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S2428 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 27, 2015 Apollo Saturn V Rocket, which at the [Rollcall Vote No. 166 Ex.] Senators permitted to speak therein time defied the imagination of how YEAS—87 for up to 20 minutes each. large it could be—this is even bigger. Ayotte Feinstein Moran The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This is called the Space Launch Sys- Baldwin Fischer Murray objection, it is so ordered. tem, and atop it will sit the human Barrasso Franken Nelson Bennet Gardner Paul f capsule Orion, which will start the Blumenthal Gillibrand Perdue CREATING A NEW BEGINNING process of developing the systems, the Blunt Grassley Peters techniques, the lifesaving, life-enhanc- Booker Hatch Portman Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I rise Boozman Heinrich Reed today to address for the first time this ing, and life-protecting measures and Boxer Heitkamp Reid equipment that can take us all the way Brown Heller Risch august body, the United States Sen- to Mars. Burr Hirono Roberts ate—the greatest governing body ever Cantwell Hoeven Rounds So we need a professional at NASA to conceived. Out of respect, I have waited Capito Inhofe Sanders until we passed the 100-day mark to de- help General Bolden and his very dedi- Cardin Isakson Sasse cated team. I certainly commend Dr. Carper Johnson Schatz liver this speech, but I rise today be- Casey Kaine Scott cause I believe our Republic is in grave Dava Newman to the Senate as that Cassidy King Sessions person. We should confirm her today, danger. We need to create a new begin- Coats Kirk Shaheen ning by dealing with the very real cri- and we can continue this Nation’s ci- Cochran Lankford Shelby vilian space program. Collins Leahy Stabenow sis of leadership we face today. It is Coons Lee Sullivan why I ran for the Senate in the first I yield the floor. Corker Manchin Tester place—because we need a new perspec- I suggest the absence of a quorum. Cornyn Markey Thune Crapo McCain Tillis tive in Washington. Like many Ameri- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Daines McCaskill Warner cans, I am outraged by Washington’s clerk will call the roll. Donnelly McConnell Warren dysfunction, its fiscal irresponsibility, Durbin Menendez Whitehouse The bill clerk proceeded to call the Enzi Merkley Wicker its lack of leadership in foreign policy, roll. Ernst Mikulski Wyden its intrusiveness and overreach, and its negative impact on hard-working Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- NOT VOTING—13 mous consent that the order for the Americans. Alexander Klobuchar Toomey Before being elected to the Senate, I quorum call be rescinded. Cotton Murkowski Udall had never been involved in politics. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cruz Murphy Vitter Flake Rubio Simply put, I am a political outsider objection, it is so ordered. Graham Schumer committed to changing the direction of Mr. ENZI. I yield back the remainder The nomination was confirmed. our country. I grew up in a small mili- of our time. (At the request of Mr. MCCONNELL, tary town in Middle Georgia, working The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time the following statement was ordered to on our family’s farms. My mom and has been yielded back. be printed in the RECORD.) dad were public school teachers, and I The question is, Will the Senate ad- VOTE EXPLANATION grew up modestly, as did most people vise and consent to the nomination of ∑ Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I am there. I worked my way through col- Dava J. Newman, of Massachusetts, to proud that Florida has such a rich his- lege and was blessed with a business be Deputy Administrator of the Na- tory and relationship with NASA. career that took me from the factory tional Aeronautics and Space Adminis- From the earliest launches of rockets floor to become a Fortune 500 CEO. tration? that established manned missions, to My story is not unique. It is the Mr. BARRASSO. I ask for the yeas the Apollo program and the continued American story. Only in America is and nays. support for the International Space this possible, thanks to hard work and self-reliance. It is called the American The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Station, my home State of Florida is dream, and it is our job to make sure it sufficient second? proud to take ownership in NASA’s past and will certainly be a part of its lasts. Many people today believe that There appears to be a sufficient sec- this dream no longer exists, that we ond. future. It is imperative that we continue to need big government to provide us with The clerk will call the roll. have a robust space exploration pro- more and more financial security. I dis- The bill clerk called the roll. gram that promotes America’s eco- agree totally. I believe our best days Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators nomic, scientific, and security inter- lie ahead. But we have to act boldly if are necessarily absent: the Senator ests, and that effectively utilizes its re- we are to save this dream and our very from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the sources. NASA must have strong lead- way of life. Senator from Arkansas (Mr. COTTON), ership and I believe Dr. Dava Newman As an outsider to the political proc- the Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the will serve the Administration well in ess, I am humbled by the privilege to Senator from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE), the her new role as Deputy Administrator serve my country as a U.S. Senator. I Senator from South Carolina (Mr. GRA- of NASA. While other obligations kept am sobered by the immense responsi- HAM), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. me from Washington, I would have bility of representing the people of MURKOWSKI), the Senator from Florida voted in favor of her nomination.∑ Georgia, and I am encouraged by the (Mr. RUBIO), the Senator from Pennsyl- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. opportunity we have to solve this crisis vania (Mr. TOOMEY), and the Senator LANKFORD). Under the previous order, of leadership and create a new begin- from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). the motion to reconsider is considered ning. As one of the Original Thirteen Colo- Further, if present and voting, the made and laid upon the table, and the nies, Georgia has long been blessed Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- President will be immediately notified with outstanding statesmen in the U.S. ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ of the Senate’s action. Senate. The first Senator to serve in f Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the this seat in the first U.S. Congress in Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLO- LEGISLATIVE SESSION 1789 was Senator William Few. He also BUCHAR), the Senator from Connecticut The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under signed the U.S. Constitution. As fate (Mr. MURPHY), the Senator from New the previous order, the Senate will re- would have it, Sarah Few Collins, a York (Mr. SCHUMER), and the Senator sume legislative session. member of the team that helped me be- from New Mexico (Mr. UDALL) are nec- The Senator from Georgia. come Georgia’s 37th U.S. Senator in essarily absent. f this seat, is a direct descendant of Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ator Few. I think that is pretty special. LANKFORD). Are there any other Sen- MORNING BUSINESS This desk I use on the Senate floor is ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask also very meaningful to me. It has The result was announced—yeas 87, unanimous consent that the Senate be served such distinguished leaders from nays 0, as follows: in a period of morning business, with Georgia such as Saxby Chambliss, Zell VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Apr 28, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27AP6.015 S27APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with SENATE April 27, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2429 Miller, Sam Nunn, Herman Talmadge, today in the Ukraine. China is also they were intended to help—the work- and the venerable Richard B. Russell, growing more aggressive, doubling its ing middle class. Instead, Washington Jr. military spending and flexing its mus- has created a spiraling situation that I rise to speak about three issues cre- cle in the region. will only take us deeper into debt. ating this national crisis of leadership New asymmetric threats, combined What is worse, we have over $100 tril- we experience today: the abuse of Exec- with traditional symmetric challenges, lion in future unfunded liabilities re- utive power, the significant deteriora- create unprecedented demand on our lated to Social Security, Medicare, tion of American foreign policy, and military at the very time this adminis- Medicaid, Federal pensions, and the in- our out-of-control debt. tration has reduced military spending terest on the Federal debt. While devel- First, ‘‘What we are witnessing today to the point that we are about to have oping a long-term solution to this debt is one of the greatest challenges to our the smallest Army since World War II, crisis, we also need to protect today’s constitutional system in the history of the smallest Navy since World War I, seniors and save our safety net pro- this country’’—not my words but the and the smallest Air Force ever. This is grams so they will be there for people words of George Washington University simply unacceptable. who really need them the most, when constitutional law professor Dr. Jona- To address this global security crisis they need them. Shockingly, Social Se- than Turley, who incidentally voted and create a new beginning, we must curity and Medicare trust funds will be twice for President Obama.
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