, not the bill i would have written if i got to have all my way, but it's a bill that we sat and worked with speaker feinstein about. government cannot make it rain. but government can change the policies right now when it is raining in california. that the water no longer goes out to the ocean but is used by constituents. especially throughout the central valley. don't know if you know the central valley, if you ever read "the great surratte" this is the land that feeds the entire country and world. throughout the nation people talk about unemployment below 6%. there are cities that have more than 30%. so while the senate is still in session, i ask them to look in the eyes of those unemployed, they can take an action that can make a difference right now. but if they miss this opportunity, we'l

who is pushing for extension of tria? guest: one group that is pushing for extension is those who need and want to buy insurance. there is concern that insurance would not be as widely available. place,ve insurance in they know that if a catastrophe were to happen, the disasters that happen to them would be compensated they can get those payments quickly. "how are theter, lcu anddocumente -- ca usinglated, private or government experts?" guest: based on actual payments made by companies to policyholders, insurance committees to policyholders. post should be pretty precisely known based on what amount of money the policyholders actually receive. host: talk about when the legislature for the program came about and what was the debate lifke. came: in 2002 when this about there was a critical policy needed to be addressed, that the insurance companies that flood the market and the real estate companies and the airlines and others who wanted to have coverage did not have access. host: if this were not to be renewed, you talk a

amending the tria bill would be just another way to kill the tria bill. now, mr. president, i say respectfully to my friend from oklahoma, i've worked with him for 10 years, from the very beginning, we've tried to work something with him -- work out something with him on this bill. we have been unable to do that. it's unfortunate but his objection is going to kill tria. i'm very sorry about that but that's the fact. so i cannot accept his modification. the presiding officer: objection is heard. is there objection to the original request? mr. coburn: reserving the right to object to continue one portion of my statement. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: according to industry calculations, tria has made the industry $40 billion in the last 12 years. the american taxpayer takes all the risk except for 35% and the insurance industry makes the money. we had a compromise bill coming out of the banking committee. my objections were well-known at that time. they were tried to be accommodated by senator schumer. and with that, i must object to t

he's worked to build bipartisan compromise on issues like tria and f.h.a. reform among so many other matters. and as chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on military construction and veterans affairs, he's been a tireless advocate for our military personnel. i thank him. mary landrieu and i also came to the senate together in 1997. we served together on the appropriations committee where she's been an extraordinary advocate for louisiana, particularly after hurricane katrina. in fact, her efforts have been so profoundly influential in her home state. she is one where we all looked to as a model for what it is to be an advocate for your constituents and she's done it so well. mark pryor and i have worked together on the appropriations committee and the we've worked together on a number of initiatives. and i want to thank him particularly for his role in helping rhode island being included in the commodity supplemental food program. i thank mark for that. and i offer him my firmest wishes. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate