Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i think were waiting for somebody on the other side. Ill yield, but i want to thank everybody for joining senator shelby and i on this vote. Its going to help us move forward, where i noted, as i said earlier in my remarks, republicans and democrats came together and worked extraordinarily hard on these appropriations bills. It shows what can be done when we do that. I think the vote here is an indication that if nobody is seeking recognition, i will suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i understand the national . A quorum call. The presiding officer it is. Mr. Thune i wo
Minutes for an Opening Statement to the happy halloween, everybody. Im dressed as americas most maligned superhero, congressman, able to fly across the country in six hours on alaska airlines. [laughter] we were thinking about titling this hearing frankenstein how the house mailing standards have haunted members for decades, but i suppose we should go to the official un spooky title for the record. Likeue most of the issues that fall into the committees mandate and work of the house he commission on the congressional mailing standards it is very inside baseball. To most people, frank is a name or a hot dog but the reality is for members of congress the congressional frank is actually fundamental to how we communicate with our constituency and every time we respond to the requests were sent newsletters or notices about upcoming townhomes we used to frank and its no surprise with the rise of social media, congress has seen an overall decline. Ten years ago it spent an averae of 58,000 on
Getting endorsements from labor unions like the carpenters, the laborers, the operating engineers and others because they often dont get along. And yet they agree that i am somebody that can help them create jobs and do the things that are important to them. We absolutely have to have congressmen and women that have a demonstrated ability to work with other people. Moderator thank you. Kendis Aimee Belgard. Belgard thank you. Congress is an absolute mess, and that is exactly why am running, to use the skills i have learned, whether as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society to my skills in negotiating as an attorney, even the skills that i have gained as a Burlington County freeholder where i worked across the aisle with our republican colleagues. I am not there to argue for the sake of arguing. I am perfectly willing to agree with my republican colleagues and they ever get idea. I used to say when i was running for free all there, one of my favorite quotes is that the benjamin fr
Nonviolent extremism as well as violent extremism, and weve invested more time, resources and money in counter narrative operations. Mr. Speaker weve always been clear that the police and security agencies must have the capabilities and powers they need to do their job and following the attacks in paris the Prime Minister has reiterated that commitment. Unfortunately, it comes to Communications Data and intercepted communication, theres no Cross Party Consensus and, therefore, no parliamentary majority to pass the legislation to give the piece and security agencies the security they need. But let me be clear every day that passes without the bozos and the committee patient data bill, the capabilities of the people who keep us safe diminishes. Here, here. And as those capabilities diminish, more people find themselves in danger, and yes crimes will go unpunished and innocent lives will be put at risk. This is not as ive heard it said letting the government snoop on your email. It is all