mr. mccain: the government of russia. mr. cardin: that was a statement made by the 56 states of the osce at a meeting of the heads of state, heads of state, which happens about every ten years. it just happened to have happened last year. russia participated in drafting this statement. russia was there, signed onto it, said we agree on this. it's a reaffirmation as to what they signed onto in 1975 in helsinki, that we acknowledge that it's of international interest and we have an obligation and right to question when a member state violates those basic human dimension requirements. russia clearly has done that. we have not only the right but the obligation to raise that. and i just really wanted to underscore that to my colleagues. so, senator mccain, your -- your comments on the floor are so much on point, i think people understand it. they understand the basic human aspect to this. sometimes they ask, well, why should america be concerned? do we have a legitimate right to question this? russia signed a document that gives u

presidential nominee, but he wasn't ready to answer this question -- >> how many houses do you and mrs. mccain have? >> i think -- i'll have my staff get to you. chris: well, the answer was seven. democrats have rich guys, too. john kerry's winds-surfing habit was a picture most democrats wanted not out there. here was jay leno. >> did you see the picture of john kerry windsurfing? he's at his home in nantucket, doing his favorite thing, winds surfing. even his hobby depends on which way the wind blows. chris: john edwards wasn't a silver spoon guy, but he forgot where he came from -- over and over. there was that infamous $400 haircut. this takeoff went viral. ♪ i feel pretty ♪ oh so pretty, i feel pretty, withey and bright and ♪ chris: by the way, on the subject, he exited the stage with this misleading statement -- >> i've decided that we are going to continue onward with "celebrity apprentice." we're going to continue making loggets and lots of money for charity. chris: charity? well, the contestants on the show compete for their charities, but trump himself reportedly gets tens of million

mr. president, in 1982, i was elected to the united states house of representatives. i was elected along with the now senior senator from the state of arizona, john mccain. we were both part of that class of 192. -- 1982. mr. president, i've given a lot of speeches on this senate floor, so has my friend from arizona, and so have all of us. but, frankly, most of the speeches we give may have a little bite for a day or two. but the speech just given by my friend, the senior senator from arizona, will be forever remembered in our country and in this body. senator mccain and i have had our differences over the years. that doesn't take away from the fact that we're friends. we love prize fighting and we love our states. they're our neighbors, arizona and nevada. he has an admirable record of representing his party and running for president of the united states, a member of many committees here. we came here to the senate together from the house of representatives. i want the record today to reflect my admiration and respect, as i believe the whole senate, respects the speech given by this fine man from arizona. no one in the senate, no one, without any quali

mr. mccain and, have proceeded through all the processes required under our extradition agreements. legal system. we have confidence in the british legal system coming to a just conclusion, and so we await resolution. we will be respectful of the process. with respect to how we deal with debt and deficits, i said two years ago the first time i came here in april of 2009, the first g20 summit that i attended, that each country is different. and each country will have to make a range of decisions about how to, at that time, dig our way out of the worst recession we had experienced since the 1930s. at the same time, that we put our countries on a path of sustainable growth, the ultimate results in jobs and prosperity for our people and a growing middle class, across the board, and we succeeded in the first part which is to yank the world economy out of recession. and that was in large part due to concerted action between the united states, united kingdom, and other countries. now we've got that other challenge which is how do we sustained growth in a way that's responsible and responsi

mr. mccain: mr. president, i rise to speak in support of resolution 159 honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed osama bin laden. i'm as happy to rise today as at any time in the past ten years, and it's been for the last ten years that i have eagerly awaited the moment when my colleagues and i could take to this floor and celebrate the news we got this sunday, that we got osama bin laden. justice has been done, and the world has become a better place now that bin laden is no longer in it. this is a time for national unity and celebration. it's a time to finally close a painful chapter in the history of our nation even as our larger fight continues. and most of all, it's a time to give thanks and recognition to a distinguished group of our fellow citizens who will forever occupy an honored place in our history. i want to echo my colleagues in offering my humble thanks to the brave men who carried out this daring operation as well as to th

john mccain says okay, not mr. obama. >> how did the mccain hearings come about? >> the people on the democratic party initiated hearings in the majority party in the senate and the initiative hearings and held hearings of senator mccain and ted olson if i remember correctly. they submitted briefs and the matter was voted on and was made that he was a natural born citizen. >> i recall that. the question is have you sought to initiate that kind of process? >> through congress? we don't have the right to do that, your honor. only members of congress. >> you don't have a right to petition congress? >> we can petition them but only a member of congress. >> so you're saying that -- nobody pressed them to do that? >> i don't know, your honor. but the ruling by converse was in essence non-binding. it didn't have the weight of the wall. >> i would like to reserve my time if i may. >> thank you, your honor. >> to start the clock again. each side gets ten minutes. >> ten minutes? >> each gets ten minutes. >> 20 to push a button? i'm sorry. >> it's right below you there. you

mr. mccain: mr. president, i rise to speak in support of resolution 159 honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed osama bin laden. i'm as happy to rise today as at any time in the past ten years, and it's been for the last ten years that i have eagerly awaited the moment when my colleagues and i could take to this floor and celebrate the news we got this sunday, that we got osama bin laden. justice has been done, and the world has become a better place now that bin laden is no longer in it. this is a time for national unity and celebration. it's a time to finally close a painful chapter in the history of our nation even as our larger fight continues. and most of all, it's a time to give thanks and recognition to a distinguished group of our fellow citizens who will forever occupy an honored place in our history. i want to echo my colleagues in offering my humble thanks to the brave men who carried out this daring operation as well as to th

mr. mccain: mr. president, i rise to speak in support of resolution 159 honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed osama bin laden. i'm as happy to rise today as at any time in the past ten yrs, and it's been for the last ten years that i have eagerly awaited the moment when my colleagues and i could take to this floor and celebrate the news we got this sunday, that we got osama bin laden. justice has been done, and the world has become a bter place now that bin laden is no longer in it. this is a time for national unity and celebration. it's a time to finally close a painful chapter in the history of our nation even as our larger fight continues. and most of all, it's a time to give thanks and recognition to a distinguished group of our fellow citizens who will forever occupy an honored place in our history. i want to echo my colleagues in offering my humble thanks to the brave men who carried out this daring operation as well as to the me

mr. mccain speak with us today. senator mccain. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, dick. thank you very much. thank you for that kind introduction and thank you for this surprise of the -- it is always wonderful to see them and i think many of you may know i have two sons, one who is a navy pilot and the other who was enlisted in the marine corps and served in iraq, a tour of duty in anbar province. there is a certain amount of competition between the navy and the marine corps as you know. probably the best line i heard from my son jim who said you know, dad, the marine corps is part of the department of the navy. the men's department. [laughter] conflict is directly relevant to and supportive of our men and women in uniform. i want to thank dick for acknowledging this event and my remarks tonight were planned in advance to have speech of the state department today. it is impossible to upstage any president, especially one as eloquent as president obama. so anyone who is tempted to see a conspiracy in this evening's program has a far higher estimation of my speech-making

john mccain is ok, not mr. obama. >> how did the mccain hearings come about? >> people in the democratic party in a heated hearings, a majority party in the senate held hearings -- -- people in the democratic party held hearings, a majority party in the senate held hearings. ted olson and others filed briefs and it was found that he was a natural but a citizen and eligible rto run. >> the question is -- that i have, then, is have you saw to initiate the kind of process? >> through congress? we don't have the right to do that. only members of congress have the right to do that. >> you don't have the right to petition them? >> we can petition them, but only members of congress -- >> nobody pressed them to do that? >> i don't know, your honor. the ruling by congress was, in essence -- it did not have the weight of any law. i would like to reserve my time for rebuttal, if i may. thank you, your honours. [unintelligible] >> start the clock again. each side gets 10 minutes. >> no, 20. >> 10 minutes. we have two lawyers. each gets 10 minutes. >> each gets ten mnutes.

mr. mccain: the successful end of the ten-year manhunt to bring osama bin laden to justice has appropriatelyheightened the nation's appreciation for the diligence, patriotism and courage of our armed forces and our intelligence community. they are a great credit, an inspiration to the country that has asked so much of them, and like all americans, i'm in their debt. but their success has also reignited debate over whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques of enemy prisoners, including waterboarding, were instrumental in locating bin laden and whether they are necessary and justifiable means for securing valuable information that might help prevent future terrorist attacks against us and our allies and lead to the capture or killing of those who would perpetrate them, or are they and should they be prohibited by our conscience and laws astor tour or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment? i believe some of these practices, especially waterboarding, which is a mock execution and thus to me indisputably torture, are and should be prohibited in a nation that is septional -- excepti

john mccain says okay, not mr. obama. >> how did the mccain hearings come about? >> the people on the democratic party initiated hearings in the majority party in the senate and the initiative hearings and held hearings of senator mccain and ted olson if i remember correctly. they submitted briefs and the matter was voted on and was made that he was a natural born citizen. >> i recall that. the question is have you sought to initiate that kind of process? >> through congress? we don't have the right to do that, your honor. only members of congress. >> you don't have a right to petition congress? >> we can petition them but only a member of congress. >> so you're saying that -- nobody pressed them to do that? >> i don't know, your honor. but the ruling by converse was in essence non-binding. it didn't have the weight of the wall. >> i would like to reserve my time if i may. >> thank you, your honor. >> to start the clock again. each side gets ten minutes. >> ten minutes? >> each gets ten minutes. >> 20 to push a button? i'm sorry. >> it's right below you there. you

john mccain says okay, not mr. obama. >> how did the mccain hearings come about?he majority party in the senate and the initiative hearings and held hearings of senator mccain and ted olson if i remember correctly. they submitted briefs and the matter was voted on and was made that he was a natural born citizen. >> i recall that. the question is have you sought to initiate that kind of process? >> through congress? we don't have the right to do that, your honor. only members of congress. >> you don't have a right to petition congress? >> we can petition them but only a member of congress. >> so you're saying that -- nobody pressed them to do that? >> i don't know, your honor. but the ruling by converse was in essence non-binding. it didn't have the weight of the wall. >> i would like to reserve my time if i may. >> thank you, your honor. >> to start the clock again. each side gets ten minutes. >> ten minutes? >> each gets ten minutes. >> 20 to push a button? i'm sorry. >> it's right below you there. you have it on your podium haven't you? >> one, two, three, go. >

mr. i my god i was. i why do you support or mccain. what were you going to be rocky to do nothing. i mean no one herman a good while he came dark parties and i like everything you say is highest he believes that everyone should work and not live off of the people that do well i know some herman cain since two thousand and four i met him at the airport. and he's he's got a great vision because he's a lonely candidate i know that's really running on a lot of common sense and he's doesn't have a political background he's a businessman and i think that he's really going to rise to that crane that rises to the top. of the leadership i mean i was i. think this is just a random question but is the federal reserve a private or public bank it is i private bank. but pappa like how i think it's actually private bank ok. i think. it's actually a private bank for sure i'll be honest with you. i like to see families are resolved to solve. what you think about the fighters or i don't think care for the. public it's actually a private bank it's a bank and that and then to say that you're right to

mr. blitzer. >> thank you. >>> republican presidential candidate says john mccain does not know anything about harsh interrogationoner of war, john mccain? joe johns is next. >>> but, first, to date, only one president made it to all 50 states in one single term. that was president george bush senior. but president obama hot on the heels with only ten states to go. this is number ten, arkansas, nine, he has not quite made it to idaho yet. number eight, there's no place like kansas. number seven, nebraska. number six, of the state the president has yet to visit, north dakota. what are the five final he has to go? think about it. that's coming up after the break. stay here. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. i know what works differently than many other allergy medicat

the mccain campaign worked very hard on it. they couldn't get him to do it. >> but mr.mp, i've got to ask you -- >> don, i think what's important for people to know is that my strength is jobs, the economy, making sure that china and opec and all of these countries that are laughing at us and ripping us off, they won't be doing it, believe me, if they have to deal with me. and this country can be rich again. it can be great again. but it's not going to be with this administration. >> okay. let me ask you this. and i have to jump in here and interrupt. >> now you bring up the birther. >> hang on. >> i mean, let's get off it. >> hang on. in that comment what you just said, it sounds like you are running for president. are you running for president? >> well, i'm giving very, very serious thought. as you know right now i'm not allowed to say that because i have a major show on, a very successful show. but i will be announcing sometime prior to june, and i think a lot of people are going to be very happy with my announcement. >> just from your discussion and what you've been

mr. president, on behalf myself and senators mccain, sessions, cornyn, vitter, wicker, and inhofe and probably others before the end of the day, i'm going to introduce today legislation called the new start implementation act which i would like to describe briefly for a few minutes here. this legislation is nearly eye defnts cal to a bill introduced in the house of representatives by mr. turn,the chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee, of the armed services committee. he has been a leader in the house on nuclear missile defense issues. i understand that many of the provisions have been included in the chairman's mark of the national defense authorization act in the house, and that the remainder will be introduced as amendments later today at the full committee level. and i specifically want to thank chairman turner for his leadership. nuclear deterrence issues are among the most complicated and technical issues that we in the copping are confronted withings and he in the congress deserves full credit for tackling them with vigor and for mastering them so quickly. like the house legislat

mr. president, firt i'd ask unanimous consent that the order for republican speakers include myself and senator blunt, and the orders for senators mccain and chambliss be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: i'm pretty amused at one the senate's doing. we sit here with a $1.6 trillion deficit and we're running bills based on political philosophy rather than what the real problems are in front of our nation. oyou know why soil expensive today? it's because the dollar's on its back and oil's priced in dollars. and if you want the price of oil to go down -- like it has this week and the tail end of last week -- is you want the value of the dollar to go up because the world trades oil in dollars. why is the dollar down? the dollar's down because an incompetent congress continues to spend money that we don't have on things that we don't absolutely need. and if you want the dollar to improve in value, what you'd have to do is hold the congress accountable for doing what they were elected to do, which is live within our means. and we can't come together and solve the very real problems. you realize that if, in fact,

mr universal health care for minnesota tim pawlenty and prescription drug plan apologist santorum didn't have their own neo con streaks but neither one of them is nearly as bad as john songbird crash mccain when it comes to you know representing the party of the constitution john mccain could get hit by a political metaphor of a nuclear bomb and the constitution would hardly notice the fall out. as much as ensuring for ron paul and believe that he won the debate by presenting the best platform with gary johnson in a very close second place to be honest i think the night went to herman cain in terms of getting the most out of this one of them more importantly i feel like the freedom movement has already won i was really overwhelmed to see how much the party has shifted since two thousand and eight ron paul has moved a mountain towards himself ron paul and now officially according to a c.n.n. poll is our best chance of beating president obama he just raised over one million dollars with his money bomb in less than a day and i believe that ron paul is going to be our next president but that's just my opinion joining me now for a full analysis of the debate is our adverse the main contributo

necessarily in this order, but the senators to be recognized would be mccain, barasso, hatch, and -- >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. president, i have also come to the floor today to speak about the proposal to raise taxes on the five largest domestic energy producers, and i think it's important that we remember that we are speaking about five energy producers, five oil companies. we're not talking about a tax proposal that is broad and wide and encompassing. we are talking about a proposal to raise taxes on the five largest domestic energy producers, and i have to admit i had hesitation about even engaging in this floor debate at all because i think we recognize that the words in the statements we're delivering here are just that. they are just talk, just words. this proposal is designed to fail, but in failing, it is designed to score some political points, and it seems like that's where we are today, but as a senator who represents a state like alaska, a oil and gas producing state, a state that would be hurt by this proposal, i am obligated to outline why i feel this is so deeply flawed. i want to start by rea

mccain, his adversary in 2008 who said you have to go in there and push harder. when it comes full circle, you'll hear republicans saying you know why we succeeded there? mr.a managed to pull it off. had we not been there pushing him, it might have been a different story. in the end i'm not sure it's going to be resonate that much for anyone. >> as we look back, history will answer it for us. if this is his first term for president obama, will this be his defining moment? >> i don't think so. it's a moment. it's a defining moment for nose people who suffered the most. it offers some closure for some people and making people feel better about the terrorism issue. it was with us before and it's going to be with us as long as we're alive. i don't think it's a defining moment for him, but had he failed it would have been a defining moment the other way. >> thanks for your insight. jessica, back tou. >> thank you very much. >>> not many people will forget the collapse of the world trade center, especially main who got another chance at life because of his dog. we have his story coming up. >>> i'm scott budman from the news headlines to your chest. we go to the

mccain supporting the provision. however, because of the time we had last congress, it was struck from the bill. due to objection -- mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentlelady an additional minute. ms. bordallo: we were forced to afree to the defense bill by unanimous consent here in the house, let history note i did not objection to the -- object to the unanimous consent request last year. in fact, chairman mckeon committed to including war claims in this year's defense bill and i do appreciate his support. but the republican leadership would not allow him to honor his commitment to me. this is wrong, mr. speaker, and a drew disservice to the people of guam. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. ms. bordallo: mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to include the tech of my amendment, number 99, to be included for consideration in this rule. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from utah yield for such request? mr. bishop spb -- mr. bishop: i have a great deal of sympathy for the gentlelady and will work with you on resources committee where that amendment still is, but i wil

mr. chairman, there's no privacy law for general commerce whatsoever. data collectors alone are setting the rules. in f-799, the commercial bill of rights that senator mccain and senator klobucar and i have proposed, we proposed rules based on fair information practice principles for all collectors of information, including mobile phone and mobile app companies that we'll be talking about here today. and nor rockefeller's do not track, i think that's a very important issue and it's one we ought to be deeply engaged in and the votes will decide it but which ever way we go on it we still need a privacy standard. we still need the basic rules of the road which everyone agrees we need to protect commerce, we'll protect the creative entrepreneurial ability of the internet, but we are also going to protect individuals or at least give them the knowledge by which they make a decision as to how their information is going to be treated. i think that those principles include the idea that regardless of the technology or method used to track americans they should know when they're being tracked, why and how long that information is going to be used for and in what wa

mr. chairman, there's no privacy law for general commerce whatsoever. data collectors alone are setting the rules. in f799, the privacy bill of rights that senator mccain, senator klobuchar, and i proposed, we propose rules based on fair information practice principles for all

mr. chairman, there's no privacy law for general commerce whatsoever. data collectors alone are setting the rules. in s799 the commercial privacy bill of rights that senator mccain, senator clob char and i have established collectors of all information including mobile phone and mobile app companies we're talking about today, and senator rockefeller's do not track, i think that's a very important issue, and one we ought to be deeply engaged in, and, you know, the votes decide it, but whatever way we go on that, we still need a privacy standard. we still need the basic rules of the road by which everybody agrees we're going to protect commerce, we're going to protect the creative entrepreneurial ability of the internet and give individuals the knowledge by which they make a decision as to how their information is going to be treated. i think that those principles include the idea that regardless of the technology or method used to track americans, they should know when they are being tracked, why, and how long that information is going to be used for, and in what way, and they ought to know with whom that information is going to be shared and be able to reject or