mr. bennet. how representative is he of israeli opinion both political and public? >> well, there has been plenty of support for israel in its government action against hamas in the gaza strip. it seems because of that because of those actions in the gaza strip it has been noticebly quieter in israel today. and a couple of statistics from the israeli help to explain. midnight monday to midnight tuesday 220 rockets from fired from gaza into israel. from midnight tuesday until now, two and a half hours before midnight on wednesday there have been 90 or so rockets fired into gaza from israel. so a notable drop off. cities in israel have gone on alert and prime minister night yahoo, highways been visiting military commanders, and he says that they're going to intensify that war against hamas. but interestingly, sharon perez ha said yes, the likelihood of a ground offensive could go on. but if the rockets drop off then the likelihood would drop off. >> thank you for taking time to talk with us. perhaps you can explain to us what you think which stage of this crisis are w

david michael bennet. and mr. bennett, great to see you. we have a guy named michael bennet here. serves in the u.s. senate, he's from colorado. i don't think he spells his name with two t's, his family could only afford one. >> i dropped the "t" in my e-mail address. >> that's good to know, good to know. all right. nice to see you, thanks for being here, for your willingness to serve, please proceed. >> thank you. i would like -- i think my son michael bennet's here. >> where? >> i don't know. >> he's right there, all right. he looks like he might be pretty tall, is he? >> he's pretty fast. frat guy. >> where is that, what does he do? >> he's a 400 hurdler. tough race. >> wow. at what level, is he college? >> he's out of college, he's a personal trainer now and coaching track. just back from his certification in coaching. >> all right. >> and my mom johnny evans is here. >> say again? >> my mother johnny evans is here. >> where? >> right here. >> hi, how are you? nice to see you, ma'am. a pleasure. >> and my partner pam jackson is here. >> is it pam? >> yes. >> hi, pam, welcome.

mr. murphy: would the legislation modify the request to allow senator bennet to alternate with one of the republican speakers in this series of remarks? mr. hatch: i was supposed to speak here at 2:15. mr. murphy: i'll withdraw my request for modification. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: madam president, i've come to the floor to discuss some of the issues that related to the health care law, and the side effects of the health care law, and i see my friend and colleague who has just spoken on this issue from the state of connecticut, a place where i spent five years as part of my residency program, training, so i followed the developments in that state quite a bit and talked to many of the physicians who practice there on a regular basis, some of whom i've studied with for up to five years. so they've routinely sent me articles about the failure of the president's health care law in connecticut because remember, the president said actually the costs would go down, no

what senator crapo and senator bennet have done is going to deliver water to farmers across the west. with those bipartisan initiatives, mr. president, we were able to pick up such important groups as america's natural gas alliance, the national rural electric cooperatives association and the western agriculture and conservation association. they're not out there saying that they want to have the bipartisan hatch-wyden legislation, but they do know that the only way to advance these important ideas is by adopting the amendment that the distinguished senator from utah and i have offered. now, we've had some talk about how there's just not enough ti time. mr. president, i heard that statement made earlier today. i've made it clear to all concerned, and i'll state it again, this work is going to be done this week. this is nonnegotiable. the congress is going to get this resolved this week, and in no way, shape, or form are we going to have the transportation equivalent of a government shutdown. but the idea that the other body says, hey, it's our way or no highway, i don't think is a way to advance the kind of bipartisan/bic