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Entire Issue (PDF) E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 No. 171 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. Senate WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was The bill clerk read the following let- The bill clerk proceeded to call the called to order by the Honorable ter: roll. KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, a Senator from U.S. SENATE, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, the State of New York. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, I ask unanimous consent that the order Washington, DC, November 9, 2011. for the quorum call be rescinded. PRAYER To the Senate: The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pore. Without objection, it is so or- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby dered. fered the following prayer: appoint the Honorable KIRSTEN E. GILLI- Let us pray. BRAND, a Senator from the State of New f Almighty and everlasting God, in- York, to perform the duties of the Chair. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY crease our faith, hope, and love. DANIEL K. INOUYE, LEADER Give our lawmakers more faith to President pro tempore. trust You when the skies are dark and Mrs. GILLIBRAND thereupon as- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to believe that in everything You are sumed the chair as Acting President pore. The Republican leader is recog- working for the good of those who love pro tempore. nized. You. Give them more hope to refuse to f f despair, to accept disappointments NET NEUTRALITY REGULATIONS without cynicism, and to experience RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, failure yet try again. Give them also MAJORITY LEADER later today the Senate will take up more love to be loyal to You, to per- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- S.J. Res. 6, Senator HUTCHISON’s reso- severe, though pressed by many a foe, pore. The Senator from Illinois is rec- lution of disapproval of the FCC’s net and to do unto others as they would ognized. neutrality regulations. I would like to have others do unto them. f start by thanking Senator HUTCHISON We pray in Your merciful Name. SCHEDULE Amen. for her leadership on this important Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, fol- issue. f lowing leader remarks, the Senate will While we all understand the impor- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE be in morning business for 70 minutes, tance of an open Internet, I think we The Honorable KIRSTEN E. GILLI- with the Republicans controlling the can also agree that the growth of the BRAND led the Pledge of Allegiance, as first 40 minutes and the majority con- Internet in the last 15 years is an follows: trolling the final 30 minutes. Following American success story that occurred absent any—any—heavyhanded regula- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the morning business, the Senate will con- United States of America, and to the Repub- sider the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. tion here in Washington. We should lic for which it stands, one nation under God, 6, regarding net neutrality, with up to think long and hard before we allow indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 4 hours of debate. Upon the use or unelected bureaucrats to tinker with it f yielding back of time, the Senate will now. resume debate on H.R. 674, the 3% Everywhere I go in Kentucky, I hear APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Withholding Repeal and Job Creation from businesses large and small that PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Act with the veterans jobs amendment. they are struggling to comply with the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Madam President, I suggest the ab- mountains of rules and regulations clerk will please read a communication sence of a quorum. coming out of Washington. At a time to the Senate from the President pro The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- when the private sector would like to tempore (Mr. INOUYE). pore. The clerk will call the roll. create jobs and grow the economy, it ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S7229 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:01 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09NO6.000 S09NOPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7230 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 9, 2011 seems as if too many here in Wash- opportunity to do the same. In order to sponsored on the Republican side by ington want to create regulations and protect the growth of the Internet and Senator HUTCHISON, among others, and grow government. So, like many Amer- its ability to create the jobs of the fu- on the Democratic side by Senator icans, I was heartened 2 months ago ture, I would encourage my colleagues PRYOR, among others. And Senator when the President came to the Capitol to support the Hutchison resolution. TOOMEY has a bill—S. 1825—to expand and laid out a very specific test for BIPARTISAN JOBS CREATION this legislation by applying it to busi- judging the merits of Federal regula- Madam President, I wish to speak nesses other than banks. tion. Like most of my colleagues, I ap- now on another issue. Now, we should take up these bills in plauded when the President told us When something good happens here the Senate and pass them as soon as that ‘‘we should have no more regula- in the Senate, I think it is important possible with the same show of bipar- tion than the health, safety and secu- that we all acknowledge it. So I would tisan support the two parties mustered rity of the American people require. like to start this morning by thanking on behalf of H.R. 1965 last week. Just Every rule should meet that common- our friends on the other side for finally like the bipartisan House-passed jobs sense test.’’ agreeing to join us in making some bill I highlighted yesterday, H.R. 1965 As it turns out, the FCC didn’t get progress on the nearly two dozen bipar- passed the House last week with nearly the memo. The net neutrality regula- tisan jobs bills the House has already unanimous support. The vote was 420 to tions we are debating today clearly fail passed, and I want to urge them to 2, with 184 Democrats voting in sup- that commonsense test. They are a so- keep at it, to keep pressing ahead with port. Only 2 people out of the entire lution in search of a problem. It is an jobs bills both parties will actually 435-Member House voted against the overreaching attempt to fix the Inter- support. That way, we will show the bill. The President’s jobs council has en- net when the Internet is not broken. American people we are capable of ac- dorsed the idea, and top Democrats According to the FCC’s own data, 93 complishing something together up have been vocal proponents of this leg- percent of broadband subscribers are here when it comes to jobs. islation proposed by House Repub- happy with their service. If Americans For months, House Republicans have licans. weren’t happy with their provider or been executing on a plan to identify Here is House minority leader Con- felt the provider was favoring some ideas which would not only help spur gressman HOYER on H.R. 1965 just last form of content over others, they could private sector job creation but which week: switch providers. But now the FCC says would also attract strong bipartisan We need to see lending to small businesses its regulations are necessary because of support. For weeks, I have been urging and homeowners, but they’re hamstrung in what might happen in the future—what the Democratic majority in the Senate their attempt to raise capital by outdated might happen in the future—if to take up these bills so they can be- SEC registration requirements. broadband providers have incentives to come law. I completely agree with STENY favor one type of content over another, This week, Senate Democrats finally HOYER. despite the fact that after 15 years, agreed to move ahead with two of these Here is Congresswoman SHEILA JACK- there is no evidence of this occurring bipartisan proposals—a repeal of the 3- SON LEE: in any significant way. If Internet pro- percent withholding rule that would Small businesses need access to loans and viders were so interested in doing this, ease the burden on government con- other lines of credit in order to build their wouldn’t they have done it by now? In- tractors and a veterans bill which not businesses and to create jobs. Before us is a stead, the FCC has exceeded its author- only helps returning service men and measure that would allow small businesses ity to grow the reach of government women find jobs but which also helps to get the support they need. under the guise of fixing a problem those who hire them. Neither of these I completely agree with Congress- that doesn’t even exist. bills is going to solve the jobs crisis, woman SHEILA JACKSON LEE. Look, it So why should this matter to any- but they will help a lot of Americans is not every day that Congresswoman one? Simply, the growth of the Inter- who deserve it, and they will go a long JACKSON LEE and I agree on legislation.
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