thank you. >> thank you very much, senator manchin. senator shaheen or senator manchin, do you have any additional questions? >> i do, mr. chairman. it's not quite 12:00. come on. we have a minute. >> we have more than a minute if you need it. >> i know. i'm just kidding. general mattis, i would like to go to syria for a minute. i understand there have been a number of questions this morning about the opposition in syria and who they are. i'd like to raise a question about the weapons and the stockpiles that are there. earlier last month, senators gillibrand, collins and i sent some concerns. according to a recent report syria probably has one of the largest chemical weapons programs in the world. so there are two concerns. first is what happens if those weapons are left unsecured? could they potentially disappear and be used throughout the region? second, obviously, is there any suggestion that assad might actually use these weapons against the people of syria? i wonder if you could comment on both those questions. >> yes, senator, i

. >> senator manchin. >> thank you, two points i want to talk about, the aml, the manned and mined land fund from osm, office of surface mining, i see where you all have made some recommendations there and changing the process of the grant funds, which i applaud. i think it's the right direction, picking the most hazardous sitsz es or the worst environments or states affected. the money had been distributed differently before by tonnage, how much mining was done, how much per ton, then it was coming back in that same, where it was kind of not really addressing the environmental needs. i think you're taking that step in the right direction from what i can see here. and you estimated to be great savings on that. i would like to hear the savings i guess would come and might be, mr. secretary, that if you want mr. hayes if he's worked on that end or whatever would you think about that, how the savings are calculated. >> let me just say i appreciate the comment, senator manchin. we're trying to focus on the high risk areas, and it's especially -- >> our state has a lot of old mining, kentuck

as julie manchin, there is a $35 consultation that is available -- as julie mentioned. >> any other questions? there are multiple languages available. vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in t

joining me is west virginia senator joe manchin with republican senator mark kirk.hanks for joining us. tell me, it's an interesting thing. you have a lot of people, it only started six weeks ago, early february, you've got a lot of people involved already. is this a silver lining in the dark cloud of the lack of bipartisanship on capitol hill? >> chris, let me say my good friend mark kirk who will be coming back soon and by my side helping me and we started talking about this a while back and said we've got to do something to raids awareness. we started the veterans caucus. and then the i hire a vet, we saw the disturbing numbers coming out with so many of our veterans unemployed, 777,000 over 12% unemployment with veterans. 18 to 23-year-olds, chris, is about 29 to 30%. those are unacceptable. our goal was to get 535 congressional people basically signed up and i want to make sure they are hiring vets. 29 of us have veterans working for us, they are some of our best employees, we recommend them highly. we're trying to connect it. that's going to be branded all ove

as julie manchin, there is a $35 consultation that is available -- as julie mentioned. >> any other questions? there are multiple languages available. vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] çççç>> want to welcome you . of course, we have former mayor willie brown joining us. we have former supervisor sophie maxwell here as well. we have charlotte, a protocol officer. we have all the members of our board of supervisors, our current board. we have naomi's . harlon, kelly, the kids are here. naomi's mom is here bang today. thank you for being here as well. mrs. lee is here. [laughter] >> yeah. >> of all, today has been a very active day of the just wonderful announcements, of decisions being made that really reflected the values of the city. i have another one that reflects the value of this city, someone that i have spent privileged to work with for so many years, one began her career as a special assistant, worked her way up as the purchaser, direct

enjoy the moment, enjoy your manchin, change your number, financial advice, legal advice -- move on. >> and bob said everyone would know when he showed up to work in a helicopter. >> how long does it take to get the money? >> once you come in after you are passed out in line on the floor, you need to have your identification. we go to the paperwork. we give you a hug and cheer. we give you a big check and 7-10 days after that you should get your money. they have to chat leins, unpaid child support, that type of thing. >> how much will these they collect? quite a lot of money. if they take the cash, $39.20 million. that is a lot of money for the state of maryland. they are making a lot of money right now for the retailers. >> did you notice -- do you really put the check in the mail, or is that a figure of speech? >> we put the check in email. >> i will come that mine up. thank you for being with us, carol. of light to announce the fact that i am the winner. if you are holding the winning ticket in your hand, we have advice on what to do now. >> ok, i guess we can all xl. and someone

. >> senator manchin, we understand the importance of the buffer rule to your state, as we move forward, and we can make sure that we're protecting the streams, we make sure we are including you and -- >> in with of, we believe very strongly there's a balance between the environment and economy, and we're more than glad to lead the way if you will. we want a partnership. >> thank you, senator howard. >> thank you. something you touched on a little bit, the listing of the sage roush. i have a letter that you responded to a request for some information. first of all, i want to say thank you. i'm not used to the administration responding to requests for information. it means a lot, and in fact a shared concern that we have for that listing was an important part of that. if the sage grouse were to be listed i think it would have a devastating impact on public lands. one being renewable energy. i have many concerns with land management controls opposed by blm and sage grouse, and for that reason i'm putting together a working group. have you an interim plan. without the listing an interim pl

actions at home are in stark contrast to washington's words and condemning other nations which joe manchinits idea of a marker see that's as marina portnoy explains. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of scolding outsiders about the lives of democracy the iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precincts approach in human rights around the world. this is a big step towards democracy rule of law human rights these are our values and we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders wag their finger around the world. wouldn't be times in google force have been used to public protest at home. right police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed demonstrators in greece spain and london where thousands flood the streets to protest against austerity measures and unemployment they should focus on getting their own house in order and practice what they preach rather than noticing a

>> let me just say, i appreciate the comment senator manchin. >> the state has a lot old mining, kentucky has a lot of old mining, pennsylvania has a lot old, old mining that really help helped build the country. and i think it's a step in the right direction that we can clean up and do something withed land. >> i'm going to have david or noel get back to you on that. >> from focusing on the intent of the macro, which are the coal mine issues themselves, as opposed to other deeds. >> i interpreted it by looking at them now targeting the return on the aml money, the abandoned linemaned money, it's going to where the need is. >> right. >> where we've with always said. >> the savings would be that basically we're able to clean up and put land in production. i would with assume that's the effect you all have. >> does everyone agree to that? >> now where i disagree. >> you're afraid -- >> concerning the osm and the bureau of land mines, the merger, i can't find anybody that seems to be in favor to think this would be a good thing. i don't see the generation of savings for the disruption of how

those democrats joe manchin of west virginia and bob casey of pennsylvania, both up for re-election this year. ben nelson of nebraska who is retiring at the end of this year and a note about the senator olympia snowe who announced she'sal retire and she was the only republican to vote in favor of table ling the amendment. here's more of the floor debate. senator patty murray is a democrat from washington state. >> it is terrible policy. it will allow any employer in america to cut off any preventive care for any religious or moral reason. it would simply give every boss in america the right to make the health care decisions for their workers and their families. it is a radical assault on the comprehensive preventive health care coverage that we have fought so hard to make sure that women and men and families across this country have. if this amendment were to pass, employers could cut off coverage for children's immunizations if they on the to that. they could cut off prenatal care for children born to unmarried parents if they object to that. mr. president, the american people are watch

manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to applaud the confirmation of judge gina marie groh. as then-goafn of west virginia, i was honored to have the first female from the eastern panhandle with the highest of credentials, judge groh, brought to my attention. i was so proud to appoint her to the 23rd judicial district in 2006. and she has served with great distinction ever since. i'm also very pleased that my colleague and friend, senator jay rockefeller, saw the same qualities in judge groh that i did and recommended her for this prestigious position on the federal bench. i thank him for his steadfast support for her nomination. i just want to take this opportunity to reiterate some of judge gina groh's fine qualities and the reasons i know she will be an exceptional judge on the u.s. district court for the northern district of west virginia. she is a respected member of her community in t

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you had three democrat senators, manchin from west virginia, kasich from pennsylvania and one from nebraska't think this is a democrat or republican issue. this is about your personal view about religious freedom and the first amendment. women are smart enough to know the difference. >> bob: every republican voted against this. snow, go down the list. >> greg: here is the thing. how come the only -- >> dana: the table. >> greg: how come the only people who can opt out of obamacare are the people who enthusiastically supported it? >> bob: unions. >> greg: people that vote that want this are opting out. [ overtalk ] >> kimberly: the carve-out exception. >> greg: people who want out of it can't it go of it. >> dana: including the military about to have their pay cut and stuck in obamacar obamacare. b. you all ought to be thankful for maybe you will find out one day all the people you pay for because they go to energy rooms and have no insurance go on your bills. now they won't. >> kimberly: let's get to this. bob on romney because he wanted to talk about it. mistake, was it fatal? >> bob: not

senator olympia snow was the lone republic that voted against it three supported the bill, manchin, robert. let's get back to sandra who clearly wants society to pay for her activities. why then won't the government pay for my activities? for example, i played college football, the government should have bought my equipment. my helmet. shoulder pads, cleats, because if i don't have those things on the field i might get hurt. and that might cost society a lot especially if i don't have the money to pay for my hospital stay. so surely the taxpayers should have poniedied up for my football activities. you have see, this is all a ruiz. i don't care what sandra fluke does. she san american. she is entitled to do whatever she wants as long as she doesn't break civil law. i don't want to pay for her recreation. this is madness. the progressive movement totally ignoring reality is defining this exclusively as a woman's health issue. but there are health implications for everything we do, including eating a burger. it is misfluke herself who is responsible for what she does. not me and not you. thi

olympia snowe joined the democrats and i believe manchin from west virginia and bobby casey of pennsylvanianed the republicans. what do you think of that? that seems to be getting back to the older way where there was spillover. your thoughts, senator lincoln. >> there's got to be spillover. but there's got to be a conscious effort at going through these efforts and figuring out what the middle ground is so you don't just have one or two crossing over but that you're building a consensus in the middle. we have to change peoples' perspective and make sure they know they are never going to get 100% of everything they want. that that 90% is critical because it helps us move the ball from the 10 yard line to the 50 yard line. >> is a lot of this fundraising where you just -- the parties have to play to their base. it's not always the base. it could be just the wealthy people. on the democratic side, they go all the way on certain issues. you know how fund-raising goes. you know they have automatic ones and then they don't have to make any deals. i was thinking the tough race, claire mccaskill i

only harry reid and joe manchin surviving, so it's clear that his fate is not -- is going to be a bigin terms of distribution. very true cross pressure members come from states that go one way for president and one way for senate, from senator snowe. >> now, she pointed out in 1994, 34 senators that she was serving with came from states where the president was voted for by another party, and that went down to 25%. that's 25 right now and -- but the one thing i will say, though, if you look back over just the past three elections, they're huge kind of wave one issue elections. 2006, swept in the democrats, it was very much anti-war. 2008, it was obviously anti- -- still anti-bush, and 2010 it was kind of the tea party. talk to strategists on both sides, and they say it will be very difficult -- it's not going to be like that this time. it's probably going to be race by race, candidate by candidate, issue by issue and state by state. >> ron brownstein, dana bash, thank you so much. >>> president obama addressed aipac a short while ago. he said no option is off the table when it comes to

democrats bob casey of pennsylvania, joe manchin of west virginia, and ben nelson of nebraska voted with the republicans. kris cillizza is an nbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. hey, chris. this was a key test already of the gender wars. it was pretty clear that it was going to be defeated. and susan collins voted with her fellow republicans, against some of the other women in the senate, saying that she thought that this was an amendment that was defective, but they could be fixed later on, but that the democrat were playing election year politics. >> well, you know, i would say both sides are probably playing a little bit of election year politics here, andrea. this was, you heard barbara boxer, the california democrat, in your opening say, you know, this was amended to a highway bill. and it was. this was a highway funding bill, where they put, roy blunt, the freshman senator from missouri, republican, put this on to it in hopes of trying to get it passed. this is not an uncommon practice. lots of things get added to unrelated bills, but it does have the feel of e

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judge for the northern district of west virginia, signed by 18 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, manchin, brown of ohio, udall of new mexico, murray, begich, kohl, nelson of florida, lautenberg, shaheen, bloomen that will, cardin, coons, feinstein, leahy, durbin, lieberman, schumer. cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance -- provided mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i have filed 17 cloture motions. the clerk has read the first one. there are 16 others. i would ask the chair if it would be in order for a unanimous consent request that the -- following the 16 nominations that were not yet read into the record, it would appear as if the same action occurred on those procedurally as the first one that was read. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: i now ask the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin

joe manchin of west virginia and mary lawnd rue of louisiana. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said today the president is completely out of touch on the keystone issue: >> i mean, think about it. at a moment when millions are out of work, gas prices are literally skyrocketing, and the middle east is in turmoil, we've got a president who's up making phone calls, trying to block a pipeline here at home. it's really almost unbelievable. >> reporter: and senator john cornyn of texas spoke as well, saying the president claims he wants to create jobs, but now he's apparently lobbying against the ones that keystone would create, jenna. jenna: you said apparently because there are still reports about that. what does the white house say about the claim that the president is personally lobbying democrats to vote against the keystone project? >> well, the white house is noto has not responded to questions about this report, but as you know, the president wants further environmental study of this controversial pipeline. he claims republicans are play

. >> senator manchin. >> thank you secretary for being here. two points at want to talk about.see where you all have made some recommendations there and change in the process of the grant funds, which i applaud. i think it's the right direction and that most -- the worst environmental sites sites a benefactor. the money is spent distributed differently as you know by tonnage. how much mining was done how much per ton and then it was coming back where it was kind of not really addressing the environmental means. i think you're taking that step in the right direction from what i can see here. you estimated there would be great savings on that and i would like to hear the savings i guess that would calm and mr. secretary it might be, if you will mr. hayes, whatever you would think about that, the savings are calculated? >> let me just say i appreciate the comment senator manchin and what we are trying to do is focus on the high-risk areas and especially -- >> kentucky has a lot of old mining in pennsylvania has a lot of old old mining that really helped build the country and i thi

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manchin: thank you so much. madam president, i, too, am honored to be able to rise today and speak of our dear friend, barbara mikulski. so many good things have been said, so many accolades have been shared of what barbara has done and what she means to all of us. committee only tell you there's not a better ally, a mentor, a neighbor, most importantly a friend that i have in the senate than barbara mikulski. we do share a border, maryland and west virginia have had a long and illustrious relationship. as governor, i'd always known of barbara and met her a few times when i served the great state of west virginia. but as senator, i've had the privilege of being here colleague and working with her and becoming friends. listen to her and watching her, how she works with her constituents, how she considers the issue, how she fights for the issue. and i don't think anyone's ever had to guess where barbara stands on an issue because we've all known. in the 15 months that we have worked together, i can say that it's e

it is really hard to a manchin that this is what we need in to put americans back to work in to deliver to our children an economy that is the largest and it -- the largest and strongest on the earth. it is a bill which has in its hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes. it is a bill that has two naille and fatima programs, the insurance subsidies and a class act, which way it -- which may mean an entirely timely demise in the near future. it we need to set those up when we already have the entitlement spending problems. you can look at the research from around the globe at countries that have our problem here is our problem is slow growth, high debt. it debt to gdp will explode over the next decade. that growth, bad debt problems. the recipe is to keep taxes low and reform them. and cut spending. not all spending is created equal. you need to preserve the core function of the government, national security, infrastructure, education. those things which have been around since the founders of this republic and you need to take on the scale of government and the necessary transfer pro

that's what joe manchin has said and your current governor. >> i think it's a pretty fair characterization and i should note this is only one of three cases that have gone against the e.p.a. in the coal universe in the last week and i think we're seeing that these independent judges are finding that e.p.a. has drastically overstepped its bounds and inventing authority it doesn't have. >> at one time, the e.p.a. was just an agency that regulated things. now it seems they have got an agenda. now they're pushing not so much coal, let's use the sun and use the wind, which is great but coal is so much cheaper and works better right now. >> well, whether that's the case or not which it certainly is, i mean, the reality here is that in this case, they went in three years later, i mean, this is the equivalent as if you were to go out and build a house and you wanted to go to the county and you got your permit and you got your mortgage. you built the house. you were living there for three years and then you get a knock on the door from the county saying oh, by the way, that permit we gave you three