| 00:00:00 | STIR IF WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. |
| 00:00:03 | MR. HARKIN: THE FIRST AMENDMENT UP FOR VOTE TODAY WILL BE ON AMENDMENT THAT I LAID DOWN YESTERDAY ON THE LABOR-H. |
| 00:00:12 | H.S. PART OF THIS SO-CALLED CONTINUING RESOLUTION. |
| 00:00:19 | AS POINTED OUT YESTERDAY THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I'M DEALING WITH IN MY AMENDMENT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE C. |
| 00:00:27 | R. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S IN THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHOEVER NEGOTIATED THIS PACKAGE KEPT LABOR-H. |
| 00:00:42 | H.S. AND ALL THAT IN A C. |
| 00:00:43 | R. RATHER THAN IN A BILL FORM. |
| 00:00:47 | NOW, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IN THE PACKAGE BEFORE US, DEFENSE -- DEFENSE -- GETS A FULL-LENGTH APPROPRIATIONS BILL. |
| 00:00:54 | SO DOES HOMELAND SECURITY. |
| 00:00:55 | IT GETS A FULL-LENGTH APPROPRIATIONS BILL. |
| 00:00:58 | AGRICULTURE GETS A FULL-LENGTH APPROPRIATIONS BILL. |
| 00:01:02 | MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GETS A FULL-LENGTH APPROPRIATIONS BILL. |
| 00:01:05 | COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE GETS A FULL BILL. |
| 00:01:10 | BUT NOT LABOR, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES. |
| 00:01:15 | INTERESTING, ISN'T IT? |
| 00:01:16 | INTERESTING. |
| 00:01:17 | THAT THE ONE BILL THAT SPEAKS TO EDUCATING OUR YOUNG, MAKING SURE THAT WORKING FAMILIES HAVE ADEQUATE CHILD-CARE PROTECTION, INCREASING OUR MEDICAL RESEARCH AT N. |
| 00:01:29 | I.H., PROTECTING FOOD SAFETY AND DRUG SAFETY THROUGH THE CENTER CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, THAT HAS TO BE ON AN AUTO PILOT FROM LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. |
| 00:01:41 | SO MY AMENDMENT COSTS EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE UNDERLYING C. |
| 00:01:46 | R. WHAT'S IN THIS AGREEMENT -- WHAT'S IN THIS AGREEMENT -- OR WHAT'S IN MY AMENDMENT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS, SENATE REPUBLICANS, SENATE DEMOCRATS IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS LAST DECEMBER. |
| 00:02:01 | I MEAN THE COMMITTEE, THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. |
| 00:02:04 | THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT BEING BIPARTISAN AROUND HERE. |
| 00:02:08 | WELL, MR. |
| 00:02:09 | PRESIDENT, WE ENGAGED IN BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS LAST FALL, TOOK US MONTHS, AND WE REEFED AN AGREEMENT IN DECEMBER. |
| 00:02:16 | THAT'S BIPARTISAN WORK. |
| 00:02:18 | AND NOW MY AMENDMENT MIRRORS EXACTLY WHAT THAT AGREEMENT WAS. |
| 00:02:25 | YOU KNOW, I'M TOLD NOW THAT ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO VOTE "NO. |
| 00:02:30 | " WHY? |
| 00:02:31 | WHY, I ASK. |
| 00:02:33 | INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, YOUR HONOR THE C. |
| 00:02:36 | R. THAT'S HERE, NO INCREASE. |
| 00:02:38 | UNDER MY AMENDMENT, $125 MILLION INCREASE. |
| 00:02:42 | TITLE I FOR POOR KIDS IN SCHOOL -- $107 MILLION INCREASE IN MY AMENDMENT, NO INCREASE IN THE UNDERLYING BILL. |
| 00:02:50 | N.I.H. IN THE UNDERLYING BILL THEY GET A $1 MILLION INCREASE, UNDER MY AMENDMENT, A $211 MILLION INCREASE. |
| 00:02:57 | CHILD CARE, UNDERLYING BILL, D 50 MILLION. |
| 00:03:00 | MY AMENDMENT, 10 MILLION. |
| 00:03:02 | AIDS DRUGS, INCREASE IN THE UNDERLYING BILL. |
| 00:03:06 | $29 MILLION IN MY BILL. |
| 00:03:07 | THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAMMERED OUT IN TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS BY LAST DECEMBER. |
| 00:03:15 | NOW, I KNOW THAT THE SENATOR FROM ALABAMA HAS SAID, WELL, THERE WERE SOME OPEN ITEMS WE DIDN'T INCLUDE. |
| 00:03:22 | NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T INCLUDE OPEN ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AGREED TO. |
| 00:03:26 | WHAT I HAVE IN MY AMENDMENT IS WHAT WE AGREED TO. |
| 00:03:30 | WHAT WE AGREED TO. |
| 00:03:31 | WITH ONE EXCEPTION. |
| 00:03:32 | I SAID YESTERDAY THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM, WHICH THE REPUBLICANS WERE OBJECTING TO. |
| 00:03:39 | IT'S NOT IN MY AMENDMENT AND STILL THEY'RE OBJECTING. |
| 00:03:43 | REPUBLICANS SAY THIS AMENDMENT WILL KILL THE WHOLE PACKAGE. |
| 00:03:45 | I HAVE TO ASK, WHY? |
| 00:03:48 | WHY? |
| 00:03:49 | FUNDING THESE AND KEEPING WITHIN THE SAME DOLLAR LEVEL AS IN THE UNDERLYING BILL, WHY DOES THIS KILL THE BILL? |
| 00:03:57 | CHAIRMAN ROGERS, REPUBLICAN ON THE HOUSE SIDE, HELPED NEGOTIATE THESE NUMBERS LAST DECEMBER. |
| 00:04:04 | NOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY SUPPORT N. |
| 00:04:09 | I.H. HOW MUCH THEY SUPPORT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. |
| 00:04:13 | WELL, I SAY TO MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, HERE'S THE TIME TO PROVE IT. |
| 00:04:17 | HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN PROVE IT. |
| 00:04:20 | $211 MILLION VERSUS $71 MILLION, AND THERE'S NO CASE INCREASE IN MY AMENDMENT IN THE UNDERLYING BILL AT ALL BUT BECAUSE WE DID A BILL RATHER THAN C. |
| 00:04:33 | R., WOK MOVE NUMBERS AROUND A LITTLE BIT. |
| 00:04:35 | SO I WANT TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF N. |
| 00:04:40 | I.H., WHERE ARE THEY? |
| 00:04:41 | WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT AND NOT INCREASE SPENDING ONE SINGLE DIME. |
| 00:04:48 | I WOULD POINT OUT, MR. |
| 00:04:50 | PRESIDENT, A NUMBER OF MEDICAL GROUPS AND RESEARCH GROUPS HAVE ENDORSED THIS AMENDMENT. |
| 00:04:56 | THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES, BIO, PARKINSON'S ACTION NETWORK -- ALMOST 300 PATIENT AROUND ADVOCACY GROUPS, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. |
| 00:05:15 | I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT A LIST OF THOSE BE PRINTED AT THIS POINT IN THE RECORD. |
| 00:05:19 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. |
| 00:05:21 | THE SENATOR'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:05:22 | MR. HARKIN: I ASK FOR TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES. |
| 00:05:24 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. |
| 00:05:26 | MR. HARKIN: MR. |
| 00:05:28 | PRESIDENT, AGAIN I SAY, WHY WOULD THIS AMENDMENT KILL THE BILL? |
| 00:05:36 | IT WAS AGREED TO BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, A DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN ROGERS, LAST DECEMBER. |
| 00:05:47 | THIS IS WHAT WE GREED AGREED TO RIGHT HERE. |
| 00:05:52 | AND WHY IS IT THAT THE ONE BILL IN APPROPRIATIONS THAT SPEAKS TO THE HUMAN NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY, THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR KIDS, THE SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH NEEDS THAT WE NEED FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR CHRONIC ILL UNLESS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHY IS THAT SINGLED OUT? |
| 00:06:15 | WHY IS THAT SINGLED OUT THAT IT CANNOT HAVE A FULL-STANDING BILL BUT MUST BE IN THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AT THE SAME LEVEL, ON AUTO PILOT, JUST AS LAST YEAR? |
| 00:06:29 | I SUBMIT, MR. |
| 00:06:31 | PRESIDENT, THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE DECISIONS. |
| 00:06:35 | WE CAN DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE KINDS OF INCREASES KEEPING WITHIN THE SAME DOLLAR LEVELS AS WE HAVE IN THE UNDERLYING BILL. |
| 00:06:41 | AND I TELL YOU, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WILL KILL THE BILL. |
| 00:06:48 | BUT I BELIEVE THOSE WHO DON'T WANT THESE INCREASES, WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN N. |
| 00:06:56 | I.H., THEY WILL HOLD THIS UP AND SAY, YES, IT WILL KILL THE BILL, AS AN IDLE THREAT -- THAT'S WHAT IT IS. |
| 00:07:01 | IT IS SIMPLY AN IDLE THREAT. |
| 00:07:06 | IT'S TIME. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR NOW WHERE THEY HAVE PUT THESE PROGRAMS ON AUTO PILOT. |
| 00:07:13 | I DARE SAY, MR. |
| 00:07:14 | PRESIDENT, IF WE DON'T DO THIS, THIS WILL BE THE LAST -- WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF THE LABOR-H. |
| 00:07:22 | H.S. APPROPRIATIONS BILL EVER PASSED IN THIS BODY OR THE OTHER BODY, UNTIL SOME -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE IT WILL STILL BE ON AUTO PILOT. |
| 00:07:34 | NOW IS THE TILE TO STEP UP, BREAK -- NOW IS THE TIME TO BREAK UP, BREAK THAT TREND OF JUST PUTTING THIS ON AUTOPILOT EVERY YEAR. |
| 00:07:42 | NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. |
| 00:07:44 | I HOPE THE CHAMPIONS OF N. |
| 00:07:47 | I.H., WHO SAY THEY'RE CHAMPIONS OF N. |
| 00:07:48 | I.H., I HOPE THEY'LL STEP UP AN SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. |
| 00:07:51 | MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR. |
| 00:07:54 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, |
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