i'll call on senator blumenthal.efore he does, i had a, you know, a different groups come out to talk to us frequently from iowa, and so i had a financial advisor's group out, and i have not read this piece of legislation but one of three, four, five important pieces of legislation they were asking us to consider if they knew about this financial exploitation of people that evidently they can't report it. if they reported it, they could be sued. if they were trying to intervene, you know, and this allowed them to have a sort of safe harbor if they were in good faith trying to help somebody from being financially -- it sounds like something we ought to be looking at. senator blumenthal. >> i agree with you, mr. chairman. i would like to yield to my colleague from minnesota, senator franken. >> i would like to thank senator blumenthal and thank you, mr. chairman. i think you're talking about the senior s.a.f.e. act. >> i believe that's what it's called. >> yeah. that actually -- >> i haven't read it. do you think it's

senator blumenthal, to speak. and so i think i will come back and explain what those three democratic amendments were a bit from now. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my colleague, senator merkley, for his very powerful arguments for improving this law, and i want to talk about the g.m.o. labeling act, but before i do so, i would like to talk separately about concerns that are on the hearts and minds of every american today after the shootings that we have seen in louisiana and minnesota. incidents that weigh on our hearts and minds as we watch, literally watch the videos that have been played again and again and again on tv's around the nation. i echo president obama's eloquently expressed concerns shared by many americans after the recent tragic shootings in louisiana and minnesota. my heartbreaks for the family and community. i agree with president obama that acknowledgi

. >> senator blumenthal. enator blumenthal: thank you for coming to the committee, mr. secretary. serving as united states attorney is probably the best job there is, next to serving as state attorney general. fori want to commend you the extraordinary work you have done in your prior position. also your exemplary record of public service and many other positions in the federal government. and thank you for emphasizing at isisery outset the inspired terrorism around the world including at public places and events as we approach the july 4 weekend -- the need for caution in many of our communities and tightened the -- heightened vigilance and the greater resources for agencies like yours that protect us and the protect us in the face of that threat. i know with great regret the administration released its proposed budget and it slashes funding for many transportation security related programs. all too often in this place, as well as in the administration, we failed to match rhetoric with resources. and i think that, for example, this reduction in the transit security program, the u

maybe be better one is the ebay -- the e-mail from blumenthal. gadhafi had been removed and he sent an e-mail to the secretary saying it is a big moment. he finished of the evoke the statement. "this is a big moment, you are vindicated, don't wait. tell cleo now." so they were committed to this. they were invested in this. this is how it was supposed to work in the state department. and they were so committed that it didn't matter that there were 200 security incidents at the time from when blumenthal said the e-mail and the incident happened. it didn't matter that the agency went to benghazi and when he came back he said it was a suicide mission. "everybody there is going to die." 2000 and 12 when a memo was sent to secretary clinton about the uptick in violence in libya. widespread violence. it didn't matter because they were committed to this policy. and then it happened. then it happened. a terrorist attack. september 11, 2012, days before vice president had said that the president -- they now had a terrorist attack and they had to mislead th

. >> you have a man in here named richard blumenthal. >> he was a republican senator from new york who seat i later sought. i hated the vietnam war. i organized a group of 20 interns to distribute a petition , that the best and the brightest are here trying to do good but we can't with you hovering over us. someone in our group was a pro-war war person. they went to the washington post and they were wrote the article that exposed us. the result was the house abolished the intern program for three years. richard blumenthal went on to be an attorney general of connecticut and is now the senior senator from connecticut. >> what do you remember from having to loan americans in class, steven breyer and a republican? >> i was a student when freed was a young professor and he was very articulate. to this day i remember conversations. when you're in law school you stand out and it embarrasses you to educate yourself and he was very fair-minded. he went on to be reagan's solicitor general. now he was extremely hostile to weigh the supreme court has turned hard right on war powers and so he is a

that is why i introduced legislation which senator blumenthal -- with senator blumenthal, the spy car act, that directs the highway traffic safety demonstration and the federal trade commission to establish federal standards to secure our cars and protect our drivers. so, for all of the panelists, please answer yes or no. do you believe that cars should have mandatory cyber security standards, including hacking protections that protect all access points in the car, data security measures that prevent unwanted access for collected information, and hacking litigation technologies that can be -- that can report attempts in real-time? mr. edelstein: definitely yes. mr. davis: definitely yes. the one thing i would add, i think it is important to define what we need to accomplish to address the things you described, but also to allow technology to evolve quickly. >> evolves but it is still not installed, we should mandate it is installed. mr. davis: we should define requirements to make your that things are secure. mr. kass: we need the appropriate controls, but i agree we need to do it any

in the case of the romanian hacker, accessing sydney blumenthal's account, that's been public for some time. during your investigation, were there other people in the state department that regularly communicated with secretary clinton you can confirm were successfully hacked? >> yes. >> were these folks that regularly communicated with the secretary? >> yes. >> were you able to confirm that the attempted hacks referenced in the ig report were not successful? >> were not able to conclude they were successful. i think that's the best way to say it. >> all right. while you said given the nature of clinton's server you would be unlikely to see evidence one way or the other of whether or not it had been successfully hacked, how many unsuccessful attempted did you uncover? did you find any there? >> there were unsuccessful attempts. i don't have the number off the top of my head. >> from foreign governments? where did they come from? >> i want to be careful what i say in an open setting. we can give you that information, but i don't want to give any foreign governments knowledge of what i kn

in the case of the romanian hack gears sypher, according to accessing sidney blumenthal's account, that been public for some time. during the your investigation regularly communicated with secretary clinton you can confirm were successfully hacked? >> yes. >> were these folks regularly communicated with the secretary? >> yes. >> and were you able to conclude definitely the attempted hacks referenced in the i.g. report were not successful? >> we were not able to conclude they were successful. i think that is the best way to say it. >> all right. while you said given the nature of clinton's server you would be unlikely to see evidence one way way or other whether or not it had been success sulphurly hacked, how many unsuccessful attempts did you recover? did you find any there? >> there were unsuccessful attempts. i don't know number off the top of my head. >> were they from foreign governments? where did they come from? >> i want to be careful what i say in opening setting, we can give you that information but i don't want to give any foreign governments knowledge of what i know. >> all

e-mail had been working for her campaign, and they were okay putting her -- him on, but sidney blumenthal had a very checkered past and the state department has a great deal of integrity and they pushed back. the administration pushed back. >> host: this hearing, your hearing on this -- you were the more aggressive of the congressional hearing looking at that's. what i saw from the outside, as a past chairman, is the democrats are obviously in a place like that are going to put -- they're going to protect their quarterback. and part of this was before the election, part of it after when it looked like hillary clinton may by the democratic candidate. that's expected. shouldn't surprise anybody. congress can work very well in a bipartisan but when you talk about taking a presidential candidate, you see them rallying around, defending that and that's kind of the way they've -- both parties viewed their job through the years. >> guest: it is, and you're a tremendous follower of history over the years as we travel. you come up with these amazing facts throughout history, particularly pinnacle

in the case of the romanian hacker, according to accessing sidney blumenthal's account, that's been public for some time. during your investigation were there other people in the state department or that regularly communicated with secretary clinton you can confirm were successfully hacked? >> yes. >> and were these folks that regularly communicated with the secretary? >> yes. >> were you able to conclude definitively that the attempted hacks referenced in the ig report were not successful? >> we are were not able to conclude that they were successful. i think that's the best way to say it. >> while you said given the nature of clinton's server you would be unlikely to see evidence one way or the other whether or not it had been successful hacked, how many unsuccessful attempts did you uncover? >> there were unsuccessful attempts. i don't know the number off top of my head. >> were they from foreign governments? where did they come from? >> i want to be careful what i say in an open setting. so i -- we can give you that information but i don't want to give any foreign governments knowledge

- right now-- - the only one you've asked for is sidney blumenthal.hat's the only one you've asked for. you need to make sure the entire record is correct. - and that's exactly what i want to do. - well, then go ahead. - i'm about to tell you. [laughter] - so clear. so concise. it all makes sense now. and throughout the day, hillary was right in the thick of it. but while hillary clinton had to endure repetitive questions and endless bickering, it wasn't a total waste of her time. - madam secretary, you are welcome to answer the question, if you would like to. - well... i wrote a whole chapter about this in my book "hard choices." i'd be glad to send it to you, congressman. all: oh! [cheers and applause] - that--that is gangster. hillary's promoting her book in the middle of a hearing that could end her political career. "hard choices," now available in paperback. we have to talk about last night. the iowa caucus. bernie sanders won! [cheers and applause] yeah. but not as much as hillary clinton. - so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of r

chairman. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator kuhns. >> i wanted to follow up a little bit on the idea that ideology is a trigger to violence and how aggressively we should be going after an ideology rather than actions based on ideology that mr. mccarthy suggested. and mr. mccarthy, i may have misunderstood but i thought you heard you say that the expansion of the first amendment in cases during the 1960s to protect radical ideas was a mistake. is that correct? >> i did say that, yes. >> let me just -- if i could mr. cohen -- >> do you want me to explain what i meant by it? >> very concisely, if you would. >> sure. they carved out an exception for the advocacy of ideology that calls for the violent overthrow of the united states as if there were a firm difference between advocating it and inciting it, which i think has been much more difficult to apply than perhaps they thought. >> mr. cohen, you've dedicated most of your life to the pursuit of finding or closing down those who engage in not just dangerous ideology but d

it's been said by recent biographers including sidney blumenthal that abraham lincoln wouldn't have been abraham lincoln without his wife.rs i can tell you after years of research and writing the same is true of the civil war generals and their wives john charles fremont, george mcclellan, william tecumseh sherman and ulysses s. grant wouldn't have been who they were. when i was in graduate school and learned that sherman fought for her husband from president lincoln in january of 1862. from earlier painting i knew jesse freemont lobbied the president on her husband's behalf a few months earlier. as a former congressional aide and lobbyist i was intrigued bya their lobbying efforts and results they achieved.d. i wanted to know more about how they influenc influenced their s kabir. there was confident they had because i was raised a military family and learned early to strengthen the couragthestrengtd resilience required military spouses. i began with jesse and ellen and after research decided to tell the story of points of the men whose trajectories in the civil war roughly matched those

it's been said by grace and biographers of abraham lincoln including said he blumenthal was here just a month ago that abraham lincoln wouldn't have been abraham lincoln without his wife. i can tell you after eight years of research and writing the same is true of the union civil war generals and their lives. john charles fremont, william tecumseh sherman and ulysses s. grant wouldn't have been who they were without jesse, ellen ewing and julia dent. from president lincoln in january of 1862 i knew jesse benton fremont lobbied presidene president on her husband's behalf a few months earlier. as a former congressional aide and a lobbyist i was intrigued by their lobbying efforts and by very different results that they achieved. i wanted to know more about how the influenced their husbands careers. i was confident that the that td because i was raised in a military family. and i learned very early the strength, courage and resilience required of military spouses. i began after initial research decided to also tell the stories of the trajectories of the civil war roughly matched those of

several weeks ago when i joined senators murphy and booker and blumenthal, we decided to move for votes on commonsense gun reform. our friends in the house of representatives had a similar effort. i'm also proud to support the democratic members of congress, robbin kelly, jane schakowsky, bill bossster, and steny hoyer who joined with local leaders and community leaders last thursday in federal plaza in chicago to protest congress' failure to act on gun violence. the american medical association just a few weeks ago declared that gun violence is -- quote -- "a public health crisis." it is. each year more than 32,000 americans are killed by guns, 80,000 are injured. on the average, 297 americans are shot every day -- every day. and 91 die. the daily toll of gun who gun hs is devastating. our nation suffers from mass shootings on a daily basis. since 49 people were murdered in on the one hand -- in orlando, there have been at least 47 more mass shootings in chicago. -- pardon me, in america. these are shooting incidents where at least four people were hit by gunfire, a staggering total. n

it has been said by recent biographers of abraham lincoln including sidney blumenthal who is here just a month ago that abraham lincoln wouldn't have been abraham lincoln without his wife. i can tell you after eight years of research and writing the same is true of the most famous union civil war generals and their wives. they wouldn't have been who they were without jessie fremont, nelly mcclellan, ellen sherman, julia grant. when i was in graduate school and learned that ellen sherman sought help for her husband for president lincoln in january of 1852. 62. from earlier reading i knew that jessie fremont had lobbied the president on her behalf earlier. as a former congressional aide and lobbyist i was intrigued by their lobbying efforts and by the very different results they achieved. i want to know more about how these wives influence their husbands careers. i was confident that they have because i was raised in a military family and learned very early the strength, courage and resilience required of military spouses. i began with jesse and ellen after initial research decided to te

it's been said by recent biographers of abraham lincoln, including sidney blumenthal who was here just a month ago, that abraham lincoln wouldn't have been abraham lincoln without his wife. i can tell you that after eight years of research and writing, the same is true of the most famous union civil war generals and their wives. john charles fremont, george mcclellan, william tecumseh sherman and ulysses s. grant wouldn't have been who they were without jesse benton, nelly marcy, ellen ewing and julia dent. i first twigged to this story ten years ago when i was in graduate school and learned that ellen sherman sought help for her husband from president lincoln in january of 1862. from earlier reading i knew that jesse benton fremont had lobbied the president on her husband's behalf a few months earlier. as a former congressional aide and lobbyist, i was intrigued by their lobbying efforts and by the very different results they achieved. i wanted to know more about how these wives influenced their husbands' careers. i was confident that they had, because i was raised in a military famil

neil: and he claimed to gain access to sid blumenthal's e-mail account.an you confirm that guccifer never gained access to the server? >> he didn't. he admitted that was a lie. >> so all of this was built on that one claim, and it turns out it was not true. now, we want to point out that we are now going to had aer from two inspectors general on the second panel before the house oversight committee. they will also be weighing in on comey's recommendations not to prosecute secretary clinton and her e-mail practices. charles. charles: peter barns, thank you very much. and we're going to continue talking about this fiery hearing also in the meantime donald trump also trying to put out more of his fires. there's a lot going on today. we've got a lot more coming up. we'll be right back i accept i'm not 22 i accept i do a shorter set these days. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but i won't play anything less than my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'm

senator blumenthal. i'm interested in light of the statements of allegiance, that were made by the san bernardino and orlando killers. >> for at least the orlando massacre. what objective evidence there is that isis is inspiring or supporting. >> terrorist extremists here. i think there is evidence of it. it troubles me greatly and i think the nation has to be more vigilant and vigorous in countering the efforts of isis. to inspire and support extremist violence here. and extremist violence can take a lot of forms, but killing 49 people with an assault weapon qualifies for me, as violence. when it's done with a claim of allegiance with isis, then i think it raises some red flags. so let me ask you mr. mccarthy and others, what objective evidence you see of isis inspiring or supporting -- that kind of violence. >> senator, i think that isis like al qaeda, like other terrorist organizations, is less important than the ideology which transcends them all and will outlast them all and is the catalyzing featur

. >> we have "gucifer" who hacked into sidney blumenthal.kileaks has people who got into it on their own. david: to the substance of these emails. hillary clinton was on "60 minutes" last night and never heard anything about the subject of these emails. let's play the tape. >> i don't know anything about these emails. i haven't follow i had it but i'm very proud of the campaign that i ran and i'm very proud of the campaign that senator sanders ran. david: she hasn't seen any of these emails, don't know anything about it. do you believe her. >> no, i don't. it is impossible to believe she wasn't aware of activity, interactions between her campaign and the dnc. unfortunately perjury on "60 minutes" is not indictable offense either. david: john bolton, good to he see you. by the way, melissa, we should mention that the tape we just played of hillary talking about the emails which one could argue was most important thing that she said last night to 60 minutes was left on the cutting room floor. melissa: it is amazing. here is the question of the

i'm like sidney blumenthal. i have no title or line responsibilities but have access to all the right people. >> rose: and a lot of access to the candidate. >> he returns my calls and i have enormous respect for donald trump. >> rose: what do you talk about most? politics or the campaign? does he call you out and say what do you think i should do. >> sometimes i call him. i'm a prolific writer of memos and i know his style so i know how to put together a brief piece of paper that will inform him without being overpowering. >> you said i think the campaign is short-sighted in giving to super pacs. he has a history of criticizing and saying almost they're evil and they have bought politicians. >> for that reason but you can't go into an election with hillary clinton who is $45 million, $50 million in super pacs with one arm tied been your back. >> rose: and you can't fund the campaign unless your richer than donald trump. >> they're an unnecessary evil and say your super pac will not take money from lobbyists but

and i know later this evening we will also hear these important topics from senators peters and blumenthal. i am grateful to all my colleagues who have joined me in this important topic in the past. i just hope that we can in a success stainingable and bipartisan way insist on effective and rigorous enforcement of this deal throughout its entire term. thank you, mr. president. with that, i yield the floor. mrs. capito: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i would ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the only remaining postcloture time to be the following: capito-baldwin 15 minutes, carper 10 minutes, markey 10 minutes. following the unite use or yielg back of that time, all postcloture tienl yielded back and the senate vote on the conference report to accompany s. 524. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i would like to begin by congratulating carla hayden, who was just confirmed as the 14th librarian of congress. i know she will do a good

to put, for example, the individual who took care had been working for her campaign, but sidney blumenthal had a very checkered past. the state department has a great deal of integrity and they push back in those the >> host: in this hearing on this what i saw from the outside here are just looking at the past chair man as the democrats are obviously in a place like that are going to protect their quarterback and perth this was before and after that to be expected and i don't think that should surprise anybody. but congress can work in a bipartisan way that when you start looking at the presidential candidate or something you see them protecting the quarterback rallying around defending that and that's kind of the way both parties viewed their jobs over the years. >> guest: you are a tremendous follower of history over the years as we travel with these amazing facts throughout history and political history watergate started off and democrats going after truth or not truth. but by the time it ended, republicans were the ones that went to the white house and told the president it was time to

. >> senator blumenthal. >> welcome to the committee, mr. secretary. i want to agree with one of my colleagues that serving as united states attorney is probably the best job there is. next to serving as state attorney general. i want to commend you for the extra night work you have done in the present condition and your exemplary record of public service and the other positions in the federal government. thank you for emphasizing at the outset of your testimony the increasing threat of isis inspired and supported terrorism around the world. including the threat in this country in public places and events. as we approach the july 4 weekend. the precaution and many of our communities and the heightened vigilance and the greater resources to agencies that protect us. thatw with great regret the administration released its proposed budget for 2017 and it for manyunding transportation security programs. this place asin well as in the administration we fail to match rhetoric with resources. example, the reductions in the transit security grant program, the

in the case of the romanian hacker, according to accessing sidney blumenthal's account, that's been public for some time. during your investigation were there other people in the state department or that regularly communicated with secretary clinton you can confirm were successful hacked? >> yes. >> and were these folks that regularly communicated with the secretary? >> yes. >> were you able to conclude definitively that the attempted hacks referenced in the ig report were not successful? >> we are were not able to conclude that they were successful. i think that's the best way to say it. >> while you said given the nature of clinton's server you would be unlikely to see evidence one way or the other whether or not it had been successful hacked, how many unsuccessful attempts did you uncover? >> there were unsuccessful attempts. i don't know the number off top of my head. >> were they from foreign governments? where did they come from? >> i want to be careful what i say in an open setting. so i -- we can give you that information but i don't want to give any foreign governments knowledge o

sidney blumenthal is a character we have seen early in our visitation. his being so close to making money and doing business in this very rich country that seldomly allocates its resources honestly in libya. >> he was paid at the foundation because the state department refused to put them on the payroll even though they were willing to put the individual who took care of hillary clinton's private e-mail had been working for her campaign and they were okay putting him on but sidney had a very checkered past and they pushed back in a lot of areas. this hearing, your hearing on this, you were the more aggressive, what i saw from the outside from a past chairman is the democrats are obviously going to protect their quarterback. part of this was before the election and part of its "after words" when it looks like hillary clinton may be the democratic nominee. when you start talking about taking out a presidential candidate, you see them rallying around in defending that and that's kind of the way they have viewed their jobs through the years. >> you are a tre

. >> and he claimed he gained access to sid blumenthal's e-mail account. can you confirm he didn't get access to her server. >> he admitted that was a lie. >> at least that's good to hear. section 793 of title 18 of the united states code makes it a crime to allow classified information to be stolen through gross negligence. were you to discover that hostile actors had actually gotten into secretary clinton's e-mail, that would have changed your recommendation with respect to prosecutinger? >> unlikely, although we didn't consider that question because we didn't have those facts. >> i want to go back to the question of intent real quick for just a second. i'm a recovering attorney. it's been decades since i actually practiced law. you represent referring to she had to know it was illegal to have the reck reit is criminal intent. i was always taught in law school and i don't know where this changed that ignorance of the law was no excuse. if i'm driving at 45 miles an hour and didn't see the 35 miles an hour speed limit, i was still intentionally speeding e

>> we don't even know -- we know that sidney blumenthal was hacked. >> you want to prosecute based on not knowing if she was hacked? >> here's somebody applying for the highest job in the land and ultimately the public has to be the jury. but we know she lied on those three things. he admitted as much. he also said someone in the fbi that would have done the same thing using a server in an unsecure location and breaking the rules that she brought would be reprimanded by the fbi. so the fbi has a different standard. >> you want hillary clinton to be reprimanded? if we are going to follow the precedent you want to see her reprimanded? >> she is extremely -- i think the people need to decide, if the fbi director describes her handling of top secret documents as extremely careless, sloppy, and she's not sophisticated enough to understand when a classified document is, i think there's great concern about her being commander in chief. >> they also described the fact that the three classified documents were not marked as such. let me ask you a quick question before i let you go. do you think

blumenthal: i thank my colleagues for the vote that we will take in just a very short time on behalf of the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, known as cara. this legislation holds great promise to help families and communities combat the opioid epidemic that has truly been ravaging and -- ravaging our nation. the epidemic is truly a public health crisis, causing death and destruction to families and communities. this legislation is barely a symbolic step. the rhetoric on the floor today and throughout are consideration of this bill. unfortunately is unmatched by real dollars. until we commit resources, our words will be a glass half empty. and we must fill that glass with the resources necessary to truly make a difference, as i have seen from the round tables that i have held around the state of connecticut where law enforcement, community activists, families whose loved ones have suffered from addiction and addicts themselves recovering from this disease. it is a disease, and we must recognize it as a disease that can be treated if we commit the resources. i want to thank se

ernst, tillis, sullivan, lee, graham, cruz, reed, nelson, mccaskill, manchin, shaheen, gillibrand, blumenthal, donnelly, hirono, kaine, king, heinrich, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived, and the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to disagree to the house amendment, agree to the request by the house for a conference and to appoint conferees with respect to s. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the department of defense, for military construction and for defense activities of the department of energy to prescribe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are are 90. the nays are 7, three fi.es of the senators having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the compound motion to go to conference is agree

and i was proud to introduce alongwith senator blumenthal from connecticut the women's health protection act. let me just describe briefly what that act does. it is framed in many ways after the voting rights act. that may sound a little bit surprising but if you think about it, when the voting rights act was passed it was in response to state after state erecting artificial barriers to access to the polls, right? poll taxes, tests, all sorts of things that weren't what they say they were. they were actually like we're seeing today, measures aimed at keeping people away from accessing their right to vote, to speak in this democracy. well the women's health protection act creates the same sort of test for the courts to say, was this measure passed to prevent access or to protect a woman's health or life? and if the court says that it has nothing to do with helping promote safety, it's presumed unconstitutional. [applause] and it will change, it will change the debate that we're having in this country. so i am, thank you for indulging me to be able to talk a little bit about the work that

blumenthal: mr. president, as we leave washington for our summer recess, we also are marking the one-year anniversary of the signing of the joint comprehensive plan of action, jcpoa by the p-5 plus one. a number of my colleagues have come to the floor to mark this occasion led by our friend and colleague, senator coons of delaware. this nuclear agreement provides profoundly important time to hold iran accountable. time that is supremely valuable, but only if we use it wisely. that lesson should animate the conversation around the country as well as in this chamber that time must be used wisely and energetically and aggressively to make sure that we prevent a nuclear-armed iran but also stop its funding and support for terrorist extremism. we must use the time provided for us by this agreement to confront iran's maligned activities beyond its nuclear program. to fortify the security of the united states and israel, our major strategic partner in the region and to assure that we are working in close co

she advocating invading libya on he covert advice of her long time plumber sydney blumenthal , who had been banned from the by president obama, sid will be back as a hillary counselor. of thoughts by the editors the wall street journal in this morning's edition. liberty, maine, democrats line. hello. caller: good morning. host: how are you. good.r: i'm first of all i want to comment on what you just read from the street journal. to me, they have become an mur dock complex. the wall street journal have anti-hillary forever. the demonization of hillary clinton has taken many, many years and this idea of her untrustworthiness to me is just result of repetitive demonization. to make a i'd like comment to the bernie sanders reject rs who still hillary. i really don't understand that. two options in this election. your vote away or an alternative nominee candidate really is giving a vote for trump. and i would appeal to them to give a lot of consideration to that vote away on a third-party candidate, who voting on may be principle, but it truly turns out to be a vote that's going to appeal t

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. the senate, mr. president, is on the verge of approving a measure that is supposedly a compromise to provide for g.m.o. labeling. i want to express my thanks and respect for the principal authors of this legislation, my colleagues, senators roberts and stabenow. they worked hard to forge this compromise. but, unfortunately, it falls far short of what is necessary to really inform consumers, provide the essential facts that they need to make informed and educated choices about what they want to eat and their families eat, what they want to put on their dinner table. nothing is more fundamental or important than what we eat. it's essential to the energy and ability to learn of our children. it's important to our productivity as adults, people of all ages care about what they eat and they care more than ever now because they know how important it is, and they also know about the unwanted features of food that could impair their health. not long ago, we rejected as a body a measure called the dark act, w

in the case of the romanian hacker, according to accessing sidney blumenthal's account, that's been public for some time. during your investigation were there other people in the state department or that regularly communicated with secretary clinton you can confirm were successfully hacked? >> yes. >> and were these folks that regularly communicated with the secretary? >> yes. >> were you able to conclude definitively that the attempted hacks referenced in the ig report were not successful? >> we are were not able to conclude that they were not successful. i think that's the best way to say it. >> while you said given the nature of clinton's server you would be unlikely to see evidence one way or the other whether or not it had been successful hacked, how many unsuccessful attempts did you uncover? >> there were unsuccessful attempts. i don't know the number off top of my head. >> were they from foreign governments? where did they come from? >> i want to be careful what i say in an open setting. so i -- we can give you that information but i don't want to give any foreign governments knowl

rnc but he has been at the dnc and his reception was packed with a-list operatives and richard blumenthalhen jimmy carter merkleyard markey, jeff and sheldon whitehouse. he accused the coax -- >> the way that california continue to lead the united states to live up to our potential to lead a coalition of progressive groups standing up for each other. economichat means justice, whether that means environmental justice, whether it means women's rights, racial justice, immigration reform, we think it is important that california democrats stand up for each other and participate together in a progressive policies toross -- that if we hang together we went across the board and if we are separated we lose. >> that was the san francisco billionaire. george soros is not spending as much money as him but politico reports the billionaire who has dialed back his giving has committed more than $25 million to supporting hillary clinton and other democratic candidate and causes. this story this morning, a follow-up on the dnc e-mail lake, this from law news started by ben abrams, a high-profile profile

he gained access to said blumenthal's e-mail account and trace them back to clinton's private server. can you confirm that lucifer never gained access to her server? >> >> he did not. he admitted that was a lie. at least that is good to hear. 793 of title 18 of the united states code makes it a crime to allow classified information to be stolen through gross negligence. thatyou to discover hostile actors had actually gotten into secretary clinton's e-mail would that have changed your recommendation with respect to prosecuting her? unlikely, although we did not consider that question because we did not have this fax. >> i want to go back to the question of intent real quick for a second. i'm a recovering attorney. it's been decades since action practice law. sheyou kept referring -- had to know it was illegal to have the requisite criminal intent. i was always taught in law school and i don't know where this change that ignorance to the law was no skis. if i'm driving along a 45 mph and did not see the i was still intentionally speeding, even though i did not know it. i may not have ha

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today to speak along with a number of my colleagues about groups that have spun a web of denial and to fight back against the regressive and fallacious, dangerous rhetoric of climate change deniers. they would disavow the overwhelming evidence of one of our most significant environmental crises, and it is not only a quality of life challenge, it is a national security crisis in our world today. as a member of the armed services committee, i know from our military leaders how seriously they take this crisis in causing droughts as well as unrest and challenges to our military access to certain parts of the world. those consequences are among the national security threats that climate change raises. and deniers do no great service to our national defense. but we know in connecticut firsthand the visible impacts of climate change because we see the mammoth storms that threaten to become the new normal in our world, causing rising tides, destroying homes, changing liter