Cspan. Org. On cspan2 the ascendant returning from their memorial day break. Gaveling in momentarily to take up a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of jerusalem. With the vote on the resolution scheduled for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Mighty god, the source of all life and the light of all seeing, lift our thoughts from the smallness of our labors to the greatness of your majesty. We pray for the victims of the terrorism in the united kingdom. Teach our lawmakers to love in the presence of hate, to forgive in the presence of injustice, and to illuminate in the presence of darkness. Make them light bearers in the midst of the darkness, as they strive to live lives that reflect your glory. Lord, may the promise of your love be experienced in all of their relationships. Be for us all a helper and a shelter in the time of storm. And lord, we thank you for the life and legacy of jim bundting. We pray in your righteous name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , june 5, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable todd young, a senator from the state of indiana, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to consideration of s. Res. 176 which the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 107, Senate Resolution 176, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of jerusalem. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 5 30 p. M. Will be equally divided in the usual form. If no one yields time, the time will be charged equally. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Schumer i would ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer mr. President , let me First Express the profound sadness that we all felt this past week about the terrorist attacks in london. My heart is with the people of that great city, with the victims of this string of attacks and their families. They are all in our prayers. You know, i walked the morning after the attack, i was walking down a street in new york and i saw a husband and wife. They looked like out of towners, three beautiful little girls, and the girls were skipping along happily. They were with their parents. When they are little, they get so happy. I thought god, what if a bomb blew up and killed them like killed there. It just got to me. So we really feel for these people who were just taken from us much too soon by vicious, almost inexplicable viciousness. In the moment of trial for one of our fiercest friends and allies, the United States also stands shoulder to shoulder with the citizens of the u. K. And are joined to fight against terrorists and those who support them. We wish a swift recovery to the injured, comfort to the victims and their families. We certainly hope that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice. Now, on infrastructure, mr. President , another matter. We know President Trump will spend this week unveiling his infrastructure proposal in several phases. Well have to wait and see what the full details of the plan are before we judge it, but we democrats welcome a discussion on infrastructure. We believe the federal government ought to invest more, not less in rebuilding our roads and bridges and highways, our schools and electric grids, our water and sewer systems. We should be investing in expanding broadband which is so vital for our rural areas and a number of urban areas that are still underserved. So we have several concerns about the president s upcoming proposal, considering the president actually cut Infrastructure Investment significantly in his Budget Proposal to congress. How can you be for infrastructure and then cut all of these proposals in your budget, but thats what he did. Now, unfortunately, based on recent reports, the entire focus of the president s infrastructure proposal this week is on privatization, which sounds like a nice word, but when you scratch beneath the surface, it means much less construction and far fewer jobs, particularly in our rural areas. It also means trump tolls from one end of america to the other. If President Trump wants the private sector to finance the construction of infrastructure, its going to demand a price. Thats how the private sector works. The financiers will look to turn a profit. Lets remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. If the financiers put in money, theyre going to want to take it back. And how are they going to turn a profit on infrastructure . Tolls, tolls, and more tolls. Tolls paid by American Workers, salesmen, truck drivers, vacationers, commuters. Tolls paid by working families, middleclass families and consumers of all stripes. A private sectordriven infrastructure plan means tolls, tolls, tolls, paid by average working americans. It also means that infrastructure that cant be built with tolls like repairing our crumbling schools, for instance, will get left behind. Moreover, a scheme that relies on private investment will leave rural areas of america behind. My friend, the republican senator from wyoming, a member of the Republican Leadership, senator barrasso, who understands the needs of his very rural state said, quote, Funding Solutions that involve publicprivate partnerships do not work for rural areas. Thats not Chuck Schumer ebb speaking, schumer speaking, although new york has the Third Largest rural population in america. Thats senator barrasso speaking. Let me repeat what he said. Funding solutions that involve publicprivate partnerships do not work for rural areas. The republican senator from wyoming, saying an infrastructure proposal that involves privatization ignores a huge portion of the United States rural areas where Infrastructure Investment is greatly needed, when the republican senator says that, we all, all ought to Pay Attention at both ends of pennsylvania avenue. Privatization also ignores the ongoing maintenance needs of many of our nations more populated areas. Sure, maybe if the toll is high enough, a private company could build a shiny new bridge, but they wont do anything to fix the crumbling railroad switches, potholes and water main breaks that are plaguing so many of our cities, particularly in the older areas, the northeast, the midwest. One aspect the president highlighted today is privatizing our air control systems. This would put the same Airline Companies who have added baggage fees, change fees and shrunk leg room in charge of the air Traffic Control system. Worse still, it could let the airlines charge consumers even more than they charge now. If air Traffic Control is privatized, where are the protections for consumers . What will prevent costs of flying from going way up under under way up . Under a private system, what stops airlines from raising fees and taxes on consumers . So privatization, whether its for the construction of roads and bridges or in aviation, often leaves the average american with the short end of the stick and gives big corporations way too much power. So again, well wait and see what the president proposes. We want to discuss infrastructure. We want to work with them on infrastructure. But if its all or mostly privatization with minimal public investment, it wont be an effective way to rebuild our nations infrastructure. It will cost middleclass families more, and it wont create the kind of jobs our economy needs. Lets not forget the president proposed a trilliondollar infrastructure bill in the campaign. We democrats were encouraged to hear this. One of the first thing i talked with president elect trump about on the phone. But so far we have been disappointed since democrats put forward a real trilliondollar infrastructure plan that would create millions of jobs and actually fix our crumbling roads and bridges while investing in every corner of america. We stand ready and willing to work with the president on a real plan that actually achieves what he promised on the campaign trail, but, mr. President , if this week on infrastructure is all about privatization, its going to be another broken promise that President Trump made to the working people of america. Now, mr. President , later this week, the former f. B. I. Director james comey will be testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee. Im glad hes doing so in the open and on the record. I hope that hes as forthcoming as possible. Transparency and openness is absolutely vital if were to get to the bottom of the events of the past few months, and knowing james comey a little bit, transparency and openness have always been his way. I would expect that mr. Comeys appearance before the Senate Intelligence committee will not be his last appearance before congress. I know the Senate Judiciary committee has made a similar request of mr. Comey. I support their requests, and i hope he will go before them as well. Finally, mr. President , a few words about the Paris Climate Accord. I was deeply disappointed by President Trumps decision last week to start the process for withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, an agreement signed by every sovereign nation except syria and nicaragua. Nicaragua, by the way, because they thought the agreement didnt go far enough. The decision will ultimately be viewed the decision by President Trump to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord will be viewed as one of the worst decisions of the 21st century because of the huge damage it will do to our economy, our environment, our geopolitical standing. Pulling out of the Paris Agreement doesnt put america first. It puts america alone and last. It puts america last in recognizing science, in being a world leader in protecting our own communities and working in concert with the family of nations in safeguarding the planet we all inhabit for future generations. Climate change is an issue where time, unfortunately, is not on our side. Every year, we dont work towards lowering our Carbon Emissions standards is another year of irrevocable damage to the environment. Future generations will look back on this decision as a failure of historic proportions. President trumps decision to withdraw is also a sucker punch to American Workers who should be building the next generation of Wind Turbines and solar panels. Now other countries, including china, our economic rival, will seize the mantle of innovation and clean energy away from america. Listen to this. This is astounding to me. Just last month, ernst and young published the latest edition of a report ranking nations by how attractive they are for Renewable Energy investment. For the first time, china and india both outrank the United States. So on one of the newer technologies that will ultimately be cheaper than the existing technologies, we are already falling behind to move further behind to imagine that china and india are now ranked by ernst and young as being better places for Renewable Energy investment. Its not going to help american jobs next year and certainly over the next decade. Its a devastating loss economy, and the workers who would have benefited greatly from america leading the way forward in a new industry will lose out. Moreover, if the u. S. Doesnt have a seat at the table with the nations in the Paris Agreement, other nations could agree on policies that hurt american businesses and American Workers even more than this selfinflicted wound by President Trump. Now, mr. President , im glad that states like my state of new york and cities and businesses across the country are already stepping up, reaffirming their commitment to the goals set in paris and pledging to continue making progress in the fight against climate change. Our economy and our communities will be better for it. I seriously hope that the president reconsiders this decision for the sake of our planet, for the future of the American Economy and for the future of american jobs, which thrives on the kind of inowevation President Trump has just turned his back on. Thank you, and i yield the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell over the weekend our friends and allies suffered yet another tragic loss as terror was struck in london claiming several innocent lives and injuring dozens more. Our steadfast allies, the british, have confronted terrorism for decades and our friends have endured so much these past several months at the hands of terrorists. Our hearts go out to them. The senate holds the victims of the attack and their families in our thoughts and we once again express our gratitude to all the first responders, medical professionals and citizens who bravely stepped in to help. Owrl fight against terrorism our fight against terrorism will go on and together well target terrorist networks and propagandas. Well continue to stand by the british people, especially in this time of great difficulty. On another matter, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the sixday war confronted by the massing of arab armies and the closing of the tehran straits. Israel responded and then a fight for survival ultimately prevailed. As a result, the city of jerusalem was finally reunified after years of division. The reunification of the city allowed for people of all faiths, all faiths, to worship and to access the respective holy sites throughout jerusalem. In honor of this significant anniversary of our close ally, many senators from both sides of the aisle, including the democratic leader and myself, are joining together in a resolution to mark the occasion today. While we know that israel continues to face a number of threats, bipartisan passage of this resolution will serve as yet another indication of the United States commitment to standing by our friends in israel. I look forward to supporting it later this afternoon and working to strengthen our relationship with that nation in the years to come. Now, mr. President , on may 26 26, the commonwealth of kentucky lost a legendary figure with the passing of senator jim bunning. For more than two decades, jim was my colleague here in congress. Before that, he was a storied Major League Baseball pitcher, earning him a spot in cooperstown. So today, mr. President , i want to remember jim bunning, a hall of fameer in life. Jims career in the majors spans 17 seasons, where he pitched primarily for the tigers and the phillies. In that time he earned 224 career wins and 2,855 batters struck out. Of his many impressive accomplishments on the diamond, jims two greatest pitching achievements were his no hitter in 1958 and the perfect game he threw in 1964. A feat thats only been accomplished 23 times in all of baseball history. In recognition of his career with the phillies, the team retired jims number 14 jersey and his baseball career was finally capped off by his election to the hall of fame in 1996 by the veterans committee. Now, mr. President , anybody would be proud of such a resume. But for jim it was only the first act. He moved back to fort thomas in northern kentucky, over the next three decades he served at all levels of government from the Fort Thomas City Council to the kentucky state senate, to both chambers of the u. S. Congress. Including 12 years in the house and 12 here in the senate. Jim dedicated his life to serving the people of kentucky, and kentuckians are truly grateful for his work. He was a man of principle from start to finish. He stayed true to himself. As Congressional Quarterly once wrote, all agree that bunning is unafraid to go his own way. Throughout his career, jim took many principled stands even if it meant standing alone. In his farewell address to the senate, he said, ive been booed by 60,000 fans in yankee stadium, standing alone on the mound. Ive never cared if i stood alone in congress, as long as i stood by my beliefs and my values. That summed up jim bunning. But in his life, jim really never did stand alone. Through trials and hardships, he always had his loving wife, mary, by his side. Jim would have been the first to tell you that his success in life would not have been possible without mary. She stood with him through both the glory and the hardships of his baseball career and was, in jims word, his rock, his best fan, and his best friend. Together they helped raise the nine children jim is survived by today. Hes also survived by 35 grandchildren, one of whom, by the way, once worked in my office. And 21 greatgrandchildren. Its clear that the two most important things to jim were always his family and his deeply held catholic faith. Jim was a man of strong beliefs and good character. Never one to make excuses, he worked hard at whatever he put his mind to. First in baseball as a lendary pitcher, and then as a voice for the people of kentucky for over 30 years. With an unshakeable commitment to his family and the Firm Principles guiding him, jim was truly a hall of famer in life. So on behalf of the entire senate family, id like to offer heartfelt condolences to mary, their family, friends, and all who knew and loved senator jim bunning. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call ran. Quorum call quorum call . Quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Nelson mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from florida. Mr. Nelson mr. President , i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Nelson mr. President , i want to talk about a subject that is near and dear to the presiding officers heart as well as to this senator because we both have the privilege of serving on the Senate Commerce committee commerce, science, and transportation. Mr. President , congress feigneds itself finds itself facing a year of deadlines and the two most talked about ones are the debt ceiling and the continued funding for the government. But if that were not enough, a very important deadline is looming that affects the safety of the traveling public. By the end of september, Congress Must reauthorize the federal Aviation Administration or risk the shutdown of the agencys core safety mission. This senator has the privilege of being the Ranking Member of the Commerce Committee and i have the privilege of working with the chairman, senator thune, on a comprehensive and long term f. A. A. Reauthorization bill. Unfortunately what prevented the longterm bill from passing Congress Last year, its threatening to do the same again this year all over. This morning the white house formally announced its intention to privatize air Traffic Control, that function of the f. A. A. , a move that the white house claims will be selfsustaining. This socalled plan for a. T. C. Privatization includes an entity that will be run, in large part, by, you guessed it, the major airlines. And that entity would receive, free of charge, government owned f. A. A. Assets and that entity would collect user fees to finance its operations. Well, is this how many of us interpret this proposal. So lets hand over to the airlines all the people and the equipment essential to the safe operation of our nations air Traffic Control system and trust them, the airlines, to manage our skies and the increasing air traffic. And on top of that, here on the other side on top of that, well, lets finance the airlines control of our sky through user fees paid by the general aviation community. We know that several airlines in the past year have had to cancel thousands of flights and strand passengers at airports for hours because they couldnt effectively manage their i. T. Systems. How can we trust airlines to govern aan entity that manages our skis when it cant even manage its own basic its systems . I. T. Systems . The f. A. A. , our government federal Aviation Administration, safely and effectively manages the largest and most complex airspace in the world. Supporters of air Traffic Control privatization can cite other countries all they want to that have private tied, but none that have privatized, but none of those privatized systems hold a candle to the complicated air traffic and densely populated air traffic system that the f. A. A. Has accomplished. Rather than helping the f. A. A. Continuing its progress toward modernizing our air Traffic Control system through nextgen, that is being implemented as we speak and in three years the process of handing off most of the air traffic to the satellites instead of groundbased radar thats just in three years the transition, on the other hand, to a privatized air Traffic Control entity is only going to disrupt and delay the f. A. A. s modernization efforts. So one has to ask, if it isnt broken, what is what exactly is it that the administration trying to fix . We actually have real issues that need to be addressed in this f. A. A. Bill how to continually, safely integrate drones into our nations airspace. Another one reforming the process for aircraft certification. And, very importantly, helping the f. A. A. Hire more air Traffic Controllers. And we need to work to ensure that consumers consumers, the flying public have real protections in place that protect them when things go wrong. I really wish the administration would focus on those issues, which receive near unanimous support in the senate last year, rather than try and upend the worlds safest air Traffic Control system. So lets not get sidetracked by proposals that have near the bipartisan consensus in congress nor agreement among aviation stakeholders. Mr. President , we came very close last year to enacting a bipartisan and comprehensive f. A. A. Bill. It passed the senate by 953. All of that, it didnt have air Traffic Control privatization. I know we can do it again, and i look forward to working with senator thune and the members of the committee who will have the first crack at this when we bring up the f. A. A. Bill. And hopefully we can go with a consensus bill that will give us an authorization for the f. A. A. Many years five to seven years in the future, so we can have the certainty of the authorization with which to continue to build a safe airline and air Safety Record and implement the next generation of air Traffic Control. Mr. President , i yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dak. A senator i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The question now occurs on the resolution. The yeas and nays are requested. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vote . On this vote the yeas are 90, the nays are zero. The resolution is agreed to. Under the previous order, the preamble is agreed to and the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Mr. Heller i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Heller mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Mr. Heller thank you, mr. President. I rise today to support the Senate Resolution 176 which just passed the senate. This important resolution reforms of Jerusalem Embassy act of 1995 which recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel by moving the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. As many of my colleagues know, this week marks the 50th year since jerusalem was unified during the six day war and im pleased to join senator mcconnell and senator schumer, an original c cosponsor of this resolution to commemorate this important memory. Im proud to stand beside them in our commitment to one of our oldest and strongest allies israel. This resolution sends a message to our friends in israel, and the message is this we support moving our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Let me explain why this issue is so important to me, mr. President. Its been 22 years since Jerusalem Embassy act became law. However, our country promised to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem has yet to be fulfilled. 22 years, and we still have not moved the embassy. Weve had 22 years to enforce this law. Year after year we continue to turn a blind eye to what were expected and what we promised to do. Jerusalem is the capital of israel, and that is where the u. S. Embassy should be located. And now is the time to move the embassy as we committed to do so many years ago. By the way, mr. President , many nevadans feel the same way i do. One nevadan who supports relocating the embassy said in a letter to me its never wrong to do the right thing and never the wrong time to do the right thing, and moving our embassy to jerusalem is the right thing to do. As we commemorate the reunification of jerusalem i encourage my colleagues to honor our commitment and show israel, one of our oldest and closest allies, that we stand with them today more than ever. Todays vote represents an important step in the right direction, and i encourage my colleagues to join me in finally enacting what is current law. Mr. President , i yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. The presiding officer the senator is advised were in a quorum call. Mr. Brown mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. Often upon returning from a week in my state when the senate was out of session, id like to talk a bit about some of the things i saw in ohio in much of that week, i spent in round tables at akron Childrens Hospital in cleveland and dayton and cincinnati, in columbus and toledo and youngstown over the last couple of weeks but especially last week talking about what medicaid cuts mean to my state. I said what governor kasich, who admonished his cleels, to not repeal the Affordable Care act, not throw literally 900,000 people who have insurance in ohio today, not to show them off insurance as the house bill would do. At the same time one thing we also know is the average 60yearold in ohio will see her premiums the average 60yearold will see her premiums go up 1,600 a year. Now, we all know the terrible problem that opioid addiction has inflicted on hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people in our country. My state, unfortunately my state has had more opioid deaths, pretty much every month certainly over the last year than any state in the United States of america. Right today, 200,000 ohioans are getting opioid treatment who are able to get that treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care act. Think about the 26yearold who is on her Mothers HealthInsurance Plan who gets opioid treatment. Think about the family with the fiveyearold with the preexisting condition that will no longer be able to get insurance who gets insurance because of the Affordable Care act because we fixed the preexisting condition exclusion, and that family, if the house version were to pass, or something similar to it, that family would lose its insurance. There was example after example. One of the reasons that the house of representatives had so much trouble repealing the Affordable Care act, and one of the reasons that the 12 senatort for all i know. They never tell us. 13 senators meeting just down the hall, down there, mr. President , meeting in the Majority Leaders Office senator mcconnells office, to try to figure out how to repeal the Affordable Care act and find a way to hold 52 republican senators together. Think about that. They are meeting in secret. First the house of representatives, when they repealed the Affordable Care act, when they voted on whats called the American Health care act, i think is what they call it, the ahca, when they voted, they came up with a bill 8 00 at night. They sprung it on the floor the next day, no hearings, no discussions, not even reading the bill. They jammed it through by twisting arms, the president of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the speaker of the house, all of them to get the bill through. They had not even taken the time to hear from the Congressional Budget Office that will tell how much this bill cost and how many people would lose their insurance. Turns out they estimated more than 20 Million People lose their insurance. That came after the vote in the house. And, mr. President , theyre doing the same thing in the senate. Theyre doing this meeting behind closed doors, a bunch of Republican Leaders are together, no democrats are invited, no democrats are asked their opinions. Its all about doing something to live up to this Campaign Promise if theyre going to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Noaf idea listen to governor kasich. They have no idea what theyre going to do with these 20 Million People with 900,000 people in my state. These are people who have Health Insurance, most of whom are working. These are people who have jobs. They just arent lucky to have jobs like we have where their Health Insurance is paid for. Think about the morality of this, mr. President , that 200plus republican members of congress, all of whom get Health Insurance paid by taxpayers, all of you in the gallery, all of you anybody watching this, we get insurance here paid for by taxpayers, and theyre going to just snatch it away from those 200,000 families in my state who are getting opioid Addiction Treatment because of the Affordable Care act. What is the morality of that . Worse than that, they do it without reading the bill. They do it pretty much in the middle of the night. And theyre doing the same thing here. Clearly the public is on to this. The public overwhelmingly thinks this is a bad idea. But they move forward. They move forward because there is a huge tax break for the drug industry and the medical device industry. Huge help for the insurance industry. Thats why they do it because in the end so much of what happens in this body is so the rich the wealthiest one or two or five percent get their tax cuts, get their tax breaks and the middle class gets stuck with the bill and the middle class loses the benefits it gets. Thats the moral outrage that so Many Americans feel about this process. I notice the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader of the senate. Mr. Mcconnell are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer yes, sir, we are. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. Officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to calendar number 110, s. 722. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 115, s. 72, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to iran and so forth and for other purposes. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture to the desk. The presiding officer clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 110, s. 722, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to iran in relation to irans Ballistic Missile program, support for acts of international terrorism, and violations of human rights, and for other purposes, signedgy 17 senators as follows mr. Mcconnell i ask that the reading of the names be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that the mandatory quorum call be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mcany ask that thed . Proceed to the s. 184. Officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 184, relative to the death of james paul david, jim bunning, former United States senator for the commonwealth of kentucky. The presiding officer there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 00 a. M. Tuesday, june 6. Further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. Further, following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the elwood nomination, as under the previous order. Finally you that the Senate Recess from 12 30 until 2 15 to allow for Weekly Conference meetings. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell if there is no further business to come before the senate, say that it stand adjourned under the provisions of s. Res. 184, as a further mark of respect for the latejim bunning, former United States senator from the commonwealth of kentucky. The presiding officer under the previous order and pursuant to s. Res. 184, the Senate Stands adjourned until 10 00 a. M. On tuesday, june 6,ances does so as a further mark of respect for jim bunning, mark of respect for jim bunning, passed a resolution recognizing the anniversary of the six day war in june 1967. Tomorrow they will vote on the nomination of Courtney Elwood to the general counsel for the cia. We expect that sometime tomorrow afternoon, after that will debate a bill required by florida senator marco rubio that will allow the secretary of Veterans Affairs to fire or demote va employees based on performance or misconduct and provide additional protections for whistleblowers. Earlier today at the White House Press briefing, ba secretary david choking talk about the push for Electronic Health record. Hes followed by Sarah Huckabee sanders. Good afternoon. Hope you guys had a good chance to get a little rest this weekend. As im sure you can tell, the president is have a very busy week and agenda moving forward