Percentage of scientists who are in agreement with what this amendment says. And with that, mr. President , i would yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Vitter mr. President , at this point i ask unanimous consent to call up amendment 80 which i have discussed previously today and which is at the desk. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report. The clerk the senator from louisiana, mr. Vitter, proposes an amendment numbered 80. Mr. Vitter mr. President i ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Vitter and mr. President , i ask that the amendment be modified with the changes at the desk. The presiding officer the amendment is so modified. Mr. Vitter thank you mr. President. I yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez mr. President i rise to set aside and ask consent to set aside the pending amendment and call
Overseas. So i really dont see this as something we should preempt the laws of the United States. 2. 5 million comments. Republicans dont care much about the comments. 2. 5 million comments that are still being evaluated, raising concerns about various aspects of this project. But here, i will say, bad legislation, good politics, we are trying to help someone get elected to the senate who is currently a member of the house, the senate is potentially moving ahead with this bill. The house, with very little notice, zidded they would bring up this bill that we have passed in one version or another eight previous times. And use of the house of representatives to promotes candidacy to the United States senate, which i think is a really a disgrace to this institution. With that, i would reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon reserves. Mr. Shuster its now my pressure to yield two minutes to the subcommittee chairman of railroads and pipelines, mr. De
Gallons of diesel yet our going to take w, were this tar sand goop and process it in the u. S. And export it. Its not going to help the processors. And then there are minor environmental issues. Tar sands do create 81 more Greenhouse Gas than most other forms of fossil fuel extraction. They are going to destroy forever, forever, large portions of forests. Im sure that is a canadian issue. If i lived in canada, they would be protesting. I dont. We dont need to build a pipeline there. They will use precious Water Resources and create waste pits that will be polluted with the extract, except for the part that which is shipped south to be processed and shipped overseas. So i really dont see this as something we should preempt the laws of the United States. 2. 5 million comments. Republicans dont care much about the comments. 2. 5 million comments that are still being evaluated, raising concerns about various aspects of this project. But here, i will say, bad legislation, good politics, we
Forever, forever, large portions of forests. Im sure that is a canadian issue. If i lived in canada, they would be protesting. I dont. We dont need to build a pipeline there. They will use precious Water Resources and create waste pits that will be polluted with the extract, except for the part that which is shipped south to be processed and shipped overseas. So i really dont see this as something we should preempt the laws of the United States. 2. 5 million comments. Republicans dont care much about the comments. 2. 5 million comments that are still being evaluated, raising concerns about various aspects of this project. But here, i will say, bad legislation, good politics, we are trying to help someone get elected to the senate who is currently a member of the house, the senate is potentially moving ahead with this bill. The house, with very little notice, zidded they would bring up this bill that we have passed in one version or another eight previous times. And use of the house of
Terrorists stand for. They have nothing to offer but hatred and human suffering. We stand for freedom and hope and the dignity of all human beings. Thats what the city of paris represents to the world. And that spirit will endure is for ever after the scourge of terrorism is banished from this world. [applause. ] i am at knoxville not only because i just like knoxville, but i am here today because one of my resolutions is to make sure that folks across this great country feel like they are coming back there is no doubt that the steps we took early on to rebuild this foundation and put it on a new Foundation America is coming back. [applause. ] president bush president bush president bush i am not running for office anymore. So let me just present the facts. I promised that 2014 would be a breakthrough year for america. This morning, we got more evidence to back that up. In december, our businesses created 240 new jobs, our Unemployment Rate fell to 5. 6 , which is the lowest in six and