with thanks to senator carper and senator collins. i'll call on senator carper who kins continues to be the co- chair. >> thank you. thank you for the leadership you provided and for the encouraging the way the rest of us used to work. the democrats and republicans set aside differences and we try to fix things. the results are what the american people are looking for right now. they want to make sure we can still govern.

. >> senator carper? >> no. >> senator pryor? >> aye. >> senator landrieu? >> no instruction. >> senator mccaskill? >> no. >> senator tester? >> no. >> senator begich? >> yes. >> senator collins? >> no. >> senator coburn? >> no by proxy. >> senator brown? >> no. >> senator mccain? >> no by proxy. >> senator johnson? >> no. >> senator portman? >> no by proxy. >> senator paul? >> no. >> senator moran? >> no. >> senator lieberman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present, the ayes are five, the nays are eight. on the vote by proxy, the yays are zero, the nays are three. on this vote the ayes are five, the nays are 11. and the amendment is not agreed to. >> i thank the clerk. thank you, senator akaka. of those here, let me indicate that next we'll go to senator johnson and then senator mccaskill. then senator paul, then senator tester, then senator moran and then senator begich. all of whom have amendments pending. senator johnson? >> thank you. i'd like to offer johnson amendment number one and only. i would -- like my colleague from kansas, new to

i know senator carper came in really hard on one particular issue. wanted to focus on one issue. susan gave a little bit and vice versa. i felt it was appropriate. i am looking forward to the amendments. >> thank you. i would like to offer a substitute for consideration at this time and use it as our base text as we debate the bill today. this is offered on behalf of senator collins, carper, brown and myself. several technical changes. i believe it has been distributed to the members and staff. so, just by way of announcement, the deputy postmaster general is good enough to be here. we asked him to be here specifically so that there may be at some point in the discussion fact questions that come up that he will be able to answer that perhaps even our extraordinarily smart and hard working staffs might not. as i indicated earlier, we will go side to side beginning on the basis of seniority. you can pick if you have more than one amendment, you can take that up first. we will begin with senator levin. >> the second substitute amendment? >> there you go. every now and then i think y

hearing none, senator carper, would you like to respond? >> mr. chairman, in the case of reductions at retirement age, i find that 38 states do not have any reduction at retirement age, but there are complex issues related to the appropriate benefit levels that should be analyzed before we act. while there was discussion of workers' compensation during the debate, or the postal reform in 2006, since that time this committee has not considered a single bill on workers' compensation reform. nor have there been any hearings on workers' compensation reform until an ogm hearing as i mentioned was held this july where i was the only member that participated. there are three different gao reports pending which would help inform changes to feca including two that senator collins requested from this congress. another one by bipartisan group as i mentioned of congressman from the house education work force committee which has the jurisdiction over fica in the house is looking at the precise questions regarding benefit levels that this bill would address. so

senator carper? senator pryor? >> aye. >> senator landrieu? >> aye by proxy. >> senator mccaskill? >> aye by proxy. >> senator >> aye. >> senator begich? >> yes. >> senator collins? >> no. >> senator koby burn? >> aye by proxy. we get them verified just by my staff about it too. >> senator brown? >> no. >> senator -- >> aye by proxy. >> senator johnson? >> aye by proxy? >> senator portman? >> no by proxy. >> senator paul? >> aye by proxy. >> senator moran? >> no. >> senator lieberman? >> no. >> is it possible there's a little mischief going on? >> i think may be, mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present the ayes are 4, the nays are 5. on the vote by proxy, the ayes are 7, the nays are 1. on this vote, the ayes are 11, the nays are 6, and the amendment is agreed to. >> okay, thank you. senator acontact car, congratulations. let's see. no one else on the republican side has any additional amendments. senator pryor, would you like to bring up one of yours? you're done. okay. you're re

chairman. >> senator carper? >> mr. chairman, eh? all right. >> just a humble servant here. >> secretary, welcome. thank you for a couple things. one, accountable care organizationsment we know we have to move away from fee for service. they'll put out some draft regulations on the care. want to commend you and your team for responding to those comments and helping create an environment where we're going to see a lot of these accountable care organizations established, including, i hope, in delaware where we have john and we met with a bunch of hospital and provider folks a week or two ago and did a very nice job. but we're encouraged and excited about that. as you know, one of the things we focus on, as do you, is how we get better results for less money or better results for same amount of money. we try to figure out how to save money everywhere in government, we can find inefficient spend wlg it's the improper payments or just fraud. we want to go after that. i'm told that y'all may have announced maybe even yesterday a record lev

. >> senator carper? >> no. >> senator pryor? >> yes. >> senator landrieu? >> no instructions.. no instructions. >> senator mccaskill? >> i'm going to say no instructions. maybe we'll pass until we get clarity about the proxies. i don't want to cast a vote for a colleague without them being here. >> senator tester? >> senator tester? we're going to pass again. senator tester has a proxy. a no vote. >> senator begich? >> no. >> senator collins? >> no. >> senator coburn? >> aye by proxy. >> senator brown? >> no by proxy. >> senator mccain? aye by proxy. >> senator johnson? >> aye by proxy. >> senator portman. >> no by proxy. >> senator paul? >> aye. >> senator moran? >> aye. >> senator lieberman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present, the ayes are two, the nays are six. >> can i ask the clerk to go back to the senators we passed. >> senator landrieu. >> yes by proxy. >> senator mccaskill. >> no by proxy. >> and senator brown has just appeared so rather than his voting by proxy -- >> senator brown? okay. mr. chairman, on the vote of those present the ayes are two, th

next so senator carper. >> could i have his 14 seconds? >> you got it. >> madam secretary, good to see you. good to see a former secretary out there, former governor out there, former congressman out there, don ridge. nice to see our witnesses. thank you for being here. one of the things my leagues know i like to develop consensus. and my hope is that when we adjourn here today we'll have identified, not justy we have differences but we have identifiedy we can find some common ground so i ask a couple of questions with that in mind. i want to return to the comment of my colleague from arizona, and sort of a cautionary note. i just want to second what the chairman said, regulation can be a problem. it can be problematic if we don't use common sense and look at cost benefit analysis, it can be a bad thing. having said that i always remember meeting with a bunch of utility ceos about six or seven years ago and they were meeting with me about clean air issues, mercury,co2, and were trying to decide what a password should be. so finally a ceo f

congressional district may also be a race to watch with nancy jacobs challenging incumbent robert berger -- carper serveruppersbe. >> back to that roscoe bartlett race, a prime opportunities to pick up the seat in the house of representatives. he has been put on a short list and net protecting incumbents. -- aimed at protecting the incumbent. >> city taxpayers foot the bill for the mayor's police security detail to travel with her on out-of-town trips. according to estimates, almost $4,000 was spent on officers accompanying the mayor on recent trips. >> jury deliberation will continue tomorrow in the trial of an inmate accused of killing a corrections officer at the state prison in jessup. they are seeking the death penalty for early stevens. kim dacey has the latest on this case. >> the jury left for the day just after 5:00 today. have only been deliberating since about noon when they got the case. they did ask for another look at that jail cell door that was entered as evidence in the case. if they do fine stevens guilty, and have to go back in a deliberate on whether or not to give him the deat

palm is where the post offices and carper is where the roosevelt middle school is. i am asking for a small amendment today. you have a letter in front of view that is asking for the stretch of geary boulevard from palm to parker, 1062-1065, to be removed from the legislation. it is at the urging of supervisor mar and supervisor farrell. also from the activists in the jordan heights neighborhood improvement association. i ask for your support and this will help our neighbor award -- our neighborhood revitalize emerging corridors. thank you. president miguel: the north side? supervisor mar: yes. only on the north side of the street. commissioner moore: may i ask a question? thank you for clarifying. we have indeed received quite a few letters ourselves. very happy that you're jumping in and modifying the legislation carried my question is, does that concern emerson to the east and the west? is that included in what you are amending? supervisor mar: it includes the assessors block on the harborside that are on the western side of -- on parker side and for palm avenue,

senator carper. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i applaud you. i also want to thank you and the administration for incorporating my suggestions to the cyber provisions of the bill. it employees of the department of homeland security are on the front lines of conquering the cyber threat. we must make sure that the department has the appropriate tools to attract and retain the work force it needs to meet these complex challenges. stakeholders have raised concerns about the privacy and civil liberties implications of certain provisions of this bill. i want to commend the bill's office for making progress in addressing these concerns. it is important for the final product to adequately protect american's reasonable expectations of privacy, and i will continue to closely monitor this issue. fbi director robert moeller's recent statements about cyber attacks will equal or even surpass the danger of terrorism in the foreseeable future. it is a stark reminder that strengthening cybersecurity must be a key priority for this congress. cyber criminals and t

next so senator carper. >> could i have his 14 seconds? >> you got it. >> madam secretary, good to see you. good to see a former secretary out there, former governor out there, former congressman out there, don ridge. nice to see our witnesses. thank you for being here. one of the things my leagues know i like to develop consensus. and my hope is that when we adjourn here today we'll have identified, not justy we have differences but we have identifiedy we can find some common ground so i ask a couple of questions with that in mind. i want to return to the comment of my colleague from arizona, and sort of a cautionary note. i just want to second what the chairman said, regulation can be a problem. it can be problematic if we don't use common sense and look at cost benefit analysis, it can be a bad thing. having said that i always remember meeting with a bunch of utility ceos about six or seven years ago and they were meeting with me about clean air issues, mercury,co2, and were trying to decide what a password should be. so finally a ceo f

next a senator carper. >> can i have his 14 seconds? >> you got it. >> madam secretary, good to see. good to see a former secretary out there, former governor, former congress and. tom ridge, all of our witnesses, thank you for being here. one of, i like to do in his likeness is see if we can develop some consensus. never have too much of that innocent or in the house. my hope is when we assure here today we will have identified not just where we have differences but we will again by where we can find some common ground. so ask a couple of questions with that in my. i want to return to the comment of my colleague from arizona who mentioned regulation. and with sort of a cautionary note. i just want to second what the chairman said, regulation can be a problem but it can be problematic if we don't use common sense. if we don't look at cost-benefit analysis. it could be a bad thing. having said that i always remember meeting with a bunch of utility ceos about six, seven years ago. my first term in the senate. they were meeting with me abo

carper: mr. president, you, my colleague from delaware, have heard me say more than a few times when i meet people, when we meet people, i like to ask them what's the secret for being married 50 or 60 or 70 yoars or more. i get some really funny answers, also some very poignant answers, and sometimes i get very instructive answers. one of the best answers i've ever heard, i've heard this more than a few times over the years, the key to a long, successful marriage is the two c's. the two c's. not coons and carper, not coons and carney, not coons and castle but the two c's, communicate and compromise. communicate and compromise. and the folks from delaware who elect us and people from the other 49 states are wondering why don't we do the two c's more here? because those two qualities, communicating and compromising, would actually -- not only successful for -- needed for a successful marriage but also for democracy to succeed. and today as we prepare to vote on the final conference report, a compro

. >> just to call people carpers. >> i want to make a statement, please. >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. >> i don't want to be enter rutted. -- interrupted, is that right? >> yes, please interrupt me. i would love to have the exchange with you. >> i think we're having it. aren't we having it? >> yeah. looks like we are. i think that's good. states get nuclear weapons because they want to protect themselves. that's a big motivation. china -- >> not the sole motivation. >> it's not the sole motivation, that's true. they want to coerce other states. that's true, too. we could go through it in hundreds of level it is we were political scientists. the reality is -- >> or a government official. >> or an irresponsible government official pushing lines at other peoples think for them. i don't hear any deviation -- i don't hear any deviation from any spokesperson from the government. you're not even willing to make a clear statement that the gmv system will work as a defense. something -- when you were you were part of a report that made that claim. and i can show -- i can show which slides -- i

. >> senator carper. >> mr. chairman, hey? mr. hatch. >> just a humble servant here. >> secretary, welcome. i just want to -- i want to thank you for a couple things. one, accountable care organizations. we all know we have to move away from fee for service toward a more coordinated care approach. they'll put out accountable regs. we heard from a lot of people you did as well. i want to commend you and your team for responding to those comments and helping create an environment where we're going to see a lot of these accountable care organizations established including, i hope in delaware we had jonathan plumb was up, met with a bunch of our hospital and provider folks and did a very nice job. we're encouraged and excited about that. i as you know, one of the things we focus on as you do is how to get better results for less money or for the same amount of money. to the extent we can find ineffective spending whether improper payments or fraud, we want to go after that. i i'm told that you may have announced, i think even yesterda

senator carper has been involved in the self-employment, and chairman i just suggest how far we can go on those. i apologize, not -- before all the members of the conference here, but we have both sides of the aisle as well as both bodies talked about these. i would suggest that -- we'll see what we can do. >> i appreciate those comments, and i know you mentioned the overpayment issue of $17 billion and that's in one year. and so part of where we're coming from is also a program integrity approach that we want to make sure that the dollars are there given the debt and deficits that we have, that they're going to the people who are in need. but i do think we have had some certainly staff discussions and on the issues you mentioned in re-employment services and enhanced re-employment. i would like to have an opportunity to share those with the members of the conference to see whether we can make some progress at least initially and those -- in those areas. i realize we can see there's some difference on certainly the ged issue and the drug screening issue, but we want to continue to try

. >> senator carper? >> thanks. let me just start off, senator coburn has raised again the idea of a grand compromise where democrats agree to some reforms with respect to entitlements and republicans agree to some additional new net revenues. i think -- i thought this for 18 months, that's what we ought to do. i think there are a number of us here, democrat and republican, who believe that's the right path to take. i hope we can get back on that path later, maybe later this year. i want to thank you for your service and for the work that you're doing not just here but abroad, in europe, as they work through their difficulties and hopefully toward a good end. the administration, we had a chance to chat just a little bit before the hearing began, and i mentioned the president under current law has recission powers, the president signs an appropriations bill into law, he or she can then send a recission message to rescind or reduce spending in certain line items under current law, the congress can or cannot vote on th

carper: i rise this afternoon, mr. president, to say hello and also to speak in favor of moving ahead for progress in the 21st century, something that most americans, almost all americans have got to be in favor of. a lot of them knew about this legislation, i think they would be in favor of it too. it's been 862 days since safetea-lu spraoeurd. legislation was -- spraoeurd. the legislation was written in 2003, passed and signed into law in 2005. we extended that legislation safetea-lu eight times since it expired in 2009. john chambers, who is the c.e.o. of a technology company called cisco thraoeubgs say the key to -- likes to say the key to global economic competitiveness is having the best workforce and the best infrastructure in the world. he said that's where ... he said that's where the jobs will go in the 21st century. best workforce, best infrastructure, you'll get the jobs. we must continue to modernize in the spirit of those words, modernize and maintain our infrastructure. i want to start today by congratul

officer johnny carper spent two hours documenting some bruises and abrasions on both of huguely's armsthere was a laceration on his calf believed to have come from kicking through the bedroom door and photos showed huguely's hands, his knuckles and palms reddened. td medical examiner's testimony is not complete. he will return to the stand and tell jurors the results of his autopsy and what it says about a final conclusion on cause of death. reporting live from charlottesville, julie carey, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a man convicted of murdering his boss has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. his name is keith little. he was convicted of first-degree murder back in december. he stabbed his supervisor, a man named roosevelt brockington. he stabbed him more than 70 times in the boiler room of the suburban hospital back on new year's day of 2010. both men worked there. the prosecutors say little was angry with brockington because of a scheduling conflict and a poor performance review. >>> today president obama sent his new budget to congress then went

officer johnny carper spent two hours documenting bruises and abrasions on both of huguely's arms. there was a laceration on his calf believed to have come from kicking through the bedroom door. photos showed huguely's hands, his knuckles and palms, reddened. another important piece of evidence, yardley love's lap top was also shown to jurors. they saw photos of the lap top ditched in a dumpster near the apartment. prosecutors say huguely stole it when he fled. and jurors spent nearly 15 minutes reading e-mails sent between the couple including one from huguely to love just days before her death that said "i should have killed you." jurors also read a letter found in love's apartment. its contents haven't been disclosed. back for a moment to the testimony of dr. william gormley the assistant chief medical examiner, he did not finish his testimony. he will be back on the stand later to pinpoint what he thinks caused yardley love's death. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 why dr. gormley believes yardley love might have also been smothered. reporting live from charlottesville i'm julie car

in 2011 chairman lieberman, senator carper and i introduced our cybersecurity bill which was reportedee later that same year. since last year we've been working with chairman rockefeller to merge our bill with legislation that he championed which was reported by the commerce committee. senator feinstein has done groundbreaking work on information sharing which she has been kind enough to share with this committee as well. after incorporating changes based on the feedback from the private sector, our colleagues and the administration, we have produced a refined version which is the subject of today's hearing. and it's significant that three senate chairmen with jurisdiction over cybersecurity have come together on these issues. and each day that we fail to act the threat increases to our national and economic security. now, others of our colleagues have urged us to focus narrowly on the federal information security management act as well as on federal r&d and improved information sharing. we do need to address those issues, and our bill does just that. however, with 85% of our nation's

next to senator carper. >> could i have his 14 seconds? [laughter] >> you got it. >> madam secretary, good to see. it is a former secretar secreta, former governor, former congressman. tom ridge, nice to see all of our witnesses. thank you for being here. one of the things, as my colleagues know, i like to do in hearings like this is to see if we can develop consensus. can never have too much of the innocent for the house. my hope is when we adjourn here today will identify not just where we have differences but we will have identified where we can find some common ground. so i asked a couple of questions with that in mind. i want to return to the comment of my colleague from arizona which mention regulation. sort of a cautionary note. i just want to second what the chairman said, regulation can be a problem. it can be problematic if we don't use common sense, if we don't look at cost-benefit analysis. it could be a bad thing. i always remember meeting with a bunch of utility ceos about six, seven years ago. my first term in the senate, an

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senator carper, bill nelson, claire mccass kill, senator bob casey.irst of all, i want to address some of the comments i heard at cpac. i'm assumesing those are the comments i heard. this is not abortion. this is birth control. this is the pill which women have been taking for generations. it is not controversion y'all. 99% of all women have taken it. 98% of catholic women have taken it. the debate on it is over. the debate is how we ensure women aren't locked out of this important preventive care because of cost. $600 a year does lock too many women out. as far as the democratic members that you mentioned who are asking the president to take a look at how we can accommodate some of these concerns, the president agrees. he agreed when we announced this rule, that's why we gave these institutions an additional 1.5 years before anything goes into place so we can talk to them and figure out how we can figure out a way to meet the goal. the goal is to ensure that women get this access and we think we can do that and respect their believes. >> last questio

it's something once again that senators lieberman, collins, carper and i have spearheaded. good, solid bill. it's a good framework to start. i'm looking for that process to be similar. if we allow that to move forward and everybody has their kind of say and day in the sun, we can have that one good deed as we have done today beget another good deed and so on and so forth, and who knows, maybe we'll be in double figures in terms of the approval rating pretty soon. i want to thank you for your consideration, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

in 2010, chairman lieberman, senator carper, and i introduced our cybersecurity bill which was reported by the committee later that same year. since last year, we've been working with chairman rockefeller to merge our bill with legislation he has championed which was reported by the commerce committee. lately, after incorporating changes based on the feedback of our colleagues, the private sector, and the administration, we have produced a new version which we introduced today. now, mr. president, some of our colleagues have urged us to focus very narrowly on the federal information security management act as well as on federal research and development and improved information sharing. we do need to address those issues, and our bill does address those important issues. and, again, like senator lieberman, i want to commend senator feinstein for her contributions in the area of improved information sharing, and senator carper for the work that he has done on the federal information security management act. but the fact remains, mr. president, that with 85% of our nation's critical infras

eventually, staff sergeant allen carper when i told them what happened he checked it out and called me back and said, guess what? here is the problem. when you first go into the service and serving in the marine corps the first day they cut your hair bald so you stand in these endless lines. some clerk was typing a form, ronald d. dellums 150-5605. just saw a light-skinned. did not see hair. caucasian. so those two guys came to interview ronald d. dellums and everything else at the same except they came to interview a young white kid that i was a black guy. so it didn't happen. but it was wonderful to go back to that military base some years later as the chairman of the house armed services committee. [applause] 1967 i'm on my way to brandeis university. and for me, it was an incredible thing. brandeis university from 1015 wood street in west oakland and i'm going across country to an ivy league school to work on a ph.d. and i told the brothers and sisters in the movement, i will be back at i'm going to train my mind. i want to be the guy in the backroom when the people said, what is t

just to call people carpers. >> i had promised a speed i want to make a statement, please. that's okay. >> but you don't want to be interrupted, is that right? >> yes, please interrupt me. please, i would love to the exchange with you. but i think we are having at. >> states get nuclear weapons -- [inaudible] >> looks like we are, that's good. states get nuclear weapons because they want to protect themselves. that's a big motivation. china -- >> is all motivation. >> they want to coerce other states, that's true too. we can go through hundreds of levels of political scientists. but the reality is that -- [inaudible] >> or in a responsible official pushing lines at other people state for them -- [inaudible] >> i don't hear any deviation, i don't hear any deviation from any spokesperson from the government. you're not even willing to make a clear statement that the gmd system will work as defense. something, when you were part of report that made that claim, and i can show -- [inaudible] i can show with slides i have your that the last two experiments were attempts to rig th

senator tom carper delaware wonders, did they leaeve out some zeroes?"uest: i cannot speak to that specific issue you are talking about. the agencies are looking at how to better align their huge databases with matching databases and, as i mentioned, these analytic techniques where they can identify patterns of fraud. in this particular case, it may be that the software is been -- has not been in place long enough. there is reason to ensure that any investment on the part of the government is made wisely. when you poke your hardware, software, anything you think is going to have a benefit down the road, there should be a good cost analysis to determine if that will be a meaningful benefit. host: the director of medicare's anti-fraud program suspending and that itone way is unfair to a great technology on ua single statistic." david, massachusetts, independent, good morning. caller: good morning, libby. what is your role as far as auditing government spending? second, based on the amount you put out as far as improper government payments for last year, ho

senator tom carper delaware wonders, did they leaeve out some zeroes?" guest: i cannot speak to that specific issue you are talking about. the agencies are looking at how to better align their huge databases with matching databases and, as i mentioned, these analytic techniques where they can identify patterns of fraud. in this particular case, it may be that the software is been -- has not been in place long enough. there is reason to ensure that any investment on the part of the government is made wisely. when you poke your hardware, software, anything you think is going to have a benefit down the road, there should be a good cost analysis to determine if that will be a meaningful benefit. host: the director of medicare's anti-fraud program suspending and that itone way is unfair to a great technology on ua single statistic." david, massachusetts, independent, good morning. caller: good morning, libby. what is your role as far as auditing government spending? second, based on the amount you put out as far as improper government payments for last year,

. >> hi, i'm tom carper then b.c. politics.com. just follow them with laura feature set. if in wisconsin at the federal court enjoined the voter i.d. law, you said you don't take the supreme court would resolve these cases before november. but it a lot is enjoined in wisconsin and they're not allowed to use it, >> as possible, but not likely. >> do you think the supreme court has the loudest are deep and used in tuesday's election that the supreme court would see a need to resolve this before november? >> it's hard to predict. >> bother question. can either be relayed in its filing with the federal court in washington, texas seven, the court must give preclearance to her photo i.d. law in order to avoid grave constitutional questions as section five of the voting rights act to another as they say if you don't let us use this file, can you relate this to the ongoing litigation over section five of the voting rights act quick >> is the number of pending cases as they went section five was renewed in 2006 is unconstitutional and the basic claim is a 1965 in his past as a tem

it has strong bipartisan support in the senate where it's introduced by senator carper and senator mccain and has strong bipartisan co-sponsorship. it's supported by the obama administration. but mr. simpson's absolutely right. it's not the bipartisanship that makes this bill the right thing to do, it's the fact that it calls for greater transparency and greater accountability in our process. everybody in this body has to concede that we can improve our budget process. yes we should work on the tax expenditure component, yes we should work on mandatory spending, of course we should. but this is a simple bipartisan measure we can take to provide more transparency when it comes to over $1 trillion in discretionary spending. and i go back to where i started . just look at this bill. 1,200-plus pages. this house took less than 15 hours, less than 15 hours to review this bill. now, given the fact that we didn't have adequate time to scrutinize this, i don't see anything wrong with saying that if the president of the united states, republican or democrat, identifies some savings we can make for

so i think we can work together, as senator gillibrand and i and smart carper and collins worked on the recent insider trading bill. we can do the same with senator merkley if he is willing and if the leader allows us to put those political party differences aside and actually work on something for the benefit of our country. today i'm going to talk about some important principles that i believe are critical to making crowd funding legislation a success. so just picture this. for crowd funding to actually work, we need a national framework, a national framework which my bill creates. if we require entrepreneurs to comply with every separate state securities law mandate, filing the appropriate paperwork alone would cost over $15,000. that's the reason we don't have this type of situation, we don't have these small business owners being able to, in my bill, give up to a thousand dollars per person, up to a million dollars to invest in that next new idea with minimal s.e.c. filings and minimal secretary of state filings. it's something that just makes sense. we should not be burdening our

senator tom carper delaware wonders, did they leaeve out some zeroes?"uest: i cannot speak to that specific issue you are talking about. the agencies are looking at how to better align their huge databases with matching databases and, as i mentioned, these analytic techniques where they can identify patterns of fraud. in this particular case, it may be that the software is been -- has not been in place long enough. there is reason to ensure that any investment on the part of the government is made wisely. when you poke your hardware, software, anything you think is going to have a benefit down the road, there should be a good cost analysis to determine if that will be a meaningful benefit. host: the director of medicare's anti-fraud program suspending and that itone way is unfair to a great technology on ua single statistic." david, massachusetts, independent, good morning. caller: good morning, libby. what is your role as far as auditing government spending? second, based on the amount you put out as far as improper government payments for last year, ho

. >> just to call people carpers. >> i promised they q &a. >> i want to make a statement here in >> but do not want to be interrupted here >> please interrupt me. i would like to have the exchange with the. >> i think we had it. >> states did nuclear weapons because they want to protect themselves. that is a big motivation. >> not all the motivation. clarke's not sole motivation, that is true. we could go through it with hundreds of levels of we were political scientist. >> or a responsible government official. the >> or an irresponsible government official. i do not hear any deviation from any spokesperson from the government. you are not even willing to make a clear statement that the gnv system will work as a defense when you were part of a report that made the claim. i can show with slides i have here that the last two experiments were attempts to rid the experiment. the administration had to know about those experiments. states tried to get nuclear weapons because they want to keep us off of their backs. after the gulf war of 1991, there was a prominent indian general -- i remember