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Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] mr. President , good to see you. I want to tell you a story about this wristband that i wear every day. On it are the words of the golden rule. Practice the golden rule every day. The golden rule is a statement made by jesus, recorded in the theon on the mount and gospel of matthew. It is translated in various ways because Something Like this do unto others as you would have done unto you. Event, a physician in my hometown of st. Petersburg, florida came up to me and handed me one of these. I put it on and i wear it every day...

0. Vote vote vote the presiding officer has every senator voted . Any senator wish to change his or her vote . On this vote, the yeas are 51. The nays are 46. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 nomination of David Ryan Stras of minnesota to be United States circuit judge for the eig...

Mr. Durbin it was about six or seven years ago when i wrote to president obama, who had been my colleague in the senate and a cosponsor of the dream act, and asked him to use his power as president to help these young people. And he eventually issued daca. The program that gave young people across america who were undocumented a chance to come forward, to give all their personal information to the government, to submit themselves to a criminal background check, to pay a substantial filing fee, and if they were approved to have a twoyear opportunity to stay in the United States without deportat...

Pay a substantial filing fee and if they were approved, to have a twoyear opportunity to stay in the United States without deportation and with the opportunity to work. That is what daca is all about. People took advantage of that opportunity created by president obama. Senator graham and i agree on many things and disagree on daca. I think it was a proper exercise of president obamas authority. He sees it differently. But even though we come to that issue with a difference of opinion, we are in agreement as to where we are today. It is time for us in congress to do the right thing for america...

Toddlers and infants and children deserved an opportunity to make their way in america and prove themselves and that that law was going to give them a chance. 16 years that weve been working on this project. It was about six or seven years ago when i wrote to president obama, who had been my colleague in the senate and a cosponsor of the dream act, and asked him to use his power as president to help these young people. And he eventually issued daca. The program that gave young people across america who were undocumented a chance to come forward, to give all their personal information to the go...