pryor: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 6586 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6586, an act to extend the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 2014. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. pryor: i further ask that the nelson-hutchison substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to this measure be printed at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent the energy committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6060 and the senate proceed to its consideration and consideration of calendar number 269, s. 302 en bloc. the presidi

thank you, senator pryor. thank you, senator mccain, wherever you might be, because you haven't been on the floor, and carl levin, a job well done. and i yield back. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. merkley: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'm rising to share a few comments on the votes that were -- we're about to take. in particular, i am struck at the enormous amount of conversation over the last few days over how we make this body, our beloved senate, work more effectively in addressing the big issues facing america. i think all of us have had the experience of our constituents back home recognizing that the last two years and many years before it were ones that we had a particular growing element of paralysis, that we had a responsibility to address. and tonight the senate is going to be speaking in a bipartisan fashion and saying that th

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pryor went for two touchdowns, as they beat them 30-10. the rose bowl, the stanford's first win in the rose bowl in 30 years. to orlando, capital one bowl, georgia's aaron murray threw one, two, three, four, make that five touchdown passes to beat nebraska 45-31. to the outback bowl, what turned out to be the game of the day. 11 seconds left. wide over, south carolina's dylan thompson connected to a 32-yard touchdown pass to beat michigan. in the heart of dallas bowl, oklahoma state five touchdown passes and embarrassed the boilermakers 58-14. finally, northwestern won the first bowl game since 1958. that was the truman administration. the wildcats ended the longest losing streak with a 34-20 win over mississippi state. there's another college football game tonight. the sugar bowl in the superdome. new orleans, as number 3 ranked florida gators match up with number 21 ranked entirely underdogs louisville cardinals. >>> "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> just ahead, media mogul jay-

. >> yeah, i started doing stand-up 'cause i was supposed to play the role of richard pryor.happened with that? >> i don't know. it's, like, every five years -- before, it was my brother damon. then, it was mike epps. now, it's me. five years from now, it'll probably be, like, emmanuel lewis or something. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it goes all the way around. >> it keeps changing. ♪ the circle of life >> but every year, i try to pick up something new, so i started to do stand-up to play richard pryor because if i'm going to play the greatest comedian ever, then, i feel like i should do some stand-up. that's the method actor in me, you know. >> jimmy: how'd it go? >> it's going good. i'm touring and everything. i'm getting much better than i used to be. i'm sucking better. that's the whole thing. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: you were sucking. >> i suck better than i used to. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> every year -- like, last year i picked up piano. no, like, five years ago i picked up piano. guess what. sucking way better than i used to. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, now you c

pryor ran for two touchdowns as the seminoles easily beat illinois, 30-10. in the rose bowl, stanford ran for over 200 yards. they had to hold on for a 20-14 win over wisconsin. it was stanford's first win in the rose bowl in over 40 years. to orlando, capital one bowl, georgia's aaron murray threw one, two, three, four, make that five touchdown passes to beat nebraska 45-31. to the outback bowl, what turned out to be the game of the day. 11 seconds left. south carolina's dillon thompson connects on a 32-yard touchdown pass. they beat michigan 33-28. who was covering him? in the heart of dallas bowl, oklahoma state had five touchdown passes and embarrassed purdue 58-14. finally, the gator bowl, northwestern won its first bowl game since 1958. that was during the truman administration. the wildcats ended the longest losing streak with a 34-20 win over mississippi state. there's another college football game tonight. we start the bcs games. the sugar bowl in the superdome. new orleans, as number 3 ranked florida gators match up with number 21 ranked louisville

lonnie pryor racked up a career-high 134 yards and two t.d.s and only five carries.lorida state takes the orange bowl, 31-10 over the huskies. >>> to the rose bowl now, he gets the ball on the reverse and dashes 16 yards for the score. that gave stanford the early lead. fourth quarter and goal. he gets stopped at the line. badgers again at the fourth. kirk philips gets picked off. that's it. they beat the badgers. wisconsin now loses three consecutive rose bowls. >>> to the outback bowl, look at this. does it look like a first down? the refs say yes, the south cl coin carolina coach can't believe it. what? smith's helmet goes flies. he loses the ball. gamecocks recover. south carolina takes the lead on a 31-yard touchdown pass. michigan answers with 17 yards scoring toss there. they're now up by one, but south carolina isn't done. they get into the end zone in the final moments of regulation. gamecocks stop michigan 33-28 to win the outback bowl. >>> in basketball, the clippers' 17-game winning streak is over. finishing with 14 points. clippers were out of sync here

>> i kind of think you have to pretty much equally pryor tietz customers and your employees as the most important stakeholders, followed probably by investors, then suppliers, larger communities and the environment. they're all important. they all need to be taken into consideration. but i think the real secret sauce to a successful conscious business is prioritizing customers and employees. >> tom: one thing you have to deal with when talking about prioritizing customers is retail prices. food prices specifically. you deal with these every day directly. food inflation is moderated certainly from the big year-over-year increases we saw in 2011. it's been volatile, though. so how do you deal with that for your stakeholders, for your customers? >> there's not-- honestly, there's not that much you can do about it because if your raw cost goes up, you sort of have to pass those on. and i mean, i always think people misunderstand inflation because it's really just the currency depreciating and working its way out through all the different sections. if the federal government increases the mon

>> i kind of think you have to pretty much equally pryor tietz customers and your employees as the most important stakeholders, followed probably by investors then suppliers, larger communities and the environment. they're all important. they all need to be taken into consideration. but i think the real secret sauce to a successful conscious business is prioritizing customers and employees. >> tom: one thing you have to deal with when talking about prioritizing customers is retail prices. food prices specifically. you deal with these every day directly. food inflation is moderated certainly from the big year-over-year increases we saw in 2011. it's been volatile though. so how do you deal with that for your stakeholders, for your customers? >> there's not-- honestly, there's not that much you can do about it because if your raw cost goes up, you sort of have to pass those on. and i mean i always think people misunderstand inflation because it's really just the currency depreciating and working its way out through all the different sections. if the federal government increases the money

lonnie pryor full back no less. he had five carries, 134 yards. fsu riding him to a 31-10 victory.s pretty much the sporting life for

lonnie pryor full back no less. he had five carries, 134 yards. fsu riding him to a 31-10 victory. is pretty much the sporting life for right now. but the 49ers have signed veteran kicker billy cundit for a re placement. >> thanks fret. and thank you for joining us.

. >> was richard pryor, which surprised me, because i don't know why i didn't know that. how did that happen? >> he was a buddy of mine. he was working at the vanguard. we kind of hung out together in the village. and when we got the idea to do "blazing saddles," it's about a black sheriff and we used the n-word a lot. and -- [ laughter ] so i called richard, i said, richard, i, you know, i need you to bless the n-word. [ laughter ] i, you know, i'm close. you know, i'm a drummer. >> jimmy: yeah. nice. this is not drums, though, this is a desk, mel. >> you know, the truth is, it's not really a desk. >> jimmy: not really a desk. >> cardboard. it's mostly cardboard. a desk is wood. [ laughter ] and this looks like wood but it really isn't wood. >> jimmy: it's a vinyl sticker we put on the top. >> it's all right. show business. >> jimmy: that movie, i think -- you know, because i show my kids, just as my parents, like, my, "young frankenstein," we watch that movie more than any movie as a family in my house. we probably watched it 80 times, i think. >> this is a deprived fam

knapp's project quarterback terrelle pryor threw for 150 yards and 2 touchdowns in san diego's victory yesterday over the raiders. he did get to exhibit some leadership during a fight here in the 2nd quarter between spikes and goodson when he tried to pry goodson away. >> we're down there. what if we get a 15-yard penalty? we're screwed. i just said, mike, can't do that. he said what do you expect me to do? i said you have to be the bigger man. how many times have we been from last year, we had over 160 permanents? i don't know how many yards, maybe 1,000 football fields. we have to go to work hard to make you guys write some good things are. we're coming back strong next year. i promise you that and we'll have a successful season. >> that's leadership there. >>> back to the issue of black monday. the day after the regular season, the day that the coach of a struggling team dreads. >> you're fired. >> okay. >> go. >> all right. >> please, no, i cannot be fired! i'm fired! >> you're fired!! >> on pink slip black monday 7 nfl coaches let go andy reid, chan gailey, pat shurmur, lovie subm

montana's max baucus, and alaska, and mark pryor, rural states where hunting is part of the culture and three men up for reelection next year. and there also was a small pro second amendment gathering on the mall today. they support armed guards at schools, and they say more gun laws are not going to stop those with mental health problems with committing violent acts. >> this is not about school shootings. school shootings can be stopped, but it's not by taking away the right to bear arms from legitimate law abiding citizens. >> also here at the rally here behind me they're waiting to hear from actress kathleen turner, one of the final speakers, jamie. >> jamie: molly henneberg on the national mall in washington, thank you, molly. >> kelly: alarm bells ringing over the nuclear program in north korea satellite rae veals what may be a new challenge for president obama as he begins a second term. details straight ahead. >> jamie: another look at the pictures and concerns over the president's health care law and its impact already on the economy. we've got new polls from small businesses an

. >> noefr apeeltz court abbinging on judge william pryor said that a president could make these appointmentsuring these little short breaks. it does seem like this very case is headed for the supreme court, but for today certainly at the very least it invalidates a lot of action over the labor relations board over the past year. it calls into question actions by the consumer protection board. if this decision holds it's going to scale back a power that presidents of both parties have used. >> and let me just be clear here because what the senate has been doing is gaveling down for 15 seconds. >> right. >> they say that they're in session, but they just gavel down, and it's one person who stays in town and does that. it's not a real session. the white house, of course, said that that was a sham. this is the appeals court. it's republican-appointed, but that's because of the current judges on that court, the three judges that are all appointed by republican presidents, but the bottom line is this also means that the national labor relations board whose appointes were held up for months because

arkansas, probably a targeting of pryor, who's up in 2014. colorado, that surprised me a little bit. i don't think either senator is seen as likely to be against. louisiana, i get landrieu there. and north carolina -- >> it's all about the 2014 map. this is -- there are the six senators in states who are democrats, who were carried by romney, and then colorado, which is a state republicans have to get back in the win column in national elections. >> in general. >> in general. >> it's a high priority. so these states are going to show up on this show a lot. >> all the time. no matter what conversation we're having, happens to be talking about hagel. will the republican party really go about a filibuster here? >> young, i think it certainly would be unprecedented for a member of the club to be a victim of a filibuster here. but it's a -- you know, chuck hagel's zone whatwoman couldn't do in his first four years. he's ignited the left, the right, they're all dissatisfied with chuck hagel. so who knew that it would come on a nomination for the pe

has confirmed that the former president will headline a march fund-raiser for arkansas senator mark pryoron next year. clinton, of course, is an arkansas native, who served 12 years as the governor of that state. >>> and finally, a rough day for serena williams at the australian open. the 15-time grand slam winner broke, wow, you see it there, broke a racket in disgust after blowing a one-set lead in today's quarter finals, and things got worse. the 39-year-old williams lost to 19-year-old sloan stevens, who is moving on to her first ever grand slam semi-final. and boy, oh, boy, serena, se shernl did not look happy there, wolf. >> she was not a happy tennis player at all. lisa, thank you. >>> happening now, we saw her anger and we saw her close to tears, but did hillary clinton's benghazi testimony change anything? i'll ask the brother of one of the americans killed in the attack if he's gotten the answers he needs and wants. plus, bone-chilling cold across much of the country. how long will it last? and an inaugural official tells cnn whether beyonce did or did not lip sync the national

some of those democrat senators like mark baucus, mark pryor of alaska and mark begich are up for re-election in 2014. dianne feinstein says she knows she has an uphill battle. >> i did this before. this is a campaign. if it takes one year, two years, three years, i have just been re-elected. we're going to stay the course. >> she points out there are more than 2,000 types of hunting and sporting-style firearms that would not be affected by this ban, and this is just the first in what democrats say will be a series of bills that they're going to unveil over the next couple of months that deal with gun violence, mental illness, and school safety. charlie andnorah. >> nancy cordes, thank you. >>> republicans are in north carolina this week. they're trying to come up with a new game plan to win voter. last night bob j jindal had tough words for his fellow gop members. >> we've got to stop being the stupid party. it's time for us to talk like it does, it's time to start talking our visions for plans. it's no secret we had a numb behalf of republicans who damaged us with bizarre comments. we've ha

senator mark pryor, democrat from arkansas joining us, senator, welcome. >> thank you, thank you, andabout mark warner. he's very, very pro-business. he really gets the economics of all of this, and he is someone that we definitely look to within the senate on economic issues. >> senator, we were surprised to see nine democrats in the senate asking the president to approve the keystone pipeline because the environmentalists hate this thing and do not want it built. i'm wondering why do you want it built in the face of fierce environmental opposition? >> well, i'm not sure that the environmentalists made a sound case on this. i mean, you know, there's been, i think, four and a half years worth of environmental studies on this. they are -- my feeling is they are going to build the pipeline, build is north south or east west, and if they go west, it's going to china. i would rather it be refined in the u.s. and burned in our engines. we know that meets u.s. environmental standards, and, you know, we have strong standards in the country. i think -- i don't know where the environmentalists

not only democrats in states as doug described in the northeast but landrieu in louisiana, and mark pryorr this guy? >>gregg: why nominate this guy? >> he likes hagel and the attitude is i will get you for susan rice and shove this down your throat. he wants a fight. >> it could blow up. >> the real first reason he looked at hagel a month ago and we heard the name the last couple of years, he is a republican, a trojan horse, he is a republican who agrees we need to cut defense spending and they want the face of defense cuts to be a republican not a democrat. that is number one. >> he will not be popular at the pentagon. >> let me ask these guys, has the president pick up the phone and called harry reid and said, can we get this guy confirmed? >> i don't think so. i think this is a fight they want because panetta, the outgoing secretary of defense, he said sequestration is a disaster and hagel has said the opposite. >> he is weak on iran and other things against intervention anywhere. greg degree going back do the sequestration, the $110 billion will happen in two months and they just kick

some of the senate democrats like monday montana's max baucus mark pryor and mark begich are up for re-election in 2014. feinstein says she knows she has an uphill battle. >> you know, i did this once before. this is a complain. if it takes one year two years, three years, i have just been reelected. we're going to stay the course. >> reporter: she points out there are more than 2,000 types of hunting and sporting firearms that would not be affected by this ban and this is just the first in what democrats say will be a series of bills that they are going to unveil over the next couple of months that deal with gun violence mental illness and school safety. charlie and norah? >> nancy cordes thank you. >>> republicans across from the country are in charlotte, north carolina, this week, trying to come up with a new game plan to win voters. last night louisiana governor bobby jindal had tough words for his fellow gop members. >> we got to stop being the stupid party. i'm serious, it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. it's time for us to articulate our plans and our visions fo

you mentioned mark in alaska and mary landrieu in laz and mark pryor in arkansas and other democratsound the country that face electorates that are prosecond amendment and he does not want to force them into these kinds of votes. sounds like he will slow walk this thing and see what happens. you mentioned joe mansion earlier he and republican senator mark kirk from illinois have a compromise piece of legislation that says we can't get a gun ban through but expand background checks to a way that works that is a sensible system and everybody is sharing information. they are working with the nra on it. that is one possibility of something that could actually pass. >> shannon: you bring up background checks. concern about those supportive of gun rights how far it goes. they say if your grand daddy gives you his shotgun for christmas that he used on his first deer hunting trip is that subject to a background check. sounds like those kinds of transactions would be subject to a background check. >> i did not get a shotgun until i was 11. >> shannon: that is late in. >> that is late in west

heidi hidecamp the democrat in north dakota and the senator from alaska, max baucus from montana, pryorn or close to it. >> and he's been tepid how he responded. >> and public opinion is swinging back now and we'll see whether that staunch support of the gun, you know, lobby is going to continue. >> but public opinion didn't pass the president when he ran through health care and a lot of people were against that. and take the polls in the wake after tragedy that compels all of us at the table to be open minded about reform and look at the polls, most recent gallup, only 40% say that gun control is a top issue and among those who do, not a majority of assault weapons ban. they want safety in the schools, addressing violence in the culture through media and not knee jerk reaction. >> megyn: a hard break coming up quickly. >> gun control is a top issue to the parents of the victims in newtown and parents of victims of gun violence everywhere, that's why ronald reagan was on the side of assault weapons ban and-- >> and-- >> thank you, coming up, sister wives and could polygamy soon be legal

. >> richard pryor was in it. >> very difficult. >> the debt ceiling is still around. >> easily, though. >> the debt ceiling is still around. you are still dealing with that and, of course, the sequester issue. there are a lot of questions about what happens. we're speccing to run into that debt ceiling sometime between february 15th and march 1st. in the meantime, let's talk about corporate news. aig is suiciding maiden lane over lawsuit rights. it's the federal vehicle created during aig's bailout. at issue is whether the insurer transferred its rights to sue for losses that it incurred on its troubled bonds when it sold $2 billion in securities to the fed in 20308. aig is preserving its right to sue the federal government and other debts. >> fed chairman ben bernanke is going to speak and answer questions at the university of michigan. in d.c., president obama is said to be forging ahead on a wide ranging plan to overhaul the immigration plan this year. this includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. immigrants would have to pay fines and back taxes

so i would go to mark warner was not up for election but i'll go to pryor in arkansas i would go to north to lie and say what can you do to get this thing done. i'm sorry, i don't know -- [laughter] >> it's the senate he thinks is a foreign body. >> well, it is. the senate is like an old folks home. they keep the temperature up, they take naps. [laughter] >> steve, what do you think about the nra position that we should have armed guards in every school? >> i think if you're going to put the resources into coming up with that many armed security people, that wouldn't be the best place. schools are, surprising assist me be, one of the safest places for kids to be. if you're going to hire 50,000 cops, or fined 50,000 volunteers, there are places where they can have a much bigger impact than in school. >> congressman, what do you consider going too far in the attempts to limit gun violence, personal liberty to own guns, as opposed to the consequences of society? >> too far in what i was talking about is something that can't get 51 votes in the united states senate, 218 votes in the notice st

in the orange bowl, lonnie pryor carried five to the career high 134 yard and two touchdowns.ighth ranked stanford, this was a good game. you see dick on the sidelines with barry -- >> i did not. >> he was there. kenny was. the rose bowl beautiful weather. i was thinking, wow, here we are. stanford won the rose bowl for the first time since 1972. stefan taylor and kevin hogan combined for 212 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 20-14 win over wisconsin. in the capital one bowl, aaron murray passed for 42 yards, five touchdowns -- 427 yards, fieve touchdowns. they outscored nebraska 45-31. in the gator bowl northwestern earned the first bowl victory since the 1949 role bowl. the wildcats turning in a 34-20 for mississippi state. we didn't mention south carolina which won in like seconds with a -- the touchdown. that was a big game. high kicking guy -- >> and anna storm was hosting -- >> the propane deal. >> yeah. >> is that different -- i have natural gas. if your -- >> you have propane on the side. >> if you're trying to delight and it doesn't light right away -- you got to t

there's pressure on him in arkansas to run for senate in 2014 against pryor, a vulnerable democrats. to run for the senate right after you got into the house, it's a little fast. he may be able to accomplish more. he is a rising star in the party. there have been others as well. there are people thinking of running and some ran and lost the first time. that part about the republican future i'm very encouraged by, the younger candidates. we can find a lot more if we put in a little more effort. i think it's time for generational change in the republican party. it is a party that's conservative. at least at the presidential level we keep nominating the next in line guy, a 65-year-old guy who ran last time but did not quite make it and gets nominated. they are impressive individuals, but it's a kind of pattern of dole and mccain and it's tough to compete with barack obama. that has been true somewhat at the state level until recently. they nominate the senate majority leader. you get some good people that way. a lot of the more innovative governors have been younger people who jumped th