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QUORUM CALL:
QUORUMMING BE TERMED.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
I ASK THAT THE
REMAINING TIME POSTCLOTURE BE
YIELDED BACK ADDS THE SENATE
ROAD TO CONSIDERATION OF H.J.
RES. 66.
OBJECTION.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT.
CALENDAR NUMBER
154, H.J. RES. 66, APPROVING THE
RENEWAL OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE BURMESE FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2003.
I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT THAT'S AT THE DESK.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES AN
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 602.
ON THAT AMENDMENT, I
ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS.
IS
THERE A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
THERE APPEARS TO BE.
THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
I HAVE A
FIRST-DEGREE AMENDMENT WHICH
ACTUALLY IS A PERFECTING
AMENDMENT DEFNLGT.
CLERK WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR NEVADA,
MR. REID, PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT
NUMBER 603 TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
602.
ON THAT I ASK FOR
THE YEAS AND NAYS.
IS
THERE A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
THERE APPEARS TO BE.
THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
I HAVE A SECOND-DEGREE
DESK.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 604 TO
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 603.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT AT
THE DESK THAT'S TO THE LANGUAGE
THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE STRICKEN.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 605 TO THE
LANGUAGE PROPOSED TO BE STRICKEN
BY AMENDMENT NUMBERED 602.
I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND
NAYS ON THAT AMENDMENT.
A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
THERE APPEARS TO BE.
THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
I HAVE A SECOND-DEGREE
AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES AN
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 606 TO
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 605.
I HAVE A CLOTURE
MOTION ON THE SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT THE CLOTURE MOTION.
CLOTURE MOTION.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED SENATORS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF
RULE 22 OF THE STANDING RULES OF
THE SENATE HEREBY MOVE TO BRING
TO A CLOSE THE DEBATE ON THE
REID SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT
NUMBERED 602 TO H.J. RES. 66, A
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
RENEWAL OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE BURMESE FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2003,
SIGNED BY 17 SENATORS AS
FOLLOWS -- REID OF NEVADA --
MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
READING OF THE NAMES BE WAIVED.
OBJECTION.
I HAVE A CLOTURE
MOTION ON THE UNDERLYING JOINT
RESOLUTION WHICH IS AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
CLOTURE MOTION.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED SENATORS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF RULE 22 OF THE STANDING RULES
OF THE SENATE HEREBY MOVE TO
BRING TO A CLOSE THE DEBATE ON
H.J. RES. 66, A JOINT RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF IMPORT
RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE
BURMESE FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
ACT OF 2003, SIGNED BY 17
SENATORS AS FOLLOWS -- PP.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT THE
READING OF THE NAMES BE WAIVED.
OBJECTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO
COMMIT THE JOINT RESOLUTION WITH
INSTRUCTIONS THAT IS ALSO AT THE
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT THE MOTION.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, MOVES TO
COMMIT H.J. RES. 66 TO THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH
INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT BACK WITH
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT NUMBERED
ON THAT,
MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK FOR THE
YEAS AND NAYS.
IS THERE
A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
THERE APPEARS TO BE.
THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO
THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 608 TO THE
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MOTION TO
COMMIT H.J. RES. 66.
I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND
NAYS ON THIS AMENDMENT.
IS THERE
A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
THERE APPEARS TO BE.
THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
I HAVE A SECOND-DEGREE
AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
WILL REPORT.
THE SENATOR FROM
NEVADA, MR. REID, PROPOSES
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 609 TO
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 608.
MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE MANDATORY
QUORUM UNDER RULE 22 BE WAIVED
FOR THE TWO CLOTURE MOTIONS JUST
FILED.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, SADLY,
IN JUST TWO DAYS, ABOUT 80,000
PEOPLE WILL BE OUT OF WORK
BECAUSE OF THE OBSTRUCTIONISM OF
ONE MAN.
THIS SENATOR, THE JUNIOR SENATOR
FROM OKLAHOMA, IS PUTTING HIS
OWN PETTY PRIORITIES AHEAD OF
THE NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF SAFETY
INSPECTORS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
AND CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ABOUT TO
LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE AND THEIR
LIVELIHOODS FOR THE SECOND TIME
IN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THESE WORKERS WILL BE FURLOUGHED
OR LAID OFF ON FRIDAY IF WE
DON'T REAUTHORIZE THE FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
LEGISLATION.
THE SAME SENATOR IS HOLDING UP
EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS, TENS OF THOUSANDS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, ACTUALLY,
WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
WILDFIRES.
NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, KEEP IN MIND
WHAT I JUST SAID.
WE HAVE A BILL THAT CAME FROM
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FUNDED FOR FOUR MONTHS THE
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE A BILL THAT'S COME FROM
THE HOUSE, THEY PUT THEM
TOGETHER, TO FUND THE HIGHWAY
BILL FOR SIX MONTHS.
THOSE TWO BILLS TOGETHER, ALMOST
TWO MILLION JOBS WOULD BE
ELIMINATED IF WE DON'T PASS THE
HIGHWAY BILL BY THE END OF THE
MONTH BUT FEMA BY FRIDAY.
NOW, THE SENATOR FROM OKLAHOMA
THAT I JUST REFERRED TO DOESN'T
LIKE THE PROVISION IN THE
HIGHWAY BILL.
BUT STOPPING THAT IS ONE THING,
BUT NOW HE'S STOPPING US DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN NEED OF DESPERATE HELP
WHO HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY TIRES.
IN TEXAS ALONE, WE HAVE HAD
2,000 HOMES BURNED TO THE
GROUND.
SO HE'S HOLDING UP EMERGENCY AID
FOR AMERICANS WHOSE HOMES HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED BY TORNADOES,
FLOODS, WILDFIRES, FARMLAND,
MILLIONS OF ACRES UNDER WATER,
AND HE'S JEOPARDIZING ALMOST TWO
MILLION JOBS BY BLOCKING THE
BUT HOW HE GETS THESE TWO
TOGETHER IS SOMETHING I CAN'T
LOGICALLY UNDERSTAND.
HE IS STOPPING US FROM DOING
SOMETHING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE
F.A.A. BILL BUT ALSO FEMA.
ON FRIDAY, AS I SAID, IT'S GOING
TO CAUSE 80,000 WORKERS,
THOUSAND OF WHOM ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR KEEPING MILLIONS OF U.S. AIR
TRAVELERS SAFE EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH THIS,
MR. PRESIDENT.
A SHORT TIME AGO WE HAD THE SAME
ISSUE.
WE HAD THE SAFETY INSPECTORS
PAYING FOR THEIR OWN LUNCHES
WHEN THEY GO OUT TO INSPECT AN
AIRPLANE, BUYING THEIR OWN PLANE
TICKETS, BUYING THEIR OWN HOTEL
AND MOTEL ROOMS, THEIR OWN, NOT
BEING REIMBURSED.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE
THIS SAME SENATOR VOTED FOR THE
HIGHWAY BILL IN 2005.
WE DO A MAJOR HIGHWAY BILL ABOUT
EVERY FIVE YEARS.
HE VOTED FOR THAT BILL WHEN HIS
PARTY HELD THE WHITE HOUSE.
ALTHOUGH THE BILL INCLUDED THE
SAME ISSUE HE OBJECTS TO TODAY.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HIS BIG
CONCERN IS OVER BIKE TRAILS,
BIKE PATHS.
BUT THE INTERESTING PART, HE CAN
HAVE A VOTE ON THIS.
HE WANTS TO VOTE TO GET RID OF
BIKE PATHS.
HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
IN FACT, WE HAVE GIVEN THE SAME
VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT BEFORE.
IN 2009, THE SENATE VOTED DOWN
THE VERY SAME AMENDMENT.
HE HAS HAD THIS VOTE BEFORE AND
IT'S FAILED BEFORE, BUT HE'S NOT
WILLING TO EVEN TAKE THE VOTE
I MEAN, THIS IS HOW FAR AFIELD
THIS IS.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO VOTE.
HE WANTS TO PUT WHATEVER HE
THINKS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR
THE WORLD AND THE COUNTRY AS IT
RELATES TO HIGHWAYS IN THIS
JUST DO IT.
I'M A DICTATOR.
I WILL PUT IN THIS -- IT IN THIS
BILL OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING AROUND HERE.
WE'RE WILLING TO VOTE ON THIS
AGAIN.
WE CAN'T GET TO VOTE ON HIS
AMENDMENT BECAUSE HE'S BLOCKING
US FROM DOING SO.
SO ONE SENATOR OUT OF 100 IS
HOLDING UP THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
THIS BODY, DEMANDING THAT WE
MAKE THIS AMENDMENT LAW OR ELSE
PUT 80,000 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
THIS KIND OF OBSTRUCTION SHOULD
THIS IS NOT LOGICAL, IT'S NOT
RATIONAL.
MY FRIEND HAS STRONG FEELINGS
ABOUT THIS PART OF THE HIGHWAY
BILL, BUT THIS IS A BILL THAT
HAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IT.
ABOUT1.7 MILLION OR 1.8 MILLION
JOBS.
THESE WILL BE ELIMINATED IF WE
DON'T GET THIS THING PASSED.
SO I WOULD URGE MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUE TO RECONSIDER HOW THIS
GRIDLOCK HARMS REAL PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO EXPLAIN.
WE -- IN LAS VEGAS, WE HAVE A
NEW TOWER THAT'S BEING BUILT FOR
THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
IT'S NEEDED VERY, VERY MUCH.
AIR TRAFFIC IN LAS VEGAS IS
HEAVY.
ABOUT 16 MILLION A YEAR PEOPLE
COME IN THERE, AND WE NEED A NEW
TOWER.
WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON IT A
FEW MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS HELD UP ONCE BECAUSE OF
THIS PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THE
BILL BEFORE.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE HELD UP
BUT THIS ISN'T JUST A NEVADA
ISSUE.
IT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WORKERS ARE WORKING ON ESSENTIAL
PARTS OF OUR AIRPORTS.
JOBS ARE BADLY NEEDED, AND IT'S
JUST THE WRONG THING FOR MY
FRIEND TO DO, AND I HOPE HE WILL
ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD ON
FEMA, ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD
ON THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION.
AND OF COURSE THE HIGHWAY BILL,
WE'LL GIVE HIM HIS VOTE.
IF HE WANTS ANOTHER VOTE, WE'LL
GIVE HIM ANOTHER VOTE IF THERE
IS ANOTHER PART OF THE BILL HE
DOESN'T LIKE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
WE NEED TO GET DONE AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
LIKE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
I ASK CONSENT THE SENATE PROCEED
TO A PERIOD OF MORNING BUSINESS,
THE SENATORS PERMITTED TO SPEAK
FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES EACH.
ARE WE ON MORNING BUSINESS NOW?
NOT.
WE WILL BE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I ASK CONSENT --
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
SENATE PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION AND THAT THE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE BE
DISCHARGED FROM FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION 828, MARY DEROSA
BE -- FRANKLIN LLOYD BE AN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION 3, BE A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
NOMINATIONS.
THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE
MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE MADE AND
LAID ON THE TABLE.
THERE BE NO FURTHER ACTION IN
DEBATE, ANY RELATED STATEMENTS
BE PRINTED IN THE RECORD, THAT
THE PRESIDENT BE IMMEDIATELY
NOTIFIED OF THE SENATE'S ACTION,
THAT THE SENATE THEN RESUME
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
OBJECTION.
I ASK CONSENT THE
SENATE PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION
OF S. RES. 267.
THE CLERK
WILL REPORT.
S. RES. 267,
RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE
MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE
HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF LOOPTS
IN
LOOPTS -- LATINOS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE IMMENSE
UNITED STATES.
IS THERE
OBJECTION TO PROCEEDING TO THE
MEASURE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THE RESOLUTION BE AGREED
TO, THE PREAMBLE BE AGREED TO,
THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID
ON THE TABLE, THERE BE NO
INTERVENING ACTION OR DEBATE AND
THAT ANY STATEMENTS RELATED TO
THIS MATTER BE PLACED IN THE
RECORD AS IF MADE.
OBJECTION.
I NOW ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT WHEN THE SENATE
COMPLETES ITS BUSINESS TONIGHT,
IT ADJOURN UNTIL 9:30 A.M.
TOMORROW MORNING, THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15.
FOLLOWING THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE,
THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS BE
APPROVED TO DATE, MORNING HOUR
BE DEEMED EXPIRED AND THE TIME
FOR THE TWO LEADERS BE RESERVED
FOR THEIR USE LATER IN THE DAY.
FOLLOWING ANY LEADER REMARKS,
THE SENATE BE IN A PERIOD OF
MORNING BUSINESS FOR UP TO ONE
HOUR WITH SENATORS PERMITTED TO
SPEAK FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES EACH
DURING THAT TIME WITH THE TIME
EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED
BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS OR THEIR
DESIGNEES, WITH THE MAJORITY
CONTROLLING THE FIRST HALF AND
THE REPUBLICANS CONTROLLING THE
FINAL HALF, THAT FOLLOWING
MORNING BUSINESS, THE SENATE
RESUME CONSIDERATION OF H.
RES. 66.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
I ALSO, MR. PRESIDENT,
ASK THAT WHEN THE SENATE
COMPLETES ITS BUSINESS TODAY, IT
ADJOURN AS A FURTHER MARK OF
RESPECT IN MEMORY OF THE LATE
WYOMING.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
WE'RE NOW CONSIDERING
THE BURMA SANCTIONS AND FEMA
AS A REMINDER, I HAVE FILED A
CLOTURE ON THE SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT AND THAT JOINT
RESOLUTION TODAY.
IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED, A
CLOTURE VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE
MORNING.
THE FILING DEADLINE FOR ALL
FIRST-DEGREE AMENDMENTS TO H.J.
RES. 66 AND A SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT IS 1:00 P.M. TOMORROW.
HOWEVER, WE HOPE TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT TO COMPLETE
CONSIDERATION OF H.J. RES. 66,
F.A.A. AND THE HIGHWAY EXTENSION
DURING TOMORROW'S SESSION.
SENATORS WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN
VOTES ARE SCHEDULED.
AS THINGS NOW STAND, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A SERIES OF VOTES ON
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE, I ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN UNDER THE
PREVIOUS ORDER AS A MARK OF
RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE
WYOMING.
UNDER THE
PREVIOUS ORDER, THE SENATE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL 9:30 A.M.
TOMORROW, AND DOES SO AS A
FURTHER MARK OF RESPECT TO THE