Perpetuating the problems of the looking more or just that what we think we can do and not looking squarely at what the country needs to do. Those can be two different things. Does the department do any recalculation of revenues on the chance we could go a bit longer if congress tales to send the president the bill and are there any contingency steps the department is taking in case that doesnt happen . Them when we think about the impact when we think about the impact, it is not a small impact. Internal to d. O. T. , probably 4000 of our employees that would be furloughed. They range from folks on the federal Highway Administration who do permitting work to federal motive carriers. Those are primarily the agencies that would be impacted. External to d. O. T. We send out letters to all of the states and the territories, explaining what we would do in terms of Cash Management in the event that we started to go below the balance. Hes sensually portion of those states and percentages of t
Welcome to a very important here ainley have berthing support the patient to have been Opening Statement and then to introduce the first panel with vr done the Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing will entitle their responses to the increase of religious chairman grassley welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an Opening Statement. Senator feinstein will go, and then well go, ill introduce our first panel. Then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitled responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. This is a subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims. And also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and to
Roughly, 3,000 people lost their lives and the nation hasnt forgotten their loss. The senator from new york and i introduced legislation called the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. This is Bipartisan Legislation that would enable americans and their family members who lost loved ones on that horrible day to pursue their claims for justice against those who sponsored these acts of terrorism on u. S. Homeland. This bill was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Without objection, and similar legislation passed the senate u unanimously last congress. That kind of support, i believe sends the support we will combat terrorism with every tool we have available and the victims of terrorist attacks in our country should have every means at their disposal to seek justice. I am grateful of the work from the senator from new york, along with chairman grassley for shepherding it through the Senate Judicial communityy and the support of likeminded senators in this chamber. We wor
Three three times, twice to iraq and once to afghanistan. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lets give one more nevada thank you for these nevada heros [applause] ladies and gentlemen nevada stands at a threshold. We live in a state that is transforming before our eyes, the 21st century companies, jobs and technologies that place us at the forefront of innovation and the new economy. Yet we still operate with decades old funding systems and an education structure that will eventually grind us to an inevitable halt. I know. I know that we have the ability, willingness and determination to do what is necessary. We all, i know, we all want to tell our grand children that we were the architects of the new nevada that we were here when nevada needed us most. Those before us rose to the challenges of their time and built a foundation of the state we all love. The centennial celebration highlighted those achievements. But tonight as we close the chapter on 150 years of history, this is our time
Mr. Reid i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of Gerald Austin mchugh jr. Of pennsylvania to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of pennsylvania, signed by 17 senators as follows mr. Reid i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the quorum under rule 22 be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor aye. Opposed no. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 584. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All