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22916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 156, Pt. 15 December 18, 2010 SENATE—Saturday, December 18, 2010 The Senate met at 9 a.m. and was four rollcall votes beginning at 10:30 morning business, with Senators per- called to order by the Honorable CHRIS- this morning or thereabouts. The first mitted to speak for a period of up to 10 TOPHER A. COONS, a Senator from the vote will be on cloture with respect to minutes each. State of Delaware. the DREAM Act. If cloture is not in- The Senator from Alabama. voked on the DREAM Act, the Senate f PRAYER will proceed to a cloture vote with re- ORDER OF PROCEDURE The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- spect to the don’t ask, don’t tell repeal. fered the following prayer. Following the cloture votes, the Sen- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, under Let us pray. ate will proceed to vote on two con- the previous discussion we had, I had We wait patiently for You, eternal firmations: Albert Diaz, of North Caro- been authorized to use 15 of our 45 min- God, for You have been our help in ages lina, to be a U.S. circuit judge, and utes, and I would ask unanimous con- past and our hope for years to come. Ellen Hollander from Maryland to be a sent that I be allowed to speak for 15 You listen to the voice of our interces- U.S. district judge. minutes. sion and permit us to feel Your pres- I note the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ence just when we need You most. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Without objection, it is so or- Cultivate in our lawmakers a great pore. The clerk will call the roll. dered. trust in You. Turn them away from The bill clerk proceeded to call the Mr. SESSIONS. I assume this will be false solutions as they seek Your wis- roll. counted against our time. dom and obey Your commands. Lord, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- f imous consent that the order for the make them Your instruments of wis- THE DREAM ACT dom, justice, courage, and moderation quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- so that Your will may be done on Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, essen- pore. Without objection, it is so or- Earth. Give them a passion to accom- tial to America’s greatness, I truly be- dered. plish Your purposes. lieve, is our respect for the rule of law. We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. f The American people understand this. For years, they have asked Congress ORDER OF PROCEDURE f and the President to secure the borders Mr. REID. Could the Chair advise me PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE and to enforce our immigration laws, how long was taken in this last quorum but for years Congress has refused to The Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. COONS call. do that. Indeed, as part of this legisla- led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tive session, there has been no serious I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the pore. Seven minutes. movement to do anything that would United States of America, and to the Repub- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent improve the grievous situation of ille- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, that the time for debate continue to be indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. gality at our borders. So what we have 45 minutes on each side, with the time is contrary to that today, when we will f to begin as outlined in the previous be dealing with the DREAM Act. Lead- order, but the time that I took speak- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING ers in Washington have not only toler- ing to whom I had to speak not count PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ated lawlessness but, in fact, our poli- against the 90 minutes. cies have encouraged it. Americans liv- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ing near the border are the ones who clerk will read a communication to the pore. Without objection, it is so or- often pay the steepest price. Illegal Senate from the President pro tempore dered. drugs, guns, people pour into States (Mr. INOUYE). f such as Arizona and Texas every day. The bill clerk read as follows: LEGISLATIVE SESSION Phoenix has turned into the kidnap- U.S. SENATE, ping capital of the world. Ranchers in PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- the southern part of the State are Washington, DC, December 18, 2010. imous consent to resume legislative forced to accept chaos as a part of their To the Senate: session. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- daily lives. Smugglers, traffickers of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby pore. Without objection, it is so or- stream across their properties, homes appoint the Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. dered. are broken into, livestock killed, fami- COONS, a Senator from the State of Dela- lies placed in danger. Our government ware, to perform the duties of the Chair. f has failed in its duty to protect these DANIEL K. INOUYE, ORDER OF PROCEDURE citizens in the peaceful possession of President pro tempore. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- their property. Mr. COONS thereupon assumed the imous consent that prior to any of the Consider the fate of Robert Krentz, chair as Acting President pro tempore. succeeding votes, there be 2 minutes of the son of one of Arizona’s oldest f debate, equally divided and controlled ranching families working land that had been in the family 100 years. His RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY in the usual form; further, that after home had been robbed, their livestock LEADER the first vote, the succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes. slaughtered. On the night of March 27, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- he went to mend a fence and check his pore. The majority leader is recog- pore. Without objection, it is so or- water line. He reached his brother on nized. dered. the radio to say he was helping some- f f one he believed to be illegally entering the country—helping them—and that SCHEDULE MORNING BUSINESS was the last time anyone heard from Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senators The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mr. Krentz. He was found several hours should expect a series of up to three or pore. The Senate is now in a period of later, shot dead. ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:02 Oct 25, 2013 Jkt 089102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR10\S18DE0.000 S18DE0 ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD December 18, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 156, Pt. 15 22917 The death of Robert Krentz is sadly school or serve in the military. It is sistency of our legal system—a system just one of the many tragedies that certainly not limited to children. It that is so important to our prosperity could have been avoided if the Federal would apply to people here illegally and liberty? Government had done its job. Instead, who are as old as 30. Because the bill The message from the public has when Arizona tried to support the Fed- has no cap or sunset, they will remain never been in doubt. Before we consider eral immigration authorities, they eligible at any future time. regular status for anyone living here il- were sued by Attorney General Holder, Mr. President, I know my good legally, we first must secure the bor- and the Department of Justice said friend, Senator DURBIN, who is such an der. My friend, BEN NELSON from Ne- stay out. able advocate, challenged me last braska, has spoken on this for a half They were sued for trying to protect night, or my staff, saying we were in- dozen years. When he speaks, he has a themselves because the Federal Gov- correct in saying that the Secretary of sign behind him that says ‘‘border se- ernment would not. Yet here we are in HHS would have the ability to waive curity first.’’ That is what Senator the final days of a lameduck—some say some of the requirements in the bill. MCCAIN has said. He has been a cham- dead duck—Congress considering a bill Just for my staff’s sake, I want to read pion of immigration reform. He says he that would create a major problem to this part of the bill. He said it wasn’t has come to understand with clarity the effective enforcement of immigra- in there. My staff explained to his staff that we must have security first. tion laws. People are not happy with why they thought it was in there. The That is what the American people us, Mr. President. waiver section states: have told us, I am convinced. If we do I had a little recognition and recalled The Secretary of Homeland Security may not do those actions first, if we pass in the shower this morning a little waive the ground of deportability under this amnesty, we will signal to the event with Oliver Cromwell with the paragraph 1 of section 237(a) for humani- world that we are not serious about the long Parliament in England. He said: tarian purposes or family unity. enforcement of our laws or our borders. It is high time for me to put an end to your Maybe we can disagree how that It will say that you can make plans to sitting in this place.