1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 starttime 1241718313.4959 2 00:00:08,001 --> 00:00:10,000 LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN2. 3 00:00:10,001 --> 00:00:13,000 THE CLERK: NOMINATION, EXECUTIVE 4 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:14,000 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, R. GIL 5 00:00:14,001 --> 00:00:16,000 KERLIKOWSKE OF WASHINGTON TO BE 6 00:00:16,001 --> 00:00:19,000 DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG 7 00:00:19,001 --> 00:00:21,000 CONTROL POLICY. 8 00:00:21,001 --> 00:00:23,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE TIME 9 00:00:23,001 --> 00:00:24,000 UNTIL 2:00 IS EQUALLY DIVIDED. 10 00:00:24,001 --> 00:00:25,000 MRS. MURRAY: MR. PRESIDENT? 11 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:26,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 12 00:00:26,001 --> 00:00:28,000 SENATOR FROM WASHINGTON. 13 00:00:28,001 --> 00:00:29,000 MRS. MURRAY: MR. PRESIDENT, OUR 14 00:00:29,001 --> 00:00:32,000 NATION'S NEXTRUG CZAR IS GOING 15 00:00:32,001 --> 00:00:34,000 TO FACE A NUMBER OF KEY CHALLENGES. 16 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,000 THE OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL 17 00:00:35,001 --> 00:00:39,000 POLICY IS GOING TO PLAY A 18 00:00:39,001 --> 00:00:40,000 LEADING ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE 19 00:00:40,001 --> 00:00:43,000 DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE IN MEXICO 20 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:44,000 AND ALONG 21 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:46,000 AN AREA WHERE IF WE DON'T TAKE 22 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:47,000 THE RIGHT STEPS TO TACKLE 23 00:00:47,001 --> 00:00:49,000 PROBLEMS TODAY WE WILL MOST 24 00:00:49,001 --> 00:00:50,000 CERTAINLY SEE THE SPREAD OF 25 00:00:50,001 --> 00:00:51,000 VIOLENCE AND DRUGS INTO TOWNS 26 00:00:51,001 --> 00:00:53,000 AND NEIGHBORHOODS THOUSANDS OF 27 00:00:53,001 --> 00:00:56,000 MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER. 28 00:00:56,001 --> 00:00:58,000 WE ALSO KNOW FROM HISTORY THAT 29 00:00:58,001 --> 00:01:00,000 AS THE ECONOMY FALLS, 30 00:01:00,001 --> 00:01:01,000 RISES, AND THAT CRIME IS GROWING 31 00:01:01,001 --> 00:01:04,000 AT THE SAME TIME THAT LAW 32 00:01:04,001 --> 00:01:07,000 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE 33 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:08,000 COUNTRY FACE PAINFUL CUTBACKS 34 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:10,000 AND GREATER STRAINS ON THEIR 35 00:01:10,001 --> 00:01:13,000 PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES. 36 00:01:13,001 --> 00:01:15,000 IT IS THEREFORE INCUMBENT UPON 37 00:01:15,001 --> 00:01:18,000 THE NEXT DRUG CZAR TO HEN SURE 38 00:01:18,001 --> 00:01:20,000 THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ALL 39 00:01:20,001 --> 00:01:22,000 LEVELS IS WORKING SMARTER 40 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:23,000 FORGING NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND 41 00:01:23,001 --> 00:01:24,000 LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES THEY 42 00:01:24,001 --> 00:01:26,000 HAVE. 43 00:01:26,001 --> 00:01:28,000 WE WILL HAVE TO 44 00:01:28,001 --> 00:01:31,000 AND -- IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG 45 00:01:31,001 --> 00:01:35,000 ABUSE, THE CONTINUED SCOURGE OF 46 00:01:35,001 --> 00:01:37,000 METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND THE 47 00:01:37,001 --> 00:01:39,000 OUR COMMUTIES DUE TO DRUG TRAFFICKING. 48 00:01:39,001 --> 00:01:41,000 MR. PRESIDENT, SEATTLE POLICE 49 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:44,000 CHIEF GIL KERLIKOWSKE IS THE 50 00:01:44,001 --> 00:01:45,000 RIGHT MAN TO ADDRESS THESE BIG 51 00:01:45,001 --> 00:01:47,000 CHALLENGES. 52 00:01:47,001 --> 00:01:49,000 CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE BRINGS A 53 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:51,000 FRESH, NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THE 54 00:01:51,001 --> 00:01:54,000 JOB AS THE NATION'S DRUG CZAR. 55 00:01:54,001 --> 00:01:55,000 HE IS A COP'S COP, AND 56 00:01:55,001 --> 00:01:56,000 PERSPECTIVE WA SHAPED 57 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:58,000 PATROLLING THE STREETS IN 58 00:01:58,001 --> 00:02:00,000 FLORIDA, NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON STATE. 59 00:02:00,001 --> 00:02:02,000 ALONG THE WAY HE HAS HELPED 60 00:02:02,001 --> 00:02:03,000 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOUCHED BY 61 00:02:03,001 --> 00:02:05,000 VIOLENCE AND DRUGS. 62 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:07,000 HE AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT 63 00:02:07,001 --> 00:02:09,000 OFFICIALS THAT HE HAS LED HAVE 64 00:02:09,001 --> 00:02:11,000 BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF OUR 65 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:13,000 NATION'S WAR AGAINST ILLICIT 66 00:02:13,001 --> 00:02:14,000 NARCOTICS AND IN KEEPING OUR 67 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,000 COMMUNITIES SAFE. 68 00:02:16,001 --> 00:02:19,000 AND I KNOW THAT HE WILL BRING 69 00:02:19,001 --> 00:02:23,000 THIS HANDS-ON PERSPECTIVE TO HIS 70 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:25,000 JOB AS OUR NATION'S DRUG CZAR. 71 00:02:25,001 --> 00:02:28,000 CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE ALSO 72 00:02:28,001 --> 00:02:30,000 UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF 73 00:02:30,001 --> 00:02:32,000 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ONDCP AND 74 00:02:32,001 --> 00:02:33,000 OUR STATE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 75 00:02:33,001 --> 00:02:34,000 COMMUNITIES BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ON 76 00:02:34,001 --> 00:02:38,000 THE LOCAL LEVEL. 77 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:40,000 AS THE HEAD OF THE MAJOR CITY'S 78 00:02:40,001 --> 00:02:43,000 CHIEF ORGANIZATION, WHICH 79 00:02:43,001 --> 00:02:45,000 REPRESENTS THE 63 LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED 80 00:02:45,001 --> 00:02:47,000 STATES, HE SEES THE COMMON 81 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:48,000 PROBLEMS FACING CITIES ACROSS 82 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:52,000 THE COUNTRY. 83 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:54,000 I'VE SEEN THIS WORK FIRSTHAND AS 84 00:02:54,001 --> 00:02:56,000 SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF. 85 00:02:56,001 --> 00:02:58,000 THIS PAST DECEMBER UNDER CHIEF 86 00:02:58,001 --> 00:03:01,000 KERLIKOWSKE'S LEADERSHIP IN THE 87 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:03,000 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN COP RATION 88 00:03:03,001 --> 00:03:04,000 WITH FEDERAL AND COUNT -- 89 00:03:04,001 --> 00:03:06,000 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AND 90 00:03:06,001 --> 00:03:08,000 OTHER COUNTIES, HE WAS ABLE TO 91 00:03:08,001 --> 00:03:11,000 BREAK A DRUG RING THAT STRETCHED 92 00:03:11,001 --> 00:03:14,000 FROM 93 00:03:14,001 --> 00:03:15,000 AND CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE WORKED 94 00:03:15,001 --> 00:03:17,000 COOPERATIVELY TO REACH A 95 00:03:17,001 --> 00:03:20,000 RESPONSE FOR GANG VIOLENCE. 96 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:22,000 HE BUILT A COALITION WITH THE 97 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:23,000 KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 98 00:03:23,001 --> 00:03:25,000 WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT 99 00:03:25,001 --> 00:03:27,000 OF CORRECTIONS AND THE A.T.F. 100 00:03:27,001 --> 00:03:29,000 AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS TO 101 00:03:29,001 --> 00:03:32,000 TACKLE PERSISTENT GANG VIOLENCE 102 00:03:32,001 --> 00:03:36,000 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 103 00:03:36,001 --> 00:03:37,000 THESE MULTIAGENCY FEDERAL LOW 104 00:03:37,001 --> 00:03:39,000 PARTNERSHIPS REQUIRE COOPERATION 105 00:03:39,001 --> 00:03:41,000 AND COMPROMISE AND THEY REQUIRE 106 00:03:41,001 --> 00:03:42,000 A LEADER WITH CHIEF 107 00:03:42,001 --> 00:03:44,000 KERLIKOWSKE'S EXPERIENCE TO 108 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:46,000 BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER. 109 00:03:46,001 --> 00:03:48,000 LOCAL POLICE CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS 110 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,000 HAVE TOLD ME THEY ARE SORRY TO 111 00:03:49,001 --> 00:03:52,000 SEE HIM GO. 112 00:03:52,001 --> 00:03:53,000 BUT THE NATION IS GAINING A TRUE 113 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:55,000 INNOVATOR IN GIL KERLIKOWSKE. 114 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,000 I KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO 115 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:58,000 CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE 116 00:03:58,001 --> 00:03:59,000 RELATIONSHIPS WITH 117 00:03:59,001 --> 00:04:01,000 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 118 00:04:01,001 --> 00:04:03,000 AND THIS APPROACH WILL MAKE ALL 119 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:06,000 OF OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. 120 00:04:06,001 --> 00:04:07,000 MR. PRESIDENT, CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE 121 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:11,000 ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT THE DRUG 122 00:04:11,001 --> 00:04:13,000 WAR WILL NOT ONLY BE WON ON THE 123 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:14,000 STREETS BUT IN OUR COURTROOMS AN 124 00:04:14,001 --> 00:04:17,000 HOMES. 125 00:04:17,001 --> 00:04:20,000 FOR -- AND OUR HOMES. 126 00:04:20,001 --> 00:04:21,000 HE HAS BEEN WITH FIGHT PRIME, 127 00:04:21,001 --> 00:04:23,000 INVEST IN KIDS. 128 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:25,000 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CHIEF 129 00:04:25,001 --> 00:04:27,000 KERLIKOWSKE, THIS GROUP HAS 130 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:30,000 FOCUSED ON PREVENTION BY 131 00:04:30,001 --> 00:04:33,000 FIGHTING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD 132 00:04:33,001 --> 00:04:34,000 INTERVENTION FUNDING, 133 00:04:34,001 --> 00:04:35,000 AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. 134 00:04:35,001 --> 00:04:37,000 CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE KNOWS THE BEST 135 00:04:37,001 --> 00:04:39,000 WAY TO END THE USE OF DRUGS AND 136 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:45,000 SPREAD OF CRIME IS TO PREVENT IT. 137 00:04:45,001 --> 00:04:50,000 AND HE WILL BRING THAT 138 00:04:50,001 --> 00:04:52,000 COMMONSENSE APPROACH TO ONDPP. 139 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:54,000 GIL KERLIKOWSKE HAS SERVED OUR 140 00:04:54,001 --> 00:04:55,000 STATE WELL AND HE WILL SERVE THE 141 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:57,000 NATION WELL. 142 00:04:57,001 --> 00:04:58,000 I AM SO PROUD TO SUPPORT HIS 143 00:04:58,001 --> 00:04:59,000 CONFIRMATION. 144 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:00,000 IN A FEW SHORT MINUTES THE 145 00:05:00,001 --> 00:05:02,000 SENATE WILL VOTE ON HIS 146 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:03,000 CONFIRMATION, AND I'M VERY PROUD 147 00:05:03,001 --> 00:05:05,000 TO STAND HERE TODAY TO TELL MY 148 00:05:05,001 --> 00:05:07,000 COLLEAGUES THEY WILL 149 00:05:07,001 --> 00:05:09,000 THAT THEY VOTED WITH US TO 150 00:05:09,001 --> 00:05:10,000 CONFIRM 151 00:05:10,001 --> 00:05:19,000 I YIELD THE FLO 152 00:05:19,001 --> 00:05:22,000 THE ABSENCE OF A QUORU 153 00:05:22,001 --> 00:05:26,000 THTHE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 154 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:28,000 SENATOR 155 00:05:28,001 --> 00:05:32,000 MRS. MURRAY: 156 00:05:32,001 --> 00:05:33,000 BE CHARGED EQUALLY SIDES. 157 00:05:33,001 --> 00:05:34,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 158 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,000 SENATE IS IN A QUORUM CALL. MRS. MURRAY: I ASK UNANIMOUS 159 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:37,000 CONSENT THAT THE QUORUM CALL BE 160 00:05:37,001 --> 00:05:38,000 LIFTED. 161 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:40,000 AND I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT 162 00:05:40,001 --> 00:05:41,000 THE QUORUM CALL WILL BE DIVIDED 163 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:42,000 EQUALLY BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. 164 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:43,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 165 00:05:43,001 --> 00:05:45,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 166 00:05:45,001 --> 00:05:49,000 MRS. MURRAY: I SUGGEST THE 167 00:05:49,001 --> 00:05:50,000 ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. 168 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:58,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK 169 00:05:58,001 --> 00:10:21,000 WILL CALL THE ROLL. 170 00:10:21,001 --> 00:10:22,000 QUORUM CALL: 171 00:10:22,001 --> 00:10:23,000 A SENATO 172 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:24,000 THE PRESIDING OF 173 00:10:24,001 --> 00:10:26,000 SENATOR FROM VERMONT. 174 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:28,000 MR. LEAHY: M 175 00:10:28,001 --> 00:10:29,000 CONSENT THAT THE CALL OF THE 176 00:10:29,001 --> 00:10:30,000 QUORUM BE DISPENSED WITH. 177 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:31,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 178 00:10:31,001 --> 00:10:33,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 179 00:10:33,001 --> 00:10:35,000 MR. LEAHY: MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY 180 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:37,000 AT LAST THE SENATE IS 181 00:10:37,001 --> 00:10:39,000 CONSIDERING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 182 00:10:39,001 --> 00:10:43,000 NOMINATION OF CHIEF GIL 183 00:10:43,001 --> 00:10:47,000 KERLIKOWSKE TO BE DIRECTOR OF 184 00:10:47,001 --> 00:10:50,000 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. 185 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:53,000 HE'S A HIGHLY QUALIFIED NOMINEE. 186 00:10:53,001 --> 00:10:55,000 WE MET WITH HIM SOME TIME AGO. 187 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:58,000 HE HAS DRAWN WIDESPREAD SUPPORT 188 00:10:58,001 --> 00:11:00,000 FROM DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS. 189 00:11:00,001 --> 00:11:01,000 ALSO FROM STATE AND LAW 190 00:11:01,001 --> 00:11:04,000 ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 191 00:11:04,001 --> 00:11:05,000 I KNOW A NUMBER OF THE LAW 192 00:11:05,001 --> 00:11:07,000 ENFORCEM 193 00:11:07,001 --> 00:11:08,000 SUPPORT HIM AND 194 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,000 CAREFULLY TO THEIR 195 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:10,000 RECOMMENDATION. 196 00:11:10,001 --> 00:11:12,000 I ACTUALLY HOPED THAT THE SENATE 197 00:11:12,001 --> 00:11:13,000 WOULD HAVE CONFIRMED HIM BEFORE 198 00:11:13,001 --> 00:11:15,000 OUR LAST RECESS. 199 00:11:15,001 --> 00:11:16,000 I'M SORRY THAT SOME ON THE OTHER 200 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:18,000 SIDE HELD HIM UP. 201 00:11:18,001 --> 00:11:21,000 I LOOK FORWARD 202 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:24,000 CONFIRMED TODAY AND I BELIEVE HE 203 00:11:24,001 --> 00:11:26,000 SUPPORT. 204 00:11:26,001 --> 00:11:28,000 CHIEF KERLIKOWSKE HAS ALMOST 40 205 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:29,000 YEARS OF EXPERIE 206 00:11:29,001 --> 00:11:30,000 ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING HIS 207 00:11:30,001 --> 00:11:32,000 CURRENT ROLE AS CHIEF OF POLICE 208 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:33,000 WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE 209 00:11:33,001 --> 00:11:35,000 DERTMENT. 210 00:11:35,001 --> 00:11:36,000 HIS LONG CAREER OF PUBLIC 211 00:11:36,001 --> 00:11:38,000 SERVICE, HE DEMONSTRATED 212 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:40,000 COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NARCOTICS ISSUES. 213 00:11:40,001 --> 00:11:43,000 HE 214 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:45,000 OF THE MAJOR CITIES CHIEF ASSOCIATION. 215 00:11:45,001 --> 00:11:47,000 SO I WISH TO THANK THE SENATORS 216 00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:50,000 FROM WASHINGTON STATE, SENATOR 217 00:11:50,001 --> 00:11:52,000 MURRAY AND SENATOR CANTWELL, FOR 218 00:11:52,001 --> 00:11:54,000 THEIR STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF THIS 219 00:11:54,001 --> 00:11:56,000 OUTSTANDING NOMINEE AT OUR 220 00:11:56,001 --> 00:11:58,000 APRIL 1st HEARING, AND THEIR 221 00:11:58,001 --> 00:12:02,000 CONTINUED EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF HIS NOMINATION. 222 00:12:02,001 --> 00:12:06,000 AS THE FORMER PROSECUTOR -- AS A 223 00:12:06,001 --> 00:12:09,000 FORMER PROSECUTOR, I ALWAYS 224 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:11,000 ADVOCATED VIGOROUS PUNISHMENT OF 225 00:12:11,001 --> 00:12:13,000 THOSE WHO COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIME. 226 00:12:13,001 --> 00:12:15,000 PUNISHMENT ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE 227 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,000 THE PROBLEMS OF DRUG AND 228 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:18,000 VIOLENCE IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 229 00:12:18,001 --> 00:12:20,000 I'M PLEASED THAT THE CHIEF 230 00:12:20,001 --> 00:12:23,000 SUPPORTS 231 00:12:23,001 --> 00:12:25,000 CRIME WITH ALL OF THE TOOLS AT 232 00:12:25,001 --> 00:12:28,000 OUR DISPOSAL. 233 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:29,000 INCLUDING ENFORCEMENT, 234 00:12:29,001 --> 00:12:31,000 PREVENTION. 235 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:34,000 I CONGRATULATE GIL KERLIKOWSKE 236 00:12:34,001 --> 00:12:36,000 AND HIS FAMILY ON WHAT WILL 237 00:12:36,001 --> 00:12:38,000 HIS CONFIRMATION IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 238 00:12:38,001 --> 00:12:42,000 I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH 239 00:12:42,001 --> 00:12:46,000 HIM IN THE YEARS 240 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:48,000 I ASK THAT MY STATEMENT BE 241 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:49,000 PLACED IN THE RECORD AS IF READ. 242 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:53,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 243 00:12:53,001 --> 00:12:56,000 MR. LEAHY: WHAT IS THE 244 00:12:56,001 --> 00:12:59,000 PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 245 00:12:59,001 --> 00:13:01,000 SENATE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE 246 00:13:01,001 --> 00:13:02,000 2:00 P.M. ON THE NOMINATION OF 247 00:13:02,001 --> 00:13:03,000 MR. KERLIKOWSKE. 248 00:13:03,001 --> 00:13:04,000 MR. LEAHY: HAVE THE YEAS AND 249 00:13:04,001 --> 00:13:05,000 NAYS BEEN ORDERED? 250 00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:06,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THEY HAVE 251 00:13:06,001 --> 00:13:07,000 NOT. 252 00:13:07,001 --> 00:13:09,000 MR. LEAHY: I ASK FOR AND NAYS. 253 00:13:09,001 --> 00:13:14,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: IS THERE 254 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:15,000 A SUFFICIENT NECKE 255 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:19,000 THERE APPEARS TO BE. 256 00:13:19,001 --> 00:13:21,000 THE CLERK WILL CALL THE R 257 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:23,000 MR. LEAHY: IT WILL BE AT 2:0 258 00:13:23,001 --> 00:13:45,000 I YIELD THE FLOOR. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WHO 259 00:13:45,001 --> 00:13:46,000 YIELDS TIME? 260 00:13:46,001 --> 00:13:47,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 261 00:13:47,001 --> 00:13:50,000 OBJECTION, ALL TIME IS YIELDED 262 00:13:50,001 --> 00:13:51,000 BACK. 263 00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:52,000 THE YEAS AND NAYS HAVING BEEN 264 00:13:52,001 --> 00:13:59,000 ORDERED, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE 265 00:13:59,001 --> 00:15:50,000 ROLL. 266 00:15:50,001 --> 00:26:24,000 VOTE: 267 00:26:24,001 --> 00:37:13,000 VOTE: 268 00:37:13,001 --> 00:37:14,000 VOTE: 269 00:37:14,001 --> 00:37:15,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: ARE THERE 270 00:37:15,001 --> 00:37:17,000 ANY OTHER SENATORS WISHING TO 271 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:22,000 VOTE OR TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? 272 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:25,000 IF NOT, ON THIS VOTE, THE 273 00:37:25,001 --> 00:37:27,000 ARE 91 AND THE NAYS ARE 274 00:37:27,001 --> 00:37:30,000 THE NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED. 275 00:37:30,001 --> 00:37:34,000 UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID 276 00:37:34,001 --> 00:37:40,000 UPON THE TABLE 277 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:43,000 WILL BE 278 00:37:43,001 --> 00:37:44,000 NOTIFIED OF THE SENATE'S 279 00:37:44,001 --> 00:37:46,000 MR. REID: I ASK UNANIMOUS 280 00:37:46,001 --> 00:37:47,000 CONSENT AT 3:00 P.M. MONDAY, MAY 281 00:37:47,001 --> 00:37:50,000 11, THE SENATE PROCEED TO 282 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:52,000 CALENDAR NUMBER 55, H.R. 627 AND 283 00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:53,000 ONCE THE BILL IS REPORTED, 284 00:37:53,001 --> 00:37:57,000 SENATOR DODD OR HIS DESIGNEE 285 00:37:57,001 --> 00:37:58,000 RECOGNIZED TO OFFER THE 286 00:37:58,001 --> 00:38:00,000 DODD-SHELBY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 287 00:38:00,001 --> 00:38:01,000 AND THE CLOTURE MOTION ON THE 288 00:38:01,001 --> 00:38:02,000 MOTION TO PROCEED BE WITHDRAWN. 289 00:38:02,001 --> 00:38:03,000 THE PRESID 290 00:38:03,001 --> 00:38:05,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 291 00:38:05,001 --> 00:38:07,000 MR. REID: MR. PRESIDENT, 292 00:38:07,001 --> 00:38:09,000 SENATOR DODD AND SHELBY HAVE 293 00:38:09,001 --> 00:38:10,000 DONE VERY GOOD WORK ON THIS 294 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:11,000 BILL. 295 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:15,000 THIS IS A BILL THAT PASSED T 296 00:38:15,001 --> 00:38:16,000 HOUSE WITH SOME 377 VOTES. 297 00:38:16,001 --> 00:38:19,000 IT'S A VERY UPON PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 298 00:38:19,001 --> 00:38:23,000 IT'S BIPARTISAN IN NATURE. 299 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:26,000 I HAD A PRECEDENT -- PRESS EVENT 300 00:38:26,001 --> 00:38:30,000 THIS MNING, ACTUALLY, AT 12:30 301 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:35,000 WITH SENATOR DURBIN, SCHUMER, 302 00:38:35,001 --> 00:38:36,000 AND SENATOR MURRAY. 303 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:38,000 THERE I MADE THE BEST CASE I 304 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:39,000 COULD TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE 305 00:38:39,001 --> 00:38:42,000 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET DONE WITH 306 00:38:42,001 --> 00:38:45,000 THE HELP OF THE REPUBLICANS. 307 00:38:45,001 --> 00:38:47,000 WE'VE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD WORK. 308 00:38:47,001 --> 00:38:48,000 AND MORE INDICATION 309 00:38:48,001 --> 00:38:50,000 WHAT WE HE BEEN ABLE TO DO 310 00:38:50,001 --> 00:38:52,000 WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION 311 00:38:52,001 --> 00:38:53,000 IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET 312 00:38:53,001 --> 00:38:55,000 DONE, WE FINISH 313 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:56,000 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO TOBACCO 314 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:57,000 UNTIL WE COME BACK. 315 00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:01,000 WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE WORK 316 00:39:01,001 --> 00:39:04,000 WE HAVE TO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL. 317 00:39:04,001 --> 00:39:06,000 WE HOPE TO GET SOME NOMINATIONS DONE. 318 00:39:06,001 --> 00:39:07,000 BUT WE'VE HAD SOME REAL GOOD 319 00:39:07,001 --> 00:39:09,000 WORK HERE. 320 00:39:09,001 --> 00:39:10,000 I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE 321 00:39:10,001 --> 00:39:12,000 WAY WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER. 322 00:39:12,001 --> 00:39:13,000 WE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TOGETHER 323 00:39:13,001 --> 00:39:14,000 WE NEED TO DO. 324 00:39:14,001 --> 00:39:16,000 BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A 325 00:39:16,001 --> 00:39:19,000 TREMENDOUS STEP IN THE R DIRECTION. 326 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:20,000 MR. PRESIDENT, I NOW ASK CONSENT 327 00:39:20,001 --> 00:39:21,000 THE SENATE PROCEED TO A PERIOD 328 00:39:21,001 --> 00:39:24,000 OF MORNING BUSINESS WITH 329 00:39:24,001 --> 00:39:25,000 SENATORS ALLOWE ALLOWED IT SPEAK FOR UP 330 00:39:25,001 --> 00:39:26,000 TO TEN MINUTES EACH. 331 00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:27,000 THIS IS THE LAST VOTEF THE 332 00:39:27,001 --> 00:39:30,000 WEEK AND WE WILL INHE HAVE 333 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 334 00:39:32,001 --> 00:39:33,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 335 00:39:33,001 --> 00:39:37,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 336 00:39:37,001 --> 00:39:39,000 SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS. 337 00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:41,000 MR. BURRIS: ARE WE IN MORNING BUSINESS? 338 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:43,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 339 00:39:43,001 --> 00:39:44,000 SENATE 340 00:39:44,001 --> 00:39:46,000 MR. BURR: THANK YOU, 341 00:39:46,001 --> 00:39:49,000 MR. PRESIDENT. 342 00:39:49,001 --> 00:39:50,000 MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND 343 00:39:50,001 --> 00:39:53,000 CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 344 00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:55,000 RECOGNIZE 345 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:58,000 "NATIONAL TRAIN DAY." 346 00:39:58,001 --> 00:40:00,000 IT IS A C 347 00:40:00,001 --> 00:40:02,000 OF COAST TO COAST RAIL TRAVEL IN 348 00:40:02,001 --> 00:40:05,000 THE UNITED STATES. 349 00:40:05,001 --> 00:40:08,000 I RISE TO COMMEMORATE T PROUD 350 00:40:08,001 --> 00:40:10,000 HISTORY OF AMERICA'S RAILWAYS. 351 00:40:10,001 --> 00:40:14,000 BUT ALSO TO MARK THIS AS A TIME 352 00:40:14,001 --> 00:40:16,000 FOR MORE THAN CELEBRATION. 353 00:40:16,001 --> 00:40:21,000 WE MUST SEE THIS OCCASION AS AN 354 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:24,000 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AHEAD, TO 355 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:26,000 REINVEST 356 00:40:26,001 --> 00:40:29,000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEGIN A FRESH 357 00:40:29,001 --> 00:40:32,000 CHAPTER IN HIGH-SPEED RAIL 358 00:40:32,001 --> 00:40:36,000 SERVICE. 359 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,000 IN MAY OF 1869 THE CENTRAL 360 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:41,000 PACIFIC AND THE UNION PACIFIC 361 00:40:41,001 --> 00:40:43,000 RAILROADS WERE JOINED IN THE 362 00:40:43,001 --> 00:40:46,000 REMOTE UTAH DESERT CONNECTING 363 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:49,000 THE EAST AND WEST COASTS OF THE 364 00:40:49,001 --> 00:40:52,000 UNITED STATES AND COMPLETING 365 00:40:52,001 --> 00:40:54,000 THIS VERY FIRST 366 00:40:54,001 --> 00:40:55,000 RAILROAD IN OUR NATION'S 367 00:40:55,001 --> 00:40:58,000 HISTORY. 368 00:40:58,001 --> 00:41:00,000 WE ARE ALMOST A CENTURY AND A 369 00:41:00,001 --> 00:41:03,000 HALF SINCE, TRAINS HAVE 370 00:41:03,001 --> 00:41:05,000 ANSFORMED THE WAY GOODS ARE 371 00:41:05,001 --> 00:41:07,000 TRANSPORTED AND INNER CITY 372 00:41:07,001 --> 00:41:08,000 PASSENGERS REACH THEIR 373 00:41:08,001 --> 00:41:10,000 DESTINATIONS. 374 00:41:10,001 --> 00:41:12,000 FROM THE MOMENT 375 00:41:12,001 --> 00:41:14,000 AMERICA'S RAILROADS HAVE 376 00:41:14,001 --> 00:41:17,000 REPRESENTED OUR EFFORT TO MEET 377 00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:20,000 THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITI 378 00:41:20,001 --> 00:41:21,000 OF LIVING IN A NATION 379 00:41:21,001 --> 00:41:22,000 A CONTINENT. 380 00:41:22,001 --> 00:41:24,000 THE RAILS THAT CONNECT THE 381 00:41:24,001 --> 00:41:28,000 ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC BECAME 382 00:41:28,001 --> 00:41:30,000 THE BACKBONE UPON WHICH THIS 383 00:41:30,001 --> 00:41:34,000 GREAT AMERICA COMMERCE -- THIS 384 00:41:34,001 --> 00:41:37,000 GREAT AMERICAN COMMERCE AND ITS INGENUITY. 385 00:41:37,001 --> 00:41:39,000 IN MANY WAYS, THEY DEFINED THE 386 00:41:39,001 --> 00:41:43,000 FABRIC OF 387 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:46,000 THE FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWS OUR 388 00:41:46,001 --> 00:41:50,000 CIVILIZATION TO 389 00:41:50,001 --> 00:41:56,000 FRONTIERS WESTWARD. 390 00:41:56,001 --> 00:42:01,000 EVERY YEAR, AMTRAK TRANCE SPORTS 391 00:42:01,001 --> 00:42:03,000 58 MILLION 392 00:42:03,001 --> 00:42:05,000 STATES AND IT IS MORE ENERGY 393 00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:08,000 EFFICIENT THAN AIR TRAVEL AND 394 00:42:08,001 --> 00:42:10,000 25% MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN 395 00:42:10,001 --> 00:42:12,000 AUTOMOBILES. 396 00:42:12,001 --> 00:42:14,000 MAKING THE MODERN LOCOMOTIVE ONE 397 00:42:14,001 --> 00:42:16,000 OF THE MOST REFINED AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY 398 00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:19,000 TECHNOLOGIES IN AMERICA'S 399 00:42:19,001 --> 00:42:21,000 HISTORY. 400 00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:23,000 I'VE S 401 00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:25,000 MR. PRESIDENT. 402 00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:28,000 MY EARLY 403 00:42:28,001 --> 00:42:33,000 BY THE GREAT AMERICAN RAILWAY. 404 00:42:33,001 --> 00:42:34,000 I WAS RAISED IN 405 00:42:34,001 --> 00:42:37,000 ILLINOIS, A SMALL TOWN VERY MUCH 406 00:42:37,001 --> 00:42:39,000 CENTERED AROUND THE RAILROADS. 407 00:42:39,001 --> 00:42:42,000 WE LIVED ALONG A MAJOR LINE 408 00:42:42,001 --> 00:42:45,000 ORIGINATING IN CHICAGO AND THE 409 00:42:45,001 --> 00:42:48,000 DMAIS' TRANSPORTATION HUB 410 00:42:48,001 --> 00:42:49,000 SHIPPED GOOD AND PASSENGERS AND 411 00:42:49,001 --> 00:42:50,000 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERY 412 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:54,000 COMMUNITY IT TOUCHESFTER THE 413 00:42:54,001 --> 00:42:56,000 TRAINS SLID OUT ACROSS THE 414 00:42:56,001 --> 00:42:59,000 AMERICAN HEARTLAND. 415 00:42:59,001 --> 00:43:01,000 LIKE MANY IN 416 00:43:01,001 --> 00:43:03,000 FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND FOUR 417 00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:04,000 GREAT UNCLES WORKED MANY YEARS 418 00:43:04,001 --> 00:43:06,000 FOR THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL 419 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:09,000 RAILROAD. 420 00:43:09,001 --> 00:43:10,000 GIVING US ALMOST 300 YEARS OF 421 00:43:10,001 --> 00:43:11,000 SERVICE TO THE RAILROAD 422 00:43:11,001 --> 00:43:13,000 INDUSTRY. 423 00:43:13,001 --> 00:43:15,000 I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE 424 00:43:15,001 --> 00:43:18,000 LEGACY THA HE AND MANY OTHERS 425 00:43:18,001 --> 00:43:20,000 HELPED TO CREATE IN ILLINOIS AND 426 00:43:20,001 --> 00:43:22,000 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 427 00:43:22,001 --> 00:43:25,000 A LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE 428 00:43:25,001 --> 00:43:27,000 US 429 00:43:27,001 --> 00:43:29,000 BUT NOW THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE 430 00:43:29,001 --> 00:43:32,000 WHAT GIVES DEFINITION T THIS 431 00:43:32,001 --> 00:43:37,000 COUNTRY IS BADLY IN NEED OF REPAIR. 432 00:43:37,001 --> 00:43:41,000 THE TIME HAS COME ONCE AGAIN TO 433 00:43:41,001 --> 00:43:43,000 REINVEST IN RAIL TRAVEL. 434 00:43:43,001 --> 00:43:46,000 THROUGHOUT MY CAREER I HAVE 435 00:43:46,001 --> 00:43:47,000 SUPPORTED HIGH-SPEED RAIL 436 00:43:47,001 --> 00:43:49,000 TECHNOLOGY WHICH 437 00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:53,000 POLLUTION AND EASE CROWDING ON 438 00:43:53,001 --> 00:43:55,000 OUR ROADS AND IN OUR SKIES. 439 00:43:55,001 --> 00:43:58,000 NOW UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 440 00:43:58,001 --> 00:44:00,000 LEADERSHIP WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO 441 00:44:00,001 --> 00:44:02,000 MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY. 442 00:44:02,001 --> 00:44:06,000 BY MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL 443 00:44:06,001 --> 00:44:08,000 INVESTMENT IN CLEAN, SAFE 444 00:44:08,001 --> 00:44:09,000 HIGH-SPEED RAIL WE CAN RENEW THE 445 00:44:09,001 --> 00:44:14,000 DEEP CONNECTION THAT BINDS OUR 446 00:44:14,001 --> 00:44:20,000 CITIES AND STATES TO ONE ANOTHER 447 00:44:20,001 --> 00:44:24,000 AND OUR SHARED NATIONAL DESTINY. 448 00:44:24,001 --> 00:44:26,000 WE HAVE CREATED JOBS, 449 00:44:26,001 --> 00:44:28,000 REVITALIZED OUR ECONOMY, 450 00:44:28,001 --> 00:44:30,000 PROTECTED OUR ENVIRONMENT AND 451 00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:32,000 CONTINUE THE PROUD CONDITION OF 452 00:44:32,001 --> 00:44:35,000 OUR NATIONAL 453 00:44:35,001 --> 00:44:36,000 I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME 454 00:44:36,001 --> 00:44:39,000 IN REAFFIRMING THIS COMMITMENT 455 00:44:39,001 --> 00:44:41,000 TO MODERN 456 00:44:41,001 --> 00:44:43,000 I'M GLAD THAT SO MANY RECOGNIZE 457 00:44:43,001 --> 00:44:47,000 THE IMPORTANCE OF RAILROADS AND 458 00:44:47,001 --> 00:44:51,000 SHAPING THE PAST WE SHA. 459 00:44:51,001 --> 00:44:54,000 BUT THIS YEAR, ON "NATIONAL 460 00:44:54,001 --> 00:44:56,000 TRAIN DAY," WE SHOULD CELEBRATE 461 00:44:56,001 --> 00:44:57,000 OR PAST BY LOOKING TO OUR FUTURE. 462 00:44:57,001 --> 00:45:00,000 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 463 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,000 I YIELD THE FLOOR. 464 00:45:02,001 --> 00:45:04,000 I SAY THERE IS A 465 00:45:04,001 --> 00:45:08,000 QUORUM. 466 00:45:08,001 --> 00:45:09,000 THE PRESIDING OF? 467 00:45:09,001 --> 00:45:12,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 468 00:45:12,001 --> 01:00:02,000 CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. 469 01:00:02,001 --> 01:01:03,000 QUORUM CALL: 470 01:01:03,001 --> 01:01:06,000 QUORUM CALL: 471 01:01:06,001 --> 01:01:07,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 472 01:01:07,001 --> 01:01:08,000 SENATOR FROM OREGON. MR. WYDEN: I ASK UNANIMOUS 473 01:01:08,001 --> 01:01:10,000 CONSENT TO VACATE THE QUORUM 474 01:01:10,001 --> 01:01:11,000 CALL, MR. PRESIDENT, AND SPEAK 475 01:01:11,001 --> 01:01:16,000 AS IF IN MORNING BUSINESS FOR UP 476 01:01:16,001 --> 01:01:17,000 TO 15 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 477 01:01:17,001 --> 01:01:18,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 478 01:01:18,001 --> 01:01:19,000 MR. WYDEN: MR. PRESIDENT, THE 479 01:01:19,001 --> 01:01:21,000 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON 480 01:01:21,001 --> 01:01:22,000 WHICH I SERVE -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 481 01:01:22,001 --> 01:01:23,000 SENATOR FROM OREGON IS 482 01:01:23,001 --> 01:01:24,000 RECOGNIZED. MR. WYDEN: THANK YOU VERY 483 01:01:24,001 --> 01:01:25,000 MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. 484 01:01:25,001 --> 01:01:29,000 THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON 485 01:01:29,001 --> 01:01:31,000 WHICH I SERVE IS ABOUT TO TAKE 486 01:01:31,001 --> 01:01:34,000 UP THE TOUGHEST ISSUE IN THE 487 01:01:34,001 --> 01:01:36,000 DEBATE ABOUT HEALTH CARE 488 01:01:36,001 --> 01:01:39,000 AND THAT IS THE QUESTION OF HOW 489 01:01:39,001 --> 01:01:42,000 TO PAY FOR IT. 490 01:01:42,001 --> 01:01:44,000 TO BE CREDIBLE, THAT MEANS 491 01:01:44,001 --> 01:01:46,000 SHOWING THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO 492 01:01:46,001 --> 01:01:49,000 SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR YEARS 493 01:01:49,001 --> 01:01:51,000 AND YEARS TO START 494 01:01:51,001 --> 01:01:56,000 COSTS, BUT IN FACT YOU'RE GOING 495 01:01:56,001 --> 01:01:58,000 TO START GENERATING SAVINGS IN 496 01:01:58,001 --> 01:02:01,000 THE $2.5 TRILLION THAT OUR 497 01:02:01,001 --> 01:02:05,000 COUNTRY SPENDS ON HEALTH CARE QUICKLY. 498 01:02:05,001 --> 01:02:06,000 AND YOU MUST DO IT IN A 499 01:02:06,001 --> 01:02:11,000 BIPARTISAN FASHION THAT'S 500 01:02:11,001 --> 01:02:13,000 ACCEPTABLE TO OUR PEOPLE. 501 01:02:13,001 --> 01:02:16,000 SO TODAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I OFFER 502 01:02:16,001 --> 01:02:20,000 THE FOUR PILLARS OF IMMEDIATE 503 01:02:20,001 --> 01:02:23,000 HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT, 504 01:02:23,001 --> 01:02:24,000 AND EACH ONE OF THESE 505 01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:28,000 MR. PRESIDENT, IS AN IDEA THAT 506 01:02:28,001 --> 01:02:30,000 IS SUPPORTED BY INFLUENTIAL 507 01:02:30,001 --> 01:02:33,000 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND 508 01:02:33,001 --> 01:02:35,000 INFLUENTIAL REPUBLICAN SENATORS 509 01:02:35,001 --> 01:02:36,000 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES 510 01:02:36,001 --> 01:02:39,000 SENATE. 511 01:02:39,001 --> 01:02:42,000 MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST PILLAR 512 01:02:42,001 --> 01:02:44,000 OF IMMEDIATE HEALTH CARE COSTS 513 01:02:44,001 --> 01:02:47,000 CONTAINMENT REQUIRES THAT THERE 514 01:02:47,001 --> 01:02:54,000 BE TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE 515 01:02:54,001 --> 01:02:55,000 CLASS BUT NO ME TAX SUBSIDIES 516 01:02:55,001 --> 01:02:58,000 FOR DESIGNERS SMILES. 517 01:02:58,001 --> 01:03:00,000 IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE, BUT TODAY 518 01:03:00,001 --> 01:03:05,000 HARD-WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS 519 01:03:05,001 --> 01:03:06,000 WHO ARE UNINSURED OR 520 01:03:06,001 --> 01:03:10,000 UNDERINSURED EVERY DAY WATCH 521 01:03:10,001 --> 01:03:14,000 THEIR TAXES GO TO SUBSIDIZE 522 01:03:14,001 --> 01:03:17,000 DESIGNER SMILES FOR THE MOST 523 01:03:17,001 --> 01:03:20,000 AFFLUENT THAT WOULD BE WORTHY OF HOLLYWOOD. 524 01:03:20,001 --> 01:03:28,000 THE FIRST PILLAR OF HEALTH CARE 525 01:03:28,001 --> 01:03:29,000 COST CONTAINMENT: START SAVING 526 01:03:29,001 --> 01:03:33,000 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY 527 01:03:33,001 --> 01:03:34,000 BY TAKING AWAY UNNEEDED TAX 528 01:03:34,001 --> 01:03:37,000 BREAKS AND BEEFING UP HEALTH 529 01:03:37,001 --> 01:03:40,000 CARE 530 01:03:40,001 --> 01:03:44,000 WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 531 01:03:44,001 --> 01:03:47,000 THE SECOND PILLAR OF IMMEDIATE 532 01:03:47,001 --> 01:03:50,000 HEALTH CARE COST 533 01:03:50,001 --> 01:03:53,000 MEANS 534 01:03:53,001 --> 01:03:56,000 CARE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 535 01:03:56,001 --> 01:04:00,000 AMERICANS ARE DROWNING IN HEALTH 536 01:04:00,001 --> 01:04:04,000 CARE RULES AND ADMINISTRATIVE HASSLES. 537 01:04:04,001 --> 01:04:08,000 NOW YOU CAN JUNK 538 01:04:08,001 --> 01:04:09,000 BUREAUCRACY BY DOING EVERYTHING 539 01:04:09,001 --> 01:04:12,000 JUST ONCE. 540 01:04:12,001 --> 01:04:14,000 SIGNING UP FOR THE HEALTH CARE 541 01:04:14,001 --> 01:04:17,000 THAT YOU WANT, PAYING FOR IT 542 01:04:17,001 --> 01:04:22,000 THROUGH THE WITHHOLDING SYSTEM 543 01:04:22,001 --> 01:04:23,000 YOU USE WITH EVERY PAYCHECK, 544 01:04:23,001 --> 01:04:26,000 KEEPING WHAT YOU HAVE IF YOU 545 01:04:26,001 --> 01:04:30,000 LEAVE YOUR JOB OR YOUR JOB 546 01:04:30,001 --> 01:04:32,000 LEAVES YOU, AND EASILY FINDING 547 01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:35,000 OUT ABOUT THE COSTS AND QUALITY 548 01:04:35,001 --> 01:04:43,000 OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT ARE 549 01:04:43,001 --> 01:04:49,000 NEAR YOU AND DOING IT ON LINE. 550 01:04:49,001 --> 01:04:50,000 HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT, 551 01:04:50,001 --> 01:04:56,000 MR. PRESIDENT, IS EVERYBODY IS 552 01:04:56,001 --> 01:04:59,000 PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE? YOU CANNOT LOWER HEALTH CARE 553 01:04:59,001 --> 01:05:00,000 COSTS IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT 554 01:05:00,001 --> 01:05:02,000 GOOD-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE 555 01:05:02,001 --> 01:05:04,000 COVERAGE FOR ALL. 556 01:05:04,001 --> 01:05:06,000 IF YOU TKOEFRPBT COVER 557 01:05:06,001 --> 01:05:09,000 EVERYONE -- IF YOU DON'T COVER 558 01:05:09,001 --> 01:05:12,000 EVERYONE, THERE'S TOO MUCH COST 559 01:05:12,001 --> 01:05:13,000 SHIFTING AND NOT ENOUGH 560 01:05:13,001 --> 01:05:16,000 PREVENTION. 561 01:05:16,001 --> 01:05:18,000 PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS JUST 562 01:05:18,001 --> 01:05:22,000 AS IMPORTANT. 563 01:05:22,001 --> 01:05:25,000 AMERICANS 564 01:05:25,001 --> 01:05:28,000 UNLESS EVERYONE SECURES BASIC 565 01:05:28,001 --> 01:05:31,000 COVERAGE WITH EXTRA HELP FOR 566 01:05:31,001 --> 01:05:33,000 FOLKS WHO WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY 567 01:05:33,001 --> 01:05:35,000 AFFORDING THAT. 568 01:05:35,001 --> 01:05:37,000 AND, MR. PRESIDENT, MORE THAN 11 569 01:05:37,001 --> 01:05:43,000 MILLION PEOPLE WITH INCOMES OF 570 01:05:43,001 --> 01:05:46,000 WELL OVER 571 01:05:46,001 --> 01:05:47,000 BASIC HEALTH INSURANCE. 572 01:05:47,001 --> 01:05:48,000 AND THAT'S PART OF THE 573 01:05:48,001 --> 01:05:53,000 THAT THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY 574 01:05:53,001 --> 01:05:55,000 ROOMS ARE SO BUSY IN AMERICA. 575 01:05:55,001 --> 01:05:58,000 CUTTING HEALTH CARE COSTS MEANS 576 01:05:58,001 --> 01:06:02,000 GETTING EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM, 577 01:06:02,001 --> 01:06:04,000 AND IT MEANS EVERYONE WOULD BE 578 01:06:04,001 --> 01:06:06,000 PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE. 579 01:06:06,001 --> 01:06:09,000 AND FINALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, THE 580 01:06:09,001 --> 01:06:12,000 FOURTH PRINCIPLE OF IMMEDIATE 581 01:06:12,001 --> 01:06:15,000 HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT IS 582 01:06:15,001 --> 01:06:16,000 A 583 01:06:16,001 --> 01:06:18,000 INSURANCE. 584 01:06:18,001 --> 01:06:19,000 TODAY HEALTH INSURANCE IS ABOUT 585 01:06:19,001 --> 01:06:22,000 CHERRY-PICKING. 586 01:06:22,001 --> 01:06:24,000 THE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES 587 01:06:24,001 --> 01:06:28,000 SCOUR YOUR HEALTH HISTORY, AND 588 01:06:28,001 --> 01:06:29,000 THEY WANT YOU IF YOU ARE HEALTHY 589 01:06:29,001 --> 01:06:31,000 AND WEALTHY. 590 01:06:31,001 --> 01:06:34,000 SICK PEOPLE, ON THE OTHER HAND, 591 01:06:34,001 --> 01:06:37,000 ARE SENT TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS 592 01:06:37,001 --> 01:06:39,000 MORE FRAGILE THAN THEY ARE. 593 01:06:39,001 --> 01:06:42,000 HOLDING DOWN COSTS SOON MEANS 594 01:06:42,001 --> 01:06:44,000 CHANGING THIS, PROHIBITING THE 595 01:06:44,001 --> 01:06:45,000 INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM 596 01:06:45,001 --> 01:06:49,000 DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THOSE 597 01:06:49,001 --> 01:06:52,000 WITH ILLNESSES AND REQUIRING A 598 01:06:52,001 --> 01:06:53,000 SYSTEM THAT FEATURES REAL 599 01:06:53,001 --> 01:06:56,000 COMPETITION. 600 01:06:56,001 --> 01:06:58,000 REAL COMPETION WHERE THE 601 01:06:58,001 --> 01:07:01,000 INSURANCE INDUSTRY DOESN'T 602 01:07:01,001 --> 01:07:04,000 COMPETE TO SEE WHO IS THE BEST 603 01:07:04,001 --> 01:07:06,000 AT LEAVING OUT THOSE WHO HAVE 604 01:07:06,001 --> 01:07:09,000 HE 605 01:07:09,001 --> 01:07:12,000 BUT COMPETION THAT'S BASED ON 606 01:07:12,001 --> 01:07:14,000 HEALTH -- EXCUSE ME -- ON 607 01:07:14,001 --> 01:07:16,000 BEFIT AND QUALITY AND PRICE. 608 01:07:16,001 --> 01:07:18,000 THAT'S NOT GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH 609 01:07:18,001 --> 01:07:21,000 CARE, MR. PRESIDENT. 610 01:07:21,001 --> 01:07:24,000 THAT'S OLD-FASHIONED 611 01:07:24,001 --> 01:07:27,000 COMPETITION, THE KIND OF BEDROCK 612 01:07:27,001 --> 01:07:29,000 PRINCIPLES OF COMPETION THAT 613 01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:31,000 OUR COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS. 614 01:07:31,001 --> 01:07:34,000 WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES COMPETE 615 01:07:34,001 --> 01:07:36,000 ON THE BASIS OF PRICE, BENEFIT 616 01:07:36,001 --> 01:07:37,000 AND QUALITY, THAT IS ABOUT AS 617 01:07:37,001 --> 01:07:39,000 PURE AS THE TYPE OF COMPETION 618 01:07:39,001 --> 01:07:42,000 AS YOU COULD HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY. 619 01:07:42,001 --> 01:07:44,000 AND IT WOULD REVOLUTIONI 620 01:07:44,001 --> 01:07:45,000 HEALTH INSURANCE BUSINESS IN OUR 621 01:07:45,001 --> 01:07:47,000 COUNTRY. 622 01:07:47,001 --> 01:07:50,000 NOW EACH ONE OF THESE FOUR 623 01:07:50,001 --> 01:07:53,000 PILLARS OF IMMEDIATE HEALTH CARE 624 01:07:53,001 --> 01:07:57,000 COST CON CANEMENT IS SUPPORTED 625 01:07:57,001 --> 01:07:58,000 BY INFLUENTIAL DEMOCRATS 626 01:07:58,001 --> 01:08:00,000 REPUBLICANS HERE IN THE UNITED 627 01:08:00,001 --> 01:08:02,000 STATES SENATE. 628 01:08:02,001 --> 01:08:05,000 IF THESE FOUR PRINCIPLES WERE ADOPTED, THE UNITED STATES 629 01:08:05,001 --> 01:08:08,000 SENATE COULD GO TO THE COUNTRY 630 01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:10,000 AND SHOW 631 01:08:10,001 --> 01:08:12,000 HEALTH ISSUE THAT THEY CARE 632 01:08:12,001 --> 01:08:15,000 ABOUT THE MOST, WHICH IS 633 01:08:15,001 --> 01:08:17,000 CONTAINING COSTS, THE UNITED 634 01:08:17,001 --> 01:08:21,000 STATES UNITED STATES SENATE HAS 635 01:08:21,001 --> 01:08:24,000 A PLAN FOR COST CONTAINMENT THAT 636 01:08:24,001 --> 01:08:26,000 WILL KICK IN 637 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:29,000 NEXT FEW YEARS, NOT SOMETNG 638 01:08:29,001 --> 01:08:30,000 THAT YOU HAVE TO WAI 639 01:08:30,001 --> 01:08:31,000 YEARS FROM NOW. 640 01:08:31,001 --> 01:08:32,000 AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE A LOT OF 641 01:08:32,001 --> 01:08:34,000 CHANGES IN THE HEALTH CARE 642 01:08:34,001 --> 01:08:37,000 SYSTEM THAT OUGHT TO 643 01:08:37,001 --> 01:08:41,000 BECAUSE THEY WILL SAVE PHOPB IN 644 01:08:41,001 --> 01:08:42,000 10 OR 15 -- SAVE MONEY IN 10 OR 645 01:08:42,001 --> 01:08:44,000 15 YEARS. 646 01:08:44,001 --> 01:08:46,000 BUT THE FOUR PILLARS OF 647 01:08:46,001 --> 01:08:47,000 IMMEDIATE HEALTH CARE COST 648 01:08:47,001 --> 01:08:50,000 CONTAINMENT THAT I OUTLINED THIS 649 01:08:50,001 --> 01:08:52,000 AFTERNOON: TAX RELIEF FOR THE 650 01:08:52,001 --> 01:08:55,000 MIDDLE CLASS AND NO MORE TAX 651 01:08:55,001 --> 01:08:58,000 BREAKS FOR DESIGNER SMILES, TAKE 652 01:08:58,001 --> 01:08:59,000 AN AX TO HEALTH CARE 653 01:08:59,001 --> 01:09:03,000 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 654 01:09:03,001 --> 01:09:04,000 EVERYBODY IN THE 655 01:09:04,001 --> 01:09:05,000 EVERYONE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE. 656 01:09:05,001 --> 01:09:06,000 AND A REVOLUTION IN THE HEALTH 657 01:09:06,001 --> 01:09:08,000 INSURANCE BUSINESS. 658 01:09:08,001 --> 01:09:12,000 THOSE ARE IDEAS, MR. PRESIDENT, 659 01:09:12,001 --> 01:09:15,000 THAT ARE NOW SPONSORED -- 660 01:09:15,001 --> 01:09:16,000 SPONSORED -- BY DEMOCRATS AND 661 01:09:16,001 --> 01:09:19,000 REPUBLICANS HERE IN 662 01:09:19,001 --> 01:09:20,000 STATES SENATE 663 01:09:20,001 --> 01:09:23,000 HEALTH CARE COSTS SOON. 664 01:09:23,001 --> 01:09:25,000 THEY WILL REDUCE HEALTH CARE 665 01:09:25,001 --> 01:09:28,000 COSTS AND DO IT QUICKLY SO THAT 666 01:09:28,001 --> 01:09:30,000 THE SENATE CAN BE CREDIBLE WITH 667 01:09:30,001 --> 01:09:32,000 THE COUNTRY ON THIS ISSUE OF 668 01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:34,000 HEALTH CARE REFORM. 669 01:09:34,001 --> 01:09:36,000 NOW, THERE ARE OTHER 670 01:09:36,001 --> 01:09:38,000 PRINCIPLES TO THIS QUESTION OF 671 01:09:38,001 --> 01:09:41,000 GETTING HEALTH CARE ON TRACK. 672 01:09:41,001 --> 01:09:45,000 CHAIRMAN BAUCUS, IN MY VIEW, HAS 673 01:09:45,001 --> 01:09:48,000 DONE YEOMEN 674 01:09:48,001 --> 01:09:51,000 SESSIONS TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS 675 01:09:51,001 --> 01:09:54,000 ISSUES: DELIVERY AND COVERAGE. 676 01:09:54,001 --> 01:09:56,000 I HAVE MADE THE INDICATE, 677 01:09:56,001 --> 01:09:58,000 MR. PRESIDENT, WITH 678 01:09:58,001 --> 01:09:59,000 PAION ON THE COVERAGE 679 01:09:59,001 --> 01:10:02,000 QUESTIONS THAT I THINK AMERICANS 680 01:10:02,001 --> 01:10:03,000 WANT ON THE COVERAGE ISSUE 681 01:10:03,001 --> 01:10:05,000 COVERAGE THAT IS AS LEAST AS 682 01:10:05,001 --> 01:10:06,000 GOOD AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE 683 01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:09,000 AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 684 01:10:09,001 --> 01:10:11,000 OFFICE HAS SAID IT IS POSSIBLE 685 01:10:11,001 --> 01:10:14,000 TO PAY FOR THAT, AGAIN, WITH THE 686 01:10:14,001 --> 01:10:16,000 KINDS OF PRINCIPLES OF COST CON 687 01:10:16,001 --> 01:10:17,000 CANEMENT I HAVE OUTLINED HERE, 688 01:10:17,001 --> 01:10:19,000 AND OTHER COLLEAGUES, I'M SURE 689 01:10:19,001 --> 01:10:21,000 WILL HAVE OTHER VIEWS WITH 690 01:10:21,001 --> 01:10:25,000 RESPECT TO WHAT THE BASIC 691 01:10:25,001 --> 01:10:26,000 BENEFIT PACKAGE OUGHT TO BE ABOUT. 692 01:10:26,001 --> 01:10:28,000 I ALSO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 693 01:10:28,001 --> 01:10:30,000 VERY IMPORTANT TO SEND A 694 01:10:30,001 --> 01:10:33,000 STRAIGHTFORWARD MESSAGE TO THOSE 695 01:10:33,001 --> 01:10:35,000 WHO HAVE COVERAGE THAT THERE ARE 696 01:10:35,001 --> 01:10:38,000 CONSIDERABLE BENEFITS FOR THEM 697 01:10:38,001 --> 01:10:42,000 IN REFORM 698 01:10:42,001 --> 01:10:43,000 WE'VE TALKED ON THIS FLOOR 699 01:10:43,001 --> 01:10:44,000 BEFORE, DEMOCRATS AND 700 01:10:44,001 --> 01:10:47,000 REPUBLICANS, ABOUT MAKIN 701 01:10:47,001 --> 01:10:49,000 THAT EVERYBODY CAN 702 01:10:49,001 --> 01:10:51,000 COVERAGE THEY HAVE. 703 01:10:51,001 --> 01:10:53,000 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SENATORS 704 01:10:53,001 --> 01:10:58,000 HEAR ABOUT AT EVERY MEETING THEY 705 01:10:58,001 --> 01:11:01,000 HAVE WHEN THEY DISCUSS HEALTH CARE. 706 01:11:01,001 --> 01:11:02,000 AND THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE 707 01:11:02,001 --> 01:11:04,000 100 UNITED STATES SENATORS 708 01:11:04,001 --> 01:11:09,000 VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE 709 01:11:09,001 --> 01:11:10,000 THAT ALL ARE 710 01:11:10,001 --> 01:11:11,000 ABLE TO KEEP THE COVERAGE 711 01:11:11,001 --> 01:11:12,000 HAVE. 712 01:11:12,001 --> 01:11:14,000 BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER WORDS 713 01:11:14,001 --> 01:11:16,000 THAT I THINKHOSE PEOPLE WITH 714 01:11:16,001 --> 01:11:17,000 COVERAGE ARE LOOKING FOR. 715 01:11:17,001 --> 01:11:20,000 MR. PRESIDENT, YOU AND I HAVE 716 01:11:20,001 --> 01:11:22,000 HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE. 717 01:11:22,001 --> 01:11:25,000 THOSE FOLKS WITH COVERAGE WANT 718 01:11:25,001 --> 01:11:27,000 TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING 719 01:11:27,001 --> 01:11:29,000 TO BE WEALTHIER AND HEALTHIER 720 01:11:29,001 --> 01:11:30,000 WITH THE HEALTH CARE REFORM 721 01:11:30,001 --> 01:11:31,000 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE PASSED 722 01:11:31,001 --> 01:11:33,000 IN THE CONGRESS. 723 01:11:33,001 --> 01:11:35,000 AND ON THIS ISSUE THE 724 01:11:35,001 --> 01:11:39,000 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION 725 01:11:39,001 --> 01:11:41,000 BE ABOUT INCREASING THE CHOICES 726 01:11:41,001 --> 01:11:43,000 THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE FOR THEIR COVERAGE. 727 01:11:43,001 --> 01:11:44,000 AND I HAVE NOT SPOKEN ABOUT THIS 728 01:11:44,001 --> 01:11:48,000 ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE IN 729 01:11:48,001 --> 01:11:50,000 THE PAST, BUT WAS JUST 730 01:11:50,001 --> 01:11:54,000 FLABBERGASTED TO LEARN THAT 731 01:11:54,001 --> 01:11:56,000 THOSE WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO 732 01:11:56,001 --> 01:12:01,000 HAVE EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE IN 733 01:12:01,001 --> 01:12:04,000 THIS COUNTRY, OF THAT 734 01:12:04,001 --> 01:12:08,000 OF THEM GET NO CHOICE AT ALL. 735 01:12:08,001 --> 01:12:11,000 THEY GET ONE PACKAGE, AND THAT'S IT. 736 01:12:11,001 --> 01:12:14,000 SO YOU'VE GOT 85% OF THE PEOPLE 737 01:12:14,001 --> 01:12:15,000 IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE LUCKY 738 01:12:15,001 --> 01:12:19,000 ENOUGH TO HAVE HEALTH CARE 739 01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:21,000 COVERAGE, THEY DO NOT GET WHAT 740 01:12:21,001 --> 01:12:23,000 THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM 741 01:12:23,001 --> 01:12:24,000 COLORADO, FROM OREGON AND 742 01:12:24,001 --> 01:12:27,000 EVERYONE ELSE GET. 743 01:12:27,001 --> 01:12:29,000 WE OF COURSE GET A FULL MENU OF 744 01:12:29,001 --> 01:12:31,000 HEALTH CARE CHOICES. 745 01:12:31,001 --> 01:12:33,000 AND OF COURSE THAT'S A BIG 746 01:12:33,001 --> 01:12:35,000 FACTOR IN HOLDING DOWN HEALTH 747 01:12:35,001 --> 01:12:37,000 CARE 748 01:12:37,001 --> 01:12:39,000 YOU HAVE SOME COMPETION. 749 01:12:39,001 --> 01:12:42,000 IF ONE COMPANY DOESN'T DO WELL 750 01:12:42,001 --> 01:12:44,000 IN 2009, EVERYBODY'S OFF IN 2010 751 01:12:44,001 --> 01:12:45,000 AND CHOOSING SOMEBODY ELSE. 752 01:12:45,001 --> 01:12:47,000 SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY 753 01:12:47,001 --> 01:12:49,000 IMPORTANT TO SHOW THOSE WITH 754 01:12:49,001 --> 01:12:52,000 COVERAGE, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE 755 01:12:52,001 --> 01:12:54,000 HEALTHIER AND WEALTHIER AFTER 756 01:12:54,001 --> 01:12:57,000 HEALTH CARE REFORM IS PASSED, 757 01:12:57,001 --> 01:12:59,000 THAT ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET SOME 758 01:12:59,001 --> 01:13:03,000 ADDITIONAL MONEY IN YOUR POCKET 759 01:13:03,001 --> 01:13:06,000 BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY ONE, 760 01:13:06,001 --> 01:13:10,000 OF COURSE, THERE REALLY AREN'T 761 01:13:10,001 --> 01:13:12,000 THE KIND 762 01:13:12,001 --> 01:13:13,000 AT WORK IN YOUR HEALTH CARE 763 01:13:13,001 --> 01:13:14,000 SYSTEM THAT EVEN MEMBERS OF 764 01:13:14,001 --> 01:13:17,000 CONGRESS HAVE. 765 01:13:17,001 --> 01:13:19,000 SO WHAT I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED 766 01:13:19,001 --> 01:13:22,000 IN IS SAYING THAT IF YOU WANT TO 767 01:13:22,001 --> 01:13:23,000 STAY WITH YOUR EMPLOYER'S 768 01:13:23,001 --> 01:13:25,000 PACKAGE, ABSOLUTELY. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HERE 769 01:13:25,001 --> 01:13:26,000 IN THE SENATE ARE COMMITTED TO 770 01:13:26,001 --> 01:13:29,000 DOING THAT. 771 01:13:29,001 --> 01:13:32,000 BUT IF YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WANT TO 772 01:13:32,001 --> 01:13:33,000 CHOOSE ONE OF THE PRIVATE 773 01:13:33,001 --> 01:13:35,000 ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD BE 774 01:13:35,001 --> 01:13:36,000 ESTABLISHED IN HEALTH REFORM 775 01:13:36,001 --> 01:13:39,000 LEGISLATION AND WOULD BE 776 01:13:39,001 --> 01:13:40,000 CERTIFIED BY YOUR STATE AS 777 01:13:40,001 --> 01:13:44,000 PROTECTING CONSUMERS, YOU OUGHT 778 01:13:44,001 --> 01:13:48,000 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. 779 01:13:48,001 --> 01:13:50,000 AND IF IN MAKING THAT CHOICE YOU 780 01:13:50,001 --> 01:13:52,000 SAVE MONEY RELATIVE TO WHAT IT 781 01:13:52,001 --> 01:13:57,000 MIGHT COST FOR YOUR EMPLOYER 782 01:13:57,001 --> 01:13:58,000 PACKAGE, YOU GET TO GET THOSE SAVINGS. 783 01:13:58,001 --> 01:14:01,000 AND WITHOUT OFFENSE TO COLORADO, 784 01:14:01,001 --> 01:14:04,000 YOU CAN USE THE MONEY TO GO 785 01:14:04,001 --> 01:14:07,000 FISHING IN OREGON BECAUSE WE'VE 786 01:14:07,001 --> 01:14:09,000 CREATED A MARKETPLACE. 787 01:14:09,001 --> 01:14:12,000 SO I WANTED TO COME TODAY AND 788 01:14:12,001 --> 01:14:15,000 LAY OUT THE FOUR IMMEDIATE 789 01:14:15,001 --> 01:14:16,000 PRINCIPLES 790 01:14:16,001 --> 01:14:19,000 CON CANEMENT. 791 01:14:19,001 --> 01:14:20,000 BUT I ALSO -- COST CONTAINMENT. 792 01:14:20,001 --> 01:14:21,000 I ALSO WANTED TO SAY I THINK 793 01:14:21,001 --> 01:14:22,000 THERE WILL BE OTHER CENTRAL 794 01:14:22,001 --> 01:14:23,000 QUESTIONS LIKE THE ISSUE OF 795 01:14:23,001 --> 01:14:25,000 COVERAGE AND THE QUESTION OF HOW 796 01:14:25,001 --> 01:14:29,000 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SENATE 797 01:14:29,001 --> 01:14:32,000 KEEPS FAITH WITH THE 160 MILLION 798 01:14:32,001 --> 01:14:35,000 PEOPLE, ABOUT 160 799 01:14:35,001 --> 01:14:36,000 GIVEN DAY WHO HAVE 800 01:14:36,001 --> 01:14:39,000 EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE AND 801 01:14:39,001 --> 01:14:43,000 WOULD LIKE TO KEEP WHAT THEY HAVE. 802 01:14:43,001 --> 01:14:44,000 THEY'VE LIKE TO BE HEALTHIER AND 803 01:14:44,001 --> 01:14:45,000 WEALTHIER. 804 01:14:45,001 --> 01:14:48,000 FINALLY, IF THEY WANT TO LEAVE 805 01:14:48,001 --> 01:14:49,000 THEI 806 01:14:49,001 --> 01:14:51,000 THEM, THEIR COVERAGE OUGHT TO BE 807 01:14:51,001 --> 01:14:53,000 WITH THEM. 808 01:14:53,001 --> 01:14:55,000 FINALLY, 809 01:14:55,001 --> 01:14:57,000 MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME NOTE 810 01:14:57,001 --> 01:14:59,000 I THINK CHAIRMAN BAUCUS AND 811 01:14:59,001 --> 01:15:01,000 SENATOR GRASSLEY ARE LEADERS ON 812 01:15:01,001 --> 01:15:05,000 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ARE DOING 813 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,000 AN ESPECIALLY GOOD -- 814 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:08,000 EXCEPTIONALLY SCHOOL AND 815 01:15:08,001 --> 01:15:09,000 EXCEPTIONALLY FAIR -- GOOD AND 816 01:15:09,001 --> 01:15:10,000 EXPTIONALLY FAIR JOB IN 817 01:15:10,001 --> 01:15:13,000 TACKLING HAVE ISSUE. 818 01:15:13,001 --> 01:15:14,000 THE FACT OF THE MATTERA IS THAT 819 01:15:14,001 --> 01:15:16,000 HEALTH CARE REFORM AND 820 01:15:16,001 --> 01:15:17,000 PARTICULARLY FINANCING IT IS 821 01:15:17,001 --> 01:15:19,000 A SUBJECT FOR THE FAINT HEART. 822 01:15:19,001 --> 01:15:21,000 THERE IS A REASON WHY THIS ISSUE 823 01:15:21,001 --> 01:15:25,000 HAS BEEN TOUGH TO TACKLE SINCE 824 01:15:25,001 --> 01:15:26,000 THE DAY 825 01:15:26,001 --> 01:15:29,000 YEARS AGO. 826 01:15:29,001 --> 01:15:31,000 BUT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF 827 01:15:31,001 --> 01:15:33,000 CHAIRMAN BAUCUS AND 828 01:15:33,001 --> 01:15:35,000 GRSLEY IN THE FINANCE 829 01:15:35,001 --> 01:15:37,000 COMMITTEE, AND I THINK I CAN 830 01:15:37,001 --> 01:15:39,000 SPEAK FOR SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES 831 01:15:39,001 --> 01:15:41,000 OF THE AISLE THAT WERE VERY 832 01:15:41,001 --> 01:15:43,000 APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT CHAIRMAN 833 01:15:43,001 --> 01:15:46,000 KENNEDY AND SENATOR ENZI ARE 834 01:15:46,001 --> 01:15:48,000 DOING IN THE "HELP" COMMITTEE. 835 01:15:48,001 --> 01:15:50,000 THE FOUR OF THEM ARE OUR 836 01:15:50,001 --> 01:15:52,000 COMMITTEE LEADERS, OUR CHAIRS 837 01:15:52,001 --> 01:15:55,000 AND 838 01:15:55,001 --> 01:15:57,000 I FEEL THAT THIS TIME AFTER 60 839 01:15:57,001 --> 01:15:59,000 YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS ISSUE 840 01:15:59,001 --> 01:16:02,000 IT CAN 841 01:16:02,001 --> 01:16:04,000 I MEAN THE FACT IS THAT FOR 842 01:16:04,001 --> 01:16:06,000 HEALTH REFORMERS THE HISTORY OF 843 01:16:06,001 --> 01:16:11,000 TRYING TO FIX HEALTH CARE IS 844 01:16:11,001 --> 01:16:14,000 ALMOST THE STORY OF LOVE. 845 01:16:14,001 --> 01:16:15,000 WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THIS ISSUE 846 01:16:15,001 --> 01:16:18,000 ALMOST 15 YEARS, REFORMERS SAY 847 01:16:18,001 --> 01:16:20,000 THAT THIS IS THE TIME, I'VE 848 01:16:20,001 --> 01:16:23,000 FINALLY FOUND T 849 01:16:23,001 --> 01:16:26,000 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY DREAMS REALIZED. 850 01:16:26,001 --> 01:16:29,000 AND, OF COURSE, IT HAS BEEN 851 01:16:29,001 --> 01:16:32,000 EXACTLY 15 YEARS SINCE THE LAST 852 01:16:32,001 --> 01:16:37,000 EFFORT, 1994, DURING THE CLINTON YEARS. 853 01:16:37,001 --> 01:16:40,000 AND HARRY AND LOUISE PRETTY MUCH 854 01:16:40,001 --> 01:16:42,000 SOURED THAT ROMANCE IN 1993 1994. 855 01:16:42,001 --> 01:16:43,000 BUT I DO THINK, MR. PRESIDENT, 856 01:16:43,001 --> 01:16:47,000 LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK 857 01:16:47,001 --> 01:16:51,000 BEING DONE BY CHAIRMAN BAUCUS 858 01:16:51,001 --> 01:16:52,000 AND CHAIRMAN GRASSLEY AND 859 01:16:52,001 --> 01:16:54,000 SENATOR ENZI, THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. 860 01:16:54,001 --> 01:16:55,000 A LOT OF COLLEAGUES ON BOTH 861 01:16:55,001 --> 01:16:57,000 SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE MOVED 862 01:16:57,001 --> 01:17:00,000 TOWARD AN APPROACH THAT I THINK 863 01:17:00,001 --> 01:17:01,000 WILL ALLOW US TO COME 864 01:17:01,001 --> 01:17:04,000 THERE IS A RECOGNITION THAT 865 01:17:04,001 --> 01:17:05,000 DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON THE 866 01:17:05,001 --> 01:17:07,000 PROPOSITION THAT TO FIX THIS, 867 01:17:07,001 --> 01:17:10,000 YOU HAVE TO COVER EVERYBODY. 868 01:17:10,001 --> 01:17:11,000 IF 869 01:17:11,001 --> 01:17:14,000 HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE 870 01:17:14,001 --> 01:17:17,000 COVERAGE, YOU HAVE THAT COST 871 01:17:17,001 --> 01:17:19,000 SHIFTING I SPOKE ABOUT, 872 01:17:19,001 --> 01:17:21,000 INADEQUATE ATTENTION TO PREVENTION. 873 01:17:21,001 --> 01:17:22,000 I THINK THERE IS A RECOGNITION 874 01:17:22,001 --> 01:17:23,000 THAT COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER 875 01:17:23,001 --> 01:17:25,000 SIDE OF THE AISLE IN THE 876 01:17:25,001 --> 01:17:26,000 REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE MAKING 877 01:17:26,001 --> 01:17:27,000 VALID POINTS AS WELL. 878 01:17:27,001 --> 01:17:28,000 THERE OUGHT TO BE PRIVATE 879 01:17:28,001 --> 01:17:31,000 CHOICES. 880 01:17:31,001 --> 01:17:32,000 IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO 881 01:17:32,001 --> 01:17:34,000 INNOVATION. 882 01:17:34,001 --> 01:17:35,000 OUGHT TO STAY CLEAR OF PRICE 883 01:17:35,001 --> 01:17:36,000 CONTROLS. 884 01:17:36,001 --> 01:17:39,000 SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW 885 01:17:39,001 --> 01:17:41,000 WITH THE SENATE BEING LED BY TWO 886 01:17:41,001 --> 01:17:45,000 VERY FINE CHAIRS AND RANKING 887 01:17:45,001 --> 01:17:47,000 MINORITY MEMBERS TO GET THIS DONE. 888 01:17:47,001 --> 01:17:51,000 I'LL CLOSE, MR. PRESIDENT, WITH 889 01:17:51,001 --> 01:17:52,000 AN OBSERVATION FROM A NUMBER OF 890 01:17:52,001 --> 01:17:53,000 ECONOMISTS. 891 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:55,000 OUR COUNTRY CLEARLY IS CONCERNED 892 01:17:55,001 --> 01:17:58,000 ABOUT THE COSTSF THE BAILOUTS 893 01:17:58,001 --> 01:18:00,000 AND THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IN 894 01:18:00,001 --> 01:18:03,000 THE BANKING AND HOUSING SECTOR. 895 01:18:03,001 --> 01:18:05,000 MOST OF THOSE FOLKS BELIEVE THAT 896 01:18:05,001 --> 01:18:08,000 THE ASTOUNDING SUMS THAT ARE 897 01:18:08,001 --> 01:18:09,000 BEING SPENT ON FINCIAL 898 01:18:09,001 --> 01:18:15,000 BAILOUTS, THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK 899 01:18:15,001 --> 01:18:16,000 LIKE A 900 01:18:16,001 --> 01:18:18,000 CARE IS NOT FIXED. 901 01:18:18,001 --> 01:18:19,000 SO THE STAKES ARE VERY, VERY 902 01:18:19,001 --> 01:18:21,000 HIGH. 903 01:18:21,001 --> 01:18:24,000 FIXING THE ECONOMY MEANS FIXING HEALTH CARE. 904 01:18:24,001 --> 01:18:27,000 AND WITH THE PRINCIPLES THAT I 905 01:18:27,001 --> 01:18:28,000 OUTLINED TODAY, THE FOUR 906 01:18:28,001 --> 01:18:30,000 IMMEDIATE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH 907 01:18:30,001 --> 01:18:32,000 CARE COST CONTAINMENT, I THINK 908 01:18:32,001 --> 01:18:34,000 THAT THE SENATE CAN GET OFF ON 909 01:18:34,001 --> 01:18:35,000 THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST 910 01:18:35,001 --> 01:18:38,000 DIFFICULT ISSUE OF HEALTH 911 01:18:38,001 --> 01:18:39,000 CONTAINING COSTS AND DO IT IN A 912 01:18:39,001 --> 01:18:40,000 BIPARTISAN WAY. 913 01:18:40,001 --> 01:18:42,000 MR. PRESIDENT, WITH THAT, I 914 01:18:42,001 --> 01:18:44,000 WOULD YIELD THE FLOOR. 915 01:18:44,001 --> 01:18:45,000 AND I WOULD NOTE, ALSO, THE 916 01:18:45,001 --> 01:18:46,000 ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. 917 01:18:46,001 --> 01:18:57,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK 918 01:18:57,001 --> 01:25:50,000 WILL CAL 919 01:25:50,001 --> 01:26:35,000 QUORUM CALL: 920 01:26:35,001 --> 01:26:36,000 QUORUM CALL: 921 01:26:36,001 --> 01:26:40,000 MR. NELSON: THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 922 01:26:40,001 --> 01:26:41,000 SENATOR FROM FLORIDA. 923 01:26:41,001 --> 01:26:43,000 MR. NELSON: 924 01:26:43,001 --> 01:26:45,000 THE QUORUM CALL BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 925 01:26:45,001 --> 01:26:47,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 926 01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:48,000 THE SENATOR FROM FLORIDA. 927 01:26:48,001 --> 01:26:50,000 MR. NELSON: MR. PRESIDENT, A 928 01:26:50,001 --> 01:26:54,000 COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SENATOR 929 01:26:54,001 --> 01:26:57,000 MARTINEZ AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE 930 01:26:57,001 --> 01:26:59,000 OF INTRODUCING CRAIG FUGATE, 931 01:26:59,001 --> 01:27:02,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINEE FOR 932 01:27:02,001 --> 01:27:04,000 THE HEAD OF FEMA. 933 01:27:04,001 --> 01:27:07,000 AND THAT WAS TO INTRODUCE HIM TO 934 01:27:07,001 --> 01:27:08,000 THE COMMITTEE, THE SENATE 935 01:27:08,001 --> 01:27:09,000 HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT 936 01:27:09,001 --> 01:27:11,000 AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. 937 01:27:11,001 --> 01:27:13,000 AND THEN THE COMTTEE PROMPTLY 938 01:27:13,001 --> 01:27:15,000 REPORTED HIM RIGHT OUT. 939 01:27:15,001 --> 01:27:17,000 AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S SO 940 01:27:17,001 --> 01:27:20,000 UNIQUELY QUALIFIED. 941 01:27:20,001 --> 01:27:22,000 CRAIG 942 01:27:22,001 --> 01:27:27,000 OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN OUR 943 01:27:27,001 --> 01:27:31,000 STATE SINCE 2001 AND HE'S 944 01:27:31,001 --> 01:27:33,000 OVEREING THE RESPONSE TO 11 945 01:27:33,001 --> 01:27:35,000 PRESIDENTIAL DECLARED DISASTERS 946 01:27:35,001 --> 01:27:38,000 IN OUR STATE. 947 01:27:38,001 --> 01:27:40,000 HE'S ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED 948 01:27:40,001 --> 01:27:44,000 LEADERS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 949 01:27:44,001 --> 01:27:47,000 IN THE COUNTRY AND HE'S THE ONE, 950 01:27:47,001 --> 01:27:49,000 IF YOU WANT A PRO'S PRO, HE HAS 951 01:27:49,001 --> 01:27:54,000 THE EXPERIENCE AND 952 01:27:54,001 --> 01:27:57,000 THAT FEMA NEEDS AT THIS 953 01:27:57,001 --> 01:28:01,000 LOOK AT HOW HE CAME UP: A FORMER 954 01:28:01,001 --> 01:28:03,000 FIREFIGHTER, A PAR MEDIA, A FIRE 955 01:28:03,001 --> 01:28:06,000 RESC 956 01:28:06,001 --> 01:28:10,000 RESCUE MANAGER, ALL OF THAT IS 957 01:28:10,001 --> 01:28:11,000 IN ALACHUA COUNTY, WHICH IS 958 01:28:11,001 --> 01:28:14,000 GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 959 01:28:14,001 --> 01:28:15,000 AND HE SPENT 15 YEARS WORKING IN 960 01:28:15,001 --> 01:28:18,000 LOCAL 961 01:28:18,001 --> 01:28:19,000 BEFORE HE WENT UP TO THE 962 01:28:19,001 --> 01:28:23,000 EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AT 963 01:28:23,001 --> 01:28:29,000 THE STATE LEVEL AND SINCE HE HAS 964 01:28:29,001 --> 01:28:32,000 BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY 965 01:28:32,001 --> 01:28:36,000 MANAGEMENT, HE'S HANDLED THE 966 01:28:36,001 --> 01:28:39,000 RESPONSES TO THE LANDFALL OF 967 01:28:39,001 --> 01:28:41,000 FIVE MAJOR HURRICANES IN 968 01:28:41,001 --> 01:28:43,000 FLORIDA, AND THAT WAS WITHIN A 969 01:28:43,001 --> 01:28:47,000 TWO-YEAR TIME PERIOD. 970 01:28:47,001 --> 01:28:50,000 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN 971 01:28:50,001 --> 01:28:54,000 HURRICANE CHARLIE CAME BARRELING 972 01:28:54,001 --> 01:28:56,000 UP THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST, 973 01:28:56,001 --> 01:28:58,000 AND IT WAS HEADEDTRAIGHT FOR 974 01:28:58,001 --> 01:29:00,000 TAMPA BAY AND SUDDENLY AT THE 975 01:29:00,001 --> 01:29:03,000 LAST MINUTE IT TOOK A RIGHT-HD 976 01:29:03,001 --> 01:29:11,000 TURN AND IT WENT RIGHT UP 977 01:29:11,001 --> 01:29:13,000 CHARLOTT 978 01:29:13,001 --> 01:29:15,000 PUNGORA, FLORIDA. 979 01:29:15,001 --> 01:29:19,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED TAMPA AND HAD 980 01:29:19,001 --> 01:29:24,000 COME TO THE HOTELS, ESPECIALLY 981 01:29:24,001 --> 01:29:25,000 IN PUNTGORDA, AND THEY WERE IN 982 01:29:25,001 --> 01:29:27,000 THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM. 983 01:29:27,001 --> 01:29:32,000 THAT STORM WAS SO INTENSE THAT 984 01:29:32,001 --> 01:29:33,000 IT BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF THE 985 01:29:33,001 --> 01:29:34,000 CHARLOTTE COUNTY OPERATIONS 986 01:29:34,001 --> 01:29:37,000 CENTER. 987 01:29:37,001 --> 01:29:39,000 THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THE E.O.C. 988 01:29:39,001 --> 01:29:41,000 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM. 989 01:29:41,001 --> 01:29:43,000 I GOT THERE LATER THAT DAY WHEN 990 01:29:43,001 --> 01:29:47,000 THE STORM HIT THAT MORNING AND 991 01:29:47,001 --> 01:29:51,000 I'LL NEVER FORGET SEEING CRAIG 992 01:29:51,001 --> 01:29:52,000 IN THE MOBIL 993 01:29:52,001 --> 01:29:54,000 OPERATION CENTER THAT THE STATE 994 01:29:54,001 --> 01:29:57,000 OF FLORIDA HAD BROUGHT IN AS HE 995 01:29:57,001 --> 01:29:59,000 WAS TAKING OVER AND DIRECTING 996 01:29:59,001 --> 01:30:01,000 OPERATIONS IN THE MIDST OF THAT 997 01:30:01,001 --> 01:30:04,000 CHAOS. 998 01:30:04,001 --> 01:30:10,000 AND BECAUSE OUR FLORIDA 999 01:30:10,001 --> 01:30:14,000 DISASTERS WITH A SENSE OF 1000 01:30:14,001 --> 01:30:18,000 URGENCY AND EFFICIENCY, IT HAS 1001 01:30:18,001 --> 01:30:20,000 EMERGED AS A ROLE MODEL FOR 1002 01:30:20,001 --> 01:30:22,000 DISASTER PREPARATION AND 1003 01:30:22,001 --> 01:30:24,000 DISASTER RESPONSE. 1004 01:30:24,001 --> 01:30:25,000 AND THAT 1005 01:30:25,001 --> 01:30:28,000 IN LARGE PART HAS BEEN AS A 1006 01:30:28,001 --> 01:30:31,000 RESULT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF 1007 01:30:31,001 --> 01:30:34,000 CRAIG FUGATE. 1008 01:30:34,001 --> 01:30:36,000 IT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING WHEN 1009 01:30:36,001 --> 01:30:37,000 YOU RESPOND TO THESE 1010 01:30:37,001 --> 01:30:40,000 NATURAL DISASTERS TT YOU HAVE 1011 01:30:40,001 --> 01:30:45,000 TH COOPETION BETWEEN 1012 01:30:45,001 --> 01:30:46,000 CIVILIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND, 1013 01:30:46,001 --> 01:30:47,000 OF COURSE, THE FLORIDA NATIONAL 1014 01:30:47,001 --> 01:30:49,000 GUARD IS THE BEST IN THE 1015 01:30:49,001 --> 01:30:52,000 BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW 1016 01:30:52,001 --> 01:30:57,000 TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS WHEN IT 1017 01:30:57,001 --> 01:30:58,000 COMES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO 1018 01:30:58,001 --> 01:31:02,000 HURRICANES. 1019 01:31:02,001 --> 01:31:06,000 AND UNDER CRAIG'S LEADERSHIP, 1020 01:31:06,001 --> 01:31:07,000 FLORIDA HAS BECOME THE FIRST 1021 01:31:07,001 --> 01:31:09,000 STATE TO RECEIVE FULL 1022 01:31:09,001 --> 01:31:12,000 ACCREDITATION FOR ITS EMERGENCY 1023 01:31:12,001 --> 01:31:14,000 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 1024 01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:16,000 CRAIG NOT ONLY HAS THE 1025 01:31:16,001 --> 01:31:20,000 CREATIVITY BUT HE HAS A SENSE OF 1026 01:31:20,001 --> 01:31:22,000 HUMOR, AND HE JUDGES 1027 01:31:22,001 --> 01:31:25,000 AFTER A HURRICANE BY THE WAFFLE 1028 01:31:25,001 --> 01:31:29,000 HOUSE TEST. 1029 01:31:29,001 --> 01:31:33,000 AND HE 1030 01:31:33,001 --> 01:31:36,000 IS OPEN AFTER THE HURRICANE, 1031 01:31:36,001 --> 01:31:38,000 THEN THAT MEANS 1032 01:31:38,001 --> 01:31:41,000 AND THERE'S WATER, SO YOU KEEP GOING. 1033 01:31:41,001 --> 01:31:44,000 IF THE WAFFLE HOUSE IS CLOSED, 1034 01:31:44,001 --> 01:31:46,000 THINGS ARE PRETTY BAD. 1035 01:31:46,001 --> 01:31:48,000 A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SHUT 1036 01:31:48,001 --> 01:31:50,000 DOWN. 1037 01:31:50,001 --> 01:31:54,000 AND IF THE WAFFLE HOUSE IS OPEN 1038 01:31:54,001 --> 01:31:57,000 AND THEY H 1039 01:31:57,001 --> 01:31:59,000 THEN IT MEANTHAT THE POWER HAS 1040 01:31:59,001 --> 01:32:01,000 BEEN OUT FOR WHILE BECAUSE 1041 01:32:01,001 --> 01:32:03,000 EVERYTHING IN THEIR FREEZER HAS 1042 01:32:03,001 --> 01:32:05,000 MELTED AND IT'S SPOILED. 1043 01:32:05,001 --> 01:32:08,000 I THINK CRAIG'S EXEMPLARY 1044 01:32:08,001 --> 01:32:09,000 SERVICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, AND, 1045 01:32:09,001 --> 01:32:13,000 MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO PUT 1046 01:32:13,001 --> 01:32:14,000 INTO THE RECORD A NUMBER OF 1047 01:32:14,001 --> 01:32:18,000 DOCUMENTS, A LETTER FROM OUR 1048 01:32:18,001 --> 01:32:21,000 GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR CRIST, A 1049 01:32:21,001 --> 01:32:22,000 LETTER FROM HOST OF 1050 01:32:22,001 --> 01:32:27,000 ORGANIZATIONS ALL THE WAY FROM 1051 01:32:27,001 --> 01:32:28,000 THE 1052 01:32:28,001 --> 01:32:29,000 AMERICAN RED CROSS -- I WON'T 1053 01:32:29,001 --> 01:32:31,000 LIST THEM ALL BUT IT GOES ALL 1054 01:32:31,001 --> 01:32:32,000 THE WAY THROUGH THE NATIONAL 1055 01:32:32,001 --> 01:32:33,000 WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND THE 1056 01:32:33,001 --> 01:32:37,000 AMERICA. 1057 01:32:37,001 --> 01:32:42,000 I HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE 1058 01:32:42,001 --> 01:32:45,000 COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. 1059 01:32:45,001 --> 01:32:46,000 EVERYBODY SINGING CRAIG FUGATE'S 1060 01:32:46,001 --> 01:32:47,000 PRAISES. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1061 01:32:47,001 --> 01:32:51,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 1062 01:32:51,001 --> 01:32:53,000 MR. NELSON: AND IT IS MY HOPE 1063 01:32:53,001 --> 01:33:00,000 THAT THE HOLD THAT IS ON CRAIG 1064 01:33:00,001 --> 01:33:03,000 FOR AN ISSUE UNRELATED TO CRAIG, 1065 01:33:03,001 --> 01:33:06,000 RELATED TO THE QUESTION OF FEMA 1066 01:33:06,001 --> 01:33:09,000 PUTTING A FLOOD 1067 01:33:09,001 --> 01:33:11,000 ON SOME ARE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1068 01:33:11,001 --> 01:33:18,000 IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE CAN 1069 01:33:18,001 --> 01:33:19,000 THAT AND GET 1070 01:33:19,001 --> 01:33:23,000 ALL, THIS IS NOW ONE WEEK INTO 1071 01:33:23,001 --> 01:33:24,000 THE MONTH OF 1072 01:33:24,001 --> 01:33:26,000 AND REMBER, HURRICANE SEASON 1073 01:33:26,001 --> 01:33:27,000 OFFICIALLY STARTS JUNE THE 1074 01:33:27,001 --> 01:33:29,000 1st. 1075 01:33:29,001 --> 01:33:33,000 AND WE 1076 01:33:33,001 --> 01:33:39,000 IN PLACE SO THAT FEMA IS READY 1077 01:33:39,001 --> 01:33:40,000 TO 1078 01:33:40,001 --> 01:33:44,000 WHEN THERE IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE 1079 01:33:44,001 --> 01:33:47,000 FACING THE GULF COAST AND THE 1080 01:33:47,001 --> 01:33:51,000 ATLANTIC COAST AND EVEN 1081 01:33:51,001 --> 01:33:55,000 POTENTIALLY THE PACIFIC COAST. 1082 01:33:55,001 --> 01:33:57,000 SO I HOPE THE 1083 01:33:57,001 --> 01:33:58,000 AC QUICKLY ON HIS CONFIRMATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE 1084 01:33:58,001 --> 01:34:00,000 FLOOR, AND I SUGGEST THE ABSENCE 1085 01:34:00,001 --> 01:34:08,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK 1086 01:34:08,001 --> 02:00:26,000 WILL CALL THE ROLL. 1087 02:00:26,001 --> 02:15:03,000 QUORUM CALL: 1088 02:15:03,001 --> 02:23:26,000 QUORUM CALL: 1089 02:23:26,001 --> 02:23:27,000 QUORUM CALL: 1090 02:23:27,001 --> 02:23:29,000 1091 02:23:29,001 --> 02:23:30,000 MR. DURBIN: MADAM PRESIDENT? 1092 02:23:30,001 --> 02:23:31,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE MAJORITY WHIP. 1093 02:23:31,001 --> 02:23:34,000 MR. DURBIN: I 1094 02:23:34,001 --> 02:23:35,000 CONSENT THE QUORUM CALL BE@ SUSPENDED. 1095 02:23:35,001 --> 02:23:36,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1096 02:23:36,001 --> 02:23:37,000 MR. DURBIN: AND CONSENT TO 1097 02:23:37,001 --> 02:23:38,000 SPEAK AS IN MORNING BUSINESS. 1098 02:23:38,001 --> 02:23:39,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1099 02:23:39,001 --> 02:23:41,000 MR. DURBIN: MADAM PRESIDENT, 1100 02:23:41,001 --> 02:23:44,000 YESTERDAY PRESIDENT OBAMA 1101 02:23:44,001 --> 02:23:51,000 ANNOUNCED THAT HE 1102 02:23:51,001 --> 02:23:53,000 INEZ TANNE BAUM AS THE NEW CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. 1103 02:23:53,001 --> 02:23:55,000 THE PRESIDENT ANNOU 1104 02:23:55,001 --> 02:24:03,000 RESTORE THIS COMMISSION FROM A 1105 02:24:03,001 --> 02:24:05,000 THREE-TO A FIVE-COMMISSIONER 1106 02:24:05,001 --> 02:24:06,000 BODY AND PROVIDE A 71% INCREASE 1107 02:24:06,001 --> 02:24:09,000 IN THAT BUDGET OVER PRESIDENT 1108 02:24:09,001 --> 02:24:11,000 BUSH'S REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 1109 02:24:11,001 --> 02:24:16,000 I SHARE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 1110 02:24:16,001 --> 02:24:18,000 COMMITMENT TO CONSUMER SAFETY 1111 02:24:18,001 --> 02:24:24,000 CPSC TO PROMINENCE AS OUR 1112 02:24:24,001 --> 02:24:31,000 NATION'S PREMIER CONSUMER WATCH 1113 02:24:31,001 --> 02:24:32,000 WATCHDOG 1114 02:24:32,001 --> 02:24:34,000 FAR TOO LONG IT WAS HINDERED BY 1115 02:24:34,001 --> 02:24:35,000 A LACK OF FUNDING AND 1116 02:24:35,001 --> 02:24:36,000 LEADERSHIP. 1117 02:24:36,001 --> 02:24:37,000 WE ALL REMBER WHAT HAPPENED?? 1118 02:24:37,001 --> 02:24:44,000 AFTER THAT. 1119 02:24:44,001 --> 02:24:46,000 FOLEY 1120 02:24:46,001 --> 02:24:48,000 KILLED INFANTS, MAGNETIC TOYS 1121 02:24:48,001 --> 02:24:49,000 THAT WHEN SWALLED CAUSED 1122 02:24:49,001 --> 02:24:50,000 SERIOUS INJURIES AND EVEN A 1123 02:24:50,001 --> 02:24:52,000 CHILD'S DEATH. 1124 02:24:52,001 --> 02:24:53,000 MOST AMERICANS WERE SHOCKED WHEN 1125 02:24:53,001 --> 02:24:55,000 THEY READ THESE STORIES. 1126 02:24:55,001 --> 02:24:57,000 THEY ASSUMED THAT IF THEY PUT IT 1127 02:24:57,001 --> 02:24:59,000 ON 1128 02:24:59,001 --> 02:25:01,000 AMERICA, SOMEBODY TOOK A LOOK AT IT. 1129 02:25:01,001 --> 02:25:04,000 WELL, THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. 1130 02:25:04,001 --> 02:25:05,000 SADLY, THIS AGENCY WHICH HAD A 1131 02:25:05,001 --> 02:25:06,000 SPECIAL 1132 02:25:06,001 --> 02:25:09,000 DANGEROUS PRODUCTS, HAD FALLEN 1133 02:25:09,001 --> 02:25:10,000 INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR NOT 1134 02:25:10,001 --> 02:25:14,000 JUST IN TERMS OF ADEQUATE 1135 02:25:14,001 --> 02:25:16,000 STAFFING AND 1136 02:25:16,001 --> 02:25:17,000 UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE PREVIOUS 1137 02:25:17,001 --> 02:25:18,000 ADMINISTRATION NOT ADEQUATE 1138 02:25:18,001 --> 02:25:20,000 COMMITMENT. 1139 02:25:20,001 --> 02:25:24,000 THERE WAS A 1140 02:25:24,001 --> 02:25:26,000 TO CONTINUE TO BE A SMALL AND 1141 02:25:26,001 --> 02:25:28,000 VIRTUALLY UNHEARD 1142 02:25:28,001 --> 02:25:30,000 TIME WHEN EXPORTS INTO THE 1143 02:25:30,001 --> 02:25:31,000 UNITED STATES WERE FLOODING THE 1144 02:25:31,001 --> 02:25:32,000 MARKET. 1145 02:25:32,001 --> 02:25:34,000 IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME WHEN WE 1146 02:25:34,001 --> 02:25:37,000 NEED A CONSUMER WATCHDOG, IT 1147 02:25:37,001 --> 02:25:39,000 WAS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AS 1148 02:25:39,001 --> 02:25:41,000 MORE AND MORE OF THESE IMPORTS 1149 02:25:41,001 --> 02:25:42,000 FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES CAME INTO 1150 02:25:42,001 --> 02:25:43,000 OUR SHORES. 1151 02:25:43,001 --> 02:25:45,000 WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY. 1152 02:25:45,001 --> 02:25:49,000 WE LEARNED WITH PET FOOD FROM 1153 02:25:49,001 --> 02:25:53,000 CHINA THAT HAD BEEN SPIKED WITH 1154 02:25:53,001 --> 02:25:56,000 THAT ENDED UP KILLING A LOT OF 1155 02:25:56,001 --> 02:25:58,000 DOGS AND CATS THAT PEOPLE DEARLY LOVED. 1156 02:25:58,001 --> 02:26:00,000 WE LEARNED IT TH THE TOYS WITH 1157 02:26:00,001 --> 02:26:02,000 WERE DANGEROUS. 1158 02:26:02,001 --> 02:26:03,000 WE LEARNED THIS AGENCY WASN'T UP 1159 02:26:03,001 --> 02:26:04,000 TO THE TASK. 1160 02:26:04,001 --> 02:26:05,000 I REMBER MEETING WITH SOME OF 1161 02:26:05,001 --> 02:26:07,000 THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE AND 1162 02:26:07,001 --> 02:26:08,000 SOME OF THEM WERE GOOD, 1163 02:26:08,001 --> 02:26:10,000 HARD-WORKING PEOPLE. 1164 02:26:10,001 --> 02:26:12,000 BUT WHEN I MET WITH THE MAN 1165 02:26:12,001 --> 02:26:14,000 WHOSE NAME WAS BOB WHO WAS THE 1166 02:26:14,001 --> 02:26:16,000 TOY TESTER, I FOUND THAT HIS 1167 02:26:16,001 --> 02:26:18,000 LABORATORY FOR 1168 02:26:18,001 --> 02:26:21,000 EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES 1169 02:26:21,001 --> 02:26:22,000 LOOKED ABOUT AS BAD AS MY 1170 02:26:22,001 --> 02:26:23,000 WORKBENCH IN MY BASEMENT AT 1171 02:26:23,001 --> 02:26:24,000 HOME. 1172 02:26:24,001 --> 02:26:27,000 AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T 1173 02:26:27,001 --> 02:26:29,000 HAVE ANY KIND OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT. 1174 02:26:29,001 --> 02:26:31,000 WHAT BOB HAD DONE 1175 02:26:31,001 --> 02:26:32,000 COUPLE MARKS ON THE WALL. 1176 02:26:32,001 --> 02:26:34,000 ONE WAS AT ABOUT FOUR FEET, 1177 02:26:34,001 --> 02:26:36,000 ANOTHER AT ABOUT SIX FEET. 1178 02:26:36,001 --> 02:26:38,000 BOB WOULD TAKE THE TOY AND DROP 1179 02:26:38,001 --> 02:26:40,000 IT FROM FOUR FEET TO SEE IF IT 1180 02:26:40,001 --> 02:26:41,000 FELL APART INTO LITTLE PIECES 1181 02:26:41,001 --> 02:26:43,000 KIDS MIGHT SWALLOW. 1182 02:26:43,001 --> 02:26:44,000 IF IT MADE THAT TEST, BOB 1183 02:26:44,001 --> 02:26:45,000 IT UP TO SIX FEET AND DROPPED IT 1184 02:26:45,001 --> 02:26:47,000 AGAIN. 1185 02:26:47,001 --> 02:26:48,000 THAT WAS THE FEDERAL TOY TESTING 1186 02:26:48,001 --> 02:26:49,000 PROGRAM FOR 1187 02:26:49,001 --> 02:26:50,000 AMERICA. 1188 02:26:50,001 --> 02:26:52,000 WELL, WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY 1189 02:26:52,001 --> 02:26:55,000 WHEN A LOT OF DANGEROUS TOYS 1190 02:26:55,001 --> 02:26:57,000 WERE SOLD AND A LOT OF THEM WENT 1191 02:26:57,001 --> 02:27:00,000 UNTESTED THAT IT HAD TO CHANGE. 1192 02:27:00,001 --> 02:27:01,000 SO WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF ONE OF 1193 02:27:01,001 --> 02:27:03,000 MY COLLEAGUES FROM ARKANSAS, 1194 02:27:03,001 --> 02:27:06,000 SENATOR MARK PRYOR, WE EMBARKED 1195 02:27:06,001 --> 02:27:07,000 ON A REAUTHORIZATION OF THIS 1196 02:27:07,001 --> 02:27:10,000 AGENCY AND GAVE IT 1197 02:27:10,001 --> 02:27:14,000 AUTHORITIES AND NEW 1198 02:27:14,001 --> 02:27:16,000 SADLY, SOME OF THE HOLD OVERS 1199 02:27:16,001 --> 02:27:18,000 ONE COMMISSIONER FROM A PREVIOUS 1200 02:27:18,001 --> 02:27:20,000 ADMINISTRATION COMPLAINED, SAID 1201 02:27:20,001 --> 02:27:22,000 SHE D 1202 02:27:22,001 --> 02:27:25,000 NEED TO DO THIS, THAT WE WERE 1203 02:27:25,001 --> 02:27:26,000 GOING TOO FAR IN GIVING MORE 1204 02:27:26,001 --> 02:27:27,000 POWER TO THIS AGENCY. 1205 02:27:27,001 --> 02:27:29,000 IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE MIND-SET 1206 02:27:29,001 --> 02:27:31,000 OF THE AGENCY OF THE OLD DAYS. 1207 02:27:31,001 --> 02:27:32,000 WE MATCHED THAT WITH 1208 02:27:32,001 --> 02:27:33,000 APPROPRIATIONS FUNDS FROM AN 1209 02:27:33,001 --> 02:27:34,000 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT 1210 02:27:34,001 --> 02:27:36,000 I CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD 1211 02:27:36,001 --> 02:27:37,000 ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE TESTERS AND 1212 02:27:37,001 --> 02:27:38,000 BUY EQUIPMENT AND MAKE CERTAIN 1213 02:27:38,001 --> 02:27:40,000 THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT 1214 02:27:40,001 --> 02:27:41,000 PRODUCTS BEFORE THEY ARRIVED IN 1215 02:27:41,001 --> 02:27:44,000 THE WAREHOUSES OF AMERICA AND ON 1216 02:27:44,001 --> 02:27:45,000 THE TOY SHELVES AND ON THE 1217 02:27:45,001 --> 02:27:47,000 SHELVES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 1218 02:27:47,001 --> 02:27:49,000 THEY WERE SAFE BEFORE THEY CAME 1219 02:27:49,001 --> 02:27:51,000 IN. 1220 02:27:51,001 --> 02:27:54,000 WELL, IT 1221 02:27:54,001 --> 02:27:56,000 BECAUSE THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP 1222 02:27:56,001 --> 02:27:57,000 WASN'T AT 1223 02:27:57,001 --> 02:27:58,000 WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS SWORN 1224 02:27:58,001 --> 02:28:00,000 IN, ONE OF MY FIRST CALLS WAS TO 1225 02:28:00,001 --> 02:28:01,000 URGE HIM TO FILL THE 1226 02:28:01,001 --> 02:28:04,000 THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 1227 02:28:04,001 --> 02:28:06,000 COMMISSION WITH TRUE CONSUMER ADVOCATES. 1228 02:28:06,001 --> 02:28:08,000 OUR PASSAGE OF THE CONSUMER 1229 02:28:08,001 --> 02:28:10,000 PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1230 02:28:10,001 --> 02:28:13,000 WHICH PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED INTO 1231 02:28:13,001 --> 02:28:16,000 LAW BY AN OVERWHELMING VOTE OF 1232 02:28:16,001 --> 02:28:20,000 89-# IN THE SENATE -- 1233 02:28:20,001 --> 02:28:22,000 THE SENATE WAS ISSUE. 1234 02:28:22,001 --> 02:28:24,000 IT MADE SURE THAT THE PRODUCTS 1235 02:28:24,001 --> 02:28:25,000 MET NATIONAL STANDARDS 1236 02:28:25,001 --> 02:28:26,000 AUTHORIZED A DOUBLING OF THE 1237 02:28:26,001 --> 02:28:27,000 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 1238 02:28:27,001 --> 02:28:28,000 COMMISSION BUDGET AND 1239 02:28:28,001 --> 02:28:30,000 STRENGTHENED THE COMMISSION'S 1240 02:28:30,001 --> 02:28:32,000 ABILITY TO PROTECT AMERICANS. 1241 02:28:32,001 --> 02:28:33,000 YESTERDAY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 1242 02:28:33,001 --> 02:28:35,000 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THESE 1243 02:28:35,001 --> 02:28:36,000 VACANCIES BEING FILLED BUILDS ON 1244 02:28:36,001 --> 02:28:38,000 THAT EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE 1245 02:28:38,001 --> 02:28:39,000 COMMISSION HAS 1246 02:28:39,001 --> 02:28:43,000 LEADERSHIP IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT 1247 02:28:43,001 --> 02:28:47,000 A LAW IN A COMPREHENSIVE YET 1248 02:28:47,001 --> 02:28:53,000 COMMONSENSE 1249 02:28:53,001 --> 02:28:55,000 INEZ TANNENBAUM WAS THE FORMER 1250 02:28:55,001 --> 02:28:56,000 SAOURPL TEN DENT OF EDUCATION 1251 02:28:56,001 --> 02:28:58,000 IN -- SUPERINTENDENT OF 1252 02:28:58,001 --> 02:29:00,000 EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 1253 02:29:00,001 --> 02:29:02,000 UNDER HER TENURE, STUDENT 1254 02:29:02,001 --> 02:29:05,000 ACHIEVEMENT IN 1255 02:29:05,001 --> 02:29:10,000 IMPROVED THE FASTEST IN THE NATION. 1256 02:29:10,001 --> 02:29:11,000 ROBBED ADLER, CONSUMER ADVOCATE 1257 02:29:11,001 --> 02:29:12,000 WAS A PROFESSOR AT THE 1258 02:29:12,001 --> 02:29:18,000 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1259 02:29:18,001 --> 02:29:19,000 WHERE HE WORKED EXTENSIVELY ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND 1260 02:29:19,001 --> 02:29:21,000 LIABILITY. 1261 02:29:21,001 --> 02:29:26,000 HE SERVED AS ATTORNEY AND 1262 02:29:26,001 --> 02:29:27,000 ADVISOR TO PREVIOUS CPSC COMMISSIONERS. 1263 02:29:27,001 --> 02:29:28,000 I SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 1264 02:29:28,001 --> 02:29:30,000 NOMINEES. 1265 02:29:30,001 --> 02:29:32,000 I'M GLAD HE'S GOING TO BRING 1266 02:29:32,001 --> 02:29:34,000 ABOUT A NEW DAY AT THIS AGENCY. 1267 02:29:34,001 --> 02:29:35,000 IT'S LONG OVERDUE. 1268 02:29:35,001 --> 02:29:37,000 OF FAMILIES AND 1269 02:29:37,001 --> 02:29:40,000 ON THIS AGENCY TO MAKE SURE WHEN 1270 02:29:40,001 --> 02:29:42,000 THE PRODUCTS MAKE THE SHELVES IN 1271 02:29:42,001 --> 02:29:43,000 AMERICA'S CONSUMERS. 1272 02:29:43,001 --> 02:29:46,000 MADAM PRESIDENT, I ASK CONSENT 1273 02:29:46,001 --> 02:29:48,000 THAT THE NEXT STATEMENT 1274 02:29:48,001 --> 02:29:49,000 IN A SEPARATE PORTION OF THE 1275 02:29:49,001 --> 02:29:51,000 "CONGRESSIONAL RECORD." THE PRESIDING OFFIR: WITHOUT 1276 02:29:51,001 --> 02:29:53,000 MR. DURBIN: EARLIER THIS YEAR 1277 02:29:53,001 --> 02:29:55,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED A NEW 1278 02:29:55,001 --> 02:29:56,000 POLICY FOR AFGHANISTAN AND 1279 02:29:56,001 --> 02:29:58,000 PAKISTAN, BEGINNING TO REALLY 1280 02:29:58,001 --> 02:30:00,000 FOCUS IMPORTANT RESOURCES AND 1281 02:30:00,001 --> 02:30:02,000 ATTENTION ON THOSE COUNTRIES, 1282 02:30:02,001 --> 02:30:06,000 RESOURCES THAT WERE TRAGICALLY 1283 02:30:06,001 --> 02:30:08,000 DIVERTED DURING THE WAR IN IRAQ. 1284 02:30:08,001 --> 02:30:09,000 I WILL SUBMI THIS STATEMENT IN 1285 02:30:09,001 --> 02:30:11,000 THE RECORD. 1286 02:30:11,001 --> 02:30:15,000 I WAS INVITED TO A LUNCHEON WITH 1287 02:30:15,001 --> 02:30:22,000 THE PRESIDENT 1288 02:30:22,001 --> 02:30:26,000 PRESIDENT WH 1289 02:30:26,001 --> 02:30:31,000 THEY ARE STARTING TO DO THINGS 1290 02:30:31,001 --> 02:30:32,000 THAT IHOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1291 02:30:32,001 --> 02:30:35,000 DONE A LONG 1292 02:30:35,001 --> 02:30:37,000 WHEN I 1293 02:30:37,001 --> 02:30:38,000 LITTLE OVER -- A LITTLE OVER A 1294 02:30:38,001 --> 02:30:40,000 YEAR AGO. 1295 02:30:40,001 --> 02:30:45,000 WE KNOW THAT THAT COUNTRY WHICH 1296 02:30:45,001 --> 02:30:49,000 WAS ONCE A PROLIFIC 1297 02:30:49,001 --> 02:30:51,000 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS HAS NOW 1298 02:30:51,001 --> 02:31:00,000 DESCENDED TO A POINT WHERE THE 1299 02:31:00,001 --> 02:31:02,000 MAJOR EXPORT IS POPPY AND HE 1300 02:31:02,001 --> 02:31:03,000 HEROIN. 1301 02:31:03,001 --> 02:31:05,000 WELL, TO LEARN THAT WE HAVE 1302 02:31:05,001 --> 02:31:07,000 FEWER THAN 10 AGRICULTURAL 1303 02:31:07,001 --> 02:31:09,000 EXPERTS 1304 02:31:09,001 --> 02:31:10,000 AFGHANISTAN TO TRY TO CHANGE 1305 02:31:10,001 --> 02:31:12,000 THIS WAS DISAPPOINTING. 1306 02:31:12,001 --> 02:31:15,000 THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE NEW 1307 02:31:15,001 --> 02:31:16,000 OBAMA 1308 02:31:16,001 --> 02:31:19,000 COMMITMENT TO RAISE THAT NUMBER 1309 02:31:19,001 --> 02:31:21,000 TO OVER 50 IN A HURRY AS THEY 1310 02:31:21,001 --> 02:31:23,000 SHOULD SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO 1311 02:31:23,001 --> 02:31:25,000 COUNSEL THOSE IN AGRICULTURE IN 1312 02:31:25,001 --> 02:31:27,000 AFGHANISTAN ABOUT 1313 02:31:27,001 --> 02:31:29,000 PROFITABLE CROPS THAT WON'T BE FEEDING TERRORISM. 1314 02:31:29,001 --> 02:31:32,000 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 1315 02:31:32,001 --> 02:31:34,000 NOT JUST THE MILITARY SIDE, BUT 1316 02:31:34,001 --> 02:31:36,000 THE ECONOMIC SIDE AS WELL. 1317 02:31:36,001 --> 02:31:37,000 WE UNDERSTAND THAT SECRETARY 1318 02:31:37,001 --> 02:31:39,000 CLINTON HAS SAID AS MUCH THAT IF 1319 02:31:39,001 --> 02:31:40,000 WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 1320 02:31:40,001 --> 02:31:42,000 AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, WE 1321 02:31:42,001 --> 02:31:43,000 HAVE TO BRING THIS EFFORT DOWN 1322 02:31:43,001 --> 02:31:44,000 TO GROUND LEVEL. 1323 02:31:44,001 --> 02:31:46,000 NOT JUST TO SUPPRESS THE 1324 02:31:46,001 --> 02:31:48,000 VIOLENCE, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 1325 02:31:48,001 --> 02:31:51,000 WE BUILD A CIVIL ECONOMY AND A 1326 02:31:51,001 --> 02:31:53,000 CIVIL GOVERNMENT THAT 1327 02:31:53,001 --> 02:31:55,000 SUSTAIN DEMOCRATIC AND FREE 1328 02:31:55,001 --> 02:31:56,000 GROWTH IN THOSE TWO 1329 02:31:56,001 --> 02:31:57,000 I WAS GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT 1330 02:31:57,001 --> 02:31:59,000 EFFORT TODAY. 1331 02:31:59,001 --> 02:32:06,000 DO. 1332 02:32:06,001 --> 02:32:07,000 I JOIN WITH SENATORS 1333 02:32:07,001 --> 02:32:09,000 MISSOURI, SENATOR MURRAY AND 1334 02:32:09,001 --> 02:32:12,000 CHRIS DODD AND SHELDON 1335 02:32:12,001 --> 02:32:15,000 WHITEHOUSE OF RHODE ISLAND WITH 1336 02:32:15,001 --> 02:32:19,000 A BILL CALLED INCREASING THE 1337 02:32:19,001 --> 02:32:20,000 GLOBAL CAPACITY ACT TO UNDERTAKE 1338 02:32:20,001 --> 02:32:22,000 GLOBAL ACTIVITIES. 1339 02:32:22,001 --> 02:32:24,000 IT WOULD TRIPLE 1340 02:32:24,001 --> 02:32:26,000 SERVICE OFFICERS BY 2012. 1341 02:32:26,001 --> 02:32:30,000 IF WE IMPLEMENT 1342 02:32:30,001 --> 02:32:32,000 IN THREE YEARS USAID WILL HAVE 1343 02:32:32,001 --> 02:32:34,000 3,000 TALENTED, 1344 02:32:34,001 --> 02:32:35,000 AMERICANS SERVING IN THE WORLD'S 1345 02:32:35,001 --> 02:32:36,000 MOST DIFFICULT LOCATIONS HELPING 1346 02:32:36,001 --> 02:32:38,000 TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS 1347 02:32:38,001 --> 02:32:39,000 AND SHOW THE WORLD WHAT AMERICA 1348 02:32:39,001 --> 02:32:43,000 IS ALL ABOUT. 1349 02:32:43,001 --> 02:32:45,000 I WOULD MUCH RATHER BEEF UP THE 1350 02:32:45,001 --> 02:32:47,000 US-AID THAN RUN THE RISK OF 1351 02:32:47,001 --> 02:32:48,000 SENDING MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS 1352 02:32:48,001 --> 02:32:49,000 TO FACE THE DANGERS OF WAR IN 1353 02:32:49,001 --> 02:32:51,000 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 1354 02:32:51,001 --> 02:32:52,000 I THINK THAT W 1355 02:32:52,001 --> 02:32:53,000 OVER THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF 1356 02:32:53,001 --> 02:32:55,000 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 1357 02:32:55,001 --> 02:32:57,000 HAVE THE RIGHT AMERICAN 1358 02:32:57,001 --> 02:32:59,000 AMBASSADORS IN A CIVILIAN 1359 02:32:59,001 --> 02:33:01,000 CAPACITY USING DIPLOMACY AND 1360 02:33:01,001 --> 02:33:03,000 DEVELOPMENT AS MAJOR TOOLS. 1361 02:33:03,001 --> 02:33:05,000 I HOPE THAT THIS BILL WILL BE 1362 02:33:05,001 --> 02:33:06,000 CONSIDERED BY MY COLLEAGUES AND 1363 02:33:06,001 --> 02:33:07,000 PASSED. 1364 02:33:07,001 --> 02:33:08,000 I URGE THE SUPPORT OF T 1365 02:33:08,001 --> 02:33:09,000 LEGISLATION. 1366 02:33:09,001 --> 02:33:12,000 I ASK THAT MY ENTIRE STATEMENT 1367 02:33:12,001 --> 02:33:13,000 BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. 1368 02:33:13,001 --> 02:33:15,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1369 02:33:15,001 --> 02:33:17,000 MR. DURBIN: AND I YIELD THE 1370 02:33:17,001 --> 02:33:18,000 FLOOR. 1371 02:33:18,001 --> 02:33:19,000 A SENATOR: M 1372 02:33:19,001 --> 02:33:20,000 THE PRESIDIN 1373 02:33:20,001 --> 02:33:22,000 SENATOR FROM GEORGIA. 1374 02:33:22,001 --> 02:33:24,000 MR. CHAMBLISS: MADAM PRESIDENT, 1375 02:33:24,001 --> 02:33:27,000 I RISE THIS AFTERNOON TO 1376 02:33:27,001 --> 02:33:28,000 E BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR POWER TO 1377 02:33:28,001 --> 02:33:31,000 OUR 1378 02:33:31,001 --> 02:33:33,000 LAST WEEK 1379 02:33:33,001 --> 02:33:35,000 TO VISIT THE SAVANNAH RIVER 1380 02:33:35,001 --> 02:33:37,000 SITE, ALONG WITH THREE OF MY 1381 02:33:37,001 --> 02:33:40,000 OTHER COLLEAGUES, THE OTHER 1382 02:33:40,001 --> 02:33:42,000 SENATOR FROM 1383 02:33:42,001 --> 02:33:43,000 ISAKSON, AND OUR TWO SOUTH 1384 02:33:43,001 --> 02:33:46,000 CAROLINA COLLEAGUES, SENATOR 1385 02:33:46,001 --> 02:33:48,000 GRAHAM 1386 02:33:48,001 --> 02:33:50,000 TO WATCH THE DEPARTMENT OF 1387 02:33:50,001 --> 02:33:51,000 ENERGY EMPLOYEES THERE CARRY OUT 1388 02:33:51,001 --> 02:33:52,000 THEIR MISSION. 1389 02:33:52,001 --> 02:33:55,000 THIS SITE HAS BEEN SAFELY 1390 02:33:55,001 --> 02:33:56,000 OPERATING SINCE THE 1950'S 1391 02:33:56,001 --> 02:33:57,000 REFINING MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR 1392 02:33:57,001 --> 02:33:59,000 WEAPONS. 1393 02:33:59,001 --> 02:34:00,000 IN MORE THAN HALF A DECADE -- 1394 02:34:00,001 --> 02:34:05,000 EXCUSE ME. 1395 02:34:05,001 --> 02:34:07,000 IN MORE THAN A HALF 1396 02:34:07,001 --> 02:34:10,000 THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE 1397 02:34:10,001 --> 02:34:11,000 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT THE SAVANNAH 1398 02:34:11,001 --> 02:34:13,000 RIVER SITE PROVING THAT IT'S 1399 02:34:13,001 --> 02:34:16,000 POSSIBLE TO SAFELY OPERATE AND 1400 02:34:16,001 --> 02:34:18,000 MAINTAIN OUR NUCLEAR FACILITIES. 1401 02:34:18,001 --> 02:34:20,000 BUT IN THE PAST DECADE THE PLACE 1402 02:34:20,001 --> 02:34:22,000 THAT HAS HELPED BOLSTER 1403 02:34:22,001 --> 02:34:23,000 AMERICA'S STANDING IN THE ATOMIC 1404 02:34:23,001 --> 02:34:26,000 AGE AND HAS BEEN A WATCH AND 1405 02:34:26,001 --> 02:34:28,000 WARD FOR AMERICAN NUCLEAR MIGHT 1406 02:34:28,001 --> 02:34:30,000 HAS ALSO 1407 02:34:30,001 --> 02:34:32,000 FORCES FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES TO 1408 02:34:32,001 --> 02:34:33,000 BRING LIGHT AN HEAT INTO 1409 02:34:33,001 --> 02:34:36,000 AMERICAN HOMES. 1410 02:34:36,001 --> 02:34:38,000 -- AND HEAT INTO THE AMERICAN HOMES. 1411 02:34:38,001 --> 02:34:40,000 THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE HAS LED 1412 02:34:40,001 --> 02:34:41,000 THE WAY IN DISPOSING OF NUCLEAR 1413 02:34:41,001 --> 02:34:43,000 MATERIAL. 1414 02:34:43,001 --> 02:34:45,000 FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS THE 1415 02:34:45,001 --> 02:34:48,000 FACILITY HAS BLENDED WEAPONS 1416 02:34:48,001 --> 02:34:53,000 GRADE HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM TO 1417 02:34:53,001 --> 02:34:54,000 USE LOW ENRICHED URANIUM THAT IS 1418 02:34:54,001 --> 02:34:58,000 REACTOR FUEL. 1419 02:34:58,001 --> 02:35:00,000 IT EXPANDED ITS MISSION TO HAVE 1420 02:35:00,001 --> 02:35:01,000 EXCESS WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM 1421 02:35:01,001 --> 02:35:03,000 FROM DECOMMISSIONED NUCLEAR 1422 02:35:03,001 --> 02:35:06,000 WEAPONS AND WILL BECOME A 1423 02:35:06,001 --> 02:35:07,000 CONSOLIDATION POINT FOR ALL 1424 02:35:07,001 --> 02:35:08,000 WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONI IN THE 1425 02:35:08,001 --> 02:35:10,000 UNITED STATES. 1426 02:35:10,001 --> 02:35:13,000 THIS WILL DEVELOP I 1427 02:35:13,001 --> 02:35:14,000 FOR COMMERCIAL POWER REACTORS. 1428 02:35:14,001 --> 02:35:16,000 MATERIALS THAT ONCE TIPPED OUR 1429 02:35:16,001 --> 02:35:19,000 ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS ARE 1430 02:35:19,001 --> 02:35:23,000 NOW BEING USED TO PROVIDE THE 1431 02:35:23,001 --> 02:35:25,000 LIGHTY WHICH GEORGIANS EAT 1432 02:35:25,001 --> 02:35:26,000 DINNER, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, AND 1433 02:35:26,001 --> 02:35:28,000 THE POWER BY WHICH THEY HEAT 1434 02:35:28,001 --> 02:35:33,000 THEIR HOMES IN WINTER AND COOL 1435 02:35:33,001 --> 02:35:37,000 THEM IN IN OUR HOT SUMMERS. 1436 02:35:37,001 --> 02:35:39,000 ONE-FIFTHS OF THE GEORGIA 1437 02:35:39,001 --> 02:35:40,000 GENERATING POWER -- ENERGY COMES 1438 02:35:40,001 --> 02:35:42,000 FROM NUCLEAR POWER. 1439 02:35:42,001 --> 02:35:44,000 IT PROVIDES SOME OF THE LOWEST 1440 02:35:44,001 --> 02:35:47,000 COST OF ELECTRICITY IN OUR STATE. 1441 02:35:47,001 --> 02:35:48,000 THE POWER THEY GENERATE IS SAFE 1442 02:35:48,001 --> 02:35:49,000 AN RELIABLE AND MOST SIGNIFICANT 1443 02:35:49,001 --> 02:35:52,000 IN THE NATIONAL DEBATE ON 1444 02:35:52,001 --> 02:35:54,000 CLIMATE CHANGE, EMISSIONS FREE 1445 02:35:54,001 --> 02:35:57,000 AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE. 1446 02:35:57,001 --> 02:35:59,000 DESPITE THOSE CLEAR ADVANTAGES 1447 02:35:59,001 --> 02:36:01,000 IN AMERICA AT-LARGE, NUCLEAR 1448 02:36:01,001 --> 02:36:02,000 POWER PRODUCES SOME 20% OF THE 1449 02:36:02,001 --> 02:36:04,000 NATION'S ENERGY. 1450 02:36:04,001 --> 02:36:06,000 COMPARE THAT TO FRANCE WHERE THE 1451 02:36:06,001 --> 02:36:07,000 NUCLEAR POWER SOURCES PROVIDE 1452 02:36:07,001 --> 02:36:10,000 NEARLY 80% OF THAT COUNTRY'S 1453 02:36:10,001 --> 02:36:11,000 POWER. 1454 02:36:11,001 --> 02:36:13,000 INTRIGUINGLY IN TERMS OF 1455 02:36:13,001 --> 02:36:19,000 NATIONAL SECURITY, THE 1456 02:36:19,001 --> 02:36:21,000 RIVER SITE IS PLAYING A ROLE IN 1457 02:36:21,001 --> 02:36:22,000 AMERICA'S NUCLEAR 1458 02:36:22,001 --> 02:36:24,000 NONPROLIFERATION 1459 02:36:24,001 --> 02:36:26,000 THE NUCLEAR POWER GENERATED FROM 1460 02:36:26,001 --> 02:36:29,000 PRODUCING OUR NUCLEAR STOCKPILE 1461 02:36:29,001 --> 02:36:31,000 AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE IS 1462 02:36:31,001 --> 02:36:33,000 COMING FULL CIRCLE. 1463 02:36:33,001 --> 02:36:35,000 IN ITS CON 1464 02:36:35,001 --> 02:36:36,000 TO NUCLEAR FUEL IS HELPING 1465 02:36:36,001 --> 02:36:38,000 AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON 1466 02:36:38,001 --> 02:36:39,000 ENERGY SOURCES OFTEN FROM 1467 02:36:39,001 --> 02:36:41,000 COUNTRIES THAT DON'T LIKE US AND 1468 02:36:41,001 --> 02:36:42,000 DON'T HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST AT 1469 02:36:42,001 --> 02:36:43,000 HEART. 1470 02:36:43,001 --> 02:36:45,000 ADDITIONALLY THE WORK CONDUCTED 1471 02:36:45,001 --> 02:36:48,000 AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE HELPS 1472 02:36:48,001 --> 02:36:50,000 MAINTAIN AMERICA'S TECHNICAL AND 1473 02:36:50,001 --> 02:36:52,000 SCIENTIFIC NUCLEAR BASE 1474 02:36:52,001 --> 02:36:54,000 PRESERVING THE EXPERTISE TO 1475 02:36:54,001 --> 02:36:57,000 EXPAND COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR ENERGY 1476 02:36:57,001 --> 02:36:59,000 AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE TO 1477 02:36:59,001 --> 02:37:00,000 MODERNIZE OUR EXISTING NUCLEAR 1478 02:37:00,001 --> 02:37:02,000 WEAPONS ARSENAL. 1479 02:37:02,001 --> 02:37:05,000 I WAS I 1480 02:37:05,001 --> 02:37:07,000 AND EXPERTISE OF SAVANNAH RIVER EMPLOYEES. 1481 02:37:07,001 --> 02:37:09,000 I MET -- WHO ARE SOME OF THE 1482 02:37:09,001 --> 02:37:12,000 LEADING NUCLEAR EXPERTS IN THE WORLD. 1483 02:37:12,001 --> 02:37:14,000 HOWEVER, THEY ARE AN ENDANGERED 1484 02:37:14,001 --> 02:37:15,000 BREED, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE 1485 02:37:15,001 --> 02:37:17,000 UNLESS AMERICA COMMITS TO 1486 02:37:17,001 --> 02:37:19,000 EXPANDEDUCLEAR ENERGY AND 1487 02:37:19,001 --> 02:37:21,000 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 1488 02:37:21,001 --> 02:37:22,000 WE KNOW THAT AMERICA'S ENERGY 1489 02:37:22,001 --> 02:37:24,000 CONSUMPTION WILL INCREASE. 1490 02:37:24,001 --> 02:37:26,000 WE KNOW THAT THE INCREASED 1491 02:37:26,001 --> 02:37:34,000 DEMAND WILL DRIVE THE NEED FOR 1492 02:37:34,001 --> 02:37:35,000 MORE BASE-LOAD CAPACITY. 1493 02:37:35,001 --> 02:37:37,000 DEMOGRAPHERS PREDICT THAT 40% OF 1494 02:37:37,001 --> 02:37:39,000 THE U.S. POPULATION WILL LIVE IN 1495 02:37:39,001 --> 02:37:40,000 THE SOUTHEAST. 1496 02:37:40,001 --> 02:37:42,000 GEORGIA IS SLATED TO HAVE FOUR 1497 02:37:42,001 --> 02:37:44,000 MILLION NEW RESIDENTS DURING THAT TIME FRAME. 1498 02:37:44,001 --> 02:37:46,000 IF WE'RE TO MEET THE GROWING 1499 02:37:46,001 --> 02:37:48,000 ENERGY NEED OF GEORGIA AND OF 1500 02:37:48,001 --> 02:37:51,000 OUR NATION IN KEEPING WITH 1501 02:37:51,001 --> 02:37:52,000 AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY 1502 02:37:52,001 --> 02:37:54,000 INTERESTS, THE INGENUITY OF 1503 02:37:54,001 --> 02:37:56,000 EMPLOYEES AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER 1504 02:37:56,001 --> 02:37:58,000 SITE AND OTHER SUCH FACILITIES 1505 02:37:58,001 --> 02:38:00,000 ARE KEY T 1506 02:38:00,001 --> 02:38:02,000 I APPLAUD THEIR GREAT WORK AND I 1507 02:38:02,001 --> 02:38:03,000 LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS 1508 02:38:03,001 --> 02:38:05,000 OF EXPANSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY 1509 02:38:05,001 --> 02:38:10,000 THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED TO 1510 02:38:10,001 --> 02:38:16,000 DISPOSE OF OUR NUCLEAR WASTE AS 1511 02:38:16,001 --> 02:38:17,000 WASTE AN REUSE THAT WASTE -- AND 1512 02:38:17,001 --> 02:38:18,000 REUSE OUR WASTE. 1513 02:38:18,001 --> 02:38:19,000 WITH, THAT MADAM PRESIDENT, I 1514 02:38:19,001 --> 02:38:21,000 WOULD YIELD THE 1515 02:38:21,001 --> 02:38:22,000 SUGGEST THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. 1516 02:38:22,001 --> 02:38:32,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK 1517 02:38:32,001 --> 02:46:06,000 WILL CALL THE ROLL. 1518 02:46:06,001 --> 03:01:53,000 QUORUM CALL: 1519 03:01:53,001 --> 03:10:26,000 QUORUM CALL: 1520 03:10:26,001 --> 03:16:33,000 QUORUM C 1521 03:16:33,001 --> 03:16:34,000 QUORUM CALL: 1522 03:16:34,001 --> 03:16:35,000 OFFICER THE GORM. 1523 03:16:35,001 --> 03:16:36,000 MR. REID: ASK CONSENT THAT 1524 03:16:36,001 --> 03:16:37,000 CALL OF E QUORUM BE TERPTED. 1525 03:16:37,001 --> 03:16:38,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1526 03:16:38,001 --> 03:16:39,000 MR. REID: I ASK UNANIMOUS 1527 03:16:39,001 --> 03:16:42,000 CONSENT THAT THE SENATE PROCEED 1528 03:16:42,001 --> 03:16:44,000 TO THE CONSIDERATION OF CALENDAR 1529 03:16:44,001 --> 03:16:46,000 NUMBER 57. 1530 03:16:46,001 --> 03:16:47,000 S. RES. 84. 1531 03:16:47,001 --> 03:17:04,000 THE PRESIDINOFFICER: THE 1532 03:17:04,001 --> 03:17:07,000 CLERK WILL REPORT. 1533 03:17:07,001 --> 03:17:09,000 THE CLERK: CALENDAR NUMBER 1534 03:17:09,001 --> 03:17:11,000 S. RES. 84, URGING THE 1535 03:17:11,001 --> 03:17:13,000 GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO END THE 1536 03:17:13,001 --> 03:17:14,000 COMMERCIAL SEAL HUNT. 1537 03:17:14,001 --> 03:17:17,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE SENATE WILL 1538 03:17:17,001 --> 03:17:19,000 PROCEED TO THE MEASURE. 1539 03:17:19,001 --> 03:17:20,000 CONSENT THAT THE RESOLUTION BE 1540 03:17:20,001 --> 03:17:21,000 AGREED TO, PREAMBLE PREANAL, THE 1541 03:17:21,001 --> 03:17:22,000 MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID ON 1542 03:17:22,001 --> 03:17:24,000 THE TABLE, THERE BE NO 1543 03:17:24,001 --> 03:17:25,000 INTERVENING ACTION OR DEBATE AND 1544 03:17:25,001 --> 03:17:26,000 ANY STATEMENTS BE PLACED IN THE 1545 03:17:26,001 --> 03:17:27,000 RECORD AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE 1546 03:17:27,001 --> 03:17:28,000 AS IF GIVEN. 1547 03:17:28,001 --> 03:17:29,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1548 03:17:29,001 --> 03:17:31,000 OBJECTION. 1549 03:17:31,001 --> 03:17:32,000 MR. REID: MADAM PRESIDENT, 1550 03:17:32,001 --> 03:17:33,000 ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE 1551 03:17:33,001 --> 03:17:36,000 COMMERCE COMMITTEE BE DISCHARGED 1552 03:17:36,001 --> 03:17:38,000 FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. 1553 03:17:38,001 --> 03:17:39,000 RES. 1554 03:17:39,001 --> 03:17:45,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL REPORT. 1555 03:17:45,001 --> 03:17:47,000 THE CLERK: S. RES. 1556 03:17:47,001 --> 03:17:48,000 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT AND 1557 03:17:48,001 --> 03:17:53,000 RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL TRAIN 1558 03:17:53,001 --> 03:17:54,000 DAY, MAY 9, 2009. 1559 03:17:54,001 --> 03:17:56,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1560 03:17:56,001 --> 03:17:57,000 OBJECTION, THE COMMITTEE IS 1561 03:17:57,001 --> 03:17:58,000 DISCHARGED AND THE SENATE WILL 1562 03:17:58,001 --> 03:17:59,000 PROCEED TO THE MEASURE. 1563 03:17:59,001 --> 03:18:01,000 MR. REID: I ASK CONSENT THAT 1564 03:18:01,001 --> 03:18:03,000 THE RESOLUTION BE AGREED TO, THE 1565 03:18:03,001 --> 03:18:05,000 PREAMBLE BE AGREED TO, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID ON 1566 03:18:05,001 --> 03:18:07,000 THE TABLE EN BLOC, ANY 1567 03:18:07,001 --> 03:18:08,000 STATEMENTS RELATING TO THIS 1568 03:18:08,001 --> 03:18:09,000 MATTER APPEAR AT 1569 03:18:09,001 --> 03:18:10,000 PLACE IN THE RECORD AS IF GIVEN. 1570 03:18:10,001 --> 03:18:12,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1571 03:18:12,001 --> 03:18:14,000 MR. REID: I ASK CONSENT WE NOW 1572 03:18:14,001 --> 03:18:15,000 PROCEED TO S. RES. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 1573 03:18:15,001 --> 03:18:18,000 CLERK WILL REPORT. 1574 03:18:18,001 --> 03:18:20,000 THE CLERK: S. RES. 138, 1575 03:18:20,001 --> 03:18:22,000 HONORING CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS. 1576 03:18:22,001 --> 03:18:24,000 FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO 1577 03:18:24,001 --> 03:18:25,000 FAMILY 1578 03:18:25,001 --> 03:18:29,000 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 1579 03:18:29,001 --> 03:18:30,000 THE LINE OF DUTY. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1580 03:18:30,001 --> 03:18:32,000 OBJECTION, THE SENATE WILL 1581 03:18:32,001 --> 03:18:33,000 PROCEED TO THE MEASURE. 1582 03:18:33,001 --> 03:18:34,000 PRIED REID I ASK UNANIMOUS 1583 03:18:34,001 --> 03:18:35,000 CONSENT THAT THE RESOLUTION BE 1584 03:18:35,001 --> 03:18:36,000 AGREED TO, THE PREAMBLE BE 1585 03:18:36,001 --> 03:18:37,000 AGREED TO, AND T 1586 03:18:37,001 --> 03:18:38,000 RECONSIDER BE LAID ON THE TABLE. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1587 03:18:38,001 --> 03:18:39,000 OBJECTION. 1588 03:18:39,001 --> 03:18:40,000 MR. REID: I ASK UNANIMOUS 1589 03:18:40,001 --> 03:18:42,000 CONSENT THE APPOINTMENT AT THE 1590 03:18:42,001 --> 03:18:43,000 DESK APPEAR SEPARATELY IN THE 1591 03:18:43,001 --> 03:18:44,000 RECORD AS IF MADE BY THE CHAIR. 1592 03:18:44,001 --> 03:18:46,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WHOUT OBJECTION. 1593 03:18:46,001 --> 03:18:47,000 MR. REID: MADAM PRESIDENT, I 1594 03:18:47,001 --> 03:18:48,000 ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT WHEN 1595 03:18:48,001 --> 03:18:50,000 THE SENATE COMPLETES ITS 1596 03:18:50,001 --> 03:18:51,000 BUSINE TODAY, IT ADJOURN UNTIL 1597 03:18:51,001 --> 03:18:53,000 2:00 P.M., MAY 11. 1598 03:18:53,001 --> 03:18:54,000 FOLLOWING THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE, 1599 03:18:54,001 --> 03:18:56,000 THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS BE 1600 03:18:56,001 --> 03:19:02,000 APPROVED TO DATE, THE MORNING 1601 03:19:02,001 --> 03:19:03,000 HOUR BE RESERVED FOR THEIR USE 1602 03:19:03,001 --> 03:19:04,000 LATER IN THE DAY. 1603 03:19:04,001 --> 03:19:06,000 UNTIL 3:00 WITH SENATORS 1604 03:19:06,001 --> 03:19:07,000 PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR UP TO 10 1605 03:19:07,001 --> 03:19:08,000 MINUTES EACH. 1606 03:19:08,001 --> 03:19:10,000 FOLLOWING MORNING BUSINESS, THE 1607 03:19:10,001 --> 03:19:12,000 SENATE PROCEED TO THE 1608 03:19:12,001 --> 03:19:13,000 CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS ORDERED. 1609 03:19:13,001 --> 03:19:18,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1610 03:19:18,001 --> 03:19:19,000 OBJECTION. MR. REID: I ASK UNANIMOUS 1611 03:19:19,001 --> 03:19:21,000 CONSENT THAT THE SENATE PROCEED 1612 03:19:21,001 --> 03:19:24,000 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER 1613 03:19:24,001 --> 03:19:25,000 CALENDAR NUMBER 110 TO 128, ALL 1614 03:19:25,001 --> 03:19:28,000 NOMINATIONS ON THE SECRETARY'S 1615 03:19:28,001 --> 03:19:29,000 DESK THE AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINE 1616 03:19:29,001 --> 03:19:30,000 CORPS, NAVY, ALL NOMINATIONS 1617 03:19:30,001 --> 03:19:31,000 BEING CONFIRMED EN BLOC, THE THE 1618 03:19:31,001 --> 03:19:34,000 MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID ON 1619 03:19:34,001 --> 03:19:36,000 THE TABLE EN BLOC, NO FURTHER 1620 03:19:36,001 --> 03:19:37,000 MOTIONS BE IN ORDER, ANY 1621 03:19:37,001 --> 03:19:38,000 STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE 1622 03:19:38,001 --> 03:19:40,000 NOMINATIONS APPEAR IN THE RECORD 1623 03:19:40,001 --> 03:19:41,000 AS IF READ, THE PRESIDENT BE 1624 03:19:41,001 --> 03:19:43,000 IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE 1625 03:19:43,001 --> 03:19:44,000 SENATE'S ACTION AND THE SENATE 1626 03:19:44,001 --> 03:19:54,000 THEN RESUME LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT 1627 03:19:54,001 --> 03:19:56,000 MR. REID: MADAM PRESIDENT, 1628 03:19:56,001 --> 03:19:57,000 THERE WILL BE NO ROLL CALL VOTES 1629 03:19:57,001 --> 03:20:00,000 ON MONDAY. 1630 03:20:00,001 --> 03:20:02,000 THE NEXT VOTE IS EXPECTED TO 1631 03:20:02,001 --> 03:20:03,000 OCCUR ON TUESDAY, MAY 126789 THE 1632 03:20:03,001 --> 03:20:06,000 MANAGERS OF THE BILL ON CREDIT 1633 03:20:06,001 --> 03:20:08,000 CARDS WILL BE HERE MONDAY 1634 03:20:08,001 --> 03:20:09,000 AFTERNOON TO START THE OPENING 1635 03:20:09,001 --> 03:20:11,000 STATEMENTS ON THIS MATTER. 1636 03:20:11,001 --> 03:20:12,000 ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1637 03:20:12,001 --> 03:20:15,000 CREDIT CARD LEGISLATION WOULD BE 1638 03:20:15,001 --> 03:20:17,000 ADVISED TO COME AND DO THAT 1639 03:20:17,001 --> 03:20:19,000 SOMETIME MONDAY NIGHT. 1640 03:20:19,001 --> 03:20:20,000 AS WE GET INTO THE LEGISLATION 1641 03:20:20,001 --> 03:20:23,000 ITSELF, THE TIME FOR OPENING 1642 03:20:23,001 --> 03:20:24,000 STATEMENTS MAY NOT BE 1643 03:20:24,001 --> 03:20:26,000 APPROPRIATE OR TIMELY. 1644 03:20:26,001 --> 03:20:27,000 SO I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME WOULD 1645 03:20:27,001 --> 03:20:29,000 CONSIDER DOING THAT MONDAY TO 1646 03:20:29,001 --> 03:20:30,000 GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. 1647 03:20:30,001 --> 03:20:32,000 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS 1648 03:20:32,001 --> 03:20:34,000 TO COME BEFORE THE SNAT SENATE, 1649 03:20:34,001 --> 03:20:36,000 I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN UNDER THE 1650 03:20:36,001 --> 03:20:37,000 PREVIOUS ORDER, FOLLOWING THE 1651 03:20:37,001 --> 03:20:47,000 REMARKS OF THE DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN LEADER. 1652 03:20:47,001 --> 03:20:53,000 OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. 1653 03:20:53,001 --> 03:30:07,000 THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. 1654 03:30:07,001 --> 03:30:33,000 QUORUM CALL: 1655 03:30:33,001 --> 03:30:34,000 QUORUM CALL: 1656 03:30:34,001 --> 03:30:35,000 MR. McCONNELL: 1657 03:30:35,001 --> 03:30:36,000 MADAM PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 1658 03:30:36,001 --> 03:30:37,000 REPUBLICAN LEADER. 1659 03:30:37,001 --> 03:30:39,000 MR. McCONNELL: I ASK UNANIMOUS 1660 03:30:39,001 --> 03:30:40,000 CONSENT THAT FURTH 1661 03:30:40,001 --> 03:30:41,000 UNDER THE QUORUM CALL BE 1662 03:30:41,001 --> 03:30:45,000 DISPENSED WITH. 1663 03:30:45,001 --> 03:30:46,000 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 1664 03:30:46,001 --> 03:30:51,000 MR. McCONNELL: 1665 03:30:51,001 --> 03:30:54,000 MADAM PRESIDENT, THE NATION SAYS 1666 03:30:54,001 --> 03:30:56,000 ITS LAST FAREWELL TO 1667 03:30:56,001 --> 03:30:58,000 TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT AMERICANS 1668 03:30:58,001 --> 03:31:01,000 WILL LONG REMEMBER 1669 03:31:01,001 --> 03:31:03,000 OUR LES AND ON OUR POLITICS. 1670 03:31:03,001 --> 03:31:05,000 SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO 1671 03:31:05,001 --> 03:31:11,000 VOICE TO THE MANY OTHERS WHO 1672 03:31:11,001 --> 03:31:12,000 HAVE SPOKEN WELL OF THIS GOOD 1673 03:31:12,001 --> 03:31:15,000 MAN. 1674 03:31:15,001 --> 03:31:17,000 THE ARC OF JACK'S LIFE IS WELL 1675 03:31:17,001 --> 03:31:19,000 KNOWN. 1676 03:31:19,001 --> 03:31:23,000 MIDDLE-CLASS SON OF A SMALL 1677 03:31:23,001 --> 03:31:25,000 BUSINESSMAN AND WIFE. 1678 03:31:25,001 --> 03:31:26,000 JACK NEVER WANTED TO BE ANYING 1679 03:31:26,001 --> 03:31:28,000 BUT A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL 1680 03:31:28,001 --> 03:31:30,000 PLAYER, AND HE WORKED VERY HARD 1681 03:31:30,001 --> 03:31:33,000 AT IT, GOOD ENOUGH TO B DRAFTED 1682 03:31:33,001 --> 03:31:36,000 BY THE LIONS BUT NOT QUITE GOOD 1683 03:31:36,001 --> 03:31:39,000 ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TEAM. 1684 03:31:39,001 --> 03:31:41,000 JACK DUG IN, 1685 03:31:41,001 --> 03:31:43,000 THROUGH A FEW FOOTBALL TEAMS 1686 03:31:43,001 --> 03:31:44,000 BEFORE BEING SIDELINED BY AN 1687 03:31:44,001 --> 03:31:46,000 INJURY AND ENDING UP WITH THE 1688 03:31:46,001 --> 03:31:48,000 BUFFALO BILLS WHERE HE BECAME 1689 03:31:48,001 --> 03:31:49,000 ONE OF THE GREAT QUARTERBACKS OF 1690 03:31:49,001 --> 03:31:51,000 ALL TIME. 1691 03:31:51,001 --> 03:31:53,000 JACK SHOWED HIS SKILLS EARLY ON 1692 03:31:53,001 --> 03:31:55,000 WITH THE BILLS. 1693 03:31:55,001 --> 03:31:57,000 IN HIS VERY FIRST GAME, HE 1694 03:31:57,001 --> 03:32:01,000 COMPLETED 21 OF 35 PASSES, 1695 03:32:01,001 --> 03:32:04,000 INCLUDING TWO TOUCHDOWNS, FOR 230 YARDS. 1696 03:32:04,001 --> 03:32:06,000 BY THE TIME HE RETIRED IN 1969, 1697 03:32:06,001 --> 03:32:09,000 HE WOULD RANK FIRST IN PASSES, 1698 03:32:09,001 --> 03:32:10,000 COMPLETIONS, AND PASSING YARDAGE 1699 03:32:10,001 --> 03:32:13,000 AMONG ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL 1700 03:32:13,001 --> 03:32:16,000 LEAGUE QUARTERBACKS. 1701 03:32:16,001 --> 03:32:18,000 BUT JACK'S RESTLESS MIND WAS 1702 03:32:18,001 --> 03:32:20,000 STIRRING EVEN BEFORE HE LEFT THE 1703 03:32:20,001 --> 03:32:22,000 FID, AND TEAMMATES WOULD LATER 1704 03:32:22,001 --> 03:32:24,000 RECALL THAT ON LONG PLANE RIDES 1705 03:32:24,001 --> 03:32:26,000 WHILE THEY WOULD BE READING PLAY 1706 03:32:26,001 --> 03:32:30,000 BOOKS, JACK WOULD BE READING 1707 03:32:30,001 --> 03:32:31,000 ECONOMIC THEORY OR THE LATEST 1708 03:32:31,001 --> 03:32:35,000 NATIONAL REVIEW. 1709 03:32:35,001 --> 03:32:36,000 DURING THE OFFSEASON JACK 1710 03:32:36,001 --> 03:32:38,000 VOLUNTEERED ON POLITICAL 1711 03:32:38,001 --> 03:32:40,000 CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING THE 1712 03:32:40,001 --> 03:32:42,000 GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN OF RONALD REAGAN. 1713 03:32:42,001 --> 03:32:45,000 IT WAS ALL THE TRA NEED. 1714 03:32:45,001 --> 03:32:47,000 AFTER RETIRING FROM PRO 1715 03:32:47,001 --> 03:32:49,000 FOOTBALL, HIS PATH TO POLITICS 1716 03:32:49,001 --> 03:32:50,000 WAS AS SURE AS HIS TEN-YARD 1717 03:32:50,001 --> 03:32:53,000 PASS. 1718 03:32:53,001 --> 03:32:57,000 AND SO WAS HIS PATH TO SUCCESS. 1719 03:32:57,001 --> 03:32:59,000 ARMED WITH A KINETIC 1720 03:32:59,001 --> 03:33:00,000 PERSONALITY, A SHARP MIND, A 1721 03:33:00,001 --> 03:33:03,000 PASSION FOR IDEAS AND FOR 1722 03:33:03,001 --> 03:33:07,000 PEOPLE, JACK SET ABOUT WITH THE 1723 03:33:07,001 --> 03:33:08,000 ZEAL OF A PREACH TORE SPREAD HIS 1724 03:33:08,001 --> 03:33:12,000 CONVICTION -- OF A PREACHER TO 1725 03:33:12,001 --> 03:33:13,000 SPREAD HIS CONVICTION ABOUT 1726 03:33:13,001 --> 03:33:14,000 SHARP TAX CUTS. 1727 03:33:14,001 --> 03:33:18,000 HE WAS SO CONVINCING THAT TAX 1728 03:33:18,001 --> 03:33:20,000 CUTS BECAME THE CENTERPIECE OF 1729 03:33:20,001 --> 03:33:23,000 HIS PARTY PLATFORM IN 1980, THE 1730 03:33:23,001 --> 03:33:24,000 BASIS OF ITS REVIVAL AND THE 1731 03:33:24,001 --> 03:33:26,000 CAUSE OF THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1732 03:33:26,001 --> 03:33:28,000 NEXT TWO DECADES. 1733 03:33:28,001 --> 03:33:30,000 GROWING UP, JACK WAS THE CAPTAIN 1734 03:33:30,001 --> 03:33:32,000 OF EVERY TEAM HE EVER PLAYED FOR. 1735 03:33:32,001 --> 03:33:34,000 THAT DIDN'T CHANGE WHEN HE 1736 03:33:34,001 --> 03:33:36,000 TO 1737 03:33:36,001 --> 03:33:39,000 HE WAS CALLING THE PLAYS HERE 1738 03:33:39,001 --> 03:33:40,000 NOW, AND PEOPLE WERE 1739 03:33:40,001 --> 03:33:43,000 LLOW 1740 03:33:43,001 --> 03:33:44,000 HE WAS AS LIKABLE AS HE WAS 1741 03:33:44,001 --> 03:33:45,000 PERSUASIVE. 1742 03:33:45,001 --> 03:33:48,000 ALL THE MORE SO BECAUSE HE 1743 03:33:48,001 --> 03:33:51,000 DIDN'T SEEK OUT POPULARITY. 1744 03:33:51,001 --> 03:33:52,000 HE WAS ALWAYS DRIVEN BY 1745 03:33:52,001 --> 03:33:55,000 SOMETHING ELSE. 1746 03:33:55,001 --> 03:33:57,000 AT HIS CORE, JACK WAS MOTIVATED 1747 03:33:57,001 --> 03:33:59,000 BY NOTHING MORE THAN A DEEP 1748 03:33:59,001 --> 03:34:01,000 DESIRE TO SEE AMERICA LIVE UP TO 1749 03:34:01,001 --> 03:34:04,000 ITS FOUNDING PROMISE OF A 1750 03:34:04,001 --> 03:34:08,000 QUALITY FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS 1751 03:34:08,001 --> 03:34:11,000 OF COLOR, RELIGION, OR BACKGROUND. 1752 03:34:11,001 --> 03:34:13,000 THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY 1753 03:34:13,001 --> 03:34:15,000 JACK'S CONSUMING PASSION. 1754 03:34:15,001 --> 03:34:17,000 LIKE EVERYONE WHO GREW UP 1755 03:34:17,001 --> 03:34:18,000 PLAYING SPORTS, HE KNEW 1756 03:34:18,001 --> 03:34:20,000 FIRSTHAND THAT WINNING BALL 1757 03:34:20,001 --> 03:34:22,000 GAMES HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COLOR. 1758 03:34:22,001 --> 03:34:25,000 BUT AS A QUARTERBACK, HE 1759 03:34:25,001 --> 03:34:27,000 APPRECIATED THIS MORE THAN MOST. 1760 03:34:27,001 --> 03:34:28,000 THE CROWDS MAY HAVE CHEERED FOR 1761 03:34:28,001 --> 03:34:30,000 JACK, BUT HE KNEW THAT EVERY 1762 03:34:30,001 --> 03:34:35,000 TIME HE THREW A PASS OR RAN FOR 1763 03:34:35,001 --> 03:34:36,000 A TOUCHDOWN, AN 1764 03:34:36,001 --> 03:34:38,000 STOOD GUARD. 1765 03:34:38,001 --> 03:34:39,000 MANY OF THEM 1766 03:34:39,001 --> 03:34:40,000 AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 1767 03:34:40,001 --> 03:34:42,000 THESE WERE HIS TEAMMATES, HIS 1768 03:34:42,001 --> 03:34:45,000 FRIENDS, AND HE WITNESSED THE 1769 03:34:45,001 --> 03:34:48,000 DISCRIMINATION THEY ENCOUNTERED MANY 1770 03:34:48,001 --> 03:34:50,000 BUT THERE WAS ONE MOMENT IN 1771 03:34:50,001 --> 03:34:54,000 THOSE DAYS THAT ALWAYS LIVED IN JACK'S MEMORY. 1772 03:34:54,001 --> 03:34:56,000 IT WAS IN 1773 03:34:56,001 --> 03:34:59,000 JACK WAS PLAYING FOR THE CHARGERS AT THE TIME. 1774 03:34:59,001 --> 03:35:00,000 THEY WERE IN HOUSTON FOR THE 1775 03:35:00,001 --> 03:35:02,000 A.F.L. CHAMPIONSHIP AND DURING 1776 03:35:02,001 --> 03:35:03,000 THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL 1777 03:35:03,001 --> 03:35:06,000 ANTHEM, JACK LOOKED OVER TOWARD 1778 03:35:06,001 --> 03:35:10,000 HIS FATHER AT THE 50-YARD LINE. 1779 03:35:10,001 --> 03:35:13,000 THE FATHER OF HIS COCAPTAIN, 1780 03:35:13,001 --> 03:35:15,000 CHARLIE MCNEIL, WASN'T THERE. 1781 03:35:15,001 --> 03:35:18,000 HE LATER FOUND OUT MR. MCNEIL 1782 03:35:18,001 --> 03:35:20,000 HAD BEEN FORCED TO SIT IN A 1783 03:35:20,001 --> 03:35:21,000 SECTION OF THE END 1784 03:35:21,001 --> 03:35:24,000 OFF FORLACKS. 1785 03:35:24,001 --> 03:35:26,000 IT WAS ONE OF TERRIBLE INDIG 1786 03:35:26,001 --> 03:35:28,000 DIGNITIES THAT WOULD MAKE JACK 1787 03:35:28,001 --> 03:35:29,000 A PROMOTER OF EQUALITY 1788 03:35:29,001 --> 03:35:31,000 THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. 1789 03:35:31,001 --> 03:35:33,000 A SELF-DESCRIBED BLEEDING HEART 1790 03:35:33,001 --> 03:35:35,000 CONSERVATIVE, JACK'S CHILD-LIKE 1791 03:35:35,001 --> 03:35:38,000 LOVE FOR AMERICA AND ALL IT 1792 03:35:38,001 --> 03:35:40,000 PROMISED WAS EVIDENT UNTIL THE END. 1793 03:35:40,001 --> 03:35:42,000 IN A LETTER TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN 1794 03:35:42,001 --> 03:35:44,000 JUST THIS PAST NOVEMBER, JACK 1795 03:35:44,001 --> 03:35:45,000 SAID HIS FIRST THOUGHT UPON 1796 03:35:45,001 --> 03:35:47,000 LEARNING THAT AN 1797 03:35:47,001 --> 03:35:49,000 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAD WON THE 1798 03:35:49,001 --> 03:35:51,000 PRESIDENCY WAS, IS THIS A GREAT 1799 03:35:51,001 --> 03:35:52,000 COUNTRY OR NOT? 1800 03:35:52,001 --> 03:35:54,000 JUST THINK, HE WROTE, LITTLE 1801 03:35:54,001 --> 03:35:56,000 OVER 40 YEARS AGO, BLACKS IN 1802 03:35:56,001 --> 03:35:57,000 AMERICA HAD TROUBLE EVEN VOTING 1803 03:35:57,001 --> 03:35:59,000 IN OUR COUNTRY, MUCH LESS 1804 03:35:59,001 --> 03:36:01,000 THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR THE 1805 03:36:01,001 --> 03:36:04,000 HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND. 1806 03:36:04,001 --> 03:36:06,000 JACK WAS NOT YOUR AVERAGE 1807 03:36:06,001 --> 03:36:09,000 POLITICIAN, BUT HE WAS A 1808 03:36:09,001 --> 03:36:10,000 NECESSARY ONE, CONSTANTLY 1809 03:36:10,001 --> 03:36:13,000 CHALLENGING THE ESTABLISHMENT. 1810 03:36:13,001 --> 03:36:17,000 HE WAS A POLITICAL ENTREPRENEUR, 1811 03:36:17,001 --> 03:36:19,000 RESTLESS TO GET THINGS DONE. 1812 03:36:19,001 --> 03:36:21,000 COLLEAGUES REMBER HOW CABINET 1813 03:36:21,001 --> 03:36:23,000 MEETINGS WERE ALL LIVELIER WITH 1814 03:36:23,001 --> 03:36:25,000 JACK THERE, WHETHER HE WAS 1815 03:36:25,001 --> 03:36:27,000 ROLLING HIS E 1816 03:36:27,001 --> 03:36:28,000 OR SQUIRMING IN HIS CHAIR, NO 1817 03:36:28,001 --> 03:36:30,000 ROOM EVER SEED BIG ENOUGH TO 1818 03:36:30,001 --> 03:36:31,000 CONTAIN HIM. 1819 03:36:31,001 --> 03:36:32,000 SOMETIMES WHEN CONGRES 1820 03:36:32,001 --> 03:36:34,000 LEADERSHIP WOULD MEET OVER IN 1821 03:36:34,001 --> 03:36:37,000 THE WHITE HOUSE, JACK'S FORMER 1822 03:36:37,001 --> 03:36:39,000 COLLEAGUE AND LOTT -- WOULD HAVE TO KICK HIM 1823 03:36:39,001 --> 03:36:42,000 UNDER THE TABLE TO KEEP HIM FROM 1824 03:36:42,001 --> 03:36:44,000 SAYING SOMETHING HE MIGHT REGRET 1825 03:36:44,001 --> 03:36:47,000 LATER ON. 1826 03:36:47,001 --> 03:36:49,000 CONVENTION JUST NEVER SUITED HIM. 1827 03:36:49,001 --> 03:36:51,000 AND THE NATION AND OUR PARTY WAS 1828 03:36:51,001 --> 03:36:55,000 ALWAYS A LOT BETTER BECAUSE OF IT. 1829 03:36:55,001 --> 03:36:58,000 WE'LL MISS JACK'S INSISTENCE, 1830 03:36:58,001 --> 03:37:01,000 HIS PASSION, HIS ENERGY. 1831 03:37:01,001 --> 03:37:04,000 AND WE'LL MISS SEEING HIM, THE 1832 03:37:04,001 --> 03:37:07,000 BROAD SMILE, THE SNOW-WHITE 1833 03:37:07,001 --> 03:37:09,000 HAIR, PLOWING INTO A CROWD, 1834 03:37:09,001 --> 03:37:12,000 BOUNDING UP ON 1835 03:37:12,001 --> 03:37:14,000 HURLING AN IMAGINARY FOOTBALL 1836 03:37:14,001 --> 03:37:21,000 OFF INTO THE DISTANC 1837 03:37:21,001 --> 03:37:26,000 JACK WAS A HAPPY, 1838 03:37:26,001 --> 03:37:27,000 E-- EVANGELIST WITH IDEAS THAT 1839 03:37:27,001 --> 03:37:29,000 SHAPED THE NATION AND REVIVED A 1840 03:37:29,001 --> 03:37:31,000 POLITICAL PARTY. 1841 03:37:31,001 --> 03:37:32,000 HE BELIEVED THAT CONSERVATIVE 1842 03:37:32,001 --> 03:37:34,000 IDEAS WERE UNIVERSAL THAT, IF 1843 03:37:34,001 --> 03:37:35,000 THEY APPLIED TO ONE GROUP, THEY 1844 03:37:35,001 --> 03:37:37,000 APPLIED TO ALL GROUPS. 1845 03:37:37,001 --> 03:37:41,000 AND HE ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES TO 1846 03:37:41,001 --> 03:37:43,000 PROVE IT, WHETHER AS A CANDIDATE 1847 03:37:43,001 --> 03:37:46,000 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, A CABINET 1848 03:37:46,001 --> 03:37:47,000 SECRETARY SPENDING THE NIGHT IN 1849 03:37:47,001 --> 03:37:50,000 A PHILADELPHIA HOUSING PROJECT 1850 03:37:50,001 --> 03:37:51,000 OR IN THESE LAST YEARS AS AN 1851 03:37:51,001 --> 03:37:52,000 ADVOCATE FOR MANY OF THE CAUSES 1852 03:37:52,001 --> 03:37:55,000 HE BELIEVED IN. 1853 03:37:55,001 --> 03:37:58,000 A SPEAKER, A WISE PARTY ELDER, 1854 03:37:58,001 --> 03:38:04,000 AND ABOVE ALL, A DEVOTED HUSBAND 1855 03:38:04,001 --> 03:38:06,000 TO HIS BELOVED JOANN, FATHER AND GRANDFATHE 1856 03:38:06,001 --> 03:38:08,000 IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE SOMEONE OF 1857 03:38:08,001 --> 03:38:10,000 JACK'S ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM 1858 03:38:10,001 --> 03:38:15,000 SUCCOMBING TO ANYTHING. 1859 03:38:15,001 --> 03:38:17,000 HE WAS ALWAYS SO FULL OF LIFE, 1860 03:38:17,001 --> 03:38:20,000 THE VITAL CENTER OF EVERY ROOM 1861 03:38:20,001 --> 03:38:24,000 HE ENTERED AND EVERY DEBATE. 1862 03:38:24,001 --> 03:38:27,000 WE WILL MISS HIS PASSION. 1863 03:38:27,001 --> 03:38:30,000 WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL FOR HIS GOODNESS. 1864 03:38:30,001 --> 03:38:32,000 AND AS WE SAY OUR FINAL GOODBYE 1865 03:38:32,001 --> 03:38:37,000 TO JACK KEMP, WE'RE CONSOLED BY 1866 03:38:37,001 --> 03:38:39,000 THE THOUGHT THAT AFTER A PAINFUL 1867 03:38:39,001 --> 03:38:41,000 ILLNESS, HE HAS BROKEN AWAY NOW 1868 03:38:41,001 --> 03:38:43,000 LIKE A WIDE RECEIVER FROM THE 1869 03:38:43,001 --> 03:38:47,000 PACK INTO THE WELCOMING EMBRACE 1870 03:38:47,001 --> 03:38:48,000 OF A LOVING GOD. 1871 03:38:48,001 --> 03:38:51,000 MADAM PRESIDENT, I SUGGEST THE 1872 03:38:51,001 --> 03:38:54,000 ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WILL 1873 03:38:54,001 --> 03:38:57,000 THE SENATOR WITHHOLD HIS REQUEST? 1874 03:38:57,001 --> 03:39:00,000 MR. McCONNELL: I WITHHOLD MY 1875 03:39:00,001 --> 03:39:03,000 REQUEST. THE PRESIDING OFFICER: UNDER 1876 03:39:03,001 --> 03:39:05,000 THE PREVIOUS ORDER, THE SENATE 1877 03:39:05,001 --> 03:39:07,000 STANDS ADJOURNEDNTIL