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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 147 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2001 No. 135 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was to the Senate from the President pro the vehicles will depart the Capitol called to order by the Honorable HIL- tempore (Mr. BYRD). steps at 10 this morning. LARY RODHAM CLINTON, a Senator from The legislative clerk read the fol- f the State of New York. lowing letter: RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME U.S. SENATE, PRAYER PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Washington, DC, October 10, 2001. pore. Under the previous order, the Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: To the Senate: leadership time is reserved. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, f Almighty God, You have created us of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby to know, love, and serve You, and then appoint the Honorable HILLARY RODHAM AVIATION SECURITY ACT—MOTION live with You forever. We thank You CLINTON, a Senator from the State of New TO PROCEED for the life and leadership of Senator York, to perform the duties of the Chair. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mike Mansfield. We are grateful for ROBERT C. BYRD, President pro tempore. pore. Under the previous order, the this truly great American, distin- Senate will now resume consideration guished Senator for 34 years, majority Mrs. CLINTON thereupon assumed of the motion to proceed to S. 1447, leader for 15 of those years, out- the chair as Acting President pro tem- which the clerk will report. standing Ambassador to Japan, and pore. The legislative clerk read as follows: distinguished patriot all through his f A motion to proceed to the bill (S. 1447) to life. We have all learned so much about improve aviation security, and for other pur- leadership from this man of few but RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING MAJORITY LEADER poses. firm and pointed words with which he Mr. REID. Madam President, I sug- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- expressed strong convictions and pro- gest the absence of a quorum. found concern. We remember the warm pore. The Senator from Nevada is rec- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- twinkle in his eye, his engaging smile, ognized. pore. The clerk will call the roll. and his abiding faithfulness as a friend. f The legislative clerk proceeded to But most of all, we are comforted by SCHEDULE call the roll. the fact of his relationship with You, Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask which was at the core of his being. We Mr. REID. Madam President, this unanimous consent that the order for thank You for the quiet inner security morning the Senate resumes the quorum call be rescinded. of his faith in You and his expectation postcloture debate on the motion to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that death would only be a transition proceed to S. 1447, the aviation secu- pore. Without objection, it is so or- in eternal life. Goodness and mercy fol- rity bill. The full 30 hours have to dered. lowed the Senator all his life and now run—and certainly we hope that is not Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask he dwells with You forever. In the the case—on the motion. Then all time unanimous consent that during today’s name of Him who is the resurrection will expire at approximately 5 p.m. proceedings on this legislation now be- and the life. Amen. today—shortly before that, actually. I fore the Senate, if someone comes to am hopeful that we will be able to f the Chamber and wishes to speak as in reach agreement on aviation security morning business, that the time would PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE as well as the counterterrorism legisla- be charged against the proceedings on The Honorable HILLARY RODHAM tion. this legislation. CLINTON led the Pledge of Allegiance, I remind Members that it was 1 week The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- as follows: ago today that the motion to proceed pore. Without objection, it is so or- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the to S. 1447 was filed. At least from my dered. United States of America and to the Repub- Nevada perspective, that is too long to Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a lic for which it stands, one nation under God, have people not recognizing that there quorum. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. are things we could do with aviation The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- f security that we have not done. I think pore. The clerk will call the roll. it is too bad that we have had to go The legislative clerk proceeded to APPOINTMENT OF ACTING through this period to get to this bill. call the roll. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE I also remind Senators who are plan- Mr. THOMAS. Madam President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ning to attend the funeral of the late ask unanimous consent that the order clerk will please read a communication majority leader Mike Mansfield that for the quorum call be rescinded. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S10403 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Dec 20, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA425\1997-2008-FILES-4-SS-PROJECT\2001-SENATE-REC-FILES\RECFILES-NEW\S mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S10404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 10, 2001 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and that we can increase our domestic work on an energy policy that will pore. Without objection, it is so or- production, so we become less depend- meet this country’s needs. dered. ent upon the supply from overseas. Madam President, I suggest the ab- Mr. THOMAS. I ask unanimous con- So I believe very strongly that we sence of a quorum. sent that I be allowed to speak as in had compelling reasons to deal with en- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- morning business. ergy before, and certainly September 11 pore. The clerk will call the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- has added to the necessity for us to do The legislative clerk proceeded to pore. Without objection, it is so or- that. We have worked hard in the En- call the roll. dered. ergy Committee, of which I am a mem- Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask f ber, to respond. We have had hearings, unanimous consent that the order for we had marked up a title in our energy the quorum call be rescinded. ENERGY POLICY bill, and we are moving forward on that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mr. THOMAS. Madam President, I bill that was quite broad. pore. Without objection, it is so or- want to talk this morning a bit, as we In the meantime, the House has dered. have for some time, about energy. En- passed an energy bill which has a good f ergy, of course, is something we have deal of the things in it about which we SETTING THE AGENDA talked about for some time—a good have talked. So they moved forward long time, as a matter of fact. Our ex- with that over in the House. It has Mr. REID. Madam President, I was periences last summer in California great support from labor unions and not fortunate enough to have listened emphasized the need for some changes from many environmentalists, and it to the entire statement of our friend in our energy policy so that we have certainly has strong support from the from Wyoming. I have worked with more stability and reliability in en- administration. That bill is passed and Senator DASCHLE and Senator BINGA- ergy. Of course, we also became aware available for us to deal with now. MAN on energy legislation, and no one of some of the things we must do in Unfortunately—or fortunately—there feels more strongly than Senator terms of energy, and we have worked has been some change in what we are DASCHLE, our majority leader, that we on it for a very long time. doing. The chairman of the committee need to bring forward legislation at the Now, since September 11, I think we has indicated that he has been asked to earliest possible date dealing with the find some very compelling additional not have any more committee activi- energy problems. reasons that we need to do some things ties, and there will be a bill put to- He and Senator BINGAMAN, who is the with energy. Obviously, we have not gether, apparently, by the majority chairman of the Energy Committee, had an energy policy that we need to leader to bring before us. Unfortu- have worked hard on this, and we will have in place over the years, and that nately, we have talked about this be- have something as soon as possible. is what we are seeking to do—to de- fore and have not arrived, I don’t be- I have to say, we have been trying to velop energy policy. lieve, at any commitment as to when get to airport security for over a week. Partly because, I suppose, of the lack that will be done and how it will be There have been objections to that. We of a policy and a real direction where done. Of course, some have consider- have had to jump through a series of we want to go over time, we have be- able concern that there would not be hoops: A motion to invoke cloture on come very dependent on overseas oil input from all of the folks in the Sen- the motion to proceed, and now it ap- sources.
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