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O Lord, You have made this day for Yourself and for us. It is Your day, and we share its meaning. Remind us that You use our minds, hands, and ...

Entwine our lives with Your purposes so that our land will be blessed by Your providence.

We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

Help us to bring aid and comfort to those who have been battered by the forces of nature. May we see in their trials opportunities to serve You.

Mr. President, for the information of my colleagues, Senator Lott has been scheduled to speak. When he comes, we will be alternating back and forth. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does ...

I move to lay that motion on the table.

Mr. President, I rise today to support the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The time is yours.

Mr. President, as I announced on this floor last week, I intend to vote against the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States. In ...

Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of John Roberts' nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The debate that the Senate will have this week is truly ...

Mr. President, among the great responsibilities and privileges of being a Member of the U.S. Senate is assessing the qualifications and voting on the confirmation of members of the U.S. ...

The Senator from Vermont.

The majority whip.

Mr. President, the duty before us today to provide advice and consent on John Roberts' nomination as Chief Justice of the United States is perhaps the most significant responsibility we ...

Madam President, at the outset, I compliment and salute my distinguished colleague, Senator Leahy, for his appropriate, really elegant, remarks in support of the nomination of Judge Roberts to be ...

Under the previous order, the time until 10:30 a.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees.

The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I will vote in favor of the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be the Chief Justice of the United States. This has not been an easy decision, ...

Mr. President, I want to compliment the senior Senator from Nevada, the Democratic leader. I supported him for assistant leader, and I supported him for leader, and I have never ...

The legislative clerk read the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland to be Chief Justice of the United States.

Mr. President, the Constitution grants the Senate the power and responsibility to advise and consent on the President's judicial nominations. And there is no more important judicial nomination than Chief ...

Mr. President, in a few minutes, we will begin the final remarks regarding the nomination of Judge John Roberts to serve as Chief Justice of the United States. Beginning at ...

Under the previous order, the time from 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. will be under the control of the Democratic leader.

The clerk will call the roll.

Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of Calendar No. 317, which the clerk will report.

Madam President, I am delighted this morning to rise to speak on the nomination of Judge John Roberts to become Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Before I proceed ...

Mr. President, I will probably speak 8 or 9 minutes. My colleague wanted to speak for about 4 or 5 minutes. That would not interfere with the previous agreement. I ...

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

The nomination was confirmed.

I wonder if the senior Senator from Nevada will yield to me. I wish to make a comment. I know he still has a couple of minutes left.

I ask that the Senate resume legislative session.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Yes, it is. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a quick question?

I want to finish my statement.

Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague for correcting me on the point that I missed that, yes, out of the five or six missions I named, I left ...

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from California. The Senator has very nicely returned to the main point of what I was trying to illustrate today. We certainly agree on ...

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Feingold. I am very proud to be on his resolution which finally would hold this President and his administration accountable for ...

I thank the Senator from California. She accurately described the way in which we got in this situation. I called it on the Senate floor, in October 2002, shifting justifications. ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be dispensed with.

The Senator from Illinois is recognized.

I am happy to defer to Senator Stevens if he has something he would like to say.

Mr. President, I want the Senate to know I welcome the attention of Senators to the problem of the avian virus. In 1997, because of information I discovered concerning what ...

The Senator from Illinois.

We are.

I would like to be recognized.

Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Appropriations, with an amendment.

With the understanding I would be able to offer an amendment as soon as the bill is laid down.

Is there objection?

I say to my friend, if he will yield further, I appreciate it. I would like to work with him on this, and I think our staffs have been, but ...

I would be happy to yield time to the minority leader.

The clerk will report the amendment.

Along with the Senator from Hawaii, I am pleased to present the Defense appropriations bill for 2006. This bill reflects the bipartisan approach that my cochairman, Senator Inouye, and I ...

Mr. President, would the distinguished President pro tempore of the Senate allow us to be in a period of morning business during that period of time? There are some people ...

The legislative clerk read as follows:

Mr. President, I wanted the amendment I sent to the desk read because I want those who are not here, who are maybe in their offices, and their staff to ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

The Senator from North Carolina.

Will the Senator yield?

The Senator from Iowa.

The Senator from Hawaii.

The Senator doesn't need to recognize me. The Chair needs to recognize me. Is he finished?

Does the Senator need time before 2:30?

Mr. President, I thank you very much. I apologize to the Senator from North Carolina for interrupting. I did not mean to do that.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The minority leader.

If the minority leader will allow me a few more minutes, I will conclude my comments as they relate to the amendment by the Senator from Iowa.

I am asking for morning business during that period. There would be morning business with no votes from 2:30 to 4 o'clock.

I will not consent to that. Under the rules, he is entitled to offer an amendment. I have asked unanimous consent.

Under the previous order, the Senate will now proceed to a period for the transaction of morning business until 4 p.m.

Mr. President, I wish to continue the discussion we were having. I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that the first amendment on the Department of Defense appropriations bill ...

The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

The Senator from Massachusetts.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be dispensed with.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Responding to the Senator from Florida, through the Chair, the nation of Brazil decided, years ago, they were tired of their vulnerability to foreign energy sources and they said: We ...

I would like to comment, through the Chair, and say to the Senator from Florida that because of the hurricanes we have lost 22 percent of our refining capacity in ...

Mr. President, I would like the Senator from Illinois to comment on the fact that in America most of the oil consumption is in the transportation sector. In the transportation ...

I would like the Senator from Illinois to respond to the fact that Hurricane Katrina and now Hurricane Rita has given us another lesson of just how thin and delicate ...

I would like to respond to the Senator from Florida through the Chair and say that Hurricane Katrina, those catastrophic winds that blew down the coast of Mississippi and Alabama ...

Mr. President, I am here for my daily speech on oil independence for this country. Before the assistant minority leader leaves the floor, as he has been such a leader ...

I ask unanimous consent that the Grassley amendment at the desk be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the motion to reconsider be ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

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The clerk will call the roll.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 1778 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. President, more than 10,000 years ago, on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, people became farmers. They started growing crops of emmer and einkorn wheat. They harvested the ...

I thank the distinguished Senator from Missouri. I was going to suggest that if the Senator from Alaska and the Senator from Hawaii want to accept the amendment, we could ...

The clerk will call the roll.

Is that the Leahy-Bond amendment?

Mr. President, is the Harkin amendment the pending amendment?

Mr. President, I and the Senator from Hawaii join in asking the clerks in both cloakrooms that they would send out a notice that we intend to move for third ...

I thank the Chair.

I move to reconsider the vote.

This is relative to the extraordinary work that they did in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the extraordinary work that our Guard does throughout the Nation. In fact, as I ...

We have had some conversations about this amendment. It is an amendment that raises the subject of the way the Government is going to approach the great problems associated with ...

Mr. President, we got into this situation for two reasons:

Mr. President, one of the minor procedural problems we have around here with an emergency clause is this has to go through several layers of clearance. It is not a ...

Mr. President, I clarify with the desk that I am shown on the Leahy amendment; it is the Leahy-Bond amendment?

The question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from Iowa.

Mr. President, I discussed this with the distinguished floor managers.

(Purpose: To appropriate $1,300,000,000 for Additional War-Related

The amendment is as follows:

The amendment (No. 1886) was agreed to.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. President, so Members will know, this amendment adds $1.3 billion in emergency funding for National Guard equipment to the supplemental portion of the fiscal year 2006 Defense appropriations bill. ...

The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 6 minutes as in morning business.

The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

The amendment (No. 1908) was agreed to.

The Senator is correct.

I send an amendment to the desk.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Is there further debate on the amendment? If not, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1901, as modified.

The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

The legislative clerk read as follows:

There was one problem. The number of the Congress has been changed.

Mr. President, is there a pending amendment before us?

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The Senator from Alaska.

I ask for consideration of the amendment.

Mr. President, this amendment has been offered before and agreed to before. Unfortunately, it has not been enacted into law. It does very well on the floor of the Senate. ...

The clerk will report.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of the uniformed services or ...

I ask unanimous consent that we go into a period for morning business.

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. President, here we go again, yes, here we go again. The fiscal year ends tomorrow at midnight. Only two of the annual appropriations bills required to fund the Federal ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate and pay tribute to the life of a great Washingtonian, a great American, and someone that I know even in the Nation's Capital ...

Mr. President, I thought the CR--the continuing resolution, as it is known around this place--was going to be laid down tonight. I guess it will not be laid down until ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, earlier this week the Washington Post reported that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was making plans to ``reimburse churches and other organizations that have opened their doors to ...

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Washington Post, September 27, 2005]

Mr. President, we are currently observing National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when many members of the Latino community and the country at large remember and celebrate the profound contributions ...

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the need for hate crimes legislation. Each Congress, Senator Kennedy and I introduce hate crimes legislation that would add new categories to ...

Mr. President, fresh water is a substance that we as Americans assume will be available when and where we want it. However, the disruption of water and wastewater services following ...

are included for entitlement and mandatory programs requiring annual appropriations even if the appropriations

Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (P.L. 109-

Since current level excludes the emergency appropriations in P.L. 109-13 (see footnote 2), the amounts

current level excludes the emergency appropriations in P.L. 109-13 (see footnote 2 of Table 2), the budget

authority and $32,121 million in outlays, which would be exempt from the enforcement of the budget resolution.

for emergency supplemental appropriations) for purposes of comparison.\2\ Current level is the estimated effect on revenue and spending of all legislation that the Congress has

61), and $51,800 in budget authority and $25 million in outlays from the the Second Emergency Supplemental

109-7) and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-8) are included in

specified in the budget resolution have also been reduced for purposes of comparison.Source: Congressional Budget Office.

62).\3\ Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration, which are off-budget.\4\ H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, assumed the enactment of

emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005, in the amount of $81.8 billion in budget authority

(P.L. 109-13), $10,500 million in budget authority and $350 million in outlays from the Emergency Supplemental

Mr. President, today the Commerce Committee was scheduled to conduct an afternoon hearing regarding emergency communications. I regret that the hearing was postponed, and I hope and expect that the ...

Mr. President, I rise today to call attention to an important step towards progress for Afro-descendants in Colombia, and an important opportunity for Afro-descendants throughout Latin America.

Mr. President, I am proud to pay tribute to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, America's first Greek-letter organization established by black college women.

Mr. President, I am honored to recognize three outstanding Massachusetts communities, each of which has been chosen by America's Promise as one of the ``100 Best Communities for Young People'' ...

Mr. President, nearly half a century ago, Arkansas experienced one of its darkest moments. As nine African-American students fought to integrate Central High School, they were accosted by students, threatened ...

Mr. President, I rise to honor and celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Judge Constance Baker Motley, a trailblazer for civil rights who dedicated her life to advancing the ...

Messages from the President of the United States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his secretaries.

At 9:37 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bill, without amendment. ...

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying report; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations:

The following bill was read the first time:

The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-4039. A communication from the Assistant Administrator and Chief Information ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1770, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue ...

At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to establish a national ...

At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1692, a bill to provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, ...

At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1689, a bill to state the policy of ...

At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1691, a bill to amend selected statutes to ...

On page S10724, September 29, 2005, under ``ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS'', the following cosponsor addition will be deleted: S. 556 At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from ...

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1772, a bill to streamline the refinery permitting ...

At the request of Mr. DeWine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1516, a bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.

At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1419, a bill to maintain the free ...

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 595, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue ...

At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1190, a bill to provide sufficient blind rehabilitation ...

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. ...

At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 566, a bill to continue State coverage of ...

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue ...

At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1787, a bill to provide bankruptcy relief for ...

S. 1789. A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections ...

Mr. President, today we reintroduce the Specter-Leahy Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005.

By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Feingold):

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reid, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Jeffords) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works:

SA 1882. Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense ...

SA 1916. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal ...

SA 1892. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending ...

SA 1914. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal ...

SA 1896. Mr. DAYTON submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September ...

SA 1890. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending ...

SA 1891. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending ...

SA 1888. Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department ...

SA 1920. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September ...

SA 1893. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September ...

SA 1897. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department ...

SA 1882. Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense ...

The online version has been corrected to read: SA 1883. Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Burns) submitted an amendment intended to ...

SA 1917. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal ...

SA 1895. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici) submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 10 a.m., on Communications in Disaster, ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Judicial Nominations'' on Thursday, September 29, 2005, ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, September 29, 2005, for a committee ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations be authorized to meet on Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., for a hearing entitled ``The Defense ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging to authorized to meet Thursday, September 29, 2005 from 10 a.m. in Hart 216 for the purpose of ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in Senate ...

Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Kennedy, I ask unanimous consent that Douglas Thompson, a Navy fellow in his office, be granted floor privileges during the consideration of H.R. 2863, ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator McCain's legislative fellow, Navy CDR Shawn Grenier, be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of H.R. 2863.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. Andrew Schulman, a legislative fellow on Senator Domenici's staff, be given floor privileges for the duration of the debate on H.R. 2863.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Susan Ball be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of the Defense appropriations bill.

I understand there is a bill at the desk. I ask for its first reading.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent the Senate stand in adjournment under the previous order.

Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the nomination of Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, be referred ...

Executive nominations received by the Senate September 29, 2005:

The legislative clerk read as follows:

Executive nomination confirmed by the Senate Thursday, September 29, 2005:

There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:26 p.m., adjourned until Friday, September 30, 2005 at 9:30 a.m.

A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House ...

The Reverend Kevin Gormley, Pastor, St. Peter Church, Marshall, Missouri, offered the following prayer:

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege today to introduce to my House colleagues our guest chaplain, Father Kevin Gormley, pastor of the St. Peter Catholic Church in Marshall, Missouri. Father ...

(Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

The Chair will entertain five 1-minutes on each side.

God, Creator of all life, we bow our heads and ask Your guidance to carry out the awesome responsibilities we have before us. May we be at peace among ourselves ...

(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. Speaker, as the howling winds and incessant rain from the ``Lady of the Gulf--Rita'' moved closer to southeast Texas, 90 percent of the population in my district evacuated, but ...

(Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Speaker, when Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast, homes and businesses were destroyed and people were left with nothing. To help those in Louisiana and Mississippi return home and ...

Mr. Speaker, over the past several years, we have all gained firsthand experience on the effects of America's outdated energy system with gas prices going up and down. Atlanta, my ...

(Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

(Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

(Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. Speaker, I find the debate over how we are going to pay for the reconstruction and revitalization of the gulf coast ironic because in the past few years this ...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Udall).

The gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) is recognized for 1 hour.

Mr. Speaker, just for the record, I want to make it clear that the gentleman from Oregon did offer his amendment before the Committee on Rules. It was amendment No. ...

Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 470 is a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3824, the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005. The rule provides for 90 minutes of ...

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of my colleague on the Committee on Rules, the gentleman from Utah, but he uses statistics very selectively.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to address my comments to the Members who do have serious concerns about the Endangered Species Act who have had frustrations from their citizens about ...

Mr. Speaker, I would first like to congratulate the gentleman from California for the great work he has done in getting the Endangered Species Act reform to the floor. This ...

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Udall).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding me time, and I also thank him for his excellent presentation on the rule.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo), the chairman of the Committee on Resources, the author of this bill, and somebody ...

Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I ...

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank ...

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 469 and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. Speaker, this rule will allow us to debate H.J. Res. 68, a continuing resolution that will fund the Federal Government past September 30. While this is an essential procedural ...

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui), pending which I yield myself such time as I ...

Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 469 is a rule that provides for consideration of House Joint Resolution 68, making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006. This rule provides for 1 ...

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed.

The question is on the resolution.

The unfinished business is the question of suspending the rules and agreeing to the resolution, H. Res. 388.

The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 245, ...

Mr. Speaker, I was present in the Chamber and voted ``yea'' on H. Con. Res. 245. However, due to a malfunction, my vote was not recorded. As the author of ...

Members are advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.J. Res. 68 ...

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.

Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order under clause 7 of rule XVI. The instructions proposed in the motion to recommit range far beyond the subject matter of the ...

All time for debate has expired.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I hope I do not consume very much.

Mr. Speaker, if the rules required equity in legislation we brought to the floor, this amendment would be in order. Unfortunately, they do not; so I must reluctantly concede the ...

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 469, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 68) making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes, and ask ...

The point of order is conceded and sustained. The motion is not in order.

A point of order is reserved.

The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.

Mr. Speaker, I submit the following correspondence for the Record.

Is the gentleman opposed to the joint resolution?

Pursuant to House Resolution 469, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) each will control 30 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, very briefly, section 1 of the motion to recommit would simply provide that we fund the programs covered under the continuing resolution at the current rate rather than ...

Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California?

Mr. Chairman, I am certainly well aware of the situation that the gentleman is speaking to. I was a Member of Congress at the time that that levee broke and ...

The gentleman is correct.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, I would.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger).

Pursuant to House Resolution 470 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of ...

Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Goodlatte) having assumed the chair, Mr. Sweeney, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the ...

The motion was agreed to.

I thank the chairman.

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from California for keeping this issue on the front burner.

Mr. Chairman, would the chairman of the Committee on Resources agree to enter into a colloquy?

There was no objection.

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California?

Mr. Chairman, in Washington everything looks perfect on paper and people hate to admit they made a mistake; but the truth of the matter is how it works in real ...

Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the approach that the committee is taking in trying to revamp and revise the Endangered Species Act. This has been a vitally important and successful act ...

Mr. Chairman, I thank the ranking member, my friend, for yielding me this time.

Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee), a very valued member of our Committee on Resources.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Ms. Herseth).

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for recognizing my concern and clarifying the intent of the bill. I am satisfied the bill will not weaken the interagency consultation requirement, and ...

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 3824, the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act. I congratulate the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo) and the gentleman from California (Mr. ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from the great State of Oklahoma (Mr. Boren).

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the Miller-Boehlert substitute.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I rise as a Member probably more affected by this law than anybody else in the United States ...

I thank the gentleman very much for that clarification.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady).

Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Costa).

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I rise in opposition to the Threatening Endangered Species From Recovering Act.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Chairman, I serve a very rural district, a lot of landowners. Currently, a landowner with an endangered species on his land often sees the species as a threat to ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Gilchrest).

Yes, that is our intention.

Mr. Chairman, that is the intent, yes, sir.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this important very important reform legislation because it is an issue that is very important to me and many of my constituents ...

The Committee will resume its sitting.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today as a cosponsor of H.R. 3824, the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act. Alabama ranks in the top five States in the number of listed ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Jindal). Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the substitute and in favor of the underlying ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden).

Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the chairman for his answer. That was the way that I read the bill too, and I wanted the congressional intent to be ...

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to this bill, H.R. 3824, which would substantially weaken the essential protections we have in place for endangered plants and animals. Since ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).

Mr. Chairman, I cannot vote for this bill as it stands.

The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

Mr. Chairman, I thank my good friend from California (Mr. George Miller) for yielding me the time, and I join him in offering this substitute, because the bill we are ...

Mr. Chairman, I think we are here in some sense, past all the clutter of people articulating their most emotional feelings, is a bill set aside some 30 years ago ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Brown).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the minority whip.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).

Mr. Chairman, I agree with Chairman Pombo that the Endangered Species Act is in need of reform, and the way in which critical habitat is currently administered is one of ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Miller-Boehlert substitute amendment because I believe we will not have a world to live in if we continue our neglectful ways.

Mr. Chairman, I yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).

Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, this provision was not in the Contract With America. Nobody seems to be constrained by the truth here. This is a brand-new way of dealing ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Gilchrest), a valued member from the Committee on Resources.

The Committee resumed its sitting.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Tauscher).

Mr. Chairman, it has come to my attention that certain Federal agencies with permitting, licensing, and leasing authority are requiring some of my constituents to agree to stipulations in their ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 3824. Reform of the Endangered Species Act is much needed. The law has adversely affected thousands of farmers, ranchers and homeowners whose ...

Mr. Chairman, I rise in reluctant support of this amendment. I have serious concerns about the changes to the current Endangered Species Act being discussed today, both in the underlying ...

The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it.

Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, that is not what the Constitution says. The Constitution says, nor shall private property be taken for a public use without just compensation. That is ...

Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on passage of H.R. 3824 will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.J. Res. 68 and suspending the ...

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Under the rule, the previous question is ordered.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I thank him for his extraordinary leadership on behalf of the American people in terms of the air ...

There was no objection.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves).

Mr. Chairman how much time remains?

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop).

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

No, Mr. Chairman. It is not in there.

Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the substitute and to support the underlying bill.

Mr. Chairman, the part that I have trouble with is that we did not authorize any new money to fund this. You just said, take it out of the Interior ...

I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. Chairman, I will support the bipartisan substitute amendment by my colleagues, the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert) because it is ...

Mr. Speaker, the Endangered Species Act is a safety net for wildlife, plants and fish that are on the brink of extinction. Over its 32-year history, the Endangered Species Act ...

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the substitute being offered for a number of reasons.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the substitute amendment. It will significantly improve the species recovery which is an important part of our negotiating process that led us up ...

Mr. Chairman, I very much wanted to support the substitute amendment that we are debating this afternoon.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cannon).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Hinchey).

Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall).

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to stand here and speak about this particular substitute. As it was brought to the Committee on Rules last night, I noticed that it ...

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza), co-author of the underlying bill.

Mr. Chairman, I would just like to correct a couple of things. First of all, this is mandatory spending we are talking about. Secondly, we do not allow the taxpayer ...

Mr. Chairman, reforming the Endangered Species Act is long overdue. Today the House has an opportunity to enact significant improvements to ESA that restore balance and protections to species as ...

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the bipartisan substitute.

The question is on the passage of the joint resolution.

The pending business is the vote on passage of House Joint Resolution 68 on which the yeas and nays are ordered.

The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 178, ...

Mr. Speaker, personal reasons require my absence from legislative business following 5:10 p.m. today, Thursday, September 29, 2005. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on H.J. Res. ...

I appreciate those problems. Perhaps we will discuss that. I believe that starting at 10 makes sense. I understand we want to use all of the time that is available ...

Reclaiming my time and thanking the gentleman, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman could tell us, because we have discussed with our Members from California, from Washington State, Oregon, and others, ...

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the leader, for the purpose of informing us of the schedule for the week to come.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information.

I think the gentleman did have extensive discussion on this last week. I know this week really created a number of challenges for us because of those religious holidays. I ...

When we talk about all the Members from California, occasionally some Members there think the western-most county is Hawaii, of California, but I think those of us either from California, ...

Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

I thank the gentleman for that information, and I am sure the Members will be pleased about that objective as well.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding to me, and while I am the temporary majority leader, I am still the whip and always am glad to ...

There was no objection.

Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d, and the order of the House of January 4, 2005, the Chair announces the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the House to the ...

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred ...

(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 4, 2005, and under a previous order of the House, the following Members will be recognized for 5 minutes each.

Without objection, the appointment is approved.

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan?

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to give my Special Order speech at this time.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about the markup we had last night in the Committee on Energy and Commerce on the energy bill. The purpose of the energy ...

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House out of order.

There was no objection.

Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?

Mr. Speaker, this evening I rise to express my deep disdain and disgust for comments made yesterday on his radio show by former Secretary of Education William Bennett.

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?

Mr. Speaker, almost a year ago, I spoke on this House floor warning of the dangers posed by the latest effort of the majority party to raise the debt limit ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the end of a distinguished career and yet the beginning of new ad ventures and horizons.

Mr. Speaker, this evening I rise before this House condemning the words spoken yesterday by former Secretary of Education William Bennett. It is truly reprehensible that as we try to ...

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey) is recognized for 5 minutes.