mr. baker like most americans i'm concerned about the growing threat of cybercrime. we worry about, if off business you worry about that. if you're just an average citizen you worry about somebody stealing your identity or anything else. i understand the f.b.i. national white collar crime centers received more than 300,000 complaints about cybercrime last year. that's an astounding number. so you discuss in your testimony, the need to keep the computer fraud and abuse act up to date. how would the administration's proposals to update the computer fraud and abuse act ensure the statute keeps up with the chames in technology? >> in particular on the question of keeping up with changes in technology, i would focus on the provision regarding trafficking an passwords and other identifying information. we think that, right now we think the language is broad enough to enable us to to what we need to do. we think expanding it will clarify in the future as hopefully security systems advance and other ne

again, mr. baker, i know this is not technically the subject of the hearing, but since you are here, i want to ask you about be administration's data bridge proposal. the administration -- i want to ask you about the administration's data breached -- breach proposal. i was surprised to see the definition of sensitive, personal, identifiable information did not include an individual's geo location. today, many have records of where a smartphone has been over months. in my mind, that information can be more sensitive than once home address, which is covered in the legislation. would you include geolocation? >> we would have to look at that. in terms of doing it direcececec we would be open to that. eyewitness note, because we have looked at -- just a note, because we have looked at geolocation, the department would be happy to work with you on that. >> i also noticed this proposal gives companies up to 60 days to notify their customers of a breach of their sensitive, personally and identifiable informat

mr. baker, can you please explain why it is that the government government must be a business partner with everybody that goes into business? and how is it that the government is so smart, that they can pick, wonderful, fantastic winners and losers in the marketplace all the time? just remember, ronald reagan said, scariest words someone can say is, i'm from the government, and i'm here to help. and i'll get off by i just want to ask both guests one thing. when did millionaires and billionaires start at $200,000? from my math, that is very, very far below $200,000 and, you know. i'm from new york, so i'm very, very used to a lot of people talking about redistribution of wealth and fairness and all that other stuff but my main point is, the government is not a business partner with us. should not be and can not be if we're going to be successful. thank you. >> host: dean baker. >> i'm not sure what chris means, government is everyone's business partner. i don't know anyone that really holds that

. -- republican, thank you for .eigaiting caller: mr. baker can you explain why the government must be a business partner with everybody who goes into business? how is the government so smart that they can pick winners and losers in the marketplace all the time? remember, ronald reagan said that the scariest words someone can say is, "i am from the government and i am here to help." i want to ask both guess one thing, when did millionaires and billionaires start at $200,000? from my math, that is far below $200,000. i'm from new york, so i'm used to a lot of people promoting a redistribution of wealth and fairness and all that stuff, but my main point is that the government is not a business partner with us, should not be, i cannot be if we are going to be successful. guest: i am not sure workers means in the sense that government is a business partner -- i am not sure what chris it means in the sense that government is a business partner of president obama and others say they want to support business environment and you have things like the s

caller: mr. baker, can you explain why the government must be a business partner with everybody who goes into business? how is the government so smart that they can pick winners and losers in the marketplace all the time? remember, ronald reagan said that the scariest words someone can say is, "i am from the government and i am here to help." i want to ask both guess one thing, when did millionaires and billionaires start at $200,000? from my math, that is far below $200,000. i'm from new york, so i'm used to a lot of people promoting a redistribution of wealth and fairness and all that stuff, but my main point is that the government is not a business partner with us, should not be, i cannot be if we are going to be successful. guest: i am not sure workers means in the sense that government is a business partner -- i am not sure what chris it means in the sense that government is a business partner, and i do not know of anyone that holds that position. of president obama and others say they want to sup

bremer mr. baker and mr. kantor within the last 12 days -- mr. boehner and mr. cantor in the last 12 days. the american people want common ground and i will be looking for it. on the same day, the majority leader said this, we have to focus on areas of commonality and try to transcend differences here. today harry reid offered a unanimous consent. a number of appropriations were offered. there was an agreement that emergencies like natural disasters needed additional head room. there was an agreement that we would have additional spending if we were faced with a disaster. in the house debate, everyone understood we are faced with disaster. our republican friends in the senate are urged to do exactly what they suggested 12 days ago that we all should do, seek common ground. in our view, we want the entire level of funding that the administration and fema said was necessary. because the republicans do not agree on that figure, we have come to their figure in harry reid's proposal. we suggest we move forward to fund the government. everybody said yesterday on the h

. >> incidentally, mr. baker, i think the house of representatives would find it very difficult to accept the mandatory minimum. certainly i do not intend to include it in the bill that i will put forward. just in passing. butnot strong penalties, the mandatory minimum is something that i worry can be abused. >> i want to start by thanking the chairman and the ranking minority for convening this hearing. we have heard from the chairman, from the president, from the new leaders in the private and public sector that this is one of the most grave threats facing our nation, that the number and complexity of crimes continue to grow, and the impact on victims continues to grow. i am glad we are continuing to press on this. i hope we will take the opportunity to move in a bipartisan and responsible way to amend this in ways that deal with lack of clarity, but to also strengthen the tools available to law enforcement. i want to focus on a few simple points. one is about training and the skill set available in the departm

first i'd like to start off by saying that, mr. bakerplease explain why it is that the government must be a business partner with everybody that goes into business, and how is it that the government is so smart that they can pick wonderful, fantastic winners and losers in the marketplace all the time? just remember, ronald reagan said the scariest words someone can say is, i'm from the government and i'm here to help. i'll get off but i want to ask both guests one thing. when did millionaires and billionaires start at $200,000. from my math, that's very, very far below $200,000. i'm from new york so i'm used to a lot of people talking about redistribution of wealth and fairness and all that other stuff but my main point is this, the government is not a business partner with us, should not be and cannot be if we're going to be successful. >> dean baker? >> i'm not sure what chris means in the sense that the government is everyone's business partner. i don't know of anyone who that position. i mean, president obama and others have said the

mr. hoffa. and we have homeland security chairman, joe lieberman. and all things political with peter baker of the new york times and mike duffy with "time" magazine. i am candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> the nation's capital and campaign trail will be a wash in jobs plans and presidential politics this year. the president's big unveil is on thursday, and republicans that want his job have ample opportunity to vie for it. dau mint holds twa in the tea party, and the tea party may hold considerable sway in the republican party. >>> senator, thank you so much for taking time. i wanted to start off talking about jobs. what you think has to be in a presidential jobs plan that you will hear about on thursday night and what cannot be in it. >> well, candy, i have spent the month of august visiting a lot of businesses, and manufacturing plants. i have been on shop floors. i have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in south carolina and across the country. what they want is less regulation. they just keep talking about the epa and fcc and all the different agencies

mr. richard trumka, to our executive vice president -- and thank you for your warm introduction -- arlene holt-baker, and to secretary treasurer, elizabeth schuler. i apologize. and also to moderators bob herbert and mrs. maria salinas, the reverend jackson, to bill lucy. and i'm sure i'm going to miss somebody, but attribute that to my head and not my heart, but also to my dear wife, andrea waters-king. king center staff is here and friends. it is a great pleasure to join you this morning in this symposium on jobs, justice and the american dream. you might remember that at the time of my father's passing that he and his team, reverend jackson and many others, were mobilizing for the poor people's campaign to bring together poor breaks and -- blacks and whites and native americans and americans from all walks of life to say to our nation's policymakers that we demand the right to decent jobs with decent pay. in the 1968 -- in 1968 and '67 as they were mobilizing, he was talking about a living wage. we're still trying to get the minimum wage adjusted properly. just shows how far we still have to go.

jim baker is on the other side of the descants his chief of staff and he is pressing me to support this bill. half "mr. president, that is not what i came here to do. i do not think that is what you came here to do and i do not think i can support it. and he said, "if i cannot count on a whip, who can i count on?" i'm telling the greatest leader in the world that i cannot help him? the gall. i did the work. we passed it and it was one of the two worst votes i cast in my 35 years. >> but it is memorable as the president says, "but i cannot count on you, how can i count on?" when the president of united states puts it to you like that, you have to help. >> 3 and 50 students from run the country and around the world in washington, d.c., and on behalf of the by policy center, thank you senator lott and dorgan. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> sunday, on "newsmakers," lamar alexander on his decision to step down as chairman of the republican conference and how congress is changing over his four years in leadership

baker in 1967. i remember him for his courtesy, for his decency and for his independence. i thank the chair and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent that my intern, yan pern, have the privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: i also ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: i applaud my colleague from tennessee. i appreciate him coming to make comments about his service with senator hatfield. when i was first coming to the u.s. senate, senator hatfield asked me to bring greetings to his former colleagues, and one of the first conversations i was able to have was to sit down with senator lamar alexander, who like senator hatfield, has served as a governor and embodies so many of the qualities that senator hatfield worked to cultivate. i rise today to commemorate a statesman and a mentor, senator mark o. hatfield. he took many roles: dedicated public s