[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12453]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, there 
will now be a period of morning business for up to 1 hour, with 
Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the 
time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with 
the Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, controlling the majority 
time and the Republicans controlling the second half.
  The Senator from California.
  (The remarks of Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Schumer pertaining to the 
introduction of S. 1038 are located in today's Record under 
``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Thank you, Madam President. I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kansas is 
recognized.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Madam President, I applaud my colleague from 
California for raising this issue. This is one that has been here since 
I have been here, and we have seen it a number of times and we are 
seeing the effects of this. I applaud her leadership in bringing this 
forward. It is a serious issue. It is a serious matter. It is one that 
has significant consequences to our overall economy across the 
country--in California, in Kansas, my State--in New York, and other 
places.

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