thank you, senator cochran. i ask unanimous consent that tributes to frank lautenberg, the late senator from new jersey, be printed as a senate document and that the members have until 12:00 noon on thursday, june 20, to submit tributes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent for the appointment at the desk -- that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that economy the senate completes its business today, it adjourns until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 11. that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal -- the journal of proceedings -- following -- i'm sorry, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of

for a mistress, someone he could trust. >> he said when his client angela met with judge bryant cochraneinquiring about her love life with her husband and before he decided her case, he made a request. >> he asked that she appear in his office before he made a decision in a dress with no underwear on. >> so the story goes on. she actually never went back to his courtroom. never had any intention. she did send him a couple of pictures of herself hoping to get justice. but realizing things were a miss, she made a report to the judicial council and that's when her troubles began. the next thing she knows she's wearing the silver bracelet. she's being arrested for possession of methamphetamine after cops find it in a metal box under her car. >> cenk: that's her car? that's awesome. >> she's with a friend of hers. her husband is arrested, that's a picture of the car. that guy is the deputy who actually arrests her. while she is getting arrested, she lawyers up. the lawyer said not only is my client not guilty, there is a setup going on here and he goes to the news. he exposes what is happenin

that work should become clear in the weeks ahead. >> thank you, senator cochran. chairwoman mikulski. >> thank you for your questions about mr. snowden and all of maryland is reeling from this. his mother's name was disclosed, workplace and home address. that woman had nothing to do with this incident and now she's being harassed. people are asking, what is the kid who could not make through a community college should make 200 grant a year and be exposed to some of our most significant secrets. it is good to see you, secretary hegel and general dempsey. i want to knowledge all the work that you do and to stress -- the stress that you are under. it is enough to keep any one functioning at a 36-hour day. i just want to acknowledge we are in a very difficult transitional time. today i want to focus my question on the truth, their families, and their well-being. secretary hagel, i want to thank you for your participation, your prompt response, we look forward to working with you to cracked the code on the military backlog. second is health care. as you recall in our c

senator cochran. i believe the basic premise, the commandant previous statement, and when you connected to the comments that general bogdan and mr. kendall just me, the basic premise of cost and affordably is a true. it's coming down. and as we actually have more flight hours and more sorties and more reliability of data can we better ability to predict the actual flyweight cost as was the cost per flight hour for the aircraft. i come it is a little differently as opposed to the gentleman at the other end of the people who either technicians or aviators. i'm a ground. i'm an infantry guy. so when i look at the program and the viability and the value of the program, i go back to the basic premise that we have three type model series that we're going to do away with. the fa 18, the ea-6b and 88 to be. so there's an inherent cost savings in getting down the tight model should but in addition as we get more reliability as general bogdan said, we get actual facts from those hours and sorties, we have the c

senator cochran, senator shelby. i agree with the statements made by previous panel members that the program now is on a sounder basis than it was back in 2009 proceeding the review and the restructuring and the technical baseline review that extended all the activities extended into 2011. they put the program on a much firmer basis by taking a hard nosed look, a rigorous look at past program performance, and i'm not talking about and gent programs, but programs like f22, what it took to make them operational, what were realistic assumptions to have test points that needed to be flown, what could modeling and similar police station tell you -- simulation tell you versus what the aircraft had to tell you. how many aircraft did you need to do testing? we added a significant number of aircraft to conduct the test program. we added substantial number of test points not relying on simulation or unrealistic assumptions about so-called test efficiencies which the program office unfortunately is talking about again. i also a

trial when johnnie cochran blew up that glove and put it over his head? "if the glove fit on my head, he didn't make her dead." you know it. i know it. he knows it. she knows it. and in "to kill a mockingbird," atticus finch knew that a little humor could health the hearts of even the most hardened racists. >> in the name of god, do your duty. nothing? i said duty. come on. that's funny. >> stephen: i always cry at that part. we'll be right back. >> welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a professor of american history at tufts. we're honored to have him here the night that african-american history ended. please welcome peniel joseph. [ cheers and applause ] hey, good to have you with me. you are a professor of history at tufts and the author of "dark days, bright nights: from black power to barack obama" recently released in paperback. now, sir, congratulations on being here the night that racism was officially declared over. in america. did you read the decision that justice roberts handed down today? >> i read the decision, steve. that's exactly

once you get past cochrane things improve to san jose. earlier hayward southbound 880 by 92 also causing delays now. looks like it's backed up on 880 to the 238 interchange. and even continues past the earlier accident scene. updating you now on the bay bridge, it is a problem spot this morning. we were hoping for "friday light." it was certainly the case until just after 6:00 this morning. a small minor fender-bender on the upper deck it was only in lanes for maybe 10, 15 minutes? they got it cleared quickly. unfortunately, it definitely did some damage to the morning commute. it is stacked up fully into the macarthur maze and again to be clear all lanes are back open towards treasure island. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> all right, liz. thanks. >>> 6:48. a busy san francisco street is getting its first face-lift in more than 30 years. the stretch of market street will close tonight for repaving work. the department of public works shutting down traffic between van ness and sixth street starting at 7:00. >>> it is a $700,000 proj

wees also ask that you support the cbo work force collaborative that anne cochran brought up and the ask for basic skills development which would go to providing core skill training to assist san francisco residents to not only gain employment but maintain it. we believe that both enhancement would support the city's -- what should be the city's goal that everyone wants a job should be provided with the support and opportunity to obtain one. thank you supervisors. >> honorable supervisors i am alex with the geneva house and the power house is 113 year old building in the city. for 13 years we have been turning it into a community center. it's now owned by the recreation and parks department and we have been defunded and we're asking that funding be restored. with the car barn we are able to do multitude of things for families and nonprofits in excessor which are needy which are leaving. a lot of families are leaving. families are leaving. i don't want them to go. i want my family to stay. if the car barn is an entity that can help them. it can offer resources -- for three and a half

withe a great relationship center konkan -- senator cochran. we have developed a great relationship in putting this together. we all have the same fundamental feeling about what is needed to support ranchers and new jobs and energy and bio energy and biomass manufacturing and all the other areas. once you get outside the big cities in america, every community uses usda rural development to finance what they do. , sewer, roads, small business loans, housing, so one. this is the economic arm for rural america. wheree a number of areas we are very different. in conservation, the house and the senate came together and they have a pretty common conservation title, especially crops. crop insurance, we have a number of areas where it is pretty .lose if not almost identical there we have differences in the commodity title. it is closely to where the house is. then the big debate which becomes a political debate is around nutrition and how much we make sure that there is a thaty net for families have temporary disasters in their life. >> you have mentio

cochran and other historians believe her remains are somewhere near how would island based on her radionsmissions and the fact that she was circumstan circling close to how would island when she disappeared. miguel? >> brian todd. the mystery goes on and on. thank you very much. >>> sheer devastation in the midwest. see the toll taken by several deadly tornadoes next. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or signs in a woman, which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. men with breast cancer o

the vitter-cochran measure to fix these provisions in the national flood insurance program.it will do several things, at least four, that are significant. first, ensure that communities who are developing new maps by the end of this year will be able to maintain the old grandfathered rates that are subject to change in section 207 of the act. second, the bill would allow a five-year phase-in of actuaria actuarially sound rates. third, the bill would authorize state and local governments flexibility to directly subsidize homeowners' flood insurance properties if that can be part of the solution as well. and, fourth, it would require a minimum of 25% of mitigation funding go directly to homeowners in a given year for programs and help that directly impact homeowners, like home elevation. i'll be advancing that bill along with thad cochran, along with many other interested members, and i will also be looking for amendment opportunities to advance those ideas and those provisions as well. and certainly i'm joining with my other colleagues from louisiana, from the sandy hit area

>> cochran. >> bill: that's right thad cochran in georgia. >> used to be roberts.laced him. >> bill: co-authors of it. interesting that we see the senate, used to be the house was the active body passing all of the bills. we talked about the graveyard and the senate. now, the senate seems to be acting on issues and passing stuff over to the house which has become -- sort of the dead end street. >> it is a tough place for boehner and i think we're really going to see this with immigration. the spot where the light shines on the house. whether they move a bunch of small bills to try to go to a conference with the senate when the senate does pass immigration. and i do think the senate will pass the immigration bill. i think we'll see some amendments to make more republicans happy. and it will pass the senate. but boehner is in a tough spot, you know. he needs conservatives to get on board. he knows that this is probably the best thing for his party. but he also doesn't want another rebellion, you know. another thing to show all of the divisions within his conference.

senator cochran. >> mr. alterman, we appreciate very much having the cooperation of the distinguished panel of witnesses, and i have a few questions. general, the major challenge before us in this year is trying to avoid a budget decisions that comprise our capabilities that are needed by the u.s. allies to look down the road ten, 15 years to assess the threats that will exist and then making decisions for now that help meet those needs and capabilities. how do you apply that to the actual practice? are we making progress and medium the challenge? i believe it's on. >> pull it closer. >> thank you mr. chairman. it's amazing the instruction you have to continue to do. vice chairman, the biggest problem we have, you mentioned optimism and i think that he's right by the way. when you look at the military threat of the future we also tend to be pessimistic so we assume it is 10 feet tall, all capable, all knowing and almost impossible to defeat so we need the best things money can buy and the quantity to fight t

one skeptic, dorothy cochran, curator of the national air and space museum in nothing. >> there's nothingt has a number. there's nothing that can only be traced to amelia earhart. >> reporter: gillespie's launched other expeditions that have dug up human bones, items common to that era. but never found proof that amelia earhart's there. historians believe her remains are near the island. she was circles close when she disappeared. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> never stop trying to figure that one out. >> the search continues. >>> stay with us, as we continue to bring you developments with the storms going across the u.s. >> oklahoma and missouri are in a state of emergency tonight. don't go away. this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome back to cnn's continuing coverage of the tornadoes near oklahoma city. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm victor black well. 3:00 a.m. in oklahoma city and we'll be live all morning long on cnn bringing you the very latest developments. >>> we're getting developments every few minutes. the tornado danger has lessened for oklahoma city. but the metropolitan area is

johnnie cochran said famously years ago, race is a part of everything in america. i said many times and believe race is the most retractible issue in this country. it's lard to imagine it doesn't rear its head, legitimately in this case. having said that, i don't believe that justice delayed is justice denied, but it's taken so long for this trial to get to court, they've beaten up on trayvon martin so horribly in the process of these 18 months or so. i hope justice delayed will not be justice denied. >> there was no evidence of bruising on trayvon martin's fist. the implements that would have created them were not bruised. >> it will be fascinating to see how that plays out, the evidence that was allowed in, that's not been allowed in, how that's going to play out. i finished taping a piece before i came to see you. i was talking with a number of my staff personnel today, it so happened at this moment they were all women as we were transitioning from one show to the other. this topic came up about zimmerman, i found it fascinating that all the persons in my compan

the international cochran collaboration has looked at all this evidence and they find it to be not credible. it's not based on randomized trials. it's based on information that's not credible. the vaccine's value has been overstated. >> we asked them for a statement and they said while influenza vaccine can vary in how well it works, the cdc recommends annual vaccinations to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications. >> they have made the assertion, saying it's the best is saying it's better than everything else. there's no study that says what happens with vaccines versus hand washing? i don't agree with the cdc that the influenza vaccine is the best. we don't know that. >> i appreciate the conversation. just for the record my dad is a pediatrician and i am going to continue to get a flu shot for myself and for my children. >> and that's a choice can you make. what we haven't talked about is harms. this vaccine is presented as a risk-free option. so maybe it doesn't work so well but why not, it could only do me good. that's not the case that this is a risk-free intervention. in

i want to acknowledge the work of senator durbin and the ranking member cochran on defense. i want to acknowledge the work of chairwoman landrieu, and her ranking member, senator coats. both have a great deal of expertise. for me, we will have the fbi and my great vice chairman senator shelby. this is a committee that is loaded with talent in this area. coming with enormous expertise from the authorized committees. we have senator leahy from the judiciary committee, well-versed on the issues on cybersecurity and a staunch protector of our civil liberties. we have chairwoman feinstein on the intelligence community. on armed services we have three. with the former chair of the homeland security committee, senator collins, herself a member of the intel committee. where has the committee had so much talent coming together from both, those of us from appropriations as well as the authorizers? i hope that our country has a sense of urgency. we are already under attack. this is the new enduring war. we are in a cyberwar every day. every time someone steals our identity, steals our

the list contains an amendment by senator cochran and senator landrieu. she's the chairwoman of the subcommittee on homeland security. it requires increased reporting on the eb-5 program, something that should be a no-brainer. the list contains two amendments championed by senators klobuchar and landrieu and coats to ease the process for international adoptions, a humanitarian measure that should get strong bipartisan support. these are just a few examples of what we have in here that we've all agreed should be able to be passed. i wish the list were longer. earlier yesterday morning i learned there were republican objections to a number of democratic amendments that had been on my list, including several that had republican cosponsors. i was surprised to hear there are concerns about several of these amendments. one of those concerns is an amendment by senator hagan to authorize a border crime prevention program, and a bulletproof vest program. the bulletproof vest program from the days from senator ben nighthorse cham campbell and i introduced an amendm

an amendment by senator cochran, senator landrieu as the chairwoman of the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security. it requires increased reporting on eb-5 program. an amendment by senator heller requiring d.h.s. report to congress about implementation of biometric exit program that was added to the bill in committee by senator hatch. bipartisan amendments offered by senators kirk and coons, support the naturalizeation process for active duty members in the armed forces who receive military awards. who could possibly disagree with that? 12 amendments championed by senators landrieu and klobuchar to ease the process for international adoptions. an amendment by senator hagan to reauthorize the bullet-proof vest program, incidentally, a program begun as a bipartisan program. an amendment by senator nelson to provide additional resources for maritime security. an amendment that requires d.h.s. to submit a strategy to prevent unauthorized traveling to mexico. these are amendments, if read a roll call votes, they would probably get 90, 95 votes; they would probably get all 100 of us

i know it would be senator cochran's preference as well. so we're going to continue to work on that whether cloture is filed or not, see if we can't come together with a group of amendments and hopefully we'll able to get that begun dunn. that's my preference on how to do a bill. we'll continue to try to do that to make that happen. i appreciate the time with the senator from oklahoma yielding and will continue to work with him as well as all members to move through to a place where we can have an opportunity for amendments to be offered in a timely manner and be able to get the bill done. mr. coburn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from is there objection to the request of the senator from oklahoma. to set aside the pending amendment. ms. stabenow: on behalf of senator landrieu, i would object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. coburn: mr. president, i think i'm starting to hear the senate starting to work the way it should. and so i'm going to offer -- i'm going to wait until the chairman of the committee is

the amendment by senator cochran , senator landrieu. i mean, i could go on and on. i see the distinguished majority leader on the floor, and i'm going to yield the floor. i'm going to speak on this further, but my whole point is we have all kinds of noncontroversial amendments cosponsored by republicans and democrats alike, both republicans and democrats on the scene of amendments. we ought to be just adopting them and not the stall, because the stall says i want to vote maybe. i don't want to vote yes or no. i want to vote maybe. mr. president, i have served longer in this body than any current member. i have served here when nearly 1/5 of the senators who had the privilege of serving in this body since the beginning of the country. i have known great republicans and great democrats who must be wondering in the past what are we doing. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. reid: mr. president, i haven't heard all my friend's statement, but i was -- i hope i don't get his staff in trouble. we have been visiting here while he has been talking, and we have a list of 27

. >> thank you, senator cochran. chairwoman mikulski. >> thank you for your questions about mr. snowden and all of maryland is reeling from this. was disclosed,me workplace and home address. that woman had nothing to do with this incident and now she's being harassed. , what is theking kid who could not make through a community college should make 200 grant a year and be exposed to some of our most significant secrets. you, secretaryee hegel and general dempsey. i want to knowledge all the work that you do and to stress -- the stress that you are under. it is enough to keep any one functioning at a 36-hour day. i just want to acknowledge we are in a very difficult transitional time. today i want to focus my , theirn on the truth families, and their well-being. hagel, i want to thank you for your participation, your we look forward to working with you to cracked the code on the military backlog. second is health care. as you recall in our confirmation hearing, i had hoped to work on these issues and i look forward to working with these issues with you. mr. chairman, there is in t

everify; landrieu-murkowski 1382, public-private partnerships expanding land ports of entry; landrieu-cochran 1383, requiring reports to a program; landrieu 1341, requiring d.h.s. to attempt to reduce detention daily bed rate; leahy-hatch -- i mentioned that one only because it is cosponsored by the senior democrat and the senior republican; leahy 1544, technical amendments, 1455, e.v.-5 verification, crapo 1368, prohibiting the shablging of pregnant women, extraordinary circumstances at d.h.s. detention facilities. gosh, if there's anything we assume would pass unanimously -- a senator: would the senator yield? lay if i could just finish the list. mr. leahy: if i could just finish the lace. providing adisicial resources for maritime security, shats shats--kirk 1416, visa processing; shaheen-ayotte, visa program; stabenow-collins, administrator changes, udall 1241, expanding the border enforcement security task force; udall 1242, $5 million available for strengthening infectious disease surveillance; and we have a few others. these are all totally nonyoafers noncontroversial. both republican

there is another amendment that senator cochran and i have, amendment 1383. it simply requires reports on the eb-5 visa program. the requirement for reports is not in this bill. it's a program that everyone here is familiar with, has many, many problems. the underlying bill fixes it, and i think to those of us supporting the bill fixes it adequately. i am not sure what the opponents think. but there is no reporting requirement to report back to the committee so that we can continue to monitor this program because it's been so off track in the past, let's make sure we get it on track in the future. this is just standard senate operations. but unfortunately, we're now at a place in time in the history of the senate, there are no standard operating procedures anymore. and it's a sad day. there is another amendment that i understand has been completely cleared. murray-crapo 1368. prohibits the use of restraint on pregnant women in d.h.s. detention facilities during labor and childbirth, except in extraordinary circumstances. now, please, during childbirth or labo

. >> senator cochran. >> thank you. let me first ask general alexander, and jen -- in testimony that was received by the armed services committee, was a discussion about how to provide incentives to talented military personnel who may be interested in the cybersecurity field to become involved. i know it is hard to contemplate. what do you see as a first step in trying to get an inch or structure -- infrastructure organized appropriately to carry out these missions? >> thank you. i think the most important part of top to bottom is the training. coming up with a clear program, which we have done with the services and nsa, to develop a set of standards. the training in of itself helps us build a great supper force. -- great soup -- great cyber force. we are standardizing that training amongst the services, and between nsa and cyber command. raising the standards has a couple of benefits. the soldiers, marines, they get great training. it is something look forward to. the operations they do are significant. they feel good

production but also technology and product development civic figure very much senator shelby and cochrane and the staff for their preparations on this hearing and the valuable testimony along with the first panel. when it took over as chairman i knew i had a lot to learn in this was one of the hearings that we ask for good of the most expensive acquisition project earlier making sacrifices relating to use the training of the troops perhaps not equipping said guard and reserve unit to rely on them so much and to make hard decisions of the subcommittee to be different and i wanted to start with a big dog on the block the f-35 and your point* is what i tried to make earlier in the keep returning to is that when we say 12 years ago to talk about battlefield communications and what the troops would need three years still needing that and what has changed in this world in terms of communications in 12 years? it is a challenge we have to me. and then the committee stands adjourned. >> we have not only a democratic president but a liberal president who has not only been elected or reelected after

. >> senator cochran. >> thank you.et me first ask general alexander, and jen -- in testimony that was received by the armed services committee, was a discussion about how to provide incentives to talented i know it is hard to contemplate. what do you see as a first step in trying to get an inch or structure -- infrastructure organized appropriately to carry out these missions? >> thank you. i think the most important part of top to bottom is the training. coming up with a clear program, which we have done with the services and nsa, to develop a set of standards. the training in of itself helps -- great cyber force. we are standardizing that training amongst the services, and between nsa and cyber command. raising the standards has a couple of benefits. the soldiers, marines, they get great training. it is something look forward to. the operations they do are significant. they feel good about what they are able to do for their country. it starts with training and building that kind of force. you mentioned incentives. ad

clarification that has no number but is technical, murray-crapo 1638, landrieu 1341, and landrieu-cochran 1383 -- i'm almost finished -- nelson 1253, reed 1223, schwarz and kirk 1615, shaheen 1222, stabenow, collins and king, udall 1241 and udall 1242. to my knowledge, none of these amendments are contested. some of them are democratic amendments, some of them are republican amendments. at some point, i'm going to ask for these amendments to be included in the base of this bill. i'm not going to ask that at this exact moment, but i am going to ask that the -- well, i might. i might ask the chair, the ranking member is this a list that you recognize, and if not, is there another list that i could see and observe and put to the record for this discussion? i ask the ranking member from iowa. ranking member of the committee, the senator from iowa. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: has the senator yielded the floor? ms. landrieu: no, i have not. mr. grassley: i don't think i want to speak until i -- ms. landrieu: then let me ask consent for these amendments to be -- l

cochran: mr. president, i'm pleased to join the distinguished senator from michigan in urging the senate to approve this compromise bill that's been developed by the committee on agriculture and is now before the senate for a final vote. we need to pass this bill. it provides a framework to help farmers and ranchers in all regions of the country manage their risks more effectively. it consolidates 23 conservation programs into 13. it contains improvements to nutrition programs, and it addresses fraud and abuse. it also reduces the cost of its programs by $24 billion. this bill reflects a real sense of fiscal responsibility but still provides a strong safety net for producers. i want to thank and congratulate the distinguished senator from michigan, the chair of our committee, for her hard work and her strong leadership. she's managed the legislation with skill and a commitment to meet the needs of agriculture producers as well as american consumers. i urge the senate to approve the motion to invok