johannes? >> thank you, madam chairman.bersfhis committee for the opportunity to appear today with my friend and colleague, dr. shah, to discuss the fiscal year 2014 budget request. i'd like to summarize my statement and submit the full version for the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. to continue advancing prosperity, stability in american values around the world. mcc does this by reducing poverty through sustainable economic growth. our partners are rigorously selected countries that have a track record of sound, democratic and economic governance. we asked them to priority ids their economic needs and to develop effective solutions that make a measurable difference. we are selective about which investment we'll make, because americans deserve to see their tax dollars deliver high rate of return. we sign compacts with our partner countries, spelling out the terms of our assistance. during compact implementation, we monitor progress and require programs be completed in five years. if countries fail to respect hum

characters, for example african american characters, i'm also caution -- i had written another play called johann that was about an african american gi and a japanese wife that got married in post war japan. i wrote that play 20 years ago. i wouldn't do it for about 8 years or so because i just didn't feel comfortable about being a japanese american writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african american actors and i actually had it vetted by august wilson, read it and checked it out for me and there's another fellow who wrote soldier's story, charles fuller, took a look at it for me. i wanted to make sure my bases were covered. but this new play, what i did

a's outfielder johannes cespedes on the dl with a strained muscle in his left hand fromend. michael taylor was brought up in behind stead. tigers in town with justin verlander on the hill, and case closed. a's one nine straight coming into the contest. third inning, torii hunter. it's out of here. solo bomb. his first of the year, the tigers up 1-0. prince fielder went deep in the fourth. three batters later, jhonny peralta. anderson roughed up. allowed three home runs, gave up seven runs in 5-2/3 inning. the a's nine-game win streak is broken up by the tigers. 7-3 the final. >>> the giants and their true fans, the orange. madison bumgarner on the mound. struck out six in 6-2/3 inning. scutaro, this opposite field rbi single. bumgarner scores from second. and bottom ninth, casilla gets the save and got help from the defense. check out pablo. the catch, rolls into the stands. the panda, a little cut on his leg but should be okay. great cash. giants win 3-2. take 3-4 with tomorrow's game, tim lincecum on the mound. >> david shaw and the annual spring game, kevin hogan starting

a's outfielder johannes cespedes on the dl with a strained muscle in his left hand fromend. michael taylor was brought up in behind stead. tigers in town with justin verlander on the hill, and case closed. a's one nine straight coming into the contest. third inning, torii hunter. it's out of here. solo bomb. his first of the year, the tigers up 1-0. prince fielder went deep in the fourth. three batters later, jhonny peralta. anderson roughed up. allowed three home runs, gave up seven runs in 5-2/3 inning. the a's nine-game win streak is broken up by the tigers. 7-3 the final. >>> the giants and their true fans, the orange. madison bumgarner on the mound. struck out six in 6-2/3 inning. scutaro, this opposite field rbi single. bumgarner scores from second. and bottom ninth, casilla gets the save and got help from the defense. check out pablo. the catch, rolls into the stands. the panda, a little cut on his leg but should be okay. great cash. giants win 3-2. take 3-4 with tomorrow's game, tim lincecum on the mound. >> david shaw and the annual spring game, kevin hogan starting

mike johanns of nebraska. they're all quitting. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." mark sanford's political comeback trail may be coming to an end. with a special election for the first congressional district two weeks away now a new poll shows sanford trailing his opponent democrat elizabeth busch by nine. 50% for cobert busch 41% for sanford after national republicans announced they would no longer fund his campaign because he violated his divorce agreement entering his ex-wife's home without her permission. sanford took an unusual approach pleading with voters in his full page ad in a charleston newspaper. he writes it's been a rough week. though we may be public figures we are still human figures who struggle just as so many other families and divorced couples do in getting child rearing right as best you can. michael steele is the former chair of the rnc and msnbc political analyst and singt ya tucker a visiting professor from the university of georgia from atlanta. were you taken with the heart warming messa

i think for mike johann, a republican from nebraska, a younger man in his early '60s i'm not sure the senate was an ideal fit for him. but for a lot of these, as amy pointed out, a lot of these members are very senior, five of the eight are over 70. five of the eight have served five terms or more. so, you know, there are cycles in american politics and democrats are hit regular tirplt in a partilarly difficult class, not an ideal time for them. >> and politics is all about timing and republicans are hoping that the third time is the charm here. 2010, 2012, stu and i would have come in here and said "boy, the map looks really bad for democrats, they could lose control of the senate." and then those years unfolded and 2010 was the year of the tea party but it was also the year where republicans nominated terrible candidates. n states they were supposed to win. twelve we, of course, had the infamous todd akin in missouri and richard newshour dock in indiana. so five seats that they lost. >> ifill: are there any republican seats being vacated where republicans are at a disadvantage? >> n

. >> senator johanns. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me follow up on senator crapo's questions about data collection. >> uh-huh. >> where do can you go to get the data? >> so i would focus on three different areas. credit card data, which is critical for us to have in order to do things like prepare the card act that congress has required -- >> right. but do you go to visa or mastercard? >> typically on the credit card data, and it's a different answer for different categories, and i'm reading from notes that my staff prepared for me, that we have typically been collecting this data through argas. that is a known collector of data. it is used by any number of institutions and by other regulators. and so we're following very well-plowed ground in assessing that data. >> so they go to visa or mastercard or whoever? >> or issuers themselves. might be like wells far bow or bank of america -- wells fargo or jpmorgan chase, any who issue cards. >> okay, so you mentioned three. there's two others. where else would you go to get the data? >

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johanns: nebraskans have every reason to be proud of senator fischer and her extraordinary, impressive start here in senate service. deb has proved herself to be a thoughtful leader in our state, a reasoned voice where members in our legislature listen to her and followed her leadership. she's been firm in her principles. while also demonstrating a serious commitment to reaching across the aisle to solve problems. from successful legislation encouraging real broadband to visiting our troops in afghanistan, senator fischer has had a very active first few months. her experience as a state senator undoubtedly helped her to hit the ground running here in washington and also grounded her in the principles that are so important to the people that her and i represent. i'm proud to say i'm very anxious to team up even more with senator fischer in the weeks and months ahead. in view of the fact that i've announced that i won't be seeking reelection, she will soon be the senior senator from the state of nebraska and i have no doubt whatsoever that she will do a great job. i'm proud to be her col

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johanns: thank you, mr. president. i rise this afternoon to speak about the issue before us, gun violence, and the second amendment to the united states constitution. we have all been enormously saddened by the recent senseless acts of violence that have affected our nation. in congress, we have all been deeply moved, and we are all motivated by the tragedies. however, unfortunately, the legislation currently before the senate would do virtually nothing to address the causes of this violence. this legislation in my judgment would take us down what i would regard as a dangerous path. rather than focusing on the underlying causes of gun violence, this legislation would place onerous restrictions on law-abiding americans who have a right and are exercising their second-amendment rights. it should trouble us that the first response to recent tragedies is to curtail the bill of rights. these rights were so incredibly vital to the birth of this great nation, the founders specifically limited the power of the government to re