[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 96 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S3845]
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                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will resume legislative session.
  The majority leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am told there is 7 minutes remaining 
postcloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4660.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 9 minutes remaining.
  Mr. REID. I yield that time back.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I would like to claim those 9 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. If she wants to use the time, please do.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, before we move to the adoption of the 
motion to proceed on CJS appropriations, if in fact we do so, I wish to 
speak as the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee and the chair 
of the subcommittee on CJS.
  I am really sad about what has happened here. I am really sad we 
couldn't find a way to proceed to bring up these three outstanding 
bills.
  I note that what we wanted to bring to the floor was the Commerce-
Justice-Science bill, the Agriculture bill, and Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development.
  There are significant policy differences even on each one of those 
bills, whether it is truck requirements, whether it is school 
nutrition, whether it is environmental--important discussions and 
decisions on the environmental protection.
  On my own CJS bill, we are going to really lose a lot. You know, I 
had money in this bill--working with Senator Shelby--for bulletproof 
vests for cops to protect those who protect us and more money for 
domestic violence to be able to protect those in their own homes. I 
have also added more money to work with those people who have been rape 
victims, doubly assaulted by the system where they are not only raped 
by a perpetrator, but the very system didn't process the forensic 
evidence that would have validated the guilty party or even ascertained 
that there was a serial rapist.
  Agriculture fed the hungry in this country and fed the hungry around 
the world. And of course transportation and housing both created jobs, 
solved problems in physical infrastructure, and also at the same time 
met compelling human needs in our housing. Particularly, I note the 
items such as housing for the elderly and the economic development.
  I am not going to take my full 9 minutes, but I would hope that at 
the end of today we figure out how we could have another day.
  I know on both sides of the aisle in the Appropriations Committee 
itself, those subcommittee chairmen really worked hard to produce 
bills. As of today, we have moved six bills out of our full committee 
and are pending on the floor. But now we have to truly arrive at a set 
of rules for the road on how we can proceed to bring these bills to the 
floor. I really hope we can do so.
  There has been so much good will on both sides of the aisle and also 
on both sides of the aisle a really incredible effort to be able to 
meet the needs of our country, to have a more frugal government and a 
really, truly civil process.
  So this day will come to an end. But I really hope that the 
Appropriations Committee coming to the floor doesn't die today.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I know there are others who wish to speak, 
and if they want to use time remaining postcloture, fine; otherwise, I 
yield the time back, and the floor will be open for everybody. But I 
need to do that first. So, does anyone want to speak for the 2 minutes 
remaining on this?
  I ask unanimous consent that all time postcloture be yielded back.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.

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