barrasso: thank you mr. president.mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. i have ten unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have been -- they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders and i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today because i noticed that the minority leader, the senator from nevada, had some nice things to say about me on monday in his remarks. he said that i was -- quote -- " relentless in my condemnation of obamacare." those are his words. well i appreciate the minority leader's kind remarks because he's right. as a doctor, i am relentless in my condemnation of the president's health care law a law that has done incredible harm to so many pe

senator barrasso here from wyoming, we have tremendous opportunities right now between wyoming and montana here, looking at west coast opportunities. and getting back to where is the expansion occurring? over in asia. west coast terminals become very, very important. >> understood. and i recognize the low sulfur content. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> thank you, madam chair. secretary, one of the areas i'm pretty excited about right now just because we're seeing such rapid change is the area of power storage where capability is increasing at a pretty good clip. costs are coming down quite quickly as well. and i'm wondering if you could take a few minutes to talk a little bit about what you see as d.o.e.'s role in accelerating this technology sector that could really change the way we think about energy, change our generation needs, really facilitate time shifting and move us forward to a very, very different kind of grid than sort of what we've experienced in the past. >> thank you, senator. yeah storage certainly could be a game changer. as you sea, costs are coming down across the board. util

senateor john barrasso was just here and he said with regard to 2016 he thinks the democrats put allir eggs in one basket and by now virtue of these reports of the clinton foundation and that basket has a hole in it. which seemingly would benefit you. what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is that the middle class of this country is disappearing and we have more wealth and income inequality than any time since the great depression. and my sense is that what we need is a strong, mass, grassroots movement in this country to stand up to the billionaire class to create the millions of jobs we need to demand the corporate america and the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes that the republicans finally recognize that climate change is real and that we have to address it and that we create a government that works for all of the people and not just a handful of billionaires. >> but respectfully the story of the week is the "new york times" coverage about the clinton foundation, secretary clinton, uranium, the russians, and the fact that the russian government now controls one-

please join us again barrasso.ll speak with a lot of members on both sides of the aisle on this issue. talk about a monster fall from grace and success. that gentleman, former nfl star aaron hernandez found guilty of first-degree murder. sentence tod to life in prison. he had a 40 million-dollar nfl contract. a thriving career. fans. this wasn't hernandez first brush with the law. he was questioned in a 2007 shooting when he was a freshman at the university of florida. why did the nfl hire a player with a violent past? and should the nfl be held accountable? big grown-up business. erik coleman who played for the atlanta falcon and detroit lions. welcome to you both. erik, this player had it all. how stunning is it for someone like you, you guys know as if lightning can strike once. you get that chance, and what happened? >> it's stunning for an nfl player. the sacrifices you have to make to make it to the nfl. and make it a second contract to get millions of dollars. to see someone take it for granted, it's hard to

. >> senator john barrasso.ator barrasso: undermining the work at the state level to manage our natural resources and to protect the air and our water. >> this does not appear to be the case at wekiva. >> we have had good cooperation a lot of times at the federal level. >> there is money out there for the feds. >> between all of the agencies involved the federal epa, state and county governments, there are a lot of regulations being put in and being enforced to maintain the health of the river. >> part of the reason why the river has been so well maintained is because of the corporation of various states and agencies in florida. >> saltwater drives the plants out and kill them. >> we all work for the same state, and so having the relationships with each other and helping each other when needed. >> in the end, it is the strong support of the visitors. >> is one of the last passions -- it is one of the last bastions of the county and it would break my heart. >> we have people politically and scientific working on

republican senator from wyoming john barrasso is with us now. know, that took my breath away, $2.5 billion. does it seem like an awful lot of money to you, senator? >> well, it really does, stuart. but i will tell you, i served with hillary clinton in the united states senate. she is determined she's disciplined, she does her homework and i think we absolutely have to make sure we don't underestimate her. we cannot take her for granted. but the american people want a change. we don't want just a repeat of what we've had. we need somebody new and a change in direction for america. stuart: so are -- is the republican party saying we can beat hillary clinton? bring it on? we are confident? can you say that? >> oh, i am confident, but i'm just saying you can't take her for granted. it's going to be a tough, competitive race. but it's going to be a race about ideas. and we just -- we need a remedy to barack obama. we need a change in direction. and that's to get america back working again, let people keep more of their hard earned money so they can m

barrasso. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from mississippi mr. economicer. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from washington, miss murray. the senator from maryland, mr. cardin. and the senator from hawaii -- the senator from hawaii, ms. hirono. the speaker: members of the escort committee will leave through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. >> mr. speaker the prime minister of japan. the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellency shinzo abe prime minister of japan. prime minister abe: mr. speaker, mr. vice president distinguished members of the senate and the house, distinct guests, ladies and gentlemen, back in june, 1957 my grandfather standing right here as prime minister of japan began his address by saying and i quote it is because of our strong belief in democratic principles and ideas that japan associates herself with a free nation of the world.

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barrasso: thank you mr. president. mr. president, tomorrow is april 15. april 15 is a date that causes a great deal of stress and anxiety for hardworking american taxpayers. for millions of american families this year is going to be worse than ever before. the obama health care law obamacare, is making tax day harder for men's. american taxpayers who have force--who were forced into the health care system, they're having to fill out even more forms this year than in the past, so many forms that the internal revenue service can then enforce all the president's health care mandates. it is a complicated and a burdensome process. now, president obama promised that buying health insurance he said through obamacare was going to be as easy as buying a television on amazon. well why didn't the president ever say that it was going to be so difficult to satisfy the i.r.s.? why didn't the president say that hardworking american taxpayers would have to fill out pages and pages of forms just to find out if they had actually paid the right amount for their health insur

senator john barrasso expressing reservations about all this a couple of years ago, writing at the time, this transaction would give the russian government control over a sizable portion of america's uranium production compass tichlt equally alarming this sale gives the russian mining company armz a significant stake of uranium mines in kazakhstan. guy, great to have you on "the real story" today. what is the real story about all this? it seems to be breaking so many different layers to this story today. >> that is right. there are two really big stories out this morning. one in "the new york times," one in reuters talking about the clintons and their web of money. one involves the russian situation, the uranium sales which you just referenced. the reuters story was about taxes and that the clinton foundation has to refile five years, at least, worth of taxes because they didn't disclose tens of millions of dollars in foreign donations. these are very serious stories that raise big questions. i think they are setting up and setting the table for a very interesting, fascinating really st

barrasso said at the time he had strong concerns about that impending sale.ori: what is going on over at the clinton foundation? being affected by any of this? >> earlier today chelsea clinton was asked about the growing controversy. she highlighted changes the foundation announced last week, specifically not accepting money from new foreign governments and reporting quarterly, not annually but, lori, it might not end there. reuters is reporting that the clinton foundation will refile at least five annual tax returns due to errors. among the errors, according to that report, are three consecutive years when hillary clinton was secretary of state in which the foundation reported having received no funds from foreign governments. lori: blake. clinton scandal de jure. >> a lot going on there. lori: blake berman. let's get a little more reaction with former senator scott brown from massachusetts, now fox news contributor and fred barnes, executive editor of "the weekly standard." gentlemen, great to have you both of you. senator brown your thoughts to these lates

senator john barrasso says regulations are not a good thing.or morass of -- senator morass of -- senator john barrasso: it is affecting our resources and our water. >> however, robert and paul champ in the commitment of the state and federal government in preserving the river. robert: we have had good cooperation at the federal level. paul: there is money out there from the feds. robert, between all of the agencies involved, the federal epa, state and county governments, there are a lot of regulations being put in and being enforced to maintain the health of the river. >> part of the reason why the river has been so well maintained is because the cooperation of various states -- various authorities in front of. nicholas: saltwater dries it out. paul: we all work for the same state, so having the relationships with each other we need it. >> in the end, the driving force behind preserving the river is the strong support of residence and visitors. kelli: it is one of the last bastions. it would break my heart. robert: we have many people working o

to republican senator john barrasso if this means the deal will be the deal that ultimately is approved. what do you think, senator? >> it's hard to say. i think the most important thing is congress gets a chance and the american people get a chance, to take a look what is in the deal because as you know the iranians are saying there's one thing in the deal, and the white house is saying it's something very different than that. so the american people want to make sure that whatever it is veryifiable, enforceable, accountable because we all agree that iran with a nuclear weapon makes the world less stable, less safe and less secure. neil: you've been leading an effort to own up disavowing any acts against united states and colleague marco rubio there are others saying free all related hostages including the "washington post" reporter, they are putting two cents in valid add-ons to this, and the argument you are hearing from the powers that be the both parties is it is weighting this thing down to the point it can't be approved. that is your ultimate goal anyway? >> well what we're talkin

thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator barrasso.e're discussing prompt replies, i am informed by my staff that some of the qfrs that we had submitted at the budget hearing several months ago have not yet been responded to by d.o.e. if you could just rattle the cage there, i would appreciate it. >> i did that last week. >> thank you. thank you. let's go to senator franken. >> thank -- thank you, madam chair. >> we have an interagency process to go through. anyway, but i apologize for that. i want to be prompt with that. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you, secretary moniz. in response to senator cantwell, you touched on the properties and characteristics of tidal oil specifically and specifically the characteristic of combustibility, and we've seen these crude-by-rail accidents that have led to some pretty spectacular explosions and in some cases tragedy, 47 people killed in quebec during an accident. so let me ask about a very specific property which is vapor pressure. caused as i understand it by liquid natural gases -- >> ngls. >

secretary, i understand in response to questions from both senator gardner and senator barrasso where they probed a little bit on the issue of oil export. you said for purposes of this qer, you didn't go into that. and i understand -- i understand why. we're talking about infrastructure. but i also understand that this is one of those connects or nexus where if you -- if you have policy decisions that are made with infrastructure today as it is in place you're probably not going to be prepared for tomorrow and recognizing when we're talking about the issue of oil exports and what that might do for increased production domestically, bringing on new sources of supply which will then require additional infrastructure, that there is a connection there. i understand why you would defer on a question like this but i do think that as we are talking about an energy infrastructure and policies for the country going forward, we need to be looking at the united states it is our partners to the south and north, and it's that north american security and integration. and you spoke a little bit more

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last thursday marked the 100th day of the new republican-led senate. while it's still very early there is still much to be done, but we can report that there has been bipartisan progress in a number of important areas. so i'm optimistic. i'm optimistic that the momentum that we have seen over the last several months is going to translate into further successes on behalf of americans. specifically mr. president to take out the "usa today" from last thursday, the first 100 days of republican congress, the headline "lawmakers try to prove it's possible to be productive." so people are noticing the fact that we are keeping our campaign promises because during the last campaign season, we told people all across the country that if you just gave us the opportunity to govern, that we'd do it in a bipartisan way. in november the american people did send an unmistakable message to washington. voters across the country said they were tired of gridlock and tired of a lack of action. t

barrasso: thank you. i come to speak about the iran nuclear review act.i think it is an important debate very consequential. a nuclear iran is a global threat to everyone everywhere. the world deserves our best effort at stopping iran's illicit nuclear program. this doesn't mean we need to yield to iran on important points just to invade promises that they will give up their dreams of a nuclear weapon. i realize that. president obama says that he understands it would be better to have no deal than to have a bad deal, and i agree with the president. this legislation is about making sure that any agreement the administration reaches with iran is truly a good deal. president obama made it clear that he didn't want this bill. he fought tooth and nail to make sure this legislation would not succeed. he even threatened to veto it. the president wanted members of his administration to do all the negotiating in private and he wanted to decide for himself what's best. mr. president, that's not how things this important to our nation are supposed to work. when the

joining us a member of the foreign relations committee, john barrasso of wyoming.y in washington. >> may in washington. >> fantastic. are you coming jonathan? >> yes, ma'am. >> yes. i really appreciate that. i look forward to meeting her. so, look i'll ask the question i asked before we went on the air. isn't congress going to have a chance to look at this framework? what is at issue here? >> the sanctions congress put on the iranian people that drove them to the negotiating table in the first place. we have a bipartisan group. there are democratic co-signers that say before president obama can lift the sanctions, congress wants to have a say. we want 60 days to review the deal and we are going to be voting on that this coming tuesday. now, the president already threatened to veto the legislation. we have a bipartisan group working together that say, look we need to have a say. the american people need to have a say before you go to the u.n. security council. >> from what you have seen do you think it's constructive to make attempts to kill the deal? >> i want to s

senator john barrasso is with us. square that.e are talking two different languages. >> we know the world is less safe if iran has a nuclear weapon. i'm most concerned about the security of the united states. that's why the senate will be voting on the sanctions. the foreign relations committee has threatened to veto. but sign and agree to any deal we want to make sure we have a chance to review it. people don't know what's in this agreement. the president initially said he was going to put an end to the program. all of those things will continue in iran and i just think we cannot approve this and relief sanctions which is what iran wants. bill: what congress is about to embark on is separate and different from what the president is negotiating with the iranians. correct? do you have 67 votes in the u.s. senate hat ultimately at some point may be necessary if you disagree with the deal to override a presidential veto? >> we are work on that. we know we have close to a dozen democrats. senator on both side of the aisle want to make

republican senator john barrasso out of wyoming is with my. good morning to you.breaking news. we want to bring it to you and our viewers as well. what do you make of his comments, sir. >> that is another reason why the american people ought to have a right to see this agreement before it goes to the united nations and that is it what is being debated on the florida of the senate right now. the concern is the president is such a failure with regard to it foreign policy, red line in russia red line in iraq, in syria, the reset in russia, the pulling the troops out of iraq, all of those things, i think make us very concerned about any deal with iran. this could be one of the most consequential failures of the obama administration. bill: but what i hear, senator from republicans and democrats out of congress, they want to see the deal, and if they do, they will, right? >> well, that is the bill on the floor of the senate right now. we want to see the deal. if iran is able to get a nuclear weapon, it makes the world less safe less secure, less stable, we want to make

i know that's not senator barrasso's intent but i think that's the consequences. let me go point out senator menendez in the original bill included very strong report language on the terrorism activities of iran that must be submitted to congress on a periodic basis. that language is not only include in the manager's amendment but strengthens in a manager's amendment. would also include other language that says that the president must say that all actions including an international for a being taken by the united states to stop counter can't condemn attacks by iran to directly or indirectly carry out acts of terrorism against the united states and u.s. persons, the impact of national security of the united states and the safety of american citizens as a result of any iranian actions reported under this paragraph, and an additional paragraph was added come and assessment of whether violations of international recognize human rights innovative change can increased or decreased compared to the part 180 day time. these reported every six months of it is a very strong

chairman that i would like to call up the barrasso amendment to the manager's amendment. this restores the language from the underlying base built and the terrorism certification. a simple straightforward it reestablishes the requirement the president certify iran is not currently supported are carried out an act of terrorism against the united states or united states person anywhere in the world. this was in the original piece of legislation. it is a bill that had significant bipartisan support bipartisan cosponsorship. iran has been designated by the united states as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1984. think it's critical for the president to make the certification to congress and the american people. we are serious about our national security and i think it's important the committee clearly state that we will not tolerate terrorism against our nation. >> thank you. if i could just respond first of all i want to thank the senator for the way he has conducted himself and certainly raising this issue. i would like for the audience in the world to know this was a requ

they defeated an amendment by senator barrasso that would have put the terrorism language back into the bill. it passes though -- the measure passes the senate foreign relations committee by a unanimous vote 19-0, and this as white house press secretary josh ernest saying today the president would not necessarily reject the bill proposed by the committee which would require greater congressional review of a potential deal to curb iran's nuclear program. getting your reaction, your thoughts on the role of congress. denzel writes -- with their marching orders from bibi -- he means benjamin netanyahu -- they've already stated their opposition to the negotiations so why have them be even more hypocritical than they already are? meanwhile, jason says their constitutional role. senate has the duty, and right to vote on foreign treaties negotiated by the executive branch. find more on facebook.com/c-span facebook.com/c-span. >>> u.s. ambassadors to the united nations samantha power is on capitol hill wednesday. tomorrow she'll talk about the 2016 foreign operations budget. that house hearing g

. >> next hour i'm speak to republican senator john be barrasso.et's swing through the top stories. >>> two u.s. army reservists are charged with selling guns ammunition and body armor to an undercover federal agent posing a a member of the mexican drug cartel. according to the complaint, jamie casillas and andrew reyes told ten guns. the men told by informants the arsenal should be shipped to drug cartels in mexico. some arms were stolen from the military. both men work in the army national guard armory in mesa california. >>> the search area for mh-370 will be doubled if the plane is not found by next month. the malaysian transport minister saying today the three countries leading the effort ever in the indian ocean including malaysia, australia and china, are committed to the search. flight 370 went missing on march 8 of last year during a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. >>> so close to summer but winter doesn't want to leave yet. montana was hit with a spring storm wednesday that blanketed the state with nine inches of snow and its neighbo

but also barrasso to press on issues to have as much as i have. >> that is the agenda for co many people were wondering. that she is stranger. [laughter] i got a lot of push back from within the press corps from not being in washington. coming straight out of baltimore. people were wondering how did she? she is not in the pool. i did get a lot of push back. >> host: but you write about your interactions with other reporters and with presidents but of course, press secretaries also. talk about a couple of those moments with the bush administration. tony snow is the new press secretary. what happened with the tar baby comment? >> the first day. he was a rock star. so many people were in that room. to agree with the briefings you have your designated steeped -- the designated seats scenery come in at the last minute but when i came upstairs my seat was taken with a standing-room-only. i was on the right side. and there is a question posed to him and he explained what was the ring on is that i am not going to touch that tar baby. i thought that phrase was very sensitive. >> host: it is from

barrasso: thank you mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. last week i spoke on the floor about a new report by the bipartisan policy center. this report talked about the great progress that we've made so far in this congress as far as getting things done in a bipartisan way. well, i believe that's good news. republicans in the senate are committed to continuing our progress and to holding more votes on areas of bipartisan agreement. so i want to speak today mr. president, about something that senators on both sides of the aisle agree that we can do to protect america's navigable waters. rivers, lakes and other waterways are among america's most treasured resources. in my home state of wyoming we have some of the most beautiful rivers in the world the snake river,if wind river, dozens of others. the people of wyoming are devoted to keeping these waterways safe and pristine for our children and grandchildre

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators prime ministeredprime-- permitted tospeak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reed: mr. president i rise today along with my colleague, senator whitehouse, to congratulate the province college men's ice hockey team on winning the 2015 ncaa division i national championship. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator is recognized. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. let me once again indicate that i stand with great pleasure and pride along with senator whitehouse to congratulate the province college men's hockey team on winning the 2015 ncaa division i national championship. i am pleased to work with my colleague, senator whitehouse, in passing a legislation last week to honor this great accomplishment. this is the first national championship in the history of p.c.'s men's hockey program and i am a sure this sea