mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, thank you very much. i first want to commend and salute the work that's been done already on this legislation by the senior senator from maine and for her leadership. senator collins appropriately focused on the issue of jobs and job creation. i know in our state we've got, at present -- we are finally below the half million unemployed number. we went many, many months when the unemployment rates went as high as -- gosh, it must have been as high as 550,000. it went down, but it hovered around a half a million people for far too much months. we're below that now. we're at about 443,000, still a big number, below 7%, but just by a little bit. so job creation has to be job one for me, for i think most of us in the senate, if not all of us, and if that is the reality that your number-one obligation is job creation, you ought to be able to show the people you represent that you're doing something about it. and you can't do much of anything unless you can get bipartisan cooperat

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when his bmw crashed on the outskirts of giving a scapegoat for six people in the car at the time mr casey was also banned from driving for thirty years the growing calls for an independent inquiry into the voting controversy at the garden should call ombudsman commission the irish council of civil liberties says there are still questions the answers to the full name of state senate with the support the mission fame private member's motion old tomorrow calling for an inquiry. on guard ship qana and the ombudsman might want to me on from this controversy there seems little prospect of the story going away over the coming days. the minister for justice is due to face in iraq this committee on wednesday when the opposition parties united in a call for an independent inquiry. this morning. minister of state joe costello said there were particular questions he would like the answer to such as the story of convicted drug dealer carolyn boyle and his relationship with gaudy was the subject of an investigation but she saw last year mr costello said the alleged surveillance of gees talk to plants w

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mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i rise this morning to speak about two issues, the first will be on the matter that's before us, the veterans legislation. i'll also speak -- let me ask consent to speak as if in morning business on a separate topic and would ask that that appear at a different part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, thank you very much. i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak about the legislation. i want to commend the work of chairman searchedz and others who have brought us to this -- searntdz and others -- sanders and whose who have brought us to this point. we know have have a challenge to pass this legislation and the good news is that these issues are bipartisan, both parties have a real concern about what happens to our veterans, what happens to our veterans' families. we often have different pathways to get there, but i think we do have a bipartisan concern. but it's appropriate to start with -- with a reflection on what i think our obligatio

mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as i have every year sips i came to the senate now eight years ago, i rise today to commemorate black history month by paying tribute to a distinguished american. this year we're privileged to recognize willie s. foons, a man -- johnson, who has enriched both the commonwealth of pennsylvania and our nation through civic engagement and successful entrepreneurial endeavors. willie johnson's contributions both as a citizen and as the founder and chairman of prwt services, incorporated, one of the oldest and most significant minority-owned businesses in the united states, are both a credit to both him and to the commonwealth of pennsylvania. today i'm proud to share some of willie's achievements in the example he and prwt have set of responsible corporate citizenship. prwt does it all. it employs over 1,500 people, makes money for its shareholders and still manages to give back to its community and to other stakeholders to an extent that few other for-profit companies ever achi

mr. chairman. >> senator casey. >> mr. chairman thank you very much for calling this hearing and ranking member collins as well. it's a very interesting topic and it's one that i think there's a lot of review and scrutiny by members of the united states senate and i would include the house and that as well. it's particularly interesting because i look at as they liked it when i represent pennsylvania, we have about 2 million seniors in our state and when i consider what they have done in their lives up to that point in time it's really extraordinary. when you think about -- i am at the end of the younger end of the baby boom generation. when i consider the generation just before the baby boom folks who might in their 80s now or close to that, they have lived through not just a remarkablremarkabl e time period but they have contributed so substantially to what we take for granted today. in a sense we take for granted we have a middle class. they have dealt it. especially after world war ii. if you consider the contribution

mr. chairman. >> senator casey? -- thank youuch very much. it is an interesting topic and it is one that bears a lot of review and scrutiny by members of the united states senate and the house as well. it is interesting because when i look at a state like the one i represent, pennsylvania -- we have about 2 million seniors in our state. when i consider what they have done in their lives up to that point and time, it is really extraordinary. the,kind of at the end of the younger end of the baby boom generation. when i consider the generation just before the baby boomers, folks who are in their 80's now are close to that, they have lived and not just through a remarkable time. , but they have contributed so takeantially to what we for granted today. we take for granted that they have a middle class. they built it. especially after world war ii. you consider the contribution they made to several wars and defending the country and preserving freedom, all of that. we sometimes take that for granted today. just the ability they demonstrated to adap

casey. [applause] >> thank you, roger. good morning, mr. president, first lady michelle obama and mr.ished guests, here in the united states and around the world. we are honored by your presence and grateful to have it in the prayer breakfast and the senate with roger wicker. it is a time for one day a week for about an hour for us to come together in prayer and fellowship but it is also a time to express gratitude. as my mother would say, to count your blessings. sometimes we don't do that enough. i hope it is, and for many of us it is a time when aware reminded of our obligations. it is a great hymn entitled "we are called" and the refrain goes as follows. we are called it act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another and walk with god. the first words of that hymn go as follows. come live in the life. -- light. we hope -- i think it is true of most weeks in the senate prayer breakfast -- we hope the light of that breakfast helps us throughout the week in all we do. it is our prayer this morning that the light of this breakfast will not just wa

casey. [applause] >> thanks, roger. good morning mr. president, first lady michelle obama, mr.uests both here in the united states in from around the world. we are honored by your presence. we are grateful to have this opportunity. i'm grateful as well to share leadership with the prayer breakfast in the senate with roger wicker. and it's a time for one day a week for about one hour, it's a time for us to come together in prayer and fellowship, but it is also a time to express the gratitude. as my mother would say, to count your blessings. sometimes we don't do that enough. but also i hope it is, and i think for many of us it is, it's a time when we are reminded of our obligations. a great him entitled we are called, the refrain of that goes as follows. we are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another and to walk humbly with god. the first words in that hymn go as follows, come live in the light. and we hope, i think it's true of most weeks at the senate prayer breakfast, we hope that the light of the breakfast helps us throu

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reed of rhode island, gillibrand, whitehouse, schatz, boxer, casey, carper, warren, murray, begich, brown, merkley, king, schumer, nelson, coons. mr. reid: i have a motion to commit s. 1845 with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, moves to commit the bill to the committee on finance with instructions to report back being amendment number 2716. mr. reid: on this, mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. mr. reid: i have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment number 2717 to the instructions of the motion to commit. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays, mr. president. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment numbered 2718 to amendment numbered

casey in michigan. >> i would like to give a shout-out to my finance teacher, mr.cks, and ask about cisco. >> there's a cisco that's good, the food service business. the bad is the cisco tech. what can i tell you. it doesn't have what i want out of a stock in tech. i want growth. brian in tennessee, brian?! >> caller: hey, how's it going, cramer? >> all right, how about you? >> caller: good, good. my question is about czr partners. >> fertilizer, ag, we don't like fertilizer or ag and we're not going to pay for a dividend when we see no growth. i'll say ixnay on cvr. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round"! >> announcer: the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. wherever you are with the mobile trader app can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the

economist casey mulligan talking about this issue. we had mr. professor mulligan speak at a sub committee hearing about year ago on the unemployment concerns and started talking about these issues. of course cbo understood this guy had it right. it was largely his analysis put into our anal sit. i would argue on the the broader policies from this administration, but it's worth your -- worth reading that if you get a chance. i'll finish here and we'll get to our panel. president johnson said this. he wants to strike at the causes of poverty, not just the consequences. and nast whthat's what our bill to do as well. you want to get at what causes poverty, it's not focusing on marriage and family. and you want to get at what causes poverty, it's not adhering to free markets. so when we focus on those things, good things can happen, and we can move in the right direction. last thing i'll say is -- i used to say this to all the the student athletes we got a chance to -- some of you know my background before i got crazy and got in the business of polit

casey hunt, thank you as always. joining me now is the coanchor of "squawk box" and from chicago director mr. axelrod. at the same time, it is so incredibly dysfunctional in the caucus that members of leadership are being sacrificed to do ordinary business. >> ted cruz wasn't the most popular member before in this caucus. he doesn't care because he's appealing to an entirely audience, the heritage foundation, all the folks on the right who are clamoring for them to turn down the debt ceiling. i happen to believe that john boehner did his -- i think he did his members a favor yesterday because he allowed them to vote against the debt ceiling, but he didn't take down the world economy in the process. and i think that's what mcconnell and cornyn had in mind as well. it gives you a sense of how tender the dynamics are within the republican right now. >> i wonder what wall street thinks of these she nproblems. >> you were about to say -- >> the seas are not calm. there are still rough waters in there. a real sense that the control of the republican party is up for grabs. this could be used against mitch mc

casey is correct about the lack of strategic vision. this administration doesn't have one. i suggested the other day that instead of asking himself, what would carter do? what mrreally aught to do is ask himself, what would ronald reagan do? it is impossible, i think, at this point to see carter' vision. his vision was to end the evil empire. so everything he did to include right from the very beginning when moammar gadhafi threatened the line of death, he didn't get up to say that's a red line in the sand. he told the u.s. navy you will cross the gulf and if they do, shoot them down. they did. no big speeches. there will be consequences. all this bluster from the administration has destroyed one of the crucial elements of diplomacy. and this administration has no credibility on either of the visible issues you can see today, ukraine, and the russians are not going to give up this black seats. they are not going to give up syria, the base is crucial to them because it's their only access to the mediterranean. what's happen is because they didn't have a strategy, the obama administration has made putin, for all intensive purposes, the desire of all the issues.

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casey, senator gillibrand, senator heinrich, senator merkley, senator murray, senator reed, senator shaheen, senator whitehouse, senator rockefeller, senator tester, and senator can' cantwell. i thank all of them for their strong support. mr. president, let me take a few minutes to touch on -- just touch on -- some of the areas that this bill -- this comprehensive bill covers. and as i return to the floor in the coming days, i will go into greater length about each of these provisions, because each of these provisions, unto themselves, is enormously important in terms of the needs of of our veterans. as i mentioned earlier, and consistent with what's on the bill right now, the pryor bill, the bipartisan budget act of 20 -- the bill -- our comprehensive veterans bill will restore the cuts made in the bipartisan budget act of 2013 to military retirees. so in our bill, we address that issue. this comprehensive veterans legislation deals with another issue -- not necessarily a sexy issue -- buissue, but one that a large number of veterans all over america. that is, it will allow v.a. to enter into 27 major medical leases in 18 states and puerto rico. for a variety of reasons too complicated to get into right now, we have cbuc

economist casey mulligan talking about this issue. we had mr. professor mulligan speak at a sub committee hearing about year ago on the unemployment concerns and started talking about these issues. of course cbo understood this guy had it right. it was largely his analysis put into our anal sit. i would argue on the the broader policies from this administration, but it's worth your -- worth reading that if you get a chance. i'll finish here and we'll get to our panel. president johnson said this. he wants to strike at the causes of poverty, not just the consequences. and nast whthat's what our bill to do as well. you want to get at what causes poverty, it's not focusing on marriage and family. and you want to get at what causes poverty, it's not adhering to free markets. so when we focus on those things, good things can happen, and we can move in the right direction. last thing i'll say is -- i used to say this to all the the student athletes we got a chance to -- some of you know my background before i got crazy and got in the business of polit