in states that have comprehensive background checks, women are 38% less likely to die from domestic violence crimes. women are 38% less likely to die from domestic violence crimes if they are lucky enough to live in a state that says before you buy a gun, you have to prove to us that you aren't a domestic abuser. since 1998, 250,000 domestic abusers have been stopped from buying guns because of background check laws. and that's just the domestic abusers who were dumb enough to show up at a gun store and try to buy a firearm. that doesn't count the frankly millions of domestic abusers who never walked into the store to buy the fiewn in th gun in the e because they knew they were going to be denied. women are 11 times more likely to be murdered

by a gun than any other high-income nation, and we have a solution: background checks. 40% less likely to die from domestic violence if you fiscal cliff a state witlive ina state. so, mr. president, i bring just three stories to the floor today in my effort to bring voices to the victims: those of mike, a teacher in nevada; gerardo,age immigrant who loved doing his public service as a t.s.a. worker, and teresa flores. 10,287 people, tough to fit on one sheet -- that's just in 11 months. it frankly won't take that long,

just a handful of years from now, before there is absolutely no way to fit this number on this board ... unless the united states senate and the house of representatives decides that 90% of americans are right and we should make sure that criminals can't access guns, we should ban illegal gun trafficking, we should expand the reach of our mental health system so that we can finally say that congress, the senate and the house, can going to do something to give voice to these victims. mr. president, i'd yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. you quorum call:

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we approach veterans day on monday, i want to rise to recognize the selfless service and sacrifice of america's veterans. as we reflect upon the generations of men and women who have answered the call to serve and defend our freedoms, we especially remember those who have given what president lincoln so eloquently called the last full measure of devotion. and just as we owe it to the memory of those who have given their lives for our freedom, we also have a solemn obligation to ensure that every service member comes home and that we care for those who still bear the wounds of war. some of these wounds are physically visible while others are not so apparent. we've made great strides in caring for our service members especially in regard to lifesaving procedures in the battlefield and rehabilitative care through the department of veterans affairs, but there's still much that we must do to combat the epidemic of mental health among veterans, traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder and the high

rate of suicide among our service members remain among the most pressing issues our veterans face. mr. president, we owe all of our veterans a tremendous debt of gratitude and we must uphold the foremost duty of providing for their care. this responsibility includes aiding our veterans as they transition to civilian life by finding ways to put their skilled military training to work and through providing timely processing of medical claims. we must rise to the occasion to make sure that our past mistakes are not repeated as our troops return from current and future conflicts. in my home state, south dakota, it's easy to see the integral role that veterans have played in shaping who we are as south dakotaans, a legacy that dates back to before the founding of the state itself. mr. president, south dakotans always punched above their weight when it comes it military service in all the conflicts our country has been involved in

over the years. the values of service and honor are woven into the fabric of our communities. with each day these values are strengthened through our members at ellsworth air force base and v.a. centers around the state. i know firsthand the sacrifice made by our nation's veterans because my own father, harold, was a decorated world war ii navy pilot. like all of our veterans, my dad served with pride and dignity protecting our democracy at home and abroad. one of my favorite memories since i've been in the senate was the opportunity to accompany my father during a great memorial erected in honor of his generation's veterans. i was humbled by the quiet reverence they had for the men lost in battle, reminder of the

so many men lost. we should be grateful for the men and women who have given of themselves. these men and women served bravely making america the country it is today. as we celebrate a weekend filled with fanfare, celebrations and people involved in their weekend activities, i would ask that we all take a moment to remember the service of those who did not make it back to their families and that we rededicate ourselves to caring for those who continue to bear the cost of our freedoms. may god bless our veterans and may we continue to honor those who have nobly answered the call to serve and on this veterans day may we all keep the brave members of our military and their families in our thoughts and prayers as they continue to serve our great nation. mr. president, i yield the floor.

i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

ms. landrieu: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: may i suggest to dispense with the reading of the roll, of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. ms. landrieu: thank you. i know the hour is getting late. i know other membersda members o the floor to speak before we close the day's business. but i wanted to take the opportunity to come to the ploor to associate myself with the -- to the floor to associate myself with the remarks of the appropriations committee, senator mikulski, earlier this week. she has really been, as you know her very well, an extraordinary leader for many, many years in this congress. she's truly an expert appropriator. we could have no better person trying to bring this body

together, democrats and republicans, in my mind than senator mikulski, trying to get our appropriations bills through the process, which is so important for the country, not just for our agencies and our departments but, mr. president, you know, as the senator from massachusetts, the thousands in your state and millions of private contractors and nonprofit organizations, not the least of which, one of my favorites, the catholic church, who delivers so many social services to the people of our state and nation. it's very hard for anyone to plan anything when the federal budget is in such disarray. if there's anyone that can figure this out, it's senator mikulski. so as one of our subcommittee chairs, i want to be here to support her work. i'm the chair of the homeland security committee and just add my voice to how important it is for us over these next few weeks

to get a budget resolution done. senator murray has passed a budget on this side. we're finally, after the recklessness of a government shutdown, finally everyone has come to our senses and we're now in conference, budget committee. we've got to get that budget number done. so that once we agree on what the topline spending is, or the budget for the country, we can then go about building the 14 bills that actually run the department of defense, the department of homeland security, department of education. there are a couple of things that i want to say. i'm going to speak from this text for a moment and then file the rest for the -- for the record. but the important thing -- the important reason for congress to adopt a budget resolution would be for us as i said, to provide some stability, not just for the next year but the next two

years, not only stability to our agencies but to our many private-sector partners, so that we can give some idea of what the outlook for spending and investing is going to be by the federal government. it's very important for our overall economic strength. we cannot afford another government shutdown that puts our economic viability at risk, denies assistance to millions of americans. in my state -- i was trying to figure out way to describe the cost of the shutdown, reckless, and it should be been avoided, and it was not. and so i asked, you know, what are some of the things that cost about $92 million in louisiana? and one of the things i found out is that we pay the new orleans saints, the payroll is $70 million a year. i mean, that would be like telling the saints, we're not paying you for one whole year. now, you know, we would never do that in new orleans, but when you think about not paying the

salaries of the players and then the effect that would have on the whole operation, the whole or, the city itself, the -- the whole organization, the city itself, you can see the ripple effect. and that was just the impact to louisiana. the impact to the nation was extraordinary. we have to are avoid it at all costs. one of the missions of the appropriations committee is to make sure our federal government continues to operate on behalf of the people, the taxpayerses, we serve to invest in their future, in their opportunities to strengthen feelings and grow businesses. they need a budget that they can count on, just like we do. and when the federal government is not functioning under normal order, getting our budgets, our appropriations bills, it really does wreak havoc in many, many communities throughout our country. we need to pass our 12 appropriations bills that set priorities and invest in our

future. if we are not able to get to an agreement on the budget and to set toplines for all of of our appropriations bills, we will basically punt to a c.r. -- we call a continuing resolution -- which is like -- and one of my colleagues said this, so i want to give him credit -- i think it was senator durbin that said, its likit's like running your bs for 2014 gaffe based on your chk receipts for 2013. why would any smart businessperson dibusinessperson? no one -- no one would run a family budget, a business operation using last year's stubs from the checkbook. i meerntion you wan mean, you wt you need this year coming up, you want to i. budget for the future. any time we punt to a c.r., a

continuing resolution, we're like putting the country on autopilot, but it was set for last year's weather, not what's coming ahead for next year. it really is a waste of money. it wastes taxpayer money. so i am hoping that cool heads can prevail, we can get a budget number. it's going to take some additional revenues put on the table as well as some smart cuts and reductions, balancing between the murray priorities and the ryan priorities and then we can be given our numbers to build the homeland security budget. twhais want to talthat's what it now just briefly. everyone knows how important toss keep the homeland security of this country intact. we have done a very fine job over the last -- it's been expensive. this budget has gone from zero to its current level of $42 billion and literally post 9/11,

in the last ^13 years, 12 years. but it's been an investment worth making. we have a lot of threats against our country every day, from border intrusions to cybersecurity threats, to explosions, as you know so well, mr. president, the boston marathon, which frightened anandstrayerizeed an entire cit. so there are lots of challenges. throwing money at the problem isn't going to fix them all. tbhowt having enough money to invest will ensure vulnerabilities, which we cannot allow. when a home mai homemade explose wreaked havoc on the boston mayor thorntion we saw how important proper training and equipment is. that fund something funded through the homeland security bill. we've been given robust grants through the years. we want to be able to continue to do that. however, if we don't get to

agreement, granting funding a would be reduced to the lowest level since it was formed tennessee years ago -- ten yeempleghts i don't think we want to go back to pre-9/11 investments. this is a new world, a dangerous world. the threats are evolving, as we saw play out in boss stofnlt we need to be rea ready for the net atafnlg we won't be if we can't get a budget agreement. our cyber networkworksworks arer constant attack. there are 6 million probes on u.s. net wit networks alone. there are 140 foreign spy organizations. one example -- the syrian electronic army -- defaced the more than corps web site, hacked into numerous print web sites. a recent annual report to congress from the secretary of defense documents that china is using its network exploitation to support intelligence

collections, of course, and that's understandable. but -- but hacking in to some of our manufacturing and private-sector databases to steal u.s. trade secrets, et cetera, and manufacturing secre. we know this. it's been put into the record before. but it is worth repeating. also this year, in the wake of serious chemical plant incidences in west texas and ascension parish in louisiana, we're reminded that we have -- our people live around chemical plants and industrial sites that are very dangerous. lots is done to keep them safe. but if that ever -- if that perimeter was ever breached by people who had other intentions other than to work there and produce legal products, it could be a disaster. that is ongoing. it is a big cufnlt it is an open country. we've got partnerships to build with the private sector and in large measure that's part of what our budget does. last week a transportation

security officer lost his life. two others were shot in the line of duty at the los angeles airport. so these attacks are real. this budget does what it can with limited resources. we try to be strategic. we try to be as efficient as we can be to make sure that we keep our hundreds of airports, land ports, and water ports safe for people to move, for manufacturing and trade, and for our economy to advance. it's a big job. it takes a lot of money to do that, and it takes cooperation. and i sure hope in the next couple of weeks we can find it. we continue to face threats of weapons of mass destruction, dirty bombs being detain indicateindicated in one of our- detain fated in one of our cities -- detonated in one of our cities or ports is an ongoing security issue.

we just cannot afford to not have a department of homeland security budget that's looking to the future, as these threats evolve, they're ever-changing. er you know how people say, well, i just bought a cell phone. do i have to buy another one? well, the technology is change so fast, it's hard for people to keep up. i just got a laptop last year. i need to buy another one because the technology is changing. in the same sense, threats are evolving. we can't budget for what we thought would happen two years ago. we need to budget for the future. and if we can't get this budget worked out, if we can't get our appropriations numbers, we will either be in a continuing resolution, which is basically funding what happened in the past, which makes no sense and wastes taxpayer money, and we'll be shortchanging our constituents. so i am going to put the rest of this into the record. i just wanted to say that four

years in a row the department of homeland security has had to tighten its belt. everyone has. we've been willing to do that. we've operated at reduced funding. but the impact of the sequester, which is really a blunt instrument that cuts funding in a not very smart way. its an automatic budget cuts that were never intended, they were never designed to run the government. they were really designed to motivate us to do a better job of getting to the budget. that seems to not be working, and so, as a result, these automatic cuts that are blunt, that are harsh, and that really are not smart, are happening to all of our agencies -- defense and non-defense alike. it's time to get rid of that inefficient waif operating and go to a more strategic,

forward-leaninleaning planning t process. so i hope to be a part of that. i just want to mention an agency that i'm very supportive of, the coast guard, not only because we build many of the boats in louisiana but because so many people, our people -- and i think this is probably true of massachusetts as well -- are literally saved every year by the coast guard because we have lots of water, lots of lakes, lots of water and oceans, and lots of important things going on. offshore oil and gas drilling, we have -- we're in intercepting drugs that come into the united states, and the coast guard is on the front lines. they are operating its surface and air assets 25% below plan levels because of these sequestration not-smart cuts. it is has resulted in a 30% reduction in drug seizures. people are not happy to hear

this. and an 11% reduction in interdiction of undocumented migrants. under a year-long c.r., if we went to that, customs and border protection would not be able to hire anymore officers for our air, land, and sea ports of entry. this is bad news for travel and trade. as people come into america, me say to me, senator, why do we have to bait wait so long in line? we just came to do business. we've got to get to new york, chicago, boston, louisiana, california, and other places where people come to do international business. we can't shift assets from the past to the front line with a sequester. we can only do it with a rational budget that will help cities like new york, los angeles, houston, chicago, dallas, new orleans, and miami to grow. this is important to business. it's important to the chamber of commerce. so i would urge colleagues, as i

close and put the rest of this in the record, let us work very hard together in a bipartisan way to come to some agreement on our budget so that we can have direction as appropriators to design bills, whenl it is for the department of education or the department of agriculture, the department of homeland security, or the department of commerce, to fashion budgets that meet future needs, that are not funding tired past priorities but are funding and investing in the real future needs and realtime needs, present and future needs, of our citizens and the great country that we -- that we believe in and want to see get stronger. so i will submit the rest of my statement for the record. i thank senator mikulski for her leadership, and i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.

the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to car calendar number -- calendar number 346. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it.

the ayes have it. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, cornelia t.l. pillard of the strict of columbia to be united states district judge for the d.c. circuit. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators? accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close of the nomination of cornelia pillard of the distric district of coluo be united states district judge for the district of columbia circuit. signed by 17 senators as follows. reid of nevada, leahy -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to

proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. mr. reid: so, mr. president, the question is, is the motion to proceed to h.r. 3204 now pending? the presiding officer: the motion to h.r. s 3204 is pendin. mr. reid reid: reid reid: i woue clerk to report the cloture motion. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 236, h.r. 3204, an act to amend the federal food, drug and cosmetic act with respect to human drug compounding and drug supply chain security and for other purposes. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i would again ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived.

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent we proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed speak for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent the foreign relations committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 280. and that the senate proceed to this matter. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 280, recording the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of united states combat troops from the vietnam war and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the pream about he will be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i'm told that there's a bill at the desk due for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 1661, a bill to require the secretary of state to offer rewards of up to $5 million for information regarding the attacks on the

united states diplomatic mission at benghazi, libya, and for other purposes. mr. reid: i ask now for a second reading but in order to place -- that's only in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that from thursday, november 7, through tuesday, november 12, i be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 11:45 a.m. friday, november 8, for a pro forma session. that would be all we would do, with to business conducted. and that following the pro forma session, the senate adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, november 12. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of

morning business until 4:30 with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. the that at 4:30 p.m., senate proceed to to executive session to car calendar number 346, the nomination of cornelia pillard to be u.s. circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit. with the time until 5:30 equally divided and controlled in the usual form prior to the cloture vote. further, if cloture is is invoked on that nomination, upon disposition of the nomination, the senate resume legislative session, the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the pharmaceutical drug compounding bill. and finally, that if cloture is not invoked on the pillard nomination, the senate immediately resume legislative and the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke clotur cloture -- to proceed on 3204, the pharmaceutical bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there will be up to two roll call votes on tuesday beginning at 5:30. that's november 12. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 11:45 a.m. tomorrow.

to all of those who fought for this progress ever since a similar bill was introdpiews -- introduced more than three decades ago. now it's up to the house of representatives. one party in one house of congress should not stand in the way of millions of americans who want to go to each day and simply be judged by the job they do. again, that from president obama. house speaker john boehner opposes the employment nondiscrimination act and said the house will not vote on the

legislation. texas governor reason for president last year. he came in fifth place in the iowa caucuses. he's back in iowa tonight speaking at the polk county republican dinner. you can see his speech live on our companion networking c-span. >> president obama was fundraising in dallas yesterday, texas governor rick perry fundraising in iowa this evening. todd gillman is the washington bureau chief and joins us by phone. what is -- you're writing that the president comes to a state texas being one of the chief sources of resistance to the health care law. what did the president accomplish by his visit yesterday? >> caller: well, the primary goal there seemed to be fundraising. he raised some large sum that we don't know the exact amount of money for the democratic sen nate campaign that go to states

other than texas. texas democrats are not very competitive. there's a john cornyn up for reelection next year. the democrats don't seem to be making a run at him. it was clearly a top goal for the president. as far as pitching obamacare and the affordable care act, it does make sense for him in a lot of ways to go to a place like texas raw number of uninsured americans exceedingly high percentage of texas ans roughly one in four who lack health care coverage. so you go, you know, rob banks where the money is. you go to a place like texas because that's are the uninsured american are. it makes since politically to take on governor rick perry's directly. it's one of the main reasons -- it's a mairnlt obstacle to clearing the role of uninsured texas. >> his comments yesterday the

president said no state needs the aca more than texas does. how did that play with governor rick perry? >> governor perry was not surprisingly unimpressed by the argument. he argues that the affordable care act is the long way to go. and in particular, the kind of medicaid expansion that president obama would like is not the right way to go for the state of texas. he and other republicans don't trust that the formula will stay intact. and so they say that whatever the promise coming out of washington are right now, it's going end up more costly and could potentially bankrupt the state of texas. as with states share of the medicaid cost goes up. of course, it's a state federal combine program. and the early years the affordable care act promises -- from washington but again the republicans in texas don't trust that. and they point to all of the

problems with the rollout of obamacare, and things like the fact that people are in fact losing their insurance when the president promised countless times they wouldn't be losing their insurance as evidence that you can't trust what comes out of washington. >> host: back to the politics in particular. the possible 2016 politics. pear -- rick perry heading to iowa. what is he hoping to -- accomplish. >> a support or uprising that said we want him to run again. he ran fifth in the caucus in 2012. it was devastating. at one point he was a shooting star, i guess he was a shooting star. he faded eventually and in a fairly embarrassing way at the end. he -- i'm sure would love to run for president. he's testing the waters as many of these candidates are. i think he's hoping to make

connections and see how it goes. >> host: he's the second prominent texas to be in iowa. you covered ted cruz in iowa. how was he received? >> cruz has been in iowa three timings in the last several months pitches with him two of the times. each time very friendly audiences. christian conservatives primarily, and even the republican dinner that he was at mostly attracted tea party activists and solid social conservatives. those are the folks who obviously want to come out and see a guy like ted cruz. they loved it. they think the world of him. they don't hold him to blame for the government shut down, unlike democrats and more moderate democrats. cruz, certainly, is going to be a contender within a certain segment of the iowa elect rate. it's interesting to see both perry and cruz going after that,

because they play to a lot of the same people. they are going to be fight forking the same portion of the iowa caucus voters. >> and to the health care politics for a moment. any indication that rick perry will address the comments that barack obama made? >> i don't have a preview of that. i wouldn't be surprised. he's proud of the fact that texas has been resisting obamacare. it's one of the states that fought the law in court. he refused to expend medicaid like we discussed unlike some republican governors he consider to be squishier and not as pure as they thought onen the issue. i would be surprised if he dleases -- address it is. he's no fan of the president or obamacare. >> todd gillman is the washington chief. you can read the reporting on dallasnews.com and follow him on twitter. >> thank you for championing us. >> sure thing.

>> texas governor's speech is live on c-span just after 8:00 eastern. >> as a pakistani i'm concerned about pakistan. i always want pakistan to overcome it dysfunction for pakistan's sake. i want good relations in the united states. but it's not just out of love for the united states but out of love for pakistan. pakistan has to understand and realize as a nation there's no other nation can stretch you and make your size bigger than your neighbor. so india's size is an advantage to india. pakistan needs to get over one thing -- and be happy with security. pakistan and india has nuclear weapon. now pakistan needs to trade with everybody in the neighborhood, address the economic

distinction. put the 48% children who don't go to school in school. and make sure pakistan's population doesn't continue to rise at the pace that is faster than the pace of the economic growth. and none of those things can be addressed just by building relations between an american military personality. >> the former ambassador to the u.s. on the painful history of pakistani-american relations. sunday night at 9:00 on "after words." just part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> one of the things that struck in my mind is how dallas has changed in general just from, say, the political standpoint. at that time, in the early 1960s and late '50s there was a less

balanced prelim climate here. i remember seeing public indication in one of the two papers, i forget which one "the times harrold" or the" dallas news." somebody bought a full-page ad the day before president kennedy came with his picture on it and said "wanted for treason" when arlen sector, who came down here six month after the assassination represented the warren commission, was a junior counsel. he was the one that quizzed me. after it was over with, he came out in the hall in parkland, because he was quizzing me about the entrance wound. i initially no question about it, 0 thought it was an entrance wound. he said we have people that will testify they saw him shot from the overpass. we don't believe they are credible witnesses and i don't want you saying anything about it. marking the 50th

anniversary of president kennedy's assassination. eye witness accounts who treated president kennedy and lee harvey oswald. sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. part of american history tv. open the next "washington journal." right now here on c-span2 a conversation with the head of the see --, on paktani sierra club. joining us from san francisco in morning to talk

about environmental and energyce policy. let me begin with the obamahost administra:tion's record so far. how would you grade it on those issues? >> guest: we grade it pretty god ? guest: pretty good, but incomplete. certainly, what the administration has done on health standards has been important in performing the -- improving the informants of our utilities and protecting our air improving the of our utilities and protecting our air and water. we also have to recognize the president's leadership in supporting efficiency standards for automobiles that will simultaneously save significant amounts of oil over the next couple of decades, and also reduce renounce gash -- gas

emissions. the standards will raise fuel economy to 55.4 miles per gallon. by itself, that will cut greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. by 10%. those are things we are excited about. is piece that is undecided whether or not the administration will adopt a supply-side strategy to their climate land. -- plan. right now you have an energy policy that is often undermining the president's climate goals. when you talk -- here the president talk about exporting, that sets us further back from where we need to be in terms of stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions, and it is undecided whether or not the president and the administration will show strong leadership on the. host: let me show you from the white house, the president's

plan to address climate change and four key points -- has ucceedany of tse fron glrg well, i mean, it depends how you define success. if we're taking the loming-term view, and thinking about what are we doing in you quantify success, taking a long- term view, what are we doing to build an economy that is 100% power with energy that is clean, renewable, safe, secure, and sustainable? you would say we are making great progress. we have secured the retirement of more than 150 old and out dated,