, senator welch, the leahy amendment became law to make sure we would get federal aid in our time of need, bringing the general fund to $30 million. please recognize me in the great work of senator leahy, senator welch and the partners at fema. [ applause ] >> there are two lessons we must add to our experience in the past four months. it is clear that after irene, if we can build 35 damaged roads and 34 damaged bridges for a fraction of the normal cost with dwindling resources in our future. we must apply those same lessons to maintaining and rebuilding vermont's transportation infrastructure from this point forward. we will build faster, smarter and more economically. [ applause ] >> instead of having state workers bunkered in their individual agencies processing paper, we broke down the silos, formed a partnership between atr, contracting companies. procedures were modified, access to stone and gravel was expedited, dangerous debris was removed from brooks and streams as engineers worked together with environmental experts to get the job done. projects that pre-irene would have ta

in the senate so what leahy said is he wants to study this d.n.a.'s provision after the bills passed he doesn't want to implement it right away and this is kind of the way tack it's a tactic like mike as it was saying he's essentially proposing that we wait on implementing it and then when nobody's paying attention we go ahead and start again . but lamar smith on the other hand surprisingly said he's going to take it out the bill together so i think senator leahy is probably eventually going to follow in his footsteps now we also have another update that i was just handed which is that pippa's own sponsor is they were supposed to vote on this plenary vote on january twenty fourth and they're now asking the senate to hold off on the voting asking senate senator harry reid to wait so is that a really big development in your mind. yes absolutely this bill from the beginning has had a ton of sponsors almost forty sponsors and in the senate which is just a huge number comparatively to other bills and we got to remember this was passed out of committee and

on the other hand surprisingly said he's going to take it out the bill together so i think senator leahy is probably eventually going to follow in his footsteps now we also have another update that i was just handed which is that pippa's own sponsor is they were supposed to vote on this. on january twenty fourth and they're now asking the senate to hold off on the voting asking senate senator harry reid to wait so is that a really big development in your mind. yes absolutely this bill from the beginning has had a ton of sponsors almost forty sponsors and in the senate which is just a huge number comparatively to other bills and we got to remember this was passed out of committee and literally minutes there was no amendments it was on a voice vote so nobody really knew what they were signing up for now that everybody is hearing from their constituents they're really beginning to see what the big problems are there was a letter today from sixty o p senators asking harry reid to slow down the process you know harry reid's trying to pass this assumes they get back in a week it's going to be

leahy: mr. president, i will shortly be offering as an amendment an amendment to the substitute on behalf of myself and senator john cornyn, and i would ask consent in a moment to suggest the absence of a quorum, but upon the -- dissipating the absence of a quorum that i be recognized for up to three minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. is there objection? so ordered. mr. leahy: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i am soon going to offer an amendment to the substitute. i am going to offer it on behalf of myself and senator cornyn. i hear the senator saying that with the public's opinion, that congress at a -- with congress at a low point, we need to take action to restore public confidence. i think ou

[applause] they don't get any better than senator leahy.ders and congressman welch our hometown boys a thank you very much. [applause] before i say a few words about the sheer idiocy of shutting down the white river junction processing facility -- [cheering] i want to thank our congressional delegation for the announcement that just came through from washington where they with their extraordinary power rests convince the congress who does almost nothing to send hundreds of millions of dollars back to the state of vermont to help us rebuild from the worst flood in our history. thank you, bernie, patrick, peter. we are proud of you. [applause] a couple of quick words. i was born and raised in windham county and we understand what closing the white river junction processing facility would mean to vermont. we are a rural state the and we require mail to get to us not only to communicate with our loved ones, but to run our businesses, create jobs and economic opportunities. it is critical for the to wondered 50 hard working people who process th

[applause] they don't get any better than senator leahy.enator sanders and congressman welch our hometown boys a thank you very much. [applause] before i say a few words about the sheer idiocy of shutting down the white river junction processing facility -- [cheering] i want to thank our congressional delegation for the announcement that just came through from washington where they with their extraordinary power rests convince the congress who does almost nothing to send hundreds of millions of dollars back to the state of vermont to help us rebuild from the worst flood in our history. thank you, bernie, patrick, peter. we are proud of you. [applause] a couple of quick words. i was born and raised in windham county and we understand what closing the white river junction processing facility would mean to vermont. we are a rural state the and we require mail to get to us not only to communicate with our loved ones, but to run our businesses, create jobs and economic opportunities. it is critical for the to wondered 50 hard working people who

leahy: and, mr.n important effort to help the american economic recovery and preserve american jobs. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: we have rogue web sites, mr. president, that are primarily based overseas. they're stealing american property. they're harming american consumers, they're hurting the american economic recovery, and they're costing american jobs. you know, stealing and counterfeiting are wrong and they're harmful and it's happening every day right under our noses and we lose jobs and we americans lose money as a result. the institute for policy innovation estimates the copyright infringement alone costs more than $50 billion a year, and the sale of counterfeits on-line is estimated to be several times that. the afl-cio estimates that hundreds of thousands of jobs are lost to these forms of theft. hundreds of thousands of jobs that we could have right here in america if it wasn't for this kind of thievery. and it's not just an economic or jobs problem for americans,

senator leahy. [applause] they don't get any better than senator leahy.ator sanders and congressman welch, our hometown boy. so thank you very much. [applause] and before i say a few words about the sheer idiocy of shutting down the white river junction processing facility -- [cheers and applause] i want to thank our congressional delegation for the announcement that just came through from washington, where they, with their extraordinary powers convinced the congress who does almost nothing, to send hundreds of millions of dollars back to the state of vermont to help us rebuild from the worst flood in our history. thank you, bernie, thank you, patrick, thank you, peter. we're proud of you. [applause] couple of quick words. i was born and raised in wyndham county. we understand what closing the white river junction processing facility would mean to vermont. we're a rural state. we require mail to get to us, not only to communicate with our loved ones but to run our businesses, create jobs, and economic opportunities. it is critical for the 250 hard-working

before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahyfor the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all the grim immigrants in the city and county of san francisco must include the plight of same-sex couples and by-national relationships. at the four of any immigration reform discussion, particularly for this city, the current immigration law fails so many immigrants and families. yes, same-sex relationships stand on prejudicial ground when compared to their heterosexual counterparts. without specific language such as that in the united families act which seeks to have permanent partners, same-sex by dutch national couples will remain victims to the law that compels discrimination against lgbt couples, including the right to sponsor a spouse, and with no right to a k1 same-sex visa. we are advised that took schumer will introduce same-sex reform in january 2010. we are also told that passage by

said that gets you the joseph liebermans of the world or people who had been prosecutors like patrick leahy or people who have had similar career experiences. and then fred added in his oral history, david's a very smart guy and my biggest concern about his confirmation other than the personal side and how they were going portray him, because sutter was a life long bachelor, there were stories that circumstan circulated about that, but his biggest job was to keep david sutter from getting in to intellectual discussion that he shouldn't be getting in to with members of the senate. that was a big challenge with him fred said, but he was smart enough to listen to us and so it all worked out in that regard. indeed it did. despite its democratic majority, the senate judiciary committee then chaired by joe biden voted 13-1 to send the sutter nomination to the floor and david sutter garnered 90 votes to replace brennan and he took his seat on the court for its 1990 term. so with that, i'm going to turn to henry now who is going to talk about the thomas nomination. >> thank you very much. chuck, ol

were reserved for guys like george marshall or chief of staff of the army and chief of the navy and leahy was senior military adviser to roosevelt and harry hopkins who was senior council and served in effect as roosevelt's national security adviser during the war. donovan was allowed during the map room that winston churchill was the one that talked him into having a map room. you see a replica of the map room in the museum here. they never let donovan into that map room. the only civilian allowed in was harry hopkins. marshall didn't want a bunch of political hacks going in there and leaking the secrets that were coming in there where roosevelt was able to monitor the war. even so, dobb van was roosevelt's idea man. he was the guy that thought out of the box for him and came up with all kinds of crazy schemes and wild ideas and one of the ideas he had was that he offered roosevelt was that he had a button at his desk that he can push at any time and be an instant contact with every radio in america and roosevelt ignored that. another idea he had was setting up an audio

senator leahy, who's chairman of the senate judiciary committee and is the author of the senate bill has said he believes he has more than enough votes to, you know, to get that bill through over there. >> host: juliana gruenwald, what else will the telecommunications industry face this year? >> guest: well, the other big issue is spectrum legislation, and the whole push to free up more spectrum to meet the nation's demand for wireless technologies. and before congress left there was thought that maybe spectrum legislation was going to get attached to the payroll tax extension. now, when that, when they only passed the two month extension, they did not include spectrum legislation. now, when they come back and work on a one-year extension, there's, you know, the thought is that spectrum legislation could be included in that because spectrum options raise money for the treasury, and that would provide an offset for the cost of that bill. >> host: paul kirby, this has been one of julius genachowski's prize issues, talking about spectrum shortage and looking ahead. >> guest: it has. he

to be you're using the itc, and senator smith and -- i'm sorry, representative smith and senator leahy's bills would use the courts. what is the problem with using the courts? >> guest: first of all, the single biggest deference between the -- difference between the two bills, both of them acknowledge you ought to go after the bad actors engaging in copyright infringement, our approach does not involve censorship, and it doesn't involve dismantling the domain name system. we believe that so much of the growth in this country and our ability to innovate, social media sites and the ability for folks to communicate depends on the architecture of the internet being preserved and strengthened. that's what it's going to take to deal with these cyber threats, and that's why the national security community is so concerned about the pipa bill and the sopa bill. and that's the single biggest difference. yes, we do think that there's fundamentally a question of international commerce rather than narrow, legalistic, you know, issues that ought to be brought up in the judicial system. but the single

that's what supporters say senator leahy, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and as the author of the senate bill said he believes he hasn't won enough votes to get the bill through. >> what else will the telecommunications industry face this year? >> the other is the spectrum legislation and the whole host to free up more spectrum to meet the nation's demand for and before congress left there was that maybe spectrum legislation was going to get attached to the payroll tax extension and when they only passed the two month extension they did not include the spectrum legislation. when they come back and work on the one-year extension, there is the fault that spectrum legislation could be included in that because spectrum auctions raise money for the treasury, and that would provide an offset for the cost of that bill. >> paul kirby this has been one of julius genachowski's issues talking about spectrum shortage and looking ahead. >> he calls it the invisible infrastructure and pushes for were called incentive options. but allow the sec to offer spectrum and then some of the proce

campaign and it looks like the pressure is getting to congress senator leahy has just announced that he is rethinking some of the most damaging aspects of the protect ip so can we say that all of this is a testament to online activism travertine from the electronic electronic frontier foundation is going to join us why have all that including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. the fall out of the video of u.s. marines urinating on dead taliban fighters continue the former marines in the video have now been identified and reports are saying that they could face charges of war crimes now not because they care about the war in afghanistan but because they love scandal the mainstream media is sticking to the story. more of the disturbing and disgusting video that we talked about yesterday showing our u.s. marines urinating on taliban bodies it's not just about the instance about america and the impact on america's image it leon panetta once again condemning the actions of a handful over mean seen on tape urinating being urinated on or

on hope it's the worst part but we haven't seen the details yet yeah i'm just imagining a senator leahy or something sitting over his christmas hand with a younger i don't know step necessary something getting yelled at about the legislation but why why why would being called censorship efforts how would this actually curtail freedom of speech and well it in a few ways i mean little less going to be an example of how you have. a photo hosting web site kind of like a splitter or google console like what based on your on european soil using european servers call my phone is a calm person actually michael does not come with them is making this up but then you have sitting here in the u.s. upload your family vacation photos to my photos a song and your toddler photos and all of your favorite family photos my photos dot com and that and then someone else on there i use it to infringe u.s. copyright law well i guess is going to happen is that there's going to be maybe a page down others as orders saying that is that i have peace in the united states can't connect to my photos i'm anymore and

it i think that senator leahy is committed to this. he will introduce a last-minute manager's amendment that the jobs on everybody. i think at this point he way drop a ham sandwich into the process and try to passages to restart the momentum and get to a conference with the house where it is a backroom deal. i would be very suspicious of any efforts this week to try to launch or introduce the community some sort of "deal. >> yesterday was the beginning of something. we have seen new activists come to us and say what can we do. between now and then, there will be lots of stuff going on. it is beginning of a whole series of pushes to really try to make a difference. >> clearly, this is very complex stuff. clearly, there is a will on both sides to come to some kind of solution. they said that 80's some of the problems come from 10 sites. -- 80% of the problems come from 1020 sites. we need to have a process. we need to have discussions. a situation where a bill was dropped to the floor 72 hours later with his right back in a situation whe

hopeful leahy will play the fiscal conservative card. nobody has been claiming to be. do as i say and not as i do. here is the problem. in the midst of all of this, we are still seeing our economy crumble. unemployment is high and housing stinks quite frankly and none of these guys are identifying what they will do to turn this ship around. that's going to be the biggest problem. these guys have to step forward with these real plans. we still have that on the table. if he played the fiscal conservative card, he will win it every single day. >> i will take a come pent manager. there is a saying in 2004 i dated cain and now i am marying mitt. >> the democrats if santorum did get the nomination, they would be salivating like governor christie in the butcher shop. they don't want to face romney. it is true. he is going to appeal to the moderate. it is not like a right wing base. they will vote for anybody. >> my guess is we talk seriously about santorum for a week and then there is new hampshire. and it is over. maybe south carolina, and he bounces back a little bit. i don

that's why thankful leahy will never be president. >> how littlest. of you. >> i think it is called sizist. >> all right, blondey. >> matt, you think ablow is right, and you said the fact that newt's marriage has overlaped as greg pointed out is okay because you want something else lined up before you leave. so marriage is like a job for you. >> marriage? i don't believe in marriage, but dating is a job, absolutely. you can't date one girl, even if she sucks you can't break up with her until you have something else lined up. you don't want to be alone. >> that is the saddest answer i have every heard on this show. and we have had a lot of sad answers. >> it is coming from the heart. >> you don't have one. >> wow. >> remi, you said somebody being attracted to power, go to a town council meeting and you will find the same thing. so you say some women are attracted to a small amount of power? >> it is all relative. it is all relative. i see it all over the legal profession for sure. i am not speaking badly about any woman. she can be attracted to a man f

please come join me in recognizing the great work of senator patrick leahy, senator bernie sanders andh and the partners at fema. [applause] there are two lessons we must seize from our experience over the past four months. the first lesson is clear. if after irene which can rebuild over 500 miles of damage to roads and 34 bridges for a fraction of the normal cost with dwindling federal resources in the future we must apply the same lessons to maintaining and rebuilding firm of's transportation infrastructure from this point forward. we will build faster, smarter and more economically. [applause] instead of having to state workers and their individual agencies processing paper, we broke down the silo, formed a partnership between aot, anr, private contractors and as the levees, contracting procedures were modified, access to stone and gravel was expedited, dangerous debris was removed from the streams as the engineers work together with environmental experts to get the job done. projects that would have taken years, gotten done in months, environmental quality was preserved, taxpayer d

hundred 40 million for town roads for the skill of the congressional delegation in america senator leahy welch that he would get federal aid that we needed more time we need reducing our objective cost to the general fund to $30 million. please come join me in recognizing the great work of senator patrick leahy, senator bernie sanders and, peter welch and the partners at fema. [applause] there are two lessons we must seize from our experience over the past four months. the first lesson is clear. if after irene which can rebuild over 500 miles of damage to roads and 34 bridges for a fraction of the normal cost with dwindling federal resources in the future we must apply the same lessons to maintaining and rebuilding firm of's transportation infrastructure from this point forward. we will build faster, smarter and more economically. [applause] instead of having to state workers and their individual agencies processing paper, we broke down the silo, formed a partnership between aot, anr, private contractors and as the levees, contracting procedures were modified, access to stone and gravel

and i think that there are members, perhaps senator leahy, that would try to introduce a ham sandwich into this situation if they thought it could pass. and i think we have to be careful to look at those statements that may occur. i think the bigger point is there are solutions but we need to step back and reset. and really have a data-driven process, to look at what the scope of the problem is when we don't even know how many websites we're talking about from the other side, that's kind aff problem. we don't know what the scope of the privacy is, that's kind of an issue. and we don't know how burdensome some of these would be and the impact they would have on the internet. most has been generated just by grassroots advocates who aren't lobbyist whose said here's the real data about how much traffic is going to these sites or the cyber security effects. so i think the issue is that instead of having to negotiate with a gun to our head, so to speak, let's sit down and have a data driven process with a wide array of stake holders, engineers, small businesses, large businesses, copyright

patrick leahy, i interviewed him for the film, and he said what are we afraid of? meaning what are we americans afraid of in terms of setting up policy? if we get a drone policy or if we have a policy of being in to 18 to 20 countries now that we don't talk about, then i don't want to reveal operational details, but let's talk about that policy. let's see what we can and cannot do, what we should and shouldn't do. and as we he said, if you don't like the policy, and don't pass it and live with the consequences. but i think he did not hear us. c-span: what was the phoenix program that he was either in charge of or involved in in the vietnam? >> guest: yeah, probably the most controversial thing he was involved in his whole life as he was called back in 1968 to vietnam by president johnson at the time. and i remember my sister had bought him a stable, russian fur hat, and he had been assigned to be the new chief of the soviet bloc division. well, that's about the biggest secret assignment you can get in the cia, and he was all excited about that. but in lyndon johnso

there seems to be your using the itc and senator smith, i'm sorry, representatives smith and senator leahy's bills would use the courts. what is a problem with using the courts? >> guest: first of all the single biggest difference between the two bills, both of them acknowledge that you are to go after the bad actors in copyright infringement. our approach, the open bill, does not involve censorship and it doesn't involve dismantling the domain name. we believe that so much of the growth in this country and our ability to innovate, social media types and the ability for oaks to communicate depends on the architecture of the internet being preserved and strengthened. that is what it is going to take to deal with cyberthreats and that is why the national security community is so concerned about the pipa bill and the sopa will and that is the single biggest difference. yes we do think this is fundamentally a question of international commerce rather than narrow, legalistic issues that ought to be brought up in the judicial system but the single biggest difference is we do not dismantle, do not

passenger jumped out and started running from police but didn't make it far, knife minutes later on den leahy-year- old aaron nathaniel mccoy clipped a blew jeep cherokee, he died, 4 others were also injured in that crash. >> thank you very much. stay with wjz 13 maryland news station, newt gingrich wants crowd participation in debates >>> the candidates did not attack each other. thanks to saturday night live host and part-time news anchor brian williams. >> invited guests here this evening to withhold their applause, any verbal reactions to what they hear on stage. >> way to go, admiral fun stop. the applause and the cheering is how you know who won. debates should be like a wet t-shirt contest. by the way, newt gingrich would totally win a wet t-shirt contest. >>> that could be the only thing the candidates have not done to get our attention. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. i assure you, no wet t-shirt contests here. >> we're happy to announce. >> we know who would win. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. there was no cheering or shouting at the debate in ta

. >> pat rick leahy, the head of the triton submarines. the head of this technology.th and silent going down. >> it's 167 millimeters thick hull. and just several minutes, we descend hundreds of feet. and a classic adventure into eternal darkness. we fall through what's called marine snow. particles of mainly dead plankton. >> down at about 300 feet, the more we descend, the more we lose light. we're traveling through twilight. it's the most extraordinary feeling i have ever had. this remarkable glass sphere is designed to withstand massive pressures. if you take everyone in a large football stadium and stand them on that one square meter, that's the pressure on the surface of the sphere. now down past 400 feet, with the external light on we see a sloping wall. >> three of them, do you see? one, two, three. look at the size of that fish. >> triton's next submersible, they say, will be able to reach the deepest part of the ocean, in the mariana trench in the western pacific ocean, it's 36,000 feet below the surface, that's seven miles down. today's military subs only g

here's that exchange with senator leahy. >> i know the fbi is currently working to update the definitionpe for the uniform crime report, and why is that important to update that? >> that definition -- was in some ways unworkable, certainly not applicable, fully applicable to the type of crimes that it should cover. >> reporter: the justice department said the new definition is more inclusive and better reflects state criminal code. in addition, we had a statement from the vice president who has apparently worked on this issue for two decades, reads in part, quote, rape is a devastating crime and we can't solve it unless we know the full extent of it. this long awaited change to the definition of rape is a victory for men and women across the country whose suffering has gone unaccounted for over 80 years. for context, we wrapped up an on the record conference call with vallerie jarrett and the vice president's office, we were told this has been in the planning stages for well over a year and was not in fact connected to the sandusky case. jon: catherine herridge in our washington bureau f

it was sponsored by chairman pat leahy a year and a half ago.as been in support of the bill and created a platform that people are able to come and comment on it. they had held it up so the internet had time to mobilize around it and a an amazing sort of -- >> i'm thrilled that sopa was defeated. i think it's a little bit of a mistake to see this as a grassroots versus good corporation. >> a fair point. >> some big corporations versus some other big corporations, you know? i don't think that if you had companies like google and all of these huge technology companies on the site of the angels on this issue that you would have had much movement. >> that is right. these corporations had people with them. google i think is more of what you're saying where they sort of said they just moved people to their black box but a lot of these groups are dedicated groups of users who trusted them and believed in them. you said in a way they became and already have a dimension of them where they are sort of organizing notes and they use that to sort of use late

>> the answer to the first question is senator kyl has promoted or proposed a deal with senator leahy to get this bill off life-support and there are members, would try to introduce a ham sandwich into the situation if they thought it could pass. we have to be careful to look at those statements that may occur. the bigger point is there are solutions but we need to step back and reset and have a data driven process to look at what the scope of the problem is. we don't know how many websites we're talking about on the other side. we don't know what the scope of the piracy problem is. that is an issue. and we don't know how burdensome these proposals would be and the impact they have on the internet. much of this is driven by grass-roots advocacy from engineers who are not lobbyists who said here is the real data about how much traffic is going to these sites are the cybersecurity effect. instead of having to negotiate let's sit down and have that data driven process with a wide array of stakeholders. engineers and small business and small business and copyright owners of all stripes. a

so i'm -- but i will say this, i think that senator leahy is committed to this, and my guess is he'ss on everybody. and just to give you a sort of prewarning, i think at this point he would drop a ham sandwich into the process and try to pass that if he thought it could pass just to restart the momentum and get to a conference with the house where a conference is a back room deal, closed door process, to pass something. so i'd be very suspicious of any efforts to try to launch or introduce upon the community some sort of, quote, deal. >> one comment i have on that is yesterday was the beginning of something, it wasn't the end of something or the culmination of something. we have seen new activists come to us and say what can we do, so between now and the cloture vote, there's going to be lots of stuff going on. it's not just the blackout, blackout doesn't end things. it's the beginning of a whole series of pushes, um, to really try and make a difference. >> if i could just add, you know, clearly this is very complex stuff. and, clearly, there is a will, i think on both sides, to come

but this is a nice letter that theodore roosevelt wrote to alice leahy, who he was engaged to. i'm a slave first wife. and he writes to her just a few days before her wedding. he's 22 and she's made team. he writes, many tourists love, you are too good to write me so often when you have so much to do. i hope that you are not all tired out with were. but at any rate, you will have two weeks complete rest at oyster bay. and then you shall do just as you please and everything. they say that before the wedding. my darling, i do so hope and pray i can make you happy. i shall try very hard to be a sound selfish and sunny tempered as you are and i shall save you from every care i can. my own true love, you have eaten a happiness almost too great and i feel i can do so little for you in return. i worship you so that it seems almost desecration to touchier. and yet, when i am with you, i can hardly let you a moment out of my arms. my purest green, no man was worthy of your love is, but i shall try very hard to deserve it, at least in part. good vibe i am sorry. now, there is another let

it was tom's office, pat leahy's office.we met together, republicans and democrats in the dining room and the capitol talking about the threat, what does that, how to do with it in everything. i guarantee there is no partisanship. we're trying to figure out what to do with the situation. the other one that is a little later one of favorite one. i called tom christmas after the house had voted for another sick to my stomach thinking about what would have to go through and not knowing how to do it because it had been done in a long time. so i called tom and said we've got a little problem here. we've got to figure out how we are going to do this. he said i agree. we asked joe lieberman and slade gordon to get together and try to help plan a way to deal with this. they came up with a magnificent plan, which my conference immediately stabbed in the throat and throughout the window. i had to start over. i didn't know what we were going to do. we came up with an idea we would meet in the old senate chamber and we would begin by ha

it was tom's office, pat leahy's office.blicans and democrats in the dining room and the capitol talking about the threat, what does that, how to do with it in everything. i guarantee there is no partisanship. we're trying to figure out what to do with the situation. the other one that is a little later one of favorite one. i called tom christmas after the house had voted for another sick to my stomach thinking about what would have to go through and not knowing how to do it because it had been done in a long time. so i called tom and said we've got a little problem here. we've got to figure out how we are going to do this. he said i agree. we asked joe lieberman and slade gordon to get together and try to help plan a way to deal with this. they came up with a magnificent plan, which my conference immediately stabbed in the throat and throughout the window. i had to start over. i didn't know what we were going to do. we came up with an idea we would meet in the old senate chamber and we would begin by having danny akaka open

the postmaster general should be leading the charge with senator sanders and senator leahy and congressman welch. we should be working together with them to preserve the post office, not dismantle it. thank you. [applause] >> not sure which ones we can do. my name is again to me malia and i'm a resident of white river junction for the past nine years. having a name like mine, you can imagine my letters get addressed wrong all the time. but i know my postal carrier branding. her name is janet. i know she's out there, hi. she's wonderful. my kids love her. you know, she's very personable and does the job well. i am not postal or military affiliated, but i have someone's little girl and i'm a follower of the golden rule. so i feel for those in mice that had men and women out of the country, some of them killed by a roadside bomb, what if a little girl nailed her letter under these new circumstances you have here in that letter made it too late for her daddy was killed? and he never got to see that letter? i mean, that would be terrible for that little girl to grow up knowing that. i have one

it was tom's office, pat leahy's office. we met together, republicans and democrats in the dining room and the capitol talking about the threat, what does that, how to do with it in everything. i guarantee there is no partisanship. we're trying to figure out what to do with the situation. the other one that is a little later one of favorite one. i called tom christmas after the house had voted for another sick to my stomach thinking about what would have to go through and not knowing how to do it because it had been done in a long time. so i called tom and said we've got a little problem here. we've got to figure out how we are going to do this. he said i agree. we asked joe lieberman and slade gordon to get together and try to help plan a way to deal with this. they came up with a magnificent plan, which my conference immediately stabbed in the throat and throughout the window. i had to start over. i didn't know what we were going to do. we came up with an idea we would meet in the old senate chamber and we would begin by h

the postmaster general should be leading the charge with senator sanders and senator leahy and congressman welch. we should be working together with them to preserve the post office, not dismantle it. thank you. [applause] >> not sure which ones we can do. my name is again to me malia and i'm a resident of white river junction for the past nine years. having a name like mine, you can imagine my letters get addressed wrong all the time. but i know my postal carrier branding. her name is janet. i know she's out there, hi. she's wonderful. my kids love her. you know, she's very personable and does the job well. i am not postal or military affiliated, but i have someone's little girl and i'm a follower of the golden rule. so i feel for those in mice that had men and women out of the country, some of them killed by a roadside bomb, what if a little girl nailed her letter under these new circumstances you have here in that letter made it too late for her daddy was killed? and he never got to see that letter? i mean, that would be terrible for that little girl to grow up knowing that. i have one