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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 156 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 No. 129 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, until 10:30 this morning, with Senators called to order by the Honorable PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, a Senator from Washington, DC, September 23, 2010. each, with the Republicans controlling the State of New York. To the Senate: the first half and the majority control- Under the provisions of Rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ling the second half. PRAYER At 10:30 a.m., the Senate will con- hereby appoint the Honorable KIRSTEN The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today’s GILLIBRAND, a Senator from the State of New sider the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. opening prayer will be offered by Rev- York, to perform the duties of the Chair. 30, which is a joint resolution of dis- erend Dr. Joel Hunter, senior pastor of DANIEL K. INOUYE, approval regarding the National Medi- Northland Church, Longwood, FL. President pro tempore. ation Board. Under the time agreement The guest Chaplain offered the fol- Mrs. GILLIBRAND thereupon as- previously reached, there is 2 hours of lowing prayer: sumed the chair as Acting President debate equally divided, so the vote on Let us pray. pro tempore. the motion to proceed to the joint reso- Almighty God, we give You thanks lution is expected to occur around 12:30 for our democracy that gives each cit- f p.m. today. izen a voice; for our freedom of religion RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Upon disposition of the joint resolu- that gives each citizen a choice; and for LEADER tion of disapproval, the Senate will turn to the consideration of the motion our goal of e pluribus unum that gives The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to proceed to S. 3628, the DISCLOSE each citizen a responsibility of co- pore. The majority leader is recog- Act. A cloture vote on the motion to operation. nized. We ask that You would bridle our proceed will occur at 2:15 p.m. tongues toward constructive speech, f f that You would help all herein to live MEASURE PLACED ON THE RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY up to the stature and privilege of lead- CALENDAR—S. 3827 LEADER ership, and that You would grant all herein wisdom and courage beyond Mr. REID. Madam President, it is my The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- their natural abilities and their party’s understanding that S. 3827 is at the pore. The Republican leader is recog- limitations. desk and is due for a second reading. nized. Bless each of our Senators for their The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- f pore. The clerk will report the bill by efforts on behalf of us all, and make THE DISCLOSE ACT them servants of the people of the title. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, United States of America and of Your The bill clerk read as follows: we are now in day 2 of debate regarding intentions for this great country. A bill (S. 3827) to amend the Illegal Immi- the DISCLOSE Act—2 more days Sen- In Your Name we pray. Amen. gration Reform and Immigrant Responsi- bility Act of 1996 to permit States to deter- ate Democrats have chosen to ignore f mine State residency for higher education the jobs of the American people in an PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE purposes and to authorize the cancellation of effort to save their own job. removal and adjustment of status of certain Americans are speaking out, but The Honorable KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND alien students who are long-term United led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Democrats in Congress still aren’t lis- States residents and who entered the United tening. At a time when Americans are I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the States as children, and for other purposes. clamoring for Democrats in Congress United States of America, and to the Repub- Mr. REID. Madam President, I object lic for which it stands, one nation under God, to do something about jobs and the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. to any further proceedings with respect economy, Democrats are not only turn- to the bill. f ing a deaf ear, they are spending 2 full The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- days here working to silence the voices APPOINTMENT OF ACTING pore. Objection is heard. The bill will of even more people with a bill that PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE be placed on the calendar. picks and chooses who has a right to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f political speech. This is precisely why clerk will please read a communication Americans are speaking out loudly— to the Senate from the President pro SCHEDULE loudly—about the excesses of this ad- tempore (Mr. INOUYE). Mr. REID. Madam President, fol- ministration and this Congress. This is The bill clerk read the following let- lowing leader remarks, the Senate will why Senate Republicans strongly sup- ter: proceed to a period of morning business port the efforts Republicans in the ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S7367 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:03 Nov 24, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD10\RECFILES\S23SE0.REC S23SE0 mmaher on DSK69SOYB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S7368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 23, 2010 House will unveil later this morning in And in what may turn out to be the through that center door under that Virginia. most thoroughly discredited pledge arch inscribed with ‘‘In God We Trust,’’ The proposals House Republicans will about this bill, the President and other we all stood silently at our seats as our put forward today are clear proof that, Democratic leaders assured their col- Chaplain, Admiral Black, gave a prayer unlike Democrats in Washington, Re- leagues that Americans would come to over the flag-draped coffin of our de- publicans have been listening intently like the health spending bill once it parted colleague, Senator Byrd. Each to Americans over the past year and a passed—they would come to like it. As of us stood silently in reverence and half. Americans have been telling us for that claim, well, I think Politico recognition not only of a fallen col- they want us to focus on jobs first, put it best this morning: league but in recognition of a supreme fight wasteful Washington spending, Rarely have so many strategists been so Deity. And so it is that that tradition repeal and replace the health spending wrong about something so big. continues. And it continues with my bill, and shrink an exploding deficit. Rarely—rarely—have so many strate- friend, the Reverend Dr. Joe Hunter They have been telling us they want a gists been so wrong about something so from Florida, who has shared with us smaller, less costly, and more account- big. his message this morning in the open- able government. So Democrats were eager to listen to ing of the Senate with a prayer. The House Republican plan is a clear the strategists and the administration The prayer started in the early days and forceful response to these con- officials who told them what this bill of the Continental Congress. It was in cerns, and, working together, House would do and how it would be received, 1774, in that Congress, that a chaplain and Senate Republicans will continue when what they should have been doing was called to open those sessions. to fight for the principles upon which is listening to the American people, Under the new government that came it is based. Together, we will focus our who never liked this bill—never liked about as a result of the Articles of Con- efforts on making America more com- it—and who knew it wouldn’t deliver federation—which had not worked to petitive, reducing the size and cost of on the promises Democrats made. So keep a new spirited nation together be- government, keeping our Nation strong this is no anniversary Democrats cause it didn’t have a central govern- and secure, and reining in the massive should be celebrating. ment—they met together in that Americans have had it. The Amer- health care costs and mandates im- steamy room in Philadelphia to ham- ican people have had it. They have had posed by the Democrats’ health spend- mer out the Constitution, and the Con- it with Democrats focusing on their ing bill. stitutional Convention prayer was of- own pet issues at the exclusion of This is an appropriate statement to fered during those deliberations. America’s top priorities, and they are make on the sixth-month anniversary As a matter of fact, it was Benjamin of the passage of the Democratic tired of being told that if only the Democrats pass their agenda these pri- Franklin who made the comment— health spending bill, which—both in its when the delegates wondered whether contents and in the process used to orities will somehow be met. Well, the results are in. The results are in. The this Nation could stand, a Nation that enact it—so clearly undermined the was seeking freedom, a Nation that principles House Republicans will dis- Democratic agenda has been a failure for the economy and for jobs. It is time was seeking democracy—Benjamin cuss this morning. Franklin said something to the effect Americans never wanted this massive to move on.
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