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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 No. 9 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Senator from the State of Arkansas, to per- BINGAMAN and COBURN. Upon the use or called to order by the Honorable MARK form the duties of the Chair. yielding back of time, the Senate will L. PRYOR, a Senator from the State of ROBERT C. BYRD, consider any managers’ amendments Arkansas. President pro tempore. cleared by both leaders, and we will Mr. PRYOR thereupon assumed the proceed to a rollcall vote on passage of PRAYER chair as Acting President pro tempore. the bill. Upon disposition of the lands The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f bill, the Senate will proceed to a clo- ture vote on the motion to proceed to fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY S. 181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Let us pray. LEADER Almighty God, who at creation Act. Therefore, Senators should expect brought order out of chaos and light The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- two rollcall votes beginning at approxi- out of darkness, bring order and illu- pore. The majority leader is recog- mately 12:10 p.m. today. mination to our world. As our law- nized. Also, at 2 p.m. today, Senator-ap- makers labor, illuminate the darkness f pointee BURRIS will take the oath of of- fice to be a U.S. Senator. At 11 a.m. to- of pessimism and doubt, as You give SENATOR BIDEN’S FAREWELL morrow, Senator-appointee KAUFMAN them the wisdom to distinguish be- SPEECH TO THE SENATE tween truth and falsehood, good and will be sworn in to replace Senator evil, better and best. Lord, renew their Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator BIDEN of Delaware. spirits and lift their vision so that they BIDEN is here to give his farewell ad- With respect to the resolution of dis- can see possibilities that are now hid- dress to the U.S. Senate. Over the approval regarding the Emergency den from them. Keep them from em- many decades he has served in the Sen- Economic Stabilization Act, the TARP bracing the second best, and let their ate, he has given many speeches in the legislation, yesterday we proposed a ordered lives confess the beauty of Senate. We all look forward to his final unanimous-consent request to our Re- Your peace. remarks, recognizing the loss of his publican colleagues for a limited We pray in the Name of him who is service in the Senate is significant. amount of debate and a vote on the the light of the world. Amen. However, being Vice President, he will joint resolution at around 4 o’clock still be President of the Senate. today. We hope to be able to lock that f I will always remember Senator agreement in shortly. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BIDEN telling me, after the time he had f been selected to be Vice President: I The Honorable MARK L. PRYOR led am a Senate guy. I will always be a WORKING TOGETHER the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Senate guy. Mr. REID. Mr. President, just a cou- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the f ple of brief remarks. United States of America, and to the Repub- With all the challenges our country lic for which it stands, one nation under God, SCHEDULE indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. faces, I think we all agree on the im- Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate portance of this Congress getting off to f will be in a period of morning business. a fast and effective start. In many APPOINTMENT OF ACTING We will start that after the distin- ways, I believe we are on that track. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE guished Republican leader and I have Today, we will likely pass a major finished our remarks. Following Sen- wilderness bill that will preserve our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ator BIDEN’s statement, which he will environment for the enjoyment of gen- clerk will please read a communication give as soon as we finish our remarks, erations to come. The press reports it to the Senate from the President pro Senator CLINTON will come and give is the most significant environmental tempore (Mr. BYRD). her farewell address. In addition, Sen- bill that will be passed in more than a The legislative clerk read the fol- ator SALAZAR intends to give his fare- quarter century. lowing letter: well speech sometime, as soon as there We are making progress on confirma- U.S. SENATE, is clearance on the calendar. But it will tion hearings so President Obama will PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, be today. have his team hit the ground running Washington, DC, January 15, 2009. To the Senate: At noon, the Senate will resume con- on January 20. We have seated new Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, sideration of S. 22, the public lands bill. Members and announced new com- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby There will be up to 10 minutes for de- mittee assignments for the 111th Con- appoint the Honorable MARK L. PRYOR, a bate equality divided between Senators gress. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S401 . VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:29 Jan 16, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15JA6.000 S15JAPT1 jbell on PROD1PC69 with SENATE S402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 15, 2009 Today, we vote on stopping a fili- to what happened to TIM JOHNSON. He Let me say to my good friend the ma- buster on a motion to proceed to the was such a role model to build TIM’s jority leader, I intend to vote for clo- Lilly Ledbetter legislation—legislation confidence to be able to come back to ture on the motion to proceed. He and that ensures pay fairness in the work- the Senate. I have had a number of constructive place. This should not be necessary. It We here in the Senate know his won- conversations privately, and he has re- is really a waste of time—our country’s derful family, and now, because of his iterated again today publicly that we time. After at least 2 legislative days exposure to America, our country has are going to make an effort to get the to get the bill before the Senate to been introduced to this great family. Senate back to operating the way it have this vote today, we must wait an- We know he is now in his seventh term used to, which is that bills are amend- other 30 hours until we can start offer- in the Senate, in which time he has able. So I have said to my colleagues ing amendments on the bill. That is a served as chairman of the Foreign Re- and I would say to my good friend from waste of time. That is 4 days at least of lations Committee, chairman of the Nevada that I trust you and believe wasted time and unnecessary delay. I Judiciary Committee, and that he is a you that we are going to get on the hope in the future we can just go to the champion of rights for women, the en- Ledbetter bill, we are going to have bill, avoid the cloture filing on a mo- vironment, a strong military, and the amendments and have votes and then tion to proceed. Instead of forcing clo- rule of law. dispose of the legislation in the normal ture motions that only waste time and When I think of JOE BIDEN—I have way. delay progress, I urge my Republican known him here since I came to the With regard to the substance of that colleagues to offer amendments. If Congress in 1982. I came to the Senate particular measure, despite the gross they object to parts of this bill, the a few years later. But in all of this distortions voters heard about this leg- Lilly Ledbetter bill, then let’s work on time, the picture in my mind is during islation in the runup to the November a list of amendments and get through the heat of the Presidential campaign. elections, the Ledbetter bill as written them. I do not approve the amend- I am driving down through the capital is neither about women nor fairness, ments. The Republican leader does not of the State of Nevada, Carson City, and it is not about whether pay dis- approve them. Senators will have that and I look out on a corner there, and crimination should be illegal. Pay dis- opportunity to vote on amendments, there is JOE BIDEN in Carson City, NV, crimination is illegal, and it has been up or down, and it does not get any campaigning. He had a number of peo- since 1963. Rather, this bill is about fairer than that. There may be motions ple around him. I stopped the car, got how long the statute of limitations on to table, but at least they will have the out, and gave Joe a handshake and a pay discrimination suits should be. right to offer those amendments. big hug. It was so JOE BIDEN to be Last night, Republicans began to I think we have the opportunity to there. He was there pressing the flesh outline a proposal for addressing this get this Congress off on the right foot.
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