mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent to engage in colloquy with the senator from south carolina. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i'd say to my friend from south carolina that we've received some disturbing news today. that is that the president of afghanistan, president karzai, has made a decision that 65 of the 88 detainees at arwan prison in afghanistan will be released. i think many of my colleagues know that no one has spent more time on this issue -- i note the presence of the majority leader, so i ask at this time to yield. mr. reid: mr. president, i appreciate the courtesy of my friend. i would ask unanimous consent that at 4:30 p.m. the senate proceed to executive session to consider nominations calendar number 516, 517, 518, 593, that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the uranium form, that upon -- divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of that time the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or d

mr. mccain: mr. president, --. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 10:00 a.m. -- 11 a.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first half. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to be able to complete my statement pending --. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: i rise today to appeal to the conscience of my colleagues and my fellow citizens about the mass ro atrocities that the assad regime is perpetrating in syria. when the images and horrors of this conflict occasionally show up on our television screens, impulse of many americans is to change the channel, but we must not look away. we must not avert our eyes from the suffering of the syrian people. for if we do, we ignore, we sacrifice that which is most preci

mr. mccain: i recommend my colleagues read of the war crimes human rights watch has been documenting. they report on how who are authorities have deliberately used explosives and dull bul dozers who demolish thousands of residential buildings for no military reason whatsoever just as a form of collective punishment of syrian civilians. human rights watch watchers from documented the air campaign against aleppo and damascus and in particular the regime's use over the past few months of what has become known as -- quote -- "barrel bombs." for my colleagues who are not aware of them, barrel bombs are oil drums or large containers packed with explosives, fuel, shrapnel, glass, and all manner of crude, lethal material. their sole purpose is to maim, kill, and terrorize as many people as possible when they are indiscriminately dropped from syrian government aircraft on schools and bakeries and mosques and other civilian areas. in one stark video of a barrel bomb's aftermath, a man stands in front of a child's body and cries out, oh, god we've had enough, please help us. these are just some

mr. president, for recognizing me. i see senator mccain coming. basically the time has come, colleagues, for us to as a body provide some oversight that's missing when it comes to death of four americans at the benghazi consulate on september 11, two thousand -- how many years ago has it been now? 12. i'll trial not to get e-- i'll try not to get emotional. the point is all of us appreciate those who put themselves in harm's way in the state department and the military. when bad things happen that can cost one their life, that's sometimes just the consequence of service. but when the system breaks down and there's utter, complete failure and nothing responsible happens to those who allowed the failure, and when we really don't know the truth about why the system's failed, then they have died in a fashion that's unacceptable. so i am urging my colleagues, the democratic leader, to form a joint select committee of the relevant committees, the defense, armed services committee, the intel committee, foreign relations committee, and any other committee

official whether it's miss nuland or mr mccain comes in it keeps escalating afterwards they're never around forty escalation itself no they safely leave before that happens and then the protests escalate and then attorney even more violent who killed democracy in ukraine the people who decided to occupy the government buildings of people who decided the voting wasn't good enough that they that they need to force the government to listen to their demands which by the way are their demands have never been tested in an election and if when they were tested they lost. these are to people who don't believe in democracy not the president tell us would you like to react to that because what kind of legitimacy do these are business figures have now after this week telephone conversation may sound like stooges. i well first of all let's put this into context the there is a nationalist fringe on the on the my down but they absolutely children kindergarten children compared to the serbian radical party which your call emotions seems to be a supporter of old social socialist party they're willin

domestic affairs of ukraine while many people i know he were actually asking the same question to mr mccain what he was doing here whether he's actions was in fact a direct involvement in ukraine's into internal affairs so yes indeed we see lots of lots of influence coming from the european states the united states. was ukraine's always a situation although there has been no direct involvement so far even though that we have seen hints coming from some of the top. high profile politicians in europe that they may take some action as i've said maybe that sanctions maybe something else against ukraine's authorities if unrest and violence continue see it unbelievable it's time for state actors to stay out of it really chaotic thank you so much for being on the ground reporting firsthand alexy here of shops k r t. coming up next on breakdown why north carolinians are trying to take back their state. they. are forces that. take their. six nations and the finish line out of iraq on. what is happening here in the morning. but of course in the last a year progressive social movement has taken root i

mr. mccain. mrs. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. >> it's not that they're not voting, but the republicans refused to allow their votes to be said out loud because they didn't want anybody to know how they were voting on the debt ceiling. they asked harry reid's permission to do it this way and said out of deference and respect to his republican friends, he would let them do it. really weird. nobody has done this in congress in years. c-span was furious. all the reporters who cover this stuff from the senate gallery were furious. this was essentially a way to obscure what the vote was. they couldn't tell what the votes were because they weren't said into the microphone. a reporter from roll call was so annoyed in trying to figure out which republicans actually voted for this thing because some of them clearly did that he went town to the senate clerk and asked to see the actual scrap of paper on which the clerk marks the votes by hand. as people vote in order to figure out who done it. and it's amazing, look, roll call's n

mr. mccain? do you or do you not accept it was the intelligence community that called the benghazi work of extremists, that it was extremists itself that struck the word al qaeda from the description of the attack? which brings to me the partisan question. is this all the republicans have? is their silver bullet to keep hillary clinton from the white house? is it a dishonest, over the top festering over benghazi? alex wagner is the host of now weekdays 4:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc and she is joining us right now. david corn is east "washington post" for mother jones. david, it's relentless. it's continuing through this hour. we're getting it all day because of what happened yesterday on "meet the press." i looked at susan rice. i don't know why she apologized at all. she said she was right. but in some ways she said she wasn't completely right, on all the essential points. why there was a benghazi attack. copycat from kiaer role. why probably was there an attack on cairo? because of this crazy anti

mr. mccain: mr. president, i yield the floor. ms. stabenow: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. first of all, i want to thank our majority leader again, as i did earlier today, for his help in bringing this conference report to the senate as quickly as possible and for his willingness every step of the way to work with us, and i want to thank my partner in the senate, senator cochran from mississippi, for his wonderful leadership, and i am going to at this point in time i think turn to him and allow him to make his statement before proceeding with mine, but i just want to say to senator cochran and to all those from mississippi who are lucky to have him as their senator fighting for them what a pleasure it has been to partner with him and his really excellent staff and to have the opportunity to come here today with a strong bipartisan product that represents the agriculture and food interests of all parts of our country, and at this point, i would yield to the distinguished senator from mi

mr. mccain, that this is going to be good for the gop, right? we give these people citizenship, voting rights, they are all going to start voting republican. yeah, right. and i have a bridge in brooklyn you might be interested in. theof this started back in 1950's with a man called bert corona, communist party member in california. he was the one who set up the immigrants rights movement. he set up a whole bunch of organizations through southern california and he got a whole bunch of people, several of whom are with us today. people like antonio vera goza, who was recently the mayor of los angeles -- antonio villa goza who recently was the mayor of los angeles. he is a marxist. cuba as a young man to pick sugarcane for cuba. he totally change the demographics of los angeles. the immigrants flooded in. comrades is the speaker of the california house. he was the man that put the dream act through. that gave illegals a whole bunch of rights in california. key comradesf the currentlypalazzo, head of the california labor movement. the massive labor u

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain, senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr.irman, director clapper, general flynn, thank you for your service and thank the people of their organizations for their service as well, and we worry about physical dangers and what i think about what can happen next, and i wonder what your greatest fear is as to a physical attack here in our country? >> a connecticut attack against the country or -- >> yes, sir. >> well, the potential the damage could cause on a large scale basis. fortunately, the nation state entities that have that capability probably have lesser intention to do so whereas the nonstate entities that have less benign intentions do not have the capability. that's the mode we're in right now. that's why i'm very concern about kind of the up aerocomers, if you l not the first line, china and russia, and others that have more malign intent for us as they acquire capability. >> i answer it by two things. on the cyber side, there's the critical infrastructure, potential damaging effects, you know, our transportation, heal

mccain. thank you, mr. chairman, director clapper general flynn, thank you for your service ands thank the people of your organization as well. as i ask these questions, if they are -- if the answer should be in closed session, i'm sure you'll let me know but one of the things that we worry about, obviously there's cyberattacks but physical dangers and what i always think is what keeps me up at night when i think about what can happen next, and you know, i wonder what your greatest fear is as to a physical attack here in our country? >> speaking of a kinetic attack against the country? >> yes, sir. >> well, i would worry more frankly about from about cyberand the potential that damage that that could cause if it were a large -- on a large scale basis. fortunately, the state entities that have that capability probably have lesser intention to do so, whereas the nonstate entities that have less benign intentions don't have the capabilities. that's the mode we're in right now. now.that's whime very concerned a

and later that same monthn a closed-door meeting with senators lindsey graham, john mccain and kelly ayote, mr. morell blamed the fbi for the revisions. and in may of 2013, when the house nominated john brennan to ta over the cia role, that morell had left, republicans pressed the obama administration for emails related to the preparation of the talking points in exchange for a smooth nfirmation of john brennan. but some of the emails delivered placed mr. morell right at the center of the controversy. morell's career path after he3 resigned from the cia suggests an even close and personal political alignment with the administration. morell is now a member of the consulting firm, bean global strategies. this is a group founded by leon panetta's former chief of staff and phillip raines, a man who is described as hillary clinton's, quote, most visible spokesman and guardian much her public persona. when asked for comment on these allegations, mr. morell referred fox news to the cia public affairs office. ll, the plic is still looking for answers as well, a new fox poll sho 66% want congress to co

and later that same month in a closed-door meeting with senators lindsey graham, john mccain and kelly ayote, mr. morell blamed the fbi for the revisions. and in may of 2013, when the house nominated john brennan to take over the cia role, that morell had left, republicans pressed the obama administration for emails related to the preparation of the talking points in exchange for a smooth confirmation of john brennan. but some of the emails delivered placed mr. morell right at the center of the controversy. morell's career path after he3 resigned from the cia suggests an even close and personal political alignment with the administration. morell is now a member of the consulting firm, beacon global strategies. this is a group founded by leon panetta's former chief of staff and phillip raines, a man who is described as hillary clinton's, quote, most visible spokesman and guardian much her public persona. when asked for comment on these allegations, mr. morell referred fox news to the cia public affairs office. well, the public is still looking for answers as well, a new fox poll shows 66% want co

mccain? senator johnson? senator paul? senator ayotte? senator carper? mr. chairman, on the vote with those present, the yays are 8, the nays are 5. on the vote of those by proxy the yeas are 1 nays are 1. on this vote, the yeas are 9 the nays are 6. the amendment is agreed to. >> thank you. i think we need to do a procedural vote? >> yes. mr. chairman, the amendment we will be voting on is now the primary amendment and i would like to propose a second-degree amendments to the primary amendment and that would be amendment three as modified. >> suspend just for a moment please. >> i have no idea. [indiscernible] [inaudible conversations] [raps gavel] >> come to order please. senator paul, i think i said at the last markup -- as chairman, this is my first opportunity to share the markup of a major bill. this is my 13th or 14th year in the senate, i do not recall every situation when someone offered amendment and a second-degree amendment was offered to become the underlying amendment. the offeror of the original amendment then came back and say i also offer to

mccain -- >> aye by proxy. >> senator johnson, senator portman, senator paul, senator enzi, senator ayotte -- >> aye by proxy. >> senator carper. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present, the yeas are six and nays are four. but by proxy the yeas are four and the nays are one. on this vote, the yeas are 10 and the nays are 5, and the motion is agreed to. >> i want to thank my colleagues for their vote. this is not the finish line. there will be plenty of time for us to talk further. i want to commend senator baldwin for his tenacity. i would ask, if we could, i don't want to run out of time and run out of members. if we can go to senator heitkamp who has amendment and i think we have a couple of others. good point. now that we amended the baldwin amendment, the second-degree amendment, voting on baldwin as amended. all in favor say aye, opposed, nay. anyone requesting a roll call vote? if not, the ayes appear to have it. and the amendment as modified is agreed to. thank you all. senator heitkamp, thank you for your patience. >> i call up heitkamp number three. i don't want to belabor a long discussion here on every detail of this

mccain. >> no by proxy. [roll call] >> no by proxy. >> senator carper. >> i vote no. mr. chairman of the vote of those present the a's are four and the nazar four. on the boat by proxy the are four and the nazar three. on this that the a's or eight in the nazar seven and the motion is agreed to. >> okay. did we win that? it sure sounds like it. i want to thank the chair. [laughter] i don't know what the order is. i have another amendment if you need one. i am going to ask you to hold that for just a moment if you will. i think we are in a position now consider two amendments senator paul's amendment and a side-by-side if you will on the same subject. senator paul would you like to go first? >> this amendment has been debated pretty well and i won't go into long. i would just say our amendment was supported by the nra the gun owners of america as well as the association of gun rights. what we don't want people as to be caught up in a berkeley you are trying to obey the law and are going to jail for something they never intended to do wrong which is perfectly legal by the s

mccain? [roll call vote] mr. chairman, on the vote with those present, the yays are 8, the nays are 5. on this vote, the yeas are 9, the nays are 6. the minute is agreed to. >> thank you. i think we need to do a procedural vote? . mr. chairman, the amendment we will be voting on is now the primary amendment, and i would like to propose a second-degree amendments to the primary amendment and that would be amendment three as modified. >> suspend just for a moment please. >> i have no idea. [raps gavel] come to order please. senator paul, i think i said at the last markup -- my last opportunity to share the markup of a major bill. this is my 13th or 14th year in i cannote, and this remember another time when someone offered amendment and a second-degree amendment was offered for the underlying amendment. i also offer the opportunity really -- the third-degree amendment, which is really what the original amendment. i that were to be approved, do not think that would be approved. if you were to invite me to come back again -- we could be here for the rest of the day. i do not think that is

mr. chairman. mammoth thank you, senator mccain. -- >> thank you, senator mccain. senator mcconnell he. >> as we look at this challenge thatn light of our belief these should be grandfathered in and we look at this $6 billion , are there things you can sit with other folks at the pentagon with the joint chiefs and say are there areas where over a year's period, we can try to find money? >> we have already accepted the need to do that with the piece of this that is already inside the dod budget where we pay into the accrual fund. passed, legislation was our can't -- our accounts were credited that $500 million in we started to plan to use it. we're going to have to backtrack on that if this proposal is repealed. we are prepared to make the difficult decisions. if we are asked to account for the money that is outside the dod budget, the $6 billion that spending, thaty is a difficult column 4 -- difficult problem for us. >> would you like to -- to find theepared 500 million dollars year. we think grandfather is the right thing to do for the people. we are prepared to

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mr. secretary, not everyone agrees there shouldn't be some military options. your former colleague, john mccain, has been scathing in this criticism that air strikes are an option. and, in fact, back on august 30th, you said to the american people in a speech that was widely described and praised as being cherchilian. you said, if we choose to live in a world where a thug and a murderer -- leaders have been warned against inaction and especially against silence when it mattered most. now, that was a call to war. and then the president made a different decision to consult congress, we know how that evolved he did agree on military action. i know the history here, but without relitigating that, what about the inaction on air strikes, on other things that would have taken out the air power of syria? stopped these bombings by helicopter, by the -- by fixed planes of the civilian populations? >> well, andrea, as you know better than anybody, because you've been doing this a long time, there are limits on the ability of any nation to just spontaneously go out and use force whenever it wants. there ar

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mr. stepien worked for the disastrous rudy giuliani presidential campaign. before leaving that failed effort to become national field director for the mccain/palin campaign.d in 2008, well, that ended up being a convenient ending time because there was a republican candidate for governor who had to run in an off year election immediately after '08. he was running in 2009. and bill stepien was available and chris christie hired bill stepien to be his campaign manager when he first ran for governor in 2009. when he won the governorship, he brought bill stepien into the governor's office with him. he made him his deputy chief of staff. mr. stepien is reported to have been very closely involved in almost every aspe specspect of day-to-day orunning of the offie and administration. he was one of christie's closest con confidants for years. mr. stepien was moved out of the governor's office to once again manage the campaign. when he moved to the campaign office to become campaign manager for the christie election effort, he was replaced in the governor's office by bridget anne kelly who would go on to send that infamous e-mail "time for some traffic problems in

mr. chairman. thank you for your testimony before our committee. i want to focus on a report that was released yesterday by senators carl levin and john mccain. a bipartisan report that chronicled how credit suisse helped thousands of u.s. americans e vad u.s. taxes by stashing their money in swiss banks. it highlighted abuse where's employees came to the bank to get recruits at golf tournaments and bank sponsored events by telling u.s. officials they were here for tourism. they set up special meeting rooms in airports. billions of dollars of u.s. taxes were dodged in the course of this with the help of the bank. it is doing business in the u.s. under the supervision of the federal reserve board. now, this report very thoroughfathoresearched for failing to prosecute or huge the lever at its disposal of a bank operating out of the u.s. senator levin rightly pointed out if the swiss bank doesn't want toer can't comply with u.s. law, maybe it shouldn't do business in the u.s. this case has reminders or echos of the hsbc case we saw just a year ago, flagrant vial lagszs through transactions carefully structured to keep u.s. officials out of the l

turn it over not to our ranking member senator mccain that ranking member acting ranking member senator johnson from wisconsin for any thoughts. >> thank you mr chairman and the mind -- i'm mindful that i'm sitting in this chair is because dr. coburn is not here. i want to thank her witnesses and looking forward to the testimony. when it comes to this issue the questions i will be looking to have answered his first and foremost since i have been here looking at this issue we are really declaring federal disaster declarations much more frequently now. is that because we really have a higher instance of the types of disasters that require that or are we just too quick to declare those disasters? i am afraid that if we have an over reliance on the federal government help is that restraining the mitigation and a new word i hear resilience in terms of how we prepare. are we being penny-wise and pound-foolish by not spending the money upfront to mitigate and again again isn't over reliance on federal help in these disasters hit everyone expects the government to commit them pay for things as opposed to action mitigating these risks ahead of time. f

mrs. clinton up at rushlimbaugh.com, and we asked, does america do the american people want to observe the aging of this woman in office? >> is this fair? other political senior citizens have faced similar questions. john mccain2 when he ran. and ronald reagan, who was 69 when he took office, had to deflect the issue four years later. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> as for clinton, she kept up a grueling schedule as secretary of state, traveling nearly a million miles. near the end of her tenure, she disappeared from public view after a fall and concussion. she wore special glasses because of the injury when she appeared before congress in january 2013 to answer questions about the benghazi terrorist attack. before her injury in a sit-down with barbara walters, clinton insists she's in good shape. >> is your age a concern to you? >> it really isn't. i am thankfully knock on wood, not only healthy, but i have incredible stamina and energy. >> it may be tricky to question her about her age, but hillary xfs critics are sending a more sudt message that the clintons have been around forever and are old news. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, what the money

mr. chair and thank you for your testimony before our committee. i want to focus on a report that was released yesterday by senators carl levin and john mccain, a bipartisan report that chronicles how credit swiss helped wealthy americans evade taxes by stashing their money in swiss banks and highlighted flagrant abuses where employees of the bank came to seek clients at golf events and saying they were here for tourism. and set up rooms at airports and destroyed account statements that were being reviewed. billions of dollars of u.s. tax dollars were dodged and it is doing business in the u.s. under the supervision of the u.s. forward reserve board. this report very thoroughly researched, and it is critical of our own department of justice for failing to prosecute a bank operating in the u.s. the senator pointed out, if the swiss bank doesn't want to or comply with u.s. law maybe it shouldn't do business in the u.s. this case has reminders or echoes of the hsbc base we saw just a year ago, flagrant violations through transactions to keep u.s. officials out of the loop and once discovered an unwillingness by the bank regulators and the d.o.j. to held anyb

member senator mccain, but our ranking member acting ranking member senator johnson from wisconsin for any thoughts ron that you'd like to toss in. glad that you're here. >> thank you, mr chairman. of course i'm mindful the reason i'm sitting in this chair is because dr. coburn is not here. he's in our thoughts and prayers. want to thank you, want to thank our witnesses, and looking forward to the testimony. when it comes to this issue, the questions i'm going to be looking to have answered is, first and foremost, since i've been here, been looking into this issue, we're really declaring federal disaster declarations much more frequent basis now. is that because we really have, you know, a higher instance of the types of disasters that require that? or are we just too quick to declare those disasters? i'm afraid that if we have an overreliance on the federal government help, is that restraining the mitigation? the new word i'm hearing resilience in terms of, you know, how we prepare -- are we being pennywise and pound foolish by not spending the money up front to mitigate, and again, is it overreliance on federal help when these disasters hit, everybody's expecting the

member senator mccain, but our ranking member acting ranking member senator johnson from wisconsin for any thoughts ron that you'd like to toss in. glad that you're here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. of course i'm mindful the reason i'm sitting in this chair is because dr. coburn is not here. he's in our thoughts and prayers. want to thank you, want to thank our witnesses, and looking forward to the testimony. when it comes to this issue, the questions i'm going to be looking to have answered is, first and foremost, since i've been here, been looking into this issue, we're really declaring federal disaster declarations much more frequent basis now. is that because we really have, you know, a higher instance of the types of disasters that require that? or are we just too quick to declare those disasters? i'm afraid that if we have an overreliance on the federal government help, is that restraining the mitigation? the new word i'm hearing resilience in terms of, you know, how we prepare -- are we being pennywise and pound foolish by not spending the money up front to mitigate, and again, is it overreliance on federal help when these disasters hit, everybody's expecting th

member senator mccain, but our ranking member acting ranking member senator johnson from wisconsin for any thoughts ron that you'd like to toss in. glad that you're here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. of course i'm mindful the reason i'm sitting in this chair is because dr. coburn is not here. he's in our thoughts and prayers. want to thank you, want to thank our witnesses, and looking forward to the testimony. when it comes to this issue, the questions i'm going to be looking to have answered is, first and foremost, since i've been here, been looking into this issue, we're really declaring federal disaster declarations much more frequent basis now. is that because we really have, you know, a higher instance of the types of disasters that require that? or are we just too quick to declare those disasters? i'm afraid that if we have an overreliance on the federal government help, is that restraining the mitigation? the new word i'm hearing resilience in terms of, you know, how we prepare -- are we being pennywise and pound foolish by not spending the money up front to mitigate, and again, is it overreliance on federal help when these disasters hit, everybody's expecting th

mr. graham: thank you senator mccain. just to conclude here, this is not lindsey graham or colonel graham saying this, this is is what general dunford is saying and i know he is right. i understand clearly what he is telling us, i have seen it firsthand to the folks at 435 who are in charge of the detainee population, they lost two yesterday. an i.e.d. killed two of our civilian contractors working out at the prison, paul and michael. i know them well, i met them a bunch of times. they've been over there in civilian contractor mode for years, trying-term prove the afghan detention facilities and legal system, and they gave their lives for a very worthy cause, and all i am saying is that until the time -- we need to suspend aid. we're taking hundreds of millions of american taxpayer money and investing in a way in afghanistan that is inappropriate. after president cars' decision we should tax cut cut 2 money off, not a dime on economic development. no more money. because i can't go to the taxpayer in south carolina and say