mr. boxer: in early january email reviewed by the post, a republican judiciary committee staffer sent a democratic staffer a summary of previous changes in seven bullet points. guess what. they left out the change they made to women's reproductive health. now, i've been around here a long time and i thought there was trust in this body. but don't stand up here and say it's a phantom problem when "the washington post" confirms it. they have the email that proves this change was made and was not told to the democrats on the committee. if it had been told to the democrats on the committee we would have worked this out. and you want to fight for women, take this out. take this provision out that harms the victims of trafficking. you want to help the women bring up loretta lynch for confirmation a fantastic woman, qualified held up by the republicans longer than any other attorney general nominee ever. you want to help women? those are two ways to do it. solve this problem don't stand up and say it'

mrs. boxer: thank you. mr. president, there's two ways to repeal a landmark environmental law -- repeal a law, landmark environmental law. one is through the front door. and the amendment would say we abandon the endangered species act is gone. and once through the back door, this is through -- and one's through the back door. this is through the back door. if radical amendments like this weren't in place, we would not have saved the great american bald eagle the symbol of our nation. now, if you believe that god's creations should be preserved vote "no" on the cotton amendment. i urge a "no" vote. the presiding officer: the question is auto on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the amendment is adopted -- the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. a senator: ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52, the nays are 42. the amendment is agreed to. th

mrs. boxer: thank you so much. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. chairman, if no one arrives may i have ten minutes? thank you so much. mr. president, i'm so grateful to senator sanders because he explains things like no one else. he takes it down to the average working family in america and that's really who we're here to protect. not the super top rich people. they're doing fine. senator sanders taught me something this morning. i'm just going to make sure i remember it correctly. that the wealth of the top 14 richest people in america in the last couple of years went up over $100 billion. how much was it? mr. sanders: $157 billion in a two-year period. mrs. boxer: in a two-year period the wealthiest of the wealthiest 14 people that wealth rose $157 billion. and yet and still when you look at this republican budget, those people get every benefit you can imagine. they are not asked to do a thing, a thing. when people are struggling, sending their kids to colle

mrs. boxer: mr. president could i ask what's the parliamentary order at this time? the presiding officer: the senate sf onthesenate is on the veto message to accompany s. 1. mrs. boxer: if we could get order in the senate, i would really very much like to open debated on this. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from california. mrs. boxer: thank you so much, mr. president. i really appreciate it. i know that senator cantwell will be doing the comanaging of this -- of this bill and i want to thank her very much for her strong leadership. this is a very important vote that's going to occur at 2:20 this afternoon and i rise today to oppose the attempt to override president obama's veto message of s. 1. the very first bill the senate majority brought here to the floor. and as i look at this bill it says to me that the only people that get helped are the big canadian special oil interests. and i would ask that there be order if possible. the presiding officer: the senate will

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator boxer. we're going to have some introductions by their request of some of our members of the panel. let's start with senator brasso. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. and it gives me great pleasure to bring greetings from the committee to one of our -- those witnesses this morning which is todd par fit who is the director of the director of environment quality. he has a long history working in the state of wyoming and specifically working in this department. you will remember mr. chairman that our former wyoming department of environmental quality director spoke here testified a number of years ago. todd has worked closely with him and has succeeded him is now our director. it's interesting because today as todd testifies he will have worked with a democratic governor and a republican governor in wyoming and has always put wyoming first, has done what's best for our state and our environment. so it's a prifflidge today for me to introduce one of those testifying director of the department

boxer. >> thanks so much mr. chairman and i want to welcome all of our witnesses and very proud that mary nichols is here. she's really a legend in our state. and has worked on the environment for her whole adult life. and she now is executive director of the california air resources board. she's going to describe the successes that we're having. i'm also proud that my home state of california has been a leader in this field and here's the deal. we're prospering. we have to reduce carbon pollution in order to address dangerous climate change. and we can't wait any longer because we're seeing the impacts all around us. according to nasa the ten warmest years on record occurred since the year 2000. in 2014 was the warmest year on record. now people can put their head in the sand but that's the fact and facts are stubborn things. according to a new peer review research and the proceedings of the national academy of sciences and i trust my colleagues respect that, california's record temperatures are driving the stat

boxer. senator rounds. >> thank you mr. chairman. during that time that we were on the campaign trail this last year and i'm new to the committee and new to the process up here one of the items we talked about a lot was the anticipated cost to the average american family with regard to an increase in their costs for electric rates. the united states chamber of commerce last summer i believe estimated the average cost of the average american family would be approximately $1400 more per year than their electric rates. i was curious mr. parfitt in a recent statistic that comes in the case of my state of south dakota that our electric rates would increase probably about 20% or more as the result of the clean power plan. this is significantly more than 8.8 cents per kilowatt hour they are paying now. according to the wyoming public service commission compliance cost for the 111 b. proposals could well exceed -- what impact will this have not only on wyoming but also ratepayers and surrounding states? i know the people of south dakota rece

boxer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. during the time we were on the campaign trail and i am new to the committee and process, one of the items we talked about a lot was the anticipated cost to the average american family with regard to an increase in their costs for electric rates. the chamber of commerce estimated the average cost to the average american family would be approximately $1400 more per year in their electric rates. i was curious, a recent statistic that comes in the case of my state, south dakota. our rates would increase probably about 20% or more as a result of the clean power plan. this is significantly more than the 8.8 since per kilowatt hour that we pay now. compliance costs could well exceed $50 per ton of carbon. what impacts will this have on ratepayers in surrounding states? i know people in south dakota receive power from wyoming. wyoming supplies power because of your location. you have been an exporter of power. can you sure about what impact this will have four the rates in other states -- for

mr. prescott has trained as a boxer in his youth. >> he didn't think, he just went back. >> i immediately responded to defend myself and that's how it happened. >> it's one thing if someone throws something at you. it's another thing if someone attempts to punch you and you punch them back. >> john prescott did himself quite a lot of good by his instant angry reaction to the guy who flew the egg. i think the rest of the nation said "good for you, chum, this guy is going to behave with disrespect? you sorted him." >> including, it seems, the prime minister himself who applauds his deputy. >> he has got very, very great strengths. not least in his left arm. >> the dazed and bruised protester is taken away in cuffs and spends several hours in police custody before being released. neither man is charged. >> who are you going to charge? and what are you going to charge them with? that was the middle of an election campaign as well. tempers ran a little high. >> after all, just another day in british politics. >> of course, i regret the incident. who would want to be in that? but why should we

mr. president i would like to associate myself with the remarks of my friend from california senator boxer and i rise today to speak against attempts to turn this bill that justice for trafficking victims act into a political football. while there are many issues that made by this congress and certainly the issue of choice for women is one of them human trafficking should not be one of those divisive issues. this bill started off as a bipartisan bill but along the way a provision was added to the bill that brings me to the floor today in opposition to that provision. not only do i oppose the substance of that provision but i very much object to how the provision was added to the bill i'm been announced to the sponsors of this bill, like me. buried in this bill is a provision that allows the government to dictate a woman's health care options in this provision would limit choices for women who have been victimized by human trafficking women who are often forced to endure rape and violence on a daily basis. that is what human trafficking is. so this is an unprecedented and i have to say appa

boxer. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, ranking member menendez. general, thank you so much for your dedication to this nation. i want to thank the president for the wisdom he showed in appointing you as the special envoy. i find your presentation to be very direct, no frills, just straightforward and i appreciate it. under article one, section eight, congress has the power to declare war. i know you agree with that yes? >> yes, ma'am. >> so i hope you can then understand what we would want to be very precise when we do that. because we're sent here by a lot of people who have a lot of kids who serve in the military. and they're the fabric of our community. so we want to be careful. and i just want to say i'm not even going to ask you to expand on this enduring word because you've said it very clearly. your definition is no enduring presence could mean a two week presence of american combat boots on the ground or a two-year presence of american combat boots on the ground. and that answers a question the democrats on this committee have been searchi

mr. chairman. chairman inhofe: thank you senator boxer. we are going to have some introductions. by the request of some of the members. let's start with senator russell. senator: thank you very much mr. chairman. it brings me great pleasure to bring greetings from the committee to one of our -- those witnesses this morning, todd the director of the wyoming -- he has a long history of working in wyoming, and specifically working in this department. you will remember, mr. chairman, that our former director spoke here a number of years ago. todd has worked closely with him and has succeeded him. he is now our director. it is interesting, mr. chairman, because today, as todd testifies, he will have worked with a democrat governor, at a republican governor, and wyoming. and has always put wyoming first. he has done what is best for our state and our environment. it is a privilege they for me to introduce one of those testifying. the director. chairman inhofe: thank you senator. we are going to go ahead and start with our testimony. we're like to ask you to do your best to the time requ

boxer. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, ranking member menendez. general, thank you so much for your dedication to this nation. i want to thank the president for the wisdom he showed in appointing you as the special envoy. i find your presentation to be very direct, no frills, just straightforward and i appreciate it. under article one, section eight, congress has the power to declare war. i know you agree with that, yes? >> yes, ma'am. >> so i hope you can then understand what we would want to be very precise when we do that. because we're sent here by a lot of people who have a lot of kids who serve in the military. and they're the fabric of our community. so we want to be careful. and i just want to say i'm not even going to ask you to expand on this enduring word because you've said it very clearly. your definition is no enduring presence could mean a two week presence of american combat boots on the ground or a two-year presence of american combat boots on the ground. and that answers a question the democrats on this committee have been search

mr. chairman. i appreciate this hearing and the good witnesses. sen. inhofe: senator boxer wanted to have some into -- some time to enter something into the record. 30 seconds for you then 30 seconds for me and then it is over. sen. boxer: it is never over. i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record h hart that shows the california -- a chart that shows californians are paying $20 less as we reduce carbon emissions. sen. inhofe: without objections, so ordered. two documents, saying california has the highest u.s. poverty rate. when comparing income to cost of living and secondly, from the manhattan institute, migration from california to oklahoma increased by 274% in the 2000s. sen. boxer: you are lucky. sen. inhofe: adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> next republican scott walker speaks and that's :00 a.m. your calls and comments -- and then at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington jour

boxer of california. for more let me bring in jonathan alter and mr. corn.ld happen if republicans got this server? >> that would have a political field day. the odds of them getting it are very slim. hillary clinton has already turned over thousands and thousands of pages of documents that might relate to benghazi. it is a house select committee on benghazi. he wants anything to do with that. he's already gotten all these documents. he knew months ago there were also these other e-mails. it is highly unlikely a judge will force her to turn over these e-mails to the press. this is the point that keeps getting missed. this these e-mails of what goes on inside of government aren't released for decades until people's government service is over. what is the compelling need to have them released right now? as the press would i like to see them? of course. but the public need to turn it over doesn't exist. >> the hurdle for her right now seems to be the national media. >> when you compare it to the economy, immigration, isis education, and all that i don't think i

boxer. >> thanks so much, mr. chairman and ranking member for this. thank you, secretary kerry. you are serving in very challenging times, and you are doing it so well, making us proud whether we agree with or disagree with you. i think a lot of us agree with you sometimes and disagree with you sometimes. and i have to say, you're a great diplomat and those skills are on display today. so i'm very pleased to see you. you know, in light of the threats that you've laid out, i'm not going to ask you about the four days looming shutdown of homeland security because that's not your bailiwick, that is secretary johnson's. but i think i ought to be another message to everybody, that's a ridiculous way to run a country at this difficult time. i also want to say i agree with your overarching comments at the beginning that, you know there's not enough of a priority placed on the work of the state department. and the very brave men and women out there representing our great nation and how important it is. and that's why i so strongly supported what the president did on cuba. because i find

mrs. murray: and i ask consent to have the following senators as cosponsors to his amendment -- boxer markey, schatz. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: and mr. president i ask consent the pending amendment be set aside so that i may call up amendment number 801. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from washington mrs. murray proposes an amendment numbered 801. mrs. murray: mr. president i ask consent further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president as many of us have said here before, a budget is far more than simply numbers on a page. a budget really is a statement of values and priorities and the kind of nation we are and the kind of nation we want to be. for democrats that means our budget should help us move towards an economy that is built from the middle out not from the top down. and a government that works for all of our families not just the wealthiest few. when democrats wrote our budget last congress we made our values and priorities c

senator inhofe: thank you, senator boxer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. during the time we were on the campaign trail, and i am new to the committee and process, one of the items we talked about a lot was the anticipated cost to the average american family with regard to an increase in their costs for electric rates. the u.s. chamber of commerce estimated the average cost to the average american family would be approximately $1400 more per year in their electric rates. i was curious, a recent statistic that comes in the case of my state, south dakota. our rates would increase probably about 20% or more as a result of the clean power plan. this is significantly more than the 8.8 cents per kilowatt hour that we pay now. compliance costs could well exceed $50 per ton of carbon. what impacts will this have on ratepayers in wyoming and in surrounding states? i know people in south dakota receive power from wyoming. wyoming supplies power because of your location. you have been an exporter of power. could you sure about what impact this will have for the rates

mr. chairman. i appreciate this hearing and the good witnesses we have had. >> thank you senator sessions. senator boxer wanted to have a moment to enter something into the record so we'll recognize you for 30 seconds to do that and me for 30 seconds or and then it's over. >> it's never over. okay mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent to be placed into the record a very important chart that shows californians are paying $20 less per month for electricity than the national average as we reduce carbon pollution isn't such a great way and i'm so grateful to ms. nichols were playing a role in this. >> without objection so ordered. in my 30 seconds, two documents one from the census bureau this is california has the highest u.s. poverty rate comparing income to the cost of living across the state and secondly from the manhattan institute migration from california to oklahoma increased by 274% in the 2000's. >> you are lucky to get us. >> with that we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. the heads of several justice department divisions including the fbi, dea, us marshals, and

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mr. chairman. i appreciate this hearing, and good witnesses we've had. >> thank you, senator sessions. senator boxer wanted to have just a moment to -- unanimous consent request to enter something into the record so we'll just recognize you for 30 seconds to do that and then me for 30 seconds and then it's over. all right? >> it's never over. okay. so, mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent to place into the record a very important chart that shows that californians are paying $20 less per month for electricity than the national average, as we reduce carbon pollution in such great way, and i'm so grateful to mary nichols for playing a role in this. >> without objection so ordered. and my 30 seconds two documents, one from the census bureau that says california has the highest u.s. poverty rate when comparing income and cost of living across the state. and secondly, from the manhattan institute, that migration from california to oklahoma increased by 274% in the 2000s. and without objection so ordered. >> you're lucky. >> we are adjourned. >> you're lucky to get us. >>> the house returns today at noon

mr. herman had child molest charges. >> herman is no saint. he's in there on a kidnapping charge. but he's not a child molester, which even hardened felons consider reprehensible. with the accuracy of an experienced boxerra lands 13 punches on his face and midsection. rivera finishes with a knee to the chest and then goes back to finish his juice box. herman spends the next 20 minutes washing his wounds before the second inmate morris unleashes a barrage of blows to his chest. >> it's bizarre conduct by these assailants because they actually looked at his booking card, and there was nothing in there about child molesting at all. and he was never charged with it. >> the assault continues. morris comes back with a vicious kick to the head followed by some heavy swings by quint. and then a fourth inmate, reyes enters the melee. rick herman is terrified. >> i didn't know if i was going to live or die. it was just get over with. i didn't know if i was going to live through it. >> the pummelling lasts for 30 minutes. >> at no point during that time does herman call for help for fear of being labeled a snitch or a tattletale. but none of the other witnesses does anything to help either. >> what they should ha

i just talked to the senior senator mrs. boxer from california, who assured me that she supports this amendment. also, the senior senator from new jersey, mr. menendez who i built such a long bipartisan partnership on the iran issue. i would urge adoption of this amendment and yield back the time. mrs. boxer: mr. president i would just take 20 seconds and yield the rest. i hope we can all vote for this because it doesn't do anything to cause disarray in the negotiations. what it says is if there is a deal and there's a breakout and it's certificated there is a breakout by iran, we'd have a very quick way to restore sanctions and i yield. mr. brown: i thank the senator from illinois and the senator from new jersey and california. we're united in our goal of preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, we all know that here. i commend the president on trying to resolve the nuclear dispute diplomatically, i urge my colleagues to support the kirk-brown-boxer-menendez amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendme

box bsm colleagues, this is really -- mrs. boxer: colleagues, this is really important. today every single senator is treated like every single person in the country who works for a large employer. those large employers all make a contribution to their employees' health care. we don't get any subsidies. we don't qualify for subsidies. we are treated like everyone else in the country where we have an employer contribution to our health care. now, colleagues, you do not have to take that employer contribution. if you don't want it, give it back. you don't need this amendment to give it back. if you feel as strongly as senator vitter does that your family and you don't want or need this employer contribution, then give it back to the treasury as i assume senator vitter does. again, we don't need this amendment. if you don't want your employer contribution you vote "yes." the presiding officer: all time has expired. mrs. boxer: if you believe we should be treated like everyone else in the country vote "no." that's how i'm voting. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient