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, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011 No. 70 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, May 23, 2011, at 2 p.m. Senate THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011 The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE appreciate very much, every day, his called to order by the Honorable TOM The Honorable TOM UDALL led the prayer and the prayer this morning by UDALL, a Senator from the State of Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: our guest Chaplain, which was a very New Mexico. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the nice prayer, very thoughtful, and out- United States of America, and to the Repub- lines what our country is all about. I PRAYER lic for which it stands, one nation under God, appreciate that very much. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today’s indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. opening prayer will be offered by Rev. f f Dr. Robert K. Schomp, transitional pastor of Bethany Christian Church in APPOINTMENT OF ACTING SCHEDULE Tulsa, OK. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The guest Chaplain offered the fol- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. REID. Mr. President, following lowing prayer: clerk will please read a communication any leader remarks, the Senate will be Let us pray. to the Senate from the President pro in morning business until 11 a.m., with God of many names and faiths, we tempore (Mr. INOUYE). the majority controlling the first half praise You for the freedom of religious The legislative clerk read the fol- and the Republicans controlling the expression which allows us to worship lowing letter: final half. At 11 a.m., the Senate will You in the temples, mosques, syna- U.S. SENATE, be in executive session to consider the gogues, and churches of our Nation. To PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, nomination of Goodwin Liu to be a You belong all realms, all power, and Washington, DC, May 19, 2011. U.S. circuit judge for the Ninth Cir- all glory. Yet in this Nation of immi- To the Senate: cuit, with the time until 2 p.m. equally grants, the United States of America, Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, divided and controlled. At about 2 p.m., You have given us the freedom to es- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby there will be a rollcall vote on the mo- tablish our own government in order to appoint the Honorable TOM UDALL, a Senator from the State of New Mexico, to perform tion to invoke cloture on the Liu nomi- defend and oversee the rights and wel- the duties of the Chair. nation. fare of our citizens. DANIEL K. INOUYE, Today, we pray for this august body, President pro tempore. f the U.S. Senate, whom we the people Mr. UDALL of New Mexico thereupon have chosen to share in the leadership assumed the chair as Acting President MEASURE PLACED ON THE of our country. We pray for Your as- pro tempore. sistance for these privileged women CALENDAR—S. 1022 and men. Bless them with the stamina, f Mr. REID. Mr. President, S. 1022 is at the toughness, and the integrity to RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY the desk and is due for a second read- fight for what is right and honorable in LEADER ing. Your sight. Instill in them the desire The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- for unity within diversity, the will to pore. The majority leader is recog- pore. The clerk will read the title of overcome racism and bigotry, the cour- nized. the bill for the second time. age to break down dividing walls of f hostility, the ability to hear and re- The legislative clerk read as follows: spect the voices of those who disagree WELCOMING THE GUEST CHAPLAIN A bill (S. 1022) to extend expiring provi- with them, and the determination to sions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement work with each other for justice, free- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I see our es- and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the In- dom, and peace. Amen. teemed Chaplain in the Chamber. We telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S3119 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:36 Feb 15, 2012 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\S19MY1.REC S19MY1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 19, 2011 Act of 2004 until December 31, 2014, and for I ask my good friend, the Senator even put up a budget. They have not other purposes. from Utah, the ranking Republican on done that in the last couple of years. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I object to the Finance Committee, my former Without a budget, we don’t have any- any further proceedings with respect to chairman in the Judiciary Committee, thing to debate and analyze. this bill. if the American people were polled, Mr. SESSIONS. I ask Senator HATCH, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- how many does the Senator think for the people who may not under- pore. Objection is heard. would say the Senate should not pass a stand, it is the chairman’s responsi- The bill will be placed on the cal- budget? bility to call a hearing and to begin a endar. Mr. HATCH. That is a good question. markup, and the minority is not able Mr. REID. Mr. President, will the The distinguished ranking member of to call the committee into effect. So Chair announce morning business, the Budget Committee has asked a fun- we do have to look to the chairman, please. damental question. The answer, to me, and probably the chairman would oper- and I think everybody else, is as clear ate in relation to the majority leader f as a bell: The American people over- to call the committee into session; is RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME whelmingly expect the Senate to do that right? Mr. HATCH. There is no question The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the people’s business. First, we have to about it. The chairman has the respon- pore. Under the previous order, the get our fiscal house in order. The sibility for holding hearings that lead leadership time is reserved. House has taken the first step. The folks in Utah have dealt with their up to a budget resolution, the struc- f family budgets, business budgets, and ture of the budget resolution, in ac- MORNING BUSINESS government budgets, and they rightly cordance with his party’s belief, it ask that the Senate do exactly the seems to me, and then bringing it up in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- committee where both sides can argue pore. Under the previous order, the same. Mr. SESSIONS. One reason it is so about it and both sides have the right Senate will be in a period of morning important to have an honest, open to amend and improve it. Then they business until 11 a.m., with Senators budget process is that budgets are so can bring it to the Senate floor. But permitted to speak therein for up to 10 easy to manipulate and spend. The they don’t do that. Then they wonder minutes each, with the time equally di- President, in proposing a budget some- why we are in such fiscal difficulties. vided and controlled between the two time ago, said his budget called on I know the distinguished Senator leaders or their designees, with the ma- America to live within its means and from Alabama understands this fully as jority controlling the first half and the ‘‘not add more to the debt.’’ That was the ranking member on the Budget Republicans controlling the final half. the President’s own statement. In fact, Committee. Having also been chairman Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a his budget doubles the debt in 10 years, of the Judiciary Committee, frankly, I quorum. am concerned about it—and I think ev- producing annual deficits each year, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- erybody is concerned—because they the lowest of which never once fell pore. The clerk will call the roll. don’t want to come up with a budget, below $748 billion. In fact, that would The legislative clerk proceeded to and there may be invalid reasons for average almost $1 trillion a year and call the roll. that. nowhere close to balancing. Mr. SESSIONS. The budget is fun- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask The CBO found numerous gimmicks damentally a plan, a vision for the fi- unanimous consent that the order for when they analyzed the President’s nancial future of America. It is as- the quorum call be rescinded. plan. They found that it contained an- tounding that the party in the major- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- other $2.3 trillion in deficits. It in- ity is not even prepared to say to the pore. Without objection, it is so or- creased the deficit. The President de- dered. American people—— livered a speech promising $4 trillion in Mr. HATCH. Will the Senator yield? Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask savings over 12 years. After his budget unanimous consent that Senator Mr. SESSIONS. Yes. was ill-received by objective com- Mr. HATCH. There is nothing more HATCH and I be able to speak in a col- mentators all over the country, edi- important in our lives now than com- loquy.