Thank you for his service to you and country. Lord, were also grateful for all of our military men and women who back their words with courageous deeds. In this season that brings tidings of a coming dawn, guide our lawmakers through the darkness that precedes the breaking of day. You have guided this nation through stormy places, and we have felt the winds and have been tossed by troubled seas. May our senators, amid the tumult, hear the whisper of your promise to never forsake us. Remind us of lifes brevity so that we will number our days and have hearts of wisdom. We pray in your marvelous name. Amen. The presiding officer 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , december 15, 2014. To th
Maybe she would have stood by them, but well never know. So, mr. President , it is for these reasons i regrettably cannot support her nomination. Ms. Saldana, as i said, is somebody who i admire and respect, but if she is determined to help the president implement this deeply flawed executive action and refuse to enforce the law that congress has written and has been signed by previous president s, i cant support her nomination. I will not aid and abet a president dead set on unilaterally defying our nations immigration laws. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask the chair report the saldana nomination calendar number 1084. The presiding officer is there an objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the nomination. The Clerk Department of Homeland Security, sarah r. Saldana of texas ton an assistant secretary. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr
Services for veterans with traumatic brain injury. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . If not, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. Mr. Carper mr. President , i further ask the bill be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Carper finally, mr. President , as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 5687 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk h. R. 5687, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 east Market Street in long beach, california, and so forth. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . If not, the committee is discharged an
Wit vote . The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the ayes are 53. The nays are 41. And the motion to invoke cloture is agreed to. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. The question occurs on the saldana nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer does any member wish to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this the yeas are 55, the nays are 39 and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. And the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. The Clerk Department of state, Anthony Blinken of new york to be deputy secretary. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 5 00 p
Insulin pumps. And the 30hour workweek provision which is forcing employers to cut workers hours and wages in order to afford obamacaremandated health care costs. We will also work to repeal the Health Care Laws individual mandate. The federal government should not be in the business of forcing americans to buy a governmentapproved Health Insurance product. Finally, republicans will tackle some of the big challenges that need to be addressed if were going to put our country back on a path to longterm prosperity. We want to make our nations costly and inefficient tax code fair and simpler for families and for businesses. We also intend to take up regulatory reform. Recent regulations released by the president s e. P. A. Illustrate just how pressing the need is to reform our countrys outofcontrol bureaucracy. Just one of the recently proposed e. P. A. Regulations the president s National Energy tax would eliminate tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of jobs and devastate enti