E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011 No. 74 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable TOM UDALL, a Senator A motion to concur in the House amend- called to order by the Honorable TOM from the State of New Mexico, to perform ment to the bill (S. 990) to provide for an ad- UDALL, a Senator from the State of the duties of the Chair. ditional temporary extension of programs New Mexico. DANIEL K. INOUYE, under the Small Business Act and the Small President pro tempore. Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes, with an amendment. PRAYER Mr. UDALL of New Mexico thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President Pending: The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pro tempore. Reid motion to concur in the amendment fered the following prayer: f of the House to the bill, with Reid amend- Let us pray. ment No. 347, of a perfecting nature. Author of life, who puts into our RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Reid amendment No. 348 (to amendment hearts such deep desires that we can- LEADER No. 347), to change the enactment date. not be at peace until we rest in You, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Small mercifully guide our lawmakers on the pore. The majority leader is recog- path of Your choosing. May Your Holy Business and Entrepreneurship with instruc- nized. tions, Reid amendment No. 349, to change word be for them a lamp and a light in f the enactment date. these challenging times. Lord, keep Reid amendment No. 350 (to (the instruc- them mindful of the importance of SCHEDULE tions) amendment No. 349), of a perfecting being men and women of integrity, Mr. REID. Mr. President, following nature. striving to please You in all of their la- any leader remarks, the Senate will re- Reid amendment No. 351 (to amendment bors. Make them people of principle sume consideration of the motion to No. 350), of a perfecting nature. who share a strong vision of a godly concur in the House message to accom- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- nation with a promising future. May pany S. 990, which is the legislative ve- pore. Under the previous order, the their humility match Your willingness hicle for the PATRIOT Act extension. time until 10 a.m. will be equally di- to help them and their dependence on The filing deadline for all second-de- vided and controlled between the two You liberate them from anxiety about gree amendments to the PATRIOT Act leaders or their designees. what the future holds. is at 9:40 this morning. At 10 a.m. there Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest We pray in Your strong Name. Amen. will be a rollcall vote on the motion to the absence of a quorum and ask unani- mous consent that the time be equally f concur with respect to the PATRIOT Act. divided. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE We are confident additional rollcall The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The Honorable TOM UDALL led the votes in relation to amendments to the pore. Without objection, it is so or- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: PATRIOT Act are possible and likely dered. The clerk will call the roll. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the will occur during today’s session. The assistant legislative clerk pro- United States of America, and to the Repub- f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ceeded to call the roll. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Under the previous order, the for the quorum call be rescinded. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING leadership time is reserved. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE f pore. Without objection, it is so or- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dered. SMALL BUSINESS ADDITIONAL Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk will please read a communication TEMPORARY EXTENSION ACT OF to the Senate from the President pro will proceed on my leader time. 2011 As we all know, the war on terror did tempore (Mr. INOUYE). The assistant legislative clerk read The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- not end last month when American the following letter: pore. Under the previous order, the forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden Senate will resume consideration of in Abbottabad. U.S. SENATE, the motion to concur in the House mes- General Clapper, the Director of Na- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, May 26, 2011. sage to accompany S. 990, which the tional Intelligence, wrote to me yester- To the Senate: clerk will report by title. day to explain that this is a moment of Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, The assistant legislative clerk read elevated threat to our country and of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby as follows: that the intelligence community is ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S3367 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:00 Feb 24, 2012 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\S26MY1.REC S26MY1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 26, 2011 working to analyze the information have seen on our Nation’s fiscal future. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- gained at the Bin Laden compound. Al- They took a pass. They have chosen to pore. By unanimous consent, the man- Qaida and its associate groups remain ignore this crisis just like they ignored datory quorum call has been waived. a threat to the United States. the last one. The question is, Is it the sense of the And our intelligence community, Three years ago, as the financial cri- Senate that the debate on the motion military and law enforcement profes- sis approached, the senior Senator to concur in the House amendment to sionals still need the tools that enable from New York was holding press con- S. 990 with amendment No. 347, offered them to gather and share intelligence ferences trying to link the war in Iraq by the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, in this fight. to what passed for an economic slow- shall be brought to a close? That is why all Americans should be down at the time. The majority leader reassured today in knowing that these was postponing votes that we all knew The yeas and nays are mandatory dedicated men and women will con- would fail so Democrats who were run- under the rule. tinue to have those tools. I have no ning for President could be here to vote The clerk will call the roll. doubt that the 4-year PATRIOT Act ex- on them. Now, in the face of a looming The assistant legislative clerk called tension that Members of both parties crisis we all admit is coming—they are the roll. have agreed to will safeguard us from doing the same thing. future attacks, and that everything we This crisis is staring us right in the Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the agreed to in this extension is necessary face. The Democrats themselves—from Senator from Connecticut (Mr. for this fight. the President on down—say they see it. BLUMENTHAL) and the Senator from As FBI Director Bob Mueller has Yet, once again, they are so focused on New York (Mr. SCHUMER) are nec- said, all the authorities it contains are the next election they refuse to do any- essarily absent. critical. Every one requires the prior thing to upset the status quo. They are I further announce that, if present approval of an independent Federal more concerned about their own jobs and voting, the Senator from New Jer- judge. Nothing in this extension has than preventing a economic catas- sey (Mr. MENENDEZ) and the Senator ever been found to be unconstitutional. trophe that could affect everybody’s from New York (Mr. SCHUMER) would And most of these authorities have not job. They want to wait this out—while vote ‘‘yea.’’ even been challenged in court—ever. they hammer anybody who proposes a Mr. KYL. The following Senator is The Senate Intelligence Committee solution. They rejected their own has conducted aggressive oversight of necessarily absent: the Senator from President’s budget. They rejected three Kansas (Mr. ROBERTS). the programs authorized by these ex- Republican budgets. And they have not piring provisions. Over the past decade, even bothered to offer a budget of their The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- we have seen how terrorists have own. They’re just marking time, tread- pore. Are there any other Senators in proved themselves adaptable, how they ing water. the Chamber desiring to vote? have altered their tactics and methods So I think Democrats have lost the The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 79, to strike us at home. By extending this right to express concern about this cri- nays 18, as follows: invaluable terror-fighting tool, we are sis. Until they propose some solution of [Rollcall Vote No. 81 Leg.] staying ahead of them. their own, they are part of the prob- Now is not the time to surrender the lem. YEAS—79 tools authorized by this act, or to The American people didn’t send us Akaka Gillibrand McConnell make them more difficult to use.