S6260 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 12, 2012 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] proposes an amendment numbered 2814 to 

amendment No. 2813. 

The amendment is as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘1 day’’. 

CLOTURE MOTION

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a 

cloture motion to the bill, which is at 

the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented 

under rule XXII, the Chair directs the 

clerk to read the motion. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

CLOTURE MOTION

We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move 

to bring to a close debate on S. 3457, a bill to 

require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

establish a veterans jobs corps, and for other 

purposes. 

Harry Reid, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, Tom 

Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, Christopher A. 

Coons, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Patrick 

J. Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Daniel K. 

Inouye, Benjamin L. Cardin, Al 

Franken, Barbara Boxer, Ron Wyden, 

Robert Menendez, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 

Barbara Mikulski. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 

quorum under rule XXII be waived on 

the cloture motion just filed. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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FAMILY AND BUSINESS TAX CUT 

CERTAINTY ACT OF 2012—MOTION 

TO PROCEED 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move 

to proceed to Calendar No. 499, S. 3521. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the motion to proceed. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 499, S. 

3521, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, now that 

the Senate has finally adopted the motion to proceed to the veterans jobs 

bill, we have brought to a close the 

380th filibuster during my time as majority leader—less than 6 years. And 

just now, to start to bring debate to 

close on the veterans jobs bill itself, I 

have had to file the 381st cloture motion during my 51⁄2 years as leader. 

That is 381 cloture motions filed in just 

6 years. Actually, it is less than that. 

For comparison, in the 6 years that 

Lyndon Johnson was majority leader, 

he had to file one cloture motion. This 

has become outrageous. The peoples’ 

time is being wasted. We just finished 

30 hours of nothing. We are now starting our next 30 hours of nothing, just 

standing around looking at each other. 

Filibusters have increased in recent 

years, but this is really unbelievable 

what has happened. The level of Republican obstruction has increased dramatically. It has increased dramatically just in the last few years. 

We do not have to fight over everything. A veterans jobs bill, does that 

deserve a fight? When we were in recess 

subject to the call of the Chair, an Afghan veteran was brought out here. He 

is missing one leg. He is 25 years old. 

He is an Army veteran. He is trying to 

hang on to his other leg. The pages who 

are in here, I called them up and introduced them to this young man. I wanted them to see what all of this talk is 

about, of people who sacrifice for our 

country. Hopefully this man will be 

well enough after some more rehabilitation time that he can go out and 

look for a job. He will have at least one 

artificial limb. 

This is a veterans jobs bill that is 

being held up for what reason? I do not 

know—or do I know? The Bureau of 

Labor Statistics reports there are 

about 200,000 unemployed post-9/11 veterans, approaching a quarter of a million. And as our Nation appropriately 

winds down our military commitments 

abroad, we can expect increased numbers of newly separated veterans to 

enter the workforce. 

The veterans jobs bill is a $1 billion 

investment in our veterans. This bill 

would increase training and hiring opportunities for veterans. It would help 

to create jobs for veterans. 

I commend Senator NELSON of Florida and the chairman of the Veterans’ 

Affairs Committee, Senator MURRAY, 

for their hard work on this bill. Unfortunately, I have already received word 

that the Republican Senators are simply unwilling to pass this measure. One 

Republican Senator, for example, is insisting on a vote on something related 

to Pakistan. 

Another Senator has filed a right-towork amendment. Yet another Republican Senator has filed the Department 

of Defense authorization bill as an 

amendment to this bill. As important 

as Pakistan and many other issues are, 

the Senate ought to be able to focus on 

this young man who was here in the 

well this evening. We ought to be focusing on creating jobs for veterans. 

Now, we all know what is happening 

over here. The Republican leader, you 

have to admire him, he stuck to it. His 

No. 1 goal is to defeat President 

Obama, and that is why we have not 

been able to legislate. Everything has 

been stopped. Everything. We have 

been able to push through a few things 

but not many. 

As always, I will do everything I can 

to work with Senators to get consent 

agreements to provide for consideration of this legislation. Hopefully we 

can reach such agreement. I do not 

have much hope, but I am always, I 

guess, hopeful. But in the meantime, I 

will do what I need to do to ensure that 

the Senate can vote on this important 

measure. I will do what I can to help 

create jobs for America’s veterans. We 

need to do it for everyone, but could we 

just not agree on veterans? 

I know we are now 30 hours 

postcloture. We all know the drill. 

Scores and scores of times—the Presiding Officer is a new Member of this 

Senate, relatively new. He has served 

going on two Congresses. But he is an 

expert at watching this. The Senator 

from Oregon has watched this, and he 

understands what is going on, and it is 

not very good. 

So the time will run out on this 30 

hours from whenever the vote was 

turned in. First of all, we just—it is 

easy to get—especially when I am used 

to the Ryan math mixed up on numbers a little bit. So let’s go back where 

we were. 

We just completed and wasted 30 

hours. I had to file cloture now on the 

underlying bill. I have done that. Now 

we have to wait 2 days for this to ripen. 

The 2 days is going to expire on Friday. 

Now, we are going to vote on Friday, 

but it is not going to be at a time convenient to everybody. We are going to 

come in shortly after midnight tomorrow night, and we are going to vote on 

this. Then the 30 hours can start running, and then we will vote Saturday 

generally. 

If people cannot work together to 

help veterans, then we are going to 

make sure the American public knows 

what is going on here. So we will not 

vote tomorrow night, but we will 

vote—it has to be anytime 2 days from 

now. We can do that tomorrow night or 

actually Friday morning early, a little 

after midnight. 

I am sorry I got a little mixed up on 

30 hours, 2 days for something to ripen. 

Then, as I said, I have been very confused because of the Ryan math. It has 

been difficult for me to accept all of 

that. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky. 

UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3457

Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, where to 

start? I mean, what a charade and what 

a farce. The majority filibusters their 

own bills. They fill up the amendment 

tree. They do not even pretend like 

they are going to work with the other 

side. How do they expect to pass legislation if they will not allow any input 

from the other party? A charade and a 

farce. 

As far as helping that young veteran, 

our soldiers went to war in Afghanistan to get bin Laden. We finally got 

bin Laden, and we got him with the 

help of Dr. Shakil Afridi. I do not hear 

one peep from the other side, I do not 

see one bit of concern for the man who 

helped get bin Laden. 

Our soldiers went to Afghanistan. 

That young man lost a limb. A young 

man in my town also lost three limbs. 

They did it to get this horrible mass 

murderer bin Laden. This happened, 

and this is why we went to war. We are 

going to do nothing to support the man 

who helped us get bin Laden? 

We send good money after bad. Billions of dollars have been squandered 

in Pakistan. Pakistan then tortures 

the man who helped America get bin 

Laden. And we do nothing. I have 

asked for 15 minutes to vote on this 

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issue—15 minutes. No one is obstructing this for any sort of personal vendetta. I am more than happy to work 

with the majority. I care deeply about 

the veterans. I care deeply about housing and helping the veterans who have 

fought for their country. But this is 

about whether we as a country and the 

American taxpayers will be asked to 

send good money after bad to allies 

that are not acting like allies. 

Today we are reminded that our enemies are relentless, but we are also reminded that our so-called allies are not 

acting like allies at all. We are saddened by the assassination of Ambassador Stevens and his fellow workers, 

and we are appalled by the lack of protection for our embassies by our supposed allies. We send billions of taxpayer dollars abroad. And what do we 

get in return? Disrespect, disdain, and 

now ultimately violence. 

I have two amendments I wish to call 

up. First, not one penny should be sent 

to Libya until the assassins are delivered to justice. Not one penny should 

go to Egypt until they guarantee the 

safety and protection of our embassies. 

Second, not one more penny should 

go to Pakistan until the doctor who 

helped us get bin Laden is freed. Is it 

too much to ask of the Senate? I am 

more than willing to cooperate. I am 

more than willing to let those go home 

who want to go home and campaign. I 

know it is going to be a tough election 

for the other side. But the thing is, I 

am more than willing to let them go 

home anytime. 

I do this because it is important that 

our allies act like allies. It is important that we have a vote, that this Senate go on record and say: Do you support the American taxpayer? Do you 

want to help the man who helped us 

get bin Laden? 

I ask unanimous consent to set aside 

the pending amendments and call up 

amendment No. 2783 and also another 

amendment that is at the desk and yet 

to be numbered. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 

objection? 

Mr. REID. I object. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. 

The majority leader. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senator 

from Kentucky says there is no input 

from the minority, but, in fact, the 

substitute amendment we are going to 

vote on in the next day or two which is 

now pending before us has numerous 

provisions authored by Senate Republicans. 

I respect the interest of the Senator 

from Kentucky in relation to Pakistan, 

Egypt, Libya, but every now and then 

the Senate should be able to focus on a 

small good thing. To veterans this is a 

big thing. I like helping them. So I understand my friend’s tenacity. But I 

also understand how the Senate operates. 

I just think my friend from Kentucky 

maybe should have run for Secretary of 

State rather than the Senate. 

I suggest the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The bill clerk proceeded to call the 

roll. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the 

quorum call be rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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MORNING BUSINESS 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 

to a period of morning business with 

Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 

minutes each. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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TRIBUTE TO JULIE HASQUET 

Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I wish to 

recognize Julie Hasquet, my longtime 

press secretary and dedicated staff 

members, whose way with words, quick 

wit, and sharp pen has served me and 

the people of Alaska very well for over 

9 years. Julie had a tall task working 

for my then new mayoral administration for the Municipality of Anchorage 

as we brought down blighted buildings, 

drove out drug dealers, and culled out 

the ‘‘cat lady’’ in an effort to clean up 

the city. Julie staged press events all 

over town with backdrops that included bulldozers, jackhammers, demolition crews and even a wrecking ball 

painted as a pumpkin to take down a 

dilapidated gas station one cold Halloween afternoon. 

A former television news reporter, 

Julie expertly guest hosted talk radio 

shows where she would interview and 

cajole her own guests, including me, to 

discuss politics, policy, police, and 

issues of the day with the ease of a 

well-seasoned pundit. She used those 

skills in the mayor’s office and in the 

U.S. Senate to write more than 4,500 

press releases, thousands of tweets and 

texts, and to bring our office into the 

Facebook age with quips, quotes, and 

photos to tell the whole story as it was 

unfolding. 

Over the years I have watched with 

pride as Julie has balanced family life 

with civic duty, raising two smart, talented, daughters, Shelby and Savannah, participating in many charitable 

organizations, and volunteering at 

events while spending time with her 

many friends. 

Julie spends her spare time pursuing 

every kind of Alaskan activity from 

triathlons to target practice and 

scrapbooking to snow-machining. 

Julie’s love of Alaska shines through 

everything she does and her ability to 

tell Alaskans their own story, in as few 

words as possible, is a rare talent indeed. 

While Julie may be leaving the wild 

world of politics now, or so she thinks, 

I commend her and thank her for each 

and every one of her well said words 

and a job extraordinarily well done. 

OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS 

MONTH 

Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, today I 

wish to express support for women 

across America who are battling ovarian cancer and their families and 

friends who stand with them in their 

fight. It is estimated 22,280 women will 

be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this 

year. Of these women, 15,500 of them 

will lose the battle against this disease—1,040 of the women who will lose 

the battle this year live in Florida. To 

put those numbers in perspective, this 

year, across America, 3 percent of new 

cancer diagnoses in women will be 

ovarian cancer, but ovarian cancer will 

account for 6 percent of female cancer 

deaths this year. 

September marks National Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness Month, which is why 

I chose now to bring attention to this 

disease. Ovarian cancer is the ninth 

most common cancer in women and the 

fifth leading cause of cancer-related 

deaths because ovarian cancer is a 

unique cancer—there are no screening 

tests or early detection tests available. 

However, if ovarian cancer is treated 

before it has spread past the ovary, the 

5-year survival rate is 93 percent. 

Sadly, only 15 percent of ovarian cancer diagnoses happen in this early 

stage, making the overall 5-year survival a mere 46 percent. 

Until a screening test is developed, 

the best we can do to protect our 

wives, daughters, sisters, nieces, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and friends is 

to bring awareness to the risk factors, 

signs, and symptoms of ovarian cancer. 

I urge my colleagues to help educate 

women about the potential warning 

signs to help with early diagnosis, 

which is the best method to save lives. 

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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 

TRIBUTE TO JOYE KELLEY 

∑ Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, today 

I wish to recognize the career of Joye 

Kelley who is retiring as the president 

of the Rogers Board of Education after 

a lifetime of service and dedication to 

education. 

Joye Kelley has been a fixture of the 

Rogers School Board for more than 29 

years serving 20 of those years as president. During her decades of service, 

Joye has been a visionary for expansion and growth of a school system 

challenged to meet the needs of the 

growing population. During her years 

on the board, Joye ushered in many 

improvements to schools including the 

construction of 14 new schools to accommodate the tremendous growth. 

Joye has led the Rogers School District to be one of the best districts in 

Arkansas establishing the mission that 

welcomes all students and works to 

help each student succeed. The result 

of her vision and leadership is the creation of an award-winning education 

system that is recognized nationally. 

Both Rogers High School and Heritage 

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