October 20, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6819 assets we have. We should not have an member of the Appropriations Com- tant part of the President’s economic ad hoc, haphazard approach to treating mittee the first day I came to the Sen- team. That person is now missing in enemy combatants. We should not ate, and I managed many appropria- the Commerce Department. Commerce Mirandize enemy combatants who are tions bills on the Senate floor. For has to do with jobs. There is nobody our military captures and then hold every one of them, we had more amend- there. That dictates that we have a them on makeshift prison barges as if ments than we had time to vote on leader with strong, real-world experi- we were in the 19th century because them. That is where we are today. But ence. This position has been vacant the administration refuses to use the only way we can finish them is to since Ambassador Locke left for China Guantanamo Bay and then import work through these amendments. We in late July. It is stunning to think, them into the United States so they hope we can do that; otherwise, we will with what the country is going can be detained in our civilian court have a cloture vote either tonight or through, we don’t have a Cabinet Sec- system, tried in our civilian courts, tomorrow to determine whether we retary who can attend to manufac- with the possibility that they could be want to finish these appropriations turing and other kinds of jobs and job- released into the United States if they bills—all extremely important—Com- related efforts that he will do. But be- are acquitted or given a modest sen- merce-State-Justice, Agriculture, and, cause of the insistence of the minor- tence, as nearly happened with Ahmed of course, the Transportation bill. It ity—and I had no objection to this—we Ghailani. would be good for us to be able to get were unable to move this nomination Now is the time to keep the pressure this done. until the trade agreements were fin- on al-Qaida, whether in the tribal areas I heard Senator COLLINS, the Senator ished. The trade agreements had to of Pakistan or in Yemen. Our law en- from Maine, speak about this a little come forward and passed, that was forcement officials have done a tre- earlier today, and she did an extremely done, and then it was OK to proceed to mendous job in contributing to the good job of explaining why it is impor- the Bryson nomination. counterterrorism fight. But we cannot, tant we do this. The Commerce, Science, and Trans- for the first time in the history of this f portation Committee confirmed Mr. country, take the view of the Attorney Bryson by a voice vote. I recall no ob- General, which is that our civilian EXECUTIVE SESSION jections at all. Mr. Bryson will be an court system is the most effective excellent Secretary of Commerce, and weapon in our conflict with al-Qaida, NOMINATION OF JOHN EDGAR America is entitled to have a Secretary because that is simply not the case. BRYSON TO BE SECRETARY OF of Commerce on the job. Mr. Bryson Thank you, Mr. President. COMMERCE possesses a rare combination of actual The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- real-life business experience and a very ator from Texas. Mr. REID. Under the previous order, broad intellect. As an executive, he has Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I I move to executive session to call up proven himself to be a talented execu- wish to thank the Senator from New Calendar No. 410, the nomination of tive and has shown his dedication to Hampshire on behalf of the leader. She John Bryson, to be Commerce Sec- public service. He cares about public has brought to the floor an outstanding retary. service. He has had to wait a long time amendment that needs to be addressed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to get this job, and he has been in and because this is an issue that is cer- clerk will report the nomination. out of public service. tainly on a lot of people’s minds, as to The assistant legislative clerk read My colleagues should appreciate that why we would be using our judicial sys- the nomination of John Edgar Bryson, Mr. Bryson’s confirmation comes at an tem for enemy combatants. She has ar- of California, to be Secretary of Com- important crossroads for the country ticulated it so well, as the former at- merce. and for the Commerce Department torney general of New Hampshire, and Mr. REID. Mr. President, there are 4 itself. The challenges obviously are we appreciate so much that she has hours under the order previously en- very important: high unemployment, a brought this amendment. It is going to tered. We are hoping all this time will slow economic recovery. The Secretary get a lot of support from the American not have to be used. I ask unanimous of Commerce plays a major role in pro- people as well as Members of the Sen- consent that 20 minutes remain, equal- moting jobs and our economy. But to ate. ly divided between the two leaders or do that, he has to be in place and on Thank you, Mr. President. their designees, regardless of any time the job. If confirmed, as I believe he de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- consumed in quorum calls throughout serves to be, he will have to face these jority leader is recognized. the presentations made on this matter. deep challenges and looks forward to so Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there doing. worked very hard to move through this objection? But I believe Mr. Bryson’s experience first tranche of appropriations bills we Without objection, it is so ordered. provides him with the capacity to help have. Progress is being made but not Mr. REID. I wish to congratulate my restore jobs in manufacturing in Amer- nearly enough progress. I am going to friend, the chairman of the Committee ica as the Secretary of Commerce. I move in just a minute to the Bryson on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- have long fought for a stronger manu- nomination. But I want everyone with- tation, and the Senator from Texas, facturing sector in this country. Any- in the sound of my voice to understand KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON. They both body from West Virginia would be this cannot go on forever. People some- worked very hard in a fair way to move crazy to do otherwise. Manufacturing times are unreasonable. We cannot forward on this. It has been good for has been hit hard all over the country have votes on all these amendments the Senate. When we confirm this nom- during this past decade, losing one- that have been called up. I hope every- ination, it will be good for the country. third of its workforce, and the govern- one understands there has to be some I don’t think we will use all this ment’s response has been piecemeal. give-and-take here, and we need to time. I hope we can vote on this matter This needs to change. If the next dec- move through this. They need to be co- anywhere between 6:30 and 7:30 tonight, ade is as bad for manufacturing jobs as operative with the staffs, because when hopefully closer to 6:30. the previous one, we are going to have this matter regarding the Secretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- very little left to work with of the Commerce nomination is finished, we ator from West Virginia. manufacturing sector if we are trying are going to have to make a decision as Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I to save it. This has grave national se- to whether we can continue working on rise in strong support of John Bryson curity implications and could cripple this appropriations bill. of California, whom President Obama our ability to outinnovate and This was a noble experiment. I am has nominated to be his Secretary of outcompete other countries. That is al- part of it. I want it to work very much, Commerce. ready happening. but it can’t work without the coopera- Mr. Bryson’s nomination comes at a In the Commerce Committee, we held tion of all Senators. very critical time for our country and three hearings on this issue this year; I say to everyone listening, this is for our economy. No one disputes the that is manufacturing, and we also in- the way it has always been. I was a Secretary of Commerce is an impor- cluded a field hearing, which happened

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Mr. Senator from West Virginia men- whom are strongly supportive of this Bryson will also bring his leadership to tioned—all of those are going to play a nomination. help NOAA innovate its essential serv- critical part in defining the United In addition, I ask unanimous consent ices to help all Americans, from daily States leadership role in the global that a letter to Senator REID from the weather forecasts to fisheries manage- economy. president and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic ment, and from coastal restoration to The experience of John Bryson in the Chamber of Commerce be printed in supporting marine commerce, and on private sector has won him broad sup- the RECORD. and on. NOAA’s products and services port in the business community. There being no objection, the mate- support economic vitality and affect Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- rial was ordered to be printed in the more than one-third of America’s gross sent that a letter from former Secre- RECORD, as follows: domestic product. taries of Commerce serving both Re- UNITED STATES HISPANIC Americans in many States across the publican and Democratic administra- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, October 18, 2011. Nation have suffered record-breaking tions alike be printed in the RECORD. There being no objection, the mate- Hon. HARRY REID, weather disasters in 2011, and much of Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, the gulf continues to recover from the rial was ordered to be printed in the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. worst oil spill in our history. RECORD, as follows: DEAR SENATOR REID: On behalf of the Mr. Bryson’s business-minded leader- Hon. HARRY REID, United States Hispanic Chamber of Com- ship is valuable now more than ever to Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, merce (USHCC), which advocates on behalf help NOAA continue to improve its im- Washington, DC. of nearly 3 million Hispanic-owned busi- Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, nesses through our network of 200 local portant services and keep pace with chambers throughout the nation, I am writ- scientific innovation. Republican Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. ing to register our wholehearted support for The Department of Commerce also OCTOBER 20, 2011. President Obama’s nomination of John houses the National Institute of Stand- DEAR MAJORITY LEADER REID, REPUBLICAN Bryson to serve as our next Secretary of the ards and Technology, NIST—an ex- LEADER MCCONNELL AND MEMBERS OF THE United States Department of Commerce. traordinary place. I think we have had UNITED STATES SENATE: We are writing as As our next Commerce Secretary, Mr. a couple of Nobel laureates out of NIST former Commerce Secretaries—who have Bryson will bring a wealth of experience served both Republican and Democratic Ad- from the private sector. As a former CEO, he in the last year. NIST is critical to understands the challenges that American U.S. innovation and economic competi- ministrations—to urge you to confirm John Bryson as Secretary of Commerce. companies, both large and small, are facing tiveness through its measurement At a time when the nation is focused on in this economy and he will be a strong busi- science, standards, and technological strengthening the economic recovery and job ness advocate in the Cabinet. As the Presi- development. NIST plays a critical role creation, American businesses and workers dent and CEO of Edison International for 18 bringing together industry, govern- need a Commerce Secretary working for years until he retired in 2008, Mr. Bryson led the company through the electricity crisis of ment, and universities to advance ev- them. For almost 18 years, as CEO of Edison 2000–2001, a period which marked California’s erything from manufacturing to cyber- most turbulent era in the power sector. His security to forensic science standards. International, John was a widely respected business leader. He successfully led Edison stewardship proved that he is a sound busi- ness leader, who can make tough decisions. Mr. Bryson’s own experience in both through crisis; he made tough decisions, and Edison International endured the crisis and the public sector and private sector he created jobs. Importantly, John under- remains a strong company today, largely due will serve him well as he and his de- stands the challenges facing U.S. companies to his efforts. During these difficult eco- partment tackle such national chal- and what they need to prosper so that they nomic times, we need people who have dem- lenges. can create jobs. onstrated their ability to lead during crisis, John has served on the Board of Directors In closing, Mr. Bryson is eminently those who can find viable solutions to our for a number of U.S. companies—including qualified to be Secretary of Commerce nation’s financial challenges. and to lead this important Cabinet De- Boeing and Disney—and has provided counsel As a former CEO and board member for to many entrepreneurs in their early stage non-profit organizations, as well as Fortune partment during a time in which the businesses. This is the type of experience we American people are looking for inno- 100 companies such as Disney and Boeing, need in President Obama’s cabinet. Mr. Bryson is aware of the challenges facing vative solutions to improve our econ- We know what it takes to do this job and our businesses and entrepreneurs. With small omy and create jobs. And we need all its importance to the nation’s economy. In business as the backbone of our economy, it the good people we can get. these challenging economic times, John is important that the new Secretary inti- I urge my colleagues to quickly sup- Bryson has the experience that will help mately understand the challenges and oppor- port Mr. Bryson’s confirmation so he move our country forward and provide an tunities faced by our community. We are important perspective in the President’s can begin his important work toward confident that Mr. Bryson’s background will Cabinet. enable him to approach this post with our that end. We strongly support him and ask you to Mr. President, I yield to my distin- priorities in mind. For his proven record as support his confirmation. a business and civic leader, the USHCC urges guished friend from the State of Massa- Sincerely, a swift confirmation of Mr. John Bryson as chusetts, Senator KERRY. CARLOS GUTIERREZ, the next Secretary of Commerce. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Former Commerce Sec- Sincerely, retary, 2005–2009. ator from Massachusetts is recognized. JAVIER PALOMAREZ, Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I thank NORMAN MINETA, President & CEO. the Chair and I thank the chairman of Former Commerce Sec- retary, 2000–2001. Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, let me the Commerce Committee, the Senator BARBARA HACKMAN say, very quickly, that John Bryson from West Virginia. FRANKLIN, brings to this role the special qualities I strongly support the nomination of Former Commerce Sec- of somebody who has served as the John Bryson to serve as Secretary of retary, 1992–1993. chairman and CEO of one of the Na- Commerce. I think he is an exceptional DONALD EVANS, tion’s largest utility companies for al- choice by the President, and I am abso- Former Commerce Sec- most 20 years, being the chairman and lutely confident, having served with retary, 2001–2005. CEO of Edison International. He has many Commerce Secretaries through MICKEY KANTOR, Former Commerce Sec- been a board member for nonprofit or- the years, that he is going to be one of retary, 1996–1997. ganizations as well as for major cor- our best. I think he is the right person PETER PETERSON, porations in our country: Boeing, Dis- at this moment in time to be taking Former Commerce Sec- ney, some of the great success stories the helm at the Department of Com- retary, 1972–1973. of our country.

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I expect he will be a power- he is confirmed as Secretary of Com- International is the parent company of ful voice inside the administration and merce today, he is going to focus on in- Southern California Edison, which pro- a partner with the business community creasing American exports, and he will vides power to 14 million Californians to grow our economy and open inter- be a superb ambassador, helping Amer- and nearly 300,000 businesses. national markets for American manu- ican companies that are looking to ex- As my colleagues may recall, in 2000 facturers. pand across the globe. This is a person and 2001, California was gripped by an I make these remarks on behalf of who has already proven his ability to energy crisis that resulted in rolling my colleague Senator BOXER as well. be able to deal with people in other blackouts that left millions of Califor- We have a California candidate for Sec- countries, with other companies, and I nians in the dark. The period marked retary of Commerce. We are the largest am confident about his ability to per- the most turbulent era ever for the State in the Union. We have 12.1 per- form this task. California power sector. Price caps, cent. We need job generation. So I His previous experience has exposed manipulation, rolling blackouts, de- trust that John Bryson is going to pro- him to the importance of innovation regulation, and Enron became the vide this, and provide it as expedi- and technology at a vital time for the focus of our attention. tiously as is humanly possible. information economy. His Department During that difficult time, John’s Mr. President, I yield the floor. is now leading the administration in company was under siege. I watched its efforts on issues ranging from pri- closely as he successfully fended off fi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- vacy to spectrum reform. I am con- nancial disaster, even as other Cali- ator from Wyoming is recognized. fident he is the right person to help fornia utilities were swept into bank- Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I lis- make that process work. ruptcy. I met and spoke with John tened to the statements made by my I also know his work on competitive- often during that energy crisis and re- colleagues, and I have come to a dif- ness means he will be at the forefront member well his intelligence and prag- ferent conclusion. I think this nominee of helping to lead our country to, in matism, as utilities, State officials, is actually the wrong person at the fact, invest in the skills of our work- and Washington worked our way worst time. At a time when the unem- ers, the infrastructure of the Nation, through the crisis. ployment rate is 9.1 percent, when 14 and retain and bring the brightest peo- Some say that a crisis serves as the million Americans are looking for ple in the world to this task. best test of a person’s character. If work, I would think the President Finally, I want to close saying, in my that is so, John Bryson is a man of ex- would want to respond appropriately conversations with whom I hope to be ceptional character. In my observation, and nominate someone to lead the Secretary Bryson, we raised an issue he worked hard to hear from the people Commerce Department whose record that is of critical importance to us in of California, his shareholders, and the was consistent with the mission out- Massachusetts. Because of Federal reg- many businesses that relied on a stable lined for the Commerce Department. ulations limiting fishing in our waters, power grid. After emerging from the That mission is to promote job cre- a lot of our fishermen have been put crisis, from 2003 to 2007, John turned ation, to promote economic growth, to out of business or pushed to the brink, Edison around completely. The firm promote sustainable development, and and there is a great frustration that was No. 1 among investor-owned utility improve standards of living for all exists between the fishing community companies for returning value to its Americans. So I would think the Presi- in our region and the Federal Govern- shareholders. I believe he will carry dent would want to nominate someone ment. When I met with John Bryson, he ex- this same thoughtful, sensible leader- who has a record of robust job creation. hibited an understanding of the impor- ship style with him to the Commerce Instead, the President has nominated tance of that issue and a willingness to Department. someone whose political advocacy is, In addition to his time at Edison, he come to Massachusetts and help us re- in my opinion, detached from the fi- has served as director, chairman, or ad- solve this current situation. We are, nancial hardships facing tens of mil- viser for a wide array of companies, frankly, here waiting for his confirma- lions of Americans today. schools, and nonprofit organizations, tion, months after those conversations Most Americans recognize that cap including many institutions with deep took place, and his talents could have and trade—or, as I call it, cap and tax— roots in my home State of California, been put to use in so much of the chal- is job killing. It is a job-killing energy such as the Walt Disney Company, lenge we face in this Nation. tax. Yet this nominee has repeatedly BrightSource Energy, Boeing, and the I hope my colleagues will join in an advocated for cap-and-trade legisla- asset manager KKR; the California overwhelming vote of support for this tion. He even called the Waxman-Mar- Business Roundtable, the Public Policy outstanding, capable nominee, who I key legislation a moderate but accept- Institute of California, and the Univer- think is the right person for this time. able bill. There are colleagues on the sity of Southern California’s Keck The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- other side of the aisle who support that School of Medicine; the Council on ior Senator from West Virginia. legislation. I do not. I view it as a tax. Foreign Relations, Stanford Univer- Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I The nominee even went so far as to say sity, the California Institute of Tech- yield time to the senior Senator from the legislation was good precisely be- nology, and the California Endowment. California. cause it was a good way to hide—to I am also proud to note that John The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- hide—a carbon tax. But is that the role and I share the same alma mater— ator from California is recognized. of the Secretary of Commerce: to hide Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I thank Senator Stanford—where John earned his un- taxes on American businesses, on ROCKEFELLER very much. dergraduate degree. Later he attended American families, to make American Mr. President, I believe John Bryson Yale Law School before returning to businesses less competitive, to make it is well suited for this important role, California. more expensive for them to hire new particularly at a time when our econ- John Bryson’s experience paints a workers? omy is fragile and job creation is not picture of a leader who focuses on the occurring fast enough. practical and the achievable. I believe, Mr. BARRASSO. I want to find ways He has a lot of experience. Senator if confirmed, he will support measures to make it easier and cheaper for the KERRY just pointed this out. He has run that meet those criteria. private sector to create jobs, not for a multibillion-dollar company, he has At this time in our economic history, ways to hide taxes and make it more been a strong advocate for business, he our No. 1 priority as a government expensive and harder for the private is ready to advance a jobs agenda—and must be to grow the economy and get sector to create jobs. all of that makes him a perfect fit for people back to work. I know my Senate Finally, I wish to point out what hap- Commerce Secretary. colleagues agree. In my view, John pened during the confirmation hearing

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He asked for beyond the Commerce Secretary’s re- put us in a quorum call until they get straight, direct answers, which the sponsibility, I did ask Mr. Bryson to the floor and then that will probably chairman did not receive, to the point whether he believed our corporate tax allow us to yield back. I will ask my that he actually invited the nominee to rate was too high and would he be a colleagues, any who are listening, if visit with him privately in his office to voice for lowering it. He said he would. they wish to speak on behalf of or discuss the issue. I thought that was a very important against Mr. Bryson to please come to So I come here today to say, we need statement for him to make, and impor- the floor now so we might be able to a Commerce Secretary who is com- tant for the Secretary of Commerce to know that everyone has been satisfied mitted to making American businesses commit to doing. and we will be able to take this to a more innovative at home and more We have now passed the free-trade vote. I do think Mr. Bryson has waited competitive abroad—more innovative agreements that held up consideration very patiently for a very long time to at home, more competitive abroad. We of his nomination. If confirmed, I ex- have this come to a conclusion. I hope need someone who will address the pect Mr. Bryson to take advantage of we can do that on as quick a basis as problems of high unemployment, slow the agreements and work to assist our we can, giving everybody the ability to economic growth, and rising consumer businesses with the efforts to reach out talk if they so choose. costs aggressively and dispassionately. and expand new markets with these I suggest the absence of a quorum. In my opinion, John Bryson is not that new free-trade agreements. Mr. Bryson The PRESIDING OFFICER. The person. Therefore, I will not support made statements before the Commerce clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the nor will I vote for his nomination. Committee supporting cap-and-trade roll. I yield the floor. legislation because he felt that the Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- electric utility industry—he was the unanimous consent that the order for ator from Texas. chairman of a major corporation in Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, the quorum call be rescinded. that industry—needed regulatory cer- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- today, very shortly, we will vote on tainty. That was his reason for coming pore. Without objection, it is so or- President Obama’s nominee to be the out for cap and trade. I disagreed with dered. Secretary of the Department of Com- him on that. I agree with many of my Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I thank merce, Mr. John Bryson. This is the colleagues that that is not the right the distinguished chairman and the most senior position in the Depart- approach for America. We should not ranking member of the Commerce ment, which is tasked with promoting have cap and trade, as some have called Committee for their hard work on this business, creating jobs, and spurring it, cap and tax. But Mr. Bryson again nomination and their continued great economic growth. While this has al- said that he had no interest in pursuing work in the Commerce Committee, on ways been important, it is very appro- that kind of legislation if he is con- which I once had the great honor of priate now, with the unemployment firmed as Secretary of Commerce. serving. rate at 9.1 percent. I would point out that Mr. Bryson I rise today to support the nomina- The administration has talked about has the support of the U.S. Chamber of tion of Mr. John Bryson to be the 37th job creation and the need for regu- Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Secretary of the Department of Com- latory reform. But respectfully, I have Commerce, and the National Associa- merce. As I mentioned, during my time not seen regulatory reform yet a pri- tion of Manufacturers. They will be in the Senate I had the great honor of ority on the President’s agenda. You major constituents he will represent in serving on the Commerce, Science and might not find a pricetag for regula- trying to build business for our coun- Transportation Committee, one of the tion, but there is no question that busi- try. He is also supported by six former most important committees in the nesses know when they are overregu- Secretaries of Commerce, including Senate, in my view. It is a wonderful lated. It stifles their ability to create Secretaries that served in the adminis- and broadening experience to be a jobs. This year alone regulations are trations of George W. Bush, George H. member of that committee. projected to cost U.S. taxpayers $2.8 W. Bush, and Richard Nixon. I think what we are discussing today trillion, and new regulations imposed In summary, I believe the President is important; that is, whether Mr. by the administration in 2011 would should be given deference in selecting Bryson should be confirmed by Mem- cost over $60 billion. So during the con- the members of his Cabinet unless bers of my side of the aisle, because we firmation process, when Mr. Bryson there are serious issues against the may not agree with some of his views was before our committee, I asked him nominee. I have voted against a few of and some of his philosophies and state- about his view on overregulation. He the nominees of some of the Presidents ments in the past. stated that he would be a voice in the while I have been in the Senate, but I I want to be clear. If I were President administration for simplifying regula- do it rarely and very carefully, because of the United States, I would probably tions and eliminating those where the I think that elections have con- not have nominated Mr. Bryson, even cost of regulation exceed the benefits. sequences. I believe the President has though I am confident he is a fine man. I believe his business background the right to make his decisions. We just have different views on issues. qualifies him to address that issue. It I do not believe there are issues that I think we all ought to appreciate the would give him the experience to be rise to that level in the case of John fact that elections do have con- helpful in bringing back the regula- Bryson. He does have a business back- sequences. When a President is elected, tions that are stifling the growth of ground. He is well regarded by many we have an important role to play of business and therefore the job creation colleagues who have called me on his advice and consent. But we also have a in our country. behalf, who have been with him in the role to play in understanding that the I also appreciated that Mr. Bryson business world. I do not see any issue American people have spoken and said in the confirmation hearing that that would cause me not to vote for his elected a President of the United the National Labor Relations Board nomination. I will support his nomina- States and placed on him the responsi- was wrong in trying to keep Boeing tion. I will work alongside him to be a bility of the Presidency. The best way from choosing where it would manufac- voice for job creation in our country. I he can carry out those responsibilities ture its products. On the corporate tax hope he is confirmed. I think he will be in the most efficient fashion is to have rate, the United States currently has confirmed. I would hope he would then members of his team around him, peo- the second highest corporate tax rate work with other Members of Congress ple in whom he has trust and con- in the world, behind Japan, which has who want to help him be an effective fidence. Mr. Bryson clearly has the said it will lower its rate, ultimately voice for business and investment in trust and confidence of the President.

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That is a all of us have said the issues regarding business background . . . which gives big difference between whether you a certain nomination are so great that him the advantage of having exposure think that individual should serve or they would not allow us to vote for to the difficult issues manufacturers not. In other words, the President’s confirmation. But that is not the case face in today’s global marketplace.’’ right, in my view, to have a team here. I do think Senator MCCAIN made The President and CEO of the Na- around him so that he can best serve the eloquent statement that Mr. tional Association of Manufacturers, the country is a very important consid- Bryson might not be his choice, but Jay Timmons, said: eration, without losing or in any way that is not the question before us. He is Mr. Bryson has a strong business back- diminishing our responsibility of ad- qualified for this job. He has the busi- ground and serves on the board of many vice and consent. ness background we need. We certainly manufacturing companies, which gives him Mr. Bryson has held a number of po- need a Secretary of Commerce to be the advantage of having exposure to the dif- sitions in business and in other walks able to help our businesses grow and ficult issues manufacturers face in today’s of life that are impressive. He may not create jobs, and elections do have con- global marketplace. have made statements or done things sequences. I believe the way we get out of this that we particularly agree with, but I I thank the Senator from Arizona for downturn is manufacturing, it is mak- don’t think you can question Mr. taking the time to come and make that ing things in America again, it is in- Bryson’s credentials and background to part of the record complete. I am venting stuff, and it is exporting to the fulfill the job of Secretary of Com- pleased we are having this kind of dis- world. These business groups know merce. That should be the criteria, in course. I think the record will be com- that Mr. Bryson understands their my view. plete, and I believe that when our col- issues. Everybody is entitled to their opin- leagues think about the importance of The Chamber of Commerce says ions as to their role as a Senator re- the President having his nominee for Bryson has ‘‘extensive knowledge of garding advice and consent. I don’t try this job, and the qualifications that the private sector and years of experi- to tell any other Senator their role. Mr. Bryson has, even if you disagree on ence successfully running a major com- But I think that the Senate, during issues—which I certainly do, Senator pany.’’ most of its existence, will find the MCCAIN does, and Senator BARRASSO From Edison International we hear President has been given the benefit of does, and we are going to disagree on that Bryson was ‘‘a visionary leader of appointing individuals to positions of issues; that happens every day. But Edison International, and we know authority and responsibility because does it rise to the level of voting that he will bring that same leadership the President has earned that right. So against this nomination? That is the to the Department of Commerce.’’ it has to be an overriding reason to question we have to answer. I thought Boeing says this: vote to reject a nominee. Senator MCCAIN answered it very well. John Bryson’s global business experience By the way, I point out that, in this I yield the floor and suggest the ab- and strong leadership skills are a great particular case, because of inaction on sence of a quorum. match for the position of Secretary of Com- the trade agreements, a group of us The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- merce. sent a letter to the majority leader pore. The clerk will call the roll. The Acting President pro tempore saying we would withhold support for The legislative clerk proceeded to serves on the Commerce Committee, as the current nominee until the free- call the roll. I do. I head the Subcommittee on Com- trade agreements were passed. The Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I petitive Innovation and Export Pro- ask unanimous consent that the order free-trade agreements were passed. motion, and I have seen firsthand the for the quorum call be rescinded. I urge my colleagues to look at Mr. need to make sure the Commerce Com- Bryson’s background and not whether The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Without objection, it is so or- mittee is thinking every single day—as you agree with his statements or phi- the Commerce Department should— losophy, but whether he is truly quali- dered. Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I about how we get more jobs in this fied. I believe he is qualified to serve. country, how we make sure we are I will also mention to my colleagues am here today to talk on behalf of working with business as partners, how on this side of the aisle that some day, Commerce Secretary nominee John we make sure we get through the red- sooner or later—and I hope sooner Bryson. Mr. Bryson testified before our tape, and that we put forward a com- rather than later—we will have a Re- Commerce Committee. I was impressed petitive agenda for this country. That publican President who will be nomi- by his background and by his ability to nating individuals to serve on his team answer the questions and by his under- is why I am supporting Mr. Bryson for or her team. Then I hope my colleagues standing of business. I think everyone Commerce Secretary. on the other side of the aisle will also knows we are facing difficult economic Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I rise observe sort of what has been tradi- times in this country and we need today to support the nomination of Mr. tional in the Senate, which is that you someone in that job that understands John Bryson to be the Secretary of give a President certain latitude to business. Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce pick the members of his team who he Mr. Bryson has strong and broad sup- plays a key role in overseeing a depart- thinks will help him serve this Nation port within the business community, ment that is responsible for spurring through difficult times with the ut- and his nomination has been endorsed innovation, supporting small business, most efficiency and loyalty. by such groups as the U.S. Chamber of and providing our Nation with oper- I thank both Senator ROCKEFELLER Commerce, the Business Roundtable, ational scientific information. In tough and Senator HUTCHISON for their work and the National Association of Manu- economic times we need strong leader- on this important and, in my view, all facturers. Six former Commerce Secre- ship in this key cabinet position in too controversial nomination. I urge taries, from the George W. Bush, Bill order to ensure that our Nation’s needs my colleagues to vote in support of the Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Nixon in these areas are met. nomination of John Bryson to be the administrations, have also joined in To that end, Mr. Bryson brings with 37th Secretary of the Department of strongly supporting his confirmation. him a strong record of business leader- Commerce. Mr. Bryson, as we know, was reported ship and a sense of the importance of I yield the floor. favorably to the entire Senate by the resource stewardship, a rare combina- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Commerce Committee. But let’s look tion that I believe will serve him ex- pore. The Senator from Texas. at what some of the groups have said tremely well. Unfortunately, there are Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I about Mr. Bryson. The Business Round- those who believe that his past associa- thank the distinguished senior Senator table says: tion with certain environmental groups

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He un- would suggest that these naysayers how vital such support can be for en- derstands new clean energy tech- consider that Mr. Bryson has been en- trepreneurs who want to grow their nologies will create millions of jobs dorsed by the Business Roundtable, the business or maybe export for the first here at home and that the Nation that National Association of Manufacturers, time. rises to this challenge will lead the and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Department of Commerce al- world because the whole world is look- The support shown by these groups ready faces enough challenges to meet ing for these kinds of technologies. ought to demonstrate the nominee’s its vital mission. Delaying Mr. I think Mr. Bryson comes to us with commitment to growing American Bryson’s nomination any further would varied experiences which will serve us business and the American economy. I only add to those challenges at a time well and will serve President Obama also suggest we should not fear a nomi- when we can ill afford it. well. Mr. Bryson’s nomination has been nee who has shown a willingness to ex- I urge my Senate colleagues to sup- applauded by all sides of the political plore novel solutions to grappling with port his nomination. spectrum, from environmentalists to our dependence on foreign oil and the I yield the floor. business interests. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I larger issue of climate change. Both of Tom Donohue of the Chamber of these issues are likely to be among the suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Commerce praised Mr. Bryson’s ‘‘ex- most important and, potentially, the tensive knowledge of the private sector most disrupting problems that we leave pore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to and years of experience successfully to our children and grandchildren. No running a major company.’’ one in this Chamber will deny that we call the roll. must reduce our dependence on fossil The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The Business Roundtable called Mr. fuels, which are a finite resource pore. The Senator from California. Bryson ‘‘a proven, well-respected exec- whether found here or abroad, and no Mrs. BOXER. I ask unanimous con- utive who will bring his private sector one in this Chamber should deny that sent that the order for the quorum call experience to the Commerce Depart- the climate is changing. To do so is to be rescinded. ment’s broad portfolio that includes deny that which is in front of our eyes The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. technology, trade, intellectual prop- and history does not look kindly on KLOBUCHAR). Without objection, it is so erty and exports, which will be crucial those who ignore the obvious. We ordered. to expanding our economy and creating should therefore embrace those such as Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I jobs.’’ Mr. Bryson who have shown a willing- rise in support of John Bryson of Cali- The Natural Resources Defense Coun- ness to work with the business commu- fornia, President Obama’s nominee to cil, which Mr. Bryson helped found in nity in seeking a solution to these be Secretary of Commerce. the 1970s, called him: Mr. Bryson will bring a wealth of ex- issues. . . . a visionary leader in promoting a clean In sum, I believe Mr. Bryson can pro- perience in both the private sector and environment and a strong economy. He has vide the leadership we need at the De- the public sector to this very impor- compiled an exemplary record in public serv- partment of Commerce and I ask my tant job of Commerce Secretary. Lord ice and in business that underscores the colleagues to join me in supporting and knows, we are in a recession and we are strong linkage between economic and envi- confirming Mr. Bryson’s nomination. fighting hard to get out of it. We need ronmental progress. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. a Commerce Secretary, and we need I ask unanimous consent to have someone who understands the private President, I rise today in support of the printed in the RECORD an editorial nomination of John Bryson to be Sec- sector and the public sector and we from the Los Angeles Times, titled retary of Commerce. have that in John Bryson. ‘‘Commerce Department nominee de- The Department of Commerce in- In the 1970s and 1980s, he served as serves the job.’’ cludes a diverse collection of agencies the chairman of the California Water Resources Board and as the chairman There being no objection, the mate- that work on everything from pre- rial was ordered to be printed in the dicting the weather to issuing patents. of the California Public Utilities Com- RECORD, as follows: But the Department’s over-arching mission. There, he helped California mission is to promote job creation and navigate droughts, oil shortages, and [From latimes.com, Jun. 21, 2011] economic growth. Today, that mission other crises during a critical period in COMMERCE DEPARTMENT NOMINEE DESERVES my State’s history. is more important than ever. THE JOB With the national unemployment For more than 20 years, Mr. Bryson rate hovering around 9 percent, we has utilized his talents in the private John Bryson’s nomination to be President sector, first as chairman and CEO of Obama’s next secretary of Commerce has should have a Secretary of Commerce been met with the predictable combination in place who can lead the Department Southern California Edison, and later of delusion and obstructionism that charac- in meeting its important mission. as chairman and CEO of Edison Inter- terizes the modern confirmation process. After considering his nomination in national. Some Senate Republicans vow to hold him the Senate Commerce Committee, I be- Mr. Bryson has also served on the hostage to the passage of several long-sought lieve Mr. Bryson is well qualified to be boards of many companies, both large free-trade agreements; others insist they will Secretary of Commerce. and small, and he will bring to the job reject him based on his presumed politics, Bryson knows something about job of Commerce Secretary a unique exper- which they wish were more like theirs. None creation from his experience as a busi- tise on what it takes for businesses to has advanced an argument worthy of defeat- grow and expand. ing this nomination, and though sensible ness leader in the energy sector. He people will withhold a final judgment until also served on the boards of well- Mr. Bryson’s top priority is job cre- after Bryson is questioned, his credentials known companies such as Boeing and ation. As Commerce Secretary, he will are encouraging, as are the endorsements of the Walt Disney Company. be working closely with the President those who know him. Those experiences will help Bryson to meet the goal of doubling our Na- Bryson is a familiar figure in Los Angeles. meet the challenges of leading the De- tion’s exports by 2015 and creating hun- A longtime chairman and chief executive of partment of Commerce. dreds of thousands of new jobs right Southern California Edison and Edison Inter- I know firsthand some of the good here in the United States. He will be national, he is a pillar of the region’s busi- work that the Department of Com- working with the private sector to ness community, admired by the Chamber of merce has done to help businesses in drive innovation and economic growth, Commerce and his fellow executives. He also my home State through the Economic and he will be working to make the was a founder of the Natural Resources De- fense Council, where his work earned him re- Development Administration, EDA, United States a leader in the clean en- spect and appreciation from California’s en- manufacturing extension partnership, ergy economy. vironmental movement. He’s been president MEP, and trade adjustment for firms At Edison International, Mr. Bryson of the California Public Utilities Commis- initiatives. helped California become a hub for sion and even served as a director of Boeing,

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Right now, we have the most deplor- Senator BOXER doesn’t like and we are Within a rational political universe, that able problem in the condition of our going to have to give up some of these would entitle Bryson to confirmation by ac- roads and highways and bridges. My things. clamation. But zealots are suspicious. His State of Oklahoma goes back and forth I have made it very clear that back critics question his support for regulation to being dead last or next to the last be- in the early days, when I was actually address climate change and see his NRDC hind Missouri as having the worst con- serving in the other body, we always leadership (more than three decades ago) as ditions of our bridges. had surpluses in the highway trust evidence that he’s a ‘‘job killer’’ and an ‘‘en- We had a lady not too long ago in my fund and we were able to take care of vironmental extremist’’ rather than a job State of Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City, these needs. Then, as typical as politi- promoter as the Commerce secretary tradi- cians are this way, they see a pot of tionally is. Never mind that Bryson’s record the mother of two small children, who is one of both serious business development was driving under one of the big inter- money and they want in on it. So we and responsible environmental stewardship. state bridges and a block of concrete had all these groups, and a lot of them Then there’s the issue of the free-trade fell off and it killed her. She was the were environmental groups that want- agreements. Yes, Obama has moved too slow- mother of two small children. We have ed to have their own agenda attached ly to forward the South Korea, Colombia and people dying every day on the high- to it. We are going to have to get seri- Panama trade pacts that will create jobs and ways because of the condition of the ous and make this a highway bill. expand the reach of American business. And By the way, this would also be cer- yes, Obama’s labor allies are principally to highways. For that, I applaud Senator BOXER for joining me to put together tainly the biggest jobs bill we have had blame for obstructing those pacts. But those during this administration, since this objections are irrelevant to Bryson’s nomi- this coalition. nation and shouldn’t be used as an excuse to I don’t want to say anything that administration has done a lousy job of hold it up. would be improper at this time, but it providing jobs. Many Republicans undoubtedly would pre- is my expectation—not just hope but But having said that—and I said that fer a nominee who championed drilling as expectation—that we are going to be because I want to draw a contrast. We the answer to America’s energy needs or who able to come up with a highway reau- are about to consider and vote on the countenanced their anti-scientific challenge thorization bill, and it is going to be President’s nominee, John Bryson, to to global warming. They have their chance: be Secretary of Commerce. He is Presi- Elect Sarah Palin. In the meantime, Obama one that is at least holding the current spending level. dent Obama’s choice, and there is a deserves a Cabinet secretary of impeccable clear indication he has no indication of credentials and broad support. Bryson has a If we are to have to go back to the chance to prove that he’s all of that at the level of the proceeds of the highway backing down on his job-killing war on hearings that begin Tuesday. Republicans trust fund, that would be about 34 per- affordable energy. But I have to say this. With John owe him the opportunity. cent less than what we are spending Bryson, this isn’t Van Jones we are Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, Mr. today. I defy any one of my fellow Sen- talking about. This is a guy who is a Bryson’s unique background will serve ators from all the 50 States to tell me nice guy, and we have a lot of mutual him well as he works with President one State that isn’t having just as seri- friends. I have been contacted by peo- Obama, the Senate, and the House to ous a problem as my State of Okla- ple who are friends of mine who are create jobs. I applaud our President for homa is having. friends of his, and clearly he is a person choosing such a well-qualified, experi- I think that it is important we recog- who is well received in terms of being enced individual to be Commerce Sec- nize there are some things the govern- a good person. But he is dead wrong on retary, and I want to thank Chairman ment is supposed to be doing and some the issues that will provide jobs for ROCKEFELLER and Ranking Member things that bring us all together. America. HUTCHISON for working together so we Again, that is what is going to happen. At a time when unemployment is sky could get to this vote today. I can remember back, the last reau- high, President Obama chooses the I yield the floor. thorization bill we had was 2005. At founder—and I will characterize it dif- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that time, I was the chairman of the ferently than my friend from Cali- pore. The Senator from Oklahoma is committee. We all worked together. We fornia did—of one of the most radical, recognized. came up with a $284.6 billion, 5-year leftwing, extreme environmentalist Mr. INHOFE. First, let me thank my bill. Yet as robust as that was, that did groups, the National Resources Defense good friend, the Senator from Cali- very little more than just maintain Council. It is a leftwing organization fornia, Mrs. BOXER, for speaking be- what we have today—no new bridges, which, in the name of global warming, cause I asked her to do it. A lot of peo- all these new things we need to have. seeks to cut off access to our natural ple are surprised on how well we get I think a lot of the people who are resources and increase drastically the along. my good friends, and primarily over in price of electricity and gasoline across The committee she chairs is called the House, who came under the banner America. the Environment and Public Works of the tea parties and all that, they We know this is true, because we Committee and I am the ranking mem- recognize, yes, they can be a conserv- know that if they would merely de- ber. When Republicans were in the ma- ative. But when they got home, they velop the resources we have today in jority, I was the chairman. I look for- said: Wait a minute. We want to not be the United States of America, we ward to being chairman again, but that spending on these big things, but we wouldn’t have to be dependent upon is another conversation for another weren’t talking about transportation. the Middle East for one barrel of oil, day. So we have to single out transpor- and we wouldn’t have to worry about But the reason I wanted to speak is, tation for my friends to recognize there our supply of gas and coal, because as because we do. A lot of people are sur- is a place we need be spending more I will explain in just a minute and doc- prised to see this. We get along very money, not less money. ument, we have the largest recoverable well. Right now, we are doing every- So I look forward to that, and I hope resources in coal gas and oil of any thing we possibly can to get a highway we will have an announcement to country in the world. reauthorization bill. She prides herself make, as one of the most liberal and Mr. Bryson once called the Waxman- on being a very proud liberal and I one of the most conservative members Markey cap-and-trade bill moderate. pride myself on being a very proud con- joining and coming up with a highway This particular cap-and-trade bill was servative. Yet we both know that one reauthorization bill. There is not una- probably the most liberal of all the of our primary functions here is to do nimity in what it will look like, other cap-and-trade bills that were there. something about infrastructure. than the spending level should remain By the way, I have to say this one I have often been ranked as the most where it is today and it should be thing. I understand I am the last conservative member of this body, the something that is going to address speaker tonight. What do all the speak- Senate. I often have said I may be con- these problems. ers who are in favor of this have in

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That is what I am founded an anti-energy group and believes in pumps up to that of Europe. going to talk about tonight because I redistribution of wealth to help poorer na- Then we have also Alan Krueger. His tions. At this rate, we will be one of them. If know where John Bryson is on cap and personnel is policy, there can be no better nomination by President Obama to be trade. choice to help implement President Obama’s the Chairman of the Council of Eco- He told some students at the Univer- anti-growth energy policy and redistribution nomic Advisers is yet another example. sity of California Berkeley last year of wealth plans than his choice to be the During his time at the Department of that ‘‘cap-and-trade has the advantage next Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson. Treasury under President Obama, Mr. politically at sort-of hiding the fact Again, that is the Investors Business Krueger made clear his opposition to that you have a major tax.’’ Daily. the development of traditional domes- To me, the fact that they are sup- The ACU came out and said: ‘‘Put- tic energy. He even went so far as to porting something that is a major tax ting John Bryson in charge of the Com- say ‘‘the administration believes it is increase on the American people is bad merce Department is the dictionary no longer sufficient to address our Na- enough. But when they say one of the definition of putting the fox in charge tion’s energy needs by finding more good things about cap and trade is you of the hen house.’’ fossil fuels. . . .’’ can hide the fact that it is a major tax That is exactly what it is, and that is I am still quoting Alan Kreuger. This increase—and we know now what this one reason I would prefer we not have is when he was in the Treasury Depart- would cost. Cap and trade is cap and this vote tonight. I would like to have ment. He is the nominee now for the trade. It doesn’t make any difference if all of us go back for this 1-week recess Chairman of the Council of Economic it was back during the Kyoto days. It and let the people know this is about Advisers, the advisory council. He even doesn’t make any difference if it was in to be voted on, and I think that is one went so far as to say: any of the bills that were passed. Still, reason they are going to be doing it to- The administration’s goal is to have re- the analysis is that the cost of a cap- night. sources invested in ways which yield the and-trade bill would be between $300 By the way, I am not critical of the highest social return. billion and $400 billion a year. leadership, certainly not the Demo- That is the current nominee to be Again, this is legislation that would cratic or Republican leadership. In Chairman of the Council of Economic cost the taxpayers $300 billion to $400 fact, I went to them and said: As long Advisers for the President. He doesn’t billion a year and destroy hundreds of as you give me a 60-vote threshold, I need that advice, he is already doing it. thousands of jobs and hurt families and would waive going through all the The Congressional Research Service workers by raising the price of gasoline loops of filibustering and having clo- reports America has the largest recov- and electricity. Yet the nominee for ture votes and all that. So I appreciate erable resources of oil, gas, and coal in Secretary of Commerce believes that that. But my intent was to wait, and I the world. The Obama administration’s was a moderate bill, the Waxman-Mar- still would ask formally if they would failure to appreciate this fact is one of key bill. change this UC under which we are op- the many reasons why they are not The Secretary of Commerce should erating and allow this vote to take making progress in creating jobs and have a record of promoting, not sti- place when we come back from this 1- improving our economy. fling, economic growth. John Bryson’s week recess. This is a key here. When this dis- career shows he has a clear record of The choice of Bryson is also part of covery was made, the Congressional the latter, and it makes no sense to President Obama’s green energy jobs Research Service—nobody has denied have the Secretary of Commerce who is push. In fact, the President said he spe- this. That was less than a year ago against commerce. cifically nominated—listen to this—he when they said America has the largest I am not the only one who thinks so. specifically nominated Bryson because recoverable resources of oil, gas, and Let me just share. An editorial in the he is a ‘‘fierce proponent of alternative coal in the world. That means we could Wall Street Journal states: energy.’’ But with more than 9 percent be totally self-sufficient. All we have President Obama nominated John Bryson unemployment and the complete col- to do is develop our own resources. to head the Commerce Department on Tues- lapse of the solar company Solyndra, I defy anyone on this floor to tell me day, praising the Californian as a business the President’s green agenda is clearly there is any other country that does leader who understands what it takes to in- not creating jobs. In the end, Solyndra not develop its own resources. We are novate, to create jobs, and to persevere is more than just a bankrupt company, the only one. So we have 83 percent of through tough times. That’s one way of de- scribing someone with a talent of scoring it is a metaphor for the failure of our non-shore public lands off limits. government subsidies. Obama’s war on fossil fuel jobs. We have these huge reserves out there but we cannot go after them. We keep hearing—and I think they I have already called for hearings in Then there is Rebecca Wodder, who hit the nail on the head there and they the Senate on Solyndra and I hope it President Obama has chosen to be the answered the question. People say: will not be long before they occur. President Obama has received the Assistant Secretary for the Fish and This man has been very successful for message loudly and clearly that his Wildlife Department. That would be for 18 years. He ran one of the major utili- global warming green agenda no longer the Department of Interior. As CEO of ties out in California, and one of the sells, but that doesn’t mean he has American Rivers, which works actively interesting things about it is this util- given up trying to implement it. to shut down energy production in the ity out there is not one that is using Bryson is just one figure in Obama’s United States, she—Rebecca Wodder— coal; it is using renewables. Obviously, green team. He follows in the footsteps is a strong advocate for the Federal as the Wall Street Journal pointed out: of Carol Browner and Anthony Van regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a If they have the very heavy expenses Jones, who also supported increasing process which is efficiently and effec- and they raise the price of energy, it taxes on America’s energy, as well as tively regulated by States. doesn’t hurt the utilities. They pass it Energy Secretary Steven Chu. You re- This is interesting. It was not long on. They pass it on to the consumers member Stephen Chu, the President’s ago that President Obama was lauding who ultimately have to pay for it. the virtues of natural gas, and at the Quoting the Washington Examiner: Energy Secretary, who said, ‘‘[s]omehow we have to figure out how end of his speech he said we have to do But there is another side of Bryson, one something about hydraulic fracturing. that fits squarely in the tradition of radical to boost the price of gasoline to the Obama appointees like green jobs czar Van levels of gasoline in Europe.’’ That is Hydraulic fracturing started in my Jones, a self-proclaimed Marxist; Medicare about $8 a gallon. State of Oklahoma in 1948. I can’t head Donald Berwick, who swoons over Brit- It is the intention of this administra- quantify the hundreds of thousands of ain’s socialized National Health Service; and tion to raise gas prices, to either force wells that have been hydraulically

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It would only affect the de- tured wells where it has contaminated make a lot of them in Oklahoma. This veloped nations such as the United groundwater. Yet they are using that, young man who is the president of this States and some of the European na- knowing full well if you kill hydraulic company showed me these platforms. tions, but not the developing nations. fracturing you kill all the oil and gas These platforms are about—you could It would not have any effect of reduc- in tight formations because you cannot put maybe four of them in this Cham- ing CO2 if you wanted to reduce CO2. get it without that. ber, that is how big they are. Ever since the 1990s there have been The selection of Ms. Wodder is a clear On these platforms, to do hydraulic about seven or eight different bills to departure from her predecessor, Tom fracturing, they have a great big diesel try, here in the United States, to do Strickland, who in testimony before engine. This diesel engine is necessary away with—impose some kind of cap the EPW Committee, our committee, to do hydraulic fracturing of oil wells. and trade. But they were not able to do said we should actively and aggres- They came out with a regulation the it because the people in this body will sively develop our energy resources. other day I didn’t even know about. not vote for it. In this body, right now Unfortunately, Ms. Wodder’s support They said, after a certain date—exactly you could not get maybe 25, maybe 30 for regulation and advancement sug- where it was, in the next couple of votes. It would take 60 votes to pass it. gested she would do the opposite, months—that you would not be able to You could not get more than 30 votes which exposes the reality of President use the diesel engine on your platform on a cap-and-trade bill. Obama’s agenda of increasing energy that does hydraulic fracturing unless it The President realized this. He real- prices and destroying jobs. is a tier 4 diesel engine. ized with all the jobs that would be lost These nominations—of course we are Here is the problem. They don’t and the cost of this, the fact it would talking tonight about another nomina- make them. They are on the drawing impose a tax of around $300 to $400 bil- tion of a person who is a good guy and board. They are making them but they lion a year on the American people. I all that, but John Bryson, to be in a are not on market yet. So they are remember back in 1993, that was during position to follow all the rest of these shutting down the people who are the Clinton-Gore years, I remember who are doing everything they can to building the platforms to do hydraulic when they came out with their big tax kill fossil fuels, and when you kill fos- fracturing through regulations. increase. I will never forget it because sil fuels, we know, and the President Every day we run into new regula- I was serving at that time in the other admitted, it would cause the price of tions. I can remember on the farm dust body. They were raising marginal electricity in America to skyrocket. regulation, I had a news conference in rates, raising capital gains taxes, rais- These nominations are not surprising the State of Oklahoma. In Oklahoma ing all the taxes, retirement—all of it. when you remember that President we went back—I had people coming out The cost of that was some $30 billion a Obama said himself that he wants elec- from Washington, DC, who had never year. I remember coming down to the tricity rates to skyrocket. As he told been west of the Mississippi. We went floor of the House of Representatives, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2008, ‘‘If down southwest in the town of Altus, saying: We cannot afford $30 billion a somebody wants to build a coal-fired OK. I said in my news conference, when year. plant they can. It’s just that it will the cameras were rolling: This Presi- This tax would be 10 times that, be- bankrupt them. . . .’’ dent is trying to do something to regu- tween $300 billion and $400 billion a That is what the Obama EPA regula- late farm dust. Let me explain some- year. That is what they are trying to tions intend to do. thing to you. If you look down here, do. The EPA is moving forward with an that brown stuff down there, that is When the President realized that he unprecedented number of rules for called dirt. If you look at that round was not able to pass this legislatively, coal-fired plants and industrial boilers green thing down there, that is cotton. he decided through regulations he was that have now become known as the in- Put your finger in the air, that is going to pass his own cap and trade. famous train wreck for the incredible called wind. Are there any questions? I have to say this. There are people harm they will do to our economy. What I am saying is they all realized out there who still believe—not very They are set to destroy hundreds of there is no technology to regulate farm many—somehow we are having cata- thousands of jobs and significantly dust. Yet they are trying to do it. strophic global warming and it is due raise energy prices for families, busi- Right now the major farm organiza- to anthropogenic gases or CO2 emis- nesses, and farmers—basically anyone tions such as American Farm Bureau, sions. who drives a car or flips a switch. they are the ones who are saying that I remember. I am very fond of Lisa The President himself has now pub- is the No. 1 concern right now, what Jackson, who is the EPA Adminis- licly acknowledged this. When we they are trying to do to shut down trator appointed by President Obama, stopped the Agency from tightening farms in America. The EPA continues because I asked her this question. I the national ambient air quality stand- to push regulations to harm the econ- said: If we were to pass any of these ards for ozone, his statement couldn’t omy, the Cross-Air State Pollution cap-and-trade bills, would this reduce be more clear: The EPA rules create Rule, the so-called utility MACT—rules worldwide CO2 emissions? regulatory burdens and uncertainty. that are poised to destroy jobs. She said: No, because it would only Just last week, EPA also pulled back Let’s not forget the economic rami- affect the United States of America. on its plan to tighten regulation on fications of global warming. This is not where the problem is. If it farm dust, undoubtedly due to bipar- But before we leave the utility is a problem, that problem is in Mex- tisan concern that it would cause great MACT, we have right now utilities that ico, in China, in India, in places that do harm to our farmers. are notifying coal producers, saying if not have any kind of restrictions. So I have given the speech on the floor, this goes through we are not going to that is what it is. He is trying to im- and I am not going to repeat it tonight, be able to honor our contracts to buy pose that tax. about what all the regulations this coal from you. That is how serious it I know people get worn out when President is trying to put forth will is. We are talking about hundreds of they hear talk about billions or $1 tril- cost, in terms of his maximum achiev- thousands of employees. lion. I am not as smart as most of able control technology. He has the re- Let’s go to the big one now, the eco- these guys around here so I do it a lit- finery MACT, he has the boiler MACT, nomic ramifications of global warming, tle differently. I keep track of the he has the farm dust MACT. These are regulations imposed by Obama which number of families in my State of the things he is trying to do where the cost American consumers between $300 Oklahoma who file an income tax re- technology is not even there. and $400 billion a year. The reason I turn. Then I do my math. If we were to

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The clerk will call the roll. the State of Oklahoma. It would be ap- phones have been ringing off the hook The assistant legislative clerk pro- proximately $3,000 a family. What do by people who serve on boards with ceeded to call the roll. you get for it? You get nothing by their John Bryson. And I said from the very The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- own admission because it would not re- beginning that he is a good person, but pore. The Senator from Texas. duce the worldwide emissions. he is of the philosophy that he is an Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I What this President fails to realize is outspoken proponent of cap-and-trade, ask that the order for the quorum call that affordable, reliable energy is the and that is what we can’t afford. be rescinded. lifeblood of a healthy economy and the I know there is a lot of pressure put foundation of our global competitive- on Members of this body. I wonder The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ness. Instead, he continues to favor the where all of the conservatives are to- pore. Without objection, it is so or- dered. radical environmental agenda ahead of night. I appreciate Senator BARRASSO turning around our economy and put- coming here and talking, as I am talk- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, ting Americans back to work. ing, and telling the truth about the every one who has asked for speaking On the other hand, in my State of problem we have. Sometime, some- time on my side has spoken, and I yield Oklahoma, oil and gas development has place, we have to draw the line. I back the remainder of our time. led to a tremendous economic boost in named all of these appointments the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the creation of good-paying jobs. Right President has made, the nominations pore. The Senator from West Virginia now in my State of Oklahoma—there is he has made. We have to draw the line, is recognized. a 9.2-percent unemployment rate na- and I think this is a good place to do it. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I yield back all tionwide. In my State of Oklahoma, it I recognize there is going to be a lot time on our side, and I ask for the yeas is 5.5 percent—I am sorry, it is about of pressure on conservatives to kind of and nays. 5.5 percent or 5.2 percent. That is about sit this one out, but I want them to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- half of the national average. It is due keep in mind that this is the No. 1 con- pore. Is there a sufficient second? by and large to the fact that we have cern of most of the conservative groups There appears to be a sufficient sec- this growth and people are in the en- right now. I read the editorials that ond. ergy business. were out there. Everybody knows. Our The question is, Will the Senate ad- So we can continue going down the eyes are open. This is not a vote where vise and consent to the nomination of path of President Obama’s job-killing later on you say: Oh, I wish I had John Edgar Bryson, of California, to be agenda or we can start to develop our known that; I would have voted no. Secretary of Commerce? Nation’s vast natural resources, which This is your chance to do it. The clerk will call the roll. are the key to the Nation’s recovery. Have I had calls from people on The result was announced—yeas 74, That is jobs. That is cheap gas at the boards? Yes, I have. They have all said: nays 26, as follows: pumps. We certainly have plenty of He is a good friend of ours, and I don’t them. want to weigh in. [Rollcall Vote No. 176 Ex.] The CRS report I mentioned shows One of them was kind of interesting. YEAS—74 that America’s combined recoverable He called up and went through this Akaka Gillibrand Moran natural gas, oil, and coal endowment is whole thing, and then after he told me Alexander Graham Murkowski Ayotte Hagan Murray the largest on Earth. In fact, our recov- how great John Bryson was, he said: Baucus Harkin Nelson (NE) erable resources are far greater than Have you got that down? I called. You Begich Hutchison Nelson (FL) those of Saudi Arabia, China, and Can- have written that down. Bennet Inouye Portman Yes, that is right. Bingaman Isakson Pryor ada combined. Blumenthal Johanns We have 163 billion barrels of recov- Well, just ignore everything I said. Reed Boxer Johnson (SD) Reid erable oil in the United States of We know the phone calls come in. Brown (MA) Kerry Rockefeller Brown (OH) Kirk America. That is enough to maintain These are important people. There are Sanders Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer our current levels of production as the leaders out there, and I love them all. Cardin Kohl Shaheen world’s third largest producer and re- I love John Bryson, but we are going to Carper Landrieu have to draw the line. Casey Lautenberg Snowe place our imports from the Persian Stabenow Gulf for more than 50 years. In other If you want to have an advocate for Chambliss Leahy Coats Levin Tester words, on oil alone, if we just developed the largest tax increase in the history Cochran Lieberman Thune what we have here, it would take care of America; that is, a tax increase that Collins Lugar Toomey is called cap and trade, then this is the Conrad Manchin Udall (CO) of our needs—what we know is down Udall (NM) nominee for the Secretary of Com- Coons McCain there—for 50 years. Corker McCaskill Warner We could say the same thing for nat- merce who is committed to cap and Durbin Menendez Webb ural gas. At the current consumption, trade in America. Feinstein Merkley Whitehouse America’s future supply of natural gas I wish we were not going to take this Franken Mikulski Wyden is 2,000 trillion cubic feet, and at to- vote until the end of the recess because NAYS—26 day’s rate of use, that is enough to run I would love to have people go home Barrasso Grassley Paul the United States of America for 90 and try to answer questions from peo- Blunt Hatch Risch years. Just imagine that. The only ple who are out there in the real world Boozman Heller Roberts problem is that our politicians will not as to why is it that someone is not Burr Hoeven Rubio Coburn Inhofe Sessions let us develop our own resources. standing up for us to develop our own Cornyn Johnson (WI) Shelby Finally, the report I referred to, natural resources, our own energy, and Crapo Kyl Vitter which is a fairly recent report, also re- reduce the price of electricity, reduce DeMint Lee Wicker Enzi McConnell veals that America is No. 1 in coal re- the price of gas, and think about us for serves, with more than 28 percent of a change. That is what is going to hap- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the world’s coal. That is a real solution pen. pore. to the energy security and the key to I think right now, by rushing this The nomination was confirmed. economic prosperity. vote before people have time to realize Under the previous order, the President John Bryson, if he were to become it, that very likely it is going to pass. shall be immediately notified of the Secretary and the vote would take I don’t want anyone to say they were Senate’s action.

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And what we have about half of those in the Marshals’ AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP- learned here is that while we have an custody along the Southwest border MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN- increased ability to apprehend illegal are or were held for immigration-re- ISTRATION, AND RELATED immigrants and to try them in court, lated offenses. AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT and even jail space to hold them, the So this is the need that we are trying OF 2012—Continued group that does the holding and the to satisfy with this amendment. The transporting and the keeping of the Marshals Service employs only about The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- judges and the courtrooms safe during 80 percent of what they need in terms pore. The majority leader is recog- the process, the U.S. Marshals Service, of Marshals and support staff in these nized. has not had funding to keep up with court facilities. A recent Department Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have a this. As a result, they are way low in of Justice hiring freeze has prevented consent request we are working on. We terms of both personnel and also some the Marshals Service from reaching hope to have people sign off on that. If facilities that need to be upgraded to even 90 percent of its personnel needs they do not, one or many are going to accept the much larger numbers of ille- along the Southwest borders. To reach have to object to it. We have spent gal immigrants and other prisoners 100 percent of staffing would require $43 enough time on this that we need to who are in their custody. million, to hire an additional 162 dep- move forward. To give you one illustration, when uty marshals and 71 support staff. We know we have a number of votes prisoners are brought to a courthouse, We all know the constraints we are already scheduled. Senator MCCONNELL obviously there are huge security all operating under here, so we cut that has something pending. I do too. We measures that have to be followed to back to simply try to reach 90 percent know we are going to have to vote on ensure that jurors, judges, the public of their requirement for hiring needs. that, but that is the least of our wor- at large, witnesses, and so on, are not And that, as I said, would require just ries. We have to work through this ap- in jeopardy because of the existence of about $20 million for these hiring pur- propriations stuff. So people who have the prisoners. So they are generally poses. concerns, bring them to David brought in vehicles, appropriately ac- On the construction side of it, the Schiappa or Gary Myrick because oth- companied, to secure facilities in the amendment provides for $16.5 million erwise I might come here and offer a court building and then at the appro- for these detention upgrades at the consent request. Either we are going to priate time brought to the courtroom, Federal courthouses located in this move this bill forward or move off this and all in the custody of the marshals, border region. Of the $16.5 million, $1.5 bill. and with appropriate security for all. million would specifically be allocated Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I suggest the ab- However, because of these increased for courthouse security equipment. I sence of a quorum. numbers, what we found is, by way of have told you a little bit about the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- example, they bring the prisoners from problem with the security at the court- pore. The clerk will call the roll. the holding facility, the prison, the houses. Some of this would obviously The bill clerk proceeded to call the jail, wherever it might be. They lit- be used for construction of a port that roll. erally have to disembark in a public would allow these vehicles to unload Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unani- parking lot where jurors are parking to detainees and prisoners right next to mous consent that the order for the come up to be involved in cases, where cellblock doors and so on. I described quorum call be rescinded. the public at large, where witnesses, that. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- where victims and families, judges and But this is the least we can do, both pore. Without objection, it is so or- lawyers are coming to park to go to to protect the public and to assist the dered. the courthouse, and go up the elevators Marshals Service. There has been some Mr. KYL. Mr. President, for my col- and so on right with these same people. dichotomy of views, shall I say, ex- leagues who are here, I wish to explain That is not a secure situation. pressed by the Department of Justice the reason for an amendment which I In most situations the marshals have and Department of Homeland Security have filed, No. 912, along with the co- the ability to take their prisoners di- about whether they have what they sponsors, my colleagues Senator rectly to a secure port, a place in the need to secure the border. We have MCCAIN and Senator CORNYN from courthouse where they can imme- heard the Secretary of Homeland Secu- Texas, an amendment which seeks to diately put them into custody in a se- rity say, we have all we need. But we add some money for the U.S. Marshals cure locked-down facility. Construc- also know that the Secretary has said, Service. I wish to explain why we think tion of some court buildings need to we have to prioritize our detention pol- this is a good idea, but first to say that keep up with this demand, and it re- icy, for example, because we do not in speaking with Leader REID, we are quires some money, in this case, about have the facilities and the money we trying with our staff and the majority $16 million. I know this is a small mat- need to detain and deport all of the staff to see if we can work out the ap- ter in the overall budget that we are people who are deportable, so we have propriate pay-fors for this in an appro- talking about. But for the Marshals to focus on the most serious crimes, priate amount of money that would as- Service to do its job, this is important the felons primarily, who are now the sist the U.S. Marshals Service. Hope- for them. top target for deportation. fully we can work something out. I am They need additional personnel. The Obviously if you have to prioritize, just trying to explain the basis for this cost of that far exceeds $10 million. But we would agree with that at this time. that is what we thought we would try prioritization. But what that means is As you know, we have done a lot of to ask for in this amendment to at that they do not have enough money to work on the borders to try to secure least bring the Marshals Service up to do all that they are trying to do. So on them, and that has required us to add a level where they can accommodate the one hand, it is kind of distressing money for the U.S. Border Patrol and the new numbers of prisoners. that the Department says we have all several other accounts in the Depart- In our amendment, $20 million is pro- we need and, on the other hand, we do ment of Homeland Security. We have vided for additional deputy marshals not have enough, so we have to added money for the Department of and security-related support staff to prioritize what we do. Justice. We need new judges, court- assist in overall Southwest border en- What we are trying to do in this ap- rooms, prosecutors, defenders. It has forcement. We have narrowed this propriations bill is to attack the one taken a lot of money to secure the bor- down to the five judicial districts on part of the problem that we can in this der with all of the different aspects the border that have—well, in fact, bill, and that is to help the U.S. Mar- that are involved. these districts have about half—49.7 shals. As I said, I do not think there is

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