A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , i come to the floor once again today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs, manufacturing jobs as we all know are high quality jobs. Manufacturing jobs come with higher pay and higher benefits. Manufacturing jobs help create other local Service Sector jobs and manufacturing jobs contribute more to the local economy than jobs in any other sector. And beyond that, mr. President , manufacturers invest the most of any industry sector in research and development, something critical to americas continued growth and our security as a leading innovation economy. So last week, 21 Senate Colleagues and i joined in a new initiative, the manufacturing jobs for america initiative, to help create good manufacturing jobs here at home today and tomorrow. Its grown now to 25 senators whove