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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 No. 24 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Mrs. SHAHEEN thereupon assumed MEASURE PLACED ON THE called to order by the Honorable the chair as Acting President pro tem- CALENDAR—H.R. 359 JEANNE SHAHEEN, a Senator from the pore. Mr. REID. Madam President, H.R. 359 State of New Hampshire. is at the desk and due for a second f reading, I am told. PRAYER The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY pore. The clerk will read the bill by fered the following prayer: LEADER title for the second time. Let us pray. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The legislative clerk read as follows: Unto You, O Lord, do we lift our pore. The majority leader is recog- A bill (H.R. 359) to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer fi- hearts this day in praise and thanks- nized. giving. You are our God and we put our nancing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions. trust in You. Lead us away from f shame, for You are our rock and ref- Mr. REID. I object to any further proceedings at this time, Madam Presi- uge. SCHEDULE Today, give Your grace and strength dent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to our lawmakers. Empower them to Mr. REID. Madam President, fol- pore. Objection having been heard, the live worthy of every trust this Nation lowing any leader remarks, there will bill will be placed on the calendar commits to their hands. Make them be a period of morning business until 11 under rule XIV. champions of liberty, messengers of a.m. Senators will be permitted to peace, and servants of Your kingdom. speak for up to 10 minutes each during f We pray in Your great Name. Amen. that period of time. At 11 a.m. the Sen- TRIBUTE TO ate will resume consideration of the Mr. REID. Madam President, I am f FAA authorization bill. going to take a few minutes today to At 11:40 a.m. the Senate will resume PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE talk about a friend of Nevada’s and a consideration of the Nelson of Ne- friend of mine. This man is from the The Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN led braska amendment. There will be up to other side of the world. His name is the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: 20 minutes of debate equally divided Manny Pacquiao. He is in Washington I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the prior to a vote in relation to the today. Every time I visit with him, I United States of America, and to the Repub- amendment, as amended. The Nelson come away more impressed than the lic for which it stands, one nation under God, amendment relates to criminal pen- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. last time. alties for the unauthorized distribution Although those of us who serve here f of advanced imaging technology. At are close with our colleagues in the about noon, the Senate will proceed to U.S. Congress—and some even achieve APPOINTMENT OF ACTING vote in relation to the Nelson amend- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE celebrity status inside the beltway ment, as amended. itself, the so-called beltway bubble— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Senate will then recess from few of our names and faces are rec- clerk will please read a communication 12:30 until 2:15 p.m. for our weekly cau- ognizable beyond our shores. to the Senate from the President pro cus meetings. After caucus, there will Senator Ted Kennedy was an excep- tempore (Mr. INOUYE). be 10 minutes for debate equally di- tion to that rule with fame he earned The legislative clerk read the fol- vided prior to a vote in relation to the through the decades he and his family lowing letter: Wicker amendment, as modified. The dedicated to public service. So was U.S. SENATE, Wicker amendment relates to the col- Senator Clinton—and in her current PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, lective bargaining rights of TSA em- role as Secretary of State, even more Washington, DC, February 15, 2011. ployees. Senators should expect a vote of the world recognizes and respects To the Senate: in relation to the Wicker amendment her. I traveled to Europe with Senator Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, to begin at about 2:30, 2:25 p.m. John Glenn. He was a rock star all over of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Both of these amendments are sub- appoint the Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN, a Europe. He was a global hero because Senator from the State of New Hampshire, ject to 60-vote thresholds. Additional he orbited the globe. to perform the duties of the Chair. rollcall votes in relation to FAA But no one in our national legisla- DANIEL K. INOUYE, amendments are expected to occur ture comes close to the level of world- President pro tempore. throughout the day. wide fame of the Congressman from the

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During World War II, when the He is very tough—we know that—not They are still fighting for billions in Pacific nation was a commonwealth of because he can take punches as force- special breaks for oil and gas compa- this country, brave and patriotic Fili- fully as he gives one but because he nies, the insurance industry, and bil- pino troops served under the American fights for those who cannot fight for lionaires. flag. With the leadership of Senator themselves. In the last few days, the former presi- DAN INOUYE, who acted so heroically in The large and vibrant Filipino com- dent of Chevron oil said: We don’t need the Second World War, we fought in munity in Nevada looks up to Manny, those subsidies. But yet Republicans the legislative branches of our govern- as do and fight fans all over are fighting for subsidies for oil compa- ment to give those troops, those Fili- the world. He sets a welcome example nies when the oil company executives pino troops, the well-deserved and of an athlete who does good for many. say they do not need them. long-overdue pensions they earned dur- He is someone who is not in public We have already tried it their way. ing a time of war. service for fame or glory or money but They are fighting and substantiating Now Congressman Pacquiao is a because he knows his people need his billions in special breaks for oil and Member of Congress from the Phil- advice and need his voice. gas companies, the insurance industry, ippines. He is also a boxer who holds He is a friend, I repeat, of Nevada’s, and billionaires. We tried it. It does not a friend of America, and—I am happy many other titles than that of Con- work. That is why we are in the mess to say—a friend of mine. gressman. He holds the title of Super we are in. But the Republican reaction Champion. He is the only f to the President’s budget has been an person in the history of to hold THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET attempt to go back in time. eight world titles. He is the first person Mr. REID. Madam President, when If they want to time travel in search in history to win 10 world titles in 8 President Obama released his budget of fiscal responsibility, they should not different weight divisions. He started yesterday, he made one thing very stop at President Bush’s failed admin- out being a champion at 106 pounds. clear: getting our economy back above istration; they should keep going to his He has fought them all. He has water will require shared sacrifice. predecessor’s, when we balanced the fought people who outweighed him 35, Few documents are more intricate budget with President Clinton. 40 pounds. He has been declared the and complex than our national budget. We live in the present and we budget fighter of the decade and three times But beyond the numbers, what I found for the . We have spending chal- of the year. He is rated the deep in this budget is an affirmation of lenges before us. We cannot afford to No. 1 pound-for-pound best boxer in the our principles. Among those values is a forget those challenges will not be world. From to Light Mid- commitment to recognize and adapt to solved by extreme rhetoric or unreal- dleweight Champion, Welterweight reality—investing in what works and istic idealism. They will be solved only Champion, Champion—no changing what does not. when reasonable partners are willing to other boxer in history has achieved I appreciate the President’s call for come to negotiate with responsible pro- what he has achieved. shared sacrifice and living within our posals that find a critically important He is an ambitious young man with a means and, more than that, his willing- balance: one that brings down our def- closet full of championship belts and ness to do more than just talk but ac- icit while keeping our economy moving the start of a promising political ca- tually lead toward fiscal responsibility. in the right direction. reer already under his belt. I am most He did not just talk about tough When we find that middle ground, we gratified, as I mentioned, that he is a choices, he made them. I do not agree will leave the next generation with an friend of Nevada’s, where his sport is a with all of his choices. I disagree with economy they can count on, with the major player in our economic arena. He some of his cuts. But I cannot deny confidence we seek in our future, and is someone I really admire. that by making the difficult decisions with the knowledge that when difficult Manny Pacquiao and I come from op- he showed leadership. decisions need to be made, Americans posite sides of the globe, but in our I also found in the President’s budget do not shirk that responsibility; when hearts we come from the same place. the recognition that we are not in a presented with a tough choice, we Manny grew up with nothing. He was competition to determine who can cut make it. just a kid when he had to leave his the most; rather, we need to cooperate f home and live in the streets. He started to discover where we can cut the fighting in the streets and went into smartest. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the ring where he certainly has been This budget proposes a long-term The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- one of the all-time greats. plan to responsibly cut the deficit in pore. Under the previous order, the He fought for money when he was a half in President Obama’s first term. It leadership time is reserved. mere boy. He has done so well in life. does not do that by blindly chopping He has fought to get an education he zeros off bottom lines or eliminating f was not able to get as a young boy. He programs wholesale. It invests in that MORNING BUSINESS is married to a wonderful woman which will grow our economy—such as named Jinkee. They have four chil- education, such as innovation, and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- dren. He is a devout Roman Catholic. such as infrastructure. pore. Under the previous order, the When he stepped into the ring for the It does not buy into the partisan Senate will be in a period of morning first time, it changed his life. talking point that there is no dif- business until 11 a.m., with Senators He is a fighter. I have talked about ference between spending and invest- permitted to speak therein for up to 10 that. There is near unanimous agree- ing, because there is. In other words, it minutes each, with the time equally di- ment he is the best pound-for-pound recognizes we can lower the deficit not vided and controlled between the two fighter on the planet today and perhaps just by subtraction but also by addi- leaders or their designees. ever, and that takes into consideration tion. When we invest in education, we The Senator from Illinois. some great fighters—Sugar Ray Leon- create a smarter and stronger work- f ard, . force. When we invest in innovation, He is a man who is so fun to watch. we create jobs before the rest of the EDUCATION FUNDING In his last fight—I watched that fight— world beats us to those jobs. When we Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, the he was outweighed by some 30 pounds. invest in our infrastructure—from the President presented to Congress a He won the fight. He won every round interstates to the —we lay the budget. It is the annual process or rit- of that fight, and the man he fought foundation for prosperity. ual where the President makes the had been a champion. But he knows it I am disappointed the congressional first move, presenting a budget, and is not enough just to fight for your- Republicans seem to have learned then Congress responds. The House and

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