inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to set the pending amendment aside for consideration of amendment -- ms. mikulski: mr. president, the house is not -- the senate -- the house is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will please come to order. mr. inhofe: thank you very much. ms. mikulski: i know there is a lot of gloating. i don't mean yours, sir. mr. inhofe: thank you. mr. mikulski: could we kind of keep it quiet so senator inhofe could offer his amendment? mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: would my friend yield so i can make a brief statement? you will get the floor when i finish. mr. inhofe: yes. mr. reid: mr. president, i have been waiting today to take just a moment to honor myron fleming, director of doorkeepers, who is retiring after 40 years working on capitol hill. he began working in the capitol with the office of senator howard metzenbaum of ohio. he has worked in the senate for 33, 34 years, and prior to that, he wor

inhofe's top contributors all benefit from loose environmental regulations.tead of blaming a groundhog for the unpredictable nature of our changing climate, perhaps we should point the finger at the actual human beings who have the power to do something about it. or maybe punxsutawney phil should look for some benefactors in the energy industry. that seems like the best way to avoid accountability on climate change. >>> coming up, if you thought the 43rd president of the united states was the architect of our despair, turns out he is an artist too. that's next. >>> former president george w. bush has been channeling his inner da vinci. a number of his paintings have been gained by a hacker, so we can't show you all of his master works, but we can show you there one. bush released this portrait of barney after the dog's passing in february. the former president also paints landscapes and the occasional bathroom self-portrait. w. is so into his new metier, he spent a month in the studio learning how to paint. his art teacher told atlanta's fox 5, quote, he pick

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inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: you know, we have been discussing this and debating this obamacare for how long now? three years, i guess. as long as i can remember. it seems like ever since he has been -- several years, anyway. i have never heard that argument before where they say well, you have -- you have the same government-run plan, why don't you include -- that's not true. that's not true at all. as a matter of fact, we have -- and i have worked in the corporate world and i have been on the leadership part where we're making decisions and offer our employees the benefits of different companies. it could be aetna, it could be blue cross/blue shield or anybody else. we can make that determination as to what we want and then we pay for it. i don't see -- i don't think the argument has ever been used, to my memory. now, i'm going to be -- i wasn't coming down to talk about that, but i will since i am a cosponsor of the cruz amendment. i think anything you can do to get rid of obamacare is in our interest.

priebus who is not a smart guy should contact inhofe. he's the ranking member of the public works committee. he says that infrastructure spending is the second thing the government can do behind defense. if that's inhofe saying it, reince priebus ought to shut up. >> governor, what is so amazing -- i have to say it that way -- to me is while the president is working on the jobs plan, they are in the right-wing media, they are obsessed with the planned parenthood and white house tours. listen to this. >> the federal government is spending apparently $350 million planned parenthood sex education plan. >> remember this sequester, it was all about we're going to have to close the white house tours. >> you know how long they would keep the white house tours going? 100 years. >> by the way, it's not clear where the $350 million number came from or why planned parent hood has anything to do with it. but the bigger point, governor, is they are obsessed with these issues. >> and they are. and they are obsessed with them at the loss of real, relev

i yield to senator inhofe. mr. inhofe: madam president?the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, since being elected, president obama has been talk about the virtues of our nation's potential to achieve domestic energy independence. now, at the state of the union message just a few days ago he said -- and this is a quote. he said, "after years of talking about it we are finally poised to control our own energy futu future." madam president, this is something i've been saying now for years. we already have control of the energy future. the problem is, we have an administration that has not allowed us to exploit our owning capabilities in terms of developing the natural resources that we have. in fact we are the only country in the world that doesn't develop its own resources -- its own resources. the president's budget -- he's proposed to kill certain tax provisions that specifically hurt -- are there, he says, for the oil and gas industry. this is not the case. i'd like to mention this, because nobody e

couldn't pass ice cream appreciation day because senator crapo is lactose intoll rent and senator inhofe read it makes you game it's ben and mary not ben and jerry. all right. [ laughter ] that's the law that shelby county has a problem with, the effective popular one. the one both its senators alabama voted to renew. there's only one way to sell this, ladies and gentlemen. to the supremes! >> go to the county whose record is the epitome of what caused the passage of this law to start with. [ applause ] >> jon: perhaps -- no, no, wait, i think i have a reason, the element of surprise. [ laughter ] (bleep). [laughter] justice sotomayor appears to be upholding the statute. >> is it the government's position that citizens in the south are more racist than citizens in the north. >> jon: no, we've been to boston. [ laughter ] oh, yeah. and my grandparents house. [ laughter ] i would put personal northern racism up against anybody's racism. it's not about personal prejudice it's about systemic discrimination and if the last election is anything to go by it should be expanding not contracting.

. >> thank you, senator inhofe. general kehler. >> with your permission i make my full statement of part of the record. good morning, sir. senator inhofe could distinguish members come my honor to join you today. it's a privilege to begin my third year with the united states strategic command. i'm pleased to be here with general keith alexander has responsibility as the commander of the cyber command and director of the national security agency covers some of the most critically important subjects. general alexander and i and our staffs are in constant contact and value his leadership vision and council. complexity dominate the landscape, even as the united states transitions from a decade of act of conflict in southeast asia. uncertainty and complexity make the transition unlike any we've experienced in the past. many regions during volatile and increasing economic and information connections mean regional issues with the global consequences. events over the past to validate this day. since my last appearance can w

inhofe: thank you, madam president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: reserving the right to object. really i won't. i just want to seek clarification from the gentleman from texas. about how long will the senator seek recognition? mr. cruz: i need only five minutes. ms. mikulski: that is more than agreeable. we know the topic and we're actually eager to hear it. madam president, i withdraw my objection. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i thank the senator from maryland. and i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: i would note that today is the 40th anniversary of the rel

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five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. nia malika henderson for the "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the family of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >>

but even that even this one this week measure ted cruz rand paul and jim inhofe say they're going to filibuster this thing this doesn't make any sense to me it's you know we have the right to have the roads in fact article one section eight bit of the sun seven of the constitution stipulates that we have roads. but we say if you got to drive a car on the other register the car you have to have insurance at the driver's license what's wrong with registering guns and think there's anything wrong with this with registering guns it's this how many times we're going to redo it there's a university of cincinnati study that came out just recently more than half of the gun violence in this country happens in the inner city black kids getting shot up by the dozens every week we don't see the president in dianne feinstein and chuck schumer making a big thing calling for all this legislation and it just doesn't make any sense to me when you know why we just. how many black kids have to be killed. but when there's a columbine when there's a aurora shooting so we shouldn't you know all of the sud

thank you, senator inhofe. >> thank you, gentlemen for your service.i would like to thank him for his extraordinary services in many different capacities. as you leave your command, thank you, sir. let me just begin with part of our long-term strategy with respect to afghanistan. continued support for the afghan security forces. given the economic crises in europe today, what is your perspective about the long-term commitment to having these international efforts? >> i think the europeans will stay with us in afghanistan. historically, they have provided one soldier for every two hours. about 33 or 35%. there is about 35,000 europeans are. i think if the u.s. has 10,000 troops, the europeans could come in with 5000 or 6000 troops. my sense is that they want to be with us in this mission. they believe in it. like us, they are cautiously optimistic that despite all of the challenges, if we stay steady post 2014, we have a good mission they are that this can succeed. >> thank you very much. i'm going to ask all of the gentlemen the same question. we had g

thank you, senator inhofe. >> thank you, gentlemen for your service.i would like to thank him for his extraordinary services in many different capacities. as you leave your command, thank you, sir. let me just begin with part of our long-term strategy with respect to afghanistan. continued support for the afghan security forces. given the economic crises in europe today, what is your perspective about the long-term commitment to having these international efforts? >> i think the europeans will stay with us in afghanistan. historically, they have provided one soldier for every two hours. about 33 or 35%. there is about 35,000 europeans are. i think if the u.s. has 10,000 troops, the europeans could come in with 5000 or 6000 troops. my sense is that they want to be with us in this mission. they believe in it. like us, they are cautiously optimistic that despite all of the challenges, if we stay steady post 2014, we have a good mission they are that this can succeed. >> thank you very much. i'm going to ask all of the gentlemen the same question. we had g

chairman, and ranking member inhofe, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. i have submitted a written statement, request it to be accepted for the record. >> it will be. >> it's my privilege to appear alongside admiral bill mcraven. we've worked together for many years and continue to do. so in the middle east we confront what is a significant risk to our interest in the region, specifically a perceived lack of enduring u.s. commitment. to counter this misperception, we must clearly communicate our intent and demonstrate our support through tangible actions. in afghanistan we are conducting a steady and deliberate transition. u.s. leadership among 50 nations fighting together in the largest wartime coalition in modern history provide continued support of the afghan security forces as they set conditions for their long- term success. iran remains the single most significant regional threat to stability and prosperity. reckless behavior and rhetoric characterize a leadership that cannot win the affection of its own people or the respect of any responsible nat

senators inhofe pan adler to the epa, quote, we're the deeply troubled the practice of administratorail account of richard windsor the concern which iraware. we uncovered many instances where epa officials used nonepa accounts to conduct business in violation of epa policy. just last friday, a third installment of these e-mails was released. many are heavily redacted. gina mccarthy name is withheld in full or fully blacked out in most of these e-mails. >> her most frequent correspondent should have been gina mccarthy and records they're clearly withholding are the records from gina mccart think. >> reporter: she is the architect of a new c.a.f.e. standards for cars that will require them to get 39 miles per gallon by the year 2019. she is also the author of the new epa plan, restrictions which basically put coal-fired plants out of business. bill: so there is the controversy there. she has supporters, does she not, doug? >> reporter: even among ranks of many republicans senator inhofe praises her for honesty when she suggested lowering co2 levels in the husband would do little to aff

it comes as two more republican threaten threaten to filibuster gun control, marco rubio and james inhofe. saying we intend to oppose any legislation that would infringe on the american people's constitutional right to bear arms. you may remember that congresswoman spear is a survivor of gun violence herself after being shot five times in jonestown in 1978. congresswoman, it's great to see you today. as you hear those words, we'll talk more about ted cruz having this to say as well, "it is saddening to see the president today one against try to take advantage of this tragic murder to promote an agenda that will do nothing to stop violent crime but will undermine the constitutional rights of all law-abiding americans." when you hear of the news of more legislators filibustering on upcoming gun legislation, how concerned are you about that? >> i'm very concerned about it. it makes me realize that the system is really orchestrated to protect the cowards in this country. everyone said it had to start in the senate, that the legislation had to be taken up in the senate. we all know that a fili

on saturday, they think republican senator james inhofe .or introducing oan amendment his amendment passedin the senate early saturday morning in a 53-46 vote. executive director of the enterprise institute for legislative action, chris cox, said in a statement -- last july, the nra chief wayne lapierre testified at the nine nations, opposing the global arms treaty. >> the nra is the largest and most active firearms rights organization in the world, with 4 million members who represent 100 million americans who own firearms. on behalf of those 100 million american gun owners, i am here to announce nra's strong opposition to anti-freedom policies that disregard american citizens right to self-defense. no foreign influence has jurisdiction over the freedoms our founding fathers guaranteed to us. we will not stand idly by while international organizations, whether state-based corestatesless, attempt to undermine the liberties our men and women in uniform have fought so bravely to preserve. and on which our entire american system of government is based. >> that was an array's chief when lapier

senator inhofe and senator rubio have now joined in that filibuster threat. what do you make of it? would you join it? >> well, i would like to have an open process. the only way i would filibuster a bill is if senator reid did not allow alternative amendments. i have legislation with senator pryor and begich, two democrats, myself, and jeff lake, that would change the federal system. there was a lady who pled not guilty by reason of insanity in 2005, in south carolina, of trying to kill president bush. february of this year, she went and bought a gun. and that adjudication was not in the system. she was able to purchase a gun, went to a school, and thank god that gun did not discharge. she's being held for attempted murder, but the four of us have a bill to redefine mental health adjudications to make sure a case like hers gets in the system. there's all kind of bipartisan legislation out there that i think would keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally ill, shouldn't have a gun, and there's some real efforts out there to beef up prosecutions of those who fail a backgr

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coburn, cochran, crapo, cruz, donnelly, enzi, flake, graham, grassley, hatch, heightcamp, who'ven, inhofee okayson, joe hance, johnson, king, lee, manchin, mccain, risch, roberts, rubio, shelby, wicker. and we have three late responses of no from landreau, murkowski and murray. those are the 35 senators so far who have told us, no, they oppose senator feinstein's proposed bill to ban assault weapons. 28 senators said yes, they agree with and support it. 34, no responses so far. and three said they had no position. we're going to chase the 34 no responses, and the three who say no position. and we'll come back on friday, give them enough time to think about their response so quick get a very firm idea of why this assault weapons ban has apparently got no chance of getting passed in the senate. you as the american people have a right to know what these senators believe, and i intend to get it out of them. let's turn now to the police chiefs. i can't think of five better people to talk to about what happened. ever since just over three months ago now. let me start with you if i may, chief. b

republican senator jim inhofe of oklahoma says in a statement about her record, as head of the air officeost costly and controversial rules. which is funny because this is how he described her during the 2009 confirmation to head the epa's clean air division. >> let me do this. i want to make sure that it's real clear because i hold you in a very high regard. i think we're very fortunate to have someone like you willing to take on a very difficult task. >> joining us now is bill nye, the science guy, and sabrina schaefer, the executive director of the independent women's forum. welcome to both of you. bill, if i can start with you, from everything you've so far heard about gina mccarthy, does her record make you think that the president is, indeed, serious in his second term to focus on the issue of climate change? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. she was in charge of air and radiation. i remind everybody that no matter what your point of view, everybody on earth breathes the same atmosphere. so you can have a libertarian point of view or a modern conservative point of view, but you can't get aro

five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to fknow what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. kn nia malika henderson for the woe "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> well, in a letter to sena

in oklahoma, home of a plus rated senator jim inhofe and tom coburn, 87% of oklahoma residents want universalarly important part of oklahoma, because one of the senators from oklahoma, the nra's "a" rated tom coburn was being aggressively courted to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill in the senate for universal background checks. today we learned that that effort has failed. tom coburn will not be signing on to the universal background check measure that is set to be introduced in the senate tomorrow. the one that 87% of his constituents support. he is going to give the one-finger salute to 87% of his constituents in order to do what the nra wants him to do instead. "the washington post" reporting tonight that negotiations for a broad, bipartisan background check bill, including tom coburn, have stalled. now it will be left to democrats chuck schumer and joe manchin and lone republican mark kirk of illinois to try to find republican support elsewhere. and yes, senator mark kirk is himself a republican, but his "f" rating from the nra may not make him the best pitchman for recruiting more republican

that's only one part of what tumi-inhofe might have saved had the president embraced it. >> john, letsk you about the issue of what's been going on in the last couple days. the president has changed how he's handling things. he had that big dinner last night where he took out am of the republican leaders to a really nice dinner. that dinner was a really nice dinner, and he took them out. he just had lunch with paul ryan. this is a charm offensive. is this going to help him get what he wants or is this going to frustrate him because he does this for them and then they come back with nothing? >> i think it's going to help him get what the american people want, which is a balanced approach to the deficit. the president has been meeting with people and republicans and democrats since the say he walked into the white house years ago. but he said there's a caucus of common sense in the republican party that knows that we need balance and doesn't think compromise is a sdirty word. he's going to seek them out wherever he can. that's what the dinner was about. >> reihan, you agree that people

senator inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in my opening statement i talked about what we did, senator too mi and i headed -- toomey and i headed up the effort to allow more flexibility with the chiefs, and i talked to the chiefs about this and they responded strongly that yes in the same top line operating for the same amount of money would we be able to get, to reduce the devastation i guess is the best way to put it. do each of you agree with the comments, and are there any comments you want to make about what type of thing we could do under that arrangement that we couldn't do with the straight cuts? >> senator, i believe that if we got some degree of budget certainty through an appropriations bill that provides us as much as the continuing resolution does now, so we know for certain what we're dealing with, then like any household or business in america, we can make some wise choices at the flex -- and the flexibility you're talking about for service chiefs would be critical for those choices, obviously consistent with th

senator james inhofe is offering a an amendment to fund tuition for our troops and joins us right nowous. we talked to a few guys already who have already seen some of their tuition requests denied. what are you doing about it? >> what we're doing about it is we have an amendment that we're going to put up. brian, i was a product of the draft many years ago. we have an all volunteer service now. these kids come in and they make a career decision. they put their name on the line. they go and work hard. but the motivation for many of them probably most of them, some 200,000 in the army, is that they can work a little bit harder and be able to get a college degree. and for them to pull that out from under them, let me just say -- people say, you got to make cuts somewhere. fine, let's cut the green agenda. if you take obama's green agenda out of the defense budget, we shouldn't be building biorefineries. that's more money than the entire cost of these tuition assistance. >> brian: the goal of sequestration was t maximum pain and it's true viewed by some that that would hurt republicans m

senators here are cosponsors of this amendment than republican, but it's -- it's senators roberts, inhofe, blumenthal, blunt, johanns, kirk, manchin, hagan, klobuchar, baucus, tester, enzi, vitter, wyden, warner, ayotte, shaheen, risch, crapo, murphy, rockefeller and wicker. it doesn't sound very provincial to me. in fact, 42 states will have their air traffic control towers eliminated. this amendment is broadly supported by the aviation industry. if there is an aspect of this that is unique to kansas, it's we manufacture many general aviation aircraft. we are the air capital of the world, but this amendment, while being supported by the aircraft owners and pilots association, by the national business aviation association, by the national air transport association, is also supported by the american association of airport executives and the national association of air traffic controllers. again, not a very provincial amendment when sponsored by so many of my colleagues, affecting 40-some, 43 states of the united states and broadly supported by the aviation industry as a reasonable commonse

reid: i ask unanimous consent national notwithstandine adoptioning the inhofe amendment it be modified with the changes at the desk at the proper location of the substitute amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding adjournment or recess of the senate, the budget committee be authorized to report legislative matters on friday, march 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there are two bills at the desk for the first reading. i would ask that the chair direct those to be read en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by title for the first time. the clerk: s. 582 a bill to approve the keystone xl pipeline. s. 58 , a bill to implement equal protection under the 14th article to the constitution, the right to rife in each born and preborn human person. mr. reid: i object to both bills at this time. the presiding officer: the bills will be read for the second time during the next legislative day. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appea

chairman, and ranking member inhofe, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. i have submitted a written statement, request it to be accepted for the record. >> it will be. >> it's my privilege to appear alongside admiral bill mccraven. we've worked together for many -- mcraven. we've worked together for many years and continue to do. so in the middle east we confront what is a significant risk to our interest in the region, specifically a perceived lack of enduring u.s. commitment. to counter this misperception, we must clearly communicate our intent and demonstrate our support through tangible actions. in afghanistan we are conducting a steady and deliberate transition. u.s. leadership among 50 nations fighting together in the largest wartime coalition in modern history provide continued support of the afghan security forces as they set conditions for their long-term success. iran remains the single most significant regional threat to stability and prosperity. reckless behavior and rhetoric characterize a leadership that cannot win the affection of its own p