Mr. Reid is the vote pending still . The presiding officer anyone wishing to vote . Anyone wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 97, the yeas are 1, the bill as amended has been passed. Mr. Reid move to lay that on the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid mr. President , i move to proceed to calendar number 329 which is the bill to support sovereignty and democracy in the ukraine. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 329, s. 2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in ukraine and for other purposes. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to consideration of calendar number 317, the homeowners Flood Insurance affordable act, there be up to 45 minutes of debate prior to vote on passage of the bill, that the majority controlling 30 minutes, republicans controlling 15 minutes. Further, upon disposition of that legislation the senate preepped to proceed to im sorry, that upon
About from iran to syria to russia. Betweeny connection what were doing in russia and the situation in syria and israel and iran . Guest there is a connection, obviously, and that we have been working with putin to alleviate the Chemical Warfare situation, chemical weapons in syria. And certainly there is some potential implications and how we deal with syria and iran if we sever relationships with putin as a result of ukraine. That is something to consider in the whole scheme of the situation. Host cameron, south carolina, independent caller. Caller yeah, how are you doing . I know a little bit about the region. I spent 15 years theyre putting in the infrastructure in the Eastern Europe ukraine, romania, those countries. Im not an actual expert, but i on. What iis going i have friends there who did me words from the street, crimea and all that good the biggest question i have is i dont understand after watching the theom all of europe bbc, reuters they are scared to death about this n
Rests on the shoulders of we the people. And under our constitutional form of government, we the people are the boss. And washington is the never advantage servant. Unfortunately under this current administration, theres not a week that goes by without more evidence of outofcontrol bureaucracies, attempting to run local businesses through unnecessary rules and regulations. I could give many examples but in the interest of time, ill just give one. Columbus Brick Company is located in columbus, mississippi. Theyve been making clay bricks since 1890. Mr. Al puck ette is the fourth generation pucket is the fourth generation of that family to run that business. After they spent substantial sums of money to bring the factory into compliance with new Environmental Protection agency regulations, the e. P. A. s now threatening new even more expensive regulations. Without any input from the public, from the stakeholders, from congress or from we the people. Last june mr. Pucket appeared before t