E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 No. 101 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was Senator from the State of Montana, to per- and that will be a cloture vote. She has called to order by the Honorable JOHN form the duties of the Chair. been nominated by the President for E. WALSH, a Senator from the State of PATRICK J. LEAHY, the Third Circuit. Montana. President pro tempore. At 1:45 p.m., we will confirm several Mr. WALSH thereupon assumed the additional nominations, but we expect PRAYER Chair as Acting President pro tempore. to have only one rollcall vote at that The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f time. fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY MEASURE PLACED ON THE CALENDAR Let us pray. LEADER Mr. REID. Mr. President, H.R. 3301, I Lord of night and day to whose will am told, is due for a second reading; is The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- all the stars are obedient, we submit to that true? pore. The majority leader is recog- Your sovereignty and might. Remind The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- nized. our lawmakers that You are often clos- pore. The majority leader is correct. est to us when we feel far from You. f The clerk will read the bill by title Give our Senators confidence in the BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN’S ACT for the second time. triumph of Your eternal purposes. May OF 2014—MOTION TO PROCEED The assistant legislative clerk read they strive each day to do something as follows: Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move that will strengthen their hold upon to proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, A bill (H.R. 3301) to require approval for the world unseen. Impart to them the the construction, connection, operation, or the Hagan Sportsmen’s legislation. wisdom to release Earth’s fleeting maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- things, as they seek to conform to the or electric transmission facilities at the na- pore. The clerk will report the motion. life of the world to come. tional boundary of the United States for the The assistant legislative clerk read And, Lord, please bless our faithful import or export of oil, natural gas, or elec- as follows: tricity to or from Canada or Mexico, and for Senate pages who will be leaving us other purposes. soon. Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportuni- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I object to We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. ties for recreational hunting, fishing, and any other proceedings at this time. f shooting, and for other purposes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- SCHEDULE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE pore. Objection is heard. The bill will Mr. REID. Mr. President, following be placed on the calendar. The Presiding Officer led the Pledge my remarks and those of the Repub- IMMIGRATION REFORM of Allegiance, as follows: lican leader, the Senate will be in a pe- Mr. REID. Mr. President, the late co- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the riod of morning business until noon, median Leslie Nielsen said: ‘‘Doing United States of America, and to the Repub- with the time equally divided and con- nothing is very hard to do . you lic for which it stands, one nation under God, trolled between the two leaders or indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. never know when you’re finished.’’ Per- their designees. haps that is the case with the Repub- f ORDER OF PROCEDURE lican-controlled House of Representa- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- tives. They just don’t know when to PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE sent that the previous order with re- finish doing nothing on immigration spect to the Krause nomination be reform. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The modified so that the Senate will pro- Today marks the 365th day that the clerk will please read a communication ceed to executive session at 11:45 a.m. tea party-driven House of Representa- to the Senate from the President pro and vote on the motion to invoke clo- tives has sat on their hands refusing to tempore (Mr. LEAHY). ture on the Krause nomination, with fix our broken immigration system. The assistant legislative clerk read all previous provisions remaining in ef- The Senate was able to pass immigra- the following letter. fect. tion reform 52 weeks ago because both U.S. SENATE, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Democrats and Republicans in the Sen- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, pore. Without objection, it is so or- ate understood the urgent need to Washington, DC, June 26, 2014. To the Senate: dered. amend our Nation’s immigration laws. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, Mr. REID. At 11:45 a.m., the Senate Yet for 12 months—52 weeks—radical of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby will vote on the nomination of Cheryl Republicans in the House have refused appoint the Honorable JOHN E. WALSH, a Ann Krause to be U.S. circuit judge, to address the real issues affecting the ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S4095 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:28 Jun 27, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.000 S26JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S4096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2014 American immigration system. Instead have just explained, there are 11 mil- RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER of obsessing over the President’s depor- lion people, and they play a crucial The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tation policies, they should pass this part in our economy and the commu- pore. The Republican leader is recog- legislation. They have made it clear nities where they live. I don’t know nized. they will not act on immigration re- why the House Republicans don’t real- MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS form until they can trust the Presi- ize that. If they did, they would be Mr. MCCONNELL. Yesterday I talked dent—whatever that means—to enforce working to fix our immigration sys- about how supposedly moderate Senate the law. tem. Democrats are supposedly incapable of The bill that passed the Senate 52 Waiting 52 weeks? They have done advancing important policies they weeks ago has the most stringent bor- nothing for 365 days. They claim to be claim to support, policies such as ap- der security measures in the history of working on jobs bills and legislation to proving the Keystone Pipeline. These the world. What we have agreed to do reduce the debt. If that is the case, why Senate Democrats just can’t stop talk- with the border is unbelievable. So any don’t they do something about raising ing about how much they love Key- complaint about border security is just the minimum wage? Why don’t they do stone. Yet they will not stop enabling not well taken. something about extended unemploy- their own Democratic leadership to It appears to me the Republicans ment benefits? Why don’t they do block approval of this shovel-ready, want more deportations and more fam- something about making it so my job-creation project. They have been ilies torn apart. Do they also want daughter, my wife, and daughters and doing so for years now. So it is hard to more debt? Immigration reform will re- wives and mothers all over America get take what they say very seriously. duce the debt by $1 trillion. Is the im- paid for doing the same work men do? That is true when it comes to the migration platform by the extremists That would be good for the economy. Obama administration’s war on coal in the Republican Party to deport first How about student debt. Why don’t jobs too. Some of our friends on the and find solutions later or never? I they do something about the debt stu- other side want their constituents to guess that is what it is. dents have—$1.3 trillion. think they will stand up to this elitist Recently, Republican Congressman Yesterday or the day before Senator war on middle-class jobs. These Sen- DARRELL ISSA circulated a letter de- DURBIN spoke about a company that ators want everyone to believe they are manding that President Obama end a went bankrupt. They have one school opposed to this administration’s waves program that prevents young people in Nevada. It is a for-profit school that of job-killing energy regulations. with longstanding ties to America from has been ripping off young men and The truth is it is just the opposite. being deported. He offers no plan to women—some not so young—for years. These Democratic Senators say they solve our Nation’s immigration quan- Senator DURBIN said more than 90 per- are ready to stand and fight, but when dary or to keep families together—just cent of all the income that institution push comes to shove we can’t find them anywhere. Instead, we continually see more deportations. got came from Federal loans, and the There is not anyone who believes this default rate is extremely high. Why them supporting the majority leader country can fiscally or physically de- don’t we do something about student and the Democratic Senate leadership port 11 million people.