2015. I hereby appoint the honorable Randy Hultgren to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. As you make available to your people the grace and knowledge to meet the needs of the day, we pray that your spirit will be upon the members of this peoples house, giving them the richness of your wisdom. Bless the members of the Minority Party as they gather these next days. May they, with those who accompany them, travel safely and meet in peace. Bless, also, the Majority Party as they return to their constituencies. Give them hearts and ears to listen well to all those whom they represent. May the power of your truth and our faith in your providence give them all the confidence they must have to do the good work required for service to our nation. May all that i
Exhibitions of being a professional in her line of business and if shes not confirmed it would be a shame to the congress and it would be a shame to america. This is a very sharp, intelligent woman who is very professional who answered all their questions. And came across as an excellent, excellent candidate for attorney general. And if she is not confirmed, everybody in the senate ought to just resign their positions is what should happen. On to alexander in pennsylvania on our republican line. This is barry of the just make sure folks, you turn down your television or radio when you call in. Barry, go ahead. I think one of the Top Priorities for any attorney general should be able to distinguish and define the word illegal and making a statement that illegal aliens have as much right to work as citizens i think crosses the line of not being able to distinguish or to determine the definition of the word illegal. Ive watched unfortunately not all of this questioning. But i think thats
For all citizens while still protecting the integrity of every ballot. Absent that, when the laws are passed, the department of justice has to look carefully at their impact with how to proceed. There were instances when voter i. D. Laws had received preclearance because they sought to protect the ballot as opposed to act in a different way. But where there is an indication that the vote will somehow be harmed, i believe the department of justice certainly has the obligation to review that matter and look carefully at all of the facts and evidence and proceed accordingly. Fully at all of the facts and evidence and proceed accordingly. I couldnt agree with you more. And i find it ironic and painful that at this moment in our history, as we celebrate with the movie selma and talk about 50 Year Anniversary of the Voting Rights act that many states are making it more difficult for americans to vote, without any evidence of voter fraud to back up those changes. In one Southern State it is e
Cosponsors. In order to look at the reality that not only does u. S. Have more prisoners per capita but we also have lengthy prison sentences and do not serve the cause of justice and allow us to have the resources to keep our communities safe. He has been an outspoken supporter of this bipartisan measure and i hope you would continue supporting it too although i wont put you on the spot to do so without giving you a chance to look at it. Let me add one other element. As chairman of the constitution we also had a hearing on solitary confinement. Turns out the United States prison system has more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other nation. We have testimony from those who have spent ten years on death row in solitary confinement in texas and even longer in the state of louisiana and were ultimately exonerated. They were not exonerated. They were not found to be guilty. It had is a devastating impact on the human mind and spirit where so many of these people who serve time i
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 96, the nays are 3. The motion to table is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell what is the pending business before the senate . The presiding officer pending business is h. R. 1191 which the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 30, h. R. 1191, an act to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986, and so forth and for other purposes. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the corker amendment number 1140 to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the corker amendment number 1140, to h. R. 1191, an act to aimed the Internal Revenue code of 1986. Signed by 1 senators as follows mr. Mcconnell i ask tha