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a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. manchin: i d like to vitiate. the presiding officer: we re not in a quorum call. mr. manchin: i ask to speak concerning we have a colloquy, speak on the protection act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: madam president, as you know very well, we ve been asking for immediate passage of the miners protection act not just for our state of west virginia but for all the miners across america and basically the retired miners who have done everything that s been asked of them. we have some of our colleagues today and i m going to go, at this time, if i can, and my other colleagues will allow me, i would defer right now to senator brown from ohio, since he has other commitments. he ll be coming back and forth, if he could go ahead and get started at this time. and i ll come ....
i did emphasize it s a uk decision but also the united kingdom will want to listen very carefully to all of the constituent nations into these other ministers and parliaments in setting up negotiation we want to carry on. as for this issue of free movement of people that were before the next prime minister and government and parliament to decide but i in no doubt that this is a difficult issue. it s a difficult issue inside the eu were you of all the ability to change things. it will be even more difficult for outside if you want access to the single market to secure change. but nevertheless, that s the challenge. i explain that was my reasoning of the referendum. it was this coming together, concerned about free movement combined with a sense of control and sovereignty and i was reset as the result are i think economic case for state and was very strong but if we want to make this work whether out or and we are to listen to people and try and find a way through this. ....
again as our nominee says. you want to be part of that. i m grateful for you being here and spending your time here. i want to talk a little bit about republican leadership. those of you who lived in michigan a long time you understand this. i mean we had a lost decade where we floundered. we re on the bottom of every list you wanted not to be on the bottom of that list or the top of the good list. we re at the wrong end of those lists. under republican leadership, republican house, senate, and governor, just look at the benefits. our unemployment under 5%. when is the last time you could talk to one of your kids about unemployment being under 5% in michigan. ottawa county, where i represent, 2.9%. they can t find people to do the work. we re turning the state around. it takes a lot of effort and a lot of time and republican leadership. the state gained more private sector jobs than any other great lakes state, over 400,000. that is not what, we don t create jobs. we ju ....
hud, to the secretary of hhs, to the secretary or the assistant secretaries, and they say, my constituent smith has a matter before you that has been pending for 18 months, we would appreciate it if you would review that and take action. and then the elected official says to smith, i did my best on this. and smith thinks, good, he s used his influence. mr. francisco: right. justice breyer: a crime? my goodness. mr. francisco: absolutely not, your honor. justice breyer: all right, fine. mr. francisco: absolutely not. justice breyer: you say absolutely not. that s what i thought that you would say. mr. francisco: and i think that justice breyer: so i want to know but the words you used were attempt to influence. and so though i don t think that s the right word, and i want to know what the right words are - mr. francisco: sure. justice breyer: in the instruction that the judge is going to give. not in your case mr. francisco: mm-hmm. justice breyer: but in general ....
american technology, and millions of american workers to do it with. now, what do the republicans propose? basically, their energy program has two parts. the first part is to get rid of almost everything that we ve done for the american public in the last 3 years. they want to reduce or abolish the synthetic fuels program. they want to slash the solar energy incentives, the conservation programs, aid to mass transit, aid to elderly americans to help pay their fuel bills. they want to eliminate the 55 mile speed limit. and while they are at it, the republicans would like to gut the clean air act. they never liked it to begin with. that s one part of their program; the other part is worse. to replace what we have built, this is what they propose: to destroy the windfall profits tax and to unleash the oil companies and let them solve the energy problem for us. that s it. that is it. that s their whole program. there is no more. can this nation accept such an outrageous ....