mr. daniels about it. he says no regrets but i'm sure there are.about it right now? maybe there was enough distance between himself and his brother to possibly give it a run. chris: kelly? >> since they've taken two great answers i will say how about haley barbour to have a southerner if we don't get rick perry. chris: i don't know the reason why he's not running. i interviewed him last week. he's very sharp on all of the issues. >> we're in the middle of the doldrums and tim pawlenty is wondering -- chris: that's a regret for you. thanks to a great round taken. -- round table. that's the show. thank you for watching. see you back here next week.

mr. daniel kaczynski. >> thank you, mr. speaker. one group of people who we have not discussed today are the hugely powerful trade union bosses, an extraordinary influence they have over the leader of the opposition. will this inquiry look into their contacts with rupert murdoch and his organizations? >> i think it's ingenious after 136 questions to come up with something entirely new and so i pay tribute to my honorable friend. i'm sure a judge will be able to look at all vested interests and the power that they wield in our country. >> i thank the prime minister and all members -- i was advised it was 138, but we'll settle for 136 members who have had the opportunity -- [laughter] >> to question the prime minister and i thank everyone for participating. we do want to move on -- order. we do want to move on to the debate. i think pretty speedily but i shall tend to ports of order. >> during his statement the prime minister said that alistar campbell had falsified government documents. i'm sure there's many people who would like to

mr. daniel green at the washington institute who will testify. you will ask each of our witnesses to provide an opening statements. the first panel stayed well within their time limits. we tried to be roughly within the time in that timeframe. i am not sure i said this for the record. this of the main part of the records. as will each of our ttwo panelists. if you could provide about a five and a summary view will .ave questions ticket mr mr. green, we will start with you. >> thank you for allowing me to speak with you today about the challenges our country faces. since the outbreak earlier, there has been a significant increase in activity in yemen. much of this has to do it the fact that the security personnel are preoccupied with other regime changes. most notably, of the republican guards and members of the tribal confederation. there have been reports that presidents assad has removed security personnel from certain areas of the country in an attempt to prompt the u.s. to support him. security situation is deteriorating. the activities have

mr. daniel green, from the washington institute on neither east peace -- near east policy who will testify. we will ask each of our witnesses to provide an opening statement. the first panel stayed well within their time limits which we try to be roughly within the five minute timeframe as is true of the first panel. not sure i said this for the record but their testimony will be made part of the record as will each of our two panelists on the second panel. so your full testimony will be made part of the record. if you could provide a five minute summary we will have a period of questions. mr green, we can start with you. thank you for being here. >> chairman casey and members of the committee, thank you for letting me speak with you about the challenges our country faces in yemen. since the outbreak of protests against the continued rule of yemen's president there has been a significant increase in yemen and the arabian peninsula. much of this has to do with the fact that many security personnel are preoccupied with regime survival or regime change or protecting protesters. most notably t

mr. daniel fisk is a vice president for policy and strategic planning for the international republican institute in his varied career he has served as special assistant to present, senior director for the western hemisphere affairs, the national security council, the state department has served as deputy assistant secretary of state and the. of western hemisphere bureau affairs as was a former senior staff member and counsel for this committee and we welcome you back, dan, to the committee. again, let me invite each of you to make about five minute statements. your full statements will be included in the record and we'll start with you, mr. reid. >> good morning, mr. chairman. and senator rubio. thank you very much indeed for the invitation to appear before you today. as an observer of latin america who hails from the other side of the pond, i take it as a rare honor so i thank you very much indeed. mr. chairman, latin america has never been a democratic as it is today. with one noticeable exception, cuba, every country enjoys formally democratic government. over the past decade the regions demo

. >> at that table is four detainees including daniel espinoza. you can see mr. espinoza looking back to see where the officer's positioned and see where the officer's sight lines are. another interesting proposition, this gentleman knows the attack is coming and he's vacating the area because he doesn't want to be a participant. as the gentleman raises his arm, that's the signal to the others that the three-on-one attack is now ready and then he strikes the victim and you see mr. espinoza arrive who joins in and what ensues is a flurry of punches and kicks to an essentially defenseless detainee. >> if additional criminal charges are filed against espinoza, the most likely charge would be assault and battery. a conviction could then send him to state prison for up to eight years. >> most people come into the building. they don't want to make what they have worse. so they generally keep really bad behavior in check on their own. yeah, there's a lot of fights and things like that but they quickly are broken up. but they don't go too, too far. a person to pick up an

mr. chairman and directors. i'm daniel murphy, i'm the chair of the m.t.a. citizens advisory council. first of all, i want to extend the welcome to director ramos. welcome to the sfmta and also to invite director ramos to attend any of our c.a.c. meetings. all members of the m.t.a. board are always welcome at these meetings, and if you're interested in when they happen, they're on the m.t.a. website and also ms. boomer can direct you to the correct time and date and what's being discussed at those meetings. so welcome. we look forward to meeting you. >> thank you. >> i also want to express my thanks to executive director ford. it has been, as i was reminded before this meeting, 5 1/2 years. we have worked very productively with the executive director. we have made many demands on his time and staff time and he has been most aecom dating in those. -- most accommodating in those. we have been glad to be included in many of the major undertakings this organization has gone through in the last 5 1/2 years, particularly the transit effectiveness project and as you may know, once a month, i

mr. chapman. >> so you have no evidence of any complicity to cover up the existence of the file? >> i do not have that. >> can you tell us the employment status of daniel cloak? >> mr. cloak left the company some time ago and i don't know his employment status. he's not in the business. he was the director of human resources for a number of years. not that many actually, i'm not sure. but left over a year ago, i think. but i can follow up with you the status. >> i'm just very quickly to the witnesses who came to us. again, in respect to the file that you've discovered this year, regarding les hinton, when did he first become aware of this collection of e-mails and paper, as you call it, that clearly rendered the advice -- the evidence given to us misleading by him? when did he learn about it? >> i can't speak to mr. hinton's knowledge of that. are you referring to in 2011 or in 2007? >> this document that was left -- >> in 2007. i can't -- i can't speak to his knowledge, but i would -- i would -- i know that mr. hinton was aware of the work that had been carried out and i think he's testified to this committee to that effect. >> have you asked him whet

. >> at that table is four detainees including daniel espinoza. you can see mr.spinoza looking back to see where the officer's are positioned. this gentleman knows the attack is coming and he's vacating the area because he doesn't want to be a participant. the raising of the arm, it's ready, he strikes the victim pup see mr. espinoza arrive who joins in and what ensues is a flurry of punches and kicks to an essentially defenseless detainee. >> reporter: if additional criminal charges are filed against espinoza, the most likely charge would be assault and battery. a conviction could then send him to state prison for up to eight years. >> most people come into the building. they don't want to make -- what they have worse. so they generally keep really bad behavior in check on their own. don't want a lot of fights, stuff like that. but they go too, too, far. a person to pick up an additional charge like this is actually very rare. >> reporter: the long-term consequences are still unknown, it's day-to-day life back in the box is completely predictable. >> i try to sl

evidence of any complicity by mr chapman to cover up the existence of the file that was belatedly discovered. >> i do not have that. >> can you tell us the employment status of daniel cloke? >> mr cloke left the company some time ago and i don't know what his employment is. he is not in the business. he was the director of human resources for a number of yearsnot that many, actually; i am not surebut left over a year ago. i can follow up that status with you. >> okay. referring just very quickly to the witnesses who came to us, again in respect of the file that you discovered this year, regarding les hinton, when did he first become aware of this collection of e-mails and paper, as you called it, that clearly rendered the evidence given by him to us misleading? when did he know? >> i cannot speak to mr hinton's knowledge. are you referring to 2011 or 2007? >> the document that was left >> in 2007. i cannot speak to his knowledge, but i know that mr hinton was aware of the work that had been carried out, and i think he has testified to this committee to that effect. >> mr murdoch senior, have you asked les hinton whether he knew about this document? >> no. >> why no

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: as a side note, i'm happy to see the second ranking member of the united states senate presiding. the people of vermont have been so fortunate to have you and your wisdom and your -- mr. mcconnell: if the gentlemen would yield, i expect he hasn't done that for 30 years. mr. reid: i thought it would be nice to comment on the fact that's reserved for more junior members. it's nice that my friend from vermont would be here. following any leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the house message to accompany s. 626, the legislative vehicle for the debt limit increase. time from 1:30 until 8:00 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. mr. president, republican leaders in the house of representatives have wasted this week pursuing a right-wing proposal they knew from the start couldn't pass the senate. from the very beginning, speaker boehner's band-aid approach was fatally flawed. it would have

can you tell us the employment status of daniel cloak? >> mr. cloak left the company some time ago, and i don't know what his employment is. he was the director of human resources for a number of years. not that many -- i'm not sure. but he left over a year ago, i think. i can follow-up with you the status. >> i'm just going quickly to the witnesses who came to us. again, in respect to the file that you've discovered this yeayear regarding les hinton, when did he first become aware of this collection of e-mails and paper, as you discovered, to call it, that clearly rendered the advice given -- the editors gave misleading by him. when did he learn about it? >> i can't speak to mr. hinton's knowledge? are you referring to 2011 or 2007. >> this document left in 2007. >> in 2007. i can't speak to his knowledge, but i would -- i know that mr. hinton was aware of the work that had been carried out, and i think he's testified to this committee to that effect. >> have you asked him whether mr. murdoch is here. have you asked les whether he knew about th

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the house memg to accompany s. 627, which is the legislative vehicle for the debt limit increase, with the time until 1:00 f.p.l. equally divided. about 1:00 p.m. then, the senate will vote to invoke cloture on the house message to accompany the reid amendment. no matter the outcome of this vote, mr. president, the message will still be before this body. this is -- if there is an agreement that can be met, this is the vehicle to be used to send it back to the house. mr. president, as the clock ticks down to august 2, i remind everyone within the sound of my voice what really is at stake. at this very moment, millions of seniors across this great country worry that their next social security check might not come to them on wednesday. middle-class families wonder whether their retirement accounts will be wiped out by an economic collapse brought about by default on this nation's debt.

mr. dorsey: this next one is pretty simple, from daniel: "we need to raise taxes, period." (laughter.) the president: as i said before, if wealthy individuals are willing to simply go back to the rates that existed back in the 1990s when rich people were doing very well -- it's not like they were poor -- and by the way, that's when we saw the highest job growth rates and that's when we saw the highest -- the greatest reduction in poverty, and that's when we saw businesses very profitable -- if the wealthiest among us -- and i include myself in this category -- are willing to give up a little bit more, then we can solve this problem. it does not take a lot. and i just have to say, when people say, job-killing tax increases, that's what obama is proposing, we're not going to -- you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. and the facts are that a modest increase for wealthy individuals is not shown to have an adverse impact on job growth. i mean, we can test the two theories. you had what happened during the '90s -- right? taxes for wealthy individuals were somewhat high

mr. potter. small lenders say they're being threatened by new consumer protection rules under the dodd/frank act. daniel watts is president of forest park national bank and trust company in forest park illinois. watts says notices to customers about rule changes and additional compliance officers are costing banks like his millions of dollars. >> it's not only sending it, it's drafting all of those changes and making sure the customer understands them. it used to be a bank under $200 million would have a compliance officer that would be part time. now we have almost two people doing compliance. >> reporter: community banks with assets under $10 billion have been pummeled by the sour economy. many made loans to developers that went bust. they've also seen demand for mortgages and other consumer loans dry up. last year, 157 u.s. banks failed. all but one was a community bank. so far this year, there have been 51 bank failures and all had assets under $10 billion. >> community banks are the lifeblood of small towns. they help local businesses get off the ground and expand. and, when these institutions stru

daniel landry, for the record. i sat on that restoration advisory board in 2009 the past unanimous resolution to remove mrs. brownell. we felt at the time, after numerous times of dealing with the issue of the dust, and going to the department of health, there was no response. i stand before you today and say we need to revisit, reexamine, and investigate this issue. generally speaking, we are talking about accountability. the doctor did not really explain the fact that when the commission, and even supervisors, make decisions as critical as the eir, our city is put in a compromise position. plenty of things have happened since 2006, dealing with this development and many projects in this city. now we have to book -- look very closely at every project because it is clear what is in the e- mails. it is clear what the epa, what happens with the epa. this is a story that goes on and on. generally speaking, we are not saying that the department of public health may not be doing something in this city that any other director would not do what they believe is right. to pass a project as an expert is not acceptabl

mr. altmire. as you said my name is daniel fleming, i'm president of fleming national lease in springfield, virginia, and our company as a member of the truck renting and leasing association. i'm testifying today on a troubling aspect of the dodd-frank act, namely section 1071, the small business loan data collection provision. fleming national is a family owned business with 18 public employees locations in springfield, virginia, thailand over marriage. we are a proud member employing 100,000 people and operate a 24,000 locations throughout the united states. not only are there members small businesses themselves, but the vast majority of the customers that we deal with are also small businesses in search of vehicles and equipment offered for rent or lease at a reasonable price. part of the process and acquiring rented or leased vehicles is to fill out an application of credit. as written section 1071 as extensive to application requirements. these requirements will be offered by and monitored through cfpb. while resorting to operate a bank, under the definitions listed within this new law i am con

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration the motion to proceed to the bill h.r. 2560. the time until 10:00 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 10:00 a.m. i will be recognized to make a motion to table the motion to proceed. therefore, senators should expect a roll call vote at approximately 10:00 a.m. to accommodate senators on both sides on what will take a little longer than usual. this, i say to you, mr. president, and to everyone at the sound of my voice, this is an effort to move this piece of legislation off the floor. it's interfering with the negotiations between the white house and the house of representatives, and it is without merit, this legislation. this is a motion to table. it is a vote on this bill. and we on this side of the aisle are going to look at every vote cast. we feel comfortable where we are on this issue, and i would suggest to my republican friends they should look to whe

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i'm delighted to be here with my senior colleague, senator jack reed, to welcome geralyn wolf, the bishop of the episcopal archdiocese of rhode island who shared with us the prayer this morning. i want to share with my colleagues what a wonderful addition she is to our rhode island community. she has served in kentucky and in pennsylvania, but she has been in rhode island for many years and has been devoted to our community and particularly to the needy in our community to the point where at one point she spent 30 days living as a homeless person in order to see firsthand what the resources were to support people when they faced the burden and the sorrow of homelessness and to inform her actions as the bishop of our diocese. she is keenly interested in the sudan and works with priests who are helping to bring christianity to those areas as the vehicle for peace amidst some of the worst a

mr. levitin. >> the final witness is daniel fleming, president and truck renting and leasing business in springfield, virginia. fleming leasing is a family-owned business founded in 1903 with a transportation services they were provided -- providing consistent of a horse and buggy when they started. mr. fleming is testifying on behalf of the truck renting and leasing association that mr. -- mr. fleming, you have five minutes to present your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. altmire. as you said, my name is dan fleming, i'm president of fleming national lease in springfield, virginia. our company is a member of the truck renting and leasing association or trala. i'm testifying on the dodd-frank act section 751, the collection provision. fleming national is a family-owned business with 18 permanent employees, locations in springfield, virginia, and landover, maryland. we're a proud member of trala, an association of 550 companies, employing 120,000 throughout the united states. not only are all of trala's 550 members small businesses themselves, but the vast majority of customers t

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour, with republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. i'm told there's a bill, s. 1420, due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 1420, a bill to require that united states government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, social security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is read and for other purposes. mr. reid: madam president, i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this legislation at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reid: madam president, today our republican colleagues in the house planned to vote on a bill to lift the debt ceiling a few months before plunging this nation's economy back into a state of unsent. what i mean by that

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour. the majority will control the first half, the republicans will control the second half. following morning business, i will be recognized. mr. president, h.r. 1938 is due for a second reading i'm told. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1938, an act to direct the president to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the keystone xl oil pipeline, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings at this time on this legislation. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent on behalf of senator bingaman that his interns shannon simpson, brook jordi and tray dubrey be granted floor privileges during today's business. the presiding officer: without o

mr. president, it's for the hillary daniels of the world, who will be leaders of our country in the next decade and the decade of that, that i think we owe an obligation to getting this job done as soon as we possibly can, assuring the markets the full faith and credit of the united states will be preserved and protected and nurtured. and, mr. president, let's turn back to job one here, which is to focus on our economy and job creation. the longer we're stalled out in a political crisis of our own making, the less that we're concerned and focused on putting the american people back to work. mr. president, thank you for your interest, thank you for your attention. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. kirk: mr. president, i just filed an amendment to s. 1323 to brac the spectrum. this would give us the maximum auction revenue and access to the spectrum for economic development and deficit reduction and i'm proud to have the amendment endorsed by americans for tax reform. it is very important for the congress to aut

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume the motion to proceed to s. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in the resulting budget deficit, with the time until 10:00 a.m. this morning equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 10:00 a.m. there will be a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 1323. this could be the only vote of the day although there may be procedural matters that may arise. today the senate is calling on millionaires and billionaires to contribute to this country's effort to reduce our deficit. the poor, middle-class children and seniors have already been asked to make sacrifices to put our fiscal house in order. this legislation would reaffirm the senate's commitment to ensure the extremely wealthy are asked to make sacrifices. this principle that all americans should contribute their fair

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour. the majority will control the first half, the republicans will control the final half. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of s. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the senate on the shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. the filing deadline for all first-degree amendments to s. 1323 is noon today. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 today for weekly caucus meetings. as a reminder, all senators last night i filed cloture on s. 1323, which is the matter i just spoke about, and i also filed cloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 2055 which is the military construction, veterans affairs appropriations bill. as a result, there will be up to two roll call votes tomorrow morning. the republican leader can go forward. plp mcconnell: -- mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. at 4:30, the senate will conduct a moment of silence in the memory of officer john j. chestnut and detective john m. gibson, united states capitol police who were killed 13 years ago defending this capitol against a crazed intruder. at 4:30 p.m., the senate will be in executive session considering the nomination of paul engelmayer to be united states district judge for the southern district of new york and ramona manglona of northern mariana islands. at approximately 5:30 p.m., there will be a vote. additional roll call votes are possible this evening. mr. president, every day people from across this great nation and around the globe come here to visit the capitol to see the seat of american democracy. every day, those of us who are fortunate to have been elected by our home states to serve in congress also come in to represent this nation and the american people in that democracy, and every day a brave and

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:30 this afternoon. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of of the military construction-veterans affairs and related agencies appropriation bill. at 5: p.m., the senate will vote -- i'm sorry, will go to executive session to consider the nomination of j. paul oetken and at 5:30 there there be a roll call vote on confirmation of that nomination. h.r. 2018 is at the desk ask due for a second reading, i'm told. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 2018, an act to amend the federal water pollution control act to preserve the authority of each state to make determinations relating to the state's water quality standards and for other purposes. mr. reid: in order to object to any further proceedings, mr. president, with this bill at this tim

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of s. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled. the filing deadline for all segd amendments -- second-degree amendments to s. 1323 is 10:00 a.m. this morning. at approximately 10:40, there will be up to two roll call votes. the first will be on the motion to invoke cloture on s. 1323, the piece of legislation i just spoke about. the second roll call vote will be on the vote to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the military construction, veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations bill. madam president, sometimes it is very hard to find common ground in washington. if there is one thing in which republicans and democrats agree, it's absolutely necessary that congress prevent a catastrophic default on the nation's debt that would put our economy at great risk. i have said it a

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour. the majority will hold the first half, the republicans the final half. following that morning business the senate will resume consideration of the military construction appropriations bill. there will be a roll call vote at noon on that matter in relation to the vitter amendment. before the amendments pending we hope to complete action on this bill today. we'll notify senators when the votes will occur. madam president, there is a fundamental principle we have to focus on here in the senate, and i think we have focused on it, and that is we cannot default on our debt. we have 11 or 12 days until that crucial time comes. we have a number of plans that are being talked about here. we have a path forward here in the senate, we believe. there's the gang of six which reported some encouraging news yesterday. we have president obama's grand plan that has been talked about a lot. so now we return

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 20. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the libya resolution. this vote will be longer than usual to accommodate senators returning after the holiday which occurred yesterday. but that doesn't mean it will be open forever. we'll be happy to be a little lenient but we'll do the best we can. i ask unanimous consent that john tka*euly from the -- john daly from the state department be granted privileges to the floor during debate on senate joint resolution 206789. the presiding officer: without objection. skwroeup in one of his poems -- mr. reid: in one of his poems t.s. elliot wrote hurry up please, it's time. yesterday this great nation celebrated its 235th birthday. in those years we've accomplished many admirable things and we've done it together. we've landed on the moon, invented ways to save lives, fought democ

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for up to two hours with the two sides alternating 30-minute blocks with the republicans controlling the first block. following that morning business the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 205, the military construction bill. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 today for caucus luncheons. we continue to work on amendments to the military construction appropriations bill. we hope to complete that bill within the next day. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. # quorum call: mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: madam president, today members of the house of representatives will h

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum.he presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, following leader remarks, the senate will resume the motion to proceed to s. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. the time until 12:30 today will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for our weekly party caucuses. the time from 2:15 until 6:00 p.m. is also equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. yesterday i filed a cloture motion on the motion to proceed to s. 1323. this vote will occur tomorrow. s. 1326 is at the desk and is due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 1326 a bill to complement the president's request -- to implement the president's request to in

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. reid madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr.reid: following any leader remarks the senate will be in morning business until 12:15. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans will control the second 30 minutes. at about 12:15, the senate will be in executive session -- i shouldn't say "about" -- at 12:15, the senate will be executive session to consider the nominations of paul engelmayer to be a united states district judge for the southern district of new york, and ramona villagomez manglona, to be a district judge for the northern mariana islands. there will be two minutes of debate prior to a roll call vote on confirmation of the engelmayer nomination and the manglona nomination is expected to be confidence by a voice vote. -- to be confirmed by a voice vote. i would ask my friends on the judiciary committee, i'm not sure we need the debate today. it was already debated yesterday. i would hope we could go directly thew vot to that vote . the senate will recess from 12:30 to 3:30 for the weakly party caucus

mr. chapman to cover up the existence of the file that -- >> i do not have that. >> can you tell us the employment statement of daniel cloak. >> he left the company some time ago. i don't know his employment. he is not in the business. he was director of human resources for a number of years, not that many actually, i'm not sure, but left over a year ago, i think, but i can follow-up with you the status. >> okay. i'm just going very quickly to the witnesses who came to us. and, again, in respect to the file that you discovered this year, regarding les hinton, when did he first become aware of this collection of emails and papers that clearly rendered the advice to him? >> i can't speak to mr. behind ton'mr. hinton'sknowledge. are you referring to 2011 or 2007. >> this document that was left -- >> in 2007. you would -- i can't speak to his knowledge, but i would -- i know that mr. hinton was aware of the work that had been carried out, and i think he's testified to this committee to that effect. >> have you asked him whether -- have you asked les hinton whether he knew about this document mr. murdoch senior? >> no. >>

and so we know that the original daniel webster was correct and we know that judge ted poe is correct and our speaker pro tempore is correct. mr. speaker, last night the house passed the cut, cap and balance act of 2011. as the co-sponsor of this legislation, i am grateful to have my colleagues support this measure with bipartisan votes by republicans and five democrats. it cuts spending by $111 billion in twelve. it enacts statutes that will enforce spending caps on the federal government for the next 10 years to promote jobs. final low, it requires passage of a balanced budget amendment. this positive legislation goes beyond politics and puts forth measures that addresses the needs our nation faces. these policies forces washington what families and small businesses must do every day, balance the budget. rather than devise a plan of their own, liberals in congress simply want to raise taxes. these taxes will harm more families and kill more jobs. as the president said in 2009, quote, you don't raise taxes in a recession, end of quote. and, of course, today, we have nearly 15 million unemployed persons in our country. unemplo

daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. we are. the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i kwurt that further proceed -- i request that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: the senate will begin debate today on cut, cap, and balance, the plan approved earlier this week in the house. this means that senators will now have the opportunity to go on record either in support of balancing our books or against it. this is an opportunity for everyone to take a stand. it's an opportunity to say that a government which borrows more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends is not sustainable and very much needs to change its ways. it's an opportunity to stand with those who believe that washington needs to heal its addiction to spending now. not make more false promises of spending restraint some time later. the president's veto threat of this legislation is telling. many of us learned a long time ago t

mr. bryan's. in were hacked by the news of the world. one spoke very movingly. the police and not looking at merely this, there is a 15-year- old daniel was objected and murdered in 2001. the charge is even longer. this is particularly worrying given the long third trial. scandalously, it also seems it targeted some of those police officers who were at various times in charge of the investigation into the news of the world itself. we can only speculate why they would want to do that. he is a not just the amoral actions. they are the in moral and almost certainly criminal deeds of an organization that was appallingly lead. they lost sight of any side of of this spirit is to never have become a commodities. the vast majority of journalists would agree with that. if you want to understand the complete failure, it just listen himself.rld' there was relentless pressure. to be honest, it is the ethics that is the big issue here. it is just as much as whether the law itself is broken. the private investigators should be ashamed of what happens. those around the newspaper. this is tantamount to this. it is my idea that if she had a shred of d

daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 1188, an act cited as the all-american flag act in which the concurrence of the has is requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event will the debate go beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson, for five minutes. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i would like to extend my sincere appreciation to paul callahan, a dedicated staff member in the of