leahy: thank you.susan: i'm not sure there is a question there, but i guess one question is, how many senators are left who remember the historic ills of the 1960's? is that a useful frame of reference for your colleagues these days? not a senatorwas at that time. i was a prosecutor. i go back to history and i talk about these, i talk about the electronic privacy act, i talk the first 20, i was reminded by senator lee. "oh, yes, i was in grade school at that time." susan: so you have the millennials down, is that your part of the duo? sen. lee: that's right. susan: we've got to ask you about the presidential election. president leahy pointed out that it would be -- it will be a whole year away, even though it seems like it will be tomorrow. senator leahy, you are a much endorsement. are you ready to jump out there today and say who you are supporting? sen. leahy: are we out of time? sen. lee: i told my family, i never thought i would live to save this, but one of the weirdest things that can happen to

leahy: that is right. but we will call it the lee -leahy bill. [laughter] sen. lee: americans are demanding they want the customer state provision. sen. leahy: we hear it in coffee shops in vermont. montpelier, where i ,as born, a town of middlesex they have one coffee shop, established place, where everybody needs. they have wi-fi and they are , iftantly worried about people buy things off the shelf, people will come in and sue them because they are infringing some esoteric patent. they are the linchpin of the community. they should not have to fear that. to put you toing on the spot and then open it up to questions. which of these two babies has a better chance of passage in this congress, the criminal justice reform or the patent measure? i think the smart money would be on the criminal justice reform bill. i think the momentum is therefore that bill. do not get me wrong. they are both very important. i think the patent litigation reform bill is important, there is a smaller audience that knows, cares about, and understands that issue than there is about the

senator leahy has worked hard to keep vermont that way. he has done every thing in his power to promote other culture in his eight -- home state. is legend what he has done to protect the dairy industry. we all remember holding up the senate for time until he got what he wanted for dairy. he rode the organic food production act of 1990 that growingoster america's organic food industry. today, organic food is a $40 billion industry. organic -- many of those organic farms are based in vermont. iter tropical storm irene, remember graphically, his fighting for the state of vermont. that started devastated parts of vermont. roads were underwater for weeks. he helped secure $500 million in assistance to overcome a brutal natural disaster. i'm fortunate to be able to surf with pat leahy in the senate. he's more than a colleague. he really is a dear friend. years, they have helped each other through times of joy and travail. they have three wonderful children and five grandchildren, a minute alone and he will talk about them. 15,000thations on you

leahy: he did. good reporter. he then found out my home phone number and he has never called me again. susan: in your collaboration on the usa patriot act, on the issues that started off this collaboration, could you give us some of your learnings and your takeaway on what does not work anymore? many people are struck by the waning of the old schools of power in the senate and the house. leadership is not as strong anymore. individual entrepreneurs like you can get stuff done. how do you make things happen? what works now or does not work now that used to work when you first came into the senate? sen. leahy: i keep asking myself that question. there is not enough ability of leaders to work things out. that does not mean you are always going to agree with the leader of your own party, but there are certain things that you could work out. you would do a lot of things by consent. now you have one or two people, we can disrupt that and get on the local news or the evening news by doing it. we do not spend enough time

leahy thought u.s.a.i.d. had it. why do you say that the u.s.a.i.d. program was "stupid"? >> patrick leahy: well, they're not a spy agency, so they shouldn't do things that make it look like that. and i think it was a disservice to all the men and women who work so well for our country with u.s.a.i.d. around the world. >> pelley: in 2010, leahy asked his top aide, tim rieser, to figure out what cuba wanted for alan gross. >> tim rieser: they were fed up with the u.s.a.i.d. program. i think they also wanted a bargaining chip. they wanted their prisoners back and they wanted to make a point. >> pelley: their prisoners were celebrated in havana as the "cuban five"-- intelligence agents sentenced to long terms in u.s. prisons for espionage. how hard was it for the united states to give up these five prisoners? >> rieser: i can tell you that when senator leahy first raised this, the response was "it was a non-starter." >> pelley: "impossible." >> rieser: "we're not... we're not doing anything like that." so our response was, "well, then alan gross is going to die in cuba." >> p

prison. >> leahy: she said to marcelle, "i love my husband the way you love your husband. i may never see him out of prison. i want to have his baby. will you help us?" >> rieser: we talked about it, and if there's something that we can do that the cubans care about that isn't... doesn't cost us anything, why not do it? i talked to the bureau of prisons. i talked to the state department. it became clear that there was only one option, and that was artificial insemination. >> pelley: so rieser arranged for a special delivery from the u.s. prison to a clinic in panama. adriana perez became pregnant, and a new day in cuban relations was born. >> rieser: i think that was reflected in the conversations that the cubans were having with people in the administration, also. they each remarked that the tone had changed, the... just the way they talked to each other was better. >> pelley: secret talks, of a different tone, went on for months. gross had no idea. he told his family he would not live another year in prison. then came a rare phone call with his wife. >> gross: and she sa

when we passed the leahy-smith bill, that was the biggest upgrading of patent law in 50 years. it took years to put it together and get the coalition together. now you're talking about the so-called patent control bill. we have again a coalition. senator cornyn of texas, myself and others want to get it through. what we're trying to get across to everybody, no group is going to get everything they want that as long as any one group, lobby group or anything else thinks they have to have everything they want, that's a prescription that nobody gets anything they want. but we are determined to get it through. i think that if we have a bill enough of a coalition of democrats and republicans on it i think the leadership will bring it up and i think it will pass. >> the best part of the patent litigation reform bill, if i may say so, is the portion taken from the leahy-lee bill. >> that's right. but we'll call it the lee-leahy bill to help it pass. >> what the american people are demanding is the customer stay provision. in my small town in utah we talk about little l's. >> we hear it

we passed the senator leahy / smith build the biggest upgraded this year's. but it took years to get the coalition together and now you talk about the toll bill. those who wanted to do get it through but no group will get everything that they want. as long as anyone lobbying group has everything they want any we are determined of the death of a coalition to think it will pass. >> the best part of that mitigation reform bill. >> but what the american people are demanding more than anything right now. >> and we hear it is an coffeeshops in vermont. i was in the town of about 1400 people and in one coffeeshops where everybody meets and had y five aeropostale the root about buying things off the shelf because you are infringing the esoteric patent they are the linchpins of the community. they should not have to pay that. >> which of days to do you think has a better chance? the criminal-justice reform were the patent? >> i think the smart money is on criminal justice reform. i think the momentum is there for that bill. don't get me wrong bear both very important

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1140, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 153, s. 1140, a bill to require the secretary of the army and the administrator of the environmental protection agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of the term waters of the united states, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 12:30 p.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent to proceed momentarily as though in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, you know, i -- i've had the privilege of serving with several hundred senators in this body over the years i have been here. ansar grassley has been a very special friend durin

and tear up on capitol hill we have senator leahy, democrat from vermont, senator leahy, republican from utah teaming up on this measure tomko to jump right in to this question. everybody wants to know, there's lots of conversation, a lot of buzz but how we going to move it forward? what are the biggest pressure point in each of your view of where could this coalition break apart, number one? number two, what is the stumbling block you are most worried about? is a your colleagues in the house? is it just election-year timing? senator leahy, maybe you can get us going. >> first, thanks for having this, having this, and i was listening to mrs. kennedy talking before we came out. of course, her late husband, senator kennedy, was widely believed come and used emphasized to me and everyone else, i have both republicans and democrats on the bill. it has a chance to pass. now, on this, on the, something we worked on now for years trying to get coalition. both senator lee and i am both former prosecutors. we don't need somebody to say we've got to be tough on crime. we were tough on crime, but i

francis leahy applauds investigators for the arrest without any loss of life. >> the damage that could be inflicted by the firepower before you, is almost unthinkable. kelley: he will spend the night until he goes to court in the morning. police know him saying he has been arrested before for several motor vehicle charges. that includes his feeding, trying to outrun police, exiting the vehicle and hiding from police. bob: we take a live look at the boston skyline as we wrap up the thanksgiving weekend. mike: cold and maybe some snowflakes overnight. bob: mike wankum is here with a quick check on the forecast. mike: maybe snow flake. not plural. there is a slim chance. it was cold enough. 43 degrees. the normal high temperature is 47. couple of days ago we were flirting with a record highs. the skies are clear. this deck of clouds is starting to form. the breeze picks up enough moisture off the ocean. the cold air of the land. we could get a few sprinkles or even a few snowflakes that will develop this evening. here is the map at 9:00 tonight. notice the cloud duck are the best opportun

and its picked off by pat leahy. the grizzlies are in business deep in north territory led to a field goal. screen play for qb casey gervais to connor bourque, and the senior takes it 30 yards for the touchdown. 10-0, goffstown. their offense always looks looks like it is playing downhill. they win by 50-13. they get bedford, who survived a while the one. pinkerton and exeter get

so, we are seeing less and less issues with leahy vetting, less and less things that would trip a leahy vetting problem, and so that in my mind over the years, the work that has been done, because that has decreased their ability and effectiveness has increased, their communications to us are at a much, much higher level. they're looking at institution-building can professionalizing the force, how they take care of their force structure in a way that we haven't seen before. so i say the overall effectiveness is going up. >> want to talk about the authorities and maybe the way money is tied -- appropriated for certain missions, unlike other places in the world. for instance, you have the money being appropriated for the lra mission to hunt coni. eventually while you're doing those missions you come across other types of threats or advising for other types of -- you could advise other types of missions but you can'tment can you talk about to the issues you have with the authorities there and maybe tying money more toward threat than a specific mission? would that be helpful to you? >> whe

leahy transportation is in bankruptcy and as a result doesn't have insurance.icials were able to make arrangements for all but 13 of those routes yesterday. as a result, some children were picked up late. others not at all. affected families are being offered free septa passes and parents who drive their children to school can get reimbursed for the mileage. the district hopes to have all routes in operation in the next two weeks. >> it is 5:08 time now to turn to dave murphy. sounds like this afternoon will feel a little different than the last few days. >> little cooler, yeah. storm tracker6 live double scan shows us that we're dry. as we take a look outside clouds are high enough that you can see the tops of the buildings as we look across the region. there's the airport. also doesn't really look like it's real windy as the camera isn't bouncing much. so far we've only had winds as high as 13 miles per hour this morning across most of the region and in some cases it's even less than that. taking a look at currents conditions, 49 trees if philadelphia, little

so we are seeing less and less issues with leahy vetting, less and less things that would trip a leahy vetting problem, and so that in my mind over the years of work that has been done, because that has decreased their ability and effectiveness has increased, their communications to us are at, you know, a much higher level. they're looking at, you know, institution building, professionalizing the force, how they take care of their force structure in a way we haven't seen before. so i'd say the overall effectiveness is going up. >> want to talk about the authorities and maybe the way money is tied up or appropriated for certain missions unlike other places in the world. for instance, you have money being appropriated for the lra mission to hunt for kone. eventually or while you're doing those missions you come across i'm sure other types of threats or advising for other types of -- where you could advise for other types of missions but you can't. can you talk about maybe the issues you have with the authorities there and maybe tying money more toward threats than toward a specific missi

>> we have a wonderful amendment called the leahy amendment. were having serious problems we would not be able to that them accordingly. lesse seeing less and issues with leahy vetting that would trip problems. so that, in my mind over the years with the work that has been done because that has ability andeir effectiveness has increased their communications to us are at a much higher level, they are looking at institution building and how they take care of their structure in a way we haven't seen before. so the overall effectiveness is -- goingthere in >> up. >> i want to talk about certain missions, for instance you have money being appropriated for the colorado missions -- for the lro missions and the hunt for kony. you are advising -- or you could advise for other types of missions but you can't. can you talk about issues you have with the authorities? anti-money more toward threats that a specific mission? >> when you are talking about putting a mission together for special operations forces given what general rodriguez has asked us to do i

leahy, mr. lee... >> ...and that's about all. i just... i'm sorry that i have such a... >> mr. reed of rhode island, mr. reid of nevada... >> you know, i think my psyche was just kind of letting in little bits at a time, it was just all so... such a whirlwind of craziness for me. >> mr. schumer, mr. scott, mr. sessions, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby... >> narrator: also watching in the gallery, tucson survivor pat maisch. >> i went from being sad to being mad. they're all down there in their good ol' boy stance, shaking hands, chatting. >> mr. wyden... (gavel banging) >> on this vote the amendment is not agreed to. >> like people's lives aren't in the balance on this, and i just thought they needed to be shamed. they should be ashamed of themselves. i stood up and said, "shame on you." shame on you! >> there will be order in the senate. >> because they needed to be shamed. shame on them. shame on me if after what i've gotten to witness i choose to be quiet. >> i'm surprised that she was the only one, actually, that burst out... because it was so intense and so charged. >> the galler

democrat senators like bob casey, dianne feinstein, patrick leahy, claire mccaskill, bill nelson.e people should openly embrace kate's law. instead, they remain silent and will remain so unless pressured by their constituents. on that front, i'm not hopeful. last week a guy from the media research center went to a pro-immigration rally in colorado. >> you have heard of kate's law? >> no. >> you have heard of kate steinle? >> no. >> have you ever heard of kate's law? >> no, i have not. >> i don't like you asking the people here the questions that you are asking. >> see, we got it he doesn't like the questions. >> thank you. >> perfect. you are welcome to leave. >> we are welcome to, of course. we don't have to. >> you are not going to interview anybody else. >> how not. >> because i said. >> they shut him down. we should point out that both president obama and hillary clinton have also been silent on5s kate's law. so we have to assume they oppose it again, that's scandalous. it's a very simple concept that would protect all americans. mandatory prison terms would give law enforceme

half arnold. .illiam leahy john foster dulles. -- sheemale surgeon invented cobalt, the computer language. men were involved in the hardware, women got involved in the software. this is the first female commissioned officer in the u.s. service. this i show because there are 46 different symbols you can have on a grade in arlington. that is one of them, a muslim. ?ho is john coulter i have no idea, but i know who his wife. she is buried in arlington. my favorite role of hers was when she was mariam with cary grant. if you have daughters, you have read his books. after were a girl, born 1940, you read his books because he wrote these lines. they left the house at half past nine, the smallest one was not a light. he wrote and illustrated the books. hotel, the bar still has his artwork on the wall. roberts was in the civil war. he came back to these meetings of veterans, and got so tired of these meetings descending into chaos, he decided to do something so he roberts rules of order. [laughter] i come back to this place. this is where my heart is. i will end with the story. about five years -

leahy: i thank the distinguished chair. i'm worried in this country that we hear rhetoric that is dangerous, and it's time to stop. it shames the very nature of what america is. we hear ideas that are, they're wrong. i would say they are deeply anti-american. my grandparents, my italian grandparents, my irish great great-grandparents heard some of these kind of -- some of this rhetoric when this country was saying they shouldn't come here. don't allow these papis into the united states. don't allow these irish that are opposed to the rule of great britain in their island that they actually stood up and fought against great britain. and the words back then, like some of the words today, come from a place of fear and hatred. i don't want to stand by quietly and see the victims of terrorism and torture be demonized just so people will have a talking point for local evening news. we're better than this. the bill that my colleague, the junior senator from texas, introduced an hour ago would prevent virtually all nationals of ira

leahy's bus services is in bankruptcy and notified the district that it had no insurance. say all but 13 of the company's 52 routes have been covered by other providers. but some children say they were picked up late this morning. and others say they weren't picked up at all. the affected families are being offered free septa passes or mileage reimbursement for parents who wish to drive their children instead. district officials hope to resolve all transportation issues over the next two weeks. in the meantime, concerned parents can find more information on our web site, 6abc.com. >> a proposed change to philadelphia's immigration policy is sparking some controversy. protesters gathered outside city hall today after word that leaders may roll back the city's so-called sanctuary policy. right now an order bars local police from complying with federal requests to detain immigrants solely on their immigration status. but a new proposal would allow local federal cooperation if a suspect is accused of a serious crime like murder, terrorism or domestic violence. critics think th

leahy transportation is in bankruptcy and as a result doesn't have insurance.fficials were able to make arrangements for all but 13 of those routes yesterday. as a result, though, some were picked up late, others not at all. affected families are being offered free septa passes and parents who drive their children to school can get reimbursed for mileage. the district hopes to have all routes in operation in the next two weeks. >> it is 6:08 and two major philadelphia businesses are coming together. urban outfitters is buying mark vetri's restaurants but investors don't seem to like what's on the menu. let's go to maribel aber live at the nasdaq if times square. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam they don't. urban outfitters is getting into the pizza business, we're talking about the clothing retailer buying the vetri family restaurant empire. vests gave the deal a big thumbs down. urban outfitters shares fell more than 7 percent. the sale does not include vetri's flagship restaurant on spruce street in center city is that the stocks snapped a three s

. >> when we spoke to senator leahy, he describes the amendments to the constitution that came out of dred scott, 13, 14, 15, as the second founding of the country. you see it like that? sen. grassley: first of all, it did the right thing by giving african-americans the right to vote, which they did not get in reality until 100 years later. at least it was in the constitution, the right to vote and be citizens of the country and that you could not have involuntary servitude in the future. so, that is very important. but, i think it is important from the standpoint that it's gave to the citizens of every state a lot of protection against government that the bill of rights gave to the people of the country only against national law as opposed to state. against national government as opposed to state government. >> as it turns out, we had help from the national constitution center and law professor selecting these cases. it was difficult to find 12. it turns four of them are 14th amendment cases. is that a coincidence that the 14th amendment is reviewed so often by the court? sen. grassl

william leahy. john foster dulles. anita mcgee. assistant surgeon spanish-american war. first female surgeon. this is rear admiral grace hopper. she invoted cobal, the computer language. this was the first female to be a commissioned officer in the u.s. services. this i show because there are 46 different symbols you can have on a grave in arlington. that's one of them. now, who is john coulter? i have no idea but i know who constance bennett was she was the sister of joan bennett and the sister of barbara bennett and her fifth and final husband was john coulter and she's buried at arlington but my favorite role she was in was, of course, with cary grant. ludwig bemelmans. if you have daughters you read his books. if you are a girl when we were young enough and you were born after 1940 or before '35 to '40 you read his books because he wrote these lines in an old house in paris lived 12 little girls in two straight lines they left the house at half past 9 and he wrote and illustrated the books and in the carlyle hotel the bar has his artwork still on one of the walls. ge

was introduced by senator leahy and senator michalski. bill is bipartisan and i want to thank my colleagues for all the work they have done. we will now answer any questions you may have. -- >> is there -- the bill is very expensive. in the previous version, it was also bipartisan but more new if. is there any concern this bill is going back to a more new arrow version? >> you may

you will see senator leahy and representative goodlatte on the use of the collective power by presidentslet's watch. >> any president has used effective power. is congress it does not like it, pass a law. >> i would like to see the court step up more and make decisions like that when the congress or the private sector challenges the power of the executive branch. we have a president today who came to the congress at president still what has long list of things, every president does that. they would like the congress enact, change for he did something different. at the end, he said if you do not do it, i will. >> gentlemen, comments from both of you. >> well, i think, again, jackson's concurrence is putting congress on notice to say look we will most reliably stand with you when you speak clearly about what to the appropriate boundaries are of executive authority. and when you do not speak and when there is an unbroken chain back,sident, we will come there's room for presidents to maneuver in presidents certainly have. this case is sometimes recognized as a moment when the judiciary check

patrick leahy said yesterday hillary clinton cannot win enough delegates should drop out and support rival barack obama. >>> president bush is hoping text rebates and help for homeowners will help jump-start the economy building on federal housing administration program helping homeowners refinance unaffordable mortgages. >>> police arrested a 16-year-old in the virginia shootings a 19-year-old also arrested yesterday. two suffered minor injuries. >>> now back to "chasing the devil." >>> we now return to "chasing the devil." >> i was more interested in killing than in sex. i wanted to torture them but not kill them before i got a chance to torture her. you can't torture a woman when she's dead. >> what turn as man into a serial killer? why would gary ridgway be driven to kill and kill again? no one knew. but everyone in law enforcement wanted to find out. how important do you think it is that we try, at least, to get some sense of why? of where does something this dark come from? >> one of the mothers said to me the other day, he didn't come from outer space. he's a member of our com

patrick leahy and later, the conversation about refugees coming into europe. every weekend, the c-span network features programs on politics, books, and american history. as a nation commemorates veterans day saturday, starting at 11 a.m. eastern, we will be live from new orleans -- as we look back 70 years to the war's end. we will tour the museum exhibits and take your calls and tweets. starting this week and every sunday morning, our new program, road to the white house rewind takes a look at past campaigns through archival footage. this sunday will feature ronald reagan. and on c-span saturday night at 8:30, the steamboat freedom conference debate looks at the effect of legalized marijuana in colorado and other states. sunday evening at 6:30, coverage continues with former maryland governor and presidential candidate martin o'malley. he will speak at a townhall meeting of the university of new hampshire in durham. on c-span2 book tv, starting at 4:00, it is the boston book festival -- featuring nonfiction presentations. including jessica stern on isis. ira

was introduced by senator leahy and senator michalski. bill is bipartisan and i want to thank my colleagues for all the work they have done. we will now answer any questions you may have. -- >> is there -- the bill is very expensive. in the previous version, it was also bipartisan but more new if. is there any concern this bill is going back to a more new arrow version? recall the legislation did not go anywhere either. and to us, that was a bare minimum. criticism from the civil rights community and the voting rights community. we narrowed the bill until we excluded the states that were engaged, my state of being one of them. we were not covered. alabama, where all of this started, is not going to be covered. what we did was we decided to use what the supreme court asked us to use it in a way that would and to state if you don't have any intentions to be mischievous, you shouldn't be worried about it. >> do have any sense of where the new speaker stands on this? have there been any discussions as an ally?be seen the chairman as opposed t

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senator leahy. >> what we think even joining the witnesses for being here today.our expertise and insights are particularly important as we cope with the issue is the chair and has laid out and again let me thank the chairman for providing the committee the opportunity to take a deliberate and holistic review of the defense department organization structure permissions and essentially look forward very creatively and abruptly. as the chairman pointed out we were privileged to have the secretary of defense bob gates and host of other experts, former officials and historians and active commissions that talks about the defense department and strategic context in going forward and it's worthwhile as the chairman has done to quote doctor. he said americans including all too often our leaders regarding the national crisis and conflict as aberrations when in fact it's sad to say they are the norm. he also repeated in the conclusion by more than four decades of public service is predicting the future remains perfectly never gotten it right. because of this he said we must

leahys senator pat talking about that issue. not enough leaders to work things out. that you arean always going to agree with the leader of your own party, but there are certain things that may seem formal with -- you can work it out. you can do a lot of things by consent. people have one or two who can disrupt that and get on the local news by doing it. we don't spend enough time developing personal relationships. when i came, we were in session five days a week. people weren't out fundraising all the time. your children would know each other and your children would know each other and that made a big difference. everything -- everyone thinks that it is done on the floor but -- i the private meetings have a nice office in the capital and we have had meetings there. we just sit down and talk. without having every single word recorded. you have to go back to those personal relationships. politico this morning, speaker ryan says he is -- he says that the house will be so freewheeling under his direction that leaders might ring bills to the floor that will fail. bills w

la vek back to pass, it's picked off by leahy, the grizzlies were in business and kicked a field goal after that. a screen play and the senior takes it 30 yards from the touched. the offense looks like it's playing downhill. and down to andrew duval for a touchdown, 17 hadden en den en hadden-- 17-0. bedford at goffstown next week. in the other bracket, exeter and pinkerton both won and they will host the blue hawks next week. division two, milford able to win at sau hegan and then kennett and windham going to final four as well. division three, stevens in the white, you know, forl. bell will connect with parker smith. a good pass play and a first down for the cardinals. a good looking catch. they connect again. bell to smith for a nine yard touchdown. 6-0, that was the score at halftime. after that, the falcons took control. christopher robbins with a nice run. they are going to the division three championship game. newport over somersworth and then the win against stevens. host the lakers in a lakes region semifinal. girls cross country in nashua. great to see 157 runners heading up

i was honored to work with the champion of legislation ranking member leahy. we have held events that focus on the resources shared between federal and state law enforcement that provides critical equipment and specialized services that local law enforcement needs but most often can't afford. i think these are the sorts of meaningful actions to support law enforcement that we should be discussing today. i would like to enter into the record 11 letters, all bipartisan, in supporting federal programs critical to this task of state and local law enforcement. four weeks ago we welcomed local law enforcement leaders from delaware and missouri to a local law enforcement caucus in improving the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve. it was a productive conversation that highlighted the successes and challenges in implementing modern community policing programs, which brings us to our topic today. we cannot choose between these objectives. we must work to achieve both. the role the department of justice is both to support state and local

without dissent, thanks to the good work of senator grassley, the chair of that committee and senator leahy. her name is one of the names that is coming up before the senate and i would say that given that we have 15 indictments out of minnesota alone with that number i think even growing against isis homegrown terrorist people that were trying to go and fight for isis abroad that our great law enforcement in minnesota on the federal and local level were able to track down and our aggressive u.s. attorney's office was able to make the case and bring those cases. we need judges to handle those cases. and we have one of the highest caseloads already in the country, and i appreciate the work of the judiciary committee on a bipartisan basis in bringing this nomination to the floor. and it is one of several that need to get done. again, front-line positions. front-line positions dealing directly with the terrorism that we're talking about. finally in terms of positions we have to fill the state department positions that are open the usaid critical assistance to our allies, to our friends who are

william leahy. john foster dulles. mcgehee. assistant surgeon, the first female surgeon. the first female -- this is rear admiral grace hopper. she invented the computer language. the men were involved with the hardware, the women got into the soft ware and this was the first female to wear -- to be a commissioned officer in the u.s. services. there are 46 different symbols you can have on a grave in arlington. that's one of them, muslim. i know who constance bennett was. she was a sister of joan bennett, the sister of barbara bennett, and her fifth and final husband was coulter and she is buried at arlington. my favorite role that she was in was, of course, as miriam kirby with cary grant. ludwig bemelmans. if you have daughters, you read his books. if you are a girl and were young enough and born after about 1 0 1940, you read his books, because he wrote these lines. an old house in paris that was covered with vines lived 12 little girls in two straight lines. they left the house at half past nine, the smallest was mad line. he wrote and illustrated the books and the ca