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June 15, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5921 that this is not sufficient and, there- and the Santorum amendment. These [Rollcall Vote No. 172 Leg.] fore, we should oppose this amend- differences include a number of new YEAS—46 ment. I would think half a loaf is bet- provisions in the amendment that are Allard DeMint McConnell ter than no loaf. This, by the way, was not in the S. 333. Some of them are: Allen DeWine Murkowski not in the Iran Freedom and Support Bayh Dole Nelson (FL) Remove the requirement that a par- Bond Domenici Roberts Act. This is one of the provisions Sen- ent or a subsidiary of a person against Brownback Ensign Santorum ator LEVIN mentioned that was added, whom sanctions have been issued must Bunning Frist Sessions frankly, out of respect for the concerns have actual knowledge of the activities Burns Graham Snowe Burr Grassley Stevens the Senator from New Jersey raised before sanctions can be issued against Chambliss Hatch Sununu and has raised on the floor repeatedly. Coburn Hutchison them. Talent This is an attempt to make a good- Coleman Inhofe Remove the requirement that an af- Thune faith attempt—and I do mean that—a Collins Isakson filiate of the Company against which Conrad Kyl Vitter good-faith attempt to meet the Sen- Voinovich sanctions have been issued must have Cornyn Lieberman ator from New Jersey halfway and to Craig Lott Wyden actual knowledge of the activities be- take his policy and put it in place in a Crapo Martinez fore sanctions can be issued against prospective manner. If that is not suffi- them. NAYS—53 cient for the Senator from New Jersey, Akaka Feingold Menendez that is fine. He is welcome to oppose Remove Libya from the scope and Alexander Feinstein Mikulski the amendment. title of the Iran Libya Sanctions Act. Baucus Gregg Murray Mr. LAUTENBERG. Will the Senator Would impose an additional condi- Bennett Hagel Nelson (NE) Biden Harkin Obama yield for a question? tion on the exercise of the President’s Bingaman Inouye Pryor Mr. SANTORUM. I will be happy to waiver authority by imposing an addi- Boxer Jeffords Reed yield. tional element in the report that must Byrd Johnson Reid Cantwell Kennedy Salazar Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, is be submitted to Congress prior to the Carper Kerry Sarbanes the Senator aware that the exemption waiver going into effect. Current law Chafee Kohl Schumer in his amendment would make it al- requires, among other elements of the Clinton Landrieu Cochran Lautenberg Shelby most impossible to hold a U.S. com- report, an assessment of the signifi- Dayton Leahy Smith pany liable for doing business with Iran cance of the assistance provided to the Dodd Levin Specter through a foreign subsidiary? development of Iran’s petroleum pro- Dorgan Lincoln Stabenow Mr. SANTORUM. My understanding duction. The new requirement would Durbin Lugar Thomas Enzi McCain Warner is that we crafted this language pursu- also require an assessment of the sig- ant to the language the Senator from nificance of the assistance to the devel- NOT VOTING—1 New Jersey used in the past and put a opment of Iran’s weapons of mass de- Rockefeller threshold we thought was—I think it struction or other military capabili- The amendment (No. 4234) was re- was a $20 million threshold we put in ties. jected. place which we thought was a reason- Reduces operations and maintenance Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move able threshold of investment to reach funding for the Army for Iraq and Af- to reconsider the vote. the level of sanction. ghanistan by $100 million. Mr. FRIST. I move to lay that mo- If the Senator from New Jersey In other instances, there are modi- tion on the table. would like to toughen that language or fications to provisions in the amend- The motion to lay on the table was change the threshold, I would be happy ment that are included in S. 333. For agreed to. to sit down and talk with him about it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- instance, both S. 333 and the Santorum I am open to discussion. jority leader. amendment would expand the universe My only point, and I think the point Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, at this of persons against whom sanctions we have had in this discussion in the moment we do want to honor the 2,500 could be imposed to include a private past, is I don’t believe it is proper to Americans who have given their lives or government lender, insurer, under- penalize companies that have invest- in Iraq, and their families. We ask all writer, reinsurer, or guarantor of a per- ments there, in many cases long- Senators to take their seats and offer son sanctioned. S. 333 would require standing investments. What we want to that moment of silence. that these persons would have to have do is discourage future investment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under actual knowledge of the activities of That is what we attempt to do in this the previous order, the Senate will ob- the person sanctioned; the Santorum amendment. If the Senator does not be- serve a moment of silence out of re- amendment does not include the re- lieve it has been effectively written, I spect for our fallen troops. quirement of actual knowledge. will be happy to sit down with him, in (The Senate observed a moment of si- all sincerity, and work to make it ef- Both S. 333 and the Santorum amend- lence.) fective that future investments are dis- ment would expand the definition of a AMENDMENT NO. 4257 couraged. person to include a financial instution, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I insurer, underwriter, reinsurer, guar- the previous order, there are now 2 have another question, if I may, and antor. The Santorum amendment minutes equally divided prior to the that is, would the Senator be willing to would also include any other business vote on the Biden amendment. move the vote back, if we can do it, so organization, including any foreign Who yields time? we can discuss the language? subsidiaries of the foregoing. Mr. BIDEN. Will the manager yield Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we are The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time me time to speak to my amendment? under a unanimous consent agreement. has expired. The question is on agree- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The time, I believe, has expired. ing to amendment No. 4234. The yeas ator has 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is and nays have been ordered. The clerk Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, our 6 seconds remaining. will call the roll. amendment merely states that we sup- Mr. WARNER. Will the Senator yield The assistant legislative clerk pro- port the President’s efforts, in a nut- back the 6 seconds so we can get to the ceeded to call the roll. shell. I only have a minute. We support vote? I regret we have to move forward. the President’s efforts in negotiations Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Mr. SANTORUM. The Senator has with our European allies, the Russians, Senator from West Virginia (Mr. heard his answer. and Chinese to both offer incentives ROCKEFELLER) is necessarily absent. Mr. WARNER. There are Senators and sanctions to Iran regarding its pro- who have to go to the Pentagon for a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there ceeding with construction of a nuclear memorial service. The yeas and nays any other Senators in the Chamber de- weapon. have been ordered. siring to vote? I yield the floor. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, there are The result was announced—yeas 46, Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I yield a number of differences between S. 333 nays 53, as follows: a minute to the distinguished senior VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:40 Dec 28, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\S15JN6.REC S15JN6 mmaher on PROD1PC69 with CONG-REC-ONLINE S5922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 15, 2006 Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I see of Iraqi blood.’’ Ergo, there would be SANTORUM. the Senator from Florida is here. amnesty for those who would have been The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I yield the floor. involved in the shedding of American ator from Pennsylvania has 1 minute The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who blood. in opposition. yields time? Now, it is possible—and this Senator Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, as I The Senator from Florida is recog- hopes that something was lost in the said during debate, this amendment nized. translation because I cannot imagine simply says that we support the Presi- AMENDMENT NO. 4265 the Prime Minister of Iraq turning on dent’s effort to negotiate a diplomatic Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- his heel away from American troops resolution to Iran’s garnering of nu- dent, I send to the desk an amendment. and suddenly—as he is trying to bring clear weapons. I support the amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without about reconciliation in his country— ment. I wish the President and those objection, the pending amendment is trying to then say as part of that rec- efforts well. I suspect we will be back, laid aside. onciliation we are going to give am- talking about this again in the future. The clerk will report the amendment. nesty for anybody who killed American The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The legislative clerk read as follows: men and women. question is on agreeing to the amend- Well, naturally the Government of The Senator from Florida [Mr. NELSON], ment. The yeas and nays have been or- the United States should not stand for for himself and Mr.