i would have said without hesitation my friend my mentor and my role model susan collins. she has been an example to me from the day that i arrived of courage and independence when it is called upon and of working across the aisle. i have watched her with senator lieberman and the homeland security committee when she was the ranking member, showed determination and toughness when she needed to but always willing to listen and cooperate when it was essential so i'm very proud to serve under chairman collins and i think we will have a terrific and productive committee looking at a very important issue in our country. the senior senior financial exploitation is not new to any of us. as a prosecutor in kansas city i saw first-hand both horrific and heartbreaking instances of elder abuse physical, emotional and yes financial. roughly one in five seniors will be a target of some form of financial exploitation to the tune of billions of dollars in losses each year. this hearing will focus on those cases with an additional conflicting factor. when the perpetrator is a family membe

i would have said without hesitation my friend my mentor and my role model, susan collins. she has been an example to me from the date i arrives ofd and watched her in the homeland security meeting when she was the ranking member and was always willing to cooperate when it was essential. i am very proud to serve under chairman collins. the senior financial exploitation is not new to us. as a prosecutor in kansas state r city, i saw first hand both horrific and heart breaking instances of elder abuse. physical, roughly one in five seniors will be a target of some. this hearing will focus on cases with an additional conflicting factor when the perpetrator is a family members, a trusted care taker or close friend or advisor. the numbers here don't really tell the story. thankfully we have self wit ps. perpetrators are constantly developing new ways to gain access and focused on a generation that's been list willing to self-purport. when a family member is around these become one of the nicest around. victims may expect what's happening but may feel powerless or ashamed to repo

i would have said without hesitation my friend, my mentor and my role model susan collins.as been an example to me from the day that i arrived of courage and independence when it is called upon and of working across the aisle. i have watched her with senator lieberman and the homeland security committee when she was the ranking member showed determination and toughness when she needed to but always willing to listen and cooperate when it was essential so i'm very proud to serve under chairman collins and i think we will have a terrific and productive committee looking at a very important issue in our country. the senior senior financial exploitation is not new to any of us. as a prosecutor in kansas city i saw first-hand both horrific and heartbreaking instances of elder abuse physical emotional and yes financial. roughly one in five seniors will be a target of some form of financial exploitation to the tune of billions of dollars in losses each year. this hearing will focus on those cases with an additional conflicting factor. when the perpetrator is a family member, a tru

. >> reporter: a bill from maine sudden susan collins to defend the president's 2014 immigration plan was backed by democrats but fell short of the 60-vote threshold. >> common sense legislation that would protect our democracy from the egregious example of the overreach we saw in november, it actually in my view deserves broad support. >> reporter: a senate democrat who served three tour as a naval flight officer warned putting the nation's security on auto pilot with a short-term extension. >> let's fight some of the ties, unless you run into weather, unless you run into a tief oorngs unless you run into turbulence, unless you run into incoming fire. >> reporter: with democrats overwhelmingly rejecting, now the likely need to do something to appeal to democrats to avoid a partial government shutdown. lori. >> mike emanuel, thanks. joining us tom marino serves on the foreign affairs and judiciary committees. you did vote in favor of the three week spending extension yet 52 republicans voted no why do you believe they did that? >> the president is violating the constitution and i agre

. >> reporter: a bill from maine sudden susan collins to defend the president's 2014 immigration plan was backed by democrats but fell short of the 60-vote threshold. >> common sense legislation that would protect our democracy from the egregious example of the overreach we saw in november, it actually in my view deserves broad support. >> reporter: a senate democrat who served three tour as a naval flight officer warned putting the nation's security on auto pilot with a short-term extension. >> let's fight some of the ties, unless you run into weather, unless you run into a tief oorngs unless you run into turbulence, unless you run into incoming fire. >> reporter: with democrats overwhelmingly rejecting, now the likely need to do something to appeal to democrats to avoid a partial government shutdown. lori. >> mike emanuel, thanks. joining us tom marino serves on the foreign affairs and judiciary committees. you did vote in favor of the three week spending extension yet 52 republicans voted no why do you believe they did that? >> the president is violating the constitution and i agre

maine republican senator susan collins which would allow the 2012 brought here as children and repeal the 2014 executive action. and top democrats want to only fund the homeland security and firing back in the gop. >> we are not going to it be pressured, be bullied that we have to do this or that immigration reform as a price to fund homeland security. it is too vital to america and too violets to our country and the way legislating should work. >> reporter: one key republican senator said nine democrats on the the senate and on the record against the president's executive action. but the problem is, they are not voting that way at this point. it is not clear how the show down plays out. jenna? >> thank you, mike. >> senate hearing is underway on the obama administration on git me. we are learning new details on the prisoner swap of sergeant bo bergdahl from the taliban five as we hear from the nation's top counter terrorism official for the first time since the deal was struck. kathryn has more. >> reporter: a potential government watch dog concluded that the administration broke the

after the seen the votes to fund dhs, they will vote on susan collin's vote against president obama's. >> it helps the president follow the law instead of ignoring it. it is hard to see how a senator could oppose a good common sense idea. we look forward to that vote. >> that is the senate and over in the house, conservatives want to fund homeland security and defund the president's executive actions and speaker jon boehner talked about the house versus the senate. >> we have two different institutions that don't have the same body temperature every day, and we tend to work to it narrow the differences but sometimes there are differences. you know, the house by nature and by design is a hell of a lot more rambuncious than the senate. >> there may be a short term solution to let the courts play out on president obama's immigration plan. bottom line house democratic leader doesn't like that. >> and so it is harmful to our national security and our homeland security for us to be inching along two months or four months and stop the game playing and get serious. we are talking about eight

meanwhile a separate bill from susan collins to defund those actions failed to advance in the senate. subcommittee. issues discussed include water systems and funding and regulatory compliance. this runs about 90 minutes. >> i would like to call the hearing to order and recognize myself for opening statement. today's hearing focuses on challenges facing rural water systems. i congratulate and thank the ranking member of the subcommittee and the vice chairman of the subcommittee for their bipartisan work to raise a profile of this issue before the subcommittee. according to census bureau 27% of the u.s. population lives in rural areas. the smallest water systems account for 77% of all systems. as someone who probably represents communities and small town and rural america i'm glad we have bipartisan interest in tackling this subject. under the safe drinking water act small and rural drinking water supply systems are subject to a number of drinking water regulations issued by epa. these requirements include systems monitoring treatment to remove certain contaminants. it's erratic these

. >> reporter: well it is actually sponsored by susan collins of maine. what this gets at tamron is an opportunity for senators to weigh in on just the november executive actions from president obama on delaying deportations for certain undocumented immigrants, and the reason they're going after this is they've got to find a way from a republican point of view to divide the democrats. democrats have been holding together and blocking consideration of a dhs funding bill that does more than just roll back the november executive order, it really goes after a broader set of issues related to immigration. so can this be done? a number of democrats from red states who are more centrist or more conservative leaning have publicly said they believe the president has gone too far. mcconnell is trying to push them to take the vote. one of the questions is we don't know how quickly this will even happen because the senate can be slowed down by any one member. this vote is planning to happen but we can't tell you when. that adds more pressure as the clock ticks toward

senate, two key votes to fund homeland security through september and then a bill from republican susan collinsenge the president's 2014 immigration executive action. over the in the house, a less certain path. democrats worry the funding bill will get bogged down with all sorts of riders and they say they won't let that happen but republicans were on the house and even then, it has 435 voting voices, many of whom represent safe conservative districts whose constituents want their representative to hold the president accountable on immigration. >> we have two different indianapolis institutions that don't have the same body temperature every day. so we tend to try to work to narrow the differences but sometime there is are differences. >> reporter: after a late-day meeting, house lawmakers are now talking about a three-week continuing resolution. meanwhile, the senate's on its path to fund homeland security through september. sometimes the sausage making just suspect pretty. bret? >> march could be interesting. thanks. >>> the nation's top intelligence official says the terror threat has never

however, there will be procedural vote on a measure from maine senator susan collins to defund the pressures to ever 2014 executive action. the house will vote on a temporary three-week funding bill tomorrow which is also expected before the senate later in the day. the agency runs out of money at midnight. senator collins spoke about are built on the floor today along with senate with john cornyn of texas a&m dick durbin of the only. this is 40 minutes. >> coming up, the senate judiciary committee vote on loretta lynch's nomination to be the next attorney general. later life to the floor of the senate. >> the c-span's city tours take c-span on the road to another history and literary love. next weekend we partnered with comcast fortitude to galveston texas,. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869 sailing ships really were almost adult a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships have a shorter route to the far east india all of those markets. the sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living so instead of high-value target they started tearing low

take the time to go on the internet and read and look at success and collins' presentation -- susan collins' presentation. brilliant. and she brought up two points. this is not just a an executive order. it is an extension of an executive order and the point she made and made it very clear, the principle is absolutely excellent. nobody wants to do anything harmful to immigrants and especially and i'm an immigrant and just don't know it. i would like to point out that the law says, obama was correct. he could do that executive order. i have gone into the constitution and i have gone into article 2, what makes an executive order legal. and the one is, if he feels that congress is failing, he has the right to say i'm going to pushing him along. he went from one executive order, which congress said is a memo -- that's sort of an insult -- and it's the extension that makes it illegal. so the president was right in the beginning and i would support him 100%. but i would disagree with him making the executive orders in the extended form that he did. >> susan is on the line from louisiana. you got

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senator susan collins republican of maine floated a compromise that would flow to the difference betweencreating creating the deep hurt action for childhood arrival program to continue while reversing the immigration workers. the president unveiled in november. quote, i filed my amendment to showing committed to bringing an alternative to the bill bill and i hope democrats will look at that and some of them will reach a different conclusion she said of the democratic filibuster blocking the debate. again today the senate will try for a third time to improve funding for the department of homeland security. that begins when lawmakers gaveled the next 10:30 eastern. here's a look at some of the db. cornyn mr. leading up to devote beginning the vote beginning with senator cornyn, blun t and schumer. >> yesterday our friends across the aisle blocked by filibusters funding a $40 billion funding bill that would have paid the funds necessary to keep the department of homeland security up and running through the rest of this fiscal year. now, i understand that they have some differences over the

republican susan collins said put up an amendment to strip the provision inserted in the house bill thatith common sense and stop doing these repetitive votes over and over again to do the same kind of thing. this does not have to be obamacare all over again. >> mercedes do you think this will happen? >> i think they will be in a very difficult position. you heard speaker boehner come out the past couple of days talking about the idea of moving forward on litigation joining maybe possibly and filing a lawsuit with the 26 other states that oppose the president's unilateral action on immigration, so this opens up you know, a big situation here for republicans. i think that they are going to get -- it's going to be hard. they will either have to do some sort of short-term funding or a cr, and that's going to make it very complicated for the republicans but they need to stand strong in opposing the president on his actions. >> always a pleasure to see you. >> thank you, jose. >> after the break, the isis threat. i'll talk about congressman adam kinsinger why he says the brutal execution of a

it will be hosted by senator susan collins. the following the launch of their could be a possible procedure vote on the house passed homeland security spending bill. yesterday the senate bill to limit debate on the measure. which also blocked funding for president obama's executive order on immigration. this is live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. spirit of god, descend on our hearts, for apart from you, life is tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing. may our senators walk in your ways, keeping your precepts with such integrity that they will honor you. lord, incline their hearts to your wisdom, providing them with the understanding they need to accomplish your purpose in our world. let your mercy protect them from the dangers of this life, as they learn to find delight in your commandments. keep them ever mindful of the brevity of their days and the greatness o

a separate bill, proposed by susan collins would gut the 2014 executive actions on immigration but not repeal the protections for young, undocumented immigrants. republican leadership hoped the plan would generate enough political support to avert a partial shutdown. a vocal opponent of what the president has done on immigration. he came to the senate floor after this strategy was announced. [video clip] >> they acted properly, funding homeland security. so basic. how my colleagues have the gall to come to the floor and have a press conference and blame republicans for homeland security is beyond me. i do not blame -- i do not believe the american people are buying it. the president well blame us even if it is not our fault. we might as well cave in and give him what he wants. what he wants is something he cannot be given. what he wants is congress to capitulate and the road its powers and responsibilities. he wants congress to violate its duty to fund something illegal and contrary to congress' wishes. host: jeff sessions, subcommittee chair on the judiciary committee that oversees im

joe lieberman was a democrat from connecticut serving in the senate joined with susan collins, a republican from maine, on our side of the rotunda with like-minded people on the other side and they crafted this new department. they brought together 22 different agencies. they tried their best to achieve efficiency to eliminate duplication, save money but have a mission that is accomplished in keeping america safe. if you think about the departments of government, of course the department of defense comes to mind immediately when it comes to our safety. but not far behind is the department of homeland security. so it was december when the republicans in the house of representatives, given a choice of funding the government for this year, decided they would pick out one department and not fund it on a regular basis. they decided that one department would be funded on what they call a continuing resolution, which means kind of grabbing last year's budget and trying to make it work this year. what was that one department that the republicans decided needed to be handled differently and not prop

legislation that had already passed the house and has had some support from the likes of senators like susan collins of maine, for instance actually suggested a strategy something like this to us on monday evening where you would essentially use the court order out of a federal court in texas as one way that you would sort of address this issue, separate from the process of funding the department of homeland security. so that's another avenue that would probably come into play here if, in fact you had the bill move forward divided. you would probably see some sort of other effort by republicans in the senate and maybe in the house, too, to further involve themselves in the case that is now going to probably be going under federal appeals court in new orleans and ultimately to the supreme court. because it looks like this issue of the legality of the 2014 executive actions expanded executive action is really going to be a matter for the court. and so republicans who want to avoid the funding lapse at the homeland department are really saying that the court is a place they should be decided not as par

it will be hosted by senator susan collins who will be the first formal joint lunch for the party caucuses in nearly two years. the senate will return at 2 p.m. eastern. at some point there could be a procedural vote on the house passed homeland security spending bill. yesterday the senate failed to move forward with the bill. that measure also block funding for president obama's executive order on immigration. now we will take you live to detroit where former florida governor jeb bush will be discussing tax reform, middle-class issues and the economy today. this event is hosted by the detroit economic club and should be getting underway in just a few moments. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> as you can see we are live in detroit. the detroit economic club today hosting a speech i former florida governor jeb bush. mr. bush is expected to talk about tax reform, middle-class issues and the economy. is remarked should be getting underway in just a few moments live on c-span2. we can bring this to because the senate has gone into recess for a