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HAVING VOTED IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE, THE MOTION IS NOT
AGREED TO.
I ENTER A MOTION TO
RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH
CLOTURE WAS NOT INVOKED.
THE
MOTION IS ENTERED.
MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE
TO ASK -- ASK I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT WE PROCEED TO MORNING
BUSINESS, SENATORS PERMITTED TO
SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES
EACH.
OBJECTION.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THE SENATE PROCEED TO
CALENDAR NUMBER 290 AND BE IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THAT THE NOMINATION BE
CONFIRMED, THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER BE CONSIDERED MADE,
LAID ON THE TABLE, NO
INTERVENING ACTION OR DEBATE AND
ANY STATEMENTS APPEAR IN THE
RECORD AS IF READ.
AND THE PRESIDENT BE IMMEDIATELY
NOTIFIED OF THE SENATE'S ACTION.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. PRESIDENT, I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S A BILL AT THE
DESK DUE FOR ITS FIRST READING.
THE CLERK
WILL READ THE BILL FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
H.R. 2681, AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR
THE ADD MINIMUM STRAYER OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO ISSUE ACHIEVABLE STANDARDS
FOR CEMENT MANUFACTURING
PURPOSES.
I ASK FOR A SECOND
READING IN ORDER TO PLACE THE
BILL ON THE CALENDAR UNDER
PROVISIONS OF RULE 14 BUT
UNDER -- BECAUSE OF THAT I
OBJECT TO MY -- OBJECT TO MY
OWN REQUEST.
OBJECTION
IS HEARD.
THE BILL WILL BE READ THE SECOND
TIME IN IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE
DAY.
CU THANK YOU.
THAT THE SENATE ADJOURN
UNTIL 10:00 A.M. TOMORROW
MORNING, OCTOBER 12 OF THIS
YEAR, FOLLOWING THE PRAYER AND
THE PLEDGE, THE JOURNAL OF
PROCEEDINGS BE APPROVED, THE
MORNING HOURS BE DEEMED
EXPIRED, FOLLOWING ANY LEADER
REMARKS THE SENATE BEGIN
CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3080,
H.R. 3079, H.R. 3078, 12 HOURS
OF DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED AND
CONTROLLED BY BETWEEN THE
LEADERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES,
SENATOR BAUCUS CONTROLLING 20
MINUTES, SENATOR BROWN OF OHIO
CONTROLLING AN HOUR OF MAJORITY
TIME, AND THE PREVIOUS ORDER
REMAIN IN EFFECT AND THE SENATE
RECESS FROM 12:30 TO 2:15 FOR
OUR WEEKLY CAUCUS MEETINGS.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE SENATE RETURNS
TO LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
REQUEST IS GRANTED.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE'LL
CONSIDER THE THREE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENTS TOMORROW.
WE EXPECT COMPLETE ACTION ON
THESE BILLS SOMETIME TOMORROW.
IF EVERYONE USES THEIR TIME IT'S
QUITE OBVIOUS IT WILL BE A
LATE, LATE DAY BUT MAYBE PEOPLE
WILL GET TIRED OF TALKING AND WE
CAN FINISH THIS EARLIER.
WE HAVE WORK TO COMPLETE ON
THURSDAY.
I TALKED TO THE REPUBLICAN
LEADER ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE -- WE
CAN GET MORE DONE THIS WEEK AND
HAVE A REALLY A GOOD NEXT WEEK
WORKING ON APPROPRIATION BILLS.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE I ASK
THAT IT ADJOURN UNDER THE
PREVIOUS ORDER.
THE
SENATE STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL
10:00 A.M. TOMORROW.
PRESIDENT OBAMA MET WITH HIS
COUNCIL AND JOBS AND
WHERE HE PROVIDED A MEETING AND
OPENING REMARKS.
THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S RIGHT IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOBS
COUNSEL.
THE COM CALLED FOR GREATER
SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, LESS
RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS, AND A
MORE FRIENDLY BUSINESS TAX
SYSTEM.
THE REMARKS ARE 10 MINUTES.
LET ME MAKE SOME REMARKS UP
FRONT, AND THEN I WANT TO HEAR
FROM ALL OF YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THE BOLD REPORT LAST NIGHT,
AND I THINK IT'S OUTSTANDING.
I THINK YOU GUYS DID
EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
JEFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
WHOLE PROCESS.
I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN STEADY AND
FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE CREATING AN ECONOMY
THAT NOT ONLY DEALS WITH THE
IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OF PUTTING
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, BUT ALSO
HOW DO WE CREATE A FOUNDATION
FOR A LONG TERM OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL PEOPLE, A --
AND A GROWTH AGENDA THAT MAKES
SURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE CREATED
HERE, THAT BUSINESSES STAY HERE,
AND THAT THEY PROSPER HERE.
AS I LOOK AT THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE REPORT, THE QUOTE THAT
STANDS OUT, "WE NEED A SENSE OF
URGENCY AND A BIAS FOR ACTION"
IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL
FEEL ACUTE, AND THE FACT THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE
AROUND FIVE KEY STEPS THAT, I
THINK, YOU'D BE THE FIRST TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ISN'T ALL THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE, BUT ARE KEY AREAS
WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GENERATE SOME STRONG BIPARTISAN
AGREEMENT AND GET GOING
QUICKLY.
I THINK IT MAKES IT REALLY
EXTRAORDINARY.
COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL REMARK ON
IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL
AS YOU POINTED OUT, I THINK AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WHEN
WE STARTED THE JOBS COUNCIL,
AING ALL OF US --
I THINK ALL OF US FELT FAIRLY
CONFIDENT THAT THE ECONOMY COULD
GROW QUICKLY ENOUGH THAT WE
COULD START BRINGING THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN, EVEN IF
IT WASN'T MOVING AS QUICKLY AS
WE MIGHT LIKE, BUT GENERALLY,
THE BLUE TIP PROJECTIONS WERE
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3% AND 4%
GROWTH.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY TOUGH STRING
OF EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST TEN MONTHS.
YOU HAD THE ARAB SPRING WHICH
OIL PRICES FAR HIGHER
THAN ANY OF US ANTICIPATED.
YOU'VE GOT THE TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
WHICH AFFECTED SUPPLY LINES
GLOBALLY, YOU HAD MOST
PROMINENTLY THE SITUATION IN
EUROPE WHICH IS CREATED GREAT
UNCERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES
ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THEN
UNFORTUNATELY, WASHINGTON GOT
INVOLVED IN A SELF-INFLICTED
WOUND WITH THE DEBT CEILING
FIASCO, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
I THINK, LED TO BOTH CONSUMERS
AND BUSINESSES TAKING A BIG STEP
BACKWARDS AND SAYING WE ARE JUST
NOT SURE WHERE THIS THING IS
AS A CONSEQUENCE, PROJECTIONS
NOW IN TERMS OF GROWTH ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THEY
WERE, AND THE SITUATION IN
EUROPE IN PARTICULAR IS ONE IN
WHICH WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF
ENERGY TALKING TO OUR
COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
HANDLE THIS IN A WAY THAT
STABILIZES THE ECONOMIC
SITUATION IN THE COMING MONTHS,
SO WE GOT A STRING OF EVENTS
THAT HAVE DARKENED THE OUTLOOK,
AND THAT MAKES THE ACTION, THE
ACTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOBS
COUNCIL THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE
SITUATION.
WE COULD DO THESE THINGS, AND
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THE FACT
THAT HAD WOULD HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT MARKED IMPACT ON JOB
GROWTH RIGHT NOW.
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND THEN
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I THINK
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM, I THINK
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
REMARK ON EACH OF THOSE
FIRST OF ALL, WITH RESPECT TO
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COUNCIL HERE
HAS QUOTED AS SAYING, "IF
THERE'S ONE THING THAT
WASHINGTON SHOULD BE ABLE TO
REBUILDING OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE ONE."
I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE THE AFL
AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGREEING
ON ANYTHING, THAT'S A SIGN IT'S
A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK YOU DOCUMENT AS WELL AS
ANYBODY HAS THE INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN
CONTRACTORS ARE BEGGING FOR
WORK, MEANING THEY ARE WILLING
TO COME IN ON TIME UNDER BUDGET,
MILLIONS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
LAID OFF AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE
HOUSING BUBBLE GOING BUST, READY
TO GO ON THE JOB, INTEREST RATES
NEVER BEEN LOWER, AND YOU HAVE A
CRYING NEED, AND AS YOU POINT
TWO-FER.
THIS IS ONE WHERE WE CANNOT ONLY
GET IMMEDIATE JOB GROWTH, BUT IT
ALSO LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR
LONG TERM PRODUCTIVITY AND
EFFICIENCIES THAT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR EVERY COMPANY
REPRESENTED AROUND THIS TABLE,
SO THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT, THE
I PUT FORWARD BEFORE
CONGRESS OBVIOUSLY HAS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPONENT.
IT INCORPORATES A LOT OF THE
IDEAS THAT WERE CONTAINED IN
THIS BILL BECAUSE IN THE JOB
COUNCIL REPORT -- BECAUSE ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS NOT
ONLY DO WE NEED THE
INFRASTRUCTURE; WE NEED TO
STREAMLINE THE APPROVAL PROCESS
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THESE
PROJECTS MOVING MORE QUICKLY
THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, SO
WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED 14 HIGH
PRIORITY PROJECTS IN WHICH THE
PERMITTING PROCESS HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY EXPEDITED, AND
WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
OUR GOAL IS IF THIS SERVES AS
THE RESPECTIVE MODEL FOR US
BEING ABLE TO MOVE THOSE 14
QUICKLY, THAT WE CAN THEN
REPLICATE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD,
AND THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
A MUCH
MORE RAPID IMPACT THAN WHAT
WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT AREA,
WHICH IS SUPPORT FOR SMALL
BUSINESS, AND EMPHASIZING HIGH
GROWTH FIRST.
MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
YOU GAVE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.
WE HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT ALONG
WITH THE SELECT USA HAS BEEN
LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW CAN
WE MOVE FORWARD ON EASING THE
BURDENS AND ALLOWING IPOS TO
MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
ARE THERE REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS
ON SMALL BUSINESSES AS THEY MOVE
FORWARD THAT WE CAN START
ELIMINATING?
SO WHERE WE CAN ACT
ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE TRY TO DO
SO.
IN SOME AREAS, WE MIGHT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE HIGH SCALE
IMMIGRATION AREA, THAT'S NOT
SOMETHING WE CAN NECESSARILY DO
WE CAN EXPEDITE SOME OF THE
VISAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND TRY
TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS TO
MAKE IT MOVE FASTER.
WE MAY NEED LEGISLATIVE HELP ON
THAT AREA.
WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL
INVESTMENT INITIATIVE, I KNOW
THAT WE -- IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
SOME OF THE JOB COUNCIL ALREADY
HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH VISAS AND
TRAVEL PROMOTIONS.
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE
THINK THAT BRINGING TOGETHER AN
INNER AGENCY APPROACH AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE KNOCKING DOWN
ANY BARRIERS THAT ARE OUT THERE
THE UNITED STATES AND JOB
CREATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO
THOSE.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL
AS OUR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
ARNE DUNCAN AND OTHERS ARE
WORKING AGGRESSIVELY ON TRYING
TO IMPLEMENT MANY OF THE IDEAS
THAT YOU'VE PUT FORTH.
SO I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THIS: AND AS YOU'VE POINTED OUT,
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
CONTAINED IN THE JOINT COUNCIL
REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION, AND
THESE THINGS DON'T MOVE AS
QUICKLY THROUGH CONGRESS AS WE
WOULD LIKE.
BUT, THERE ARE CERTAIN IDEAS
THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE JOB
COUNCIL REPORTS THAT HISTORIC WE
HAVE RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
AND THE ELECTION IS 14 MONTHS
AWAY OR 13 MONTHS AWAY.
WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL ANOTHER
ELECTION BEFORE WE START ACTING
ON THOSE IDEAS.
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT IN PUTTING
FORWARD OBVIOUSLY CONTAINS MANY
IDEAS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND OUR HOPE IS
WE ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE PASSED
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
CONGRESS.
AM I OF THIS SUGGESTION TO JEFF
AND GENE AND VALLEYS AND THE
ADVISERS AROUND THE TABLE IS
THIS REPORT, IDENTIFY ALL
THOSE AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN ACT
ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL
AUTHORIZATION AND JUST GET IT
DONE.
GET A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
IMPLEMENTED BUT WE WANT TO DO
MORE AND WE WILL HAVE A VERY
VIGOROUS FOLLOW-UP PROCESS
WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY WITHIN OUR
OF ADMINISTRATION WE START DOING
IMMEDIATELY, AND WE DON'T WAIT
FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE THE
WAIT.
THEY NEED HELP RIGHT NOW, ALL
RIGHT?
FORTY-EIGHT NO VOTES, TWO
DEMOCRATS VOTED WITH THE
REPUBLICANS VOTING KNOW.
THEIR SENATORS BEN NELSON AND
50 DEMOCRATS VOTED IN FAVOR AND
BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH OF THE 60
VOTES NEEDED TO OVERCOME THEIR
REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER.
THE SENATE TO VOTE PRESIDENT
OBAMA WAS IN PITTSBURGH THIS
AFTERNOON SAYING THIS AND THAT
DOESN'T OPPOSE THE HOLD JOBS
PACKAGE WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
PLEASE COME HAVE A SEAT.
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE IN
PITTSBURGH AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO
BE YEAR AT IBEW LOCAL NO. 5
TRAINING CENTER.
I HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A TOUR OF
YOUR FACILITIES WHERE YOUR
TRAINING WORKERS WITH THE SKILLS
THEY NEED TO COMPETE FOR GOOD
JOBS AND I SEE SOME OF THE GUYS
THAT I MET ON THE TOUR OF THE
INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE
HERE AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
IF WE GET A GOOD COLLABORATION
BETWEEN BUSINESS AND LABOR AND
ACADEMIA THERE IS NO REASON WE
CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BEST
TRAINED WORKERS IN THE WORLD AND
[APPLAUSE]
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE
CAN CREATE NEW JOBS,
PARTICULARLY JOBS DOING WHAT YOU
DO BEST, AND THAT'S REBUILDING
AMERICA.
I BROUGHT SOME FOLKS ALONG WITH
ME AS WELL.
WE GOT MEMBERS OF MY CABINET,
ADMINISTRATION.
WE GOT YOUR MAKER.
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
AND LESS MONEY TO YOUR FRIENDS
WHO LIVE SCHOOL TO SERVE AS THE
[APPLAUSE]
CONGRATULATIONS.
[LAUGHTER]
I ALSO BROUGHT A GROUP OF
LEADERS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF NEW
IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP
COMPANIES COLLIER AND GROW, AND
WE CALL THEM OUR WHITE HOUSE
THEY COME FROM SOME OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN THE
COUNTRY.
GE, SOUTHWEST, INTEL.
THEY COME FROM LABOR.
THE
WE'VE GOT UNIVERSITIES AND
PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD WHO ARE
INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN GROWING
COMPANIES, GINGER CAPITALISTS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY COME FROM
OUTSIDE WASHINGTON.
AND I TOLD THEM WHEN WE FORMED
THIS COUNCIL I WANT TO HEAR
SMART FORWARD THINKING IDEAS,
AND OUR WORKERS ADAPT TO
CHANGING TIMES.
TOGETHER THEY'VE DONE SOME
EXTRAORDINARY WORK TO MAKE THOSE
IDEAS HAVE BEEN, SO I JUST WANT
TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THOSE JOBS COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR THE WORK WE'RE DOING
AND IN THE JOBS REPORT TODAY WE
ARE IMPLEMENTING A BUNCH OF
THEIR IDEAS THAT IS GOING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE ALL ACROSS THE
[APPLAUSE]
WELL, ONE OF OUR FOCUS TODAY
WAS ON THE ENTREPRENEUR -- AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
WE DID THIS BECAUSE THE STORY OF
IS WRITTEN BY
MEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK A CHANCE
ON A DREAM AND THEY TURN THAT
DREAM INTO A BUSINESS AND
SOMEHOW CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE JUST LOST ONE OF OUR GREATEST
ENTREPRENEURS, AND A FRIEND,
STEVE JOBS, LAST WEEK.
AND TO SEE THE OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT FOR HIM AND HIS LEGACY
TELLS A STORY ABOUT WHAT AMERICA
IS ALL ABOUT.
WE LIKE TO MAKE THINGS, CREATE
THINGS, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW
SERVICES THAT CHANGE PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE STRIVE TO
DO EVERY DAY IN THIS COUNTRY.
MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE'S DREAMS
ARE SIMPLE.
START-UPS IN STORE FOR RUNS ON
MEAN STREET THAT LET FOLKS EARLY
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY
AND MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AND SOMETIMES THEIR DREAMS
TAKEOFF AND THE STARTUPS BECOME
COMPANIES LIKE APPLE OR FEDEX OR
FORD, COMPANIES THAT END UP
HIRING AND EMPLOYING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS AND
INDUSTRIES.
AND THE SPIRIT OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
IS HOW WE BECAME THE WORLD'S
LEADING ECONOMIC POWER, AND IT'S
WHAT CONSTANTLY REJUVENATES OUR
ECONOMY.
SO, ENTREPRENEUR SHOULD IS HOW
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE NEW JOBS
IN THE FUTURE.
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT JUST
LAST MONTH PITTSBURGH WON A
FEDERAL GRANT TO PROMOTE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND JOB
CREATION BY EXPANDING YOUR
ALREADY SUCCESSFUL ENERGY AND
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRIES AND
UNDERSERVED PARTS OF THIS CITY.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
[APPLAUSE]
TODAY, MY JOB COUNCIL LAID OUT
NEW ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE
TOGETHER, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
GOVERNMENT, TO HELP UNLEASH A
NEW ERA OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
AMERICA THAT WILL GROW THE
ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS AND
STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO
WORLD.
BUT EVEN AS WE HELPED TO FUEL
THE NEXT BIG AMERICAN INDUSTRY,
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE
ARE OUT OF WORK RIGHT NOW.
THE NEED HELP RIGHT NOW.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THE JOB
COUNSEL IS GOING TO HELP AMERICA
BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE, HELD A
ENTREPRENEURS CREATE MORE JOBS,
LEAVE THE FOUNDATION FOR
LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR ECONOMY NEEDS
[APPLAUSE]
AND TODAY, THE SENATE OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES HAS A CHANCE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT JOBS RIGHT NOW
[APPLAUSE]
NOW, THIS IS A MOMENT OF TRUTH
FOR THE U.S. SENATE.
IN FRONT OF THEM IS A BILL COME
A JOBS BILL, BUT INDEPENDENT
ECONOMISTS HAVE SAID WOULD GROW
THIS ECONOMY AND PUT PEOPLE BACK
TO WORK.
THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, IT'S NOT
MY ADMINISTRATION'S OPINION.
THIS IS PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IT IS
FOR A LIVING TO ANALYZE AND
EVALUATE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT
CERTAIN POLICIES WOULD HAVE.
THEY'VE SAID THIS COULD GROW THE
ECONOMY SIGNIFICANTLY AND PUT
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF AMERICANS
BACK TO WORK.
AND NO OTHER JOBS PLAN HAS THAT
FROM ECONOMISTS,
THE PLAN FROM CONGRESS, NO PLAN
FROM ANYBODY.
IS A JOBS BILL WITH THE KIND OF
PROPOSALS THE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE TRADITIONALLY
SUPPORTED.
IT'S A JOBS BILL THAT IS
ENTIRELY PAID FOR BY ASKING
THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN MORE
FORTUNATE, WHO'VE BEEN
INCREDIBLY BLESSED HERE IN
AMERICA, TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE
MORE TO THE COUNTRY THAT
SUCCESS.
TODAY IS THE DAY WHEN EVERY
AMERICAN WILL FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHERE THEIR SENATORS STAND ON
THE JOBS BILL.
REPUBLICANS SAY THAT ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO
IS CUT TAXES.
THEN THEY SHOULD BE FOR THIS
PLAN.
THIS JOBS BILL WOULD CUT TAXES
AND
SMALL BUSINESS IN AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
IF YOU'RE A SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER
THAT HAULIERS NEW WORKERS OR
RAISES WAGES, YOU WILL GET
ANOTHER TAX CUT.
IF YOU HOW YOU'RE A VETERAN, YOU
GET A TAX CUT.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED OVERSEAS
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR A
[APPLAUSE]
THIS JOBS BILL ENCOURAGES SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
ENTREPRENEURS TO EXPAND INTO
HIGH GEAR.
THE SENATE SHOULD PASS IT TODAY.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
TEACHERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND
POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN LAID
OFF BECAUSE OF STATE BUDGET
CUTS.
I'M SURE, LOU, YOU'RE SEEING IT
HERE IN PITTSBURGH.
YOU'RE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE KEEP OUR
TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE JOBS COUNCIL WAS UNIFORM IN
BELIEVING THAT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR
COMPETITIVE AND --
COMPETITIVENESS AND PREVENT A
LOT MORE FROM LOSING THEIR JOBS.
SO IS PUTTING TEACHERS AND
POLICE OFFICERS BACK TO WORK?
ASK THEM WHAT'S WRONG WITH
HAVING FOLKS WHO HAVE MADE
MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO PAY A LITTLE MORE IN.
NOTHING PUNITIVE, JUST GOING
BACK TO THE KIND OF TAX RATES
THAT USED TO EXIST UNDER
PRESIDENT CLINTON, SO THAT OUR
KIDS CAN GET THE EDUCATION THEY
THERE ARE MORE THAN A MILLION
WHO COULD BE REPAIRING OUR ROADS
[APPLAUSE]
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NO SURPRISE TO YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
HAS ABOUT 300 OF THEM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN A
QUARTER OF THE BRIDGES IN THIS
STATE ARE RATED STRUCTURALLY
DEFICIENT?
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT -- THAT'S
A FANCY WAY OF SAYING THE NEED
TO BE FIXED.
THERE ARE NEARLY 6,000 BRIDGES
IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONE THAT LOCAL
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COULD BE A
REBUILDING RIGHT NOW.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF BRIDGES
OLD.
SO WE ARE STILL BENEFITING FROM
THE INVESTMENTS, THE WORK THAT
GRANDPARENTS, TO
MAKE THIS A MORE SUCCESSFUL,
MORE COMPETITIVE ECONOMY.
HERE IN PITTSBURGH,
54-YEARS-OLD, THE AVERAGE AGE OF
THESE BRIDGES -- 13 YEARS OLDER
THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE HULTON BRIDGE OVER OAKMONT
TO AND WAS BUILT M AND WAS BUILT MORE THAN 100
YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE PIECES OF IT BETTER
FLICKING OFF.
HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE GOING TO
WAIT TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK
REBUILDING BRIDGES LIKE THAT?
THIS JOBS BILL WILL GIVE LOCAL
CONTRACTORS AND LOCAL
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THE CHANCE
TO GET BACK TO WORK REBUILDING
WHY WOULD ANY CENTER SAY NO TO
IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF MY JOBS COUNCIL, MY
ADMINISTRATION IS CUTTING RED
TAPE, WE ARE EXPEDITING SEVERAL
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LAUNCH
THEM FASTER AND MORE
EFFICIENTLY.
WE WANT TO STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS, THE PERMITTING PROCESS,
JUST TO GET THOSE THINGS MOVING
THROUGH.
SO WE ARE DOING OUR JOB TRYING
TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO DO
THEIR JOB.
THE SENATE SHOULD VOTE FOR THE
JOBS BILL TODAY.
IT SHOULD NOT WAIT.
[APPLAUSE]
A LOT OF FOLKS IN CONGRESS HAVE
SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT ANY NEW
SPENDING THAT'S NOT PAID FOR.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS SO WE
CAN MAKE THE VITAL INVESTMENTS
IN OUR FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY I SIGNED INTO LAW
$1 TRILLION IN SPENDING CUTS
OVER THE SUMMER.
AND WE'LL FIND MORE PLACES TO
CUT THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T
NEED.
WE CAN'T AFFORD EVERYTHING.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CHOICES.
WE'VE GOT TO PRIORITIZE.
PROGRAMS THAT AREN'T WORKING
THAT AREN'T GIVING AS A GOODING
FOR THE BUCK THAT AREN'T HELPING
TO GROW THE ECONOMY THAT AREN'T
PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WE
HAVE TO TRIM THOSE BACK.
SO WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE TOUGH
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THEY ARE
ALREADY TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES.
BUT IF WE WANT TO CREATE JOBS
AND CLOSE THE DEFICIT, THEN WE
CAN'T JUST CUT OUR WAY OUT OF
THE PROBLEM.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO ASK
THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS TO PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE.
IF THEY DON'T, WE ONLY HAVE
THREE OTHER CHOICES.
WE CAN EITHER INCREASE THE
DEFICIT, OR WE CAN ASK THE
MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY MORE OF A
TIME WHEN THEY'RE JUST BARELY
GETTING BY, HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR
WAGES OR INCOMES GO ABOVE ALL,
IN FACT, HAVE GONE DOWN OVER THE
LAST DECADE, OR WE CAN JUST SIT
BACK AND DO NOTHING.
AND I AM NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT
[APPLAUSE]
WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT REVENUE,
PEOPLE START COMPLAINING ABOUT
IT.
WELL, IS HE ENGAGING IN CLASS
WARFARE OR WHY IS HE GOING AFTER
THE WEALTHIEST.
LOOK, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
FORTUNATE AND PEOPLE BOUGHT A
[LAUGHTER]
AND IN A PERFECT WORLD WITH
UNLIMITED RESOURCES, NOBODY
WOULD HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES.
THAT'S NOT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
WE LIVE IN THE WORLD WHERE WE'VE
GOT TO MAKE TRACES.
SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK
OURSELVES AS A SOCIETY, AS A
COUNTRY IS WOULD YOU RATHER KEEP
TAXES EXACTLY AS THEY ARE FOR
THOSE OF US WHO BENEFITED MOST
FROM THIS COUNTRY, TAX BREAKS
THAT WE DON'T NEED AND WEREN'T
EVEN ASKING FOR OR DO WE WANT
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND
ELECTRICAL WORKERS TO HAVE JOBS
REBUILDING OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
AND SCHOOLS?
WOULD WE RATHER MAINTAIN THESE
TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST
FEW OR SHOULD WE GIVE TAX CUTS
ENTREPRENEURS WHO MIGHT
NEEDED TO START THE BUSINESS IN
THAT NEW IDEA THAT THEY GOT?
OR TAX BREAKS TO MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES WHO ARE LIKELY TO SPEND
THIS MONEY NOW AND GET THE
ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN?
THIS IS A MATTER OF PRIORITIES
SACRIFICE.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ASK MOST
WEALTHY AMERICANS, THEY WILL
TELL YOU THEY ARE WILLING TO DO
MORE TO HELP THIS COUNTRY THAT
THEY LOVED.
SO IT'S TIME TO BUILD AN ECONOMY
THAT CREATES GOOD MIDDLE CLASS
JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY.
TIME TO BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT
HONORS THE VALUE OF HARD WORK
AND RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S TIME TO BUILD AN ECONOMY
THAT LASTS AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
JOBS BILL WILL HELP US DO.
THE PROPOSALS IN THE AMERICANS'
JOB ACT ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF
RANDOM INVESTMENTS THAT MAKE
WORKED JOBS THEY ARE THINGS WE
HAVE TO DO IF WE WANT TO COMPETE
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE
NEWEST
INDUSTRIES.
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AN
ENTREPRENEUR IS TO THE NEXT
GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING.
ANY ONE OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS
TRUE.
IF WE WANT TO COMPETE AND WIN IN
THIS GLOBAL ECONOMY, IF WE WANT
THE CENTER TO BE ANOTHER
AMERICAN CENTER WE CAN'T JUST GO
BACK TO AN ECONOMIC MODEL THAT
IS BASED ON HOW MUCH WE CAN
BORROW, HOW MUCH WE CAN WRAP UP
AND HOW MUCH WE CAN CONSUME.
OUR PROSPERITY HAS TO BE BUILT
ON WHAT WE MAKE AND SELL AROUND
THE WORLD AND ON THE SKILLS OF
OUR WORKERS AND THE INGENUITY OF
[APPLAUSE]
WE HAVE TO RESTORE THE VALUES
THING THAT HAVE ALWAYS MADE THIS
A GREAT COUNTRY.
THE IDEA OF HARD WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS REWORDED.
EVERYBODY FROM MEAN STREET TO
WALL STREET WHEN DOING THEIR
FAIR SHARE, PLEADING BY THE SAME
SET OF RULES AND SO PITTSBURG
THAT STARTS NOW AND GOING TO
WHAT YOUR SENATORS ARE VOTING
[APPLAUSE]
ANY SENATOR WHO VOTES NO SHOULD
HAVE TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND
TELL YOU WHAT EXACTLY ARE
THESE ARE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE
TRADITIONALLY BEEN A BIPARTISAN.
REPUBLICANS USED TO WANT TO
BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES.
IT WASN'T JUST A DEMOCRATIC
WE HAVE ALL BELIEVED THAT
EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT.
IF YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST THIS
BILL LOOKED AT A PITTSBURGH
TEACHER INDY 500 AUSLEY AND TELL
THEM WHY THEY DON'T DESERVE TO
GET A PAYCHECK AGAIN AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT
ALL OF THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THEIR
KIDS.
WHY THEY DON'T DESERVE THEIR
TEACHER BACKEND THE HAVE OF
THEIR OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND
WITH OUR CLASS'S OR MUSIC
CLASSES OR SCIENCE CLASSES HAVE
BEEN CUT BACK.
COME AND WORK AT A PITTSBURGH OR
ELECTRICAL WORKER IN THE EYE AND
TELL THEM WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE
OUT THERE FIXING HER BRIDGES OR
REBUILDING OUR SCHOOLS AND
EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE LATEST
SCIENCE AND EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE
SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING
THEIR KIDS ACROSS BRIDGES WITH
PIECES FALLING OFF.
OR EXPLAIN TO A SMALL-BUSINESS
OWNER OR WHO WORKERS IN THIS
COMMUNITY WHY HE WOULD RATHER
DEFEND TAX BREAKS FOR THE
WEALTHIEST FEW THAN FIGHT FOR
TAX CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE A HARD
TIME EXPLAINING WHY THEY VOTED
NO ON THIS BILL OF AND THE FACT
[LAUGHTER]
I REALIZE SOME REPUBLICANS IN
WASHINGTON SAID THAT EVEN IF
THEY AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF THE
AMERICANS JOBS AT THE ARE WEARY
OF PASSING BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE
THE WIND.
GIVE ME A WIN?
THAT ISN'T ABOUT GIVING ME WHEN
WIN.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT GIVING ANYBODY
A WIN OR GIVING DEMOCRATS OR
REPUBLICANS AND WHEN IT'S OUT
GIVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO
ARE HURTING OUT THERE A WIN, BUY
GIVING SMALL BUSINESS IS AN
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S ABOUT GIVING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ALL OF US TOGETHER EVENT.
TALKING AT THE JOBS, WHAT
EVERYBODY HERE IS ONE VOTE IT
FOR THEM BUT THEY'RE PATRIOTS
ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY AND TALKING
ABOUT HOW IN NORMAL TIMES THESE
ARE COMMON SENSE IDEAS THESE ARE
NOT RADICAL IDEAS, THESE ARE
THINGS THAT TRADITIONALLY
EVERYBODY WOULD BE FOR
PARTICULARLY AT A TIME OF
EMERGENCY AND WANT TO SEE MORE
OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON BEING
AGAINST SOMETHING FOR THE SAKE
OF POLITICS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
THE NEXT ELECTION IS 13 MONTHS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
THE LUXURY OF WAITING 13 MONTHS
OF LOT WATCHING WASHINGTON GO
BACK AND FORTH IN THE USUAL
FASHION WHEN THIS ECONOMY NEEDS
TO BE STRENGTHENED DRAMATICALLY.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LIVING FROM A
WEEK TO WEEK PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK EVEN A DAY TO DAY.
THEY NEED ACTION AND THE NEED
ACTION NOW.
THEY WANT CONGRESS TO DO WHAT
THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO.
PUT THE COUNTRY AHEAD.
ECONOMY.
[APPLAUSE]
IN OTHER WORDS THEY WANT
[APPLAUSE]
SO, I HAVE SAID THIS TO SOME
FOLKS IN THE OTHER PARTY I
PROMISE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF
STUFF TO ARGUE ABOUT EVEN IF WE
GET THIS DONE ABOUT THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND HOW
GOING TO BUILD IT AND HOW
WE ARE GOING TO EDUCATE, NOT
INNOVATE AND OUT BUILD OTHER
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF TIME FOR
POLITICAL DEBATE BUT RIGHT NOW
WE NEED TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE SO FOR THOSE OF
YOU IN THE AUDIENCE OR THOSE OF
YOU WATCHING, I NEED YOU TO
CALL, E-MAIL, FAX OR YOU CAN
WRITE AN OLD-FASHIONED LIBERAL
[APPLAUSE]
LET CONGRESS KNOW WHO THEY WORK
FOR.
REMIND THEM WHAT IS AT STAKE
WHEN THEY CAST THEIR VOTE.
TELL THEM THE TIME FOR GRIDLOCK
AND GAMES IS OVER AND THE TIME
FOR ACTION IS NOW AND TELL THEM
TO PASS THIS BILL.
IF YOU WANT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ON THE JOB IF YOU WANT TEACHERS
BILL.
IF YOU WANT TAX CUTS FOR YOUR
OWNERS, PASS THIS BILL.
IF YOU WANT VETERANS TO SHARE
THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE
UPHELD AND THE DEFENDANT, DO THE
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A MOMENT A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE WONDERING
WHETHER AMERICA CAN MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER THE WAY IT USED TO AND
I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN.
WE ARE NOT A PEOPLE WHO JUST SIT
US.
WE SHAPE OUR OWN DESTINY.
THAT IS WHAT HAS ALWAYS SET US
WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE ARE
TOUGHER THAN THE TIMES WE ARE IN
RIGHT NOW BEFORE WITH WE ARE
BIGGER THAN THE POLITICS THAT
HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED AS WE CAN
WRITE OUR OWN STORY WE CAN DO IT
LET'S MEET THIS MOMENT, LET'S
GET TO WORK AND SHOW THE REST OF
THE WORLD JUST WHY IT IS AMERICA
IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
HEA
. CORKER: M
THE
CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD ON THE STATE
FLOOR.EE AND
THERE'S NO QUESTION TENNESSEE
AND ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY I
THINK THE BIGGEST ITEM ON
IN E
AND PEOPLE HAVING JOBS IN EACH
OF OUR STATES WOULDHING W
MR. PRESIDENT I BELIEVE THAT THE CREAT
VERY BEST THING WE CAN DO TO
CREATE A SOUND ECONOMY IN THIS
COUNTRY IS FOR THE DEFICIT THING THA
KENNEDY TO DO THE THINGS IT AND
NEEDS TO DO IN NOVEMBER ANDERIC
DECEMBER AND FOR US TO SHOW THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THE DWITH
COTRY
STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT OUR ALL MY
COUNTRY FACES I BELIEVE THATS A
WITH ALL MY HEART AND THERE'S NO FOR
BUSINESS ANOTHER COUNTRY TO
DAVID IS LOOKING FOR SOME SUGAR
STIMULUS BILL THAT WILL BE HERE
AND ON AND LEAVING US WITH LOTS
OF DEBT AND INCREASED TAXES ON
THE ROAD I BELIEVE THAT.N
I AM DISAPPOINTED AND WE ARE IN
LA
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.PROBLE
NEITHER SIDE CANDIDLY WE ARE CANDI
HERE TO HAVE SOME POLITICAL
START TAKE PLACE. TO
SIDES OF THE IDLE THERE O
ARE NUMBERS OFF PEOPLE HERE THATHAVE WOR
HAVE WORKED HARD TOKED GET THE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE THE
NEED TO BE AND WE EXPECT THEM TO
PASS TOMORROW AND THOSE OF US TO AGREEMES THAT
SUPPORT THESE FREE TRADEHING
AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN F
LANGUISHING FOR 995 DAYS THAT
INCLUDES LOTS OF SENATORS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE OGLE I HEARD
THE LEADER SAY IF WE WERE TO GET B
ALL MIXED JOBS BILL AS HE'S
ADVOCATING WE GET ON TODAY THENG
LIKELIHOOD OF US ACTUALLY TAKING
UP THESE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
AND PASSING THEM TOMORROW ISOT G
ALMOST NOTHING IS NOT GOING TOW THERE
HAPPEN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
OPPOSE THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
AND I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY WE GOING
ARE GOING TO SEE UNANIMOUS A
CONSENT TO MOVE OFF A JOBS BILL
TRADAGREEMENTS
SOMETHING LIKE THE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT THAT SOME PEOPLES
OPPOSE SO I HAVE HAD LOTS OF SENAT
CONVERSATIONS WITH SENATORS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE BOTTLE OVER
THE COURSE OF THE LAST 72 HOURS
REGARDING THE NEED FOR US TO
HAVE A DEBATE ON JOBS AND I HOPE
THAT AT SOME POINT WE WILL
ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL DEBATE ON AALLY WANT TO
REAL JOBS BILL THAT PEOPLE
REALLY WANT TO PASS TO BE I T
WOULD SAY THAT TO MAKE THATLLY
HAPPEN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MEAN
THAT THE REPUBLICAN LEADER ANDALLY HAVE
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER WOULD HAVE SIT
TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND CRAFT A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT IS
OF COURS
COMMON GROUND.
OF COURSE THAT IS NOT WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND WE KNOW THAT AND
FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE THINGS LIFE THAT
WE'VE DONE IN LIFE THAT ISCHOSEN TO COME
PRODUCTIVE AND WE'VE CHOSEN TO
CONSERVE OUR COUNTRY IN THIS WAY ABILI
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE
PRODUCTIVE IN OTHER WAYS FOR ALL
OF US TO COME UP HERE AND TO CONTINUAL
WATCH THIS CONTINUAL CHARADECE IN
TAKING PLACE IN THIS BODY IT'S A
DISAPPOINTING IT BURNS AT A LOTACCOMPLI NOTHI
OF TIME AND WE ACCOMPLISH
NOTHING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
CANDIDLY MR. PRESIDENT I WANT DEBATE
TO HAVE A DEBATE ON JOBS I KNOW
THAT AGAIN MOVING TO THE JOBS NEGATE
BILL TONIGHT WOULD NEGATE THEG
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ONLY THING
THAT WE COULD DO RECENTLY TOE
ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS WHICH IS
PASSING THESE THREE FREE TRADEWHIC
AGREEMENTS WHICH IS WHAT THEY
WILL DO WITH ENHANCED AMERICAN
MANUFACTURERS ABILITIES TO MAKE
AND SELL THINGS OVERSEAS ANDNTRY
ENHANCE FARMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND THEIR ABILITYSE LLTO SELL THEIR IS A
GOODS OVERSEAS IT IS A ONE-WAY
POSITIVE STREET FOR US BECAUSEAVE
THESE COUNTRIES ALREADY HAVE LOWERS
TRADE TARIFF BARRIERS IN THERS
COUNTRY SO IT LOWERS THOSE
BARRIERS FOR US INTO THE
COUNTRY, SO MR. PRESIDENT, I AMTHEIR COUNTRY
GOING TO VOTE AGAINST PROCEEDING TO
TO THE JOBS BILL.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT WE
CONTINUE TO DO THINGS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A REPUBLICANEPUBLI
HOUSE, AND WE KNOW TO PASS
SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR THIS
COUNTRY THAT REQUIRES A
ALL OF THE W
PLAYERSE WILL SELL EACH TIME WETOTALL
BRING THESE BILLS OF THE
VIRTUALLY CRAFTED IN PARTISAN
G IS
WAYS WE KNOW THAT ALL WE ARE
DOING IS WASTING TIME.
I DO HAVE ONE GLIMMER OF HOPE
AND THAT IS THE DEFICITMITTEE.
REDUCTION COMMITTEE.
THE FACT IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE SIX
WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH SIX
REPUBLICANS AND SIX DEMOCRATS TO
USE OF THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE
SOME THINGS THATEAN, WE'
NO ONE CAN BLAME THE OTHER SIDE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT IS TOTALLY SPLIT. TOG
I WILL SAY WHEN NOTHING
MR. PRESIDENT, THIS COMMITTEE
WAS PUT TOGETHER CONCEIVED BY
LEADERSHIP L IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
SO WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, THE
LEADERS IN HOUSE AND THE SENATE
WHO CAN CONCEIVED OF THE SUPERNES
COMMITTEE AND THEY ARE THE ONES
THAT APPOINTED THE MEMBERS TO
THIS SUPER COMMITTEE.IS COMMITTEE WER
THEY DECIDED TO THE MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE WERE GOING TO BEALANCED, SIX
SO THAT IT'S EQUALLY BALANCEDCESS
SIX AND SIX AND SO CANDIDLY THE
SUCCESS OF THIS COMMITTEE IS
TOTALL THE H
TOTALLY, TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF
OUR LEADERSHIP. FOR
SO IT APPEARS TO ME THAT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE
HAVE WITHIN THE LEADERSHIP'S
HAND AS TOTALLY THE ABILITY OF
SOMETHING THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR
COUNTRY TO PASS, AND ANYTHING
SHORT OF GETTING TO THE DOLLAR'S
LEAD OUT IN THIS LEGISLATION IS DOLLARS
TOTALLY A FAILURE. THING I SUR
AND SO ONE THING I'M SURE OF,
MR. PRESIDENT, THAT SINCE THIS
WAS TOTALLY SET UP IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY BY LEADERSHIP OF
THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
SIDE IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THEMEMBERS
SENATE AND THEY CHOSE THE THA
MEMBERS THERE T IS NO QUESTION IN GOING T
BE
SUCCESSFUL OR CANDIDLY BE VIEWED
BY MANY AS A FAILURE. CANDI
FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP CANDIDLY.OING
SO I'M CERTAIN THAT WE ARE GOING
TO GET TO 1.5 TRILLION, AND I AMNS AND DEMOCRATS
HOPEFUL AS ARE A NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS AND SDEMOCRATS WITHINTHINK WE HAV
THE SENATE I THINK WE HAVE A OVER
LIST OF OVER 40 THAT ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO GET TO A
3 TRILLION-DOLLAR REDUCTION IN
THE DEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TORE
GO BIG OR AS SOME HAVE SAID, WEWE END
END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT ISATIVELY EQ TO
QUALITATIVELY EQUAL TO THAT.HAT T
MANY OF US KNOW THAT TRYING TO
GET $3 TRILLION IN SAVINGS OVER
EIGHT IN YOUR PERIOD MIGHT BET
DIFFICULT.I STI
I STILL HOPE IT HAPPENS.
I STILL THINK IT CAN.S BODY T
THERE IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN M
THIS BODY THAT HAS WORKED TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT SOME KNO MAYBE
PEOPLE HAVE SAID WELL MAYBE WE
CAN GET SOME MAJOR REFORMS TO
MEDICARE AND OTHER KINDS OF
PROGRAMS IN THE SECOND TEN AND
MAYBE QUALITATIVELY THAT'S
EQUALLY AS GOOD AND
MR. PRESIDENT AND CERTAINLY
WILLING TOLY LOOK AS ONE SENATOR LOOK
HAD ALL THOSE THINGS BUT INN
SPITE OF THE FACT I THINK IT IS
A WASTE OF TIME TO BE BRINGING A TOTAL
TOTALLY PARTISAN BILLS IN THIS
BODY KNOWING THAT TO BECOME LAW
IF GOT TO PASS THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WHICH MEANS THATHING
ANYBODY THAT BRINGS UP SOMETHING
THAT IS TOTALLY PARTISAN KNOWS
THAT IN ADVANCE THAT IS
DISCOURAGING TO ME, DISCOURAGING
TO WASTE TIME TALKING ABOUT ISEVER
SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS NEVER
GOING TO BECOME LAW FOR AND THE
CAMPAIGNS, FOR HOUSE MEMBERS,T
SENATE AND TO CAMPAIGN ON BUT AT
LEAST I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING BIGHE
HAPPEN BECAUSE AGAIN THIS IS
TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE
BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP WHO
TOTALLY APPOINTED THE MEMBERS
THIS G
WHO TOTALLY ARE WORKING WITHPRESIDENT,
THIS GROUP AND AGAIN
MR. PRESIDENT, TO ME THAT IS THE
CO
CREATE FOR THIS COUNTRY IF FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND BIG DEMOCRATS
DEMOCRATS ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY TO SEE THAT THIS BODY SOMETHING
ACTUALLY HAS THE ABILITY TO DO
SOMETHING THAT CREATES SOME
COTR
STABILITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND
ACTUALLY TACKLE THE NUMBER ONE T
ISSUE THAT CANO CONTINUE TO
DISSIPATE OUR COUNTRY'S STANDARD
AT IS
OF LIVING, AND THAT IS OUR
INABILITY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO TO ME THAT IS THE GREATEST GREATES
JOB STIMULUS WE CAN DEAL WITH.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REGULATORYEGULAT
ISSUES AND AMERICAN ENERGYMERICA
ISSUES AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS ME THAT
THAT TO ME WE CAN TAKE UP IN A
TRUE JOBS BILL AND IT IS MY HOPEE'LL
THAT WE WILL DO THAT SOON.O
ALL I HAVE TO HEAR TODAY IN
ADDITION TO KNOWING THAT THISWH
REALLY IS A PARTISAN EFFORT SEE
WHICH AGAIN I HATE TO SEE EVER THI
TAKING PLACE ON THE FLOOR OF THE A
FACT IS THAT FOR ANY SENATOR WHO
WANTS TO SEE THE THREE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENTS, ANY SENATOR ONLICAN
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THAT WANTS THREE F
TO SEE THE THREE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT PASSED INTO LAW
TOMORROW AS HAS BEEN PLANNED
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SEE THAT
HAPPEN MUST VOTE NO ON THE JOBS
TO
THE MAJORITY LEADER STATED TODAYTHE JOBS
IF WE BEGAN TO DEBATE THE JOBS WE
BILL THAT MEANS WE CANNOT
WITHOUT UNANIMOUS CONSENT WHICH
WE KNOW WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THIS AND
BODY WE CANNOT GIVE IT AND GO TO MR. PREDENT, I
THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SO
MR. PRESIDENT IN ADDITION TO THE NOT
TO D
SERIOUS EFFORT ALTHOUGH I WOULD
LOVE TO DEBATE JOBS THE FACT O
THAT I KNOW THAT IF WE GET ON IN
THIS BILL WE CANNOT PASS THE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT I SOME TIME TO
WE CERTAINLY PLAN TO PASS TOOCEEDI
VOTE NO ON THE PROCEEDING TO
THEM AND HOPE A DATE WHEN WE
REALLY WANT TO TAKE UP A TRUE VIGOR
JOBS BILL WE WILL HAVE A THIS B
VIGOROUS DEBATE IN THIS BODY AND
JOBS.
SOMETHING THAT WILL CREATE JOBS
AND I YIELD THE FLOOR.RECORD
SPEED REPUBLICAN LEADERS CAN'T
AFFORD TO TALK ABOUT THE VOTE WE
ARE GOING TO HAVELI THISO THE
AFTERNOON. ABOUT
WE ALL
AND IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY
ARE IN A POSITION NOW WITH
14 MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF WORK
9.1% UNEMPLOYMENT.
JOBS
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS ARE GROWING
UP SO SLOWLY IT ISN'T GETTING US KIND
BACK INTO THE KIND OF ECONOMIC WE
PROGRESS THAT WE NEED.
AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
COME OUT AND WE HAVE REMINDEDWEAKNESS OF
THE WEAKNESS OF OUR ECONOMY WE D
DO SOMETHING.
THE TRACES ARE TO ALLOW THIS
ECONOMYO TO LANGUISH FOR TOP
DECLINE OR TO STEP UP AND DOT OBAMA H
SOMETHING PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
DECIDED THAT HE NEEDS TO LEAD ON BRING
THIS ISSUE AND BRING TOGETHERBLICANSOR THA
THAT PURPOSE.
HE SPOKE TO THE SESSION OF
CONGRESS WE ATTENDED IT WAS
WIDELY REPORTED. PUT MY
HE SAID I'M GOING TO PUT MY BEST
IDEAS ON THE TABLE AND INVITEABLE,
THE REPUBLICANS TO DO THE SAME
WE CANNOT STAND IDLY BY AND DO
NOTHING THE PRESIDENT PUT HISTHE PRESIDENT PUT
PROPOSAL FORWARD.
IT WAS CLEAR HE WANTED TO DO ANDHE
REMINDED THE REPUBLICANS MANY OF
THINGS HE
THINGS TO PROPOSED P WERE ACTUALLY
ENDORSED IN THE PAST AND WE WAI
WAITEDTE AND WE WAITED AND AT THETE
END OF THE DAY I'M AFRAID WHEN
THE VOTE IS TAKEN YOU WILL FIND
THE FEW IF ANY REPUBLICAN
SENATORS WILL SUPPORT ANY EFFORT
TO TRY TO CREATE JOBS IN THET OBAMA H
UNITED STATES AS PRESIDENT OBAMAAS
HAS PROPOSED. PRESI
US IN SUPPORT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN HAVE MADE OUR
POSITION IS CLEAR IT'S BECOMING
INCREASINGLY CLEAR AS WELL AND
IT COMES DOWN TO THREE THINGS.ILL
FIRST, THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT
APPROVE OR EVEN CONSIDER 1
DOLLAR MORE IN TEXAS FOR THE
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
FOR THEM THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN
TO IMPOSE 1 DOLLAR MORE IN TAXES
ON PEOPLE MAKING OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR THEY SAID THAT
CONSISTENTLY. EVERY LEVF T
ANYBODY ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOE'T REF
THAT DOESN'T REFLECT THE FEELINGCANS IN
OF REPUBLICANS IN AMERICA 59% OFIS
THEM BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IS
RIGHT IT IS NOT UNFAIR TO ASK M
THOSE MAKING OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR TO SHARE THE
BURDEN AND SACRIFICE OF MOVING
THE ECONOMY FORWARD.BOUT
INDEPENDENCE FEEL STRONG ABOUT
IT AND DEMOCRATS AS WELL.ON'T
THE REPUBLICANS WHO DON'T SHARE STATES
THAT BELIEF SERVE IN THE UNITED1
STATES SENATE SO 1 DOLLAR MORE
FOR THE JOBS
PROGRAM IF IT CAME FROM THEOUNTS
ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE MAKING OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IS ON
HERE SO WE KNOW THEY ARE CLEAR
IN THAT POSITION.ION
BUT THERE IS A SECOND POSITION
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN THAT CLE
ISAR EQUALLY CLEAR. A
THEY ARE PREPARED TNYO OPPOSE MANY
IDEASRO COMING FROM THE OBAMA A
ADMINISTRATION EVEN IDEAS THEY
HAVE CONCEIVED AND VOTED FOR IN
THE PAST. TO TA
I ASKED MY STAFF TO TAKE A LOOKROPOSALS
AT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THIS JOBS JOBS
BILL WHICH WILL COME UP LATER COME
THIS AFTERNOON TO SEE WHAT THEEE WHAT
RECORD WAS AND WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS SAY.
IT'S INTERESTING. AND
SENATOR MCCONNELL AND 42
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SUPPORTED
PRESIDENT BUSH'S ECONOMIC
STIMULUS ACT OF 2008.
IT INCLUDED TAX REBATES FORAX
INDIVIDUALS WHICH WE WILL FIND
IN THE OBAMA PLAN, TAX CUTS FOR WE
SMALL BUSINESS WHICH WE FIND
INDY 500 OBAMA PLAN AND NO
IT
OFFSET INCIDENTALLY. P
IT ISN'T PAID FOR. THE
IT ADDED TO THE DEFICIT.
SENATOR MCCONNELL AND 32
COLLEAGUES VOTED FOR THATT HAD
BECAUSE PRESIDENT BUSH'S NAME
WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MOS
I'M AFRAID MOST IF NOT ALL OFL OF THEM
THEM WILL VOTE AGAINST THIS IT
PROPOSAL BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA S
HAS PUT FORWARD.
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT OLTHE PEOPLE THE
TAX CONSISTENTLY IN THE PAST.SAID ON
HERE'S WHAT SENATOR MCCONNELLANUARY
SAID ON FOX NEWS IN JANUARY OFOULD
2009.
IF YOU WANT A QUICK ANSWER TO
WHAT I DO I WOULD HAVE A CABLE
TAX HOLIDAY, SENATOR MCCONNELL
SAID, FOR A YEAR OR TWO THEY
WOULD PUT TAXES IN THE HANDS OF TWO T
EVERYBODY THAT HAS A JOB WHETHER
THEY PAY INCOME TAXES OR NOT,
AND OF COURSE BUSINESSES PAY THE
PAYROLL TAX, TOO SO IT WOULD BE
BOTH A BUSINESS TAX CUT AND AN
INDIVIDUAL TAX CUT IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS THE PIECE OF PRESIDENT PLAN
OBAMA'S JOBS PLAN.
IT'S A PLAN CRITICIZED ON THE
FLOOR THIS MORNING BY SENATORNT IS
MCCONNELL.
THE APPROACH THE PRESIDENT IS
TAKING IS EXACTLY WHAT SENATOR WHE WAS
MCCONNELL SAID WHEN HE WAS
OF KNOWLEDGE FOX
NEWS IN JANUARY, 2009.
REPUBLICANS THAT SUPPORT THE
FEDERAL HELP TO STATES I WON'T
GO THROUGH THE LIST BUT THEY
HAVE INTH THE PAST, AND
INCIDENTALLY, IT USED DOGMATIC DOG
THAT WHEN IT CAME TO BUILDINGN AMERI R
INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICA ROADS
AND BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS ANDAND AIRNGHTS
PORTS AND AIRPORTS IT WAS AIT IN
BIPARTISAN ISSUE.HIS JOBS B
WHEN THE PRESIDENT PUTS IT IN
THIS JOBS BILL IS REJECTED.REPUBLICSAY A
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THET'S JOBS
REPUBLICANS SAY ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S JOBS BILL?HIS
WE'VE TRIED ALL THIS BEFORE AND
IT DIDN'T WORK SO LET'S NOT TRTYSO T
SO THEY ARE SIMILARLY REJECTING
PAYROLL TAX CUTS FOR FAMILIES
THE HAVE SUPPORTED IN THE PASTEJEC
AND REJECTING TITAX CUTS FORHE
BUSINESSES TO HIDE THE UNE
UNEMPLOYED COME EVEN UNEMPLOYED THE
VETERANS WHICH THEY GIVE
SUPPORTED IN THE PAST. WE NEE
THEY ARE REJECTING THE NOTION WE
NEED TO BUILD AMERICA'SUTURE O
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE OFY HAVE
OUR ECONOMY AND THE FACT
BASICALLY SET WHEN IT COMES TO
TRYING TO MAKE THIS ECONOMY MOVE
FORWARD THE ONLY THING THEY WANT
TO DO IS TO PASS A TRADE
WILL CONSIDER THREE OFMENTS
THOSE TOMORROW AT LEAST TWO
MEDIA ALL OF THEM ARE LIKELY TO
PASS.AT LEAST
HOW QUICKLY DO THE REPUBLICANS
THINK THEY WILL TURNAROUND IN
THE ECONOMY IF WE START
INCREASING OUR TRADE WITH KOREA
WITH KOREA AND PANEL?
IT MAY INCREASE TRADE BUT TERM
CERTAINLY NOT IN THE NEAR TERM
AND CERTAINLY NOT TO THE BENEFIT --
OF THE 14 MILLION AMERICANS,URRENT
40 LY UMILLION AMERICANS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED.
TO THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VOTELATER
LATER THIS AFTERNOON IT'S GOINGRNOON.
TO BE A VOTE ON PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S JOBS PROPOSAL. AND
HE HAS SPOKEN TO IT CLEARLY IN A
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AND
HAS TAKEN HIERS CASE TO THED P
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HAS INCLUDEDNSE
PROVISIONS WHICH THE REPUBLICANS SUPPO
HAVERT HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED, AND
I AM AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO WALK
AWAY FROM THIS.
THE REPUBLICAN APPROACH TO THIS
IS TO DO NOTHING.ROM
PROTECT BILLIONAIRES' FROM TAX A
INCREASES AND DON'T GIVE
PRESIDENT OBAMA A VICTORY.
WILL I TELL YOU THIS IS NOT A
FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. ACROSS AM
IT'S A VICTORY FOR UNEMPLOYED WOULD
PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA THAT WEHING
BUT TO SOMETHING SPECIFIC COME H
SOMETHING DIRECT,AV SOMETHING THEURABLE IMPT IN
WOULD HAVE A MEASURABLE IMPACT
IN CREATING JOBS.UBLED
I AM TROUBLED THAT THETH
REPUBLICAN APPROACH AS SENATOR
MCCONNELL DESCRIBED IT IS ONE OF
JUST SAY NO TO BID THAT IS THE
REPUBLICAN ANSWER TO THE ONE
WEAKNESS OF OUR ECONOMY. H
HEE TALKS ABOUT THE TAX HIKE IS
INCLUDED IN OUR BILL. THAT
THAT TAX HIKE IS A SURTAX ON
THOSE MAKING OVER A MILLIONLLION O
DOLLARS OF INCOME OF 5.6%.
IT IS NOT TOO MUCH OF A
SACRIFICE TO ASK FOR THOSE WHO
ARE THE MOST WELL-OFF IN
AMERICA.
WHEN THE THE SENATOR FROM THE
KENTUCKY COMES AND TELLS US THATTIMULU
THE EARLIER STIMULUS BILL FIELD
I WOULD SAY TO HIM, REMEMBER,T BILL
OVER 40% OF THAT BILL CONSISTS
WITH TAX CUTS, SOMETHING THAT
MOST REPUBLICANS USUALLYD
SUPPORT. IN
TO
WAYS THAT WOULD PAY OFF FORL
YEARS TO COME FLEXIBLE THE
BILL PAID FOR AND BUILD
A NEW TERMINAL AT THE PEORIA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IT CREATED JOBS TODAY AND WOULD WIL
SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR DECADESECADES T
TO COME.S BILL
THE STIMULUS BILL IS ALSO LED TO AN
THE CREATION OF AN INTERMODAL
CENTER AND A MAN IN DOWNSTATE JOB
ILLINOIS THE PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
CREATE JOBS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSRTATION IN
BUILD FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THAT COME.
COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME. BE
SO FOR THAT STIMULUS TO BE
DISMISSED IS NOT CREATINGENAT
RESULTS I'M AFRAID SENATOR
MCCONNELL NEEDS TO JOIN AND WE SHOW
WILL SHOW HIM RESULTS INLLINOIS
ILLINOIS AND ALL ACROSS THEHE UNITED
UNITED STATES.
MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR
COURT OF.
ROLL.