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controlling the final half. mr. reid: my understanding is that -- are we in a quorum call? officer we are noted. the presid not. mr the clerk: a bill to provide an extension of time for providing individual tax returns in the case of a federal

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government shutdown. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: it is my understanding that the time for morning business senators are permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. is that right? the presiding officer: correct. mr. reid: madam president, i'm always moved to hear the pledge

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of allegiance that marks the beginning after new legislative day in the united states senate. on the 105th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war, the words "one narks indivisible" mean more today than most other days. along with chaplain black's inspiring invocation, the pledge reminds us of the true purpose

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of our work. we recall our responsibility to our country, our countrymen and to our conscience. i'm particularly pleased to seat senate open this morning. as we all know, la week at this time, even as recently as just a few evenings ago, whether the government would stay open was a very real question. as i said here late on friday

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night, i am a pleased we reached an agreement on a budget in time to keep the government operating. i am pleased that the budget will make historic cuts saving the country money so we can lower our deficit and do a better job of living within our means. throughout the last few weeks, i reminded the senate this negotiation, like any

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negotiation, neither side would get everything they wanted. from the start i also expressed my firm belief that what we cut will always be more important than how much we cut. that's because our nation's budget is a representation of our values and what we value. it's one of the many ways we demonstrate as a congress and as a country what matters most to

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us, what is important. this concept is not unique to democrats. as the speaker of the house and the chairman of the house budget committee have both said, our budget is a moral document. those following the budget debate have noticed something. while both parties may agree in principle that a budget is more than simply a collection of numbers, our positions couldn't

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be more different. we stayed tr -- we stayed true to our values. we value americans' right to afford a healthy life. the republicans tried to use the budget to repeal rights. we stayed true to our values and didn't let them. we value women's health, but republicans tried to use the

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budget to make it harder for women to get contraception that reduces abortions. their budget tried to make it harder for women to get cancer screenings and tried to slash funding for cancer research. we stayed true to our values and we didn't let them. we also value our seniors' ability to support themselves but republicans tried to use the

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budget to slice the social security administration. that would have meant delays for seniors who count on the benefits. they also tried to use the budget to reopen the doughnut. we stayed true to our values. we didn't let them. we value our children's education.

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but republicans tried to use the budget to kick little boys and girls out of prekindergarten programs and slice pell grants that help so many students afford college. we stayed true to our values, and we didn't let them. madam president, we value our environment, but republicans tried to use the budget to give

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polluters a free pass to poison the air we breathe. we stayed true to our values, and we didn't let them. we value our economic security, but republicans tried to repeal the promise we made to taxpayers that they will never again be asked to bail out a big bank. they tried to use the budget to

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reverse those rules and put in place -- which we put in place to hold wall street accountable. we stayed true to our values and we didn't let them. finally, madam president, we value our responsibility to create jobs, but republicans also tried to use the budget to reverse the momentum we've seen in recent months. policies they tried to jam through the budget would have

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cost us 700,000 jobs and slammed the brakes on economic growth. we stayed true to our values and we didn't let them. there are many more examples in this vast budget, examples of programs republicans wanted to destroy but democrats demanded we protect. there are many examples where they wanted to cut recklessly and we insisted on cutting responsibly. throughout this debate we stayed

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true to our values. the american people noticed and they're glad we did. by clear majorities our constituents are glad we stood up for h.r., women's -- up for health reform, women's health and cleaner air and on and on. this budget battle illustrated to the american people the fundamental differences between the two parties.

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in some cases our priorities are poles apart. that is obvious to the american people, as well as it should be. they are the ones who always decide whether their representatives morals more closely match their own. as we work toward finalizing this year's budget, start the conversation about next year's budget and engage in other

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issues before us, democrats will continue to our values. i would ask my time be used in leader time and not in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, in