mr. alexander's analogy to building permits is compelling. they could say, we're going to stop issuing permits -- the best way to have mta pass a regulation or policy that says we are not issuing color scheme permits, letting the public know they should not apply. has that been done? the board of directors made that finding? have they made a policy statement? >> it is a staff policy statement. there has been no specific hearing regarding color scheme per mets. >> how do you respond to his analogy? they can get around this rule. you cannot appeal the building permits because we're not issuing them. >> my reply is simply our basis for not doing so is that we have not developed the rules and regulations for what makes an appropriate color scheme. when the mta to go over regulations, there were already color schemes in existence. moving forward, we are going in front of our board to discuss issues of how will the color scheme take credit cards? will they be required to use the back seat units? that will be a huge expense. we will go over processi

mr. alexander has articulated some really good arguments. i do not feel like i need to repeat them. they have been hurt. -- heard. the resolution is in applicable in this case. i would like to give you some additional good reasons why this board of appeals may take jurisdiction, but also why you should take jurisdiction. specifically, people seeking to open a taxi company are quite often minority business owners. those minority business owners have been supported by the city government. by refusing to allow new companies to open, mta staff has stifled contra premiership at a time when we most need it. mta staff may be in violation of statutes that pertain to government interference with business. hypothetically. san francisco has traditional 30 taxi companies. it is a disingenuous argument to say that we can have an owner operator company because those owner operator companies are not their own taxi companies. they cannot become a to do zero or 10 or 50 taxi company. -- 2 or 10 or 50 taxi company. much like liquor licenses are being transferred, out with the existing permit to opera

mr. alexander. >> thank you, ma'am. >> mr. chairman, we're glad to have you here today. you submitted a budget to the congress about 2% above last year's budget and in washington standards that's good. but if you look at some of the other agencies ftc, for instance, 4% less than last year. since those that you regulate pay that bill, is there anything in your department that could be trimmed back a little bit so we could get down to less than at 2%? >> i'm concern whether we can accomplish our mission with the budget. we did a lot of work to develop the budget to save as much money as we can. we received a letter from apple and we heard from other device makers very concerned if we have the resources we need to deal with the proliferation of new devices like that ipad. because each of those devices has to be certified by the fcc as compliant with a missions obligation. i'm concerned about that. i'm concerned about the growing complexity of our word and some of the increase that you mentioned is directly related to saving money. and so, for example, we've proposed data ce

mr. rodney alexander. >> thank you, mr. secretary. the president's budget includes interagency study that says the department of energy, epa and usgs are partnering to study the environmental and health effects of hydraulic fracturing. can you tell us a little about what that might lead us to? >> as you know, the president tafrked to us to set up a subcommittee to look at hydraulic fracturing. and i think the conclusions of that subcommittee report were that we believe that hydraulic fracturing can be done in an environmentally responsible way, so you can take advantage of this great resource. it creates jobs. we think gas is a very important fuel mix and a transition that we will be needing in this century. what we believe we have in the department of energy and is also aligned closely with the expertise in usgs. we have a lot of expertise in how fluids move in rock. how do you develop the city so we can help industry know what is happening and develop this resource in an environmentally responsible way? >> how much time are we talki

mr. alexander: of course. so as i was saying, president obama's speeches around the country on college campuses about student debt are incomplete because the rest of the story, unfortunately, is that the main reason why college tuition is going up and the main reason therefore why loans are going up is president obama and his health care policies. to be fair, he didn't start many of these policies. they've been going on for a good while but he's made them worse over the last three or four years and when the new health care law geese into effect in 2014 with its new mandates on states we'll find an exaggeration of what's already been happening which is that federal health care mandates on states are soaking up the money that states otherwise would spend on the university of oklahoma and tennessee and the state universities of new york and when states don't support their public colleges and universities, which is where three-fourths of our higher education students attend, then their only choice is either to bec

mr. alexander: of course. so as i was saying, president obama's speeches around the country on college campuses about student debt are incomplete because the rest of the story, unfortunately, is that the main reason why college tuition is going up and the main reason therefore why loans are going up is president obama and his health care policies. to be fair, he didn't start many of these policies. they've been going on for a good while but he's made them worse over the last three or four years and when the new health care law geese into effect in 2014 with its new mandates on states we'll find an exaggeration of what's already been happening which is that federal health care mandates on states are soaking up the money that states otherwise would spend on the university of oklahoma and tennessee and the state universities of new york and when states don't support their public colleges and universities, which is where three-fourths of our higher education students attend, then their only choice is either to bec

mr. alexander and his client go tto voice their dissatisfaction with the policy that is practiced by sfmta. hopefully, sfmta will take their remarks into consideration and will speed up this process. for the sake of people who want to open their own color scheme. i would move that we not accept jurisdiction. do we need a reason? not granting jurisdiction? >> is it based on a finding that this is not a denial of a permit? >> thank you for that. >> we have a motion from the president's to not invoke subject matter of jurisdiction with the finding that this department will auction by mta was not a denial of permit pursuant to the charter. on that motion -- thank you. the vote is 3-1. subject matter of jurisdiction is not invoked. >> we will move on to item number five. go sheng lei forces the department of public health. the subject property is that 646 washington street. directors case number fd-12-14. we will start with the appellant. the appellant will be speaking through a translator. if you could please give them 14 minutes. >> thank you, commissioners. he is the proprietor of the restau

mr. alexander? for those of you who didn't come in. i said we would take people in the order, usually of seniority, but in this case, if that doesn't apply, it's first come, first serve, okay. you felt like you continued to hit above your wasist in your dealings. but it's hitting below the waist of the other guys that hurt. and they're the ones that we have to stand up for. there's a bunch in the community about the seniors for the effect of the merger for two of the nation's largest pvms. as a member representing a very rural district, i share the concerns. the question is we're hearing some reports that. we're hearing that they will recommend in the forthcoming privacy report could effectively starve our nation's economy on the information that it needs. it appears the proposal would have an enormous impact on the economy. have you done any sort of economic analysis before making such a dramatic recommendation? >> well, let me take the second question first. >> which is, we haven't finished up our final privacy report. and so i done

mr. alexander mentioned about make you can look at ways to reduce that 2% increase. when you have these increases in salaries the number of individuals making this much money these large increases that right there may be where that 2% is alone and i'd like to sit down with you and further explore this. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. yoeder. >> thank you, madam chair. appreciate you both being here. i appreciate your service to our country. a chance to have a conversation this afternoon as we look at what our budget priority are, how we move forward. certainly this committee and this congress continues to be focused on job creation, economic growth, reducing and bringing our federal expenditures in line with our available revenue. i'm sure you share those goals. i'd appreciate your comments this morning. one of the questions that he was asking was related to light squared. i don't know that's been discussed today. harkens back to last year while we were dealing with this issue many of us were getting a lot of concerns and complaints from various industries across the

mr. alexander? >> the mayor? okay. >> yes. you are senior. >> okay. thank you. and good morning, ms. chairman. i'd like to ask you question about the volcker rule and how it applies to insurance companies. i'm kind of concerned that the rule doesn't capture the congressional intent or follow the statute by exempted from the volcker rule and insurance company's abilities to engage in proprietary trading while it exempts or it doesn't extend the exemption to the investment into cover funds. cutting off that ability to, interest to make those investments and those covered funds would directly impact the constituents, and we all represent, who depend on insurance companies to guarantee protection from the encentuncer is in life. the goal of the volcker rule was clearly not to make retirement or long-term care more costly for americans, fwha americans, the result if embraced the proposed rule as-is. my question is, can you give us your thoughts on whether there is any flexibility within the statute which would allow the agencies to extend the exemption to allow insurers to invest in cover

mr. alexander: -- yield him three minutes? mr. alexander: . i thank the senator.he presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i thank the senator from 1r-789 vment. -- from vermont. this is a body that operates by unanimous consent. it's difficult to get accustomed to it. that means any one of us can stop the senator from opening or having a prayer or saying the pledge of allegiance or going to a bill. what i'm about to say i don't want in any way to diminish the right of every senator, such as the senator from kentucky, to have an opportunity to -- to object to a unanimous consent request. but when you have -- when everyone has a lot of rights, unless we have some agreement, it's hard to get much done. and i have been sometimes critical of the majority leader but i've also tried to support and praise things that he's done when i can because i know that either being the democratic or the republican leader is not an easy job. so i want to commend the majority leader for offering to accept all relevant amendments, which is a broad category, and wh

mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. durbin: would the senator yield for a unanimous consent request? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i would ask unanimous consent to follow the senator from tennessee in speaking on the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. first i'd like to thank the senator from maine, the senator from connecticut, for letting me take a few minutes here and to congratulate them on their hard work on this bill. this is a bipartisan bill. it has some bipartisan amendments and bipartisan suggestions about a big problem. it is the kind of thing we ought to be working on, and i will hoping that while we ran into a little objec obstacle yesterdayr ability to move forward with relevant amendments to the postal bill, i hope we can continue to move foomplet forwa. i thank my friend from maine for her explanation of the bill. madam president, the author of roots lived his life by six words, which were

mr. chairman. general alexander, i very much appreciate the attempts you've made today to clarify the roles of the department of defense versus the department of homeland security versus the fbi when it comes to dealing with cyber security. as the discussion today has indicated, i believe there is a lot of confusion over who does what and who should do what, and as you correctly said, this has to be a team approach, and d.o.d., dhs and the fbi have different but complementary roles, so what i would like to do, since based on some of the questioning i heard today, i think there's still a little bit of confusion, is just take you through a series of questions in the hopes of clarifying who does what. first, let me say, do you agree that our critical infrastructure today is not as secure as it should be? >> senator, i do. >> and second, and related to that, several studies and experts have told us on the homeland security committee that critical infrastructure operators are not taking in some cases even the most basic measures such as regularly installing patches or software updates or changing passw

mr. chairman. thank you, general alexander and thank you, general kehler for being here today and for your service. general kehler, the senate support for the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty was tied to modernization of the united states nuclear complex and strategic delivery system, and specifically during the senate confirmation, the president committed to modernization in what became known as the 1251 plan that was incorporated in the 2010 ndaa, isn't that right? >> senator, yes. >> okay. and if you look at that commitment in the 1251 plan, there was an initial plan submitted in may of 2010, and then a month before the ratification of the senate treaty, there was $4.1 billion added over five years to the plan. isn't that right? >> yes. you're talking about the d.o.d. -- >> yes. but that was specifically reflected a month before the ratification of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty put into the 1251 plan as incorporated in the 2010 ndaa. >> senator, i think that's right. that's a little before my time, but i think that's right. >> the reason that was done is because modernization was such an important issue to getting

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator alexander. senator weinstein. >> mr.irman, i thank you very much. year, i really believe we must try to pass the d.i.s.c.l.o.s.e. act. additional vote to move the bill forward now. this new act, is a critical step really to ensure that corporate the dark from one candidate to another but instead our election process will regain the transparency it has lost after citizens united. i find this whole hidden, suspect we are going to have a very discouraging impact on candidates that have not yet run for office, but might be considering to run for office. can fight. financial reform, go out and get this person with untold, unknown millions of dollars. i don't think it's the american method of electing candidates. i think this is the first step forward. i was really surprised at the supreme court, and you know i want to thank the author and i want to thank you hopefully we can move on with this. >> thank you senator feinstein. senator blunt. >> thank you for holding this hearing today. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss th

alexander hamilton, american". if you would like to chat with mr. brookhiser about his body of work his numbers are on the screen, 737-0001. for those in the east and central time zone 0002. in the mountain and pacific time zones you can contact us electronically, e-mail booktv@c-span.org who or contact us on our twitter account would.com/booktv if you have a question for richard brookhiser. you talked-about your "alexander hamilton, american" book and you write about him. having risen from island poverty, never forgot economies are about the people who work in them. like revolutions they must compensate for what ever evils they produced by bringing to life talents averages which might otherwise have languished in obscurity. >> in any book, any biography you have to find the central frame or the thing about the character that you can understand and you can identify with. what struck me with hamilton was just that. here is a man born -- he grows up on st. croix. his parents are not married. his father takes off when he is 9 years old. his mother dies

mr. sherman and gentlemen for your service. general alexanderi think you particularly for your trip down to the fort where you gave a pat on the back and a boost to some of the smartest, hardest working most committed americans who are doing a great job of helping to protect our country and i think you for doing that. at nsa fort gordon. general alexander, cyber, you said at 13,000 employees. let me make sure i get this right in my mind. actually you have 13,000 personnel under your direction to read cyber, itself has maybe about a thousand or so. as the medellin drug thousand authorized to this been a also operates and direct the defense of the duty network's but that's correct. so the cyber and the other 12,000 is our army cyber command islamic i wanted to make sure i understood that. v nsa today does a pretty good job of intersecting and protecting the .gov networks. in fact i have heard you say that you have the dod information systems probed as many as 250,000 times per hour over 6 million times a day from criminals commit terrorist organiz

mr. brookhiser. my question is about your documentary you did on alexander hamilton. it had to queue with the dual the in the documentary your experts said the duel was fought basically on the low ground with a ferryboat land is. i was wondering if you could comment on the red sandstone rock that is part at the top of the hill, the high ground that kind of jets out to the middle of midtown manhattan. and its card and it says something like this is where alexander hamilton rested his head after his mortally wounded in the duel with aaron burr. and it is surrounded by a fence. but it has a brass -- i wish is when and why that was not included in the document and why your experts ought it was fought down at what it would've been the low ground when there was a known field where everyone that the problems in new york would come over to new jersey to fight their duels. >> guest: the rock was moved. the rock you're talking now, that was moved up from the site where the duels took place. now, where we walked through the duel was not where the duel was fought. the actual duel

moscow and one of them is in my studio today mr michael harrison the writer's great great grandson living in the us . the. nineteenth century writer and alexander is often described as the founder of russian socialism he started questioning that saris absolutism as in his university years he's ready made him an almost permanent exile he left for the west in eighty seven and spent the remainder of his life there becoming one of the most prominent thinkers of he's time hertz and set up russia's first free press his newspaper. the bow was published in london in the mid nineteenth century it had to be smuggled to russia were. it was forbidden but nevertheless had tremendous success it is said to have been read even by the tsar our beliefs and of serve them in russia are considered to have been inspired by her chin and he's newspaper merchant and my the west and he's early years but the longer he lived in europe the more disillusioned he became of capitalism and civilization he's later works have served as inspiration for generations of revolutionaries in russia and globally the british playwright nonstop really has recently revived interest in hars

moscow a lot of them is in my studio to mr michael harrison the right is great great grandson living in the. nineteenth century writer philosopher and a rebel alexander hertz and is often described as the founder of russian socialism he started question in that sorry stop salute isn't as early as in his university years he's ready cove you soon made him an almost permanent exile he left for the west in eighteen forty seven and spent the remainder of his life there becoming one of the most prominent thinkers of his time hertz and set up russia's first free press his newspaper well a call about was published in london in the mid nineteenth century and it had to be smuggled to russia where it was forbidden but nevertheless had tremendous success it is said to have been read and by the tsar the album mission of serve them in russia is considered to have been inspired by her tin and he's newspaper merchant and my the west and he's only years but the longer he lived in europe and the disillusioned he became of capitalism and civilization he's laid a works that have served this inspiration for generations of revolutionaries in russia and globally the britis

today with general keith alexander, cyber commands commander and of course as both of you have pointed out, cyber is a critical component of our global capabilities. without question, mr. chairman, we continue to face a very challenging global security environment marked by constant change, enormous complexity and profound uncertainty. indeed, change and surprise have characterized the year that have passed since my last appearance before this committee. over that time, the men and women of strategic command have participated in support of operations in libya and japan, have supported the withdrawal of u.s. combat forces from iraq and have observed the arab spring, the bold operation that killed osama bin laden, the death of kim jong il and the succession of kim jong un, the passage of the budget control act and the adoption of new defense strategic guidance. through this extraordinary period of challenge and change, stratcom's focus has remained constant. to partner with the other combatant commands to deter, detect and prevent attacks on the united states, our allies and partners and to be prepared to employ force as needed. our priorities are clear. deter, attack,

mr. werthheimer. removing limits from contributions -- your proposal would be that everything would be disclosed, senator alexander. if someone wanted to get to an independent expenditure, there would be -- there would be disclosure of that. >> i am assuming that if the limits were elected, people would get to the campaigns and the campaigns and candidates would be disclosed. >> unless you did not want to disclose. >> that would take us back to a system of legalized bribery. that me give a few comments from people other than me about this. the supreme court said contributions were necessary to deal with the reality or appearance of corruption inherent in a system permiting unlimited financial contributions. and in hand the corrupt system is what the supreme court called it -- an inherently corrupt system is what the supreme court called a system without disclosure of contributions. the system of unlimited contributions to national parties prostitutes ideals and the means democracy and -- demeans democracy and debases debate. foreign -- former republican senator warren rudman said, i know how beholden elected offic

alexander litvinenko who died in london of radioactive poisoning tells r.t. he knows who is responsible for his son's murder. broadcasting live from moscow twenty four seven mrs r.t. . france talks tough in europe tackles illegal immigration or paris pulls out of the troubles and according to president nicolas sarkozy the stance has already caused a stir among some members with belgium saying french election concerns are out playing a bigger role that sarkozy is facing a hard fight in a presidential runoff vote a week on sunday. reports. they say it's better to travel than to write but for european unity the ride has been bumpy to say the least. and where could it be headed and know what the euro is and will implode a considerable number of economists admit when the french of foreign that the eurozone is already dead it will collapse. so says the candidate who surprised france by securing almost a fifth of the votes in round one of their presidential race all the other candidates without exception regard the european union as part of the solution or as the main solution as she has identified it and her campaign the fact that it's actually the cause of the pro

mr. mayor? do we have a time for a short tour? all right. >> i would like to call to order the november 9, 2009 meeting. will the clerk please call the roll? >> commissioner alexander. >> here. >> the vice chair. commissioner gonzales is absent. commissioner hill. >> here. >> commissioner mccarthy. >> present. >> commissioner perez is excused. >> thank you. good evening. i am the chair of the immigrant rights commission. on behalf of the immigrant rights commission, i would like to welcome everyone to this symposium. four members of the public, the immigrant rights commission represents the voices of the san francisco immigrant communities. we are responsible for advising the mayor and the board of supervisors on any matters related to the well-being and concerns. the commission meets regularly on the second monday of every month beginning at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. in april of 2009, we have the joint hearing with the human rights commission to listen to the first 10 testimonies from san francisco residents. the purpose of tonight symposium is for the commission and for the rest of the city family to hear from national experts on comprehensive immigration reform, a

alexander on his view of those issues as well. we thank you both again for your service, for your being here this morning and we call on senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank our distinguished witnesses for joining us this morning and their many years of service to our nation. u.s. strategic command is in the midst of pivotal change has we proceed with the modernization of the nuclear weapons complex and nuclear triad and further imbred cyber defense and cyber attack and the core mission competencies of 21st century warfare. nuclear modernization i'm encouraged even with the unprecedented level of defense spending uncertainty, the department has maintained its commitment of modernizing the triad of nuclear delivery vehicles. unfortunately the same cannot be said for the national nuclear security administration and their proposal to abandon or delay key elements of their plan. modernization is universally recognized as essential to the future viability of the nuclear weapons complex and a modernization is universally recognized to the future viability of the nuclear weapons complex and a pre-requisite for future reductions. it's now

was that mr green color i would be very pleased to go to single a skeptic might say that as a former security services agent look up voigt might have had training to cheat the test but alexander cut up the core a documentary maker whose idea it was palooka to undergo it thinks that's unlikely even every american police station has a polygraph test and if it was so easy to fall why security services would use it or to dates as far as they can. they examine as they say that this is the ultimate way to determine if one is lying or telling the truth it might not sway british courts where lie detector tests on tax acted as standalone evidence the u.k. authorities are unlikely to make an exception in this case given the extraordinary lengths they've gone to to get their hands on look up or even asking russia to change its constitution to allow his extradition so we were clear that while it was a reasonably big ask it was not unreasonable to say that they should change the constitution to make possible the sort of judicial corp foreign minister sergei lavrov gave his british counterpart short shrift a new government remains in russia but he knows there's nothing his country can do t

peter alexander covering romney's speech in missouri, joins me live on the phone. what do we expect to hear this afternoon from mr. romney? >> we do expect to hear from governor romney about 20 minutes from now. we are at the nra convention. over seven acres of guns here and outfitters, more importantly perhaps for romney, what he has to do is try to find that delegate balance, appealing to the conservatives who make up so many of the gun owners in the country. not scaring off independents. we spoke a short time ago in a conference cup who said this speech will be less about guns and more in his words about freedom in the speech that mr. romney, governor romney will refer to the assault on freedom, personal, economic and religious. and they say this will be one of several major speeches that the campaign gives going forward before the fall election. trying to crystallize the choice between president obama and mitt romney himself. >> peter, the governor has had a really interesting relationship with the nra over the years, becoming a lifetime member. roughly about six years ago. do we expect anything to come up ab

mr. speaker, what is so ironic, in their effort, jim furman and brian alexander, to see the names cleared they have given letters to the commandant that clearly state there can be no future lawsuits. it has all been settled. there can be no more lawsuits. i must say that along this journey, at one time i had the marine corps to take the findings of the experts and put it into the personnel jacket of colonel john brow and major brooks gruber. but, mr. speaker, i knew at that time that was not enough, because the press continues to put articles about the crash in arizona and they say, pilot error. human factors. the jagman report, which was the official report that was written by and signed by colonel mike morgan, colonel ron radish and major phil stackhouse, they were the three investigators sent from camp lejeune, north carolina, to arizona the day after the crash and they were given the responsibility, mr. speaker, of determining what caused the crash. mr. speaker, on -- in the jagman report that i just made reference to, on page 77, those three men that i just named wrote this, during t

mr. obama's re-election team is more obsessed with mitt romney than creating new jobs. >> peter alexander in milwaukee, wisconsin, this morning. peter, thanks a lot. >> a lot of other top stories to get to. savannah guthrie is in for natalie this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. topping our news, at least three nato service members have been killed this morning in a bombing in northern afghanistan. nearly 100 nato service members have been killed so far this year in afghanistan. more than half of them americans. >>> back here, a frienting accident in mid town manhattan. a massive crane snapped and crashed to the ground killing one construction worker and injuring four others tuesday night. investigators are looking for what caused the 170-foot crane to crash into two pieces. several workers had to be rescued from the construction site 60 feet below ground. >>> five students in california were sent to the hospital tuesday night after campus police at santa monica college used pepper spray on protesters there. some 200 students were demanding to be let into a board meeting to

alexander semin doesn't miss. power play look at the second of the postseason. 2-1 caps, this game decided between the metal pipes, braden holtby under duress call him mrlletproof. 44 saves, the caps needed it and they got it and they win it 2-1. >> the way we played you know i think we deserve to win. i think we played really, really strong and we worked for each other and that's when you come out with win. >> we tied the series and now we got nicky coming back. i see the series continuing as it is very tight and we're going to have to play a very solid road game. >>> nats going for the sweep last night against the astros. there's edwin jackson. the success didn't carry over. the astros unleashing back-to- back trickles on him in the 1st inning. they score five and we were wondering whether the nats could produce more punch. how about a z-pack smack? ryan zimmerman with a three run shot. his first on the season. the houston bats say enough is enough. they went crazy last night. 11 runs and 17 hits and they win 11-4. that's going to do it for your morning sports, happy friday everybody. >>> at least one congressman expects more dismissals soon today as

. >> i want to bring in teri alexander, jake's mom, joining us from the mabel basset correctional center in oklahoma. i appreciate you calling us. you wrote this letter to mr. what were you hoping to accomplish? >> i heard he was one of the top assist lawyers in tulsa and because of all of the publicity and everything my son needed somebody that is the best. >> your letter is very personal. it's very emotional. you walk through a lot of the difficulties and challenges and tough times you've had. i'll read a little bit and ask you a question on the other side. you wrote "we divorced when they were young," talking about you and your husband, "carl raised the kids on his own, loving parent but overwhelmed at times. i had a severe drug problem that culminated me going to prison for arson." your son could face a lot of time, if not the death penalty in this case. >> jake was probably about 6 when me and his dad separated, and he was really close to his dad. he worked with him all the time. he was a very good kid. >> what went wrong? you ultimately three people were killed, two other people were injured, black people, apparently and his friend drove into a black

alexander all said that congress must do something to proactively address critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. but house leadership ignores these voices and decided that information sharing aloan is enough to fix the problem. mr. speaker, this boils down to a simple question -- who do you trust? turning to h r. 2533, what does it do? an effort to improve our cybercurt this bill would erode the privacy protections of every single american using the internet. put simply, this bill would allow any certified business to share with any government agency who can then use this information for any national security purpose and grant that business immunity from virtually any liability. none of these amendments offered by the intelligence committee would change this truth. further, the rules committee decided to block consideration of amendments submitted by me and other like-minded colleagues to address the fundamental policy flaws in this bill. if my colleagues want to do something on cybersecurity, then vote yes on any or all of the suspension bills to be considered today. but do not vote for h.r. 3523. it would set us back privacy rights that our constituencies have enjoyed since the beginning of the internet. i ur

mr. alexander: of course. so as i was saying, president obama's speeches around the country on college campuses about student debt are incomplete because the rest of the story, unfortunately, is that the main reason why college tuition is going up and the main reason therefore why loans are going up is president obama and his health care policies. to be fair, he didn't start many of these policies. they've been going on for a good while but he's made them worse over the last three or four years and when the new health care law geese into effect in 2014 with its new mandates on states we'll find an exaggeration of what's already been happening which is that federal health care mandates on states are soaking up the money that states otherwise would spend on the university of oklahoma and tennessee and the state universities of new york and when states don't support their public colleges and universities, which is where three-fourths of our higher education students attend, then their only choice is either to bec

mr. alexander: -- yield him three minutes? mr. alexander: . i thank the senator. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i thank the senator from 1r-789 vment. -- from vermont. this is a body that operates by unanimous consent. it's difficult to get accustomed to it. that means any one of us can stop the senator from opening or having a prayer or saying the pledge of allegiance or going to a bill. what i'm about to say i don't want in any way to diminish the right of every senator, such as the senator from kentucky, to have an opportunity to -- to object to a unanimous consent request. but when you have -- when everyone has a lot of rights, unless we have some agreement, it's hard to get much done. and i have been sometimes critical of the majority leader but i've also tried to support and praise things that he's done when i can because i know that either being the democratic or the republican leader is not an easy job. so i want to commend the majority leader for offering to accept all relevant amendments, which is a broad category, and

mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. today the university of -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. alexander: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, the senator is recognized. mr. alexander: today the university of tennessee where i was once president announced that our basketball coach, pat sum it is redesigning -- resigning after 38 years in that position. women's college believe will never be the same without pat summitt and women's college believe would not be the same if not for pat's 38 years of leadership. there will be much said about her winning record and it's anistonnishing accomplishment, 1,098 wins in basketball, more than any other coach, man or woman, in the sport. eight national championships in the southeastern conference, 32 southeastern conference titles, 31 straight trips to the ncaa tournament. but the statistic that i always valued most especially when i was president of the university was every single one of pat summitt's athletes who ha