one thperson that was in attendance was our friend jake byrd.e he is during sarah palin's vice presidential campaign in 2008. >> god bless america. >> yes! palin loves beaver! >> jimmy: he's very excitable. as you might imagine, when the movie premiered last night, jake bir byrd was there. >> i think sarah palin would be a fabulous president. she's a patriot. >> real patriot. >> sarah palin really does protect her family. >> that's right. she's a mamma grizzly bear and protects her cubs. except for that one time when he grizzly daughter went on that grizzly camping trip and got knocked up by that grizzly hockey player. other than that, perfect grizzly record. >> oh, my. sounds good. >> you sound good. you smell good. let me get a whiff. >> oh, geez. >> check out what i got. i got a hard on for america and a hard on for sarah palin. you want a hard on for america? >> yep. >> let me get you. tell me if i'm poking your pacemaker. y you got tea saucer nipples, i can feel. you're reaea for milking. would you like a hard on for america? >> i will take

it seems to me that-- especially in your career, david, the byrds were certainly socially conscious. you go to crosby, stills, and nash, the same story, and sometimes even more aggressively political. a song like chicago, written by somebody who did not grow up with the first amendment, how'd that come about? and did you guys pay a price for songs raising the consciousness about the chicago eight? that couldn't have been a popular cause. there are people who definitely think we did pay a price. i don't. and nash didn't need to grow up in this country with the first amendment. he grew up with a conscience, and he knows that telling the truth is the right thing, and he felt strongly that that was a travesty of american justice, and it was. it was a complete travesty. you can't chain a man to a chair and gag him and say that you're having a free trial. it doesn't work that way. you know, i think graham has been one of the most courageous guys i've known in my life in terms of speaking out for what he really believes in. he's done it over and over and over again. and he's a good example

i join with my colleague senator byrd. we will be talking to omb. before i turn to our first panel, i notice senator glenn vall has joined us. i want to get him an opportunity to get his testimony before the committee. >> thank you very much. i particularly want to thank you for your leadership in this area. i have introduced a bill called the "honoring all veterans act." and the "chiropractic care for all veterans act," which follows the leadership that you have requited and other colleagues in the senate that had started and carried forward this effort to keep pace with the men and women who serve and sacrifice for our freedom. the va has taken some strong steps towards building a 21st century support system, but gaps in the system remain. they are devastating for many of our veterans. we must do better and we must do more. the legislation i have produced provides a package of 16 provisions aimed at better health care, jobs, educational opportunities, and streamlining and modernizing the va. i will submit for the record my full testimony. i very m

spencer byrd powers jr. post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold, and the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. farenthold: i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material under senate 655. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. farenthold: thank you very much, mr. speaker. s. 655, introduced in the senate by senator cochran of mississippi, would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 95 dogwood speaker in cary, mississippi, the spencer byrd powers jr. post office. he was born in 1945 and grew up in carry, mississippi, a town his family has called home for nearly a century. while growing up in

throughout his solo career and his years with the byrds; crosby, stills, nash, and young; and now cpr, he's demonstrated that music can make a difference. now he's teamed with david bender, a founding contributing editor for george magazine, to write stand and be counted: making music, making history. welcome, gentlemen. it's a book about courageous musicians and courageous music, and at a time when i read on the front page of the new york times that record companies are routinely self-censoring themselves to enhance marketability of music, why this project, why the book, and why the television show now? well, to pick one of your words, courage. we are both very taken with human courage. our heroes have been people who had the guts to stick up for what they believed in, and we saw that there had been no one looking at music being used to gather people in a cause as a phenomenon. the two biggest events in the last 50 years in american history were civil rights movement and the vietnam war. civil rights movement was all activism. all. vietnam war-- strongly affected by it, strongly affe

i totally miss robert byrd, ted kennedy. i will say, i have a question as to when the dow are important amendments or an amendment to -- when there are important amendments or an amendment to an amendment to bill, why the senators don't have to be in there and listen to this. there are great points on actually both sites. i am a democrat, but i look at both sides. but they are preaching to the choir, and i feel like it is kind of planned. they come in, they vote, they leave, and you need to be an attorney to understand all the clotures and the process you go through. but it is an incredible opportunity for american citizens, or even if you are not an american, to be able to have this opportunity to see what is going on before your eyes and to watch the speakers and to watch what they say and see what they say later. i just wish they all had to attend their votes instead of a vote and leave. i am truly appreciate it to have this opportunity. host: 10 we go back to your comment about keeping journals -- can we go back to your

i totally miss robert byrd, ted kennedy. i will say, i have a question as to when the dow are important amendments or an amendment to -- when there are important amendments or an amendment to an amendment to bill, why the senators don't have to be in there and listen to this. there are great points on actually both sites. i am a democrat, but i look at both sides. but they are preaching to the choir, and i feel like it is kind of planned. they come in, they vote, they leave, and you need to be an attorney to understand all the clotures and the process you go through. but it is an incredible opportunity for american citizens, or even if you are not an american, to be able to have this opportunity to see what is going on before your eyes and to watch the speakers and to watch what they say and see what they say later. i just wish they all had to attend their votes instead of a vote and leave. i am truly appreciate it to have this opportunity. host: 10 we go back to your comment about keeping journals -- can we go back to your

he missed a couple of bogies and he is at 12 under and settle for the three shot lead over jonathan byrdinto the final round. very good stuff. apparently he got the call from you guys and not me about wearing the plum shirt. >> well, you know, next time. >> okay. >> hey, the cal women did excellent. >> yes. >> but i love the fact that the cal men, the baseball team that was going to get 86. >> exactly. >> is on its way. >> proving a point. >> maybe they can keep it going. >> they had the fan support and more than that, they got their own stuff. >> they got rice so hopefully get passed rice. >> well, thank you. >> well, the fight against cupcake becomes an unexpected ally for the war on terror. how the recipe for one of the cupcakes is being used at fort terrace. see you at 10 and until then we hope you have a great night. good night. ,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your s

. >>> and represent a person on facebook, rob byrd. >> i get lots of great weather ideas from all myacebook fans and people who tweet as well. as you can see, we have diminishing showers. this after we saw two records today of rain fall. .3 at the airport in oakland and in sanoma, shattered a record. .2 of an inch in santa rosa. and the other side of the coin, unseasonally cool temperatures by the 6 to 16 degrees. average high is 77 degrees. your morning commute for your wednesday, you are going to need the umbrella because we are noticing increases. we'll have it happens 40 zs and 50s outside the door with spotty, scattered showers. when we see a few sunny breaks, there's a possibility of a thunderstorm. snow level down to 4,000 feet cannot rule out the possibility of a couple snow flakes. to the north in sanoma county. it's hit and miss scattered showers. we see a heavier downpour. some isolated shores across the santa clara valley as well. by the time it's all said and done, over the next 24 hours, 3/4 of an inch of rain to the north. 3/4 of an inch of rain santa cruz mown tans. .

and what will be the visitors first game with the surrogate seal in charge informed zinni senator byrd who can personally post the. top two scores in the league to be entertained. in trouble too because on the face former recent champions being second from bottom of the table. high flying on g m car they'll be favorites to claim points up the expense of rock bottom. chick. for company while s.c. tom two possible with. zinni meanwhile have confirmed money will buy or is among their transfer targets this summer months just stating they will release their cool billie's if the money is right not two years ago on the buy or was bought from austin for a lot of money twenty five million fines it was meaning city are sure to suffer significant financial losses zinni believed to be ready to offer only some of the eight million views. martin yall has signed a two year deal to take over the manager real reins of english premier league side the dutchman stating he's delighted to be going back to work after taking a year long break. i don't. change story every day. everybody knew that i would like

i totally miss robert byrd, ted kennedy. have to be in there and listen to this. there are great points on actually both sites. i am a democrat, but i look at both sides. but they are preaching to the choir, and i feel like it is kind of planned. they come in, they vote, they leave, and you need to be an attorney to understand all the clotures and the process you go through. but it is an incredible opportunity for american citizens, or even if you are not an american, to be able to have this opportunity to see what is going on before your eyes and to watch the speakers and to watch what they say and see what they say later. i just wish they all had to attend their votes instead of a vote and leave. i am truly appreciate it to have this opportunity. host: 10 we go back to your comment about keeping journals -- can we go back to your comment about keeping journals on every vote and bill? caller: yes, four years. host: do you transcribe what is going on? caller: the votes, how they voted, the senators' names. i have a new repre

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only claiming seventh place robert byrd the neon has more. for the seventh time the rugby sevens continental championships heed the russian capital although. the two time european champions russia will fall from their best soil having failed to make it to the one who are both were only destined to fight for fifth place. the russians got off to a very good start against france in the first place in the final. in seoul run here giving the home side and five new lead. it didn't take russia long to extend their lead to twelve points but the french men were in giving up. it will fly by the break forcing the russian bubble butt on the ski to do all he could to encourage his men although france managed to come from behind in the second half and battle to win taking them into the final twenty nineteen to score. some of the despite the oh come on pleased with the way my boys played they were giving their all and fighting to the end it's a game in which is didn't have the luck they had. both teams managed to earn their own arse in the end with france b

. >> reporter: in february 1993, mary's son, laramiun byrd, was shot to death at an argument at a party was 20 and mary's only child. >> my son was gone. >> reporter: the killer was a 16-year-old kid named o'shea israel. >> i wanted justice. he was an animal. he deserved to be caged. >> reporter: and he was. tried as an adult and sentenced to 25.5 years, o'shea served 17 before being recently released. he now lives back in the old neighborhood, close to mary. this close. he lives next door? >> next door. >> reporter: how a convicted murderer ended up living a door jam away from his victim's mother is a story not of horrible misfortune, as you might expect, but of remarkable mercy. a few years ago, mary asked if she could meet o'shea here at minnesota's stillwater state prison. as a devout christian, she felt compelled to see if there was some way, if somehow she could forgive her son's killer. what'd she say to you? >> i believe the first thing she said was "look, you don't know me, i don't know you, let's just start with right now." then i was befuddled myself. >> reporter: o'shea says

round of sixty nine and that keeps his three shots pushing at the top of the leaderboard jonathan byrd is next he also carded a sixty nine showing steady for me with your course in. and in my view g.p.a. there is a surprise rider on pole for sunday spanish grand prix norco seaman cheli from the great for the first time italian has received death threats after this crash with spain's dani pedrosa last month at the french grand prix but charlie has put all that behind him to set the fastest time in qualifying in spain i case the stone will start second reigning world champion you are enzo rounding off the front right . that brings us up to date for the moment we've got more like. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from. the future. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charged up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean combs discovers foot makes antarctica so special and attractive for many life in antarctica is the closest and friends of.

and lady byrd johnson called the chili river chili, she had little cards she would put the recipe on.ne, i brought you some of mine and chef samuelson's chili. to sample there. >> you are a fine american. and thank you, on behalf of the nation. okay, we will. and this is the chili, and this is -- >> reporter: this is the ham shortcake. i tasted it earlier. it reminded me of chipped beef, which was popular in school when i was a kid. eggs and ham and -- it's a matter of personal preference. >> here's to history. >> reporter: but i like it. >> and the presidential recipes are going to be online. >>> still ahead, our "persons of the week." thank, ron, i appreciate it. finally, there's a choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fa

tambourine man," which is an early byrds song. >> jimmy: sure. >> so i sat him down and said, "hey man jimmy: that is not good. >> i told him, "it's 'mr. tambourine man.'" and he said, "no." >> jimmy: that's not what you played? >> yes, it is. i got the key tab thing and i showed him the chord. he said, "listen, you can play it like that or like i recorded it on the album." >> jimmy: "let me help you out." so, "falling skies," gotta talk about this. huge -- i love that you're doing it. is it 10 part miniseries? >> yeah, it's a two hour pilot and then eight subsequent episodes will air throughout the summer. big science fiction, alien invasion show, steven spielberg producing it. >> jimmy: explosions. >> explosions. >> jimmy: you got lasers? >> yeah, the premise is that six months ago aliens invaded the earth and wiped out most of the population and all the power grids and those few survivors who are left are thrown back into 19th century form of existence. and military's gone, so guys who used to be history professors are toting guns and trying to save the world. >> jimmy: pretty rad,

senator inouye again just like senator byrd has given me many fond memories of senator russell. it's a pleasure to serve with senator inouye, and i wish i had had the opportunity to serve with senator russell because he truly was a great patriot, a great american and a great champion for this institution. i believe all of us here today can learn from the life of one of the greatest senators in this body's 200-year history. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: john wooden, the legendary uyla basketball coach who won more division one ncaa championships than anyone else once said -- quote -- "do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." end quote. it takes team work to win ten championships. i rise today to recognize the remarkable teamwork, championship-level teamwork we're seeing back home in montana. this i

and in a few minutes all of a sudden those side doors flung open and in strode senator robert byrd, and so here i'm giving my maiden speech and senator byrd is sitting his his seat, and as i finish, he says, "would the senator yield?" and i said, "of course, i yield to the senior senator from west virginia." and, senator byrd, on the top of his head, gives an oration about the history of maiden speeches in the senate. now, of course, that is indelibly etched in my memory, and surely the senator's maiden speech today is indelibly etched in his, and i congratulate him. i thank him for his personal friendship, i thank him also for the privilege of the professional relationship that we have. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, very briefly, i've come to know senator rubio. we have early morning seminars. and we've come to know one another a little better. but i want to especially thank you for that speech because it was compleerl a speech with a lot of personal reflection on your own life and on the life of america. what you said will endure. there a

he birdies i the 8th hole to maintain the lead over jonathan byrd. >> cal state beat houston today to stay alive 7-6 in the playoffs. they now face rice 2 p.m. tomorrow. >>> despite 110-degree weather in oklahoma city the cal women found inspiration from mother reid and beat oklahoma state. that's reid's daughter ella reid. and they avoid elimination in the fastball world series. they came right back to play florida where they beat cal. the game winning rbi for florida. cal loses 5-2 and now come home from the softball world series with a 35-25 season record. [ applause ] >>> well, six weeks ago the first member of the 49ers legendary million dollars joe the parry died. john henry johnson passed away yesterday at the age of 81. john henry johnson's best success came with the steelers. he was part of the million dollars backfield of the 1950s. john henry was born in pittsburgh, california, and he became an nfl hall of famer after 14 nfl seasons. shawn henry johnson, the pride of pittsburgh high. >>> the rain kept some of the cars in the garages today at the sonoma sports festival. but

let us not forget that james byrd was dragged to his death on a back road in texas by right wing gang members who were radicalized in jail. they undermine order and commit mayhem. it is not dependent on political ideology or religious beliefs. the committee held a hearing assessing the threat to the nation body's security calling the death of osama bin laden. we learned about terrorist aspirations to launch attacks on the u.s. earlier this month and american born spokesman for al qaeda released a video that called on muslims to commit violent acts on america by taking advantage of the gun show loopholes. he told his viewers that in this country you can buy a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check at most local gun shows. he is correct. in march, the gao reported that almost 250 on the terrorist watch list were cleared to purchase firearms last year alone. in that hearing, the expert testimony underscored that our greatest threat may be from all wools and solitary actions. the video has given these potential actors encouragement, advice, and a road map. mr. chairman,

people like josiah bailey of north carolina, tidings of maryland, cart carter glass and harry byrd of virginia and others. carter glass had been one of the very few people in congress who opposed social security, but not only did he support fdr on the war, he thought that the president was too restrained. he wanted him to blast hitler off the map, and glass was a strong supporter of selective service and lend-lease. millard tidings, whose hide fdr had wanted to strip off, said that he would rather have a ready and prepared army and not need it than need it and not have it. and he supported selective service. senator john overton of louisiana and richard russell of georgia even amended that select i have service -- selective service bill to allow the governors to seize industrial plants if their owners refused to accept government defense contracts. and in 1950 a dozen year after the purge, tidings was virtually the only senator with the courage to stand up to joe mccarthy. after mccarthy's committee -- sorry, after tidings' committee investigated mccarthy's reckless accusations, tidin

where the army of the potomac proved the courage of itself it's in front of the stonewall outsiders byrd. during the winter of 1863, lee would be plagued with what argument would be a worsening condition that goes on and that's the shortages of food and so forth. and armaments and everything you need. he had to scatter his calvary, had to scatter his units. it's only going to get worse in 64, but 63 is a precursor of the difficulties. .. . >> nevertheless hooker had lee caught if you will between two wings of his enemy and what does lee do? he has to calculate which one is the real thing and one is the fake. and he decides the real thing is up the river and he divides his army which was divided 2 to 1 and he will send jackson to hooker and the critical day there in some ways is may 1st. as hooker is coming out of the wilderness, they're going to run into jackson and hooker is going to order them back into the wilderness. that negated their artillery. he didn't have calvary with them the best thing of the army potomac relative to the confederates was their artillery. there was well manned

what is the goal and i talk to the local activists and murphy's byrd and they said look, we feel like they are targeting us because this is kind of the center of the bible belt. nashville is a place where gospel music goes out, bibles are printed -- they feel like it is a direct premeditated assault on really the heart of christian america. >> host: if that's true why did the city council approved the mosque? is a dollars and cents, political correctness or combination of the two? >> guest: good question in its political correctness and ignorance. i interviewed the mayor of rutherford county tennessee where murphy's perot is located, and she didn't know the first thing about islam come about the muslim brotherhood, didn't know anything about the funding sources to the mosque because they have still not come clean about where the money is coming from, and it is a common theme in all of these mosque's going up, these controversial mosques. they can't tell you where the money is coming from coming and i saw the congregation and murphy's perot. this was the cab drivers, college students,

the twins and the zucker byrd met while attending harvard. >> the star of the show jackas'' had a bloodevel of more than twice the legal limit. he and his passenger were killed in a car crash on monday, that is according to a toxicology report. police say his porsche was traveling as fast as 140 mi. per hour when it jumped a guard rail, struck a tree and burst into flames. his passenger was a production assistant for the second a jackass movie. >> one of the sexiest man alive is single again, actor george clooney has split with his italian girl friend elisabeth canal is. here is a look of the two in happier times at the 2010 oscars when clinton was up for best actor. the paris together for nearly two years. the release a statement today saying the breakup is a difficult and personal. a fast-food restaurant jack in the box will no longer serve toys with its kit menus. the change comes as fast food companies find themselves under pressure to stop using toys to market high calorie and fat the meals to kids. a california mother is currently suing mcdonald's over its toys and marketed to chi

i want to personally thank you, madam chair, and senator byrd, the ranking member and senior senator from my home state of north carolina. for providing me this opportunity to testify and support s. to 77 the caring for camp lejeune veterans act of 2011. i became deeply involved in researching the history of the water contamination at camp lejeune nearly 13 years ago. after i learned that my daughter, jane, was exposed to the base contaminated drinking water. my daughter was the only one of my four daughters to have been conceived, carried or worn while living aboard camp lejeune. when she was 6-years-old, our entire world was turned upside down. after she was diagnosed with acute lymphoma or aol. she fought a battle for nearly two and a half years. but she ultimately lost that war. we watched her go through hell during her illness, and all who love her, we went through with her. she succumbed to her disease on it 24th of september, 1985. she was only 9-years-old. unlike the tragic stories of combat troops who have died in the past decade overseas or have come home with broken bodies

. >> thank you very much senator byrd. senator mikulski? >> thank you, madame chair. general petraeus, it's a pleasure to welcome you and mrs. petraeus. i'm going to just echo my desire for continued service as my colleagues have said, and really come as someone who has a substantial number of military particularly -- to mrs. petraeus protecting them from financial predatory i enjoyed our conversation in my office in listening to the testimony here because as you know, in our conversation i wanted to know not about general petraeus, who i tremendously respect and admire, but who is going to be mr. petraeus? who is going to be dr. petraeus, and who the heck is going to be director petraeus? now, to insert a lot of those questions both with me and senator rockefeller's question that indeed the ceo of the cia, and i hope we would have time to elaborate on that, but we also talked about you as a reformer at the cia and the military, so let me get to a former question to you so much of the work of the cia over the last ten years has been contracted out. there has been a tr

not moving in the northbound direction from plaza towards paul byrd. live view as we switch over towards the harbor tunnel. that is the disabled go on the left lane and a big backup resulting. tony has a check on a forecast. >> at least there's nothing going on, weather-wise. temperatures are very comfortable. 61 in taneytown. 64 at the airport. 70 degrees in annapolis. you will see if you fairweather team as clouds in the afternoon. we will turn up the heat with 86 tomorrow and chance for a thunderstorm. scattered thunderstorms at the end of the week, going into the weekend we will cool things off by saturday and sunday. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. we will have another live update at 7:55. ♪ i'm on the top of the world >> loob 7:30 on monday morning, 6th of june, 2011. a hazy morning in manhattan as we check out a view of the top of the rock. down below we have an energetic crowd filling rockefeller plaza. meanwhile, inside studio 1-a i'm meredith vieira along with matt lauer. was it self-defense, a bad

let us not forget james byrd was dragged to his death on a back road in texas by right wing gang members who were radicalized in jail. clearly, willingness to use violence, undermine order and commit mayhem does not depend on religious beliefs of political ideology. in may, the committee gave -- held a hearing assessing the threat to the nation security following the death of osama bin laden. at that hearing we learned about terror aspirations launch attacks. earlier this month an american-born spokesman for an al qaeda released a video called on muslims to commit violent acts on american by taking branch of the gun show loophole. he told his viewers that in this country you can buy a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check at most local gun shows. and he is correct. in march the gao reported that almost 250 people on a terror watch list were cleared to purchase firearms last year alone. in that hearing the expert testimony underscored that our greatest threat may be from lone wolves and solitary actress. his video has given these potential actors encouragement, advice.

senators byrd, hagan, senator nelson from florida, congressman brad miller and congressman john dingell all sent a letter in april to the secretary of the navy asking him to rectify this mischaracterization of that nrc report. their response was, the secretary of the navy went to the nrc and had the director of the nrc answer a letter that was written last october by the director of atsdr. i'm sorry, i mean, this is just a vicious circle. >> jerry, thank you for that. and the chairman has been very kind and lenient with me on my time. and i've gone over again but i thank the chair. >> an important question. thank you very much. senator begich. >> thank you, madam chair. i just want, if i could, mr. steele and mr. kelley and mr. violante, i want to talk about, i want to describe because sometimes, and i've read your testimony in detail, and your concerns are treatment, fairness, reimbursements. let me describe alaska for second. first off, i was just there on memorial day, which to get to it, you have to fly from anchorage to bethel and have to fly from battle to quake in a force you to

professor james hamilton of duke, ellen goodman of rutgers, peter shalem ohio state, cynthia come rf ann byrd. the team conducted more than 600 in-depth interviews and a very diverse range of people across the country held multiple public hearings, made numerous visits and newsreels across the country analyzed scores of studies and compiled more than 1100 comments from the general public. the commission takes pride in this process and in the final product. with that, i would like to turn it over to you to present your findings and recommendations. the floor is yours. please take your time. >> thank you. it has been a great honor to work on this project with this great staff and with the commission. as you mentioned this project was launched at the beginning of 2010 when it was very clear that we were in a time of rapid and seismic change in the media world. you have on the one hand a tremendous innovation, additional innovation everywhere and every day and at the same time newspapers closings, staff layoffs and the media going through a very serious contraction. so, the idea was to therefore

tip o'neill brought democrats to the table and bob byrd was our leader in the house. those two men stood together, as americans, not as democrats. turned to bob dole, chairing the finance committee, and howard baker. they came to the table, not as republicans but as americans. that's what we need now. we have to come to the table as americans. i love being a democrat. my family were democrats. we're going to be democrats forever. but what i love more is being an american. i got into politics as a protester. in other countries they would have thrown me in prison. here they put me into politics to stand up for the people. i would not have been able to go to college, i would not have been able to pursue the american dream. i love america and i want america to have a great future ahead of it. we have to stop acting like, are we the red party and the blue party. we've got to start being aing like we are the red, white, and blue parted. i've heard about these pledges to grover no norquist. i take a pledge to the flag of the united states, one nation, indivisible, under god,

senator byrd was always saying we are your employees, you hire us. if you as an employees say to your employer i am having trouble paying my bills, i would like to have my pay cut. that is what the tax cuts mean to me. how many people out there who are employees are going to say to my employer i want you to cut my pay because i can't pay my bills. i think we need to get rid of these loopholes. we need to get rid of a lot of things, all the oil subsidies. we need to get rid of that and bring the revenue back into the coffers. host: who is your representative? caller: john gibbs. host: do you feel he is listening to you? caller: no. host: the republicans only listen to one thing, and that is a the tea party. -- no. host: what is your message to the president or congress? caller: first of all, i would like to say he did a wonderful job. he explained all the points. hello? he is open-minded. he is not the guy to say it is my way or no way. he is not the president for the democrats or republicans or independents. he is president of the united states. the

i start this discussion with our constitution, which the late-senator byrd used to suggest we should carry with us all around. perhaps the most celebrated constitutional duty of the united states senate is our responsibility to advise and consent. it's in section 2, article 2, of the constitution. it talks about the president there, but he says, "he shall have the power by and with the advice of the senate to make treaties and to do other things, to appoint a number of people." but it also says, "the congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper. in the president av alone, in te courts of law or in the heads of departments." so this discussion, mr. president, is about that part of our constitutional responsibility. deciding what inferior officers should be vested the a-- the appointment of which should be vested in the president alone or in heads of department. i'll talk more about that in a moment, but there are really two major -- three major goals of this legislation. one was -- one is to stop the trivializing of the constitutional duty

of initiatives that were announced long before the executive order promised sixty million hours in byrd reduction but even if it is worth relatively little i don't believe it is a lot of money. >> now that you have that comment period, through august agencies are going to be looking at more exact ways that they can cut regulatory burdens and start implementing the plan by would assume in august or september. >> exactly. >> i hate to do this to you but i suggest to chairman stearns we had to cut back after labor day and talk about what progress has been made over the summer because we are very committed to comments as regulatory reform and as i said to you before at least my view, on all always been a proponent of regulatory reform but i don't think regulations paris they have a value attached to them. i don't think they are inherently good or bad. some regulations are helpful. if you let us know what progress you have made that would be helpful. >> i would be delighted. >> one of the priority is the executive order said, he wants to tailor -- the president wants to taylor ran a great --

the business roundtable, senator bob byrd read a quote. let me read another one. business around the table called mr. bryson a proven the table called mr. bryson a proven the table called mr. bryson a proven do the commerce department that includes technology, trade, intellectual property and exports, which will be crucial to expanding economy and creating jobs. i noted in your opening statement, john, you talked about your work with colleagues and family and the nrdc. it was before richard nixon to clean their act and the clean water act and the first run fire. i want to thank you for that because i signed myself quoting richard nixon on the floor of the united states as they move to repeal this or that part of our landmark laws. so this is a man who should eat a unifying force and a thank you for the honor of being able to speak today. >> thank you, senator boxer for your words. your statement is entered into the record. we now return to the regular order of senator kerry. >> thank you free much, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent a full opening text replaces

professor james hamilton of duke, ellen goodman of rutgers, peter shalem ohio state, cynthia come rf ann byrde team conducted more than 600 in-depth interviews and a very diverse range of people across the country held multiple public hearings, made numerous visits and newsreels across the country analyzed scores of studies and compiled more than 1100 comments from the general public. the commission takes pride in this process and in the final product. with that, i would like to turn it over to you to present your findings and recommendations. the floor is yours. please take your time. >> thank you. it has been a great honor to work on this project with this great staff and with the commission. as you mentioned this project was launched at the beginning of 2010 when it was very clear that we were in a time of rapid and seismic change in the media world. you have on the one hand a tremendous innovation, additional innovation everywhere and every day and at the same time newspapers closings, staff layoffs and the media going through a very serious contraction. so, the idea was to therefore take

professor james hamilton of duke, ellen goodman of rutgers, peter shalem ohio state, cynthia come rf ann byrde team conducted more than 600 in-depth interviews and a very diverse range of people across the country held multiple public hearings, made numerous visits and newsreels across the country analyzed scores of studies and compiled more than 1100 comments from the general public. the commission takes pride in this process and in the final product. with that, i would like to turn it over to you to present your findings and recommendations. the floor is yours. please take your time. >> thank you. it has been a great honor to work on this project with this great staff and with the commission. as you mentioned this project was launched at the beginning of 2010 when it was very clear that we were in a time of rapid and seismic change in the media world. you have on the one hand a tremendous innovation, additional innovation everywhere and every day and at the same time newspapers closings, staff layoffs and the media going through a very serious contraction. so, the idea was to therefore take

senator byrd? -- senator burr? >> thank you for your service. a number of us have seen you in action in iraq and afghanistan. i think we have seen firsthand that you do not say things you do not mean. given that you have made the statement numerous times that, on the day you were sworn in -- you are sworn in, you'll get out of the car on your own -- i hope you will change our mind and take somebody with you. >> there will be agency that provided security -- agency- provided security. >> general, all of the intelligence provided is derived from source reports and other raw intelligence material. we do not always need to see it. in order to ensure that our tax dollars are put to good use anin the intelligence committee, would you agree that part of the committee's duties is to conduct quality oversight of that analysis? >> absolutely. as i stated, i think this is not just about keeping the committee informed. i think it is about a partnership. i know that is the trajectory on which lynn panetta -- leon panetta has the agency and that is what we wa

professor james hamilton of duke, ellen goodman of rutgers, peter shalem ohio state, cynthia come rf ann byrdteam conducted more than 600 in-depth interviews and a very diverse range of people across the country held multiple public hearings, made numerous visits and newsreels across the country analyzed scores of studies and compiled more than 1100 comments from the general public. the commission takes pride in this process and in the final pruct. with that, i would like to turn it over to you to present your findings and recommendations. the floor is yours. please take your time. >> thank you. it has been a great honor work on this project with this great staff and with the mmission. as you mentioned this project was launched at the beginning of 2010 when it was very clear that we were in a time of rapid and seismic chae in the media world. you have on the one hand a tremendous innovation, additional innovation everywhere and every day and at the same time newspapers closings, staff layoffs and the media going through a very serious contraction. so, the idea was to therefore take a good har

byrd ring even more true today than in october, 2009, when he gave his last floor speech and about thear in afghanistan, our friend said this -- "during a time of record deficits, some actually continue to suggest that the united states should sink hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars into afghanistan, effectively turning our backs on our own substantial domestic needs, all the while deferring the costs and deferring the problems for future generations to address. our national security interests lie in the feeding -- no, i go further, in destroying al qaeda. until we take that and only that mission seriously, we risk adding the united states to the long, long list of nations whose best-laid plans have died on the cold, bar revenue, -- cold, barren, rocky slopes of that country called afghanistan. may god bless the men and women who serve this nation and the united states of america. thank you, mr. president. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i rise in support of the nomination of leon panetta to succeed robert gat