Entirety at cspan. Org. The senate about the gavel in, reauthorizing the house approved fisa program reauthorization. A vote on that set for 5 30. D the senate. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the fountain of wisdom, as our lawmakers do the work of freedom, give them the assurance of your provisions and prevailing presence. Remind them of your promise to never leave or forsake your people. Nourish our senators, this day, with spiritual verities and moral qualities that will make our nation strong and good. Surround them and their loved ones with the shield of your divine favor, being for them a shade by day and a defense by night. And lord, in this land we love, draw together the diverse men and women from every race, creed, and culture forging us into a united force for good. Empower us to accomplish your purposes on earth, as we remember that words matter and that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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. Mcconnell mr. President. The president pro tempore majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell as we all know, congress has until friday to reach an agreement that ensures continuous funding for the federal government. Theres too much at stake for republicans and democrats not to come together, particularly while serious bipartisan conversations are under way on shared priorities, such as rebuilding our military, fixing our broken immigration policy, and other issues. Now that a federal judges that issued a nationwide injunction preventing the administration from winding down the obama administrations daca program, it is clear that congress has at least, at least until march at a minimum and possibly even longer to reach a compromise that resolves the daca question but also strengthens our security and makes other needed reforms to our broken immigration system. With no imminent deadline on immigration and with bipartisan talks well under way, theres no reason why congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. Im confident that senators on both sides of the aisle will choose to avoid a manufactured crisis, reach a bipartisan Funding Agreement in the coming days, and then continue our negotiations in these important areas. Now on another matter, later this afternoon the senate will vote to advance reauthorization of title 7 of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. This includes section 702, one of the most important tools that our war fighters and intelligence professionals use to wage the war on terror and to keep americans safe. It allows the United States to collect communications from Foreign Terrorists who wish harm on america and our allies. To be clear, it does not permit the targeting of american citizens anywhere in the world. Let me repeat that section 702 does not allow the targeting of american citizens, nor does it permit the targeting of anyone of any nationality who is known to be located here in the United States. With respect to foreigners on foreign soil, 702 gives the men and women to keep them safe the vital tool they need to fulfill their missions. Five years ago congress reauthorized the title with overwhelming bipartisan support. Its imperative that we do so once again. The world remains dangerous. Al qaeda, isil, associated terror groups are still intent on harming our people and those working with us overseas. Yet with each day that passes since the nation was attacked on september 11, 2001, it seems that concern over terrorism has waned n. Is in part due to the success of our defense and Intelligence Community in preventing another major attack. They rely upon section 702 to accomplish that mission. I look forward to renewing the bipartisan consensus on this issue and reauthorizing this important provision as the senate votes later this week. Now, on a final matter, mr. President , in the wake of last months historic tax reform legislation, the news is filled with stories of Economic Optimism and increasing prosperity for workers and middleclass families. In fact, im proud to announce that earlier today, i spoke with the leadership of human that humana which employs more than 12,000 people in my home state of kentucky. Yesterday they notified tear staff they will be accelerating Pay Incentives for associates and raising the minimum hourly wages for both part time and full time employees all thanks to tax reform. For these kentucky workers, the tax cuts and jobs act will mean more money in their paychecks. And just last week the International AutomakerFiat Chrysler announced it will invest 1 billion in the Truck Assembly just outside of detroit. The production line for ram, heavy duty trucks is leaving mexico and coming back to america. This will create 2,500 new jobs and inject relief right into the local economy. According to officials who announced the change, all this is only happening, mr. President , only happening because tax reform is remaking the Business Climate in our country. And besides the revival in manufacturing, fiatchrysler announced a new wave of 2,000 bonuses for 60,000 hourly and salaried employees. They will join a growing list of more than 150 companies that have announced plans to distribute significant bonuses, permanent pay raises, more generous retirement contributions, or other benefits to their employees all, mr. President , thanks to tax reform. Prior to tax reform, companies that wanted to manufacture goods in america and hire American Employees faced the highest statutory Corporate Tax rate in the developed world. American workers were ready to clock in but our outdated burdensome tax code told potential investors to move along and find somewhere else to set up shop. Those days are over. Over. Thanks to the president and republican majorities in the house and senate that voted to modernize our tax code. Now were the ones with the competitive advantage. The wall street journals Editorial Board believes our tax reform will benefit investment in the United States, quote, at the expense of high tax countries, such as germany. The journal also reports that china, quote, fears the tax changes could make the u. S. A more attractive place to do business. Thats china. Its becoming clear that these fears are entirely justified. And its good news for families and workers in kentucky and all across america. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i ask consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to accompany s. 139 which the clerk will report. The clerk house message to accompany s. 139, an act to implement the use of rapid d. N. A. Instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions to solve and prevent Violent Crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent d. N. A. Analysis backlogs and for other purposes. Mr. Schumer mr. President . The presiding officer democratic leader. Mr. Schumer thank you, mr. President. First, on the topic of Net Neutrality, since the administrations f. C. C. Voted to end Net Neutrality in december, democrats have been working hard to round up enough senators to overrule the f. C. C. s decision, which places control of the internet in the hands of the biggest corporations. Today we reached a milestone. 50 senators will support senator markeys resolution of disapproval. All 49 democrats have signed on to cosponsor and my friend from maine, senator collins has also said she will support. With our full caucus supporting the measure, its clear that democrats want to keep the internet from becoming a wild west where i. S. P. s are free to offer Premium Service to the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far interior options. When we force a vote on this bill, republicans in congress will for the first time have the opportunity to right the administrations wrong and show the American People whose side theyre on. Are they on the side of Big Internet Service Providers and corporations or are they on the side of consumers, entrepreneurs, startups, and Small Business owners . I applaud senator collins for supporting this effort and hope sincerely that more of her colleagues will do the same. Given how quickly this measure has earned the support of 50 senators, i believe we have a real chance of success in restoring Net Neutrality and keeping the internet open and free for all americans. Now, the most another pressing issue before us this week is fisa and the 702 program. The majority leader is pressing forward on a sixyear bill to reauthorize the 702 fisa court program. This is a significant bill but right now the majority leader is pushing for its passage without debate or amendments. Thats the wrong approach. Many of my colleagues would like to offer amendments on this legislation and, frankly, they deserve that right. And personally, i believe that while the bill makes some improvements to the 702 fisa program, it should go somewhat further. We could do a better job balancing the crucial National Security imperatives of the program with legitimate concerns about privacy and protecting the rights of the american citizens. Clearly, the bill on the calendar is better than the status quo. And its certainly better than no bill at all, but thats not the choice before us. The majority leader can open up the bill for limited amendments, limited debate and a few amendments, not to delay but so that we can have some amendments and try to improve it. For that reason, ill be voting no on the upcoming cloture motion. If cloture is not invoked, we could move quickly to an amendment process where senators from both parties could offer ideas to improve the bill. Thats what we ought to do, especially on a bill on the most sensitive area of the government where security and liberty meet and that will stand for six years, six years. That is too quick for too much, and we ought to have some amendments and some discussion. Now, mr. President , the fate of the dreamers has been the subject of months of intense bipartisan, bicameral negotiations. Last week, a Bipartisan Group of senators went to the white house with an agreement that represents the best paths forward. Senators graham and durbin, alongside senators gardner, menendez, flake and bennet, worked out a compromise that fits squarely within the four corners that President Trump himself outlined as the parameters of the deal in a televised meeting last tuesday. In exchange for passing daca protections, the gang of six deal includes President Trumps full budget request for Border Security, including funding to build barriers along the southern border. It deals with family reunification within the scope of the negotiations, foreclosing the possibility of dreamers sponsoring their parents for citizenship. The deal would also curb the diversity lottery system, another item that President Trump requested. The full details of the proposal will be announced tomorrow, but those are the Broad Strokes as i understand them. The concessions in the bill are tough pills to swallow for democrats. Its not the bill we would have written if we were in charge. But that is not the situation we find ourselves in. To make this body work, to avoid a shutdown, we must compromise. So democrats tried in good faith to meet the president and our republican colleagues halfway, to find a deal that neither side loved but both sides could live with, and thats what a Bipartisan Group of senators achieved. The deal they produced is right down the middle. It addresses the precise issues the president identified as part of the deal, and yet, at the pivotal white house meeting last thursday, President Trump turned his back on this bipartisan solution and proceeded to use foul and vulgar language to demean african and caribbean countries. His wellreported comments were certainly unbefitting the presidency of the United States. They were beneath the dignity of his office. They went against the very idea of america which holds up as an unassailable truth that all men are created equal, no matter their station or country of origin. But just as distressing, President Trumps comments reveal an intransigence about coming to a deal for the dreamers. It seems the president has only two ways of negotiating. Either he commits to a deal one way and then betrays his word the next, which is what happened last year after leader pelosi and i met the president on daca, or he even dismisses the possibility of compromise and says a bipartisan deal is that he gets everything he wants. Mr. President , hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance. Funding for our men and women in uniform hangs in the balance. President trump needs to step up. He cant just bluster. He cant just play a game of brinkmanship. He cant just be obstinate and say my way or the highway. He needs to be willing to take yes for an answer. A very fair, bipartisan deal remains on the table. Its the only game in town, and were making steady progress on building Additional Support in both houses of congress. If it was put on the floor of the house or senate, i predict it would get a majority vote in either one. There is a deal to be had this week. The only person blocking it is President Trump. So i have a challenge for President Trump. Everyone is talking about how bigoted your comments were last week. Well, actions speak louder than words. If you want to begin the long road back to prove youre not prejudiced or bigoted, support the bipartisan compromise that three democrats and three republicans have put before you, one that was aimed at meeting the concerns you voiced. Give the dreamers safety here in america and bolster Border Security at the same time. This may be the last train leaving the station. President trump needs to get on board. I yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i find myself in strong agreement with the comments of the senator from new york state. Also he has talked about 702, and let me refer to that a bit. Section 702 is in s. 139, the amendments reauthorization act of 117. Were going to vote very soon whether to cut off debate and block any amendments on the fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that fails to reform one of our most important surveillance tools. Section 702 of the fisa Amendment Act was intended to provide for vast and powerful surveillance of foreigners overseas who might do harm to us, and it does. But the fact that it is an effective surveillance tool used against foreigners abroad is not the concern you hear about today. Today youre going to hear a concern that section 702 has become an unexpected and powerful domestic surveillance tool. Not one directed at those abroad who might do us harm but potentially directed at every single american in this room and throughout this country, allowing the government to search for americas emails and other substantive communications, do it without a warrant. The socalled backdoor loophole. If we put here legislation saying this legislation will allow our government to search all our emails without a parent, republicans and democrats would be jumping up and saying wait a minute, that violates the Fourth Amendment. Well, the legislation were voting on today authored by the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee, devin nunez, contains what his supporters say is a fig leaf of reform, but in fact the legislation makes a bad problem even worse. Im going to oppose cutting out debate on this bill. I strongly urge my fellow senators to do the same. Not to kill the bill but to afford us on such a critical surveillance tool the opportunity to debate the constitutional implications and to offer amendments to improve the bill and to protect americans from every single state in this country. The majority leader has provided us no such opportunity. He doesnt want us to offer any amendments, even amendments that we know could pass for the bipartisan majority. Senator lee and i are filing several amendments to approve this bill, including the u. S. A. Liberty act. Thats a Senate Companion to a bill that was reported out of the House Judiciary Committee in a strong and very bipartisan vote. Our amendment offers a sensible compromise. It would protect National Security, something that we all want to do, but it also protects americans Civil Liberties, which i hope we also want to do. I strongly support a warrant requirement based on senator feinsteins amendment to the Senate Intelligence committee that wo