. >> the chair will note that no one displaces sheldon whitehouse or his legislation. >> ms. house, i want to ask if you want to respond to mr. park's assertion that federal law in this area is sufficient as it now exists or at least could cover much or most of the conduct that you were concerned about. >> sure. mr. park indicated correctly level b is civil and so it does not criminalize or address deceptive tactics and neither do other federal statutes. in fact, there are other conspiracy laws dealing with intimidation and they have not been utilized in a manner necessary to get to specific issues regarding flyers such as this. >> is there nonutilization due to the law being inadequate or -- >> it's inadequate. it's not been -- it's both inadequate and not been utilized by law enforcement authority in order to prosecute these type of claims. the department of justice indicated as such that this is why they support this type of legislation because it would enable them to be very directed in addressing these types of deceptive tactics and flyers. >> with regard to state law, a

and right now on that subject of critical infrastructure senators jon kyl, sheldon whitehouse, barbara mikulski are trying to work on this compromise effort to bring the two sides together on what's the best way to secure critical infrastructure; power plants, you know, telecommunications networks. so there was a draft circulated of what that compromise looks like. >> guest: right. >> host: at this point still really early, but it did kind of lay out a framework of where they're going, and the u.s. chamber of commerce said they didn't like what they saw. iti, another trade group in the tech industry also voiced some concerns about it. what are your thoughts on that? >> guest: well, that -- we are applauding the effort by those senators to try to find a balanced approach to how you deal with the critical infrastructure in this country and insuring that it's protected against the kind of cyber threats that we know exist. it has to be balanced, you have to make sure that it is not overly regulatory, you have to make sure that there are the right protections there, and you have to insure t

sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted under the leadership of senator boxer and myself and senator shelby, voted for this bill, the restore act, with 76 votes. i don't think the transportation bill itself just got 76 votes. just to show you how difficult it is to get 76 votes. other than just, you know, immaterial items, it's hard to get 76 votes for apple pie and mother's day greetings. but we got 76 votes, and i was so proud. not only was it the right thing to do, a great help to the region that i help to represent, but also i thought very fair with the inclusion also of the land and water that was not part of restore but an

senatorers, sheldon whitehouse and john mccain have joined forces to both take his side in case at theates supreme court. he's the attorney general for the great state of montana. montana has done something that might offer the country way out of the mess we've gotten ourself into in the past couple of years. almost half of the states in the country had laws restricting corporate spending on state elections. when citizens united removed the corporate ban on federal election spending, the states followed. every state reverted back to the wild, wild west of rich guys and corporates buying the government they preferred. every single state in the union abandoned its own corporate spending regulations after citizens united except for one. except for montana. for 100 years, since 1912, they have had a law that limited how much corporates could spend the it's called the corrupt practices act. back in the early 1900s, montana was a mining baron's playground. they would spent a thousands dollars to win the election official they wanted. they sponsored parades. they distributed free cigars. they

senators, sheldon whitehouse, and john mccain, republican, forced forces joined across the aisle to boths side in a case at the united states supreme court. steve bullock is the attorney general for the great state of montana, and montana may have just offered the country something to get the mess out of this country. almost half of the states in the country had laws restricting corporate spending on state elections. when citizens united removed the corporate ban on federal election spending, the states followed. every state reverted back to the wild, wild west of rich guys and corporations buying the government they preferred. every single state in the union abandoned its own corporate spending regulations after citizens united except for one. except for montana. for 100 years, since 1912, they have had a law that limited how much corporations could spend the it's called the corrupt practices act. back in the early 1900s, montana was a mining baron's playground. mine owners would spent a thousand dollars per voter in order to win the election, the elected officials that they wanted. the