[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 87 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S3874]
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  PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING ACT--MOTION TO 
                                PROCEED

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 75, S. 679, the 
Presidential appointment efficiency and streamlining bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion to proceed is now pending.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, before I leave the floor, I wish to say a 
word to and about my friend, the Senator from California. As I have 
indicated, she is the chair of this most important committee, the 
Environment and Public Works Committee, which I had the good fortune of 
chairing on two separate occasions. She has been tireless in bringing 
legislation to this floor--attempting to. She has been talking about 
this bill for months, about how good it is.
  When she sat down and reminded me of the merits of this legislation, 
I thought: This should be a good one, a job-creating measure. We need 
that right now. I have been very disappointed that we haven't been able 
to move forward. But it is not because of any lack of effort on her 
part.
  She and I came to Washington together many years ago and served 
together in the House of Representatives. She is my friend, but she is 
also one of the most outstanding legislators we have had in this body, 
bar none.

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