mrs. kennedy to participate. he asked kenny o'donnell to go back and get mrs. kennedy and mrs. kennedy, who is just a model of grace and dignity and strength, says, it's the least that i could do. and that picture is -- the plane takes off about three minutes after that picture is taken, the photographer goes to the a.p. in dallas, so while johnson is making his way back to washington, that picture of the swearing in is projected to the rest of the nation. so it sends exactly the image that lyndon johnson needed to send and it sent it as quickly as could possibly be done. johnson, just so you know, also wanted to choreograph the exit from the plane at andrews air force base when at they arrived in washington, but on that occasion, the kennedy group refused to cooperate and you've probably all seen these images of this small sort of cargo truck coming down with the casket and mrs. kennedy and robert kennedy, who boards from the front of the plane, walks to the back and the other kennedy aides, what i found in the house select committee on assassinations, their papers are in the n

mr. kennedy fit come't work, he says he'll back to tell us. mr. kennedy, if it doesn't work, whether you'll be back at all. thank you. indiana, o mike, independent line. caller: who is it? host: it's you, go ahead. caller: okay. this tax bill, they ought to go consumption taxconsumption tax to pay off at least 500 million dollars a year on the national debt, set it for the national debt. amount,dy pays a certain democrats, rybody, republicans say get control of spending. a put a tax and make progressive, they won't spend money. and i'm 72 years old, my wife live on $1700 a month, we got a house payment, this tax will help me, but i'd grandkids my kids and along at grandkids get >> just a few minutes until capitol hill briefing. democratic leader nancy pelosi called for michigan congressman johniers to resipped following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. house speaker paul d. ryan will be briefing reporters in five minutes. until then more on the republican tax bill from "washington journal." i've life than had. host: that is mike in indian

mrs. victoria reggie kennedy. [applause] mrs. kennedy: thank you. thank you. thank you, all. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you all so much for being here to support the edward m. kennedy institute and to celebrate and honor a very special man who continues to devote his life to public service. our dear friend, my dear friend, secretary john kerry. but before i had my word to all of those wonderful words we have heard tonight about john, i hope you will indulge me for just a few minutes to say a few thank you's. thank you to ambassador lou susman, to patty jacobs, our co-chairs for this evening -- what a wonderful job you have done. thank you from the bottom of my heart. [applause] mrs. kennedy: to anne fanukin and bank of america, thank you so much. [applause] mrs. kennedy: to our host committee, to our table sponsors -- thank you so much for making tonight the success that it is. they are all listed in our programs. and i am so forever and deeply grateful for all of you for being here, because what we do here inspires young people and you make that

mr. duncan: if i were a senator? senator kennedy: sitting on judiciary. mr. duncan: i will answer -- no kennedy: i didn't curse, did i? r. duncan: no. i think louisiana would run against me. senator kennedy: i am done, mr. chairman. i'd like to reserve the right th your permission for a second round. enator grassley: [inaudible] senator leahy. mr. leahy: thank you, mr. chairman. senator from louisiana, i guess i am not important enough or been here long enough to have somebody tell me how i had to vote but i will rely on his experience that that might happen. senator kennedy: i think they knew i was new and from the south and therefore stupid. senator leahy: obviously you don't mean i thought that way. senator kennedy: not you, of course not. mr. leahy: i am from a small town in vermont. i guess they didn't think -- telling me how to vote. i do fear -- i watched this committee, i've been on this committee for 40 years. i served here for 42 years. eight different presidents. both half a dozen times in the majority. half a dozen times in the inority. independenc

mr. stretch: no, senator, i cannot. senator kennedy: that's your testimony under oath? mr. stretch: yes, it is. senator kennedy: i am about out of time. i will take one more minute or one more 30 seconds. are you a media -- let me ask google this to be fair. are you a media company or neutral technology platform? mr. salgado: we are -- the technology platform primarily. senator kennedy: that's what i thought you'd say. you don't think you are one of the largest news -- the largest newspaper in 92 countries? mr. salgado: we are not a newspaper. we are a platform for sharing of information that can include news from sources such as newspapers. senator kennedy: isn't that what newspapers do? mr. salgado: this is a platform for which news can be read from news sources. senator kennedy: i am way over. thank you, mr. chairman. senator klobuchar: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i won't ask what bar you go to. don't be concerned. and thank you to both of you for this important hearing. so i come at this just with the simple idea that our democracy was formed to be self-governing

mr. kennedy: mr. president, this saturday is veterans day, a day we honor the brave women and brave men who served in the great defense of this nation. we need to take a moment to reflect on the freedoms that we enjoy every day as american citizens. we need to take that moment to thank those who devoted their lives to serve and protect the greatest nation in human history, the united states of america. mr. president, as you know, our country is home to over 20 million veterans -- 20 million veterans, and i have the privilege of representing more than 250,000 veterans in my state of louisiana. and today i would like to talk about two of those veterans from my state who are illustrative of the military service that veterans in louisiana have offered their country. the two gentlemen i would like to talk about are ira shilling and earl louis vesmer. ira shilling enlisted in the marine corps in 1941 at the age of 16 -- 16 years old. after completing his training, ira was assigned as a rifleman to l company

mr. kennedy: how is that going to save you. and that clause was added. ask them how much more savings will go to one family. that's what your bill does. that's what this bill means and what this bill is about about the values and vision of america about a tax structure that should reflect values of america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, well known champion of civil liberties and scholar of the law, congressman raskin. mr. raskin: thank you. as my friends across the aisle prepare their statistics for my district, this last weekend, i want you to come to my district and debate me and several other members of our caucus and i'm happy to come to your caucus because the american people should be able to be part of this decision. when the majority voted to throw 30 million americans off of health insurance plans and celebrated like it was marchedy graw and super bowl. when middle-clas

mr. kennedy, for five minutes. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, no one likes to pay taxes. when our founders started the nation they knew our success would rest on every shoulder. so not to just make us citizens of this great country but stakeholders. where everyone chips in. where everyone contributes. where everyone has skin in the game. for it was the only way that a gutsy american experiment could work. if each of us was so committed to what this country stands for, they are willing to give a piece of what we earn to help it succeed. of course that willingness hinges on a system that will deliver for all of our people. we pay into a common good because we also reap from a common investment. we send our kids to public schools. sleep safe at night under the protection of the american defense. we wear down roads and bridges with commutes, with afterschool pick ups, delivery runs, and family trips. so we do our part however begrudgingly, however it might strap us or sting us. that we ask for in return is that what we give gets put to good use. the tax reform bill being offe

mrs. kennedy in 19 of 1 who found the association along with 4:jÑñy talking56 years. we also do one on november 28 on music at the white house. that's our latest books. we publish books. we'll do seven this year. our latest book is this beautiful book on music and that will be with jason feddic, the corneal who is the director of the marine corp band. b-'q%=9■]--4j4(p&c;z'xáhiswí[ i■ mmúo. obviously a busy time for you. we have the pod ornament. i hope to come back and talk about the holidays. & >> this is by one of our historians. there were seven psychotic stone masons who came over and did the caution. this come from a quarry just down 395, not far from where we tíj ñhi■uÑw ons came over and carved the stone right where lafayette park is today. that's what this book is about and we do a wonderful pod cast conversation. is the plan to sort of build from like the beginning and eventually we'll get up to the current administration. one of the th

kennedy: -- mr. powell: do not have a number for you, but it would certainly be in the hundreds if you consider the state delegations and other meetings we have had. sen. kennedy: what did the community banks do wrong to contribute to the meltdown in 2008? thepowell: fair to say community banks did not contribute to the meltdown in 2008. sen. kennedy: then why is the governor -- as the governor have you repeatedly voted to punish them and regulate them have to death? mr. powell: i would quibble with that characterization of my votes and the things we have done. i would like to think -- and frankly, my colleagues on the board -- have been very focused on the boarding regulation for small community banks. soleired the board that's job was to make sure the regulations we put in place for the larger institutions do not affect the smaller institutions. this is a battle you never win. you fight it every day. sen. kennedy: i mean no disrespect, governor, in saying this, but you need to fight harder. i think

mrs. kennedy: one more minute. one more minute. [applause] mrs. kennedy: one more minute.es, john is my friend, and he was teddy's friend, too. and though teddy's voice is missing in that video, we feel his presence in our hearts and in our memories tonight. during the presidential campaign of 2004, i had the great fortune of traveling around the country and witnessing firsthand the sheer joy of the ted and john show. i saw two men who were much more than colleagues. they were dear and close friends. they shared a bond, an unbreakable bond of friendship, forged by love and respect. i will never forget teddy's poignant description of meeting young vietnam veteran john kerry on the mall in d.c. in 1971. teddy vividly described how one of them was tall, and thin, and handsome, with dark hair, and then my husband paused and said, "that was me." i don't know who laughed harder, teddy or john. and then i had the privilege of hearing the joy and, dare i say, pride in teddy's voice as he went on to describe john's qualities as a leader and a man of courage and conviction. perhaps

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the getleman from massachutts is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. kennedy: thank yo mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this moment a bit hard to stomach. it's hard to stomach yet another attempt to sabotage the affodable care t and inhe wor of our colleagues, extolling it, resulting hudreds thousands opeople losing their health insurance. it's rd to stomach $1 trillion tax cuteing proposed to benefit wealthy adults at th same time our republican colleagues are tellings we can't afford to take care of our sick kids. it's hard to stomach overhe lapsed and panic set in chip miliewhose lis benefit from this program. it's hard to stomach to give them care is tomehow take it away from soone else, scapegoating patients w stggle to afford their monthly premiums and sometimes fall behind. why is it always those paents who are asked to sacrifice? is always thoe commties that are asked to do more wit less. why would we somehow create a false choce on this floor today that

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the getleman from massachutts is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. kennedy: thank yo mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this moment a bit hard to stomach. it's hard to stomach yet another attempt to sabotage the affodable care t and inhe wor of our colleagues, extolling it, resulting hudreds thousands opeople losing their health insurance. it's rd to stomach $1 trillion tax cuteing proposed to benefit wealthy adults at th same time our republican colleagues are tellings we can't afford to take care of our sick kids. it's hard to stomach overhe lapsed and panic set in chip miliewhose lis benefit from this program. it's hard to stomach to give them care is tomehow take it away from soone else, scapegoating patients w stggle to afford their monthly premiums and sometimes fall behind. why is it always those paents who are asked to sacrifice? is always thoe commties that are asked to do more wit less. why would we somehow create a false choce on this floor today that

mrs. kennedy and now is the fun time. questions from the members. the chairman will give him sei seive-- himself five minutes for questions. first of all, i have to say congratulations. i was there for hurricane ike, allison, allison, up there for hurricane harvey and maybe some of our capacity was in that storm and you guys came roaring back, congratulate for the turn around so quickly. i talk about the people, you got much better for preparing for hurricane or natural disasters. we are going to take it, we know it. i've heard like with katrina, rita and ike, you all learned how to not fully shut down, but keep it warm. not a complete shutdown, but keep it going where it's at risk of some sort of breach and get that going. and i want to talk about how you prepare directly in the path of harvey to be sure to get that thing back on-line as quick as possible. >> thanks for the question and i addressed some of this in my opening remarks and most of our ability to weather the storm, one was our incredible work force. we literally had thousands of people

mr. kennedy? mr. boseman? >> i. >> mr. stray? >> i. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> ms. murray? >> no. >> mr.en? >> no. >> mr. white house. >> no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> mr. merkley? >> no. >> mr. cain? >> no. >> mr. king? >> no. >> mr. vanhallen? >> no. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> kill the bill! >> mr. chairman? >> i. >> report the vote. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> mr. chairman, the is are 12 and the nays are 11. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> the bill is reported out. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! >> that's how it went. you saw the headlines about that today. it sounded like a neat and tidy process. it wish the republicans got their no debate, party line hearing today. what they are trying to do with this really enormous bill will hurt the american poor and hurt the american middle class quickly and significantly and for a long time and it will throw 13 million americans off their health insurance. and so what they are trying to do is very, very unpopular and that's why they are trying to go fast. that's why they are trying to outrun the resistan

mr. kennedy? mr. bozeman? mr. sanders? no. ms. murray? >> no. mr. wyden? >> no. -- stevan are now? >>van now --stabe no. ?r. white house >> no. mr. warner? >> no. mr. barkley? >> no. mr. kane? >> no. >> mr. chairman the ayes are 12 , and the nays are 11. chairman the bill is reported : out. [ chanting ] we'll recess momentarily. [ chanting ] kill the bill! don't kill us! kill the bill! [ [ chanting ] you get chairman since the vote has been : completed, those in attendance do not want anyone else to speak -- if this continues, i will close out the meeting. [ chanting ] [ chanting ] [ chanting ] kill the bill! don't kill us! kill the bill! [ chanting ] kill the bill! don't kill us! kill the bill! >> again, following the precedent of the committee, most people have submitted their comments. i think that most of the republicans will be submitting theirs for the record. so senator sanders spoke last. go to this side. >> pass at this point. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman? chairman senator murray. :sen. murray: thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member sanders. before i start, i want to

mr. kennedy? mr. bozeman? mr. sanders? >> no. >> ms. murray? >> no. >> mr. widen? >> no. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> nope. >> mr. warner. >> no. >> mr. barkley. >> no. >> mr. kaine? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> no. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> mr. chairman? >> aye. >> report the vote. >> mr. chairman the ayes are 12 and the nays are 11. >> the bill is reported out. we'll recess momentarily. [ chanting ] [ chanting ] >> since the vote has been completed, apparently those in attendance do not want anyone else to speak. if this continues, i will close out the meeting. [ chanting ] kill the bill! don't kill us! kill the bill! [ chanting ] don't kill us! kill the bill! don't kill us! kill the bill! [ chanting ] >> again, following the precedent of the committee, most people have submitted their comments. i think that most of the republicans will be submitting theirs for the record. so senator sanders vote last. go to this side. >> pass at this point. >> thank you. >> senator murray. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member sanders. before i start, i want to make some quick clarifications.

mr. stretch: senator, the commitment we are making -- sen. kennedy: i am just asking about your ability, your commitment. can you do it today? mr. stretch: we are not able to see beyond the activity we see on the platform. host: david mccabe, what was senator kennedy's goal in that line of questioning? mr. mccabe: i think we saw several lawmakers try and draw the point out that these platforms, particularly facebook, are so large, that i might be really hard for them to meet the obligations they are promising. we saw disbelief on this front of, how could people attract to tracktuff -- could people this stuff? how could you not see this, al franken said. how could you not know that it was paid for in rubles, that that was a problem? the company's response was to say, it is complicated. we have not found evidence of foreign actors, but this investigation is ongoing. more issues may surface. foreign currency is one signal of bad ads. but it is not a perfect signal. those technical complications i think were not satisfying to a lot of lawmakers. host: as

mrs. kennedy arrived at the rice hotel in houston where the first lady wowed the crowd by giving a speech sh. the president, a prodigious doodleer drew a sailboat while there. kennedy spoke at the houston coliseum that evening. from there to fort worth via affairs 1. they found nemesis in the middle of mob on the way to the hotel. michael even post-ed a photo of the texas artwork in the hotel roo room for the last night tonight. tomorrow presumably miebl will et post the photos how that november day turned out. and even though we know how it ended it's useful to see how it was and what we were like right before everything changed. that is our broadcast for a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> we're following a number of of dwechlg stories tonight. including news that the house ethics committee is launching an investigation into the longest serving member of congress in washington, 88-year-old john coniers, democrat of michigan. after reporting from buzz feed news yesterday about settlements paid to former staffers in his

mr. powell: indeed they did. sen. kennedy: that is good to hear. how many? mr. powell: again, i'm not sure. it may be just one, it may be more than one. for sure though, one in particular did jail time over that. sen. kennedy: isn't it true that throughout this entire option rate bid rigging process which caused people billions of dollars and states, that less than five people who participated in this bid-rigging went to jail. mr. powell: i am not sure which scandal you are referring to. the salomon scandal with -- was something quite different than that. sen. kennedy: do you know what an option rate? mr. powell: ok. sen. kennedy: i am over. i want to try to stick to my time. forgive me for being so direct, but this is obviously an important job, governor. mr. powell: thank you, senator. chair crapo: senator menendez. governor, congratulations on your -- quote thank you mr. chairman -- sen. menendez: you noted the average hourly wages are rising only about 2.5% per year, slower than before the crisis, and while the nation has experienced the longest postwar econo

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this moment is a bit hard to stomach. it's hard to stomach yet another attempt to sabotage the affordable care act and in the words of our colleagues, extolling it, resulting hundreds of thousands of people losing their health insurance. it's hard to stomach $1 trillion tax cut being proposed to benefit wealthy adults at the same time our republican colleagues are telling us we can't afford to take care of our sick kids. it's hard to stomach over the cost of the past month as chip lapsed and panic set in families whose lives benefit from this program. it's hard to stomach to give them care is to somehow take it away from someone else, scapegoating patients who struggle to afford their monthly premiums and sometimes fall behind. why is it always those patients who are asked to sacrifice? it's always those communities that are asked to do mor

mr. kennedy. senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. governor, congratulations on your nomination. in a speech you gave in june you noted that the average hourly wages are only rising about 2.5% per year, slower than before the crisis. and while the nation has experienced the longest post-war economic expansion on record, corporations have raked in record profits. many families in new jersey and throughout the country are still waiting for a raise. some claim that if we give corporations a massive tax cut families will see their wages rise by an outstanding $9,000. now, i haven't seen any evidence that's credible. in fact a 2016 federal reserve board study found there is no evidence that corporate tax cuts boost economic growth unless they are implemented in mid-recession. so in reality what this comes down to is hardworking families already squeezed with rising housing, medical and education costs whose paychecks will now have to foot the bill for a bad deal. so my question is assuming that there is a plan in which families making less

mr. kennedy: how is that going to save you. and that clause was added. ask them how much more savings will go to one family. that's what your bill does. that's what this bill means and what this bill is about about the values and vision of america about a tax structure that should reflect values of america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, well known champion of civil liberties and scholar of the law, congressman raskin. mr. raskin: thank you. as my friends across the aisle prepare their statistics for my district, this last weekend, i want you to come to my district and debate me and several other members of our caucus and i'm happy to come to your caucus because the american people should be able to be part of this decision. when the majority voted to throw 30 million americans off of health insurance plans and celebrated like it was marchedy graw and super bowl. when middle-clas

mr. kennedy, i've had some concerns related to past performances but i do want to talk about specifically the interest rate environment that we have currently. senator heller asked a couple specific questions as it relates to increasing the interest rate in the next meeting. as opposed to asking that specific question, i want to paint a story, paint a picture, then ask a question about the interest rate environment overall. if you're a retiree in south carolina, by the way, a great place to retire whenever that time comes, it certainly has high quality of life, good economy, wonderful places to live, but if you're on a fixed income in saluda, south carolina, and you're retired, the current interest rate environment cuts really into your ability to live off of your interest income. as an example, someone with a $10,000 cd, 12-month cd today, earns about .25% interest. if you extend that for five years, it's still less than 1% said differently, if your nest egg is a half a million dollars or a million dollars and you're earning 1% or 2%, you're living off of $220,000 a year, so the signific

kennedy while he was president in 1962. mr. president, this is not a partisan issue. our tax plan is an investment in our future just as john f. kennedy said. it is an investment that will help all americans. i know there is a lot of disinformation from this president that it is only for the wealthy. when the facts come out -- there are four pinocchios given to those comments. our tax plan will give the details. equally important of getting this tax plan done to help all americans, it's a critical part of developing a long-term plan to solve this national debt crisis. mr. president, i'm proud to serve here with my colleague from north carolina, senator tillis. i think in north carolina they actually did this and they had the results we're talking about here. mr. tillis: well, i thank the gentleman from georgia and my colleague from colorado and the future comments from my colleagues from the class of 2014. i want to talk about fact and fiction and some of the things you will observe here. i think the kennedy center is the only place you can go to see a bigger theatrica

his newest book is called "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit." mr. matthews, you refer the mr. ennedy as a misfit. >> guest: yeah. >> host: why? >> guest: well, he was -- imagine growing up the younger brother of two big, strapping older brothers, both six-footers, healthy, confident, elegant, popular, and he's this little guy -- his father called him a runt, ignored him. he was sort of the irish kid that wasn't going to get the land. he was not going to inherit anything. and i think what happened was that helped him develop empathy which is i think the great thing he had. he could empathize with people in trouble, with poor whites in appalachia, he could empathize with the mississippi delta, blacks who were living on molasses with distended stomachs like they were living somewhere in africa. he really was interested that in places that had no votes for him like native americans on reservations, and even joe mccarthy when he was killing himself with booze, bobby cared about him. he cared about the p.o.w.s that castro grabbed during the bay of pigs, the overlooked people. and i t

kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning, governor. welcome. i read those media counts, too, that in the past year you have met with 50 wall street executives. how many community bankers did you meetth with during that tim? >> iha don't have a number for you, senator, but it would certainly be in the hundreds if you consider the state delegations and the other meetings that we've had. >> what did the community banks do wrong to get you to meltdown in 2008? >> fair to say the community banks did not contribute to the meltdown in 2008. >> then why is as a coming of reputed to voted to punish them and regulate them half to death? >> i guess i would quibble with that characterization of my votes and the things we've done. i like to think that i have been, and, frankly, my colleagues as well on the board, have been very focused on avoiding excessive regulation for community banks that i actually shared the subcommittee of the board that its sole job was to make sure the regulations that we putn. in place for the large institutions do not apply to th

mr. chairman. senator kennedy i can tell you without any reservation that sexual harassment and more is not just limited to the entertainment industry. most women who have been doing anything in the workplace or otherwise or in school, et cetera have faced these kinds of issues. i have been particularly interested in stem for women. this is question for you, ms. chadwell, last year i spoke on closing the patent gender gap revealed an alarming low number of women u.s. patentors in the u.s. while the number of patents need has grown since 2000 at the current rate of progress the iwpr projects that the gender equality among patent holders would not occur until 70 years from now, in the year 2092. most of us would probably not be around then. so in your testimony you mentioned that entrepreneurs with a background in technology will have an advantage in the coming years. so how can we expand opportunities for women and include minorities, because they're also vastly underrepresented in stem fields and a system in obtai

mrs. kennedy translate so well to a new century. the other presidents and their spouses and families. they don't translate so well for various reasons into the present but i think the kennedys do. >> let's talk about anything that we learned from this last data dump and could be quite honest dr. sabato it doesn't seem to have the same sort of headline grabbing attention orphan fair when the first document dump happened, but we learn anything news worthy in this dump just last friday? >> well, i can tell you one reason why the headlines weren't sub san tal. people are no longer reading them except for those of us who do it because we're very interested. they're actually are some nuggets in there that i think people have been fascinated by those who actually come across just to give you one example, there was an fbi informant who told the fbi that jack ruby the man who killed the assassin lee harvey oswald that jack ruby invited him to join him in dealey plaza to see quote the fireworks. now, was he -- does did this actually happen? i

mr. chairman. senator kennedy, i can tell you without any reservation that sexual harrassment anymore is not limited to just the entertainment industry. most women who have been doing anything in the workplace or otherwise, in school, et cetera, have faced these kinds of issues. i have been particularly interested in stem for women. this is a question for you, ms. chadwell. last fall i spoke at the innovation alliances event on closing the patent gender gap for finding the research for women's research found a number of women held patents in the u.s. while the number of women with patents has steadily grown since 2000, the current progress predicts that the patent holders will not occur until 5 years from now. you mentioned that a background of coding performing algorithms will have opportunities in the coming year. how do we include women in these and engineering and stem fields and assistance in obtaining patents? and the more specific you are as to what we can do, the better. >> first of all, i think there is s

mr. chairman. senator kennedy, i can tell you without any reservation that sexual harassment and more is not limited to just the entertainment industry. most women who have been doing anything in the workplace or otherwise or school, et cetera, have faced these kinds of issues. i have been particularly interested in stem for women and this is a question for you, miss chadwell. i spoke at the alliances event on closing the patent gender gap where finding some institute for women's policy research, review of alarming low number of women holding patents. while the number of women with patents has grown at the current rate of progress iwpr, the research entity projects that the gender equality among patent holders would not occur until 75 years from now in the year 2092. most of us will probably not be around then. if your testimony you mentioned that entrepreneurs with a background in artificial intelligence, coding, algorithms and analysis will have a competitive advantage in coming years. how can we expand opportun

mr. chairman. senator kennedy, i can tell you without any reservation that sexual harassment is not limited to just the entertainment industry. most women who have been doing anything in the workplace or otherwise in school to face these issues. i have been particularly interested in stem for women. this is a question for you i spoke in the innovation alliance on closing the patent gap and it revealed that the alarming women in the us that whole patents and [inaudible] the number of women with patent has certainly grown since 2000 at the current rate of progress biw pr, research entity, projects that the gender equality among patent holders will not occur until 75 years from now in the year 2092 most of us will not be around then so in your testimony you mentioned that entrepreneurs with a background in artificial intelligence algorithms and analysis will have a competitive advantage in the coming years so how can we extend the opportunities for women and minorities and include minorities with their vastly underre

kennedy was the first to pardon a thanksgiving turkey in 1963, despite a sign hanging around the turkey's neck that read "good eating, mr. president," kennedy still sent the bird back to the farm. richard nixon sent his turkeys to a nearby petting zoo. ronald reagan was the first to use the word "pardon" when talking turkey in 1987. the turkey pardoning became formalized in 1989 with president george h.w. bush. >> let me assure you that this fine turkey will not end up on yip one's dinner table, not this guy. >> desjardins: exactly, these turkeys are no sitting ducks. they road 1,000 miles for their freedom this year from minnesota to washington and spent a few days to a luxury hotel. from the white house they will be sent to virginia tech university where they had a prominent gobble mascot on campus. this has become a white house tradition. >> this is the eighth i've had the privilege to set free in the rose garden. >> desjardins: jerry sported a white house pass around his neck and four years later the bush administration had fun with the event, the names of the turkeyys chosen in a vote on the white house site. >> it

mr. kennedy, for three minutes, please. >> thanks, mr. chairperson, and many thanks for convening this hearing and our colleagues from across the country. i want to thank my colleagues that have testified already. their comments are right on. they show the depth of this that's affected our country and our crickets around the nation and the myriad ways our federal government can help respond to it. there's no silver bullet to this, but there are ideas out there that are, i think, genuine that have widespread support and that i hope will deserve this committee's attention going forward. addiction is not a disease that knows congressional districts or state borders or electoral college results. it's not one that cares how much money is in your bank account or asks how many children you have. for patients on the front lines, it is personal and painful and petry fieing. the question before all of us isn't is there an epidemic? you've heard from everybody today saying there is. the question is how do we go forward? my colleagues have outlined s

mr. chairman. miss kennedy, your testimony has been -- very very amazing. the. i'm amaze at the breadth of the tragedies that are occurring even as we speak in puerto rico and i'm amazed at the length of proper attention. by those in our government, and in turn, their response to this american tragedy in puerto rico. there's some who dispute the official death toll. some say there were 51 casualties due to the hurricane. yet the puerto rican department of public health, public safety, rather, confirmed that over 900 bodies have been authorized for cremation. since hurricane maria tore through that island. on september 20th. and that 900 figure includes deaths related to a lack of oxygen and other fatalities that appear to be due to a power outage. some that those fatalities should just be considered natural deaths. do you concur with this definition from your experience? you spent time there. do you believe that the death toll from hurricane maria is actually 51, or is it closer to 900? or is it somewhere in between? >> thank you for the question. we were there