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
Reporters is very difficult. Very briefly i wanted to ask a question, the ed snowden disclosure for National Security is one very small area journalists report all over the world, at minimum, companies, private firms outside the Intelligence Community they may not go to jail for disclosing this but they have a mortgage to pay and a family to feed. Worst Case Scenario journalists i am lucky to live in a country where the worst happens, not saying it is a walk in the park, i get held in contempt. We are talking people dying and disappearing if this information is made out of sources of ours to disappear in the middle of the night because the question i have we talk about lawyers, from a legal perspective is what the surveillance needs for Attorney Client privilege and when the government does ims surveillance, how that is protected and that might work. Depends on what mass surveillance you have in mind. That is a hard question to answer. On the journalism question there has been too much
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
Deductibility of that Insurance Premium in calculating your federal income taxes. And it particularly helped low and middleincome people deduct the amount they pay for private mortgage insurance. And therefore, what does that do . That helps folks like that to buy a home. Is it home isnt homeowner ship something that is desirable in america . I think so. Well, we better pass this tax extenders bill. And ill give you another example. Excluding foreign excluding forgiven mortgage debt from income. It allows people to exclude forgiven morning debt from their income. Why am i raising this . Havent we just gone through the worst recession since the Great Depression . Didnt some people get so upside down in their mortgage with their mortgage being at this level but the value of their home dropping to this level, so that the mortgage that they owed was such greater amount than the value of their home, and so they try to work with the purchaser and the bank that has the mortgage so that, calle
Salvation. Your redemptive thread can be seen throughout the fabric of our nations history, redeem us again. May your redemptive power give wisdom and courage to our lawmakers. As you illuminate their path with the light of your guidance. Empower them to make decisions after weighting them on the scale of long term consequences. Today, bless our United States Capitol Police who routinely risk their lives for liberty. Surround them and their loved one with the shield of your protection and favor. In a special way, embrace senator thad cochran with your transforming presence as he grieves the loss of his beloved rose. Lord, thank you for the life and legacy of rose cochran. 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. Preside