A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons mr. President , are we currently in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent the proceedings of the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , as we come to the close of the 113th congress id like to speak for a few minutes about why i think we should be optimistic about the future and what we can and must do to take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead. Mr. President , despite economic slowdowns throughout much of the world, among developing and developed nations alike, americas economy continues to steadily grow. Just last friday we got great news that our economy created more than 300,000 jobs in the month of november. That marks 57 straight months or nearly five years of positive job Growth Numbers and for the First Time Since bill clinton was president of this nation weve averaged more
, mr. Moran mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from kansas. Mr. Moran mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Moran mr. President , thank you very much. For three weeks weve seen the fighting going on in israel and the gaza strip carried on between the Israeli Military and hamas. In both gaza and israel lives, unfortunately, are being lost, homes are tried, families are devastated, security is threatened and daily life is polluted by this war. Since the fighting began, hamas has made it abundantly clear that it is unwilling to behave in any responsible manner. The organization is using civilian areas such as schools and hospitals, mosques, and playgrounds as rocket launching sites. Cachets of rockets have been discovered inside two gaza schools sponsored by the united nations. A chance for peace emerged when egypt put forward a ceasefire, put forward a ceasefire plan that israel agreed to, h
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