tha you, mada attorney general, welcome to the committee. thanu wdinst want to add my voice to and i could go through the facts and figures on that but you know those better than any of us do. it's just a real concern, and we have one of the prisons that's on the short lis a back in 20 -- in fy 2010 it was scheduled to the funded in 2014. well, now it keeps getting pushed back. now it's 2018. it's jus t being able to get to some of the real needs that we have. so i know i'm noonern ere. let me ask about sequestration. i don't believe anyone's had a chance to ask about sequestration, and i'm curious e department did you all perceive what would happen to sequestration if in fact take place? and what plan, what steps you're taking to, you know, address that? >> well, i certainly hope that's something we don't have to face. i mean, as i look at it, we'd be looking at an across the board cut of about 7.8%, which would mean a cut of about $2.1 billion. no justice component would be exempt from those cuts and from an operational perspective, but i

. >> reporter: the district has mada veer caughts, closing two schools, increasing class size and creating a parent funded sports program. while the school board president said they have money now. >> we go negative in the tens of millions of dollars in three years. >> reporter: creating a scary situation. >> send me how you want me to make up the bunt cuts, what programs you want to cut and what you don't want that will equal what we would get in furlough days. >> reporter: the two sides met 12 times over the past seven months but have agreed there is no solution to their disagreement and will seek a mediator. >> five people are facing charges for an occupy protest onto berkeley campus that ended with a confrontation between police and demonstrators. you may recall these pictures november when officers were seen using batons on protesters. thousands had converged and a total of 39 ended up being arrested. four cal students and a professor are now being charged with resisting arrest and other crimes. >> an 11th hour plea deal in the case against the san francisco sheriff as we were first t

. >> reporter: the district has mada veer caughts, closing two schools, increasing class size and creating a parent funded sports program. while the school board president said they have money now. >> we go negative in the tens of millions of dollars in three years. >> reporter: creating a scary situation. >> send me how you want me to make up the bunt cuts, what programs you want to cut and what you don't want that will equal what we would get in furlough days. >> reporter: the two sides met 12 times over the past seven months but have agreed there is no solution to their disagreement and will seek a mediator. >> five people are facing charges for an occupy protest onto berkeley campus that ended with a confrontation between police and demonstrators. you may recall these pictures november when officers were seen using batons on protesters. thousands had converged and a total of 39 ended up being arrested. four cal students and a professor are now being charged with resisting arrest and other crimes. >> an 11th hour plea deal in the case against the san francisco sheriff as we were first t

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radical consequences and i urge my progr evlleagues to oppose it ando l preserve the progress we've mada on trying to level the playingsc field for workers and patients in this country. with that mr. president on a yield the floor.einstein: thanko >> mr. president,t. >> the senator from california. >> thank you, mr. president. i rise to thank the distinguished senator from new jersey for his remarks and mosts particularly for my friend andi. colleague from california. thist she has fought this fight alongr with the dean of the womennd tim senator mikulski year after year and time after time. amendment, i just want to express that to their retiremenc or announced perspective senatoa retirement of senator olympia ha snowe is for me a heartbreak. mt i have regarded her as one of the most impressive centers in y she still has many good years ahead of her. o i have the pleasure of working with her on a number of bills. t most importantly, we did really the only fuel economyears improvement that had been done in 20 years and that hand over ten bill. a and what's interesting about it is it was