mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. just a couple of minutes on the floor to send my congratulations on my own behalf but also on behalf of the people of pennsylvania to the villanova wildcats on a great win last night in the ncaa final. it was a remarkable game for a lot of reasons. my wife and i watched every minute of it, as i know so many did. it was a remarkable game even before the last-second shot, but even -- even more so after the shot made by chris jenkins. so we're grateful on behalf of the people of pennsylvania to commend and salute villanova, the university, and of course the team itself. but i in a particular way want to commend the players, not only chris jenkins but the entire team, but at the same time we want to commend the work done by jay wright, a great coach. he was awarded the naismith award this year as the coach of the year, but also for leading villanova t

thank you, mrs. casey>> if you suspect they might not vote -- >> show up with a bus, a personal car? >> sure. >> people don't just vote anymore, you pick them up and take them there. >> yeah. it's an art form. >> when we return, i'l ♪i see trees of green ♪red roses too ♪i see them bloom ♪for me and you ♪and i think to myself ♪what a wonderful world ♪music ♪oh yeah >> sometimes i feel sorry for presidential candidates. i feel their strain because they have to face us, the media. >> governor romney! >> mr. president! >> look at the candidates smile. >> you also said that you are america's most tactless prince since carter. >> he smiled. they rarely show anger. they just keep smiling and laughing. >> thank you, thank you. >> don't get the impression that you aroused my anger. >> often they don't like the reporters. >> one can only be angry with those he respects. >> i bet mitt romney doesn't respect the reporters who followed him when he went to a memorial site. despite the somber nation of the moment, report

mr. casey: i'll have some remark abouts this amendment to be followed by my colleague from pennsylvania, senator toomey. we know that since 9/11 we've made a good deal of progress on airline security but we know that there are still a number of common sense steps that we can take to bolster security at our airports and on our airplanes. we also know that since 9/11, there have been 15 hijacking attempts around the world. we know that terrorists still aim to repeat those actions and improve upon their deadly tactics. it's also of concern that federal programs designed to increase aviation security, such as the federal flight deck officers program, acronym being ffdo, that that program to train and arm pilots continues to experience drastic cuts and reduced budgets. after 9/11 qong mandated -- congressman dated the installation of reinforced cockpit doors and the f.a.a. regulations stated that the reinforced cockpit doors should remain locked while closed. however, pilots and flight attendants mu

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mr. chairman. >> senator casey? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i want to thank the panel for being here and for your public service. i'm going to be addressing my questions to commissioner has pennsylvania roots that i apologize for probably not getting to you today. but i will tell everyone at belle vernon high school that you said hello. is that okay? thanks. >> and the chairman of course has pennsylvania roots as well so we want to highlight that. but i wanted to -- i wanted to start with, commissioner, some of the data points that you had in your testimony and i know i missed your presentation, but the written testimony highlights a number of things we should focus on in terms of the volume of your work. fiscal year 2015 you processed 244 million returns, issued more than $400 billion in refunds, your new filter stopped 1.4 million returns filed by identity thieves thereby preventing $8.7 billion in fraudulent returns. so i want to state that for the record because i know those numbers bear repeating, but i wanted to focus on two areas, one i

casey. senator bennett. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much for holding this hearing and for your efforts on the bill. i want to agree we didn't change -- i did not succeed in changing the provision. >> nor did i. >> i wanted to ask you questions about this supplement versus supplant, understanding that as you said, this is a civil rights law. it's the only reason the federal government should have any involvement it seems to me in education. and i remember when i was superintendent of the denver public schools, the most miserable -- one of the most miserable experiences that i had and the people that worked for me had was the experience of federal bureaucrats and auditors deciding, we're not -- who were not experts, deciding this service provided in this non-title 1 school and making a judgment that had nothing to do with the academic experience of children but was just about following not even the law but the rules of the department of education to determine whether or not we were supplementing or supplanting our federal

mr. chairman. >> senator casey? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i want to thank the panel for being here and for your public service. i'm going to be addressing my questions to commissioner koskinen. but-day want to say because mr. dodaro has great pennsylvania roots that i apologize for probably not getting to you today. but i'll tell everyone at belvern high school that you said hello. and the chairman of course has pennsylvania roots as well. we want to highlight that. but i wanted to -- i wanted to start with commissioner, some of the data points that you had in your testimony, i know i missed your presentation, but i, the written testimony highlights a number of things we should, we should focus on in terms of the volume of your work. fiscal year 2015, you processed 244 million returns. issued more than $400 billion in refunds. your new filters stopped 1.4 million returns filed by identity thieves. thereby preventing $8.7 billion in fraudulent returns so i want to state that for the record. because i know those numbers bear repeating. wanted

casey. senator bennett. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much for holding this hearing and for your efforts on the bill. i want to agree we didn't change -- did i ni did not succ changing the provision. >> nor did i. >> i wanted to ask you questions about this supplement versus supplant, understanding that as you said, this is a civil rights law. it's the only reason the federal government should have any involvement it seems to me in education. and i remember when i was superintendent of the denver public schools, the most miserable -- one of the most miserable experiences that i had and the people that worked for me had was the experience of federal bureaucrats and auditors deciding, we're not -- who were not experts, deciding this service provided in this non-title 1 school and making a judgment that had nothing to do with the academic experience of children but was just about following not even the law but the rules of the department of education to determine whether or not we were supplementing or supplanting our federal

casey, what is mr. sanders saying today? >> hey, alex, good afternoon.ator sanders making a series of stops across new york boroughs. he'll end his day at the apollo theater trying to reach out to african-american voters but the democratic race is taking place in wyoming. caucus there is under way. here's what bernie sanders had to say about that today. >> we have won six out of the last seven caucuses and primaries. [ cheers and applause ] there is a caucus taking place today in wisconsyoming and if t a large turnout there i hope we will win that as well. [ applause ] >> of course winning wisconsin means picking up 14 delegates. if he sweeps all of them. so it's a pretty small state. he spent election night after wisconsin in laramie, wyoming, which is a town of about 30,000 people so even a win there won't make a huge dent in that delegate count. sanders about 215 or saegs behind hillary clinton in that pledged delegate count and, of course, that explains why he and secretary clinton are both spending so much time here in new york which has so many mor

mr. chairman. today is a about six names what it boils down to. marilyn pharis, sarah root, casey chadwick and people who took their list, victor ramirez. you're willing to relive this situation over and over again, many questions you don't want politicized exploited. at the same time, mr. root, miss hartling, i have same question, what is it drives you fighting for your lost loved one? why are you doing this? >> if it changes life of one person it is worth. if you don't do nothing, say nothing, nothing gets done. you have to be vocal what you do, how you feel. i was brought up that way. that is how i feel. my whole family is that way. >> whatever the sacrifice is -- >> what do you live for your kids, don't you? >> absolutely. >> i have one kid left. my only daughter. >> miss hartling? >> yes. i agree exactly what he said. casey should still be here. there is no doubt about that. she should still be here. i shouldn't be here. i shouldn't belong to a group nobody wants to join and, i'm glad, he is guilty. he was convicted. >> sure. >> so that but, having to go over and over in your

mr. koskinen: the regulation requires minimum standards and information. we are not talking about other regulations. it is appropriately described as requiring minimum requirements of repairs. casey.tch: senator casey: i will be addressing my questions to the commissioner. i do want to say because mr. de niro has great pennsylvania roots that i apologize for not getting to you today. i will tell everyone at the high school that you said hello. the chairman of course has pennsylvania roots as well so we want to highlight that. i wanted to start with the commissioner. some of the data points you have in your testimony, i know i missed your presentation but the written testimony highlights things we should focus on in terms of the volume of your work. fiscal year 2015 you processed 44 million returns and issued more than $400 billion in refunds. your new filters stopped 1.4 million returns filed by identity thefts thereby preventing $8.7 billion in fraudulent returns. i wanted to focus on cyber criminals at the security summit. and on tax scams. with regard to the security summit itself, if you could reiterate or amplify some of the earlier comments about some of the recommendations that came out of t

mr. inhofe: i further ask that the casey amendment be agreed to, the committee reported amendment as amended be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 401, s. rrks 388. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 401, supporting the goals of international women's day. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask further that the committee reported amendment to the resolution be agreed to, the resolution as amended be agreed to, the committee reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble as amended be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider -- be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the

mr. forsythe: in planned parenthood vs. casey in 1992, the court completely overhauled roe vs. wade. they abandoned the original rationale for roe. they adopted a new rationale and kind of abandoned the trimester and turned it into a bimester, meaning that before viability, there are certain standards, and after viability. but there is no trimester. it is now bimester with viability a dividing line. host: next is a call from terry in palo alto, california. welcome. >> thank you. i am really interested. the first clip showed the context as being feminist and civil rights introduction to the abortion-rights discussion, and i'm wondering, if going forward, if the case would be more fairly considered on civil rights terms rather than where it seems to be going in terms of trap laws and so forth if the woman and her doctor being asserted as the people with just standing, might be compared to a man and his doctor, having the right to make equally momentous decisions, if the guest might comment? host: thank you very much. ms. murray: i think you have presaged a line of argument that justice

mr. thune: i also ask unanimous consent that the senate now vote on these amendments as well as the heller amendment 3495 and the casey-toomey amendment number 3458 as modified, en bloc. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. thune: i know of no further debate on these amendments. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendments are agreed to en bloc. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes eemp. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i further ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m. monday, april 11. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. further, that following leaders' remarks, the senate be in a period of morning bus

mr. president, and that is an amendment to the f.a.a. reauthorization bill which senator casey and i are -- bill. what senator casey and i are doing is we're going to introduce as an amendment the legislation that we've introduced as a free-standing bill and that's the sarasini aviation safety act. 2016. i want to thank senator casey for the really, really good work that he has done on this issue for some time. let me just give you a little bit of the background, mr. president, on the amendment which is based on the legislation that is named after victor sarasini. victor sarasini was a bucks county, pennsylvania, native. he was a navy pilot. and after he left the navy, he became a commercial airline pilot. he was a captain. and he was a captain of united flight 175 which, as you will recall, was one of the planes that was captured by terrorists on 9/11. the fact is, captain sarasini was murdered by the terrorists when they stormed the cockpit, took control of the plane, killed victor sarasini and then flew the plane into the world trade center. victor sarasini left behind a wif

casey who cannot speak for herself. thank you for listening. >> thank you. and, of course, we'll include that letter into the record. you did great, thank you. >> thank you. >> mrblunt you are recognized for five minutes. >> chairman chaffetz, ranking member cummings, respected members of house committee and oversight government. my name is got rid. i think that opportunity to voice -- murder on sunday january 31 at about 2 a.m. by a drunk driver an illegal immigrant eswin mejia a lesson plan for hours sarawak with a 4.0 grade point average and bachelors in criminal investigation from bellevue university. i would also like to take this opportunity to take the officers ago police department -- thank gosh it would also like to thank kristin and steph steve king, senator urged, grassley, session at the doctors and nurses at the university of nebraska medical center. as a 30 year member of the steamfitters local 464 is up on it i find myself thinking of republican house and is a member reached out to us within weeks of sarah's death. my ex-wife were not counted by any democrats or i.c.e. until april 22 after i learned i would testify, and the day, 82 days after my

senators casey and purdue and grassley as well as chairman corker and ranking member carden of the senate foreign relations committee whose leadership was instrumental to this measure's passage by mr. engel in the senate. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this legislation and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: first of all, i want to thank our chairman, ed royce, for his leadership on the foreign affairs committee and pushing this bill ahead. i don't want to underestimate how important he has been in making sure that this bill reaches the floor. i also want to thank congressman chris smith for joining me as lead republican co-sponsor on this measure and also our senate colleagues for their work to help get us to this point. this legislation is another great example of a foreign affairs committee working across the aisle to get results. because we believe again that foreign policy should be bipartisan, partisanship should stop at the withouter's edge. when the

mrs. fischer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to calendar number 393, s. 1252 and that casey amendment be agreed to, the committee reported substitute amendment as amended be agreed to, and the bill as amended be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 393, s. 1252, a bill to authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for united states foreign assistance to developing countries and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the senate will proceed. the amendments are agreed to. is there further debate? if not all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mrs. fischer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. fischer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the considera

mr. courtney to help introduce wendy. >> thank you. again we are honored to have 20 here to join this today she is quintessential small-town america and a devoted mother of casey chadwick who has been mentioned many times in she lost her life one year ago to a homicide that a couple weeks ago came to the goal conclusion with the conviction. i will state that she was leading a very private life with strong family connections in the community and that changed radically but everybody who has preceded the court proceedings but just a horrendous paul and plunder by that government is almost to the deportation case. she is joined today for those to proceed to the survivors of homicides every also have a and i think that all the members are moved by the testimony. >> in the woke up one morning year end and we appreciate your bravery for stepping forward and thinks for being here today. we're also pleased to have mr. scott but also the congressman from iowa? you are recognized. >> figure to my colleagues here for this year which is very important stick. >> the decision scott route to the hit he is from council bluffs which is the third but to work hard and fear and lo

casey's birthday. i think we were in like fourth or fifth grade and his dad took us to go see -- i think it was the "kilroy was here" tour. >> jimmy: yeah, that's "mr. roboto." >> the "mr. roboto" tour. >> jimmy: they were a great band. you've got heavy songs, like metal, hard rock songs. then you would get really soft ballady songs, then back to hard rock songs, then "mr. roboto." >> "mr. roboto" which is kind of its own category. >> jimmy: didn't see that punch coming at all. >> nobody saw that coming >> jimmy: by the way, i should tell everybody, that's paul, really singing in that video. so, if you watch that again. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming in earlier in the week recording it and doing it. you clearly are a fan. you knew every word, and -- >> i watched that video a lot this last week. yeah. [ light laughter ] the one thing -- speaking of segue ways. i watched and i thoroughly enjoyed watching is you as ant-man in the new "captain america: civil war" movie. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: you're fantastic in it. and, of course i never want to give spoilers away, so i won't say anything. but i can say "the avengers" are in this fi

mr. chairman. let me first of all start off by expressing how very sorry i am for the families casey chadwick, sarahuth and marilyn farris. the crimes that were committed against them were brutal and barbaric and their lives were taken away from them all too soon. not only were their lives stolen away from them, their lives were stolen away from their parents and their friends and relatives so to mr. root, i want to thank you for being with us today. i thank you for something else though. i thank you for taking your grief and turning it into a passion to make sure it does not happen to anybody else. i really appreciate that. thank you. i know how painful it must be to relive these nightmares especially before congressional committee and i have read your testimony mr. root and i've got to tell you he said over and over again a parent should never have to do this. identifying a child who has been harmed and murdered. so only you can truly know what the losses mean to your families. i also lost a loved one. five years ago almost to the day , and nephew. her folks busted into his room and blew his brain

now with ohio governor terry casey, who's holding a town hall in house speaker paul ryan's hometown of james de villepin, wisconsin. wisconsin holds its primary tuesday. mrich believes he has momentum to consider being someone that will be there for the delegate count once the convention happens. going after donald trump. keep it here for the latest. >>> a knife found at the former estate of o.j. simpson is not, not the weapon that was used to kill his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend, ronald goldman. investigators confirming the news after recent forensic testing. last month a retired lapd officer turning in that knife to the police department after allegedly holding it more than a dozen years. telling investigators a construction worker tearing down simpson's old home found that knife and gave it to him. >>> an amazing rescue in connecticut making news right now captured on camera. >> oh my god. oh, jesus. >> it's a car driven by an elderly woman somehow ends up in the water at the eastern point beach. a man smashes in the front windshield trying to help her, but it fills the car with water. he then breaks a second window and pulls out the

mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i would also ask consent -- i guess we're on the bill -- i would ask consent to speak as i- i'll speak on the bill and ask consent to do that. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator is recognized. mr. casey: thanks very much. i'm pleased to be joined by my colleague from pennsylvania, senator toomey, to talk about an issue we began to discuss here on the floor yesterday but we've been working many, many months on this issue. it's a rather simple issue but it is a matter that has some real urgency connected to it because we're -- we're talking about a secondary barrier on airplanes, meaning a barrier other than the -- what we know now to be a reinforced cockpit door to prevent terrorists from getting into the cockpit. but what we need to do in addition to that, after congress mandated the installation of these reinforced cockpit doors, is to add a secondary barrier. and this is something that arises because we not only know from the attack on 9/11 but thereafter we know

mr. casey: thank you, mr. president, i rise today to discuss briefly the fight against isis and the sources of its financial support. as the administration accelerates the coalition military campaign against isis, i believe the administration must continue to intensify efforts to dismantle the financial networks that support this vicious terrorist organization. we know that isis operates like a criminal syndicate and profit from president illicit sale of oil, antiquities and other items through the black market all while extorting civilians that it has under its control. isis uses this funding to conduct terror attacks and control territory in both iraq and syria. they use it to buy more weapon, ammunition, components for improvised explosive devices that we know by the acronym i.e.d.'s. they also use this funding to pay for salaries for fighters and to develop propaganda materials to spread their hateful ideology. already we've seen evidence that both u.s. and coalition efforts against their financial network