thank you very much. >> senator hutchison. thank you very much. we have only one witness, mr. pistole. i would like to call on colleagues for two minutes or so for opening statements and then they will they are a testimony of mr. pistole. the history of all of this goes back to hijacking and the determination of metal detectivors to keep guns out of airplanes. then we saw the growth of the terrorist threat creating a snue the form of a bomb or arming a shoe as a bomb and fastening liquids that could be -- fashioning liquids that could be used as a bomb in the air or disguised in underwear carrying a bomb and now more serious things in the freight system on airplanes. so we have evolved in a series of threats trying to make sure that we have safety in the skies. i have a series of questions about the freight side and general aviation and the work to make certain that those who work at airports are properly screened. i think the most recent issue of full body imaging and law enforcement-style pat dourns with intimate touching or what is described as intimate touching, i think th

you worked for senator kay bailey hutchison and 4 marco rubio. what is your assessment -- and a four -- for marco rubio. what is your assessment of how successful the tea party will be in working with president obama and democrats? >> in texas, the exact same way that marco rubio road successfully to the senate is the same one that crashed kay bailey hutchison, largely out of anger over spending, earmarks, the bailouts. i have a slightly counterintuitive take on the tea party and bipartisanship. it to define counterintuitive in the world of political panels means that i am about to make something up. [laughter] i think that the establishment in washington views the tea party movement almost like a doberman pinscher, something that you're like -- something that you're glad to have around but you're also slightly terrified of. it would be true for our leadership, the republican leadership in washington -- behoove our leadership, the republican leadership in washington, to let some of the anger and tension out of the tea party balloon. the way you d

shortly after the hearing, the ranking member, senator hutchison from texas said positive things about the rockefeller proposal which indicates you might see a bipartisan bill from the senate commerce committee, which gives the d block to public safety and supports building a public safety network through options. >> host: are in in front of options, what incentive of the rockefeller bill that would take spectrum that they give up an option for wireless use, that one item that seems to be universally supported? i really haven't heard anybody on either side same incentive options are a bad thing. is that one of things that wins the day no matter what happens? >> guest: sorry. i think the concept is there a lot of details you have to work out in terms of how much money to the existing -- you know, to the existing licensees just get compensated to seize business? do they get compensated to be relocated to a different band? so there are lots of issues involved in nine to the mechanics. i think in general, using auction proceeds. i mean look, the spectrum below three gigahertz is ideal for

hutchison: i want to thank the 1240 the senator froma for offering this amendment.offered before. but every time i go home, it renews my energy to try to stop this from taking effect. the small business people are approaching me and saying, this is just crazy. to have to report every to the office depot? to have to report every travel voucher for $600 because i'm going to a meeting in california? this -- it defies description except to say that it's one more overbearing government intrusion on free enterprise in our country. so i hope very much that because of the message of the elections in november that more people will see that this is not necessary. it's certainly not a part of health care reform. in fact, when i saw this come out, that there was this little provision tucked in the enormous health care reform bill, my thought was two things. one is that they are paying for this enormous cost of the government takeover of health care on the backs of small business people in our country. that would be one interpretation. and the other would be that all the talk co

rivers book, i found no evidence that a reinhart and company first edition on all points by bruce hutchison existed. but about two months ago i received an e-mail from john townsend of townsend p books in deep river, connecticut, reporting that he had found an edition not reported in my book. in my opinion, the only edition missing from my rivers of america book. of course, i bought it. and thus it is my pleasure to present that missing edition to deanna marcum, mark and john cole forinclusion in the rivers archive. john, would you like to come -- [laughter] [applause] >> thank you so much. >> you're well welcome. >> this is wonderful. >> it was a surprising edition. >> may your collecting never stop. >> i hope it doesn't. [laughter] >> thank you very much. >> thank you, carol. >> thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> well, thank you, carol, and thank you, gene. it's a wonderful summary, and it's really a wonderful tribute, in this a way, to the collecting spirit and the sharing that goes so much part of it. and that, of course, is one of the features of tonight's cerem

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kyl from arizona, kay bailey hutchison and vitter from louisiana.ave a list of them on dickmorris.com and their phone numbers. there's never been a more important procedural vote before the congress starts than this one. go to the website and look up your senator dickmorris.com and call him and tell him you want him or her to vote against earmarks. this is crucial. huge portion of the deficit, overspending comes from the earmarks. they're bridges to nowhere. study on what happens when you mix marijuana and morphine, tunnel for turtles, literally projects that are in there. this is a chance to kill them and what john mccain has been pleading for. i hope we pick up the telephone and use it. dickmorris.com. get the list. >> greta: it will be interesting to see if anyone votes to continue the earmark because it probably won't bep popular. >> we have seven now. we said they would. one of them is shocking to me. i campaigned with them. roy blount, the republican congressman senator from missouri. he is voting for earmarks. ridiculous for a republican to d

thank you very much. >> senator hutchison, thank you very much. we are going to begin some votes here in the senate i believe at 11:00 today. we have only one witness, mr. pistol. what i would like to do, i want to make a couple of comments then call on colleagues for two minutes or so for opening statements if they choose. and then we'll hear the testimony from mr. pistol. i want to just mention that the history of all of this goes back to a hydrogening -- hijacking and the determining of metal detectors to keep guns out of airplanes. then we saw the growth of the terrorist threat creating a shoe in the form of a bomb, or arming a shoe as a bomb, and then fashioning liquids that could be used as a bomb in air. then a bomb disguised as underwear or underwear carrying a bomb. now various more sophisticated things on the freight system on airplanes. so we have evolved with a series of threats trying to respond to the threats to make sure that we have safety in the skies. i think -- i have a series of questions about the freight side and general avia

shortly after the hearing, i believe the ranking member, senator hutchison from texas, said positive things about the rockefeller proposal which indicates you might see a bipartisan bill which gives the d block to public safety and supports building the public safety network through auctions. >> host: sure. are incentive auctions that one component of the rockefeller bill that would voluntarily take spectrum and auction it back off, is that one of those items that just seems to be universeally supported? i haven't heard anybody on either side saying they're bad things, so do you think that's one of the things that wins the day no matter what -- >> guest: i'm sorry. >> guest: i think the concept is there are a lot of details you have to work out in terms of how much money do the existing -- do the existing licensees just get compensated to cease business? do they get compensated to be relocated to a different band? you know, so there are lots of issues involved in how you do the mechanics, but i think in general using auction proceeds, i mean, look, the spectrum below 3 gigahertz is i

kay bailey hutchison of texas. arizona's jon kyl. lugar.maine's olympia snowe and mississippi's wicker who took trent lott's place. fairly new members of congress like scott brown. your thoughts, are you happy to to see them knocked off by crazies on the right, to put it bluntly. >> bluntly and honestly, yes, i am actually because they'll get knocked off by crazies on the right and if you look at the tea parent's record with their crazies on the right, starting with christine o'donnell and going to alaska with joe miller and nevada with sharron angle. >> he acts like -- >> and colorado with buck. >> he looks like andy warhol 15 minutes are up for that guy. >> one of two things, produced nominees who couldn't win or they've produced nominees who made it possible for democratic candidates who are severely vulnerable to win or they've put democrats in play where they shouldn't be in play. if olympia snowe gets primary by a tea party candidate and that tea party candidate wins, that seat is going to go to the democratic candidate. anyplace wher

senator hutchison? >> thank you very much. i think i'm first of all going to say to senator isakson i think we should have a classified hearing so we'll work with scheduling on that. we'll talk to senator rockefeller, i believe he'll agree. i want to talk about cargo. i'd like to ask you, first, is it feasible for all cargo operations, cargo plane that does not have passengers, to be screened in the same -- with the same specificity as our passenger processes? and secondly do, we have the -- do we have practical solutions? what i'm getting at is, there are now imaging machines that are used on the border for trucks, for going across the border. are those technologically feasible to be used for air cargo and is it also an affordable option that would be a common sense option? >> in response to your first question, it is not practical at this point to screen 100% of air cargo worldwide if that's the question. we do screen, of course, 100% of all air cargo on passenger flights in the u.s. as of august based on the 9/11 act and we

you work for senator hutchison and her campaign against rick perry, and she was pulled over by the tea party wave, the same thing talking about in the general, and you were for marco rubio in the general. what is your assessment of the tea party is and how susceptible they will be towards working with president obama, with democrats, the kind of people who would follow other than panache republican leaders have made compromises and deals? >> well, there is no question in that same wave that marco rubio wrote successfully to the samet is the same that crashed kay bailey hutchison, largely out of anchor anchor overspending marks and the bailout. i am slightly counterintuitive on the tea party and by partisanship and to define counterintuitive in the world of political panels [inaudible] [laughter] i think the establishment in washington views the tea party movement as something you're glad to have around but also slightly terrified of and it would behoove our leadership, the republican leadership in washington to let some of that tension out of the tea party balloon. what some of that an

thank you very much. >> think you, senator hutchison. we will be getting some votes in the senate i believe that 11:00 a.m. today. we only have one witness, mr. aeropostale -- mr. pistole. then we will hear the testimony. the history of all this goes back to hijacking and the determination with metal detectors to keep guns out of airplanes because airplanes are being hijacked to cuba and other places as well. then we saw the growth of the terrorist threat creating a shoe in the form of a bomb, or arming issue as a bomb, and then fashioning liquids that could be used as a bomb that bomb disguised as underwear were under were carrying a bomb. now we have the various more sophisticated things on the freight system with airplanes. we have evolves with a series of threats trying to respond to make sure that we have a safety in the skies. i'm a series of questions about freight and a general aviation, about the work to make certain that those who work in airports are properly screened, but i think the most recent issue of full body imaging and

. >> senator hutchison. >> mr. tyner left the san diego airport after refusing to undertake the full-body scan. now it is being reported that he is being investigated and that he may face up to eight $10,000 fine. is that the procedure? are you investigating him? >> i have learned that we had the administrative authority to try to find people to try to smuggle items onto airplanes. that has banded done several thousand times. -- that has been done several thousand times. it is being reviewed duded -- it is being reviewed. i do not want to prejudge anything, but i do not anticipate anything coming from that. this is a partnership here. >> i agree with you that it should be considered a partnership. in general, i have found endlessly i hear that the t.s.a. employees all are aware of the privacy issues. they are handling it very well. but is it the policy of the someoneand not to fine who does not want to be screened and leaves? >> when all the facts are made, i will make a decision on that. >> i would hope that we wo

shortly after the hearing i believe the ranking member of the senate commerce committee, senator hutchison from texas says positive things about the rockefeller proposal which means you might see a bipartisan bill which gives the d block to public safety and supports building the public safety network directions. >> host: are incentive options, one component of the rockefeller bill that would voluntary take spectrum broadcasters give up an auction it off for wireless use. is that an item that is universally supported? i haven't heard anybody on either side saint incentive options are bad things. do you think that pumping up in the day no matter what happens? >> guest: sorry. i think the concept is there a lot of details you have to work out in terms of how much money to the existing, you know, to the existing licensees just get compensated to seize business? they get compensated to be relocated to a different band? so there are lots of issues involved and how you do the mechanics. but i think in general, using auction proceeds. look, the spectrum below three gigahertz is ideal for commerci