mr. christopher to talk about his efforts in uganda, where they try to have legislation to execute days. [applause] -- execute gays. >> what has been happening in you gonjeh. -- in uganda, in the old days of the yemen persecution of the homosexuals. homosexuality in uganda can be punished by death, hanging. and imprisonment for life. and for those who have called for homosexuality, they will be in prison for a number of years. and a woman cannot be a homosexual or else she will be punished. it will be very difficult -- the execution of the people in uganda. we thought that this bill had been forgotten or thrown out. but the support that we heard from all over the world since 2009. it has been revived. some of the leaders are behind the revival of the bill. i am really worried what is going to happen. if it is passed, those things could take place in this modern world it. i wonder how this could be possible? i do. it is my hope to resist and oppose this prejudice. this is a time of love for all. [applause] i have been hearing from the speech of the different -- it goes to show we need you

mr. christoph from san francisco crisis care. >> can i speak from here? can he? yes. >> wonderful. let me introduce myself. i am christoph sandoval. i am the chaplain's for san francisco crisis care and a volunteer. how appropriate, how appropriate is it today that maggie stepped up here and really demonstrated human suffering to us because that is the critical question for us is how has a community, we come together to address the continuum of suffering in this city. i said earlier at the press conference, we are truly a city that is built on the premise of offering compassion and support to people in need and yet it is a tale of two cities. it's a beautiful city, and yet another part of the city has tremendous suffering. today, there two of us presenting today. i'm also the president of west side community services and the board of directors there. i'm a member of the clergy at the cathedral of st. mary of the assumption. in an interfaith group, i see maggie and i see parents and i see brothers and i see sisters and i see children coming to me for spiritual care support at st. ma

do a little channel check now with christopher king, director of telecom and cable services analyst. mrlcome. do you think telecom can continue on its run and be if not the certainly among the best performing sectors in the second half of the year? >> thank you. good afternoon. yes, you know, i think that telecom is very well positioned, particularly in that defensive market. i think investors are engaged with the sector over six monthings primarily because in the case of verizon and at&t, it's viewed in a choppy market. >> verizon and at&t really the only two to look at here or not? >> well, certainly, sprint is probably the most interesting name rightly or wrongly in the sector. extremely volatile. outperformed the bells significantly year to date. they have certainly in our view taken bankruptcy off of the table for a few years at least. i think that was a concern six to nine months ago and helped buoyed the stock and going through a multi-year process in terms of migrating the various wireless networks to one or two larger networks. i think there is some investor hope to improve mar

mr. president, unanimous consent that staff of the finance committee be allowed today to have floor privileges. jeffrey arnold, amanda chapman, salina christman, arun dogo, farrah friesz, pete markinson, christopher tosovicz, daniel herring. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, my republican colleagues made a good talk on taxes, but democrats' record of cutting taxes for small businesses speaks louder than republicans' rhetoric. since president obama took office, taxes have been cut for small businesses 18 times. today he will advance a plan to cut taxes for small firms for the 19th time in just three and a half years. small businesses jobs and tax relief act would put money back in the coffers of true job creators. under our plan, business owners will hire new workers or give raises to current employees who get a 10% tax credit. our legislation would also cut taxes on firms that invest in new development, allowing more than two million businesses to grow faster. these two proposals will create almost a million new jobs. economists from across the political spectrum agree this is the most effective way to give the economy a badly needed boost. so my republican collea

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christopher hayes is the author. the next call comes from dallas, texas. jason, independent line. caller: history has shown us, mr. hayes, socialism is dead. true or false, is it good or bad? next question, it is communist -- communism good, true or false? the next question is, the health of the economy is going down, and democrats continuously dispute that it is fine, we are growing at 2% and that is awesome. how can they defend the president when he is failing at every point? the health care law? if this is a republican or a democrat, whenever you want to call it, and the majority of the people says we do not like it, is this a government for the people? i am young, i am kids, and i'm going to give this health crap to my kids? i hate you. you really suck. guest: jason is powerfully articulating the sense of the trail i was talking about at the beginning. the town of -- beach rail i was talking about the beginning. the economy is not doing well. there is a strong case about how much worse it could've been and how needed the interventions were, and basically the recovery act was a remarkable piece of legislation i

mr. gala gallagher. >> ranking member coburn and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. my name is christopher lok and from 2001 until 2010, i served as global head of the bank business hsbc. in my statement today, i will cover three topics. first, i will provide my background. second, i will provide an overview of the business hsbc. and third, i will address some of the specific problems and issues that believed are of interest today. for me, it is painful and embarrassing to talk about areas where in hind sight we fell short. at the same time, it is valuable to do so in order decline the structured solution and others don't make the same mistakes going forward. i was born and raised in hong kong. in 1971, i started working in a business and that is what i did for 29 years. during the entire time from 81 through 2010 i worked for hsbc institution. for most of my career, i was based in asia. but i was privileged to have lived and worked in new york for a brief period in the 1990 z and again, from 2001 until 2010. even though i'm not a u.s. citizens, i had a wonderful experience living and work

mr. lok. >> good morning. chairman levin, ranking member coburn and members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. my name is christopher lok, and from 2001 until 2010 i served as the global head of the span of business at hsbc. in my statement today, i will cover three topics. first, i will provide my background. second, i will provide an overview of the business at hsbc. and third, i will address some of the specific problems and issues that i believe the subcommittee is interested in. for me it is painful and embarrassing to talk about the areas where in hindsight we fell short. at the same time, it is valuable to do so in order to find constructive solutions so that others don't make the same mistakes going forward. i was born and raised in hong kong. in 1981 i started working in -- [inaudible] of business, and that is what i did for 29 years. during the entire time from 1981 through 2010, i worked for hsbc or a predecessor institution. for most of my career, i was based in asia. but i was privileged to have lived and worked in new york for a brief period in the 1990s and again from 2001 until 2010. even though i'm

christopher a. coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chai. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to -- i'm sorry. i don't mean to do that. we're already on s. 3414, which is the cybersecurity bill. the time until 2:15 is for debate only. the time until 12:30 today will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. the majority will control the first hour, the republicans the second hour. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. mr. president, i would just alert everyone to this: i would hope those people led by senators lieberman and senator collins will work to come up with a finite list of amendments so we can move on to the cybersecurity bill. i've spoken to the republican leader yesterday and i'm being really patient trying to get a list of amendments we can agree on. i hope that can be done soon. it is very important that we make a determination whether we're going to be able to get a bill. there's not a lot of time left to tread water, so

hereby appoint the honorable christopher coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mrid: mr. president, i now move to proceed to calendar number 446, s. 3e 3369. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 3369 a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: for the information of all senators, the time until 12:30 will be divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes, the majority the second 30 minutes. we'll recess until 2:15 to allow for weekly caucus meetings. the time from 2:15 to 3:00 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled and at 3:00 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed the disclose act which was debated last night and again this morning. the effect of money on american politics sngt 5, more than 100 years ago moneyed special interests had tested the regulatory integrity of our system. in 1899, copper billionaire william clarke was elected to the united states senate by the montana

christopher who is a research fellow in energy economics and climate change from the heritage foundation. diana -- i didn't get your name right. senior fellow from manhattan substitute for policy research and mr. ken knit berlin and policy and programming coalition for grown capital. we will recognize each of you for five minutes for an opening statement and we will not interrupt. i ask you pay attention to the black box in front. doctor, you're recognize for five minutes for the purpose of opening statement. >> thank you very much. members victim committee, for giving me the opportunity to discuss loan govern tows. my name is david i'm research fellow and energy climates and change at heritage foundation. the view i express of my own should not cointreau any anything from the -- my first point is that private capital markets will fund risky projects projects involved large amount of capital, and projects take a long time to repay their investors. these features are not characteristics of market failure, nor do they justify subsidizes, loan guarantees on or mandates. 10-year-old christmas trees and 20-year-old whiskey as is the development of new drugs can which can take decades and cost bill

mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the staff of the finance committee be allowed on the floor for the remainder of the 112th program, amanda bartman, harun dogo, farrah freeze, neil penny and christopher tasanovicz. i have nine i ask unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate, they have the approval of the minority and majority leaders and i ask unanimous consent they be agreed to and printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: there is an adage that sunlight is the best disinfect apartment, and the reason it's an olded aage, it's true. i introduced the reduce tax haven act of 2012. i introduced this months ago. it would require candidates for federal office and certain federal employees to disclose any financial interest they or their spouses have in an offshore tax haven. if the bill becomes law, individuals who file a financial disclosure report would be required to list the identity, category of value, and location of any financial interest in a jurisdiction considered toosh a tax haven by the secretary

christopher, peter and other national leaders of the cypriot-american community and other greek leaders. they came to participate in the hearings before the senate foreign relations committee on the confirmation hearing for mr. caney. he was nominated by president obama to be the next u.s. ambassador of cyprus and we are hopeful that the confirmation will move forward. we are also concerned about a bill that has been put forward that gives preferential treatment to turkey over other countries on contracts and activities that take place on american indian areas. and this has caused a great deal of concern with the members of the caucus, and i now want to express my opposition to the indian tribal trade and investment demonstration project act. this bill would give preferential treatment to turkish businesses to engage in investment activities on indian tribal lands. and i question why they are being singled out for this consideration given the illegal occupation that continues. i request unanimous consent to put the remainder of my comments into the record and to express my strong support for cyprus and the vital role it is playing in european affairs and the strong ally they have been to the united states.

christopher coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. plitd mr. reid: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to s. 3369, the disclose act. the clerk: a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, at 5:00 p.m. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of kevin mcnulty to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. at 5:30 there will be two roll call votes, the first on confirmation of the mcnulty confirmation. then a cloture on the motion to proceed to the disclose act. mr. president, i'm told h.r. 6079 is at the desk and is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for seakd time. the clerk: h.r. 6079 an act to repeal the be patient protecti