senator inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will not need my full eight minister kahn chance to talk to both witnesses beforehand. on the ifr, how significant is it, and i think maybe for the record if we could determine, in your position are you able to say what percentage of the did or the weight of the bid with this represent? >> sir, i have no insight to what percentage the ifara data represents for the whole kc-x decision process. >> now, the final did i think is in the next few weeks, coming up. in your opinion, from what you do know, would this impact the final bid? >> sir, i don't have a sense for how much it does, or if it does affect the final bid. all i know is that the contractors have the opportunity to adjust their proposals anyway they see fit -- they see fit over the next remaining pig, whatever that might be before the final proposal revisions. >> it however important or unimportant it is, i don't know and you're not in a position to know, as any thought been given to eliminate this ifr element in the final b

chairman. >> thank you very much, senator inhofe. senator mccaskill. >> let me just say for the record this is a case study of incompetence that contract competition. this whole debacle from beginning to this very moment. and contract competition for something like this has to be a core competency. and so i want to know in this instance what punitive actions have been taken. we can call it an accident, but it's incompetent. so what punitive actions have been taken against the person who made the mistake? >> man, from what i read of the documents, the two people who were involved in making the mistake are no longer employed at aeronautical systems. >> so they were fired? >> well, from that, from the program and they have been moved to another species where have they been moved? >> i don't know him. >> i would like to know that. i would like to know where they are. i like i like to know if you're still making the same amount of money and i would like to know if they're going to resurface later in another position of responsibility. the

i consider a friend to be james inhofe and we differ on environmental policy. so it's a mix of things, but i think i was a good lesson on at least have to be patient with one another. >> finally, sir, there's reports in the last years or so? 's >> it was terrific. i do best year when good guys. i'm in perfect health and i used the word loosely. perfect health despite the fact that i am the oldest member of the united states senate. and i think that for having that title, we are doing very well and i look forward to years ahead of me. >> frank lautenberg i'm a senior from new jersey, thanks very much. >> thank you, sir. >> in the continue talking with members of congress, following the president thursday that the union address, which lasted a little bit over an hour. we're now joined by freshman member from florida, congressman daniel webster. that's a well-known name. >> my district of central florida, orange county -- >> or did you replace? 's >> alan grayson. >> so, first state of the union address. >> well, i was awed by the crowd and electricity that was th

to follow up on what senator inhofe said, should a file be used and retained in the final evaluation now? >> they determined it was still appropriate to lead in the competition. >> we will compose another question for the record to get to those individuals and get other rationale for that. finally, i know that these are not the right witnesses. it is my understanding that the department has taken a position that the wto rulings are not relevant to their decision. i would like to know where that is prohibited. it is not a level playing field due to subsidies by other countries, common sense tells me, from the midwest, that if somebody has their finger on the scale in terms of subsidies they get from their government, it is not a level playing field. i am trying to get my arms around the notion that that is not relevant. if either of you can speak to that, that would be terrific. we will try to track down the right person to get the answer. i do not believe there is anything in ifara that prohibits it. >> i will defer to the department. >> i understand the limitations on what we can as

guest: i sat between jim inhofe of oklahoma and john tester of -- we had a great half-hour conversationwe were lining up in the senate chamber on the way over. by the time we got to the floor, there was only one mtc in the area we headed toward, so he urged me -- there was only one empty seat in the area we headed toward. we had good conversations before the state of the union began. host: what do you think will happen going forward? will you continue to talk to your republican colleagues? had you come up with a meeting? what will you do? guest: absolutely. senator isaacson of georgia has agreed to be a mentor to me. we have a program for freshmen senators where we get matched up with folks who have volunteered, both democrats and republicans, to serve as mentors to us individually and staff to staff so that our chief of staff and legislative directors get to know there's. senator isaacson of georgia has been very gracious with his time. i have had some time with some -one discussions with senators. we should not compromise our core principles but we need to find areas of common energy

i consider a friend to be james inhofe and we differ on environmental policy. so it's a mix of things, but i think i was a good lesson on at least have to be patient with one another. >> finally, sir, there's reports in the last years or so? 's >> it was terrific. i do best year when good guys. i'm in perfect health and i used the word loosely. perfect health despite the fact that i am the oldest member of the united states senate. and i think that for having that title, we are doing very well and i look forward to years ahead of me. >> frank lautenberg i'm a senior from new jersey, thanks very much. >> thank you, sir. >> in the continue talking with members of congress, following the president thursday that the union address, which lasted a ttle bit over an hour. we're now joined by freshman member from florida, congressman daniel webster. that's a well-known name. >> my district of central florida, orange county -- >> or did you replace? 's >> alan grayson. >> so, first state of the union address. >> wel i was awed by the crowd and electricity that was there.

inhofe: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call in progress be vitiated.the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: madam president, i heard the trip bouts that were made today by senator john mccain and senator jon kyl about the role that was played by the very heroic judge who lost his live in the tragedy that took place in tucson. shortly after the tragedy. senators mccain and kyl offices reached out to my committee, the committee on which i'm the ranking member and senator boxer is the chairman and talked about how they could go about honoring judge john roll by naming the new courthouse that will be constructed in yuma, arizona. many of us have come to know about the work of judge roll after the -- his tragic, heroic death in the recent shooting when he died protecting ron barber, congresswoman giffords' district director, sacrificing himself. but my office knew about it before, about judge roll's work on behalf of the judicial system in arizona. judge roll contacted my committee staff last year after a g.a.o. report criticizing the way that