he said it is a large amount of stock and senator kyl said selling it would have to be done in stages over years. it could be done in a few months and we are out of it. that means we have 120 million americans who own general motors and chrysler. that's 60% of general motors. the uaw fund owns 17%, and non- voting. the government of canada owns 12% in the bondholders hold the rest. it would be widely dispersed and we would be back to the companies are supposed to operate. instead of driving their hybrids from detroit to washington every day to answer questions from subcommittee about the next car model could focus on the design and building of cars and trying to make the value of their stock go up. >> would you support any legislation that would protect jobs in tennessee? >> i don't know what kind of legislation that would be. i believe in the free market. the jobs are in tennessee. we've gone from having no other jobs to having one third manufacturing jobs because we're the best place to build cars. we have low taxes, one of the best four-lane highway systems, so that's why nissan ha

kerry has worked with senator kyl dealing with pakistan. it's essential that we do that. but because of what's going on here on the senate floor with republicans stalling, we can't get to that. i've been asked why democrats and republicans, to do something about drug re-importation. we don't have time to go to it because of the stalling. senate g.o.p. still just saying "no." they complain about the government being inefficient. the only inefficiency i see in washington today is the republican caucus in the house and the senate. again our health care system is in serious distress, and serious problems deserve serious efforts by serious legislators to develop serious solutions. that's why we're committed to lowering the high cost of health care, ensuring every american has access to quality, affordable care and letting people choose their own doctors, hospitals and health plans. we're committed to protecting exist coverage when it's good, improving it when it's not and guaranteeing health care for the millions who have none. doing nothing i don't think is an option, madam p

. >> thank you, very much, senator kyl? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i second senator cardin's motion and i appreciate your response. the sooner we get your views on these three issues, the sooner we'll be able to deal with them in an appropriate way. secondly, since i'm the ranking member on the same subcommittee, and i've been advised we're going to have a hearing on the detainees at guantanamo, i'd also like to ask you to get some information to us on that. i had asked in a letter that i sent back in may for some information following up on the president's speech when he talked about the fact that our super max facilities holds hundreds of convicted terrorists. i had written asking if you could break that down for us. i don't have response. let me just do this. i'm going to submit for the record a question 'cause i know you can't answer it just sitting here to find out who they are, what kind of categories of folks that they are, if there are any that are really comparable to the high value detainees that are at guantanamo today. that would be very

. >> senator kyl, on health care, republicans are talking about competition in order to -- and market reforms, changing the market in order to fix a lot of our health care system and talking about how democratic plans would delay care, deny care, or ration care. i'm curious if you think the private insurance system or prithe insurance companies currently do delay, deny, or ration care at all. and, if so, how you would change the private insurance system in order to make some of the reforms, get some of the results republicans are talking about. >> great question. because at the end of the day, nothing is more important to you and your family maybe except freedom than the health of your family. and if your doctor says you need a procedure or a treatment, you want to do everything you can to get that and you don't want it delayed. now, the first part of your question was, is that sometimes done by insurance companies today? remember a few years ago when there was legislation that there waws lot of support for called the patients' bill of rights. there was a concern that h.m.o.s were try

kyl: thank you. mr. president, the next matter that i wish to address is a follow-on also to the bipartisan commission on the strategic posture of the united states. i called it the perry-schlesinger commission a moment ago. as part of the 2008 national defense authorization act, congress created this bipartisan commission, charged the commission of six democrats and six republicans to assess the needs of the united states with regard to nuclear weapons and missile defense. ask asked that it -- and asked that it make recommendations in the role that the united states should play in the nation's defense. as former chair and vice chairman, william peri, and former secretary of defense for energy and for -- william perry, and former secretary of defense for energy and defense for presidents nixon, ford and cart, jake schlesinger specifically, stated in testimony to the senate armed service committee, the congress wanted the commission to reach a bipartisan consensus on its recommendations and findings to pr

kyl: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kyl: mr. president, the nomination of harold koh concerns me for a number of reasons. primarily his view that international law should guide u.s. law. and his criticism of our first amendment right to freedom of speech, and his opposition to the solomon amendment which conditions federal funding to educational institutions on allowing military recruiting on campus. the state department legal advisor helps formulate and implement u.s. foreign policy, advises the justice department on cases with international implications, influences u.s. positions on issues considered by international bodies, and represents the u.s. at treaty negotiations and international conferences. in short, this position requires the utmost deference to the constitution of the united states. mr. koh is a proponent of transnationalism, the belief that americans should use foreign law a

sessions, and the distinguished republican leader and whip, senator mcconnell -- senators mcconnell and kyl. the white house talking points tell us that the supreme court nominee, judge sonia sotomayor, has more federal judicial experience than any supreme court nominee in a century. my friends on the other side of the aisle have aggressively circulated these talking points. i assume by stressing judicial experience they are saying this overwhelmingly deep, broad judicial record provides us the basis on which to judge the nominee's fitness for the supreme court. that coin has two sides. the flip side is that a 17-year judicial career that has produced thousands of judicial decisions takes time adequately to evaluate and properly to consider. the question is whether the majority is at all interested in a genuine, serious, deliberative process by which the senate can fulfill one of our most important constitutional responsibilities. this process should be fair and thorough. and instead, it is being rigged and rushed for no praerpbt reason other than the -- apparent reason other than the major