daines: thank you. sen. thune: in our line of work, we get plenty of feedback. sen. daines: we do.am going to embrace the idea that it is a gift. sen. daines: i will stay off of your facebook if you stay off of mine. sen. thune: thank you. the senator from minnesota and noted author. senator: i was thinking the same thing when he said it was a gift. i was thinking of some of the hilarious tweets and facebook votes -- posts that i get. this is a very important bill and subject and i want to thank schatzirman and senator for the work they have done on this. i would start with you, ms. palmer. your experience sounds like quite an ordeal. i read about it. the scale of the harm by what was a $20 purchase is astounding. your persistence at finding a solution is extraordinary. in response to their initial demand to take down the review before they made a negative reports to the credit agency, how much time would you estimate a u.n. your husband sent researching and responding to the demands? ms. palmer: it was several hours. eport.comsen ripoffr seemingly at random. to find out that they

daines: mr.president, for months we have called on senate democrats to stand with the american people -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. the floor is in a quorum call. mr. daines: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be removed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. daines: for months, we've called for senate democrats to stand and support our troops and pass the defense appropriation legislation. in fact, this is the first time, the first time since 2009 that all 12 appropriation bills were reported out of committee, and most with strong bipartisan support. i serve on the appropriations committee. in fact, i serve on the defense appropriations subcommittee. but today we are once again considering opening debate on the department of defense appropriation act of 2016, a bill that passed out of the appropriations committee on june june 11 with a very strong bipartisan vote of 27-3. and as we approach veterans day next week, today could mark the third time the

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daines: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: today the senate came a few votes shy of passing legislation to protect farmers, ranchers, and small business owners from major new costs and regulatory burdens, and i appreciate the bipartisan support demonstrated today by four key senate democrats. i've got to say i'm disappointed that others chose instead to put loyalty to president obama before the concerns of their constituents, the concerns of those people they represent. because montanans know that this power grab has more to do with controlling montana's land use decisions than ensuring access to clean water like the clean water act intended. this is an ill-conceived rule that provides the e.p.a. unprecedented power to regulate virtually any spot across montana that is occasionally wet, and this could have a devastating impact on montana jobs, on montana's natural resources and ag industries and montanans' property rights. and don't just take my word for it. "politico" recently described it as having the potential to -

senator daines. sen. daines: this is a really intriguing subject. i spent a number of years with customer experience solutions. touchedtions that millions of consumers. it's an overused cliche to suggest that the customer is in charge we all know that. second, feedback is a gift. , think it's insecure companies like bullies on a playground are insecure, would have these anti-disparagement clauses. welcome to the free market and the internet. let's compete and let consumer have its voice. frankly, it tends to be confident thing to consumers -- condescending to consumers to -- consumers can wade trhough. let the consumers sort that out. recognizing there is still the problem with some companies posting false claims to profit and competitors posting claims to disparage. having said that, i can tell you from montana's economy viewpoint, tourism is one of our largest businesses. $4 billion. 11 million people visit our state. they are going online, booking trips, they are relying on online reviews. i spoke to a small business iner just a couple weeks ago

senator steve daines of montana has the republican response, he makes a case against the aca and discusseshe health care legislation altogether. obama: hi everybody, for decades to many working americans went without health insurance. their financial well-being suffered because of it. we have begun to change that. the affordable care act has taken effect, and we have americans.6 million since 2010. the uninsured rate has decreased by 45%. and for the first time, more than 90% of americans are covered. if you have not gotten covered yet, or if you care about someone who has not gotten covered, now's your chance. it is open enrollment season for the health insurance marketplace. what that means is, with a few clicks on healthcare.gov, you will find private insurance companies competing for your business. he can compare plans and choose the one that is right for your family. in fact, most americans will find an option that cost less than $75 a month. even if you already have insurance or the marketplace, check it out, shopping around can save money. last year consumers who shopped saved almos

after that, weekly addresses by president obama and montana senator, steve daines. republican presidential candidates were featured at the second day of the florida republican sunshine summit. coming up, we'll hear from rick santorum, jim gilmore, bobby jindal, rand paul, and chris christie and carly fiorina. this is almost three hours. ♪ rick santorum: thank you, thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. it is great to be back in the home state of my mother. two weeks ago. how about that? i have to tell you, i'm here with a heavy heart, as many of you are, watching the news over the past 24 hours about the horrible attacks in paris by isis. certainly, our thoughts and prayers go out to our first ally, france. we will stand with them and pray for them, and if we had better leadership, help them. that is the other point, i come out here feeling upset. isis is a creation of a political decision by hillary clinton and barack obama. [applause] to abandon iraq against all of our generals' recommendations, against all of the policy recommendations, barack obam

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daines: mr.president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president the obama administration's war on energy isn't just a war on coal, it's a war on american jobs, on american families, and our national security. and that's why it's so surprise that the president's anti-energy yeandz isagenda is getting opposition from both sides of the aisle. i'm thankful for the bipartisan leadership by senator mcconnell and as well as senator heitkamp in standing up against the regulations against our nation's coal-fired power plants. i'm glad to join them to stop the e.p.a. from imposing its anti-coal regulations. the congressional review act resolution of disapproval we are considering today will block the obama administration's regulations on existing coal-fired plants. we're also seeing strong opposition strong opposition from more than half of the states in the country, including my home state of montana that through three different lawsuits have requested an initial stay on t

the who, senator steve daines, the montana republican is endorsing marco rubio for president.n as many days to give rubio his support this week. he joins colorado's cory gardner. now to the what. it's a fallen star. twitter replaced the fave button with wia like button. twitter said it's making the move because the heart icon is more expressive. some users are upset, saying the change is a facebookification of twitter. turning to the where, man bites dog in seattle. amazon is opening a book store, not closing one. amazon announced a brick and mortar store. the shop will use amazon's online insight to determine what books to keep in stock. now to the when, it's an empty house. most days in 2016. look at this schedule, folks. the house majority leader put out the next year's schedule today. and the united states house of representatives will only be in session for 111 days. to put this in perspective, that is the fewest amount of calendar days the house has been in session since 2006. it's the second fewest since 1975. the house will also take a seven-week summer recess next yea

the weekly addresses by president obama and montana senator steve daines.sion on what motivates millennial's and young people around the world. on the next "washington journal," ryan lovelace and jim numeral discussed the 2016 race including the democratic debate from iowa and the republican son sig -- sunshine summit. after that, the history of student activism. phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. two things are different today. first of all, we have a justice system. these trials were not held according to what we consider to be modern law. it wasn't until proven guilty had not yet been invented, was not yet in place. there were no lawyers, i should say, at the time. the courtroom was an extremely unruly place. that is one piece of it. also, we do not happen to believe in witchcraft or prosecute witchcraft today. sunday on "q&a," an author talks about her book "the witches." the effect that it had on the massachusetts community. >> the interesting thing about the accusations, and the way that we think of salem,

i know that senator daines is exceptionally good as well. treaty rights have been violated, or you thought they had come or the court decided they had come up i would you do the other steps -- why would you go to the other steps? native, 50% ore not. are not so determining whether or not a treaty right has been violated -- you have to do an environmental impact statement to determine whether there is impact or a violation. that is what the process does. -- a premature -- in this case -- does it affect the fishing rights? does it affect any of the fish? is there any environment harm? is there any impact on the tribe? is there impact on adjacent land? that is what the process determines. to jump ahead and say, we will give this ruling on the basis of what? what scientific data today have? -- do they have? chairman: let me make my point clear. you may well be right on the environment. perfectly correct, i don't know. i can understand the point of let's say -- here is an example that i was asked. i am a strong proponent of the keystone pipeline.

to buffer our efforts in this area to chairman daines been requesting that gao look into the appraisal or abl program not only at the va but across the government. i'm looking forward to their report in the very near future. the allegations in ig report are serious and highlighted culture of cronyism within the benefit administration. i hope our witnesses will be able to help us to get to the bottom of this. we all respect the rights of them to avail themselves to any cause additional rights they may have put at the end of the day we simply must find answers and made the reforms and changes we need to ensure that veterans come first. with that i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you very much miss ms. brown. her first and only cannot we have the following individuals are deseeded at the table. mr. danny pall mall undersecretary for benefits and ms. diana reubens director of the philadelphia regional office, mr. robert mckendrick truck after los angeles regional office kimberly grace director of the st. paul regional office in mr. antoine waller director of the ultima regional

here's the goods news, unlike saddam hussein and the taliban, no one ever believed psalm dain hussein would come into jordan or egypt and take over the country. they do believe the region that isil is a different threat. they're ready do fight in a different fashion than they have in the past. we should seize that moment. >> how would we do that? is that something the u.s. leads? is it something the u.s. supports? how do we even -- >> you support. in the past, when when invaded afghanistan, when we went into iraq, large western armies we aregional forces. i would flip it. large regional forces with western forces integrated. 90% them, 10% us because they have a different reason for this fight. isil is a different threat. >> the kurds are probably not willing to fight outside of their own geographic region. >> they will not unless they're a part of a regional force. they don't have tanks, an air force, neither does isim. this is not fighting the revolutionary guard with tanks. this is a paramilitary committed jihadist army that can be destroyed by professional armies. >> who do we team

daines: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr.ent, the obama administration's war on energy isn't just a war on coal, it's a war on american jobs, on american families, and our national security. and that's why it's so surprise that the president's anti-energy yeandz iagenda is getting opposn from both sides of the aisle. i'm thankful for the bipartisan leadership by senator mcconnell and as well as senator heitkamp in standing up against the regulations against our nation's coal-fired power plants. i'm glad to join them to stop the e.p.a. from imposing its anti-coal regulations. the congressional review act resolution of disapproval we are considering today will block the obama administration's regulations on existing coal-fired plants. we're also seeing strong opposition, strong opposition from more than half of the states in the country, including my home state of montana, that through three different lawsuits have requested an initial stay on the rule. the obama administration's wreckless agenda is -- reckless yeandz iagenda i

daines: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr.sident, the obama administration's war on energy isn't just a war on coal, it's a war on american jobs, on american families, and our national security. and that's why it's so surprise that the president's anti-energy yeandz iagenda is getting opposn from both sides of the aisle. i'm thankful for the bipartisan leadership by senator mcconnell and as well as senator heitkamp in standing up against the regulations against our nation's coal-fired power plants. i'm glad to join them to stop the e.p.a. from imposing its anti-coal regulations. the congressional review act resolution of disapproval we are considering today will block the obama administration's regulations on existing coal-fired plants. we're also seeing strong opposition, strong opposition from more than half of the states in the country, including my home state of montana, that through three different lawsuits have requested an initial stay on the rule. the obama administration's wreckless agenda is -- reckless yeandz iagend

luke luthera church in pennsylvia in 1985, pastor chris was dained as minter of te southeastern pennsylvania senate of thevangel lutheran church in america. fo30 years he's played an active and important role in our local community, engaging in programs such ashe companionship ministries of the evangelal lutheran church in nzania, the sene council finance committee, ther creek lheran camp boarof directo ande has held provide affordable hsing for seniors thrgh the st. luke knowles program. additionally,e volunteers his time as a hospital chaplain. this coming sunday, after 20 yea, pastor chris wll serve his fil woshipervice at t. luke's. godas culled called him on to anotherarishnd we wish him well. we wish him essings on the next chapter of his ministry. it is gre pleasure that i welcome stor cis to the ople's house today and offer our mosteart-felt thanks for leading us in prayer this morning as our guest chaplain. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the air will entertainp to 15 further quests for one-minute speecs on each side of the

daines: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the it assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: at 11:00, the senate will vote on the defense appropriations bill. this is a bill i worked on with senator cochran of mississippi. he not only chairs the appropriation committee but this subcommittee on defense on which i serve as vice chair and ranking member on as well. excuse my voice. the effort in this bill is extraordinary because it comprises 60%, virtually 60% of the domestic discretionary spending of our government. it of course deals with the department of defense and defense agencies. i just want to say that we've worked on this on a bipartisan basis from the start. it's been a real pleasure to work with senator cochran. i want to commend him for his leadership and his gentility, thank him for all of the good work that he's put in