May 17, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6253 forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal NAYS—40 ant to the Presidential Assistant for year 2009 through 2012, having met, have Alexander Domenici McConnell National Security Affairs. General agreed that the Senate recede from its dis- Allard Ensign Murkowski Haig then moved up in 1970 to be Dep- agreement to the amendment of the House to Bennett Enzi Roberts uty National Security Advisor. Then in the text of the concurrent resolution, and Bond Graham Sessions agree to the same with an amendment, Bunning Grassley Shelby 1973–1974, he was White House Chief of signed by a majority of the conferees on the Burr Gregg Specter Staff and, following that, he had other Chambliss Hagel part of both Houses. Stevens important positions. Cochran Hutchison Thomas Coleman Inhofe General Scowcroft, while on active The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Thune Corker Isakson ate will proceed to the consideration of Vitter duty, was Deputy National Security Cornyn Kyl Voinovich Advisor from 1973 to 1975. Admiral John the conference report. Craig Lott (The conference report is printed in Crapo Lugar Warner Poindexter was National Security Ad- the proceedings of the House in the DeMint Martinez visor from 1983 to 1985, National Secu- RECORD of Wednesday, May 16, 2007, on NOT VOTING—8 rity Advisor from 1985 to 1986. Lieuten- page H5071 (Vol. 153, No. 81). Brownback Hatch Smith ant General Colin Powell was Deputy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Coburn Johnson Sununu National Security Advisor in 1987 and question is on agreeing to the con- Dole McCain then Colin Powell moved up to Na- ference report. The yeas and nays have The conference report was agreed to. tional Security Advisor from 1987 to been ordered. Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I 1989. The clerk will call the roll. move to reconsider the vote. I will have printed in the RECORD a The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that mo- list of those individuals who served our Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the tion on the table. Presidents in the past in a comparable Senator from South Dakota (Mr. JOHN- The motion to lay on the table was way. SON) is necessarily absent. agreed to. I think it would be advisable if the Mr. LOTT. The following Senators Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I President were to determine that Gen- are necessarily absent: the Senator just want to thank all my colleagues eral Lute would have an exemption, a from Kansas (Mr. BROWNBACK), the who supported this budget resolution. security exemption granted by the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN), It is a responsible first step to restor- President, such that he does not have the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. ing fiscal responsibility and meeting to respond to the committees of the DOLE), the Senator from Utah (Mr. the priority needs of the country. Congress, to come up as a witness. Oth- HATCH), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. I thank my colleagues, I thank the erwise, he should get an annex office up MCCAIN), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Chair, and I yield the floor. on Capitol Hill to respond to the many SMITH), and the Senator from New f inquiries that will be generated here on Hampshire (Mr. SUNUNU). GENERAL LUTE TO BE ASSISTANT the Hill and focused on General Lute to Further, if present and voting, the TO PRESIDENT make a response. I think he can be Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH) would more effective to the President if he is Mr. WARNER. Madam President, we have voted ‘‘nay’’. given that waiver authority. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there have seen recently where it is the in- tention of the President to designate I urge my colleagues to look with an any other Senators in the Chamber de- open mind at this nomination. I spoke siring to vote? Lieutenant General Lute to take a po- sition in the administration as an As- to Chairman LEVIN today. He indicated The result was announced—yeas 52, as soon as the papers were forwarded, nays 40, as follows: sistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and our committee, the Senate Armed [Rollcall Vote No. 172 Leg.] Afghanistan, as well as working with Services Committee, would review it in YEAS—52 the National Security Council. I have the context of our authority to review Akaka Feingold Nelson (FL) known this fine officer for some time. I the change of position and assignments Baucus Feinstein Nelson (NE) have done an overseas trip with him to of general and flag officers. It is in that Bayh Harkin Obama context that we would have a hearing Biden Inouye Pryor Africa. We went down to Liberia at a Bingaman Kennedy Reed time of great trouble down there with on this nomination. I hope thereafter Boxer Kerry Reid a change in the administration. I have we can report it to the floor and that Brown Klobuchar Rockefeller seen him working on the Joint Staff. I the Senate will act favorably upon it. Byrd Kohl Salazar Cantwell Landrieu I thank the Chair for its customary Sanders have had the opportunity to be briefed Cardin Lautenberg Schumer by him. I want to lend my strongest indulgence on this, and thank my col- Carper Leahy Snowe league from Connecticut. I ask unani- Casey Levin endorsement for this nomination. Clinton Lieberman Stabenow I also wish to have printed in the mous consent that list be printed in Collins Lincoln Tester RECORD the history of how active-duty the RECORD. Webb Conrad McCaskill military officers have been assistants There being no objection, the mate- Dodd Menendez Whitehouse Dorgan Mikulski Wyden to Presidents. I point out, from 1969 to rial was ordered to be printed in the Durbin Murray 1970, General Haig was Military Assist- RECORD, as follows:

Rank/name Position From To

GEN Alexander Haig ...... Military Assistant to the Presidential Assistant for National Security Affairs ...... 1969 1970 GEN Alexander Haig ...... Deputy National Security Advisor ...... 1970 1973 GEN Alexander Haig ...... White House Chief of Staff (Nixon) ...... 1973 1974 LTG Brent Scowcroft ...... Deputy National Security Advisor ...... 1973 1975 ADM John Poindexter ...... Deputy National Security Advisor ...... 1983 1985 ADM John Poindexter ...... National Security Advisor ...... 1985 1986 LTG Colin Powell, USA ...... Deputy National Security Advisor ...... 1987 1987 LTG Colin Powell, USA ...... National Security Advisor ...... 1987 1989 LTG Donald Kerrick, USAF ...... Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ...... 1997 1999 LTG Donald Kerrick, USAF ...... Deputy National Security Advisor ...... 2000 2000 GEN Michael Hayden, USAF ...... Director of Central Intelligence ...... 2006 Present

MORNING BUSINESS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask ator from Connecticut is recognized. ator from Florida is recognized. unanimous consent the Senate be in Mr. DODD. I thank the Chair. f morning business, and each Senator be (The remarks of Mr. DODD pertaining allowed to speak for no more than 10 to the submission of S. Res. 207 are lo- CONGRATULATING SENATOR minutes each. cated in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- CONRAD The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mission of Concurrent and Senate Res- Mr. NELSON of Florida. I congratu- objection, it is so ordered. olutions.’’) late Senator CONRAD, the chairman of

VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:10 Mar 13, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2007SENATE\S17MY7.REC S17MY7 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S6254 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 17, 2007 the Budget Committee, who has done BOXER, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. LIEBERMAN, agreement this year was where the ad- an absolutely masterful job in charting Mr. CARPER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. LAU- ministration started off in their pro- the boat of the Budget Committee TENBERG, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. posal, which acted as a marker in these through considerably hazardous VOINOVICH, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. VIT- negotiations. From the minute I saw waters, to be able to end up with a vote TER conferees on the part of the Sen- that proposal, it was clear to me we like he did today, 52 to 40, in the pas- ate. were no longer where we were last year sage of the budget. Mr. NELSON of Florida. I suggest the on this issue. It is a budget that clearly is trying absence of a quorum. Last year, we passed a bipartisan to accommodate enormous spending The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill, one that a majority of Americans that we have to do for the defense es- clerk will call the roll. could get behind. It was a historic ef- tablishment, for the national security The assistant legislative clerk pro- fort that joined 23 Republicans with 39 needs of this country, and at the same ceeded to call the roll. Democrats to address an issue of ur- time, to attack the issue of how we are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- gent national importance. The bill is going to pay for it. ator from New Jersey. the basis of what Majority Leader REID The reality is, there are certain taxes Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask has scheduled a cloture vote for next we recognize we are going to have to do unanimous consent that the order for Monday afternoon. I do hope we will be something about, because if we don’t, the quorum call be rescinded. able to get a vote to be able to con- it is going to hit the middle class. We The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tinue to proceed. I appreciate the ma- have to do something about the 10-per- objection, it is so ordered. jority leader making this issue a pri- cent level for the lower income group. f ority, having given us 2 months of lead We have to do something about the time, telling us a very significant part child tax credit. Since all of them are IMMIGRATION REFORM of the Senate’s calendar was being re- tax cuts, it is going to cost revenue. We Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, over served for this debate. I appreciate his even have to tackle the issue of the es- the coming week the Senate has a his- leadership in that regard. tate tax, trying to craft a compromise toric opportunity to move forward with However, unfortunately, the adminis- which in this bill allows for then the tough, smart, and fair comprehensive tration, along with several of our col- Finance Committee to approach an ex- immigration reform that secures our leagues on the other side of the aisle, emption of $3.5 million per person of borders, that ensures our economy con- decided to radically alter their views the estate tax and then reduce the tax tinues to thrive, that protects Amer- and began the process this year with a rate from 55 to 45 percent that the bal- ican workers, and that at the same far more impractical, in my mind, far ance of the estate would be taxed. That time undoes the process of committing more partisan proposal. Evidently, the would protect the family farms, the millions of people to languish in the White House convinced itself that it family businesses, the vast majority of darkness and be exploited, or we can must have the support of some Repub- them in the country. choose to abdicate our responsibilities lican Senators who opposed and worked I compliment the Senator from North and tacitly maintain the status quo of to defeat last year’s bill in order to Dakota, who has had to be so dextrous failed laws and a broken immigration pass something this year. Therefore, and so insightful. Every little jot and system that is weak enforcement, that the White House has proposed an immi- tittle, every nuance he has had to at- leaves our borders and our citizens un- gration reform plan that is far to the tend to. It is a real confirmation of his secured and at the same time permits right of the Senate’s passed bill of a ability that he gets a resounding vote human exploitation to continue. year ago. as he did today on passage of the budg- As a group, several Senators, includ- Let me tell you what I believe the et. ing myself, have been meeting and ne- principles should be as to how the Sen- I yield the floor. I suggest the ab- ate should guide itself as it debates sence of a quorum. gotiating on comprehensive immigra- tion reform over the past couple of next week. I believe any immigration The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. reform we pass must be tough in terms WHITEHOUSE). The clerk will call the months. I appreciate the President making Secretary Chertoff and Sec- of the security of our country, it must roll. be fair, it must be workable, it must be The assistant legislative clerk pro- retary Gutierrez available to try to comprehensive in nature; that pre- ceeded to call the roll. reach an agreement that would do serves, among other things, family val- Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- those things. ues, keeps us safe as a country, rewards dent, I ask unanimous consent the I have come, during the course of hard work and sacrifice, benefits all order for the quorum call be rescinded. that process with other colleagues, to a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without better understanding of my colleagues Americans, and promotes safe, legal, objection, it is so ordered. and their thoughts on this issue and orderly immigration. Now, I could not sign on to the agreement an- f through the many hours we have spent talking together about solving the im- nounced in principle earlier today be- APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES— cause, in my mind, it does not meet the migration problems, though I have not H.R. 2206 principles I just described. always agreed with them. I would like Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to believe our discussions were serious, Chair, as to H.R. 2206, appoints Mr. sent to just state that very briefly in thorough, and in good faith. At times Spanish. BYRD, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. REID, Mr. COCH- they were productive, at other times RAN, and Mr. MCCONNELL conferees on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without they hit obstacles, but when one con- objection, it is so ordered. the part of the Senate. siders the enormity of the task at Mr. NELSON of Florida. I suggest the Mr. MENENDEZ. (Speaking in Span- hand, along with what is at stake, one ish.) absence of a quorum. would have to be naive in thinking this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. President, what I just said is I would be an easy process. clerk will call the roll. could not sign on to the agreement an- The assistant legislative clerk pro- One thing we know for sure is that nounced in principle because it tears ceeded to call the roll. beginning next week, if cloture is in- families apart, and it says to many Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- voked, an immigrating bill, in some that they are only good enough to dent, I ask unanimous consent the form, will be considered on the floor of work here but not good enough to stay. order for the quorum call be rescinded. the Senate. I sincerely appreciate the Depending upon the category of indi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without commitment in regard to the time viduals, it levies rather high penalties objection, it is so ordered. spent and the thought invested on this and fines, and it does not provide the f issue from all sides involved. The confidentiality or judicial review nec- amount of work that has been put into essary to bring those people who are APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES— this effort represents the interest level, undocumented in the country out of H.R. 1495 not to mention the stakes. the shadows and into the light. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The I will say, however, that in large Now, I have serious concerns about Chair, as to H.R. 1495, appoints Mrs. part, part of the problem in getting the workability and the fairness of the

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