mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: mr. president, i rise to talk about the conflict in syria and, in particular, what's happening over the next couple of days and weeks. we know that in the last four years, starting in 2011, this conflict has resulted in the deaths of a quarter of a million syrians. more than 4 million syrians have fled and registered as refugees in neighboring countries. we're told that 7.6 million syrians are displaced from their homes within syria itself. so when you combine those who have fled the country because of the violence and combine that with the number of folks displaced in the country, you got about half of the population of syria. if we had the equivalent number here in the united states of over 300 million people, that would be something on the order of 150 million americans displaced

mr. casey gekko >> i have a semblance. i know we are going to see gordon humphrey.n i don't know where we're going. guess who won the football game last night? steelers. mark: is that what you predicted? mr. kasich: i did. it's my pleasure this morning to join senator johnson and her peter thompson and so many other public officials and private officials around the state and extending my endorsement to governor john kasich of ohio in his campaign for the office of president -- join senator john sununu and peter thompson. >> this is a big deal to have gordon humphrey and peter thompson. i would like to call on the president of the united states and the leadership in the congress of the united states to create sanctuaries, safe havens , perhaps along the jordanian border, perhaps along the border with turkey, where we would create no-fly zones. think other candidates are seeing you as a major threat? mr. kasich: what is interesting to me is they are kind of writing about the nfl library. it's really cool. they set up my old congressional , and now they have material f

mr. casey: mr. president, i rise to speak on this loan program, which we've had the luxury, i guess, all these years of relying upon, has allowed us to say that as a country we value higher learning, we value that for no matter what family you're from, what level of income, we believe not only in the context, as i've often said, of early learning when someone is at the beginning of their learning years, but much later when they're in the years of higher education that they can learn more now and earn more later. that linkage, that direct nexus between learning and earning is a substantial factor in whether or not someone can have the kind of job and career and success in their life. but for a lost folks, the cost of -- but for a lot of folks, the cost of college, as so many have outlined today, becomes an impossible or -- a barrier over which they cannot climb. and especially if they're low-income. so all they're asking for is a fair shot, a fair shot at learning, a fair shot at going to an institut

mrs. brainy. they live next door to casey.t 7:00 in the morning they heard two male voices outside their window. the wife saw a white car with a stocky male outside it. the first time we'd ever heard of them. >> a witness says that they see a white toyota outside the house with a stocky male getting into the white toyota. alberto rincon owns a white toyota and is a stocky male. so if it was alberto rincon in the toyota, he's now at the scene, and if he's at the scene, he could be one of the intruders. >> when rincon was arrested in dade county, police had also found evidence that seemed to link him to butch casey's house. >> the footprints at the crime scene were never, ever tied to seth. but that home invasion robbery that happened in dade county. when rincon gets arrested, he is wearing sneakers that match the foot prints that are found at the crime scene. >> there was certainly enough evidence to portray rincon as a suspect, especially since he's wearing the shoes, he has a vehicle that's the same color that's seen outside

mr. trump, over here this time. mark casey, married with two case, registered independent thinking about voting for you. >> mr. trump, welcome to new hampshire. >> thank you. >> what would you say to people like me who have concerns that you'll be dealing with a lot of world leader that you might not see eye to eye with, russia, china, and you can't fire them and -- but you could start a war by calling them a loser or an idiot. >> well, i'm doing that and i haven't actually done that on this campaign. i haven't even called any of my opponents, if you want to call them opponents that. i went to an ivy league school, i was a very good student, like an intelligent person. i know when to speak and when to be politically correct. as an example. i can be more politically correct than anybody in politics if i wanted to, but one of the reasons i'm doing so well i think in every state, like virtually every state, every state and nationally is because of the fact people are tired of this political correctness. you can't say christmas an

casey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i wanted to first of all note that the title of the hearing is, i think, misleading. i won't go into the analysis of that. but stealing is a crime and i think it's a violation of the ten commandments. so we're not -- we're nowhere near that in this hearing. i wanted to go back to the fundamentals not just of the decision and the implications of it but also the reality of what we see in the real world. i think, mr. rubin, you made maybe the best summation of what the reality is for workers, looking at page two of your testimony, you say, and i'm quoting, in the low wage economy in which many of my clients are employed, wage and hour violations, discrimination and other unlawful conduct is rampant. yet, the workers whose rights are violated rarely complain or adjoin together to enforce their rights, unquote. then you go on to say later, in terms of the advantage that the prior, the prior cases allowed, that -- and i'm quoting here, that the employer was able to kind of have it both

casey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i wanted to first of all note that the title of the hearing is, i think, misleading. i won't go into the analysis of that. but stealing is a crime, and i think it's a violation of the ten commandments. so we're not -- we're nowhere near that in this hearing. i wanted to go back to the fundamentals not just of the decision and the implications of it but also the reality of what we see in the real world. i think, mr. rubin, you made maybe the best summation of what the reality is for workers, looking at page two of your testimony, you say, and i'm quoting, in the low wage economy in which many of my clients are employed, wage and hour violations, discrimination and other unlawful conduct is rampant. yet, the workers whose rights are violated rarely complain or adjoin together to enforce their rights, unquote. then you go on to say later, in terms of the advantage that the prior, the prior cases allowed, that -- and i'm quoting here, that the employer was able to kind of have it both

senator casey: thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to first of all note that the title of the hearing is, i think misleading. i won't go into the analysis of that. stealing is a crime. it's even a violation of the 10 commandments. we are nowhere near that in this hearing. i wanted to go back to the fundamentals not just of the decision and implications of it, but also the reality of what we see in the real world. i think, mr. rubin, had maybe the best summation of what the reality is for workers looking at page 2 of your testimony, you say, and i'm quoting, in the low-wage economy in which many of my clients are employed, wage and hour violations, discrimination, and other unlawful conduct is rampant. yet, the workers whose rights are violated rarely complain or join together to enforce the rights, unquote. then you go on to say later in terms of the advantage that the rior case is allowed that, and m quoting here, the employer both ways. have it they are able to have the advantage of dictating the terms and conditions while

mr. obama's next move? we'll ask caseyup. >>> explosions just seconds apart rip through what was a peace rally in turkey. there are dozens of people dead, nearly 200 injured. and now the search is on for who is independent will the blast. >>> and the moment sheriff's deputies in texas opened the doors of an 18 wheeler and found its desperate human cargo sweltering inside. >>> we have been looking now for several weeks at ways to improve that program. i wasn't satisfied with the early efforts in that regard. and so we're looking at different ways to achieve the basically the same kind of strategic objective which is the right one which

mr. francis mentioning the casey 46 program and other contractors absorb the cost overruns.ouldn't it make sense for all major defense acquisition production programs to be designed so that the contractor absorbs the cost overruns for production? >> if i could, senator? >> yes. >> it's important to understand the risks. sometimes the threat crisis to take risk because we need you. and when the risks are not clear, that cost sharing between us and the contractor has to be considered. when we asked for a fixed price contract when the risks are high, the contractor in order to get their corporate headquarters to agree upon working in the contract, they add that risk related to cost. >> i understand the issues with regard to r&d. want to talk about his production costs spent i agree with you in production. >> are we doing that consistently across the board underproduction? >> we to look at our contracts across all the enterprise, across the services and, indeed, yes. >> let me make one point regarding that. talk of shipbuilding, lead shipping the prototype. the leadership of a n

mr. speaker. i rise today to remember a brave young airman who lost her life defending our great nation. airman first class casey rue i of mcdonough, georgia, was killed october 2 when her c-130 j crashed in afghanistan. she was only 21 years old. mr. jolly: a graduate of dutchtown high school, she had an opportunity to learn about health care sciences, her admiration of health care influenced her decision to become a nurse. her desire to serve others led her to enlist in the united states air force and after graduating basic training, she was assigneded to the 66 security forces squadron. upon her employment to afghanistan, she often spoke of how privileged and how proud she was to be doing such important work. casey rue i was a fierce competitor. a natural leader, a beloved daughter, a courageous airman, and an incredible role model. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join with me in remembering a true american hero, airman first class casey ruiz. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition. >> ask unanimou

mr. president, i want to thank our leader and thank senator casey for introducing and pushing to pass this very important legislation. this legislation which i was proud to be an early sponsor of, the protecting our infants act, which will help address the increasing number of newborns born with opioid dependency. i also want to thank all of the additional members, including the chairman of the help committee and ranking member murray, for helping get that through that important committee new hampshire is facing a public health epidemic. in fact, the heroin and prescription drug addiction crisis is the single-most urgent issue facing my state right now. so many families have come to me, mr. president, who have lost children. the other day i was buying something, and the woman behind the counter said to me, keep working on this issue. and i asked her why? she said i lost my granddaughter. too many families are experiencing losing their loved ones. there are family members struggling with addiction. our first responders inundated with saving lives with drugs like narcan. public help and safe

casey. i was led to believe that senator portman was ahead of you. we'll call on you now. please forgive us. >> mr chairman, thank you and thank you for the hearing. commissioner, i want to thank you as well for you work today and your public service. you've got a hard job in a difficult time. i wanted to focus on the question of resources. we have -- and this happens on a pretty regular basis in this town where folks in congress will say the irs or any other agency has to do x, y and z and sometimes pointing the accusatory finger but not providing the follow-up and the resources that are essential. and as you know, in mid september i and four other members of the senate sent a letter to secretary liu talking about this issue. i won't read the whole letter. but in pertinent part we talked about the consequences of quote short-sighted biggeudget cuts te irs and we give examples. examples of the impact. the examples are taken from the treasury inspector general. i'm quoting from part of the letter. during the 2015 filing season only 38.5% of callers received assistance, compared to about 75% the yea

jill casey, motr of two, registered republican. >> good morninin >> goooomorning. >> mr. trump, w wh the exception of your family have you ever been told no? >> oh, many times. i've been told no by him. no, many, times. i an, my whole life really has been a no, and i've fought through it. i have been -- you know, i talk about itit it's not been easy for me. it has not been easy for me, and, you know, i started off in brooklyn. my father gave me a small loan of $1 million. i game into manhattan and i had to pay him back and pay him back with interes but i came into manhattan and starting buying up properties and i did greatnd thenen built thehe grand high yatd and got involved with conventions and did a good job and i was always told that wouldn't work. go to manhattan, that's not our territory. he's from brooklyn and queens where we did smaller things and he said don't go to manhattan, that's not our territory, but he wasery proud of me,, but allll my life i was told no, even for this. they said, what do you want to do it for? don't do it. you're against professional poli

mr. speaker please don't end my time. it's ex peripirexpired. >> how funny is that. good for him. >> that's terrible. >> good for him. >> met the meets. joining us for the must read caseyunt and writer for the washington post and nbc contribute er. >> so i know that we're going read in a minute, but first so i am on the twitter and on the machine. >> yeah, an old machine. i am reading this thing about chris christie is kicked off out of the quiet car. everybody is going crazy and the new york orthottimes puts it upe website. then a reporter that was seated in the same car as him. they said that this person said that it was an absolute joke. that was not the case. christy was on the phone, and then he asked the guy is this a quiet car? he said yes. he closes up and people on the train say that he is polite. it's grown up in the massive. >> in fairness the quiet car is a church -- >> highly police chase. >> well, all i am saying is that for those of us -- >> i was not happy. >> here is a great thing. the woman was -- somebody actually gave her a first class ticket. >> and i sat next to her. good job. >> you can sit up in first class, she was so rude that she decide today