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MR. PRESIDENT?
MAJORITY LEADER.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THE CALL OF THE QUORUM
BE TERMINATED.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE SENATE
PROCEED TO TKHRUPBD 111 --
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT.
S. 846, A BILL TO
DESIGNATE THE UNITED STATES
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 80
LAFAYETTE STREET IN JEFFERSON
CITY, MISSOURI AS CHRISTOPHER S.
BOND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE SENATE WILL
PROCEED TO THE MEASURE.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT THE BILL BE READ A
THIRD TIME, PASSED, THE MOTION
TO RECONSIDER BE LAID ON THE
TABLE, AND ANY STATEMENTS
RELATING TO THIS MATTER BE
APPROPRIATE PLACE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, I
NOTE HERE THAT THIS COURTHOUSE
IS GOING TO BE NAMED FOR OUR
LONGTIME COLLEAGUE, KENT BOND.
THAT'S VERY NICE.
HE WAS A FINE MAN.
HE SERVED HIS STATE IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
HE WAS A GOVERNOR, A VERY
POPULAR GOVERNOR.
HE SERVED AS THE RANKING MEMBER
OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
AND SERVED THAT ADMIRABLY.
BUT FOR ONE THING THAT HE AND I
TALKED ABOUT ON A NUMBER OF
OCCASIONS, WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, HE
RESCINDED AN ORDER THAT HAD BEEN
ISSUED BY HIS PREDECESSOR, A MAN
BY THE NAME OF BOGGS, GOVERNOR
BOGGS, WHICH WAS AN
EXTERMINATION ORDER AGAINST ALL
THE MORMONS IN MISSOURI,
EXTERMINATION MEANING TO KILL
THEM ALL.
SOME OF THEM WERE KILLED AND
WORKED THEIR WAY OUT OF
MISSOURI.
THAT EXTERMINATION ORDER
REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL BOND
CAME ALONG.
AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, HE
THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WRONG THING
TO DO.
FOR THAT AND OTHER REASONS, I
HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF OUR FRIEND
KIT BOND.
MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THE ENVIRONMENT AND
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE
DISCHARGED FROM FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF S. 1406 AND THE
MATTER.
CLERK WILL REPORT.
S. 1406, A BILL TO
DESIGNATE THE UNITED STATES
COURTHOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT
510 19th STREET BAKERSFIELD,
CALIFORNIA, AT THE MYRON, DONE
KNOW VAN CROCKER UNITED
COURTHOUSE.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THE BILL BE READ THREE
TIMES, PASSED, THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER BE LAID ON THE TABLE,
ANY STATEMENTS RELATING TO THIS
MATTER BE PLACED IN THE RECORD
READ.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT H.R. 1309 BE DISCHARGED
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING
AND IT BE RETURNED TO THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO
THE MESSAGE OF JULY 25, 2011,
REQUESTING ITS RETURN.
OBJECTION.
I'M TOLD THERE IS
A BILL AT THE DESK DUE FOR ITS
FIRST READING.
T
THE CLERK
WILL READ THE BILL.
S. 1420, A BILL TO
REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRIORITIZE ALL
OBLIGATIONS ON THE DEBT HELD BY
THE PUBLIC, SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS, AND MILITARY PAY IN
THE EVENT OF THE DEBT LIMIT IS
REACHED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
MR. PRESIDENT, I NOW
ASK FOR ITS SECOND READING AND
THAT'S FOR PURPOSE OF PLACING
THIS BILL ON THE CALENDAR UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 14 BUT
NOW I OBJECT TO MY OWN REQUEST.
THE
OBJECTION IS HEARD.
THE BILL WILL BE READ FOR THE
SECOND TIME ON THE NEXT
LEGISLATIVE DAY.
QUORUM.
THE CLERK
WILL CALL THE ROLL.
QUORUM CALL:
ASK CONSENT THE QUORUM
BE VITIATED.
OBJECTION.
I NOW ASK CONSENT THAT
WHEN THE SENATE COMPLETES ITS
BUSINESS TODAY, IT ADJOURN UNTIL
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30 A.M.,
JULY 27.
THAT FOLLOWING THE PRAYER AND
PLEDGE, THE JOURNAL OF
PROCEEDINGS BE APPROVED TO DAY,
THE MORNING HOUR BE DEEMED
EXPIRED, 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 AN HOUR WITH
SENATORS PERMITTED SPEAK SPORE
UP TO TEN MINUTES EACH WITH THE
TIME EQUALLY DWAIDED AND
CONTROLLED BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES, WITH
THE REPUBLICANS CONTROLLING THE
FIRST HALF AND THE MAJORITY
CONTROLLING THE FINAL HALF.
MR. PRESIDENT, IF
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE SENATE, I ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN UNDER THE
PREVIOUS ORDER.
THE
SENATE STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL