as europe and senator klobuchar, if team u.s.a. is to play competitively globally, we do best and brightest contributors who are future. i would reeducate the best innovators in the world and send many back to compete with those from other countries rather than embracing them here and allowing two in anniston creek comes in his here in the united states. wanting her to move ahead, and equally eager to have a smooth ahead with reform first degree holders. comprehensive immigration reform is a necessity for hard-working people of delaware and around the country. for those who want nothing more than to build a better life for children contributes to the american train, that is what any of us would want, the chance to work hard, see her children grow happy and healthy with education opportunities to make their dreams come true and contribute to stronger america. that's when committed to a comprehensive overhaul of our immigration system, one that supports children and families as well as our economy and vital technology sector and welc

klobuchar: thank you very much, senator hatch. it is good to be here with our strong cosponsors, senator rubio and senator coons, and i want to thank you for your incredible leadership. we have worked as a team, and i think this really is about what this is, it's a team, team america, because we must be a country that makes stuff again, that invents things, that exports to the world, and to do that, we need the world's talent. that is what this bill is about. as everyone can see by looking at the four of us here on the floor, it's something that both parties can agree on to get this done and to get comprehensive immigration reform done, we must work in a bipartisan manner. i support the comprehensive immigration principles outlined yesterday for reform and look forward to working with my colleagues on the judiciary committee to get this done. the i-squared bill is about encouraging engineers and inventors and innovators and entrepreneurs to work here in this country and to actually discourage companies from contracting out with pe

i'm pleased to be joined here by my colleagues, senator amy klobuchar, senator marco rubio, and senatorhris coons, without whom this bill would not have materialized. all four of us have worked very closely together and each one deserves total credit for this bill. together, we have crafted one of the first bipartisan immigration bills this congress. one that is designed to address the shortage of high skilled labor that we face in this country. this shortage has reached a crisis level. for too long our country has been unable to meet the ever-increasing demand for workers trained in the science, technology, engineering and math, or stem fields. as a result some of our nation's top technology markets like silicon valley, seattle, boston, new york and salt lake city are in desperate need for qualified skin workers. it is critical that we not only recognize this shortage of high skilled workers, but also understand why it exists. increasingly enrollment in u.s. universities in the s.t.e.m. fields come from foreign students and despite our urgent need for workers in these fields, we contin

. >> thank you very much, senator klobuchar. thanks for being with us today. >> we'll have more women on the softball team, congressional softball team to compete with your press team, andrea. we're glad about that. >> we'll do better this year. the young survivors coalition against breast cancer. thank you very much, amy klobuchar. >> thank you for all your work on that, thank you. >>> still ahead, a public plea from the family of robert levinson, missing for six years in territorial iran, but now seen. >>> chris christie, his take on his party's identity problem. i describe myself as a mother, a writer and a performer. i'm also a survivor of ovarian and uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. iimagine living your lif

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klobuchar of minnesota. mr. manchin of west virginia. mrs. mccaskill of missouri. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the group: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. [applause] the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. menendez of new jersey. mr. murphy of connecticut. mr. nelson of florida. mr. sanders of vermont. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any

we have a very special guest on the set with us today, we have senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, the first woman senator from the state of minnesota and you've been the senator from minnesota since about 2007. >> that's correct. >> you know, one of the things that struck us here, senator, was the nature of the president's speech as a civil rights speech. and he went out of his way to mention seneca falls, the 19th century convention in seneca falls, new york, that was such a milestone in the women's rights movement and i wonder what resonance you saw with all of the things the president said in the speech about women and their rights. >> well, he also connected it to women's rights and equal pay and he was standing there with the congress which finally had 20 women senators, something that we haven't seen in our history. so i think it was important that he did that. but i also think that the speech was much more than just about the past. he connected that past to the future by talking about the next generation's issues. acknowledging that the divide in congress we're never going to s

i think -- >> neither of you liked mine. >> klobuchar would be pulling somebody from left field. >> that'sly, actually i have a bir binder full of women. >> bob is really funny. >> and here is what i would love to see. i would like to see kelly ayotte who is the republican senator from new hampshire run against jeanne shaheen the democrat from new hampshire, and we could just let the 12 people who live in new hampshire would decide it. maybe a few flaws. what do you think? >> we'll have a conversation at some other juncture, bob, about the role of places like iowa and new hampshire, the role that they have in our electoral process because, you know, one could argue that their roles are a bit outsized. small states do play an important role and that's where the electoral college comes in because it gives an equal voice to the states. >> is the voice equal or perhaps a little louder? >> and another comment about nikki haley, there are many people who would say that any candidate who doesn't have a high approval rating in south carolina might be okay. >> you know what, bob franken, i can't si

but the optics of it are -- >> senator amy klobuchar who has been mentioned as a possible presidentialandidate next time around from minnesota. the senior senator there. here's what she had in defense of the president had to say. let's listen. >> first of all, let's look at what the president has done here. he had hillary clinton. you can't get a stronger woman in as secretary of state, a stronger person in. you had sebelius, napolitano. two supreme court nominees. both have been women. he does have a strong track record here. not all the nominees have been announced yet. obviously i'd like to see some women in there. >> let me talk to you about how this changes and a president could change. gene said bring up to farm team. but bring up the people to the deputy ranks to have them ready for principle positions. most second terms are filled with people who were deputies in the first term. that hasn't always happened. but it's an ideal circumstance. how do you get more women and more minorities in the sort of the clubhouse mentality of politics of people running campaigns, people like tom

barbara boxer, patty murray, debbie stabenow, maria cantwell, kay hagan, amy klobuchar, and speaker nancyosi, a elizabeth warren, tammy baldwin, maggie hassan, louis frankel -- the numbers keep going. we have seen so many incredible women in this room today. all of those victories have led us to this moment. we are ready to take the next step. we are ready to be the springboard for the next generation of democratic women leaders. we are ready to elect more democratic women governors in 2014. we are ready to help nancy pelosi get her gavel back. [applause] we are ready to put a democratic woman in the oval office. that starts with putting a woman on the democratic ticket in 2016. we can do this. our goal is within reach. our movement has never been stronger. our time is now. there is strength in numbers. there is strength in this room. today, let's celebrate. tomorrow, let's get to work. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] welcome to the stage of the amazing and malley's list candidates, past and present -- emily's list. elizabeth warren, tammy baldwin, elisabeth hassan. co

i want to thank, again, senators klobuchar, hatch, coons, and rubio for their leadership. as a member of the judiciary committee as well as the immigration subcommittee, i look forward to working with them on this important legislation in the months ahead. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i believe the business before the senate is the confirmation of john kerry as secretary of state which i would like to speak to. mr. president, i actually rise today in support of two senators, one former and one current, as america's secretary of state. last week, both were guests of the foreign relations committee which i served on and both did an outstanding job. secretary of state, former senator from new york, hillary clinton, has served the united

we have senators who right now, joe klobuchar -- senator klobuchar from new hampshire. we have secretaries like kathleen sebelius, who was the governor of kansas, not an easy gig to get. and janet nepalitano, previously the governor of arizona. both of them could step up and running for president. and that is before the next two years before we -- when we have 38 governorships up for reelection. that is the bench for 2016, 2020, and 2024. we want to see a woman on the ticket. host: thank you for your time. today, we take a look at the difference between how older and younger voters view the upcoming budget battles and issues related to the budget. >> adkins could -- hopkins could read the president's move unlike anyone else. he came as close to getting in his madness -- his eyes were tortured crawled heavily forested. he knew when to be still in the presence of the president. he knew when to press him. and when to back off and tell a joke. after he won the election, wendell -- wendell willkie, whom he beat, with in his office. they remain friends. and he said to the pre

you may have seen the bill introduced, hats, klobuchar bill introduced, which is a lot of positive, interesting and things that would help high-tech and generally keeping talent here, one of which is looking everything the visa caps. right now the cap is at 75,000 annuity interesting to see the cap as an economic indicator is stored as an indicator of demand from our perspective. so two years ago 65,000 tablets had in november. plaster it was was hit in june and this year is expected to hit very early, which shows despite the broad unemployment statistic, unemployment in the high-tech stem cell is under 4%. so there is that sort of demand out there know that interesting to see in the coming months how that plays and some of the proposals and provisions to address those issues as well, understanding this always trade-offs with green cards. another bill introduced in crossed the line per country, change in the per country caps for green cards is also included in that as well. obviously this seems like a sprint now, not internally we talk about how it's a journey, not a sprint. this week ago the m

we have senators who right now, senator klobuchar from new hampshire. we have secretaries like kathleen sebelius, who was the governor of kansas, not an easy gig to get. and janet nepalitano, previously the governor of arizona. both of them could step up and running for president. and that is before the next two years when we have 38 governorships up for reelection. that is the bench for 2016, we will have a lot the women stepping up for this. host: emilyslist.com. thank you for your time. >> tonight, a look at u.s. afghan relations. president karzai and president obama spoke at a joint news conference at the white house. following that are remarks at georgetown university. or not michael m -- michael mee se. now the news conference with president obama and afghan president karzai at the white house. president karzai also met with defense secretary leon panetta and secretary of state hillary clinton. this is about wordy minutes. -- 40 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to welcome president karzai back to the white house as well as his delegation. we last saw

we have got senators right now and senator klobuchar, and a number of others i would consider today who could run. we have secretaries, kathleen sebelius, the governor of kansas. not an easy gig to get, andant napolitano, previously the governor of arizona, both of which could step up and run for president. that's before this next two years where we have 38 governorships up for election, re-election, and we're going to have a lot of women stepping up to run for these governorships. that's the bench for '16, '20, and '24. >> host: she says the president, emily's list.org, the web site of the organization. thank you for your time. >> guest: thank you. my pleasure. >> tomorrow on washington journal, >> next on c-span2, a forum on the future of the guantanamo do tension facility. then the secretary of the air force talks about the state of that branch of the military. after that, discussion on the role of women in military conflicts. >> now guantanamo bay prison opponents criticize president obama for not vetoing a defense bill that bars the transfer of detainees from the detention center.