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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 113 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013 No. 112 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was Senator from the Commonwealth of Massa- SCHEDULE called to order by the Honorable ED- chusetts, to perform the duties of the Chair. PATRICK J. LEAHY, Mr. REID. Following leader remarks WARD J. MARKEY, a Senator from the the Senate will resume consideration Commonwealth of Massachusetts. President pro tempore. Mr. MARKEY thereupon assumed the of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations PRAYER chair as Acting President pro tempore. bill. At about 10:45 there will be a roll- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f call vote in relation to the Paul fered the following prayer: amendment. As I have indicated to him Let us pray. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY and others, we will probably move to God of grace, glory, and power, the LEADER table that. That will be up to the two battle belongs to You. Forgive us for managers of the bill, but I understand The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- fearing the future, forgetting how You that is what they are going to do—or pore. The majority leader is recog- have led us in the past. Forgive us also someone will do. nized. for our haste to paint a caricature of Following disposition of the Paul the many because of the mistakes of f amendment, the Senate will proceed to the few. Lord, remind us that fierce executive session to consider the Jones winds bring no anxiety to those who RECOGNIZING SENATOR MARKEY nomination to be Director of the ATF. keep theirs eyes on You. We will do this vote just as quickly as Lord, today, imbue our lawmakers Mr. REID. Mr. President, just a brief I can work out an appropriate time and the members of their staffs with word or two about the Presiding Offi- with the Republican leader. Your wisdom, that they may know the cer. When he took the oath to become Yesterday I filed cloture on the road to take. Sustain those who coura- a Senator, we had a lot of things going THUD bill. As a result, the filing dead- geously bear the burdens of the on here. I did not have the opportunity line for all first-degree amendments on marginalized. to say as much about him as I would that bill is 1 p.m. today. We pray in Your great Name. Amen. have liked because we were in the thralls of a real battle that we seem to f f have resolved. MEASURE PLACED ON THE I do not know if there is anyone in CALENDAR—S. 1392 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE my 31 years of Congress who has been The Presiding Officer led the Pledge better prepared to be a Senator than Mr. REID. I am told S. 1392 is at the of Allegiance, as follows: the Senator from Massachusetts who desk and due for a second reading. If that is true, I ask the clerk to report I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the now is the Presiding Officer. His stun- United States of America, and to the Repub- ning record has already been estab- the same. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, lished with his work in the Senate. I The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. have, from afar, admired this good man pore. The clerk will read the bill by and for 4 years up close when I served title for the second time. f in the House with him. His work for The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING the environment has been unparalleled. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE His is one of the rare voices that have A bill (S. 1392) to promote energy savings for many years understood the dangers in residential buildings and industry, and for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of nuclear waste. He has been aware of other purposes. clerk will please read a communication the benefits of nuclear power but also Mr. REID. Mr. President, I object to to the Senate from the President pro the dangers. any further proceedings on this bill at tempore (Mr. LEAHY). There is a long re´sume´ the Presiding this time. The assistant legislative clerk read Officer has. I want the record to reflect The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the following letter: that I am terribly impressed with the pore. Objection having been heard, the U.S. SENATE, work he has already done in the House bill will be placed on the calendar. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, and will be even more impressed with Washington, DC, July 31, 2013. f the work he will do here in the Senate. To the Senate: THE TAX CODE Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, The people of Massachusetts are very of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby fortunate in having the Presiding Offi- Mr. REID. Mr. President, when Presi- appoint the Honorable EDWARD J. MARKEY, a cer from Massachusetts. dent Obama proposed a plan yesterday ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S6083 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:03 Oct 04, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JUL2013\S31JY3.REC S31JY3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 31, 2013 to simplify our corporate Tax Code and We have already cut the deficit in they are threatening to shut the gov- lower rates for businesses, I expected half over the last 3 years—that is the ernment down if they are not allowed Republicans all over the country but yearly deficit—and we have already to break their word. That is what this especially here in Congress to jump for saved $2.6 trillion from the accumu- appropriations debate we are having is joy. I think there are many people lated debt. Democrats know there is all about. It is about an attempt to around the country who were satisfied more to be done. We certainly do. But blow up an important bipartisan and happy, but the Republican leader- we will not agree to any plan that bal- achievement by busting the spending ship in the Congress surprised me and I ances the budget by killing jobs even caps to which both parties already think a lot of people by their reaction. more than already and whacking the agreed. Just a few months ago Leader MCCON- middle class, and that is while holding Republicans do not believe we should NELL signaled he would be open to a the richest individuals and corpora- be breaking our commitments to the plan to reform the Tax Code. This is tions harmless. American people, and breaking com- what he said: Democrats believe we must offset the mitments in order to overspend, as Democrats propose, seems like an even I’m told President Obama is going to come harsh spending cuts of the last few out for lowering the corporate tax rate. To years with job creation that puts the worse reason for them to shut down the the extent he wants to do some of these middle class back on track. To get the government. So I hope they will not. I things, our answer is going to be yes. economy back to full steam, we should hope they will think about the ‘‘third It is amazing how quickly his answer be making targeted investments in way’’ offer we have made to them too— went from yes to no, no. Republicans areas such as infrastructure and edu- that we would happily discuss exchang- have favored corporate tax reform for cation—things that have always helped ing some of the particular cuts they do not like for government reforms, the decades. We have heard them say so. America grow and succeed. kinds of innovative ideas that can get This was one of the mantras during the f our economy back on track and our Presidential campaign. But now that RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY government back in the black not just President Obama is proposing it, Re- LEADER in the immediate term but over the publicans are opposing it. long haul. This policy discussion has The President’s thoughtful approach The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. The Republican leader is recog- never been more relevant, especially would couple lower tax rates, corporate when we look at what is happening in nized. tax rates, with investments in job-cre- Detroit and what is happening in Eu- ating measures, such as roads and f rope, when we realize that the real- bridges and dams, worker training pro- PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP world consequences of putting off re- grams, and manufacturing incentives. form are no longer just abstract or hy- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, you He was in the State of Tennessee pothetical, they are here, they are real, when he made this announcement. know there is not much to say about the President’s speech yesterday other and they are now. They are a picture book as to how cor- The experts tell us that the United than that he actually retreated from porate interests there can really move States is already on a completely previous commitments to a more bi- on. They have done a great job in Ten- unsustainable fiscal trajectory and partisan, revenue-neutral corporate tax nessee, and I would bet that at every that we need to make some big changes corporation in Tennessee they were reform and then tried to sell that rejec- today if we want to avoid a similar elated to hear what President Obama tion of bipartisanship as some ‘‘grand fate.
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