now he is the gop candidate running for senate against incumbent democrat mark udall.co-sponsored a total ban on abortion with no exceptions in the case of rape or incest. it was a bill that would have put doctors in prison for up to a dozen years. he was only of a handful of legislators who voted against giving rape victims access to emergency contraception. during his tenure in the colorado statehouse, he supported not one, but two of these so-called personhood ballot measures, that got voted down twice by voters in the state, by more than 40 points. he also bragged about going the extra mile to try to get that bill passed. >> thank you. i have signed the personhood petition. i have taken the petitions to my church and circulating into my church, and i have a legislative record that backs up my support for life. >> that was mr. gardner's legislative record on the state level. song remained the same during his federal career. along with the akin bill, he cosponsored a bill that would have made you ask your boss if you could take birth control. he also supported a nati

i'm mark udall. you have the right to live life on your own terms and make your own choices. that's why i approve this message. >> democrats are getting much better at articulating the case against republicans on these issues. heading into today's voting in colorado, republicans have been worried about whether cory gardner's already tough race might be further jeopardized by what else the republican party decides to do to their ballot today. colorado republicans have been worried they might screw up their chances at getting that senate seat by choosing a name that would go at the top of the ticket this fall, which might alienate people down the ticket. the republican candidates for governor including a former state senator, but the fourth republican candidate, he's the one who had republicans worried that if he wins the republican nomination for governor, he won't just lose the governor's race himself, he has the potential to make all the other republicans on the ballot lose, too. tom tancredo, how are you doing? the prospect of him becoming the nominee of governor had libera

i think mark udall will be re elected. he's been a good senator but i think he'll be re-elected because the republicans are disassembling over the immigration issue. one of many. >> you know, susan, radio host who's very right wing, laura ingram played a big role in eric cantor's loss. there was still animosity this weekend. watch this. >> listen, i'm not into blaming anybody. i will say that suggestion that i should have been traded to the taliban for sergeant bergdahl really is not a serious contribution to a public policy debate. >> this was a win for grassroots activists on the ground for virginia. >> he can't take a joke. prisoner swap. he has no sense of humor. that's why he lost. >> this back and forth play only help helps the democrats and doesn't seem to be dissipating. >> i think that's the case. eric cantor is right in a way about the immigration thing. his problem wasn't that he was too pro immigration, certainnan pelosi doesn't think he was. the reason he was doing that is he was so nervous about the reaction

i got a statement from mark udall. single female voters are desirable voting blocks. he's blasting it. mark udall, a democrat, but i don't know if his opponent would go out on the same ledge as mcconnell praising the decision. >> is this something that you guys might use to fundraise? >> well, -- i have less concern about fundraising. i'm more concerned about the women it's going to affect. it makes no sense. women in this country use birth control to protect their health and plan their families. if you think about it. there's a reason we have a birthrate of about two per women. that's because most women will spend maybe five years of their life trying to become pregnant or being pregnant, and spend the next, you know, 30 years trying to prevent pregnancy. fir their health, family, and future. i think you'll see a lot of women outraged it's going to be viewed their employers can decide they don't get this benefit. >> devil's advocate here. how much does it matter whether that is something that is paid for by closely held company or a third party? >> well, all of us, y

republican congressman corey gardener will try to unseat democratic incumbent mark ewe dal -- udall.> the issues in this race are economy, immigration reform, best of the above energy policy, how we implement the affordable care act, and i would tell you the great thing about this race is there's a clear contrast between congressman gardener and myself i look forward to having that debate. my record has been a mainstream record. >> if you look at the past six years of this administration and the president accepted the nomination to become president at mile-high stadium, mark udall has been with him every step of the way and more and more people in colorado are struggling to make ends meet. they are working harder and harder. we can do better, we have to do better. we got to shake thing up. the fact that we have a chance in colorado to determine what kind of country we will become by changing the majority of the senate that's a big part of this race and what people are talking about. >> when you look at my record, and my approach, it really matches up with colorado's perspectives and

for example, in colorado, where you have cory gardiner and mark udall, that's going to be a race that everybody watches come november. >> bret baier, we'll be checking back with you later in the program, as election results come in. joining us now from the great state of alaska, sarah palin. governor, good to see you again. >> thank you, sean. >> obviously very close in mississippi, too early to call right now. in the final days of this campaign, thad cochran really angered a lot of conservatives by reaching out to democratic voters to push him over the hump here. that might have made the difference, any impact in the general election? >> well, you know, as for the primary, and perhaps if it's true, some shenanigans going on there, nothing should surprise you. that's old school politics where it's a bit of the status quo and that's got to go. it's very rare in a republican primary that the candidate who promises to bring home the bacon, promising bigger government, which is requiring higher taxes and more burdensome government actually pulls it off in the primary? that's a rare thing.

the ballot they think that's going to help cory gardner the senate republican nominee take down mark udalldemocratic incumbent. >> interesting. >> colorado a state need to win. >> i don't know that very interesting there is a lot of big picture stuff going on here in these races. >> and the tea party still has got juice. the tea party has still got juice, bill. they are pushing republican candidates to be more conservative and the idea that the conservative candidates in general. >> we just reported -- cammeron, i have got to let you go, you see that oil thing behind you, if that goes over, you are going to get hit in the head. that wouldn't be good. get him in a safe place. let's go to rosen. rosen is in paris with john kerry whom he interviewed yesterday. let's roll the clip on that. >> one american. >> you saw ramadi fall and what did you do to prevent mosul from falling it doesn't seem like very much. >> in the end iraqis are responsible for their defense and nobody expected wholesale desertion and wholesale betrayal in a sense by some leaders who literally either signed up with the gu

hurt folks like cory gardner who's running in a very competitive senate race against incumbent mark udall as well as congressman mike kauffman who's in a very competitive sixth district congressional race so i think staff for republicans are breathing a little easier knowing bob beauprez is on the ticket. but bob beauprez did lose in 2006 in his gubernatorial bid that year. >> i remember when he was recruited, everybody had high hopes for him both as a statewide candidate and he has flopped on the statewide stage. i've got to ask you, it seems like john hickenlooper is still on the defensive here. does he support the gun legislation that he signed? >> that's a good question. i mean in these recent weeks, the governor has seemed to kind of backtrack on supporting a bill that limits ammunition magazines. he spoke to a number of republican sheriffs who were staunchly against these new reform that say democrats passed last year, gun control reforms. video captured him essentially saying, hey, i don't know if this was the right thing to do. and he kind of was backtracking on it in the video. b

rand paul, ron wyden, and mark udall published an op-ed in "the los angeles times" today criticizinghe bill in its current form for its shortcomings. what are those shortcomings? how serious are they for people who care about these issues? necessity of the working with congress we have rather than the one we might wish to have. and you guysdown can explain what i just said. >> the bill purports to and able collection. the way the intelligence community to find bulk is anything without a discriminator or selection term. the phone dragnet is bulk collection, they can ostensibly get all the phone records in the u.s. as soon as they use any kind of discriminator, however broad, they no longer consider that bulk collection. what we call upstream collection, 702 upstream collection where they sniff the that crossed the telecom switches and pull certain e-mails and phone numbers, stuffe signatures, that collects in a year at least 56,000 communications of americans that are related -- that are unrelated and innocent. domestic communications. they do not consider that bulk collection. the in

working with senator tester and looking closely at the bell that question -- bill that he and senator mark udall introduced, senate bill 1120. seasonal workers are so important to alaska, a large number of alaskans hold different jobs based on the season since we have such unique climate. many firefighters come from the lower 48 to help us fight fires in the summer. right now it seems to me that the federal hiring practices isn't giving these seasonal workers who have developed great expertise over many years a fair shot if they want to transition to a full-time job in the same field be. i'm glad to hear your thoughts on this issue, and i'm looking forward to the continuing discussion with senator tester. i'm not sad, i'm cold. i've got a cold. [laughter] leapt me introduce our witnesses, and i'll start with mr. jim hubbard is the deputy chief of the u.s. forest service which is part of the department of agriculture. jim? >> thank you, mr. chairman. glad to be here. as you've noted, we're into the fire be season. alaska -- fire season. alaska is especially. arizona and new mexico are having norm

gardner is trying to unseed senator mark udall this november for the senate seat, and udall is pushing a very similar bill in the senate side. it hasn't gotten quite as much tratching. >> on energy the white house isn't idle this week, either. they tweeted that one year ago president obama announced his climate action plan. check out the progress we have made. is there any area of agreement between what the house wants to do, house republicans, and the white house? >> not really. like i say that has been the case for quite some time. this is -- we are sort of at that time of year where everything -- all attention turns to messaging ahead of the november elections. i think this week it's just another example of that. >> nick juliano is environment and energy daily reporter covering debate on energy bills in the house. thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much for having me. >> both on amendments to that bill coming -- votes on amendments to the bill coming up. the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. we'll have live coverage when members return here on c-span. as the hous

first introduced in the senate as s. 1084 by senators mark udall and susan collins, the bipartisan streamlining energy efficiency for schools act aims to provide a coordinating structure for schools to help them better navigate available federal programs and financing options. this legislation doesn't spend an additional dime, and it keeps decisionmaking authority with the states, with the school boards, with the local officials. the bill establishes a clearing-house through the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy, which will disseminate information on federal programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to develop energy efficiency, distributed generation and energy retrofitting projects for schools. i urge my colleagues to pass this bill and, again, i think the gentleman from maryland for yielding and for his assistance in this matter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back his time to the gentleman from maryland. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. kinzinger: mr. speaker, i'll inquire if the gentleman from maryland is prepared to cl