To come down on them like a ton of bricks if they make a mistake that they rectify because what happens is, if theres not consumer harm, and they werent doing it to get benefit for themselves. It was just were an oversight. We are discouraging them from even trying to make promises to even trying to make promises, even trying to give consumers extra choices. I think it is a dual approach. We need to do, get out, give them information. But also in our enforcement action use our prosecutorial discretion and not hold a Small Company that didnt cause any arm to some sort of really draconian standard. Commissioner . Let me add quickly the Small Business aspect is important. I agree with everything she says. There are 4,462 Service Providers in the United States. The vast majority of them are relatively small. When you talk to people who support Net Neutrality, what they are concerned about is not their Service Provider blocking content or throatling content they want more choices. They want
The presiding officer anyone wish to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 84, the nays are 2. The nomination is confirmed. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Under the previous order, the president will be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mrs. Mccaskill i request permission mr. Mr. Mr. Cassidy i request permission to address the chamber. In this energy bill were considering were going to offer an amendment regarding the renewable fuel standard called the r. F. S. The r. F. S. Requires that fuel sold in the United States contain a minimal amount of Renewable Fuels. You know it because when you go to the gas
And i could not do what i did without her, so thank you to senator mcconnell, mr. Leader thank you. Its been an honor to serve in his body. I will have more to say next week in my Farewell Speech but i did not want this day to go by without expressing my appreciation. Thank you. Today former Senate Majority trent lott and former democratic leader tom daschle talked about issues in congress including the Affordable Care act, immigration policy, the eric garner decision and the need for bipartisanship in congress. This event was hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Its about an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Thanks for coming everyone. David cook for the Christian Science monitor. Our guest this morning are affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center. They are cofounder tom daschle senior fellow trent lott and senior president jason grew me and then Senate Majority leader daschle was a guest speaker at bud sperlings 3240 and 41st and final breakfast
Going in a helicopter over this with the epa administrator right after it happened. Stunning. Now. The company has come in and, you know cleaned up most of what was there. We still cant fish. People along the river cant use their property their back yards. This is going to take tens of years to clean up. You can go to the other side of the state where we have in detroit mounds of whats called Petroleum Coke from tar sands that was sitting on the detroit river, now not only blowing into the river, blowing into the school neighborhoods, churches of the southwest side of detroit. Now, thanks to my colleague senator peters whos now with us and i was proud to join with him, that pet cokes not sitting there anymore, but it was pet coke from tar sands that blew into huge airreas of detroit. And now we have madam chair, a real concern in the straits of mackinaw going across our beautiful state from the upper to lower peninsula where we have a very old pipeline. And, again concerns about the fa
Like the members of congress that have spoken today i long advocated for modernizing our relationship with cuba. I led a bipartisan bill to make it easier to finance exports to cuba. The bill is led in the house by ranking agriculture chair colin peterson. My home state of minnesota digs into exports while we export to cuba in 2o 13. With the president s action alone, the Minnesota Department of agriculture estimates that exports could increase by another 20 million. Increasing agriculture exports and promoting normal commercial relations with cuba will ensure cubans can provide for their families. The growing community of cuban Small Farmers and coops need advice and assistance to aid in the large Stateowned Enterprises to a more entrepreneurial system u. S. Agriculture can develop a new generation of cuban agriculture. The success of this policy shift and the potential for openings does not hinge solely on the u. S. The government must take serious steps to reform politically and eco