what do you think chances are in the weeks that we have between now and then for the blumenthal effectnd pleas of constituents to those senators to having an effect, that mike bloomberg is funding this campaign. >> it will be tough to get the assault weapons ban over the finish line but there's an important component, and that is ban of high capacity magazines. if we get that with universal background checks, that's really important, and the fact is that there are a lot of members of the senate that want to do the right thing but are scared of the nra. bloomberg's efforts show if you cast a vote with your heart and head, rather than with your political tail, you have somebody that will have your back. those ads are important. the president is not turning around and heading for the hills is important as well. if he continues to lead, it is going to be hard for democrats not to join him. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up. where are they now? the republican losers who looked in the mirror and saw a president. we will show you

senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing, i do want to thank my colleague, senator klobuchar, for her leadership as well on the unlocking bill which i've been very glad and proud to cosponsor. let me ask just very quickly, the merger, proposed merger involving t-mobile and metro pcs, chairman genachowski, has that been accrued? >> it has been approved. >> went? >> did a spit so this information was released at what point do they? >> i don't remember the time that it was released. earlier today. spent hours in advance of the searing? >> yes. >> let me ask you, wasn't approved of the bureau level or the commission level? >> the bureau level. >> can you tell the committee, this is a deal involving 40 million subscribers, billions of dollars, are you aware of any transaction similar size that has been approved at the bureau level rather than being circulated for vote by the commission speak with there have been large transaction -- >> as large as this one? >> my information -- >> in terms of do

blumenthal. can you all hear me? great. . am pleased to be here my congratulations to catalyst repayment reform and folks who led the creation of this organization and project. it is very important work. part of my brief remarks will be to say what may be quite apparent to many of the. this is a unique time in the history of our health care system. the future has arrived. for decades, we have been that the pattern of expenditure was unsustainable and that lack of stability has become apparent in the debate about the federal deficit and in role of health care causing the deficit which will not be tolerated for much longer. we are at a fork in the road and are facing tough tresses. this is continue to mount and deficits continue to mount. choice wee face - the face is between rationing and re-engineering. that is not ultimately is solution because it leads to a different kind of on sustainability. that is inadequate health care benefits for most americans. the other option is to re- engineer health care. payment reform is funda

>> senator flynn boyle. -- blumenthal. thef i may respond with soap and argument, and i respect the senators' desire to defense or means of self-defense to victims of domestic violence and assault, and i think we all do. the question is, what kinds of weapons are necessary or best suited for the defense? obviously the second amendment guarantees every individual, regardless of whether he or she is a victim of any crime of sexual assault or otherwise to self-defense. i think the question really is, what kind of weapon provides the means of defense? i think the testimony before the committee was very clear to the use of these assault weapons is primarily for criminal purposes. it is an offensive weapon. it is a military-style weapon that was designed and made for our military to kill people, and it may be used to kill people for self-defense, but the experience is that self defense is best done by other types of weapons, which are commonly used at close range. as one of the witnesses said, the majority of shootings in self-d

blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i am honored to be here on a day of momentous debate and ask that -- and i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: madam president, in the midst of this momentous debate, truly one that will determine the future of the country, i rise on a matter of equal importance in my view. today we welcomed to the capitol 26 bicyclists, riders from newtown, connecticut, who left saturday morning on this journey, a journey that led they will to travel the roads between newtown and connecticut to dramatize the importance of acting against gun violence in the united states. i've said about newtown that we saw on december 14 of last year enormous evil and depravity in the deaths of 20 innocent, beautiful children, and six dedicateed, courageous educators who literally perished trying to save the lives of those children. we saw evil that day in connecticut. but we also saw enormous goodness and heroism in the educators who sought to save those are

joining me now is senator richard blumenthal, democrat from connecticut.e of the co-sponsors of this legislation. senator, thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you so much. >> tell us why this bill in particular is so important. >> this bill is critically important, because illegal gun trafficking respects no state borders. the traffic in stolen weapons, in illegal guns is porous across state borders. so newtown was a call to action, but children and other innocent people are killed every day by gun violence in illegally trafficked guns. here is the incredible point. there is no federal law now that prohibits illegal trafficking. and this measure would impose for the first time terms of 20 to 30 years in prison and i know that the efficacy of that kind because helped when i was the attorney general and to provide these kinds of law enforcement tools is absolutely critical. which is why we have a bipartisan group of senators cosponsoring them. senator collins and senator kirk. both republicans of maine and illinois respectively. senator leahy is

joining us now from hartford, connecticut is democratic connecticut senator, richard blumenthal. senator, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> and we want to get your quick reaction to the president's remarks, very emotional in the sense that he said, there are moms standing on this stage who lost children 35 days ago. as recently as 35 days ago. it was a very emotional appeal to say -- let's not forget the moment after newtown and let's act. what was your reaction. >> very emotional and very powerful. i was with the president when he first came to newtown. a couple, three months ago and he was very, very deeply moved by his visit, he spent about two and a half hours with the parents and i've been in touch with those parents more or less continually throughout these past three months. so i really hope, and i believe, that the president will mobilize and galvanize that majority all too often it has been a silent majority that favors those measures. he's right, 90%, 80%, depending on the poll you pick and the measure that you choose are in favor of common-sense and sensible m

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joining me is senator richard blumenthal. can you give me a state of play, we kind of know the elements of the bill, that will be debated. can you give me a state of plan where you think things stand? >> where things stand is that the majority leader, harry reid, has commendably said we will have a vote, a ban on illegal trafficking and straw purchasing, very significant. a requirement for background checks on all purchases of firearms, including private sales. and a school safety measure. all of them approved by the judiciary committee where i serve and there will be at least two amendments, maybe more, one offered by senator feinstein that will oppose the assault weapon ban and a prohibition on high-capacity magazines, ten bullets or more. >> will those two amendments pass? do they have any chance at passage in your estimation? >> there will be a second amendment that will prohibit high-capacity magazines, separate from the first. in other words splitting out that measure, which i am helping spearhead. now i think there wil

while the smoking gun is actually reporting the story about how blumenthal's e-mail account had beenhat had been sent to hillary have now been distributed to members of congress and members of the media, they haven't revealed what's in the memo. >>brian: there is no information that's inside. you could say it would be great for the obama administration to come forward. but nobody thinks that personal interaction should be public. when you e-mail your personal friend and attorney, you don't want that to be published. >>steve: remember what happened with wikileaks and julian as sang and the guys at wikileaks, as soon as they got their hands on the stuff at the bush white house, let's put it out there for everybody to see. it's interesting to see what the people in the press, the restraint they're using. >>brian: they used restraint with the bush family. >>steve: that was published. >>brian: i didn't see a lot of information about it. >>steve: it will be interesting to see if this will come out of the four. one was labeled confidential and the time stamp was the day after the incident i

senator blumenthal. >> thank you, chairman leahy. i want to thank senator franken for his very thoughtful and well informed factual rebuttal some of the points that have been raised here. and also to senator feinstein for her unremitting and relentless pursuit of this measure which consists of both a ban on assault weapons, which were defined very explicitly and carefully in this bill, and high capacity magazines. both were integral to the massacre that occurred just three months ago in newtown, connecticut. for me as for her, this issue is very personal. i was there within hours of the mass killing, and i saw the grief and pain that resulted from a murder on a scale that could not have occurred without assault weapons and high capacity magazines. lives were saved. because the shooter had to change magazines. children escaped because he could not shoot more than the 30 rounds in the clip that he began with. but he did change clips, and he continued shooting with a weapon that was designed to be among the most lethal in the arsenal th

senator blumenthal at your pleasure. >> thank you. thank you and my thanks for having two witnesses from connecticut. i don't know if you want to administer the oath or -- >> i will. i was going to -- >> i will be happy to introduce them before if you like. >> all right. if the witnesses would stand and raise your right hand. do you affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you, please be seated. >> thank you both for being here. when i went to the sandy hook firehouse on the day of shooting, within hours of this occurrence i went as a public official, but what i saw was through the eyes of a parent. and i saw the aftermath and impact of unspeakable and unimaginable horror and evil. there was also a lot of heroism from gentlemen like yourself and families that were there. in your case, to help save lives and in your case, to learn about the loss of your son. to introduce you first, i know on december 14 you lost your son jesse. he was 6 years old and attended s

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. >> joining us now is senator richard blumenthal, senior senator from the state of connecticut. thank you for being here tonight. i really appreciate your time, sir. >> thank you. great to be with you again. >> president obama said today, if we are serious we will get something done on gun safety. you and i have talked a lot about whether or not that is going to happen. at over 100 days in now, what's your assessment of the trajectory that we're on? >> we are going to have votes. the president called for votes for the sake of the victims and their families, for all americans, and those votes will be in april. we have a critical task during these next few weeks which the president described very, very eloquently and powerfully which is to mobilize that majority of americans, the 90% and 80% that are for common sense and sensible measures on gun violence and make sure that their voices are heard. the president said very movingly, nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change. those voices are a silent majority that needs to be vocal and need to be galvanized

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.® >>> joining me now is the senior senator from connecticut, democrat richard blumenthal.or, thank you for being here. i want to start out with what's happening in texas, where we have had the death of a county prosecutor and his wife. the assistant d.a. in the same county was gunned down and killed in january. we've had the death of the head of prisons in colorado also killed in his own home. i know you have been u.s. attorney in connecticut. what sort of effect does this have on really the business of prosecution? >> the brave and courageous prosecutors across the nation, as well as our police face this kind of horror every day, and it's the reason that they are so strongly in favor of common sense measures to stop gun violence. and they have supported, for example, a ban on illegal trafficking and straw purchases, which, unfortunately, may have been involved in the shooting of tom clements, the corrections chief out in colorado, the straw purchase there of a gun led to his death. and there's been an arrest. so, every day, our law enforcement, as i know from my personal

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blumenthal. >> mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman votes are 11 yeas, seven nays. >> the senator from texas. >> so you don't think i'm trying to pull your leg, there was a complete substitute -- >> they emailed into our office at 4:16 yesterday. >> ok. trust me. my brother in law is a good guy. i know you have. he has done the prayer at the opening of the session several times. i must say, it has nothing to do with it. one of the things he has found the biggest thrill when he has been been visiting clergymen for the senate is being able to spend the day on the floor, and so many senators, republicans and democrats alike, i yield to senator feinstein. >> thank you very much. i want to thank you for allowing me to hold the hearing. i want to report to you that we heard from one bereft and grieving father, who lost a precious son at sandy hook. we heard from the trauma surgeon there, who took care of their bodies. and talk about what these weapons, what the bullets do when they explode inside the body. we heard from the head of

the good news, however, i had a breakfast conversation with senator blumenthal about this yesterday.fting rapidly. you're seeing not just the two things you alluded to. not clear what will happen on the floor. if it doesn't get passed on the floor but it becomes a big game pain issue. if you look at the congressman who's running for re-election in aurora, this has become the single biggest issue in that re-election. and he will likely -- i think he will likely lose because he has basically become an nra stooge. >> he has a high rating from the nra. >> he has an a-plus rating. they are shifting quickly. used to be shifting at a glacial pace. colorado house just passed sweeping gun control measures. the circuit court as we discussed last week reminded everybody that the second amendment could quote the conservative supreme court in no way casts a doubt over any of these proposals we've been talking about. so i think we're seeing rapid change. and the one thing that gabby's visit to tucson reminds us as senator blumenthal pointed out to me yesterday is that the tucson incident like the

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there's senator blumenthal of kentucky typing away on his blackberry. the senators are starting to geamplet it's going to be a minute or so before this hearing begins. you can see the crowds both staff and people who are interested in this issue there as well. we will be back live at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning on "the journal." this is live coverage of the senate judiciary committee. >> the senate judiciary committee committee gathering. the ranking republican, charles grassley of iowa there on your screen. a number of other senators as well. today they are going to work on four bills dealing with gun control issues and safety. they include an assault weapons ban. tougher penalties for illegal gun trafficking. and expanded background check system. they will also consider a ban -- bill on school safety as well as several judicial nominees. that will be the beginning of the session today. we expect that to be anyway. senator chuck schumer of new york and tom coburn of oklahoma have been working on a bipartisan compromise on the background checks bill. liv

blumenthal: mr. president, i rise today in the midst of a profoundly important conversation on the floor of this body about the future of our financial situation in the federal government, and i want to thank the senator from maryland for her extraordinarily impressive work, and i thank her on behalf of myself, connecticut and the nation for her very diligent and dedicateed labors to bring us to this conclusion which all of us hope that we will in the next few hours, but i want to deal with a separate issue of equal moment that will be enabled on the floor of the senate if we are able to overcome our differences on this fiscal issue. it is the issue of immigration reform, comprehensive and accountable immigration reform which this nation desperately needs. i am working to achieve it as i know my colleagues are, and the president of the united states has advanced that agenda very compellingly in his proposals that include a path to earn citizenship for the 11 million or more undocumented people in thi

among those voting yes chuck schumer and blumenthal. lindsey graham cast some of the no votes. should that compromise emerge, it will likely replace the democrat sponsored bill on the senate floor. vice president joe biden continued to push for stricter gun control legislation saying that the newtown school shootings has forever altered the country's attitude on guns. >> one of the leading opponents at an organizational meeting said not long ago he expected "the connecticut effect to fade." well, that effect isn't going to made in the memories of the families who lost children or a loved one. it's not going to fade my memory or the president's memory. and it's not going to fade in the memory of the people of connecticut. and i would argue not in the memory of the people of the united states. the american people want things to change. >> the senate judiciary committee will vote on a rochelle measure to ban certain assault weapons and high capacity magazines tomorrow. >>> the fbi and secret service are reportedly investigating a series of high level hacking aimed at "a" list cele

congress are looking to legislate a bill was introduced today by senators close which are leave blumenthal to address this problem i haven't seen the text but i'm hoping you'll take it in the right direction and then move on now to the samsung phone that is supposed to come out pretty soon it's got this new i scrolling feature supposedly the way it works is you look at the phone and it can tell what you're looking at and know how to scrawl is this the new big there. is this creep they are useful what do you think brian well it depends on who has control over the device and the devices that we get from mobile operators right now there's a huge trade off into the number of third parties that actually have control over these devices so realistically google sprint arisan. mobile they give you a device that for all intents and purposes they control so the device by itself is perfectly capable of doing this tracking it.

>> senator blumenthal, the integrated medical record between the dod and va will enhance greatly ourcapacity to manage patients in general, and some of the specific things such as medication issues even better. the integrated medical record has not been scrapped. that is going forward as we speak, and we are expecting that i 2014 we will have the initial operating capacity for that integrated record. >> well, i'm glad to hear you say that. >> the va is absolutely committed to doing that. absolutely committed. >> i know, but as in dancing it takes to come and the announcement publicly by secretary panetta and general shinseki which was certainly not encouraging, i have since heard conflicting reports. and my concern is that interoperability system may not be the same as a seamless fully integrated system that enables real-time tracking of how opioids and other highly powerful medications may be prescribed. >> i'm not an expert, i will confess from the beginning, one of the least literate physicians around i.t. but i'm told that this will be a seamless record. and i share your concern

senator blumenthal wants to have a tax for ammunion. waiting for a handgun that i have to put a quarter and every time i want to make a shot. way out of hand, the faa needs to be brought to reality. we need to make fly and a lot more efficient and safer for everybody. that does not mean that weeed more screening or more people in our way making our lives miserable every time we travel. >> okay, thank you very much. a former u.s. defense deputy. in the meantime, sequestration cuts. suddenly the media is worried all over again. >> i recognize that speaker boehner has challenges in his caucus. sometimes i reflect is there something else that i could do to make these guys not paint horns on my head. neil: it is pretty clear that the president is blaming the tea party for this sequester mass. the mainstream media is giving them credit for making this a mass. dick armey says that it might suit the media to a tee, but the cuts could go relatively unnoticed. he joins us right now, the former house majority leader. it is always a pleasure. all o

demonstrations have broken out in the bahraini city of sutra marchers are angry david blumenthal the foreign troops in the country troops from other gulf states of the station that since the outbreak of poor foreign projects in february twenty eleven in that time clashes with security forces have left after a c.p. people dead while dozens of activists have been jailed. finally back home after a bad weather upset plans to return to the international space station's crew on friday a five month long expedition has finally ended for three crewmembers on the ice says two russian cosmonauts and an american astronaut and are safe and sound. to work in long beach on the teen's voyage home is our correspondent tom barton. kevin ford oleg novitsky and you of guinea terril kin are back safely on earth after their five month stint up on the international space station on the video screen here at mission control in moscow you can see them being fished out of their soyuz capsule and kept warm after that rough descent through earth's atmosphere and down on to the step in kazakstan their return to e

congress are looking to legislate a bill was introduced today by senators close which are leave blumenthal to address this problem i haven't seen the text but i'm hoping you'll take it in the right direction and then move on now to the samsung phone that is supposed to come out pretty soon it's got this new eye scrolling feature supposedly the way it works is you look at the phone and it can tell what you're looking at it and know how to scrawl is this the new big. is this creep they are useful what do you think brian well it depends on who has control over the device and the devices that we get from mobile operators right now there's a huge trade off into the number of third parties that actually have control over these devices so realistically google sprint is in. mobile they give you a device that for all intents and purposes they control so the device by itself is perfectly capable of doing this tracking. and controlling device with the eyes which is really cool but the problem comes in the third party is the control of the . the device collecting that information and potentially sendi

. >> prosecutors have noticed, other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, richard blumenthal, want impressiveonviction records. >> all these regulations, they will comb the books and find something. >> this could happen to you. they can take any law they think you broke and take you to trial. whether you win or lose you are going to lose because by the time you are done fighting you are broke. >> the government never goes broke. >> they must spent million dollars. >> i heard they spent five million. >> how much money does it take? >> i've clients that spent $10 million. >> i cannot even imagine how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the feds tried jill's husband jack and lost. but instead apologizing for getting it wrong, they threaten to fine him $37,000 a day. a terrible crime did they commit. trying to build a house on their own property. >> the county gave you permission to build. >> and they inspected the foundation and approved it. >> so you started to build. >> but a government owned drainage ditch was clogged. they asked the government to the fix. >> it they say we are b

thank you very much. >> thank you, senator blumenthal senator sessions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think both of you for your lead in the commands that you have, both of which are extremely important to america. the defense department acknowledges, general kehler, that russia is increasing its reliance on nuclear weapons and that the pace and scope of china's nuclear programs is defined as well as the strategy behind their plan raises questions about there future intentions and the number of weapons they intend to have. likewise india and pakistan are modernizing their nuclear forces . they commented that get their weapons are essential for france and, of course, north korea continues to expand its capability while allowing it to be on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. so i am not aware of any country reducing the nuclear stockpile except, perhaps, us as we continue to look at that. let me ask you, what are the strategic implications of these trends on enhance nuclear weapons around the world? >> senator, they do have implications. first of all, when we look at assessing ot

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senator blumenthal wants to have a tax for ammunition.'m waiting for a handgun that i have to put a quarter and every time i want to make a shot. way out of hand, the faa needs to be brought to reality. we need to make fly and a lot more efficient and safer for everybody. that does not mean that we need more screening or more people in our way making our lives miserable every time we travel. >> okay, thank you very much. a former u.s. defense deputy. in the meantime, sequestration cuts. suddenly the media is worried all over again. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not your investment strategy. if you believe in the sheer brilliance of a simple explanation. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think time make a difference. join us. [ male announcer ] at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investi

. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. i want to say couple of things. i drafted the earlier legislation in 1993. i believe it did make a difference. i do believe it did just begin to dry up the supply. i think it would be judged, this piece of legislation, constitutional. the prior piece of legislation went to the 4th, 6th and 9th circuit and the d.c. circuit. it was sustained everywhere. even with heller, i see no regular use of an ar-15, a common use in society. it may be a small group of people that use it for target practice or god forbid for hunting. but the irreparable damage that is done to bodies from this weapon and other high velocity rifles, that hears people's bodies apart, i do not know why as a matter of public policy we cannot say they do not belong. is this legislation perfect? no. do i welcome help? if you have suggestions on how to improve, give us suggestions. i believe the american people are for saying that weapons designed for war did not belong on the streets of our cities. mayor nutter, i became mayor in 1978. the common carrier

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blumenthal? >> yes. >>> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> mr. hatch? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. --. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. graham, aye by proxy. >> mr. cornyn. >> aye. >> mr. lee, aye. >> mr. cruz? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman? the votes are eight yeas, ten nays. >> senator schumer. senator schumer be recorded no in person. senator cornyn you have the floor. >> mr. chairman i call up amendment 13116 and ask for its immediate consideration. >> without objection it is before the, committee. >> this amendment would allow persons who obtained a protection order which iswell a broader definition than just, merely a protective order, as ordinarily, ordinarily thought of. this would allow people who obtained protection order as defined by the violence against women act to obtain and possess personal self-defense weapons prohibited by this legislation. the national coalition against domestic violence estimates that 1.3 million a year, women are traumatized by domestic violence and that one in every four women will experience domestic

we have senator lindsey graham, as well as senator blumenthal to talk about gun legislation. >> "state of the union" with candy crowley. >>> we know it took less than five minutes for adam lanza to slaughter 26 children and staff at the sandy hook elementary school. documents were released this week, and it's more clear than ever he had a stockpile of weapons and ammunition in his home. susan candiotti has the chilling details. >> reporter: impressive on the outside. inside, the home 20-year-old adam lanza shared with his mother, nancy, more like an arsenal. investigators found at least 1,600 unspent rounds of ammunition. two rifles. three samurai swords. a bayonet. and a seven-foot pole with a blade on one end and a smear on the other. >> there's always a mix in every case of depression and paranoia. they're so sad and depressed they're willing to die. and the paranoia really creates this need to surround yourself with weapons. >> reporter: lying in her bed, adam lanza's first victim, his mother nancy. a bullet hole in her forehead, a rifle on the floor. elsewhere in the house, her to

thank you both. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your leadership in the important commands that you have and both of which are extremely important to america. the defense department acknowledges, general kehler, that russia is increasing its reliance on nuclear weapons and that the pace and scope of china's nuclear programs as well as the strategy behind their plans raises questions about their future intentions and the number of weapons they intend to have. likewise india and pakistan are modernizing their nuclear forces and the french president recently commented that nuclear weapons are essential for france and of course north korea continues to expand its capabilities while iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. so i'm not aware of any country reducing their nuclear stockpiles except perhaps us as we continue to look at that. let me ask you, what are the strategic implications of these trends of enhanced nuclear weapons around the world? >> senator, they do have implications for us. i think first of all

i introduced the wireless consumer choice act with senator lee and senator lempel -- blumenthal. we think this is a great opportunity to open this up for competition. there has been a lot of outrage over the decision by the library of congress. the recent decision that creates uncertainty for consumers who want to unlock their phones from one network to switch to another. i see this as an opportunity, and i wondered if you would commit to work with us on this bill to address any concerns and take action. an agree that unlocking is impediment for consumers choosing to switch carriers and is a barrier to competition? >> i do. i think the decision from the library of congress raised competition. thank you for your leadership. it appears to be a bipartisan issue. we need to address that, because right now, there are criminal penalties for somebody who gets a new phone and unlocks it. it does not make sense. >> no it doesn't. anybody want to add anything? >> it is important to get past the headlines on this issue. while we need to dispel this image of consumers being hauled , we also

senator blumenthal. >> thank you. let me pursue the question that arises from your last response, if i may, and asked you whether in fact if there is legislation, should it be at the federal level. dealing with federal scope issues that relate to air safety. the federal aviation has a mandate to comply with legislation by 2015 because of the prospect of 30,000 or more of these uav's, drones, flying around in the air space. isn't this quintessentially an issue for regulation, if there's going to the legislation? is i justrt answer did not know. i agree with respect to safety that they have to have its own expertise and its own in a great approach. i also support the idea of asking the federal aviation administration to consider privacy to a pre requisite for issuing licenses. i think that makes a lot of sense. i think there is benefit to their laboratory for ideas. some states and in -- say anything goes here. maybe we will learn from that experience. that is all i am trying to say. >> i agree states are sometimes much

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i want to just point out that i carefully watched senator blumenthal. i saw his care. i saw his -- and senator murphy, too, his representation of that deeply affected community in connecticut and i just want you to know i have deepest respect goes to you for what has been a very hard venture. i'm particularly grateful for your support of this legislation. now, what does this legislation do? it bans specific assault weapons by name. 157 in this instance. it protects the rights of gun owners to possess weapons for legitimate hunting and sporting and defense uses. by excluding many more weapons by make and model, over 2,000 of them. it grandfathers all present weapons. if they are transferred, it subjects the transferee to a background test. it does not require registration. it applies to military characteristics test to judge future weapons to prevent gun manufacturers from evading the ban by simply changing the name of the weapon. or a physical characteristic of the weapon. we tried to learn from the last bill and refine this bill to avoid the problems of gun manufactur

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to add my thanks to the chairman of the armed services committee and the leader in this effort to close some of these abusive and unnecessary and wasteful loopholes, and thank also senator whitehouse and senator mccain for their leadership in this effort, which is about fundamental fairness. but most important, let me thank senator murray for the hard work, the courage and strength that it has taken to put together a budget that is intensely complex, dealing with issues that are hugely challenging and craft a solution that presents a vision for the future of america that i think is very distinct and different and also very preferable to the one presented by the house budget. the house insists on a cuts-only approach. and absolutely refuses to consider new revenue. the solution crafted by senator murray and her committee has opted for balance and compromise, two words that unfortunately are too often missing from our deliberative process. our budget achieves $1.85 trillion in ne