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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 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2005 No. 44 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, rights of individual Senators who feel called to order by the Honorable JOHN PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, they absolutely must address specific E. SUNUNU, a Senator from the State of Washington, DC, April 14, 2005. issues, but I continue to encourage New Hampshire. To the Senate: those who want to address immigration Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby in a comprehensive way to do so at a PRAYER appoint the Honorable JOHN E. SUNUNU, a more appropriate time. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Senator from the State of New Hampshire, I know we can work out a process to fered the following prayer: to perform the duties of the Chair. keep moving forward on the emergency Let us pray. TED STEVENS, supplemental bill, but we have to ad- O God, who can test our thoughts and President pro tempore. dress specifically the range of immi- examine our hearts, look within our Mr. SUNUNU thereupon assumed the gration issues that have been brought leaders today and remove anything Chair as Acting President pro tempore. forth to the managers. The managers will continue to con- that will hinder Your Providence. Re- f sider the amendments that are brought place destructive criticism with kind- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY forward. Amendments that are brought ness and humility. Give to our Sen- LEADER forward, I encourage they relate to the ators a wisdom that will bring unity supplemental emergency spending bill and respect. Help them to commit the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- as much as possible. We expect votes labors of this day to You, knowing they pore. The majority leader is recog- over the course of today, and we will can trust You to provide help when nized. have, I expect, a very busy schedule they need it most. f over the course of the day. Be merciful and bless each of us. May SCHEDULE Mr. President, I have a few other re- Your face shine with favor upon those marks to make, but I will be happy to who love You, as You unleash Your Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, once again today, the Senate will be in a period turn to the Democratic leader. saving power in our world. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I thank the for morning business for 60 minutes. Help us to do with our might that leader. I say through the Chair to the Following that time, the Senate will which lies to our hands so that we may majority leader, we have worked—even resume debate on the emergency sup- fight the good fight and at the end re- started working last week—on the im- plemental appropriations bill. We have ceive the crown which You will award migration amendments. We have a fi- several amendments pending from yes- to those who have been faithful. nite list now. We have 12 amendments. terday that are currently under review, This we ask in Your holy Name. I think that can be whittled down, for and Members may want to speak to Amen. lack of a better word, to even less than those amendments. that, considerably less than that. f Much of the day yesterday we spent— What we should do is lock in these both on the floor and off the floor—dis- amendments as a finite list. Within a PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE cussing the immigration issue. The very short period of time, we can find The Honorable JOHN E. SUNUNU led issues surrounding immigration are out how many really have to be of- the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: critically important to our economy, fered. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the to equity, and to security and fairness. The pending amendment, the one United States of America, and to the Repub- They are all vital to this country. The Senator MIKULSKI offered, will have lic for which it stands, one nation under God, leadership has encouraged those who nearly—in fact, it may have—60 votes. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. want to participate in a comprehensive So that will be adopted with ease. debate on immigration to postpone I hope we do not have to file cloture f consideration of their amendments on this bill. I acknowledge this is im- from this standpoint because this is an portant legislation. The money for the APPOINTMENT OF ACTING emergency supplemental spending bill funding of the troops is absolutely nec- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE to support our troops in Iraq and Af- essary. All one has to do is read the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ghanistan and to have appropriate paper every morning to understand clerk will please read a communication funding for tsunami relief. how badly our troops need it. I was just to the Senate from the President pro There will be a time later, before the there, and they need all the resources tempore (Mr. STEVENS). end of the year, when we will address they can get. We want to make sure The legislative clerk read the fol- immigration in a comprehensive way. they do not have to wait a second for lowing letter: In spite of that, we have respected the what they need. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S3609 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:42 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2005SENATE\S14AP5.REC S14AP5 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S3610 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 14, 2005 I will work with the leader through know no geography. There are no bar- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the morning and early afternoon, and riers. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- see if we can get this number whittled On Monday, 3 days ago, I spoke of the pore. Under the previous order, leader- down. Also, the majority leader has a need to bolster State preparedness and ship time is reserved. few on his side. Federal preparedness in this arena. I f I hope we can limit the immigration mentioned that exotic and deadly vi- amendments to very few—I would say, ruses, such as the Marburg virus that MORNING BUSINESS at the most, three on each side, or four at this very moment is racking all of Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, under the at most, and have the others set aside northern Angola—the Marburg virus previous order, there will now be a pe- until a time the majority leader has in- being a virus which is an Ebola-like riod for the transaction of morning dicated he will give, sometime before virus, a hemorrhagic-fever-type virus— business for up to 60 minutes, with the we finish work this year, so there can those viruses that are racking that first half of the time under the control be a full debate on those immigration country which we do not understand, of the Democratic leader or his des- matters. for which we have no cure, for which ignee and the second half of the time As the leader knows, the problem— we have no vaccine, are literally just a under the control of the majority lead- and he had nothing to do with it—is in plane ride away from this room or from er or his designee. this bill. There is immigration mate- whoever is listening to me now through The Senator from North Dakota. rial in this bill. They have so-called the media around the country. It is REAL ID which came about as a result just a plane ride away. f of our trying to get other legislation Avian flu has already killed 50 peo- IMPORTANT ISSUES TO BE FACED done last year. An arrangement was ple. Some say, 50 people, that is not made by the House leadership that Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I wish thousands of people. But it is 50 people they would allow, on the first moving to make a couple of comments today from a virus that not too long ago we vehicle to come along, the chairman of on some very important issues we will did not know anything about, that the Judiciary Committee to put his face in the days ahead. began to be harbored in birds, and now legislation in the bill. It is in this bill. We have the supplemental appropria- is being harbored in other animals and That is the problem we have. tions bill on the floor of the Senate now has killed and jumped to kill 50 The Republican leader did not want asking for just over $80 billion for the people; with just a tiny drift and ulti- it in this bill, I did not want it in this cost of the war in Iraq and Afghani- mately a shift in a mutation, it be- bill, but it is in the bill. As a result, we stan. comes transmissible. do not have the normal objection that Most of it is to replenish military ac- is available when we legislate on an ap- Once again, we have no vaccine for counts. A number of amendments have propriations bill. avian flu. It is something for which we been offered. Immigration amendments I will work with the leader.