A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons mr. President , are we currently in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent the proceedings of the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , as we come to the close of the 113th congress id like to speak for a few minutes about why i think we should be optimistic about the future and what we can and must do to take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead. Mr. President , despite economic slowdowns throughout much of the world, among developing and developed nations alike, americas economy continues to steadily grow. Just last friday we got great news that our economy created more than 300,000 jobs in the month of november. That marks 57 straight months or nearly five years of positive job Growth Numbers and for the First Time Since bill clinton was president of this nation weve averaged more
That reward companies that stash profits overseas, we can reward companies that invest here in america. We know if we close loopholes that allow the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth, we can use that to help middle class families pay for child care and send their kids to college and that will help the entire economy grow. We need a tax code that helps working americans trying to get a leg up in this new economy. And thats what were fighting for. So we dont just talk the walk. We do not just talk the talk, we are walking the walk every day. Im telling you, democrats, we should never worry about fighting for these issues, because they are not only right, the American People stand right beside us on most of those issues. Sometimes that gets lost with all the money thats being spent by outside forces and the distortions and confusion. But when you actually look at the americans do they agree with our policies . Do they think these policies would help them . And when t
That is often how we get paid data pay data. But it is an open question of law to say, in your report you have to give us pay data and along those lines, we commissioned studies from the commission of science, if we decided to collect this data, clearly indicated that we may have that authority, what data do you recommend that we collect . How shall we collected . Collect it . That came in some time ago and we have not done anything with it yet. One of the things i learned when i came into the federal government things move slowly. It moves slower than i would like. Practically it is a different world. I shouldve gotten a passport and dictionary when i came into the government. And it is why i decided to give up my tenure at georgetown because there are things we started that needed more time. Stay tuned and i hope the commission continues acting in a bipartisan way, as much as we have in the past few years and wage should not be part of the issue. [applause] tonight, president obama a
We will accomplish agricultural reform without fail and create new styles of agriculture, which young generations can open new horizons with their power and passion. Were aiming for global markets. There is also tremendous potential in the forestry and fishery industries. Last year total exports of agricultural forestry and fisheries products set a new record exceeding 600 billion yen. However, this figure is still very small. The global food market is values around 340 trillion yen, we will advance integrated reforms in japan and overseas, to bring safe and delicious japanese proceed deuce to the world. We will step forward into an open world guaranteeing Japans National interest. We will work to solidify economic growth. The negotiations on the Trans Pacific partnership are in their final phase with an outcome in sight. Taking the lead with the United States in these negotiations, the government will aim to bring them to an early conclusion. On the japan Eu Economic Partnership agree
Overtime to see if it changes. There is no doubt about that. Final thoughts . Thank you for your willingness to engage any discourse. There are important issues to us and we are able to do this today without yelling and screaming at each other or pointing at each other and making acquisitions accusations against each other. We have to as a nation come to grips with what is the balance here and there is going to be a lot of different perspectives out there. I understand that. Be grateful that you live in a nation that is willing to have this kind of dialogue. That is a good thing for us. Are there tensions along the way . Yes. Its not unique to cyber and its not the first time we had challenges have challenges like this and it wont be the last. But if we are willing to sit down and have a conversation we can move where we want to be. [applause] please remain seated until wrapping up. If you missed any of the conference you will be able to watch it in its entirety on the website cspan. O