senator landrieu. >> thank you, mr. chairman and i sincerely appreciate your leadership as the chair of the african subcommittee on this very important committee of the united states congress to use this platform and your time and attention to build support for the atrocities going on in this part of the world. they may not be the greatest, most widespread atrocities but they are atrocities nonetheless, and they have been brought to our attention in a very special and significant way. through the voices of children. it's very unusual for children of the world, maybe it's been done before in this way, i'm not sure. but this issue, with hundreds and millions of children around the world led by a child himself, has brought these atrocities to our attention. and that in itself, mr. chairman, should be honored. we struggle to make democracy relevant to the children in our country. we struggle to make democracy make sense to people in the world who are not used to it. and it's moments like these that need to be captured and p

if you would join at the table senator mary landrieu. >>> uganda, central africa. these are very different circumstances. >> the night i first met jacob, he told me what he and other children in northern uganda were living through. >> after spending a few weeks with jacob, he told me something i will never forget. >> the world should know this war is complex. if it was not complex, it would not have stayed for 36 years. i have been in the forefront from day one. i felt that this can be an opportunity for someone else to see what was in northern uganda. i felt that, let's do something and let the world know. that is why our advocacy has been very strong. >> so while jolie lost invisible childrens programs on the ground, we came home and in 2005 began telling true stories with our friends affected by lra violence. because we have seen that stories can change lives. >> thank you. i am in awe of jolie and jacob's courage and strength and indeed agree that their stories have touched and saved millions of lives, just by participating in these videos. i am certain that yo

s gulf oil spill, louisiana senator mary landrieu will join us. it's "nightly business report" for friday, april 20. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. tom, that it's the traditional the u.s. economy is faltering. >> tom: susie, this has been the >> susie: we've seen some disappointing results in the housing market, some signs manufacturing is slowing and darren gersh takes a look at the downshift in expectations. >> let's start with the good news. even with higher oil prices, the after effects of the housing bubble and everything that is still going on in europe, the u.s. economy is growing. and it's proved stronger than the skeptics feared. but just one month ago, the economy seemed to be powering along at a 3% clip. now, that momentum is almost gone. >> i think some of the steam that we were picking up was, in fact, related to unusually warm weather and in sense was a hip fake of sorts, an economic hip f

we have been speaking with louisiana senator mary landrieu. >> i'm erika miller. stilahead on n.r.,rom hair forl clothes, kids are spending hundreds of dollars on a high school rite of passage. we look at the prom economy. >> tom: mcdonald's continues seeing business pick-up, but even the golden arches aren't immune to the mixed signals on the economy. the company called the economic climate challenging, yet earnings are growing. mcdonald's earned a $1.23 in the first quarter, right on target. its value menu remains a strong selling point for customers. in-coming c.e.o. don thompson is looking for a new extra value menu and the cherry berry chiller drink to help its summer business. >> susie: fellow dow component general electric also ended higher in today's session, thanks to better than expected first quarter results. g.e. says demand was strong for energy equipment and railroad locomotives. c.e.o. jeff immelt also confirmed the company is on track to post double digit earnings growth this year. g.e. earned 34 cents a share, a penny ahead of expectations. revenu

. >> thank you so much, senator landrieu, for joining us today. jacob, mr. akai, if you'd like to offer your testimony today. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. on behalf of the survivors and those who are still going through the hardship in central african republic, congo, and sudan, i want to testify and share my story in a struggle for bringing this war which has lasted for more than two decades to an end. being someone who was born through the war, i went through a lot. some were directly to my life and some indirectly. when i say indirectly, it touched many of my friends, relative, and people whogs here now with me and many of the people who are back at home. i will go into the direct one which has touched my life and try to connect to many who has touched their life as well. they came to me at the age of 12. i was abducted from my village by the lra. and taken. and the way i was abducted was in a way the rebels came around midnight, just in the middle of our sleep, and they broke down our door and got inside where i was sleeping with my cousin and tie

landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today to mark and celebrate the career of a louisiana native, a very dear friend of mine and someone that is admired by literally thousands, if not millions, of people in texas and around the world. that gentleman is dr. kenneth hall. next week dr. hat hall will rete after almost two decades of leadership at bucker in international, which is one of the world's outstanding nonprofit organizations formed many years ago in texas. dr. hall served as the fifth president, only the fifth president, in over 120 years. after his retirement as president in 2010, he's continued to serve as c.e.o. of this fine organization. buckner, as it is known, is a global christian ministry that does extraordinary work with vulnerable children and families throughout texas and other places in the united states and recently expanded internationally. they helped to run self-sufficiency programs, community transformation programs, education, jobs readiness, and training, after-school program

senator landrieu. >> thank you mr.and i sincerely appreciate your leadership as the chair of the african subcommittee on this very important committee of the united states congress to use this platform and your time and attention to build support for the atrocities going on in this part of the world. they may not be the greatest, most widespread atrocities, but they are atrocities nonetheless and they have been brought to our attention in a very special and significant way, through the voices of children. very unusual for children of the world. maybe it's been done before in this way. i am not sure, but this issue with hundreds and millions of children around the world led by a child himself, has brought these atrocities to our attention. and that in itself mr. chairman should be honored. we struggle to make democracy relevant to the children in our country. we struggle to make democracy makes sense to people in the world who are not used to it, and it's moments like these that need to be captured and promoted. when ch

senator mary landrieu, thanks so much for joining us.bout what you have found so far pap it's hard to determine linkage but what what is the evidence to continuing damage to the environment and to the cycle? >> it's important to remember how huge and unprecedenced the spill was. it was over 5 million barrels is of oil spilled in the gulf of mexico. 600 miles of coastline along america's energy coast was oiled. we had about 87,000 square miles of fisheries were closed. and frankly, the sad part of this is we don't really know the extent of the daniel because we've never invested enough money in the science that would be required to give us some really firm answers, which is one of the reasons why we're pushing the restore act to make sure, andrea, that the penalties money that bp is going to pay comes back to this area so we can give people answers about what the short-term, intermediate and long-term daniel has been to this important coast for the country. >> now, there is some evidence according to the associated press of sick fish. wha

my name is daniel landrieu, and i am at 43-year resident of the fillmore western addition -- my nameniel landry. i am here to clearly support candidate erris edgerly. i have worked with him for years. he is a direct connect. remember when newsom was here, we kept talking about disconnect. and we need someone who is a direct connect to the community, that they will be advising to the supervisors and other parts of government, and so i think, you know, clearly, the word in this committee is community advisory -- is the clear word we need to look at. one of the things that is troubling to me by my years in the western addition, a lot of times, people work in the community, but they do not work with the community. our people may have addresses in the community, nonprofits, whatever, but still, that connect is not there. i think erris -- and there are other fascinating candidates today, so i do not want to knock anyone else, but i think he brings exactly what we're looking for because you have big projects in our area like the fillmore center where you had a group come in who wanted to pl

also tomorrow, we talk with louisiana senator mary landrieu about the b.p. oil spill two years on. that's it for us tonight. "nightly business report" for thursday, april 19. i'm tom hudson. we'll see you online and back here tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

and we talk with louisiana senator mary landrieu about the changes to her state's economy two years after the b.p. spill. >> tom: if you need more evidence of globalization, just listen to this: an explosion at a chemical plant in germany threatens to put the brakes on the auto industry. the disaster comes after auto makers have been recovering from supply shortages caused by last year's earthquake and tsunami in japan. diane eastabrook has the details. >> reporter: this time around, the fly in the ointment for the global auto industry is a chemical used in the resin that coats brake and fuel lines. the only company that supplies the chemicalas rocked by an explosion at a german plant late last month. rebecca lindland follows the auto industry for i.h.s. global insight. she says finding a replacement for the chemical could be costly and potentially dangerous. >> because it's used in safety- related supplies like brake lines, there could be future consequences because if anything would happen in the future with the performance of this product in a vehicle, you could have lawsuits, you coul

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as was mentioned by senator landrieu and also by you, i was pleased that president obama in speaking yesterday at the holocaust memorial emphasized the on going commitment and support and ranked the lord's resistance army among the great morally challenging atrocities of the last 50 year, and emphasized his commitment to continuing. you've both spoken about the importance of being able to defect, to escape, and then the importance, the previous panel spoke about how important that is both so that we have intelligence about what is going on within the lra but also so we can help those who have been abducted recover. i'd be interesteding in hearing from both of you if we could, how ke encourage and support defector, escapees currently in the hold of the lra? what more could we be doing? second, what more should we be doing to help with recovery and development efforts in which you've been very active? please? >> i want to say thank you so much for that question. the first thing that i think we need to encourage which i think worked very well in northern uganda, is the effort to support

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as was mentioned by senator landrieu and also by you, miss okot, i was pleased that president obama emphasized the ongoing commitment and support and ranked the lord as resistance army among the great morally challenging atrocities of the last 50 years, and emphasized his commitment to continuing. you have both spoken about the importance of being able to defect and escape. the previous panel spoke about how important that is, both so that we have intelligence about what is going on within the l.r.a., but also so that we can help those who have been abducted recover. i'd be interested in hearing from each of you, if you could, how can we encourage defecttors? how can we help encourage and support escapees who are currently in the hold of the l.r.a.? what more could we be doing? second, what more should we be doing to help with recovery and development efforts in which you've been very active? >> i want to thank you so much for that question. the first thing that i think we need to encourage, which i think worked very well in northern uganda, is the effort to support the information flow , buil

landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the courtesy of the senator from montana and the senator from massachusetts just for me to put into the record the names of 13 young women that accompanied me to washington today to work with me in the senate in honor of take our daughters and sons to work. ms foundation started this 20 years ago. it's a tradition we have held dear here in the senate. in fact, mr. president, over 100 young people came to the capitol today with their parents, grandparents, guardians to participate in work in the senate, and important work we did today. i want to particularly thank leader reid and leader mcconnell for opening up the senate floor today for over 75 children and their parents that had the special opportunity to be here on the floor, and i will put my entire statement into the record, but i want to acknowledge dominique cravens, martine cruz, amaya dawson, katia and anna fontana, anna riley, sarah sternberg, haley trahan and caroline and bailey watts from pineville, louisiana.

caller: probably mary landrieu and we've got to get rid of her. she is an absolute democrat clone. she's got to get out of there. she wants to give away everything that she can. you know, there's what, 47% of the people in this country do not pay any taxes at all. and 50% of those get money back from the government. how in the hell does that happen? host: thanks for your call. in indiana, long-term incumbent is facing a primary challenge. this week, he had a primary senate debate with his competitor. let's listen in to a little bit of it. >> we need to protect social security and there are at least two votes when mr. luger went the other way. there were two calls go to people who were in the country illegally. i would have voted the opposite way in those votes. i would not have accepted those votes. that's the kind of protection we need to provide for that fund for our older citizens. >> that's unfair. i did not have votes for illegal social security payments to persons. host: just a glimpse of the senate race in indiana with longtime incumbent dick lugar. here is a reporting from

landrieu: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: mr. president, i want to add my strong voice to support the lieberman lieberman-collins-carper position and senator brown has also been a great leader in this bipartisan effort to save the post office and put it on a more sound financial footing. not at the expense of taxpayers generally but the users of the post office. this is about rural towns in america. this is about small businesses everywhere that rely on the post office to get basic business done. don't vote wrong today. give the post office a chance to save itself. that's what we're doing here. we're giving rural communities a chance to fight and to be part of a growing economy. we're giving small businesses the opportunity to stay in business. don't cut them off today. let this debate go forward because we are trying to do the think the ling, the fight fiscally responsible direction. and i see the colleague from massachusetts who's been a very able leader on our -- in our efforts. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer:

asking people like steve, and other congressional members, even mary landrieu, from louisiana, about what they think about safety and what we should have done in the aftermath. host: these drilling regulations dealing with safety in place before the oil spill, are they adequate today? guest: they were up -- i do not think that they were adequate. as a result of that tragic accident, i think that drilling is safer. but to put up a moratorium and say that we will wait, just like president obama is doing with keystone xl, waiting after the election, when the political climate is more favorable, that only spells economic disaster for the country. host: what about the panel? they are saying that congress needs to act. guest: i think all allegis threat -- legislation regarding drilling safety has been done. time to get the economy stimulated. host: they are saying not one piece has passed. guest: that is not true. i probably have a list of 30 different bills we have passed in the house that we have sent to the senate. they just stacked up on harry reid's best like firewood. he does not wan

these people need to be primar ied, like mary landrieu. the tax issue. if you people do not raise taxes, the democrats, for one -- we are not coming to vote because if we cannot get you to do anything for us, there is no reason to vote for you. host: tax policy is our topic, and up next on "washington journal" in about 10 minutes. go ahead. guest: raise taxes and cut spending so that he will not drive us back into another recession, and we will grow ourselves out of recession while at the same time cutting the deficit. the weight in which every budget experts as you get out of our recession when you have a big deficit is you begin gradually to cut the deficit while growing the economy. if you cut it to starkly, you cut your ability to grow. the caller makes a very good point. we have engaged the first time in american history in two wars without paying for them. he is talking about prescription drugs, where we did not pay for that. republicans in a sense are trying to make up for what they did pay for the 4. if you want to make up for it, make up for it

and the republicans, to be fair some democrats from oil producing states mary landrieu, voted against these sud subsid subsid-edes, they will raise gas prices. so they use gas prices for an excuse for continuing these sub did sid employees. why do they make sense today or do they? >> to be clear on one front, bill, thewhen the president proposed that and when senate democrats proposed that, that rolling back of the oil subsidies, everyone involved in that game knew that that vote was not going to pass. that was a straight-up, political kabuki. >> why shouldn't it pass? why should we could not welfare for exxon? >> at stake here is the oil/gas industry enjoys about $4,000,000,000 a year in tax brakes. >> yeah. ? >> some of those tax breaks have been in place nearly 100 years. >> right. >> they were put in place when the oil industry was very new and they were put in place to give this new -- the government kind of wanted to help out this new industry go forth. >> right. >> get some tax breaks in order to make these risky investments. it's not really a risky investment to go out and exp

. >> landrieu 13503 and there are several helicopters east of the airport. [inaudible] >> okay. i can keep them in the cavernous he wants to talk to me directly on pluto 98. estimate we are going to be landing full length as possible. >> okay. we can work pretty much anything out to get him landing but we will just keep him in the pattern and get him as fast as possible. estimate of the wind is 34014. >> thank you. >> [back ground noise] [background noise] >> i may be moving you midfield right away after the 747 landsea to get on wrong way 30 to get him through because it's critical >> we will be ready. >> peace 38 is going to be making a right turn and we are going to try to get him on the ground so he might be passing just barely below you on the east downward trend so i need you to stay out 2000, okay? >> prudhoe 98 when you break off maintain 1,500 write down when we are going to have nuclear to land as soon as you tell me you can break out. >> as soon as the team's 38 and the 74 are cleared cross the runway. >> copy that. [background noise] turn left at the end and contact

and i want to take a moment to thank senator landrieu, who was a driving force in this bill. there's no question without her insistence this wouldn't have happened. so what an opportunity we have. now, there are certain things that i think we should keep out of this cfn conference, and thas things that tear us apart. there's no reason to have controversy in this conference. we can save those battles for another day. i think what we should do with this cmp conference is just all rally around the consensus of what has to be done. and if it's something outside the scope of the conference, if it's unanimous and everybody thinks it is a good idea, like the restore act, let's do it. there's a provision in the bill that helps our rural counties use the proceeds from timber sales to -- for their schools. how critical is this? and for their local governments. you know, one could argue, yeah, it's not part of the transportation program, but it's -- it's -- it's a consensus. it's a coming together. where we can do that, that's very important that we stick with those consensus items and

lieberman: and next is senator landrieu, 2072. ms. landrieu: mr. president, i call up my amendment 2072. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mrs. landrieu, proposes amendment number 2072. ms. landrieu: i -- the presiding officer: there will be two minutes of debate equally divided. ms. landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i rise in support of this amendment to offer to my colleagues on behalf of senator snowe and myself, and senator stabenow and senator shaheen. we are very concerned, mr. president, that the post office has not looked carefully enough at the impact that some of its decisions might have on small businesses that rely on their operations. so all this amendment says -- and i understand there is no opposition and i understand we might be able to take it by voice vote -- is that included in the studies that the post office is going to do to analyze their way forward, they must consider the impact on small businesses that they serve. as you know, mr. president, in some areas, particularly ru

paul 2027, cardin, 2040, paul 2028, carper 2065, paul 2029, carper 20 of 6, paul 2039, paul 2038, landrieu 2072, demint 2046, mccaskill to 30, coburn 2059, pryor 2036, rockefeller, 2073, rockefeller 2074, schumer 2050, tester 2032, and warner 2071, with the modification agreed to by the two managers. on use it dirks april 25 t-4, at a time to be determined by the majority leader, the senate vote in rielings to the amendments in the order lists, that there be two minutes equally divided in the usual form prior to each vote. all after the first vote be 10 minutes, that the amendments be semiconductorred to a fao affirmative vote threshold, the substitute as modified or amendments listed -- i'm sorry, mr. president, let me start over again because i misread a line. on tuesday, april 24, at a time to be determined by senator reid, the senate vote in relation to the amendments in the order lists, there be two minutes listed in the usually form prior to each vote, all after the first voabt 10 minutes, that the amendments be ^subt to a 60-vote affirmative threshold, there be no other amendments i