lot to talk about with you this morning senator isakson. we want to get a breakdown of specific foreign policy issues that the 2016 presidential candidate will face. eric joins us with that angle good morning to you. >> good morning to you and everyone. iran, putin, isis the challenges facing our nation across the globe will land on the next president's desk whoever that is. >> she was an outstanding secretary of state. she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. >> hillary clinton's tenure as secretary of state could bring its own benefits and unwanted complications. while she supported arming the syrian rebels against the president's view there are those continuing questions the senator just pointed out about benghazi,'s sxshlly in light of those many unknown deleted e-mails. >> the fact is we had four dead americans because of a protest, or because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they had go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? >> and then there was that famous but misguided wit

thanks so much to senator isakson's input.there was an agreement reached by senator wyden, chairman ride, and myself. after considering taa and the preference go, we'll move to legislation designed to strengthen and improve the work of the customs and border protection agency. the trade facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015 put in place the right tools to deal with counterfeit products that threaten american innovation and the health and safety of the american people. the bill also helps bolster american experts by -- exports by ensuring that they comply with trade law. this is another bipartisan law that will help advance america's agenda and create better jobs and a stronger economy at home. finally, after we have debated and voted on these three bills will move to consideration of the bipartisan accountability act, to renew trade promotion authority. this legislation represents a bipartisan, bicameral effort to empower our trade negotiators in crafting u.s. trade policy. it was introduced by senator wyden and mysel

isakson. mr. isakson no. mr. portman. mr. 30r9man no. mr. toomey. mr. toomey no. mr. coats. mr. coats no. mr. haller. mr. haller no. mr. scott. mr. scott no. mr. wyden. mr. wyden no. mr. schumer. mr. schumer aye. miss stabenow. miss stabenow aye. miss cantwell aye. mr. nelson aye. mr. menendez ez aye. mr. carper no. mr. cardin. mr. cardin aye. mr. brown aye. mr. bennett. mr. bennett aye. mr. casey. mr. casey aye. mr. warner. mr. warner no. mr. chairman. the chairman votes no. mr. chairman, the final tally is nine ayes, 17 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. are we getting close to the end here? senator burr, you're next. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to call up portman number 2, and that's committee number 88. and i'll say to the chairman, he will not love me like he loves senator bennett because i will have to have a recorded vote on this. but i will be very brief. and i have great affection for the chairman and for the tax he's got in front of him. i thank my colleagues for their support. on the customs bill of the tpb issue. but i've got to add it on the tpa bill as well because

senator isakson. senator isakson: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity and learned a lot from listening to other questions. i am one that favors doing business. i sold houses for 33 years of my life before i came to congress. i never saw the perfect deal but i made a lot of deals. had a meeting of the minds. this is not a perfect deal. the question i have in my mind is to make sure this is the best deal we can get to move forward for our country. i give you this premise. two years ago a mission to india, all american jobs had gone to india, remember that tom, when all the help desks were going with india? we went to meet with mr. murtry, the owner of the largest traded company on nasdaq. he had a campus in india where he was doing backroom operations for hospitals, emergency rooms. we asked him this question, we said mr. murtry, all of america's so scared, all of our jobs are going to india because of what you're doing with lower wages and more technology and things like that. what would you tell the american people? why shou

senator isakson. senator isakson: thank you mr. chairman. appreciate the opportunity and learned a lot from listening to other questions. i am one that favors doing business. i sold houses for 33 years of my life before i came to congress. i never saw the perfect deal but i made a lot of deals. had a meeting of the minds. this is not a perfect deal. the question i have in my mind is to make sure this is the best deal we can get to move forward for our coni give you this premise. two years ago a mission to india, all american jobs had gone to india, remember that, tom, when all the help desks were going with india? we went to meet with mr. murtry, the largest traded company on nasdaq. he had a cam pause in india where he woos doing backroom operations for hospitals, emergency rooms. we asked him this question, we said mr. murtry, all of america's so scared, all of our jobs are going to india because of what you're doing with lower wages and more technology and things like that. what would you tell the american people? why should we not fear i

. >> senator isakson. >> thank you, chairman corker. we were in a private meeting this morning, so i can't name the individual, but a well respected journalist who asked a question about what's the greatest threat to the united states security. ironically, although acknowledging isil and what's going on in the middle east, directly cited the threat of putin to disrupt nato and destroy nato. so secretary mckeon and admiral pandolfe, i'd like your opinion on that statement. >> senator isakson, i would defer to the oic in terms of the terrorist threat. isil is certainly a threat to the united states, as are other branches of al qaeda and isil. we are certainly worried about the negative trend of russia and what it is doing not just in ukraine but along europe's borders and it's the core of the reason that we have taken a lot of the reassurance measures that we have and thinking hard about making sure that the alliance commitment can be met, not just through the united states, but through all our nato partners. >> admiral? >> senator, tradi

senator isakson. >> thank you mr. chairman. i call up amendment 56 and ask senator warner kraybill and senator casey to be listed as co-sponsors. out of an abundance of caution and respect for the chairman of agriculture agriculture committee i realize there's a jurisdictional issue with this point that this is what is known lovingly as the cat is amendment after the passage of the farm bill. usda has attempted to take over the regulation of the inspection process of seafood and in many cases that means they will be duplicative inspections of seafood and seafood processors like georgia virginia in the states around the country would have dual inspectors which would make it difficult for businesses to stay in business and would probably move offshore. i will withdraw the amendment out of respect for the chairman chairman of the agriculture committee but i would appreciate the finance committee giving me the end insurance for appropriate time on the floor that we could have an amendment and debate on the floor. >> thank you senat

again, with major garrett, and senator isakson said you can't beat up anybody and get on tv, but thehallenge for many people is trying to do something good and great and get an equal amount of coverage. we see a great deal of beating up politically smear campaigns because it is effective. people pay attention to a negative a lot more often, but president obama yesterday said there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic for the future. i mean we are living longer. the standard of living is still rising. there are plenty of signs that show us we should be optimistic and hopeful for what is to come. brian: next. who has got their hand up? yes, sir. stand over here so we can see. elisha: my name is elisha from ironton, ohio. i believe the reason have such a negative view on people in washington d.c., is because you are many times politicians are playing the blame game. people are playing the blame game. no one is taking responsibility to work together to make a difference in our nation. it is always if you are a republican it is a democrat's fault. if you are a democrat, it is a republica

i see senator isakson is here. i won't take too much more of his time.let me respond briefly in support of senator corker's concerns concerning senator johnson's amendment. i oppose that amendment. the determination of a treaty as an executive decision. the ratification is a legislative decision. when we go through a treaty, negotiations and ratification, we delegate authority. it would then be up to a different entity to make decisions. i know that my colleagues are very concerned about the treaty obligations and ratification of treaties. this clearly would raise some constitutional issues, this type of legislation. but let me just give you the practical problem you have here. in 2012 we entered into a treaty for disabilities. i don't believe it's controversial at all. doesn't change any of our laws. we have not acted on that yet. in 1994 the united states entered into a treaty of the law of the seas. most countries have ratified that treaty. not the united states. so if senator johnson's amendment became law, we would be -- the president would have no

on this be sure to catch "sunday morning futures" with maria bartiromo speaking live with johnny isakson response to the foreign policy stances an important one of the 2016 contenders, greg? >>> an alleged serial bride of all things now facing two felony fraud charges right here in new york. the woman accused of getting married ten times but only getting five divorces. which is, you know, a bit of a problem. raising serious national security concerns as well. we're live in new york with the details. brian? >> hi, greg. well, 39 liana barrientos married nine times between 19 final and 2002 alone. she currently has four husbands but at one point she was married to eight. eight men at the same time. liana reportedly used her real social security number and variations of her name each time yet she wasn't caught. the security concerns are real. mainly because seven of the men she married came from so-called red flagged countries countries suspected of harboring terrorists including egypt, turkey and pakistan. in fact, her eighth husband rashid rashput was deported back to pakistan in 2006 aft

senator isakson and carver have voted and are supportive of improvements in this space. i know i'm forgetting some others. forgive me. china's trade economic policy of undermining the global market place which major ceos quietly admit to everyone of us they cannot say it publicly, but they know what is going on. the appropriate time is now. i urge my colleagues to support this 14th amendment. >> thank you. i understand his seal here -- zeal here. determine whether some currency misalignment is effectively a subsidy either directly or indirectly to a country's exports. if so, the sanctions can follow. i actually asked my colleagues to vote against this amendment. it could be based on presumptions without support. currency fundamentals. an amendment would allow so many freedoms and arriving at a determination including indirect subsidies raised on some measure of under evaluation that it would prove entirely ineffective . at least that is my view. either it could or would not be made. it could lead to trade disputes. i'm concerned about it. i understand my colleagues since

i want to thank senators kirk, leahy, shaheen murray, boxer coons, markey, isakson ayotte and reed from rhode island for cosponsoring my resolution. i want to thank the march of dimes, the american academy of pediatrics the rotary club end results for supporting the resolution. but today's america's place as world leader in cutting-edge biomedical research is at risk. we no longer invest as we should in basic scientific research. from 2003-2012 the united states' investment in n.i.h. research didn't even keep up with inflation and the number of research grants awarded by the national institutes of health has declined every year for the past ten years. mr. president, this is shameful. it is shameful in a great nation like the united states where we've seen achievements like a polio vaccine for us to walk away from medical research. a decade ago 30% of qualified n.i.h. grant proposals were funded. today it's half that. 15%. the lowest rate in americans' modern history. dr. francis collins who directs the national institutes of health told me that inadequate funding of basic medical resear

>> walter isakson? ben bernanke and larry summers, the most edifying one about whether we're in a period of secular stagnation. that's the big question. >> i totally agree. evan evan's going to weigh in. >> i'm going to look forward to the day when we don't talk about ben bernanke or -- or the iwatch. >> that does it for us. "fast money" is coming up in just a few seconds. melissa lee, i'll send it right over to you. >>> it's time for "fast money right now." >> i'm melissa lee. here's what's on the fast track tonight. tesla stock soaring on the back record sales in the first quarter. is this a rally to sell? we'll debate that. >> elaine wynn sending an open letter to shareholders. we've got the details. and fast and furious here on the desk. we'll tell you which stocks we're furious at. it looked like it could be an ugly day after friday's weak job reports but this morning's

same time relying on the tariff productions provided under the program, i'd like to thank senator isaksonwho has been a leader for years on the african growth and opportunity act. we're very grateful for his work on this we're going to appoint agoa today. the preference bill represents an agreement reached by senator wyden, chairman ryan, representative samuel levin an myself. after considering both taa and the preference bill, we'll move to legislation designed to strengthen enforcement and improve the trade facilitation work of customs and border agency. the trade enforcement act of 2015 puts in place the right tools to keep counterfeit products that threaten the american innovation and safety of the american people. the bill also helps bolster american exports by assuring that other countries apply with u.s. trade law us. this is another bipartisan bill that will help advance america's agenda and create better jobs in a stronger economy at home. finally, after we've debated and voted these three bills and move to the consideration of the bipartisan trade priorities and accountability a

senator flake senator udall senator gardner senator boxer, senator perdue, senator shaheen, senator isakson senator paul, senator murphy, senator barrasso and senator markey. before discussing the text i'd like to thank senator bob menendez and mark kirk who have been all things iran. from the very beginning these are the two senators who have led this body to put in place sanctions, crushing sanctions that have led us to this place. and i cannot thank them enough for their leadership in dealing with the issue of iran. last year we had a significant amount of work on creating some kind of review process relative to some final agreement that might be worked out with iran and i want to thank senator lindsey graham who has just been a stalwart on ensuring somehow congress played a role in the ultimate final deal that may or may not occur. but lindsey has been steadfast in wanting congressional review, senator john mccain has joined in that effort and has been outstanding to work with senator jim risch and marco rubio all have pushed for this type of legislation. when we began this process ther

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advantage, you know plans and say we can give as our colleague from georgia noted not long ago senator isakson we can give better care at lower cost and do it for what is likely to be the type of health care services that dominates medicare in the future which is chronic disease. and we will be better able to tackle that with the abolition of s.g.r. so my hope is shortly we will vote to take that action that i believe constitutes a medicare milestone reaffirm our commitment to america's youngsters improve health care services for women from one end of america to another and get rid of this outdated system of therapy caps that are restricting what those who need need -- physical therapy occupational therapy aand others -- can-- otherscould get. this could finally be a punctuation mark in this, the 50th year of medicare and an opportunity for all senators to see that they were part of adopting a fresh set of policies to provide a brighter and healthier future for all our people. with that, madam president, i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk wil