inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, it's my understanding that at 4:00, there might be a unanimous consent request that will lead us to a vote at 5:00; is that correct? the presiding officer: the chair really has no knowledge about the vote at 5:00. mr. levin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i would yield the time between now and 4:00 to the senator from oklahoma. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: all right. mr. president, it seems like we're going to have an opportunity a little later on to -- to discuss this. we'll have another -- more time tonight. and while the -- in the capacity of the -- of the ranking member of the armed services committee, i have to say that i can't imagine having a chairman that with whom i cooperate on virtually -- and agree on almost every issue, like the chairman, chairman levin, and i really appreciate the work that we've done together. we b

flying airplanes is in the blood of jim inhofe and his family. i really care a lot about jim inhofe. he and i are unquestionably friends. we may not agree on all political issues, but we agree that we're friends. i have had the good fortune of working to get to know this good man. i've helped him when i could. he's helped me when he can. and we put all of the disagreements to one side and look at each other for what we are outside of of our politics. i have confidence that he's going to do well. he is a man of great faith, and i feel comfortable that he will be able to work his way through this. madam president, my heart also goes out to the residents of the philippines who are drastically affected by this terrible, terrible storm that hit one of their -- one or two or three of their islands over the weekend. philippines is the 7,000 islands, madam president, a heavily populated area of manila was not hit, at least not very badly. we know that there are thousands of filipinos dead and missing. relief and construction efforts will be long and diff

inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: first of all, let me say that i appreciate all the help that the chairman has given us during the course of this very difficult time. i would also suggest that we've gone through this same thing other years in the past. one of the things, there are so many people demanding or wanting to have a system where we could have more amendments, and i would encourage anyone who has amendments to go ahead and send them to the floor. it doesn't do any good to talk about them unless have you them down here, and i would hope that the chairman and i would get together and we could have actually more amendments. so those people who want to be heard on this, we have adopted this timing so we encourage you to come down and be heard. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: madam president, i want to thank my friend from oklahoma because he is -- said what needs to be said here, which is that we welcome amendments being brought to the floor, we will do our

inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i -- i think everyone is aware that we have a lot of differences on both sides of the aisle and, quite frankly, i just had a meeting with some of the house people and so there -- there are some problems right now. i'm anxious for chairman levin to come back after the -- perhaps after our conferences and i will do the same thing and hopefully we'll be able to do it. i understand that -- that there's already a statement been made about the ayotte; -- is that correct? on guantanamo. and she's ready to debate and i think senator levin has a side-by-side amendment that he is ready to debate, too. so that, in my opinion, about as far as we've come on progress and i'd withhold any other comments i'd make until after the chairman has made his comments, which will probably be after -- after lunch. oh, by the way, i would continue -- i would ask our me

>> the sun of oklahoma senator james inhof is dead. he died in a plane crash sunday near the tulsa airport. he was at the controls of a twin engine turbo prop. the plane spiraled to the ground and burst into flames. airport officials say he reported mechanical problems moments before losing control. >> only moments after takeoff, a spirit airlines plane rushed to chicago's o'hare airport to make an emergency land i can. passengers spots a piece of the plane peeling off and alerted the crew. the engine was falling off the plane, the engine cowling was falling off the plane. the f.a.a. is investigating. >> arguments are heard about god rights for workers. the law invoked protests when it was passed two years ago and led to a failed attempt to recall governor scott walker.

perry inhofe, an orthopedic surgery was piloting the aircraft. that plane did crash in a wooded area over the weekend near tulsa. investigators have not determined the cause just yet. senator inhofe is an avid pilot who taught his son to fly more than three decades ago. >>> toronto city council is expected to vote on a motion this week calling for mayor rob ford to step aside. but ford remains defiant. he told reporters, let's get it on when asked about the motion. ford has acknowledged that he smoked crack, saying he did it while in a drunken stupor. the city council has no way to force the mayor out unless he's convicted of a crime. >>> the white house will release enrollment figures from the online health care marketplace this weekend. as you can imagine, it is not looking good. one analysis finds that fewer than 50,000 people have signed up to date. the administration had expected 500,000, ten-times that number, just in october alone. and those 50,000 new customers are just 3% of the 7 million expected to enroll by the end of next year. >>> a

but i'm pleased to see senator inhofe here. he's too tough to let a few blocked arteries keep him from doing his work. finally want to associate myself with the remarks of chairman skelton, a wonderful man, a mentor to me. he had a habit of saying i'm just an old country lawyer. but that was the moment at which i would really listen to what ike skelton had to say and i know everybody who served with him felt the say way. thank you for convening this important hearing. we've got to get this right. >> thank you, senator udall. senator chapel miss. >> thanks, mr. chairman. likewise, thanks to you for being here today. in my 20 years serving on the house armed services committee, we've never had in my opinion four finer leaders of our respective branches than the four of you. thanks for what you do every day. as we look at what we're going to do relative to defense spending, i'm one of those who thinks without question that we need to spend more money, that sequestration, as each of you has said, is going to become a bigger and big

inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman.inh i appreciate very much.appreciae i've made a request to have thi hearing and another one before e this after the house have their skimming.chai, it's my concern, mr. chairman, everything he said is true but the general public is just not aware of it, the crisis were faced right now. over the last to get the significant cuts to our nationag security spending has forced our dan and women to endure as deep and damaging dropping capabilities andma readiness. we will have a chance to talk about this during the questions. historic lowest level. the army shrinks to a force we haven't seen since the turn of the 20th century. as our security is being threatened by terrorism, the rising china and roman nations like iran, north korea and men and women charged with protecting this nation are being undermined and forced to endure devastating cuts to the tools they need to keep america safe. we have been told that over the next three years as much as $150 billion of cuts will be taken

peter inhofe. so this is not just a women-only fight. this is a fight to make sure that our military continues to be the best in the world, and when you serve on it, there is an enemy outside that we will always face but there is an enemy within that we need to now end. we, the women of the senate, all of us, agree on the goals. we want to be able to provide prosecutorial tours for punishment. we want to make sure we get help to the victims. the national defense authorization act has more than 30 reforms in it to accomplish that. 13 relate to prosecutorial reforms. ten are to reform victim services. and two reforms are to improve training of first responders. five also deal with various kinds of reporting. i am so pleased that the bill works to prevent retaliation against someone who reports a crime. so if you feel that you have been a victim of sexual assault, you're not retaliateing by -- retaliating by stepping forward when you are doubly victimized, both by the attack and then by those who want to schedule much the fact that you want

inhofe: i just reserving the right to object -- mr. levin: i'm not. mr. inhofe: okay. the presiding officer: there is no unanimous consent request. yes, the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i would ask the balance of my statement be inserted in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. all time has expired. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on s. 1197 to authorize authorization for the fiscal year 2007 for military activities, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under mandatory quorum under rule 22 call has been waived. the he is with question is, the it the sense of the senate that debate on s. 1197 for military activities of the deafen ch defends and for defense activities of the department of energy, to prescribe military

inhofe: let me start off, mr. president, before the leader leaves the floor, and i was hoping to do this before the chaplain of the senate, barry black, left. i had a horrible loss eight days ago, losing a son. and it was so touching to me, and i want to thank barry black, who included a good bit of some things about my son and about me in his opening prayer. and also the comments that were made, the very gentle comments were very helpful, were made by the majority leader. so i would like to through the chair thank harry reid very much for the comments he made. mr. president, we have something coming up that we're going to be talking about this week, and i'm a little disturbed because i don't know exactly when it's going to be coming up. i don't know how many objections there are going to be. i just know that there are some people who would want to use this since it is a must-pass bill. this is the national defense authorization act. we passed it every year for, i think, 51 years. we've never failed to pass it. th

chairman. >> thank you, senator inhofe. general? >> chairman levin, ranking member inhofe and members of this committee, thank you for the invitation to speak today. if you'll just indulge me for a few seconds i'd like to begin by recognizing the service of ike as the chairman of the house armed services committee he was an incredible leader, mentor and champion of our soldiers, civilians and their families. what was interesting though in his farewell address he made a comment that i think is appropriate for the conversation we're having today. when he remarked, i've always considered each young man and woman in uniform as a son or daughter. they are national treasures and their sacrifices cannot be taken for granted. they are not chess pieces to be moved upon a board. each and every one is irreplaceable. and i think those words are very important today as we talk about the readiness of our force and as we consider future budget cuts and their impact on our national defense. it is impairtive that ke keep foremost in our minds the im

flying is integral to the inhofe family. i know that from my service from senator inhofe on the armed services committee as cochair with him of the army caucus, a caucus he created along with senator dan akaka to support the men and women serving in the army pnd and i know his intense involvement in flying. i hope the memories of the time he had with his son will sustain him. senator inhofe is a man of great integrity, great dedication the to his state and to the nation and at this time of loss, again, i only hope that the memories, the example of this son, his son's service and his courage and faith and love will sustain the inhofe family. madam president, if i may on another matter, it's clear that we have honest disagreements about how we should address our budget. i believe the path forward should be fair and balanced and that's not what we have seen today to date. we've enacted $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction with $1.8 trillion coming from spending cuts. these cuts put tremendous pressure on important domestic invest

perry inhofe, 52, died in a plane crash back home.e're seeing the challenge for chris christie that there is among a lot of conservatives, old-time conservatives, senator inhofe is going to be 79 this month, but also, willie, and this is maybe the most important part, among big republican donors there's residual unhappiness about the way that chris christie embraced president clinton -- president obama right at the end of the romney campaign. but so much water has gone under the dam since then. it's hard to imagine that issue lasting. it puts chris christie in a place where he has to make up some ground with these republicans. but that's a conversation that i can see occurring. it was such a disaster that either party gets a pass for working with their president on that issue. >> john, this is the tension that's been set up by a lot of people. chris christie may be appealing to the middle, but how does he get through the primary process? an old question skld of a lot of candidates. how does it set up for them? >> right now he's seen a

the republicans were given 25 amendments, the democrats were given 25 amendments, inhofe said, that's good. yet we couldn't get republican support to go forward with 25 amendments. >> he came and said he'll try to get 25. so far we've gotten, what, none? one vote. one vote. >> no, no, no. my understanding is twl has been an agreement, 25-muss -- give you another issue. >> here's the bigger issue. anything that passes the senate still has to go to the house, doesn't it? >> yes. >>> how do you get a bill through the house if you don't get a bipartisan vote -- >> let's bring it back to the issue we're talking about today. senator hoeven, if there was an effort to find a compromise over the judicial nominees and the administration's nominees, like in 2005, when democrats accepted what we would serve pretty conservative nominees, proven to be very conservative on the bench, we accepted them. would you be part of that compromise? >> we all went into the old senate chambers. we have a long dialogue. we came one some changes. we approved a number of nominees. >> would you sell the d.c. circui

inhofe: thank you mr. president. i would like to ask the leader if he would amend his request to add the following language. following the disposition of the mccaskill-ayotte amendment all pending amendments be withdrawn and the republican manager or his designee be recognized to offer the next amendment in order followed by an amendment offered by the majority side and that the two sides continue offering amendments in alternating fashion until all amendments are disposed of. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: will the majority leader modify his u.c.? mr. reid: mr. president we went through this yesterday. i reluctantly object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. is there objection to the majority leader's request? a senator: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the junior senator from oklahoma is recognized. mr. coburn: this is a very important bill for our country in terms of authorizing the defense of this country. and many of us have relevant amendments not amendments outside

inhofe: would the senator yield for a unanimous consent request? i ask unanimous consent that after the senator from tennessee's remarks, that we hear from the senator from arkansas, senator pryor, and that i be recognized after senator pryor for such time as i may consume. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. alexander: and if the senator from oklahoma needs to speak now, i would be glad to -- okay. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: my point was the charge is that republicans had been denying president obama his nominations by filibuster. not on the supreme court, not to his cabinet and no district judges, madam president. how many in the history of the country have ever been denied their seats by a failed cloture vote, including president obama? the answer is zero. maybe it was some other nomination that would cause such a problem that would justify this dangerous restructuring of the senate rules. let's go to the sub cabinet. these are all the executive appointments below the cabinet level. how many of those have

inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, this has been a long system and a difficult one for me to go through. being the ranking member on the armed services committee, i have had constant contact with both the democrats and republicans on this bill. and i can this bill to be the most important bill of the year, and i've said that several times. i've given several speeches up here in the last week on this. and i've about decided with the last offer that was made by our side was to come up with 50 amendments, limit it to 50 amendments. the argument there -- that would not be 50 votes. if you look at it historically -- and i have the numbers going all the way back for the last 15 years -- for the last year, for example, we had 106 amendments, only 34 voice-voted, only recorded votes. so when we say 50, we're only talking about probably 20. now, of course the democrats would want to have 50 also. what i've decided that i'm going to do -- because i have to deci

perry inhofe, the son of u.s. senator james inhofe, was killed this weekend in a plane crash near tulsa, oklahoma. the senator's office is has not commented on it. neither has the national transportation safety board or the medical examiner, but this morning defense secretary chuck hagel issued a statement of condolence. it reads in part, "my thoughts and prayers are with jim and kay mourning this terrible loss. the entire dod community stands with the inhofes at this tragic time with enduring appreciation for all they do on behalf of our military." we'll be right back. we've got allstate, right? uh-huh. yes! well, i found this new thing called... [ dennis' voice ] allstate quickfoto claim. [ normal voice ] it's an app. you understand that? just take photos of the damage with your phone and upload them to allstate. really? so you get [dennis' voice] a quicker estimate, quicker payment, [normal voice] quicker back to normal. i just did it. but maybe you can find an app that will help you explain this to your...fath

inhof was a surgeon and also a flight instructor.was senator inhofe's son. >> he was concerned about the safety according to her mother all alone in wild cat haven her body was discovered inside the enclosure by the facility's owner. the long time employee died from multiple bite wounds on her head and neck. osha and the usda are examining training and safety protocol the and interviewing employees. >> a water tower worker left dangling 123 feet in the air for 45 minutes as he waited for help. the man was working on a virginia beach water tower when his primary rope system broke. he was saved his backup safety line. firefighters sprung into action climbing ladders inside the tower and rigging ropes to the ladder truck which only reached 100 feet. he did not suffer any serious injuries. >> what would you do if you found 100,000 cash in a desk that you bought on craig's list? a rabbi found himself in that very position. he paid $200 for that desk on craig's list. he had to take it apart to get it inside the door once he did he found co

. >>> senator inhofe's son, was killed in an air crash. birthday yesterday. the plane reported mechanical problems before the crash. >>> new scanners in january to check for liquid explosives that would make it more convenient for travelers but not at u.s. airports. experts at the tsa says the technology is not ready yet. >>> the 20 by 80 foot hole in chicago opened up sunday night, swallowing part of a street and coming near a couple of houses. leaky pipe apparently triggered a chain of events leading to the road giving way and the water main under the street breaking. >>> a newtown, connecticut, police officer suffering from ptsd after the sandy hook school shooting is facing another battle. one of the first officers to arrive at sandy hook in 2012. even though he has ptsd, connecticut is one of the few states that doesn't cover that condition. according to a government official, the state only covers mental health issues if the diagnose is accompanied by physical injuries. that means his invisible wounds could cost him his job. susan ca

host: senator jim inhofe republican of oklahoma sir. we thank you for your time and wish you great health and hope that you improve as you go along here. guest: thank you so much. host: we continue our conversation about cushing, oklahoma. our camera is live there from the terminal. that state where the tank farms got the land. there are over 300. they have the capacity to store nearly 80 million barrels of oil. they have self-dubbed themselves the pipe lean crossroads of the world. we'll take your phone calls on all of that here coming up. we had asked transcanada to join us. in the meantime, we spoke recently with transcanada when we were in cushing, oklahoma back in september and asked about the keystone xl pipeline. also this debate over how many jobs it will create. >> well, i think the actual number that for xl in the northern lake is not 20,000. that's the entire direct and indirect job number. i'm just talking about direct jobs for construction. we estimated about 4000 northern lake is something like 7000 jobs. that's a big proj

i'm happy to note senators barrasso, boozman, boxer, cardin, inhofe, menendez, murphy, portman, rubio, sessions, and shaheen have joined me. and let me add, that's not a group of senators that you see agree on too many issues. but we all agree on this. for months, we've been waiting, assured that a resolution to miss tymoshenko's case would come to fruition. we saw ukraine take promising steps toward political reform, we saw some of miss tymoshenko's allies pardoned. and over the course of the last few weeks, in particular, we were optimistic negotiations led by former president of the european parliament, pat cox, and former polish president, alexander quevnefski, were seemingly making headway toward a solution in which miss tymoshenko would leave, go to germany for medical treatment. we were hopeful that such a solution could come in time for ukraine to sign an association agreement with the e.u. during the eastern partnership summit in vilnius at the end of this month, a step strongly supported by the united states. we held off in calling this resolution with the hope that real pro

that should be at the forefront of this debate and evoke appreciation for senator levin and senator inhofe and the work done by my colleagues on the armed services committee. so i'm proud to support this bill. but, at the same time, congress has a responsibility to transform the time-worn slogan of zero tolerance for military sexual assault into a real plan and strategy that will achieve that goal. for years and years, the military has promised zero tolerance toward sexual assault. and yet the actual achievement has fallen short. and that is why reporting has been so low and why the crime of military sexual assault is not only underreported by underprosecuted. the goal of the military justice improvement act is to improve reporting, because without reporting there can't be investigating and there can't be prosecution, which means there can be no punishment and no prevention and protection. those are the goals of this major reform: better reporting, an enhanced prosecution to deter this horrific crime, and to make sure that victims are better-protected and the crime itself prevented. this b

and our thoughts are there with the inhofe family.tha: the bullying scandal that engulfed the miami dolphins is not helping their play. take a look. there you go. they lost to the tampa bay bucks. the big news came before the game when the dolphins team owner said he would meet tomorrow with jonathan martin. he's setting up a task force of players who used to play with the team to improve the team culture within the locker room. >> i'm sure our organization will get better because i really care about this organization. it's important to me. and what's going on is something that couldn't have been a worse nightmare. martha: steve, there was hope that a win would quiet the bad press. >> reporter: it looks like their 73-year-old owner steve ross has been taking a beating. he said this is his worst nightmare and it's appalling. he said he didn't know grown men actually spoke to each other like this. >> change need to be made. we need to look at ourselves. we need to examine things internally. we know a football locker room is a different

. >> quick check of the headlines, family of james inhofe mourning their son. dr. periinhofe died in that plane crash. he was only 52. alec baldwin taking the stand in a high profile trial here in new york city. he denied a sexual relationship with a canadian actress. >>> lady lady gaga is going where no singer went before. maybe to perform in outer space. only 250,000 per passenger. >> if it doesn't plush out i don't know what will. >> because she could find it. better than anyone? good luck gaga. >>> i personally believe even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment that the federal government made to those people. >>> that is a fox news alert. that is former president clinton on a promise president obama should keep. >> keeping their health care plans. we have a republican strategist for american cross rods and richard, host of the richord fowler she. and defer to my lovely co-anchor and allow her to interrogate. >> i love the intros. thank you very much, bill. >> johnathon, past few weeks, republicans in congress called for bills

host: senator jim inhofe republican of oklahoma sir. we thank you for your time and wish you great health and hope that you improve as you go along here. guest: thank you so much. host: we continue our conversation about cushing, oklahoma. our camera is live there from the terminal. that state where the tank farms got the land. there are over 300. they have the capacity to store nearly 80 million barrels of oil. they have self-dubbed themselves the pipe lean crossroads of the world. we'll take your phone calls on all of that here coming up. we had asked transcanada to join us. in the meantime, we spoke recently with transcanada when we were in cushing, oklahoma back in september and asked about the keystone xl pipeline. also this debate over how many jobs it will create. >> well, i think the actual number that for xl in the northern lake is not 20,000. that's the entire direct and indirect job number. i'm just talking about direct jobs for construction. we estimated about 4000 northern lake is something like 7000 jobs. that's a big proj

senator for organizing and bringing us together this morning and this includes senator levin and inhofe for their leadership and i would like to thank senator mccaskill for working on this critical legislation over the past year and i would like to thank all of the women and you have heard from many of them this morning and will continue to hear from them all the more because this is an incredible year. a year that i hope will be remembered that is a decisive one in the effort to eradicate the military sexual assault once and for all. we are well aware this place our armed forces and we've all seen the numbers in 2012 and has received 374 reports of sexual assault in the military and by the own estimates, 26,000 incidents took place during that time and that means that only 12.9%, a small fraction of incidences were actually reported. and even those reported, only 880 faced command action in 590 faces and 200 of those resulted in convictions. so we have a situation in which these people face any kind of discipline out of the universe 26,000 potential incidences and that is only 3.4% in

perry inhofe was piloting the aircraft when it went down in the woods you see there. no word on what caused the deadly crash. >>> and a terrifying night for this state trooper in michigan. you see some video here. a chase of a suspect on a highway overpass. eventually, you see there, the man jumping over the guardrail. the trooper trying to grab him. they both plunge some 25 feet to the ground. fortunately, you see that grassy knoll right there. they landed there. and both survived the fall. >>> a water main break caused the giant sinkhole on chicago's south side. roughly 20 by 80 feet. crews had to expand the hole to repair the broken pipe. meanwhile, neighbors' basements flooded with two feet of water. >>> and the danger of speed on water on full display here. at this boat race in england. a power boat rocketing across the lake at 130 miles per hour when it soared, as you see here, flipped. landed upside-down. a violent crash. thankfully, however, the driver of that boat appeared in the water. there you see him, and gave a thumbs up. all okay. >>> and the crowd at t

. >>> in other news this morning, the son of oklahoma senator jim inhofe has been killed in a plane crashft. that plain did crash in a wooded area over the weekend near ls

i want to close this afternoon by thanking chairman levin and ranking member inhofe for their leadership on this bipartisan bill. we still have a lot of work to do here in the senate, but obviously the foundation has been laid by the work of the committee and by their leadership. i also want to thank my staff for their incredibly hard work and dedication, the staff of all of the armed services committee, because without their contributions we would not have made as much progress as we did. from the readiness subcommittee, jay ma roney and mike noblett on the majority side, lucia neimeyer and from my personal staff, josh lucas, joel colony and patrick day. and finally, i want to say a special thank you to commander tasha lacy. tasha is a graduate of the naval academy and served in my office over the past year as a fellow on loan from the department of navy. her thoughtfulness and insight has been invaluable on a wide range of issues, especially during our efforts to address sexual assault. she's headed back to the navy soon but i wanted her to know that it truly has been a pleasure having

good men on the committee, particularly, the chairmanship of senator levin and the help of senator inhofe, and i note the senator from rhode island is here. thank you for strong add advocaf women, advancement of women in the military, and also these important reforms. i also just want to say something as women. this is historical, what we did this morning. you know, you had ten women from the united states' senate across the aisle speaking out with 30 goals, 30 reforms that were agreed to in the underlining bill. this is what the american people wanted, us working together with the chairman of the committee, listening to victims, listening to experts, listening to the military you know what's disappointing to me? there's one person in the press gallery. if we're in conflict, there's differences later on, differences in policy, that's okay with me, but we don't make the press anymore, we don't make press when we actually work together and work with such incredible diligence and expertise among themselves to solve these really egregious and historically intran gent problems. we know you lik

look, you have senator jim inhofe from oklahoma complaining he gave obama the election because he didon sandy instead of playing politics at the time. this is a guy who as conservative as he is favors some little bit of gun control and also somebody who refused to appeal the marriage equality ruling. he was going to lose that appeal flat-out. so he didn't do it. so i think you're going to see huge resistance. he's the establishment favorite. but on the other side, you have the tea party fanatics, and i think they may control 2016 in the republican party. >> connie, give us a pulse. who plays better in ohio right now, which, of course, is always going to be a linchpin to the election? in ohio, hillary clinton, or oh chris christie? because you look at the women's vote that took place, unmarried women, single moms, in virginia, heavily it went to terry mcauliffe. now, in ohio, i think the states -- somewhat are pretty much the same on some issues. your thoughts on that. who would take ohio right now? >> well, the women's issues loom so -- i hate to call them women's issues because men w

. >>> 52-year-old perry inhofe was piloting the small plane when it crashed outside of tulsa.sed that crash but the top of plane he was in which is a mitsubishi 2b-25 is has under investigation later after a slew of accidents. >> a public memorial service today for a tsa officer shot at l.a.x. service will be for gerardo hernandez who was gunned down on november 1st when authorities say paul ciancia pulled a semiautomatic from a duffel bag and began firing. hernandez was the first tsa officer killed in the line of duty. he was just 39 years old. >>> a judge is set to decide this week whether a lawsuit against spike lee will be heard in state or federal court. a tweet by the oscar nominated director misidentified an elderly couple's address as the home of george zimmerman. the couple encouraged the dangerous mob mentality and say they continued to get death threats and say they have been unable to sell their house. >>> disturbing images from michigan of a moment when a state trooper and a suspect fell off an overpass. it was all captured on the dash cam. it happened on november

when you look at spain when you think that's more inhofe. spanish youngsters are either out of work all out of university it's an absolutely tragic situation is it possible recipe for recollection of past history test existence of risk and span but i think across much of europe comment is as good as saying in geneva a youth unemployment stands at seven point seven cents. i say this makes a vibrant economy was in front of the european nations and the chimney. it will be to me until i was eighteen so i think that two interesting things in june the first indication system is much more. an antique maybe he is here and eats them all relationships with the needs of the of the economic sector and soul and confronts the problem we have is that lots of young people are oriented into winner in two ways with is done no shops and with a very important to respond to one orientation and two tone green. the young generations to a sickness with themselves and not two seconds when there's unemployment and no future and the second thing is in german you don't

the work of the armed services committee under the leadership of chairman levin and ranking member inhofe, and i want to express my appreciation for their leadership. those reforms are important to ensure a crime victim's rights are afforded under the code -- uniform code of military justice, and that victims receive a special victims advocate and that those found guilty of sexual assault will receive a mandatory discharge. these reforms which were initially proposed by myself and others will help improve this system. and they are a telling re few the legislation -- refutation of anyone who says in testimony before our committee or otherwise, that the ucmj is serving its intended purpose of justice when it previously dealt with cases of military assault. these reforms are necessary and necessary now. and i support them. and yet as i look at the totality of what is now contained in this bill, it seems insufficient. i'm left with the conclusion, it's an uneasy conclusion but a very strong one, that we have not yet achieved what we need to accomplish, namely, a system of justice that has the

thank our ranking member for the legislation i've been working on with senator moran and senator inhofe, johnson for his co-sponsorship. it's expressed, explored making change as part of the notice for request for information and streamlining regulations. how much of this change can be done by regulation versus legislation? are you supportive of congress moving on the legislation in this area and do you look at the senate bill as providing adequate protection for consumers that we think it does. >> as i indicated, we have been looking at the privacy notices i should, in our streamline initiative. we indicated we plan to move forward with rule making on that issue in the fairly near future. can we do all the things congress could do in that area? not necessarily. we can do quite a bit of it. we certainly if congress acts in the area, we will faithfully implement what congress does. it reminds me a little bit of the atm sticker issue which came up over the last couple of years. we were fully prepared to move forward with rule making on that. congress ended up legislating on the issue last

proceed to the immediate consideration of senate res 294 submitted earlier today by senators landrieu, inhofe and others. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 294, expressing support for the goals of national adoption day and national adoption month. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. begich: i further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. begich: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senate con resolution 25 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 25 authorizing the use of emancipation hall in the capitol visitors' center for activities associated with the ceremony to award the congressional gold medal to native american code talkers. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding with the mea

that would allow senator levin and senator in half -- ubg -- inhofe to have a conference. i do not know what they will do. if there is this angst about the defense of the country, they should vote cloture. i ignored somebody. yes, you. do you realize i knew you when you did not have gray hair? [laughter] >> given the logic of what you have just said about the filibuster, why leave it in place for supreme court justices? why not even straight -- even serve rate -- eviscerate it? >> we do not want to be jamming anybody on that. i think it is important. i would hope no one would ever use the fact that we tried years ago to pack the court. that is a separate part of our country and our cost to ship. >> are you worried that they will filibuster nominees to the supreme court anyway? >> let them do it. if they want the majority, fine. as senator schumer said, what is the choice? continue like we are or have democracy? >> if healthcare.gov is not fixed when you come back after thanksgiving, are you going to put the shaheen bill on the floor? >> let's see what happens. i will visit

i support senator inhofe, who is the ranking republican on the armed services committee, and my republican colleagues here in the senate in the approach they have taken while this bill's been on the floor. considering this bill, there needs to be an open amendment process. and we're not talking, as i said, about the hundreds of amendments that have been filed, but a reasonable number should be considered on the senate floor. everyone here is aware of the time constraints we're under, but that is not an excuse for bypassing an open amendment process on this important piece of legislation. mr. president, as the senate debates the annual defense authorization bill, our military continues to face increasing budget constraints. these budget constraints forced our military to prioritize and to develop ways to increase efficiency and reduce spending. as we look ahead, the department of defense must continue to focus on ways to best prepare for the threats our country will face in the future. on all fronts, these future threats will require an increasingly mobile force that relies on speed and tec

before i begin, i would like to offer my condolences to my friend and colleague from oklahoma, senator inhofe and his family, on the tragic loss of their son. both my wife and i will continue to keep their entire family in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time. mr. president, i rise today to talk about the president's broken promises on obamacare and there effects on the people of nevada. for more than a month now, the american people have witnessed just how poorly this burdensome law has been implemented. people all over the country are frustrated with the problems plaguing healthcare.gov, as they should be. the government spent hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars to overpromise and underdeliver on the signature legislation of this administration. but there are serious problems in addition to the web site, and one glaring issue, in particular, that i would like to focus on today. we have all heard from the law's supporter that obamacare would give uninsured americans access to health insurance. time and time again, they have promised that people who already had thei

, we have broad support, and i even have support, i'm proud to say, of chairman levin and senator inhofe has helped. we have a tremendous group of people who have -- who have helped us. we will have these proceedings presided over by a military lawyer, when possible. the proceedings are going to be recorded. we will prevent victims from being forced to testify in these proceedings. they can have alternative forms of testimony instead. so these are the basic commonsense reforms. and i'm very happy to say that with the strong support we have from so many on both sides of the aisle and with the support of chairman levin, i feel very positive, but to get this done, to stop this revictimmization of people who are just distraught by having been attacked and raped and brutally hurt, we need a bill to come up and we don't need oks to moving forward. we need to move forward with this bill, and i really hope we can. this article 32 reform brings us all together. it brings claire mccaskill and kirsten gillibrand, it brings senator graham and myself. it's just a very bipartisan reform, and there are

thank our ranking member for the legislation i've been working on with senator moran and senator inhofe, johnson for his co-sponsorship. it's expressed, explored making change as part of the notice for request for information and streamlining regulations. how much of this change can be done by regulation versus legislation? are you supportive of congress moving on the legislation in this area and do you look at the senate bill as providing adequate protection for consumers that we think it does. >> as i indicated, we have been looking at the privacy notices i should, in our streamline initiative. we indicated we plan to move forward with rule making on that issue in the fairly near future. can we do all the things congress could do in that area? not necessarily. we can do quite a bit of it. we certainly if congress acts in the area, we will faithfully implement what congress does. it reminds me a little bit of the atm sticker issue which came up over the last couple of years. we were fully prepared to move forward with rule making on that. congress ended up legislating on the issue last

the clerk: senators boxer, baucus, carper, cardin, white house, vitter, inhofe, and barrasso. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar 233, s. 42. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 233, s. 42, a bill to provide antiretaliation protections for antitrust whistle-blowers. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. bennet: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed,&the motions to reconsider -- passed and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 277 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 277, recognizing the religious and historical significance of th