mr. kerry: thank you. mr. president, china is racing ahead with respect to these kinds of investments, and the fact is that they're sending their students to the united states for degrees in math, science, engineering, but the house is cutting pell grants so that there's a 15% cut below the maximum level which would affect over 100,000 students in college, making it less affordable, less accessible for low and moderate income students. that's not a budget that helps our economy. it does nothing with dealing with the deficit and jobs. they tie the hands of the consumer product commission, the product safety commission so they can't launch a database for consumer products. so i guess you don't need to know -- if you're an average american, you don't need to know if the products you buy are safe, if they are going to harm you. that doesn't matter anymore, even though it has nothing to do with really dealing with the budget problem. they reduce -- they reduce federal funds from being spent for planned parenthood,

mr. kerry? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and with my accent, i still call it obamacare too. [laughter] >> it's easier. my question is for governor herbert and patrick, very quickly. the state exchange issue i think is an interesting issue. and how states when you do it yourselves can be a lot more innovative. particularly i want to ask governor herbert, you would think that's the traditional pronouncuation -- [laughter] >> because nebraska and utah are similar in population. and demographics. would it be beneficial in a state exchange to have the opportunity to combine with other states and form a regional and let you go first and then governor patrick. >> yes. i think it would be. i think he'll increase purchasing power and the ability to have more competition and the consumer will have more options and better options for their own unique needs. again, without beating a dead horse here, it's not a matter is my approach better than governor patrick's approach. again, mitt romney is a friend of mine. in fact, we looked at the massachusetts nod the -- massachusetts model when

take up to several years i hear of your boss mr kerry and the well who is the head of ross after he spoke with russian television earlier today and he said that the contamination today in japan is pretty low well except like twenty miles around the station it may be bigger but not to the catastrophic events bed that there is no risk practically or are all well touch wood for neighboring countries i used to confirm this information or made maybe there's been some new information coming i confirm this information there is no reason nothing risk countries doesn't mean countries will not see or will not measure. might be some changes to a radioactive situation but no risk i can confront it and there is still no risk for japan so far with dollars here in risk for japan except this twenty kilometer series of events that there is will not not panic but great worry and great concern among russians living in the forest i know that i know that people are starving buying tickets trying to take their kids out is it true do you know anything about . this i knew about the situation and know what people

first the gentleman from new jersey, mr. kerry is recognized for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank you for your report. i have read it over at early and what might be a little light on some specifics in some areas and without a single concrete position on a way forward, i believe it does come to a number of conclusions that will be very helpful for members to grasp as we move forward to this debate. the first conclusion is the federal government housing policy played a leading role in the crisis of two dozen eight in the ongoing bailouts of fannie and freddie is ever $150 billion counting. that dwarfs any another bill is that occur during the crisis. the second conclusion is entities a fannie mae and freddie mac must be terminated and should never come back to life. this is important for everyone for members to ministry, community groups to understand up point. i agree with the administration that these entities must be put on a responsible path to does solution that will work closely with the administration to see that is accomplished. the third and

to liquidate the situation at all it will probably take up to several years i hear of your boss mr kerry and co well the who is the head of ross atom he spoke on russian network television earlier today and he said that contamination to date. twenty miles. but. in some new information coming i confirm this information there is no risk nothing risk for legal countries doesn't mean countries will not see or will not measure. my be some changes to your situation no risk i can confront it and there is still no risk for japan so far with dollars here in risk for japan except this twenty kilometer series of events but there is more not to look like but great worry and great concern among russians living in the far east i know that i know that people are studying buying tickets trying to take their kids out is it true do you know anything about it. because i knew about the situation and know what people feel there and i know the real situation with radioactivity there is not only risk there is no changes. radio active waste from the power plant in our system maybe it's. the environment. it has

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator kerry. >> thank you. chairman leibowitz, i want to -- a lot has been discussed but the do not track proposal and i want to hone in on a little bit. is it your judgment that if a company comes up with a pretty strict policy which has brought privacy protections and adequate often etc., etc. and opt out or -- do you think then that the do not track is still necessary? >> at this point i think we do because if individual companies have individual practices that may be supported baseline consumer or commercial bill of rights is a great idea it may not mean every company has that and i think what we are trying to do, like he was still a sort of baseline for privacy protection for consumers. so from my perspective, the do not track mechanism that is easy to implement going back to senator isaacson's plight it is easily implemented for consumers, could be an important trees mechanism for consumers and to protect privacy for consumers who want to limit tracking. >> so, in terms of the potential harm or protection

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator kerry. >> thank you.chairman leibowitz, i want to -- a lot has been discussed but the do not track proposal and i want to hone in on a little bit. is it your judgment that if a company comes up with a pretty strict policy which has brought privacy protections and adequate often etc., etc. and opt out or -- do you think then that the do not track is still necessary? >> at this point i think we do because if individual companies have individual practices that may be supported baseline consumer or commercial bill of rights is a great idea it may not mean every company has that and i think what we are trying to do, like he was still a sort of baseline for privacy protection for consumers. so from my perspective, the do not track mechanism that is easy to implement going back to senator isaacson's plight it is easily implemented for consumers, could be an important trees mechanism for consumers and to protect privacy for consumers who want to limit tracking. >> so, in terms of the potential harm or protection

durbin, the senator from massachusetts, mr. kerry, the senator from california, mrs. boxer, the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from tennessee, mr. alexander, the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso, and the senator from indiana, mr. luger. the speaker: the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister of australia. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the honorable julia gillard, prime minister of australia. >> thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. president pro tempore, dwibbed members of the senate and house, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, i'm the fourth australian prime minister to address you. like them, i take your invitation as a great honor. like them, i accepted on behalf of australia. since 1950, australian prime ministers, have come here speaking for all the australian people. through you, to all the people of the united states, they each came

mr. o'brien? >> good evening, commissioners. kerry o'brien for the university of san francisco. first of all, i want to get on the record. we agree with the department of public works' report. we think it accurately describes the situation out there today. we do not believe that the sidewalk can be meaningfully widened. not without removal of those trees or vegetation. just to briefly refresh your memory on the overall encroachment, it runs along golden gate ave. it is 6 feet in depth from the fence at the edge of the sidewalk in towards the proper line. there is a little more detail on that eastern end of that. the retaining wall goes into the ground here. there is -- this is actually a couple little bit from the sidewalk. these are the trunks of the trees in the center line of that area. it is also correct that that part of the fence is not landscape. this is the view from across the street of those three trees that are in that area. this is along the sidewalk, looking at the trees of the eastern end here. on the inside, this is the retaining wall. i do want to apologize for a

kerry. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the republicans will control the first hour. the majority will control the second hour. mr. president, following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of s. 23, the american invents act postcloture. further that the senate recess from 12:30 until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. finally i ask that the time during any adjournment, recess or period of morning business count postcloture. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i have spoke wen the republican leader -- i have spoke wen the republican leader and i believe we will be able to -- that should be sometime tomorrow afternoon. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >>> the senate is expected to take up considera

ask whether you think senators like john kerry and john mccain are right about the fact that we ought to do something to help put into place a no-fly zone. >> mrtes comes up -- i understand the difficulty. we do not want to put a no-fly zone because we don't want the u.s. to be involved in another war. i understand that. give at least the people a chance to shoot down those silly planes gaddafi is using. we did in afghanistan and we were not even there. at least level the playing field. this is not a revolution by rebels. tavis: are you suggesting we ought to supply the people? >> i am indeed. the argument is these people are rebels. i understand if it is a rebel of 1000 or 2000, but not when 1 million people oppose you. these are not rebels. they are asking for an end to the rule, democratic rule in which they can participate. libya itself has tribes but is not a tribal society because most of the libyans most [unintelligible] important of all, libbin it is muslim but they are not islamic. -- libya is muslim. tavis: let me ask you this final question. that is whether or not -- i want to go back to where we started. given that there are many w

mr. chairman, for allowing me to make a statement. >> thank you. senator isakson. >> i cannot help but think when i was listening to senator kerry speak that i ran acompany for years and we worked through various mediums to sell the product. we would always take the media, whether it is tv or radio or display in a magazine, by trying to pick the medium that we thought the most potential customers for our product would actually go to. that made me do a lot of thinking. what the internet has done and technology has done is allow that anonymous information that was subject to guesses to become a potential commodity that could be sold for purposes of that determination. i think it is a very proper time for the commerce committee to look at this, because of the expense of the internet, expense of the information, and what has taken place and the revelation that it has brought to the american market. i look forward to being part of the committee and working with senator kerry, senator pryor, but to fight the right message to send -- to find the right message to send and my way to go ahead. >> both of these witnesses have extraordinary bios and lists of