E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 No. 138 Senate The Senate met at 2:15 p.m. and was Mr. DURBIN. It is my understanding hours can make when a Senator is will- called to order by the President pro the Senator from Louisiana has a ing to stand up and speak and lead. My tempore (Mr. LEAHY). unanimous consent request. leadership didn’t give me permission to f Ms. LANDRIEU. I ask unanimous do this. Nobody asked me to do it. And consent to have up to 5 minutes. I waited for MITCH MCCONNELL and PRAYER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without JOHN CORNYN to call for a vote on the The guest Chaplain, Dr. George S. objection, it is so ordered. Keystone Pipeline, and neither one of Dillard III, pastor of Peachtree City f them did. Christian Church of Peachtree City, I would like to read what Leader KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE GA, offered the following prayer: MCCONNELL said yesterday because at Let us pray. Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I 4:00 he is going to come to the floor and Father, You are the maker of us all. note that we are going to have some try to convince us he said something You are sovereign over every nation. discussions between the leaders about else. But the reporters have the You are the giver of wisdom, and Your the agenda coming up. I would like to RECORD, I have the transcript, and I am wisdom teaches all of us and most cer- take a few minutes to make it per- going to take just a minute to read it tainly our leaders in this Senate, whom fectly clear that I think one of the first now. I lead in prayer today. steps we need to take to assure voters I am going to get to that in just 1 I ask You to help them to heed Your that we have heard the message and second because I have it, but I am wisdom which teaches all of us to be that I myself have heard that message going to paraphrase it now while the humble, to help them seek humility, to is to get our work done on the floor of staff brings it to me. be honest with themselves first, then the Senate. MITCH MCCONNELL came to the each other and then us, to be just and I am a centrist. I am a proud cen- floor—and I was here when he spoke, so seek justice for all. Teach them to hun- trist. The record expresses that I am a I know it pretty well—he came to the ger and thirst for righteousness and centrist. As I have said a thousand floor, and then he took a few bows for not self-righteousness, to embrace re- times on the floor and 10,000 times at the win, and then he said there is some pentance when they fall. Most of all, home, I have been part of the coalition work we need to do in this lameduck teach them to walk in integrity and that has helped make this place work session. He did not mention the Key- not to fear accountability and most of when it did, and I have been part of the stone Pipeline. It is not in the tran- all to seek unity and not position. coalition that has tried to make this script. He said three things: He said Have mercy on us. Give us grace. Thy place work even when it didn’t. The something about the budget, he said Kingdom come, thy will be done on record is clear. I don’t have to say something about retroactive taxes, and Earth, in this Nation, and in this Sen- more about that. he said a third thing. I will read the ate, as it is in Heaven. But yesterday when I arrived in transcript into the RECORD in just a Through Jesus, I lift this prayer to Washington thinking that it would be a minute. You, O God. very good time to begin our work and So I waited patiently, hoping he Amen. came to the Senate floor, I was actu- would say something about the Key- f ally very surprised that neither leader stone Pipeline since it was talked on either side—neither HARRY REID nor about a lot on the campaign trail last PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MITCH MCCONNELL—was prepared to year, but he didn’t. He said that he has The President pro tempore led the move us to a vote that is so obvious his agenda and that it was clear there Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: that we should do and has been obvious were a few things we had to do in the I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the for a long time, and that vote is on the lameduck, but the Keystone Pipeline United States of America, and to the Repub- Keystone Pipeline. wasn’t one of them. So I was dis- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, As chair of the energy committee, I appointed. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. moved this out of my committee I had to wait for the second leader on f months ago—I said I would, and I did— the Republican side, JOHN CORNYN, to and worked every day that I could to speak. There is a likely transcript that RECOGNITION OF THE ASSISTANT get this vote up on the Senate floor. he has—here it is. Here is the McCon- MAJORITY LEADER I wish to submit for the RECORD and nell transcript. This is what Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. talk for a few minutes about it because MCCONNELL said yesterday. This is 24 HIRONO). The assistant Democratic I came here at 2:00 yesterday—it has hours later, after this Senator stood on leader is recognized. been 24 hours. What a difference 24 the floor and made some pretty pointed ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S5961 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:43 Nov 14, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A13NO6.000 S13NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S5962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 13, 2014 remarks about the leadership on both once. I am the Senator who came to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there sides here. This is 24 hours later. But this floor as chair of the energy com- objection? this is what Leader MCCONNELL said mittee to say: Let’s get our business Without objection, it is so ordered. yesterday: done; let’s start now. And that is what In the weeks that remain in this Congress, we are going to do. I am glad we are f we should work to accomplish the essential going to be voting very soon. task of funding the Congress and preventing I yield the floor. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME retroactive tax increases. We must address The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the expiring authority passed earlier this ator from Georgia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under session for the Department of Defense to Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, the previous order, the leadership time train and equip moderate, vetted Syrian op- is reserved. position, and we must continue to support I ask unanimous consent to speak for the efforts to address the Ebola crisis. up to 3 minutes. f No mention of Keystone. Not one. If The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I were the leader of the majority party objection, it is so ordered. EXECUTIVE SESSION and came back and said there is some f unfinished business, after talking in- WELCOMING THE GUEST cessantly about Keystone for the last 6 CHAPLAIN DR. GEORGE DILLARD years, the first thing I would do is Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, NOMINATION OF RANDOLPH D. say—— I rise today to welcome my friend and MOSS TO BE UNITED STATES The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fellow Georgian, Dr. George Dillard— DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DIS- ator’s time has expired. TRICT OF COLUMBIA Ms. LANDRIEU. I ask unanimous who is the senior minister at the consent for 5 more minutes. Peachtree City Christian Church in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Peachtree City, GA—as he prayed so objection? eloquently, as is our tradition here in NOMINATION OF LEIGH MARTIN Without objection, it is so ordered. the Senate. I am very pleased Dr. Dil- MAY TO BE UNITED STATES DIS- Ms. LANDRIEU. We can have a short lard had a chance to come join us TRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTH- Thanksgiving break. We don’t have to today. ERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA have a long break for Christmas. The He and his wife Renee have been mar- ried for 26 years and have three chil- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under problem is we haven’t been working. the previous order, the Senate will pro- Here is my list. He mentioned three dren: Tiffany, Alexis, and Stewart. I ceed to executive session to consider things; Keystone was not on them. appreciate them sharing him with us the following nominations, which the Then, to shorten this, JOHN CORNYN, today. the Senator from Texas, came to the George has been my dear friend for clerk will report. floor and he gave a very long list. He many years. I have had the oppor- The legislative clerk read the nomi- did in fact mention Keystone, but it tunity to pray with him in public, pray nations of Randolph D.