mr. cochrane and mr.illiams to elaborate on some nonpostal services that you think are not -- that you think that the postal service could enter and thrive and truly compete with the private sector. >> well, dave, you want to go? >> well, actually, with regard to the financial services, you're correct, ma'am, that the postal service was in the banking business for a large number of years. worldwide, the average -- many world posts provide financial services. it provides about 14.5% of their income. which helps them to continue to provide universal access and reduces the overhead for the post offices that are out there. we're currently -- we currently do provide financial services with money orders and other kinds of informal services we do in remote areas for the customers. this idea was to update the money order into the digital age. we don't think it's good for citizens or for e-commerce to be cut off from one another. you can't use money orders to engage in e-commerce. as a result, as many as 68 millio

mr. cochran, do you find it you were pursued by businesses like mr. weissberg. >> it is very flattering. i think it is a recognition of the presence we have, the fact --h that we are at 153 doors 153 million doors today. we created a product that the regulator. a temporary product. we went to a regular full-time product personal return service. at the time, 10 years ago, is really when e-commerce started to take off. one of the real barriers was fisa returns. market research was showing that was the thing holding people back. it was in everyone's best interest to help us to locate a more easy return. we were proud to partner with him and i think it is a great success story. >> can i ask one more? >> absolutely. >> you were describing difficulties with the postal service. >> you put your wood behind the arrows that you believe in. and we approached ups and said we would love the package. we will give you a great rate for it. they are talking about one dollar from oregon destination. >> the fact is we have different automation. we do delineate letters f

mr. cochrane or mr. williams, both of you. >> if i could real quickly, i think the challenge is, part of it is the current law that we operate under. it is restrictive. >> speak a bit about that law. what about that law? >> well, as an example, it says that the products the we are allowed to enter proposal products and it's kind of a bit of a doctor and things we can do. if we get approached by somebody with an innovative idea, some of these things are against the law, as i talked to my opening comments. some of things we're working on some of them don't fit our model and some are not legal in the current sense. as an example we are very restrictive privacy rules and we have a lot of data on what goes into the american household with things like diabetes, and for good reason there's privacy -- imb's. but unlike a lot of other private sector countries were not allowed to data mine the information. and that is a restriction on our ability to market. >> that's a restriction that wouldn't be as controversial

mr. cochrane and mr. williams to elaborate on some non-postal service says that you think the postal service could enter and dry them truly compete with the private sector. >> actually, with regard to the financial services, you are correct, ma'am, that the postal service is in the banking business for a large number of years. worldwide, and anywhere they provide financial services and provide about 14.5% of their income, which helps them continue to provide universal access and reduces the overhead. we provide financial services with money orders and other kinds of informal services in remote areas for the customers. this idea was to update the money order into the digital age. we don't think it is good for citizens or for e-commerce to be cut off from one another. you can't use money orders to engage in e-commerce. as a result, as many as 68 in adults are cut off from commerce and commerce is cut off from them. so it did look a what would happen if the u.s. postal service did i say used to be witnessed

mrs. cochran in the nursing home without her permission. ome sort of sting video against senator cochran. the arrested blogger goes by the name, constitutional clayton. he doesn't seem like your usual political mastermind. for example, on his constitutional clayton youtube channel, you can find a clip labeled, army gun boats operating in louisiana, spelled with two ns. the caption, as you can see there reads, are they preparing for operations inside of america? his wife says he had been put up for the stunt by mysterious people on the interwebs. but the blogger's wife is not the only one who thought other people had to be involved in this weird and gloss scandal. the next week, police in mississippi arrested two more suspects in the case. one of them is a high school soccer coach from chris mcdaniel's home county in mississippi. the other is a tea party leader in mississippi and a regular volunteer for the chris mcdaniel campaign. but then the day those two new suspects appeared in court, officials announced that they were charging yet anoth

mrs. cochran is reprehensib reprehensible.ny individuals involved in this crime should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. >>> waiting list may have left 40 vets dead. three va officials failed to show up on why -- given rise to claims of stone walling. mike kirk is calling into question $16 million in bonuses in chicago. and yesterday john boehner says he's close tore calling for the resignation of secretary shinseki. >> the reports that continue to come are appalling. and these are men and women who have served our country and we've not just let them down, we've let them die. this is awful stuff and somebody ought to be held accountable for it. >> the president's deputy chief of staff visited a hospital. >>> initially authorities didn't believe the suspected boston bombers acting alone. officials thought the bombs were too sophisticated for the tsarnaev brothers to build themselves. investigators also believed the brothers' use of temporary phones and plans for an attack in new york city indicated accomplices. his a

mr. cochran has been hit pretty hard, he's been an appropriate for, spendi and he's got quite a fierce changesng from this competitor. this is going to be an interesting race, because one of the things like for instance in the mcconnell bevin race, is there wasn't a huge amount of difference between the candidates. >> on policy. >> on policy, on policy. that's why some of these challenges have fallen flat. i think what's challenging about the mississippi race is that you have a contrast there in terms of spending policy and stuff like that, which is why that is proving to be a little bit more competitive of a race. >> you're still picking cochran, right? >> i still think he's got the competitive advantage. >> when we come back, four years after haiti's devastating outbreak, is growing over the failed reconstruction and the role played by the clintons. .ita heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran ete

mr. cochran has been hit pretty hard, appropriate are, spending and quite a fierce challenge coming fromhis competitor. but this is going to be an interesting race though, paul, because unlike some of these other races, one of the things, for instance, in the mcconnell-bevin race, there wasn't necessarily huge amounts of differences between the candidates. >> on policy, on policy. >> on policy. and that's why some of these challenges have fallen flat. i think what's interesting about the mississippi race, you have a little bit more of a contrast there in terms of, for instance, spending policy and stuff like that. which is why that is proven to be a little bit more competitive of a race. >> you still picking cochran though, right? >> i think he's still got the built-in advantage. >> okay. all right, thank you, kim. >>> when we come back, four years after haiti's devastating earthquake, outrage is growing over the failed reconstruction effort and the role played by the clintons. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the

mr. james cochrane, chief information officer and executive vice president for the united states postal service. mr. david williams as inspector general of the united states postal service. mr. will davis is chief executive officer of outbox inc. is chief legalrg officer of stamps.com. mr. patrick eidemiller is director of technology at amtech systems. mr. todd everett is chief operating officers of new logistics incorporated. the witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand. you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth -? all witnesses answer in the affirmative. be seated.nd you may a housekeeping matter -- it is my understanding that the house will have votes around 10:40. that'll be a long series of votes. so i want to get everything covered by 10:40 so you do not have to sit around for over an hour while we go vote. an i might be able to make earlier flight back to texas. it would be a win-win if you abided by the timer here that gives you five minutes for your testimo

mr. cochran: mr. president -- madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. cochran: madam president, my impressions of the so-called patient protection and affordable care act is that it is too costly, too complex, and too intrusive. small business owner many small business owners would like to provide health insurance for their work force but are finding the premium costs are just too expensive. a small business owner in hattiesburg, for example, who in the past paid 100% of the premiums for his employees was recently informed of a 21% increase in these costs. he's having to choose between reducing staff or shifting the health insurance costs to his employees. another constituent from south haven reported to me that his son's work hours were cut to fewer than 30 per week so that his employer would not be forced to purchase insurance coverage with his hours reduced he cannot afford the private insurance he had hoped to be able to purchase. the administration has struggled to implement several of the health care law's mandates. billions of dollars have been sp

mrs. cochran is out of bounds for politics and is reprehensible.ny individuals involved in this crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. why would they do it though? in a recent radio interview mcdaniel denied his staff had any link to the blogger or knowledge of activities. but he struggled to explain why he denied knowing about the incident hours after his campaign manager had called him about it. >> basically she said some things about miss cochran. i said stop right there. you know our campaign's position. >> she didn't tell you there was an arrest? >> let me finish, okay? i can explain this. i said mentally our position had been the same -- let's back up. please give me the courtesy and i can tell you. >> i can't imagine your campaign manager not telling you. >> i was asleep. she called me -- >> she called you and told you there was a problem. what did the say? >> i can tell you what she said. she said chris, we have an issue involving miss cochran. i said let me get up and take a shower. you can fully brief me when i get t

mrs. cochran is out of browns for politics. ed in this crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i should tell you we just got a statement from the cochran campaign and they say this mcdaniel campaign has been changing its story virtually every day, sometimes several times a day, and these latest arrests raise even more questions that the mcdaniel campaign has to answer. it's not looking pretty. >> is theed th thad cochran cam suggesting it could go higher up? >> certainly suggesting the mcdaniel campaign must have some sort of involvement. there was a lot of discussion when the first man was arrested. about when the mcdaniel campaign apologized to the cochran campaign, did they apologize before the police report came out? is there have been a lot of accusations back and forth. clearly a lot of distrust in this very, very ugly and tight race. >> thad cochran, he's been the republican senator from mississippi for years. he's widely consider to be a real conservative. how close is this race in the polling that y

mrs. cochran, sadly, is in dementia, is in hospice care and has been there 13 years.possible advantage -- just ask what sort of perverted thinking leads to let's get a video of this disabled woman, invade her privacy and put it on -- and anybody should be disqualified from the vote. if the campaign is involved, they will pay dealer. >> the campaign was doing well in the last few weeks. >> cochran is weak in many ways as a candidate, this is the last best hope of the tea party, but i think mcdermott was in serious trouble here. it was reported today mctanl as a radio talk show host had occasionally co-hosted the show with one of the people that was arrested, one of the four people that was arrested. this is not a distant relationship. there's no evidence that the campaign was involved yet but you think have an investigation, a criminal investigation that's going to be e-mails, you're going to review e-mails and have subpoenas and other things. i can't imagine now that mississippi republicans would want to send a candidate into a general election that's in the middle of

mr. cochran.ou're recognized for five minutes, sir. >> good morning chairman farenthold, ranking member lynch and members of the subcommittee. thank you raclette mirna postal products for the 21st century. my name is jim cochrane an executive vice president of the united states postal service. oversee the integration of technology innovation in all aspects of our business. during my 39 years at the postal service have developed a broad perspective on the business that would serve to market place and customers. this is essential if technology now places a foundational role in virtually every postal product we service. the rich and technology so excited and oftentimes also with potentially disruptive effect. effectively tracing the emerging disruptive continuum is a responsibility in a matter of survival for the postal service. postal service operates the largest technology infrastructures in the world. it's ported and codeveloped by the ministers are to technology companies as well as many small bu

mr. james cochrane the chief information officer and executive vice president of the united states postalce. >> mr. david williams as the inspector general of the united states postal service. mr. welty this is the chief executive officer of outbox in inc.. pursuant to the committee rules, the witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. would you please rise and raise your right hand? do each of you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? the witnesses reflect all of the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you and you may be seated. just a little housekeeping matter it's my understanding the house will have votes around 10:40 and it will be a rather long series of votes so i want to get everything covered if we can get it done by 10:40 we have to sit around here for over an hour while the go vote and i might be able to make an earlier flight back to texas. so it will be a win-win if you abide by the little timer that gives you five minutes for your testimony an and we we will thee and ask q

mr. kelly and do you think the cochran campaign is overselling this to make political hay on their own?i don't know. i mean, there have been a lot of people who stated emphatically that they think the mcdaniel campaign was involved and say emphatically they weren't and the cochran campaign did this will or that. i don't know. as we find out, and we find out pretty fast, i've known senator mcdaniel for a long time. it would surprise me if he was involved in something like this. i would hope nobody that would participate in our republican primary would be involved in anything like this. i've never heard of this kid clayton in my life, but he and a lot of other people like him have popped up in the last few months and have all of a sudden become experts and unfortunately many like he have not contributed in a positive way to our primary. and so i saw some of your reporting on the kentucky primary and that some of the supporters were not inclined to support the other one if they win the primary and that's what we're trying to avoid. >> all right. joe nosef, i know much of the establishment

mr. president, that thanks to an amendment by senator thad cochran of mississippi, on crediting authority for navigation projects, ports like the port of gulfport by have greater flexibility in making dredging upgrades. other provisions in the new water resources bill seek to ensure fiscal responsibility by streamlining project requirements and time lines. this means allowing greater private contributions to infrastructure repairs and deauthorizing projects no longer in the national interest. mississippians understand why water resource infrastructure matters. in recent years we have faced very different challenges because of extreme conditions on the mississippi river. first, historic flooding put flood control mechanisms like the mississippi river and tributaries project to the test. then the very next year, severe drought turned large stretches of the river into nothing more than sandy beaches. these situations cannot can have a big impact. any disruption in the movement of goods along the mississippi river has the potential to affect staple products like corn, grain and petroleum. whe

cochran without permission and posted the image online. if that's what conservatives are willing to do to each other imagine what they will do with hillary's secret bed ridden wife. now i'm not saying mrs. clinton's in a long-term committed loving relationship with a mature and handsome woman nameddine. i'm just saying it's out there and if she denies it, how diane gonna feel? >> if she goes into the fray, the gloves are off and the bell is ringing. >> i think what karl rove did in that little comment is he gave a real signal to the clintons that we're going to play, gloves will be off, don't think we'll give special treatment to mrs. clinton because she's a woman. >> stephen: huh-uh! ding ding! gloves are coming off! this is hand to hand combat and the g.o.p. will not be the jay-z to hillary's solange! (cheers and applause) for one thing, republicans would never get into an elevator with that many black people! (laughter) for another, just because hillary's a woman doesn't mean they're going to pull any political punches -- or punches, period -- because punching women is now okay, right tv people? >> if a woman hits you, to me, you have the right to hit her back. >> my wife is america

cochran for vice president on. we urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws and the immediate admonition of the despotic presidential commission." end of quote. what that means, mr. president, that the koch brothers and increasingly the republican party now believes there should be no campaign finance laws, that citizens united did not go far enough and that the koch brothers should be able to spend millions of dollars directly by giving that money to individual candidates. that's what the koch brothers said in 1980. that is what many republicans believe today. let me quote again, exact quote from the platform -- quote -- "we favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt and increasingly oppressive social security system." end quote. there are many republicans today who not only want to see cuts in social security but who ultimately want to privatize social security, who believe that it is unconstitutional for the united states government to be involved in retirement benefits for seniors. quote the 1980 libertarian party platform. listen to this one. this is really quite incredible -- "we oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capi