Ms. Mikulski mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Ms. Mikulski mr. President , i ask that the call of the quorum be scraicted. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Murkowski mr. President , what is the pending business before ms. Mikulski mr. President , what is the pending business before the senate . The presiding officer were on the motion to proceed to s. 815. Ms. Mikulski mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak 10 minutes as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Mikulski thank you very much. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to really speak about how we could avoid another shutdown of our government and also even more important, avoid another shutdown or slowdown of our economy and thats how we in the congress, both sides of the aisle, both sides of the dome need to work to arrive at a budget agreement and then an appropriations agreement for the rest of the fiscal year. Earlier today on the floor,
Yesterday on the sunday shows lawmakers and suggested russia may have helped Edward Snowden get a hold of the intelligence documents and leave the country. We want to begin with those developments. Democrats the li host also, join the conversation on twitter or post a comment on facebook. And you can also email us host the headline in the new. Ork times this morning leaders on the sunday shows saying Edward Snowden may have gotten help from the spy services while he at the National Security Agency Building excuse me, facility is the word i am looking for in hawaii before he leaked the document. I want to show you what my grog mike rogers had to say, republican who sits on the house intelligence committee. Chairman of the committee. He was on midthe press meet the press. Was ast of all, if it Privacy Concern he had, he did not look for information on the privacy side for americans, he was feeling information with pat that had to do with how we operated overseas to collect information to
You did a great job and i ppreciate your values. Democrats state senator buono conceded the new jersey governor race in what some call chris lide victory for christie. Terry mcauliffe has won against en cuccinelli. Were going to terry cauliffes victory speech. Thank you cheers and applause] audience Terry Terry Terry terry terry thank you what a great night, everybody, huh . [cheers and applause] you know, over the past few nths ive started speeches thanking a lot of political figures but im so glad that tonight that the person introducing me is my best friend and my wife dorothy. Cheers and applause] and i want to know just a few weeks ago, we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversaries. [cheers and applause] when we decided to do this campaign, we decideding to because we understood that it was a journey that we were all going to have to take together. Nd dorothy, i could not be happier than stanning by my side tonight standing by my side tonight. Thank you, doll. And to our five child
Covered next year when obamacare outlaws your policy. The president put secretary sebelius in charge of this law. I have called on her to resign. Ca couldhe internet, r tell you every day how many records elvis was selling, mcdonalds could tell you how many hamburgers were sold. , resident issa congressman issa posted notes are you are telling each other how many people are enrolling in obamacare, why wont you tell the American People . Thisenator has described law as an approaching train wreck. My grandfather was a record engineer in kansas a railroad engineer and kansas. He drove the locomotive and headed into the right direction, that is what our country needs to do. Turn the law around and headed in the right direction. Obamacare is the wrong direction, it expands a Delivery System that we already knew costs too much. The right direction is more choices, more competition that lowers cost so americans can afford to buy insurance. Expect republicans to show up with our version of a 3
The Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. Ago, richardars streeter, a 47yearold truck driver from oregon was frustrated and worried. As New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof described this weekend, mr. Schrader could not find insurance in the individual market. No Insurance Company would cover him. He did what people locked out of the market do, he went without care. After months of ignoring care, for areeter went in colonoscopy, he could not afford one. The only one the only way he could get it was from a doctor who agreed to take half payment now and half when he could afford it. He had advanced cancer advanced colon cancer. His doctor said this it was heartbreaking to see the paint on his face, the real train wreck is what people are experiencing every day because they cannot afford care. Mr. Streeter is the second patient the doctor had put off seeing because of a lack of Health Insurance and now has advanced colon cancer. He has a