Respect of this nation and who should welcome them because there are a lot of good kids. And im going to keep on working on a solution. But now ive got people that want to distract us, not only distract us from trying to negotiate a reasonable outcome from daca, but add to distraction and create the toxic environment that shutting down the government will cause. If you go back, whats amazing to me is the very people who are now saying we should shut down the government made these kind of statements in the past. This is from former speaker pelosi, minority leader in the house. Not too long ago it was an unthinkable tactic to use in a political debate. Theres a long list of people. Senator nelson, you dont hold the country hostage. But thats exactly what theyre proposing today. Senator king, the constant hostagetaking situation to get something that the process that in the process you cant get through the normal process. Its a hard quote to read. But the point is now they want to take ho
Would yield the floor and recog. Mr. Wyden i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Wyden thank you, mr. President. Mr. President and colleagues, chairman hatch was on the floor a bit ago talking about the Childrens Health Insurance Program, and because his remarks greatly misleading, i thought it was important, having heard my good friend my longtime friend earlier. I thought it was important to come to the floor this afternoon and set the record straight about the Childrens Health Insurance Program. The fact is the chairman and i did negotiate an important Childrens Health Insurance Program extension back in september, bipartisan, and i put in a lot of time both inside this congress and outside the halls of congress in order to line up bipartisan support for that effort. And we did, in fact, in the finance committee have near unanimous bipartisan support. That was months and months ago. The fact is at that point the Childrens Hea
Objection. Mr. Grassley i come to the floor today to offer remarks about an issue of utmost importance to this body and to the American People the continued ongoing negotiations over the future of the deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca. I should explain to people the justification for these young people. The children were brought here by their parents. Their parents crossed the border without papers, violating the law, but the children cannot be held guilty for the sins of their parents. So thats why we feel its very legitimate to do this humanitarian thing of legalizing daca children. Not in and of itself, but as you have heard from my colleague from North Carolina, you will hear from other people the necessity of making sure that we have Border Security, that we have do away with chain migration and that we also do away with diversity visas. This is the scope of negotiations that ought to be going on to get a compromise for the humanitarian reason of giving these daca yo
Quorum call a senator is the senate in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. A senator i ask the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , today, as they do every year at this time, tens of thousands of americans from across the country, including from my home state in south dakota, will march from the National Mall to the United States Supreme Court to stand up for the right to life. The march is always inspiring. The huge crowds who come year after year, the commitment and enthusiasm of the participants. And most of all, mr. President , the young people teenagers, college students, young adults. Abortion has been an ugly scar on our nation for a long while now. But seeing all these young people at the march for life every year fills me with hope, because i know that these young people get it. They know that life matters, and theyre ready and willing to stand up and say that. Stand up for the hundreds of thousands of unborn am
Decertify the deal. Continue to watch this hearing online at cspan. Org. Here on cspan taking you live to the u. S. House. They gavel in for legislative work, beginning work on debate rules for fridays bill dealing with whistleblower protections. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend molly fraser, fwig harbor United Methodist church, gig harbor, washington. The chaplain god of many names we give thanks for many opportunities to serve and remind us we are servants of our country, our people, and the land. Let us not forget the blessings you have given us so we might use our power and influence to oorder the country in ways that allow each and every person to find life and liberty and to pursue happiness. Become, perhaps we come, perhaps already weary from an onslaught of emails, texts, fen calls, and meetings where people make demands on how we vote and assumptions on every decision we put forward.