A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Coburn i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Coburn and i ask unanimous consent to speak for at least five minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coburn first of all, id like to spend a few minutes just talking about my colleague and chairman of the Homeland Security and the Government Affairs committee. The last two years has been a real pleasure on my part and grown to have a great friendship with the chairman of the committee. And i can truly say in our committee, we have done a lot of great work. Weve both compromised on a lot of issues to try to move the country forward, and to him i am thankful for that. And i dont think either of us have had to break on any principles that we had to be able to do that. I think its been a model our committees been a model in terms of doing bipartisan bills and bipartis
Heroism, doubts, disbelief and patriotism on that date that will live in infamy. Lord, continue to guide this land we love on its labyrinthine path to greatness. Protect it from dangers seen and unseen as you unite for the common good. Use our senators for your glory as our nation seeks to bring deliverance to captives and to let the oppressed go free. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore 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. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 30 this afternoon. At 5 30 the senate will proceed to three roll call votes on the confirmation of baran baran to be a member of the Nuclear Regulator
Englander to serve with him in the United States senate. And while it is not the most, sometimes you feel like youre in the graveyard shift on a friday night presiding over the senate. I must tell him after decades here, it is extremely important to have somebody of his integrity, his ability, his competence, his experience presiding over the senate should make every senator, republican and democratic, proud. Mr. President , after latenight thee theatrics house yesterday i hope well soon vote on the spending bill. I support this comprehensive spending package. Chairwoman mikulski has done an outstanding job. She has been a giant of the appropriations process. She should be congratulated for her perseverance in bringing us to this point right now. Now, mr. President , i spoke yesterday about the funds included in the bill for the state department and foreign operations. I commended members of my office who worked so hard on that. We put important funding for the environment, for aids pr
Quorum call is quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer tropical storm. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to h. R. 2366. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk h. R. 2366, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of world war i. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid thank you, mr. President. I ask consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and that any statements relating to this bill appear at the appropriate place in the record. The presiding officer wit
And once, at 10,008 whats the way to get back in the direction you think it ought to go . I think we have a evolve away from local School Districts being the governing model. Im not suggesting he wouldve been. Im suggesting getting rid of the monopolistic nature of them, the politicized, unionized, novelistic nature which then puts the economic interests of the adults in the system, which in many communities in this country is the largest employer, for those who dont live, you know, Like Washington or new york. If you go to tennessee or texas or florida, outside of the big urban areas the number one employer come in miami the number one employer by far and what is the miamidade school district. Its got a big economic interests rather than focus on how to customize learning experience so a Diverse Group of kids again knowledge . The model is designed for the adults rather than the children. And reforming it on the edges is going to change that. Ive lost my patience on this to be honest