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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 112 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 158 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 No. 64 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was COONS, a Senator from the State of Dela- A bill (H.R. 4628) to extend student loan in- called to order by the Honorable CHRIS- ware, to perform the duties of the Chair. terest rates for undergraduate Federal Di- TOPHER A. COONS, a Senator from the DANIEL K. INOUYE, rect Stafford Loans. State of Delaware. President pro tempore. A bill (H.R. 4849) to direct the Secretary of Mr. COONS thereupon assumed the the Interior to issue commercial use author- chair as Acting President pro tempore. izations to commercial stock operators for PRAYER operations in designated wilderness within The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Parks, and for other purposes. Let us pray. LEADER Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ob- O Lord, our refuge and strength, You The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ject to further proceedings with respect have called our Senators to this place pore. The majority leader. to each of these bills. and time. May they be mindful of the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- responsibility to be faithful stewards of f pore. Objection is heard. The bills will their vocation. Protect them in the SCHEDULE be placed on the calendar under rule hour of temptation so that they will Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate XIV. exercise self-control and glorify You. is now considering the motion to pro- f Lord, use their talents and skills to ceed to the Stop Student Loan Interest STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES strengthen our Nation and to bless the Rate Hike Act. The time until noon people of our world. Infuse them with will be divided between the two parties, Mr. REID. Mr. President, over the such a spirit of gratitude that they will with the majority controlling the first last 2 weeks, Senate Republicans have offer thanks to You by living according 30 minutes and the Republicans con- repeatedly claimed they support efforts to Your will. Remind them that You trolling the second 30 minutes. to keep interest rates low for Federal are with them and will guide them. At noon there will be a cloture vote student loans. In fact, Presidential We pray in Your sovereign Name. on the motion to proceed to S. 2343, nominee Mr. Romney has said the Amen. which is the Stop Student Loan Inter- same. There is only one way to prove est Rate Hike Act. Following that this, and that is to end the needless fil- f vote, the Senate will recess until 2:15 ibuster of Democrats’ plan to stop rates from doubling this summer. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE p.m. to allow for our weekly caucus meetings. Democrats have proposed legislation The Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. COONS to freeze student loan interest rates at led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: f current levels for a year without add- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the MEASURES PLACED ON THE CAL- ing a single penny to the deficit. Our United States of America, and to the Repub- ENDAR—H.R. 2050, H.R. 2240, H.R. plan adds no new taxes. I repeat, Mr. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, 4628, AND H.R. 4849 President: Our plan adds no new taxes. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I under- It would simply stop wealthy Ameri- f stand there are four bills at the desk cans from avoiding the taxes they al- due for a second reading, and I would ready owe. Our legislation would pre- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING ask the Chair to move these forward. vent 7 million students from paying PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- $1,000 more over the life of each of their loans. Yet Republicans appear poised The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pore. The clerk will report the bills by to filibuster this worthy measure. They clerk will please read a communication title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: are sending a clear message they would to the Senate from the President pro A bill (H.R. 2050) to authorize the contin- rather protect wealthy tax dodgers— tempore (Mr. INOUYE). ued use of certain water diversions located and that is what they are—than help The legislative clerk read the fol- on National Forest System land in the promising students achieve their lowing letter: Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness dreams of higher education. U.S. SENATE, and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the Republicans will try to explain away PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, State of Idaho, and for other purposes. their ‘‘no’’ votes by claiming they op- Washington, DC, May 8, 2012. A bill (H.R. 2240) to authorize the exchange To the Senate: of land or interest in land between Lowell pose the way the legislation is paid for. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, National Historical Park and the city of They propose radical cuts to a preven- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachu- tive health care fund instead—a pro- appoint the Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. setts, and for other purposes. posal they know we oppose. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S2933 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:44 May 09, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08MY6.000 S08MYPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 8, 2012 Mr. President, we have already cut have indicated, difficult cuts to this didn’t even show up for the vote. Never that plan to the bare bones. We have program. We cannot afford to make mind the fact that Democrats have used this on other programs to cut and more drastic cuts that would put known this problem was coming for lit- we have done it in the right way. Any Americans’ health at risk. erally years but deliberately waited fluff that was in that program is gone. While we do not support Republicans’ until 2 months before their temporary Some say we have cut far too much out plan to cut programs that combat dia- fix was due to expire to do anything of it. betes, heart disease, or cancer, we are about it. The prevention fund is, as we speak, happy if they want a vote on some al- Never mind any of that. What mat- helping States fight chronic illnesses ternative. But let us get on this bill. ters now for Democrats is they find a such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, Republicans need to stop filibustering way to drive a wedge between Repub- and diabetes. These chronic diseases I our legislation—in this instance, the licans and a constituency they are have just mentioned are responsible for Stop Student Loan Interest Rate Hike looking to court ahead of the Novem- 7 out of 10 deaths in America today. Act. If they want some other way to ber elections. That is what today’s vote Imagine, 7 out of 10 deaths are caused pay for it, let us take a look at it. Let is all about for them. from heart disease, cancer, stroke, and them offer it. The stakes are too high For Republicans, well, we don’t think diabetes. Yet Republicans want to use to let partisanship get in the way. young people should have to suffer any this program to pay for the student The average student graduates with more than they already are as a result loan interest rate stabilization—a pro- $25,000 in debt. These young people are of this President’s failure to turn the gram that stops these diseases from running up these loans because they economy around. We just disagree we going forward. It is a preventive pro- want to, because education is so impor- should pay for a fix by diverting $6 bil- gram. tant in our country. But too many lion from Medicare and raising taxes These diseases are responsible for young people are putting off buying a on the very businesses we are counting three-quarters of the Nation’s health house, starting a family, or opening a on to hire these young people. care spending. So anything we can do business because they are saddled with But as I said, solving the problem to cut those back is the right thing to this crushing student loan debt. We isn’t what this is about for Senate Democrats and the White House they do. Common sense indicates we need to don’t need to load that burden even are coordinating with. Finding a solu- be treating those 26 million Americans more. Democrats are determined to tion to this problem actually isn’t dif- with diabetes. Around America today protect millions of students from in- ficult at all. What is difficult is getting there are 26 million people who are creasing interest rates—almost 30,000 Democrats to agree to it in an election taking medicine for diabetes, and it is in Nevada alone. year. For them, it is about putting the sad to say that includes a rapidly grow- If Republicans truly share our goal, ing number of children. These 26 mil- other party on the spot.
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