mr. mccain: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that now that the senator from california have 15 minutes and i have ten minutes and the vote delayed until completion of the 15 minutes and the ten minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much mr. president and i thank the distinguished chairman for this. senator mccain, i don't think i'll take 15 minutes. we have worked it down. but, mr. president i join senator mccain and ranking member reed as well as senator collins and the other original cosponsors senators leahy paul king, flake heinrich whitehouse mikulski, wyden murphy hirono, warner, baldwin brown and markey in offering an amendment that will help ensure the united states never again carries out coercive and abusive interrogation techniques or indefinite secret detentions. i'm very pleased that the senate will consider this amendment and i urge an aye vote. the amendment we are offering today is really very simple. it applies the

mr. mccain: i object. mr. paul: how can we have an objection when we already have a consent agreement that says we have 30 minutes of equally divided time and you still have five minutes remaining on the opposite side, mr. president? the presiding officer: the time was divided in the usual form and the time for debate has expired. mr. paul: the time couldn't have been divided equally because somebody must have given one side more time than the other. the presiding officer: the five minutes of time that was allotted to the democrat side was unused and it was divided at 23 minutes apiece. mr. paul: mr. president i was here for 30 minutes of the republican side speaking. i sat in my seat for 30 minutes. it was not 23 minutes of equally divided time. mr. mccain: regular order. obviously people don't know the rules of the senate. maybe they should rule -- mr. paul: i would request the remaining five minutes of time on the opposite side. the presiding officer: is there objection to the request of the senator from ke

mr. mccain: mr.president i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments, call up amendment 1569 for senator burr. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, for mr. burr proposes an amendment numbered 1569. mr. mccain: i ask the further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate resumes consideration of h.r. 1735 on tuesday june 9, the time until 3:00 p.m. be equally divide

mr. mccain: mr. president i ask -- how many -- the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: how much does the senator need? mr. bennet: three or four minutes. mr. mccain: how much does the senator immediate? a senator: two minutes. mr. mccain: mr. president i ask that five additional minutes be scheduled at 10:15. an additional five minutes in order to allow three minutes to is noter from colorado and three minutes for the other senator from colorado. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. bennet: thank you. mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to thank the chairman for that additional time and for his commitment and the ranking member's commitment to our national security. i deeply appreciate t i'd like to talk briefly about amendment 1540 which the senate will consider shortly. i'm here with my colleague senator garner, from colorado. we're here on this to require the government accounting office to -- to help identify exactly where the money went on

mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, it is obvious we have an agreement to votes on both the gillibrand and ernst amendment. i would imagine that it may be a recorded vote, but i'm not positive. but then we are planning on moving forward with additional amendments and it is agreed to by both sides and managers' package as well, it is our intention. i am told at some point there may be a cloture motion on the bill as well. so i want to thank the senator from rhode island for his continued cooperation, and hopefully we can get as many members' amendments as possible up and voted on and finish up the bill at the soonest next week. now i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: and i eagerly a wait the loquacious and convincing words of the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president i appr

mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president i'd like to tell my colleagues, i think we are winding down here. we have several other issues to address, but i think it's very possible that we could see the end here for final passage of the bill. there are still some issues that need to be resolved, but i am grateful for the progress that all of my colleagues have made on both sides of the aisle. mr. president, i'd like to call up and speak briefly on mccain amendment 1482. this amendment would prohibit the secretary of defense or the secretary of a military department from funding or conducting medical research or development projects unless the secretary determines that the research or project is designed to protect enhance or restore the health and safety of members of the armed forces through phases of deployment, combat, medical recovery and rehabilitation. now, mr. president, i will not seek a vote on this amendment but i will say that it i

mr. mccain: mr. president i ask unanimous consent further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. the clerk will report the pending business. the clerk: calendar number 99, h.r. 1735, an act to authorize appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for military activities in the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mccain: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president i hope that we are in the final hours of a two and a half-week consideration of the defense authorization bill. not all amendments were debated and not as many were reported yet. we still have hopes that there could be a manager's package which is composed of agreed upon amendments by both sides equally divided by both sides of the aisle here, both republican and democrat. there are some important amendments so i hope that we will be able to get approval of at least some of them prior to the votes tha

mr. mccain: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president i wish to pay tribute today to cbs broadcaster bob scheiffer who retired yesterday as the moderator of the most-watched sunday news show "face the nation" after a career in journalism that lasted more than half a century. bob reported from dallas that terrible weekend president kennedy was assassinateed. at that time he was with the fort worth star telegram. he was a cbs pentagon correspondent and congressional correspondent and white house correspondent and chief washington correspondent. he anchored the "cbs evening news" at a time of transition and turmoil at the network. for 24 years he has moderated "face the nation" which has become more popular every year bob ran the show. he tried to retire before several times. cbs begged him to stay. that's an impressive run by anyone's standards all the more so considering bob is probably the mo

mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. ccain: is it under -- my understanding that there will be a vote at 10:15? is that -- the presiding officer: there will be 30 minutes of debate prior to the vote. mr. mccain: all right. thank you, mr. president. i just listened to the words of the senate majority leader concerning his views on an authorization bill. not an appropriations bill, not a funding bill, but an authorization bill. and i would hope that the majority leader and frankly my colleague and friend, senator reid would pay attention to what's going on in the world today. i refer to "the washington post" this morning the article entitled "deadly fighting tests truce in ukraine." as many of us predicted vladimir putin will continue his aggression and dismemberment of the european nation for the first time in 70 years. i ask unanimous consent that the article entitled "deadly fighting tests truce in ukraine" be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: perhaps the majority leader and o

mr. mccain: mr. president i ask unanimous consent further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: thank you. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order the senate will proceed to the consideration of h.r. 1735, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 99, h.r. 1735, an act to authorize appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order the time until 2:30 p.m. will be for debate only and equally divided between the bill managers or their designees. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i call up amendment number 1463 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, proposes an amendment numbered 1463. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the a

mr. mccain: would the senator yield for a question? mr. graham: absolutely. mr. mccain: is it my understanding from the senator's statement that secretary kerry is now saying that that was not an accurate quote of his? mr. graham: yes. mr. mccain: that it was not urgent that the previous activities concerning development of nuclear weapons would be absolutely required? mr. graham: yes. he indicated that the statement that was attributed to him was taken out of context and reaffirmed to me on the phone that possible military dimensions are an essential part of the deal, as he indicated on april 8 2015. i think he's issuing a statement, or his office is right now. i think this is important for the body to understand that secretary kerry wants to clear up the record. i applaud him for that. i hope we can get a deal we all can live with. but at the end of the day you've got to remember who we're dealing with in terms of iranians. they have lied, they have cheated. and when it comes to their military dimensions of their program, it is essential we know every detail bef

mr. mccain: mr.president? the presiding officer: under the previous order the time until 3:00 p.m. will be equally divided between the plarntion and their designees -- between the managers and their designees. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president as we consider the amendment by the senator from rhode island, i would like to again remind my colleagues that the world is in turmoil, the world has never seen greater crises. that since the end of world war ii according to people as well respected as dr. kissinger and i repeat my assertion that o.c.o. was not the right or best way to do business. the worst way to do business is to have an authorization that will eliminate our ability to defend this nation and the men and women who serve it. i urge my colleagues to read this weekend's "new york times," the global struggle to respond to the worst refugee crisis in generations. 11 million people were uprooted by violence last year. most propelled by conflict in syria, iraq, ukraine and afghanis

mr. mccain: could i ask my colleague again. the four million people whose privacy was just breached, four million americans what damage, what potential damage is that to those individual americans? mr. coats: well, we're just learning what damage this is and how it can be misused in any number of ways, and some of this information is classified, but i can say to my colleague from arizona the chairman of the armed services committee that this puts some of our people in some of our systems in great peril. it's something that needs to be addressed now not pushed down the line. mr. mccain: so it seems to me that to those four million americans, that we owe them, that it is our responsibility, in fact our urgent responsibility to try to prevent that same kind of breach to be perpetrated on four million or eight million or ten million more americans. if they are capable of doing it once to four million americans what's to keep them from doing the same thing to millions of americans more? if we sit here idly by and do nothing on the gr

mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: the fiscal year ndaa passed last year. commanders have barely had time to implement these provisions, let alone assess their effective effectiveness. fiscal year 2014 ndaa included more than 50 individual provisions the most preenive set of chings to the uniform code of military justice since 1968. cumulative the last three ndaa's including 71 sections of law containing more than 100 unique requirements, including 16 congressional reporting requirements. this year's bill builds on that progress with 12 military justice provisions including every proposal that was offered by senator gillibrand during the committee's markup of this including every proposal that was offered by legislation. it is true that sexual assaults have been reduced. so to somehow allege that nothing has been done and what her proposal

mr. mccain, the acting assistant administrator. e's always give us and support forthright right testimony. mr. chairman today is is been duly noted. we're here to assess the proposed national ambient air quality standards for the ozone the cpa legally mandated to put forth -- the epa mandated quality standards. concentration levels sufficient to shape public health with an adequate margin of safety for certain pollutants that endanger public health and the environment. we know we know that the epa establishes new standards based upon medical and scientific

mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president before i have -- i have a unanimous consent request and i would like to say that for the information of my colleagues that as happens on occasion, legislation of the national defense authorization act we're in violation of the ways and means committee jurisdiction in the house which then led to an automatic -- quote -- "blue slip" which means that the basically, for all intents and purposes the entire bill comes to a standstill. in order to repair that, it requires unanimous consent here in the senate. in order to strike the provision and send back to the house without the provision which they found objectionable their parliamentarian did and which required the so-called blue slip. so i was able and appreciate very much the agreement of the democratic leader who agreed to this unanimous consent request

mr. mccain, the acting assistant administrator. he's always give us and support forthright right testimony. mr. chairman today is is been duly noted. we're here to assess the proposed national ambient air quality standards for the ozone the cpa legally mandated to put forth -- the epa mandated quality standards. concentration levels sufficient to shape public health with an adequate margin of safety for certain pollutants that endanger public health and the environment. we know we know that the epa establishes new standards based upon medical and scientific >> a a scientific advisor to the assessment of epa not adequate to protect the public health. she proposed to strengthen to better protect itself. the agency about it it's in all aspects including alternative level will be held in. update the air quality index to reflect your revised standard. the a q why is the tool that gives americans real-time information about air quality each day so that they can make informed choices to protect themselves and their families. ozone seasons

mr. mccain and them, they love to go provide weapons and fight but the reason they don't support the freedom fighters and he doesn't support martin luther king's birthday -- it was their parents and great-grandparents who committed these atrocities. i would like to and with this, you are overseas fighting isis, these terrorist groups or whatever. the threat in the united states against african-americans, our enemies are the neo-nazis. the racist white supremacists and the crooked and corrupt police. we have no threat from isis among black america. these people flying these flags we need the fbi to investigate these guys to see what are their intentions? i am from the south. we need the police to start investigating these people these neo-nazi racists groups and find out what are their plans what is the meaning? they are all around me and my kids and grandkids. i want to be protected. we don't want peace atrocities committed against african-americans. we built this country from the dirt. we are dirt farmers. it is -- that also may be mad, these people were praying in this church when this man

mr. mccain has long been a critic of what he views as military acquisition systems that take too long and cost too much. his bill targets things like the f 35 strike fighter, combat ship, and his pet issue the future version of the ford aircraft carrier which suffers a $2.4 billion run. we are with derek wallbank of bloomberg "first word." good morning. caller: good morning, united states care to let a want to say about the budget, the drug war should be ended. we spend tens of billions of dollars every year on the drug war and it does no good. we just keep building the presence up, building new prisons, and the probation of alcohol. before it that, there were no murders alcohol gangs. before the drug war, there were no murderous jug gangs. the murdering crime rate went back down 70%. they passed a drug laws the murder rate doubled and went up 100%. host: the drug debate, is that something happening this week? guest: i wrote a story about this. there were two little noticed amendments in the signs bill -- hill, in the spend and's -- science b and in the spending billi,ll recreational mari

mr. mccain has long been a critic of what he views as military acquisition systems that take too long andcost too much. in his bill he targets things like the f-35 joint strike fighter. the combat ship. and pet issue of the future ver significance of the jerald r. ford f-class carrier which suffered a $2.4 billion cost overrun. that's in the times if you want to read that. we are with derek of bloomberg first word. harry next in indiana. line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning, united states. what i want to say about the budget, the drug war should be end the we spend tense of billions of dollars every year on the drug war and it does no good. we just keep filling the prisons up, building new prisons. and the prohibition of alcohol. before they passed that there there were murderous capitol gangs. before they pass the drug laws there were no murderous drug gangs. they broke up all the alcohol gangs and murder and crime rate went up 70% goes back down 70%. they pass the drug laws, murder rate doubled, went up 100%. host: the drug debate something that's happening in any of t

senator mccain: mr. president? i want to bring order. >> i would be happy to yield. sen. mccain: you would expect the general men from kentucky to know the rules of the senate. it is open to the floor and to responsive questions. my question is, to the senator from indiana, i want to say his words are powerful and accurate. mr. president, how much time remains on the clock for the republican side c? how much time is remaining? >> i think the chair has made very clear that the senator from indiana has the floor. >> i know the senator from kentuckysenator has the floor. -- from kentucky has the floor. sen. mccain: i would ask the senator from indiana, you have seen the events lately. isis has taken paul myra -- palm yra. there are bodies in the streets. they're going to destroy 2000-year-old antiquities. at the same time ramadi has fallen with thousands of innocent men, women, and children being massacred. at this time, isn't this program as critical as it has ever been since its inception given the fact that the middle east is literally on fire and we are losing everywhere?

mccain and dianne feinstein. this part of the debate is half an hour. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the distinguished chairman for this. i don't think i will take 15 minutes. we have worked it down but mr. president, i join senator mccain and ranking member read as well as senator collins and the other original cosponsors from the senator legg t., paul king flake heinrich, white house, mikulski warner, baldwin and marquis in darfur in an amendment that will help ensure the united states never again carry so coercive and abusive interrogation techniques or indefinite secret detentions. i'm very pleased the senate will consider the amendment and i urge and aye vote. the amendment today is really very simple. it applies the authorizations and restrictions for interrogations in the army field manual to the entire united states government. it extends what congress did in 2005 by a vote of 929 with the detainee treatment of fact which i believe mccain off third for amusing techniques not authorized by the army field manual and also then the government for using cruel inhumane and

and i remember senator john mccain telling me if you are mr. ducos, a second-class citizen because you were born in puerto rico, then i'm riding the bus with you because i was born in panama. there is no place in our government, in our society, to reprise, to discriminate against people who do the right thing. i am one against many and look what i did. i'm still standing, i'm still here i have a job. and i want to do my job with your help. also i would like to cite something that helps me go by every day. honor is simply the morality of superior man. believe that you can do something and you're halfway there. and like theodore rupert said, speak softly and carry a big stick. so, in conclusion and let me find my paper. i had everything in order here. my professional reputation has been tarnished in public in social media and my family has suffered the ill effects to my well-being. these are the facts and the evidence that i have provided to the staff of the committee. it will be much much, much more. i will never do my six minutes if i tell you

mr. chairman, and assistant administrator mccain, in your written testimony you know that natalieionally nationally, since 1980, average ozone levels have fallen by one-third, and some some are meeting the standards, 37%. what will you say to the argument that we have already reduced our average ozone levels enough and further lowering the standards from 75 to 70 or even 65 will give us -- would not give us the additional health benefits worth the -- as opposed to the costs of trying to reach those higher standards? >> well congress in the clean air act directed epa every five years to look at the science and make a determination about whether the current level is adequate to protect the public health, and based on all of that review and a very open process with external peary view allreview, all along the way, it's based on all of the science that shows that people suffer the affects of ozone air pollution, and that's her job to do under the clean air act and that's what our proposal is all about. >> well you also point out since 1980 we have reduced our air pollution by nearly 70% and

the amendments main sponsors democrat dianne feinstein and republican john mccain discuss the issue before the vote. >> mr. president? >> the senator from new york. >> mr. president, iritis george michael and support my amendment number 1578 the military justice improvement act, to ensure that survivors of military sexual assaults have access to an unbiased, trained military judicial system. last year despite the support of 55 senators a coalition banning the entire ideological spectrum, including both the majority and minority leader, are our bill to create an independent military justice system free of inherent biases and conference of interest within the chain of command was filibustered by this body. but as we said then we will not walk away. the brave men and women in uniform who are defending this nation deserve a vote. that is our duty. it is our oversight role. it's congress' responsibility to act. if the great survivors of sexual assaults are our sons, daughters, husbands, wives are being betrayed by the greatest military on earth. we owe them that at the very least. over the last few years congr

brooks reaches him, with mccain over his head and says "mr. sumner, i read your speech twice.ibel to my state and my relative." sumner looks up and looks is blurred or his glasses because he is so close and brooks strikes among top of the head with a cane. his head explodes in blood almost instantly. >> author stephen puleo by the caning of congress and sumner by preston brooks that drove the country closer to civil war. tonight on c-span's "q and a." >> on friday the american conservative union hosted a panel discussion on the ongoing nuclear negotiation between the p5 plus one coalition and iran. while the white house has prioritized the negotiations, skeptics remain worried about the ability to monitor iran's nuclear activities. among the panelists was the type that's retired lieutenant general michael flynn. this is two hours. [indiscernible] >> we are going to get started here. i think we need a life mic. we need a live mic here. so this is yours here. i'm going to put it right here. is that on? there we go. could i get everyone's attention up here? i know lunch has you v

character and people may think i am just a second-class citizen, and i remember senator john mccain telling me if you are, mr os a second class citizen because you were born in puerto rico then i'm right in the bus with you because i was born in panama. there is no place in our government, in our society to rep rise, to discriminate against people that do the right thing. i am one against many and look what i did. i'm still standing, i'm still here. i have a job. and i want to do my job with your help. also also, i would like to cite something that helps me go by every day. honor is simply the morality of superior man. believe that you can do something and you're half-way there. and like theodore roosevelt said, speak softly and carry a big stick. so in conclusion, and let me find my -- my paper. i have everything in order here. my professional reputation has been tarnished in public in social media, and my family has suffered the ill effects to my well being. these are the facts and the evidence that i have provided to the staff of the committee. it will be much, much more i will never get through my six mi

, and people may think i am just a second-class citizen, and i remember senator john mccain telling me, if you are, mr. ducos, a second class citizen because you were born in puerto rico, then i am right on the bus with you because i was born in panama. there is no place in our government and society to reprise, to discriminate against people that do the right thing. i am one against many, and look what i did. i am still standing. i am still here. i have a job. and i want to do my job with your help. also, i would like to cite something that helps me go by every day. honor is simply the morality of superior men. believe that you can do something and you are halfway there. like theodore roosevelt said speak softly and carry a big stick. so in conclusion, let me find my paper -- i have everything in order here. my professional reputation has been tarnished in public and social media, and my family has suffered the ill affects to my well-being. these are the facts and the evidence that i have provided to the staff of the committee. it will be much, much, much more, and i will never do my six minutes if i

mr. parasutti, jeb bush is yet to announce, he's going to announce tomorrow, but yet he has been attacked by a member of his own party. john mccain. do republicans really want him to be the nominee? >> i think he distinguished himself as the governor of florida. he was the most successful conservative governor of one of the most conservative states in the union. >> giancarlo parazutti. we thank you for being with us. also happening this weekend two years insistence boston mayor bombing that left three dead and over 200 injured. one of the tsarnaev brothers will be sentenced. >>> rent stabilization law is allowed to expire on monday, 2 million new yorkers could have their rent affected. as kristin saloomey reports. >> catalina hi hidalgo's neighborhood has gotten expensive. so like many new yorkers she put up with terrible living conditions to hold onto an apartment that she could afford. >> all winter we had no heat. sometimes the hot water would go. they took a saw to the water pipes. so the basement was just flooded out. >> reporter: the they in question were the landlords who owned catalina's building. protected under rent sta

before the vote come armed services chairman john mccain met senator reid could discuss the amendment created area this is 45 minutes. >> mr. president as we consider the amendment by senator from rhode island i would like to again remind my colleagues that the world is in turmoil and has never seen a greater crisis since the end of world war ii. i would repeat my assertion that it wasn't the best or the right way to do business. the worst way to do business is to have an authorized nation that will eliminate our ability to defend the nation for the men and women who serve. i urge my colleagues to read this weekend's "new york times" global struggle to respond to the first refugee crisis in generations. 10 million people were uprooted by violence last year. most propelled by conflict in iraq, ukraine and afghanistan. the conflict and extreme poverty also pushed tens of thousands out of parts of sub-saharan africa and southeast asia. it is according to the united nations. that is what is going on in the world. they attached on the western fringe of baghdad. this is yesterday. the militants described and killed eight people

, and people may think i am just a second-class citizen, and i remember senator john mccain telling me, if you are, mr. ducos, a second class citizen because you were born in puerto rico, then i am right on the bus with you because i was born in panama. there is no place in our government and society to reprise, to discriminate against people that do the right thing. i am one against many, and look what i did. i am still standing. i am still here. i have a job. and i want to do my job with your help. also, i would like to cite something that helps me go by every day. honor is simply the morality of superior men. believe that you can do something and you are halfway there. like theodore roosevelt said speak softly and carry a big stick. so in conclusion, let me find my paper -- i have everything in order here. my professional reputation has been tarnished in public and social media, and my family has suffered the ill affects to my well-being. these are the facts and the evidence that i have provided to the staff of the committee. it will be much, much, much more, and i will never do my six minutes if i

mr. obama tells us eternal of iraq is barely underway. [end video clip] host: senator john mccain critical of what the president had to say about what is happening in iraq. a few more minutes here to take your calls. some tweets. if we invade iraq all we will do is unite the shia and sunni against us. there is a force threatening the neighbors now want to fight with the usa. it has been said first casualty of war is the truth. the badness continues on. we will get back to your calls. other news with the president yesterday also reiterating in a lengthy speech his support for the difficult affordable care act. he is in his final push to retain the key elements of the law as the supreme court weighs whether or not subsidies were meant for all exchanges are only those established by these date. -- the st you have this story as well. ate. obama takes victory lap. the editorial pages, they are weighing in. they say obamacare omen president obama goes after the supreme court. he must know that it does him no good -- host: they concluded there were no quick, obvious remedies against the

mccain substitute amendment number 1463 be at 12:15 tomorrow. the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for the weekly conference meetings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if also no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> >> 97% of the people sued have to settle because they don't have the three a million dollars to defend themselves. they pay an average of $300,000 to those that are suing them. whenever reaches that settlement they are locked into the nondisclosure agreement that says they are never allowed to tell anybody what happened to them. so to have legislation on the topic we will speak to as many congressmen as possible for the best way to help those entrepreneurs to run their businesses from those demand letters that currently exist. >> mostly we are concerned with publicly are those that make it difficult to report their property rights available through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> welcome to the national press club. i am an editor for bloomberg first word day -- locate

mr. president, -- and i've said this before, i will say it again. i asked the senior senator from illinois who came to this house with me and with john mccain those 33ars ago i asked him would you do me a favor? we have this committee that the president has set up, and i need somebody that represents maybe a little to the left of center on this committee, would you do it? i had many other -- he had many other obligations but he agreed to do that, the bowles-simpson commission. and he did a stunningly important good job. he supported the findings of that. and that, quite frankly surprised me because all the people yelling for all these budget cuts, many of those voted against it in the committee. well mr. president no one in this body understands sequestration any better than my friend from illinois. sequestration was supposed to be so absurd, i repeat, so foolish it would force congress to reduce the deficit in a sensible balanced manner. yet what the republicans considered lunacy a few years ago is now the preferred form of legislating, the preferred form of budgeting. that tells you everything you need to know about today's republican party. they

what happened was, john mccain and rand paul got into a spat over who control floor time. host: here's a bit from that exchange. [video clip] >> mresident? mr. president? >> i want the regular order. >> mr. president? >> i would be happy to yield to the senator from arizona. >> maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate. the gentleman has the floor and is open to response to a question. my question is, the words are powerful and accurate. >> how much time remains on the clock for the republican time? mr. president? how much time is remaining? >> i asked for the regular order. >> i think the chair has made clear this editor from indiana has the floor -- the senator from indiana has the floor. >> i know the senator from kentucky understands -- >> i would ask you, the senator from indiana, you have seen the events lately that are transpiring. isis has taken home i read -- isis has taken palmyra. destroying antiquities. remindamadi has fallen with men women and children being massacred. his this program as critical as it has ever been since its inception? we are losing everywhere. host: some tense moments on

what happened was, john mccain and rand paul got into a spat over who control floor time. host: here's a bit from that exchange. [video clip] >> mr. president? mr. president? >> i want the regular order. >> mr. president? >> i would be happy to yield to the senator from arizona. >> maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate. the gentleman has the floor and is open to response to a question. my question is, the words are powerful and accurate. >> how much time remains on the clock for the republican time? mr. president? how much time is remaining? >> i asked for the regular order. >> i think the chair has made clear this editor from indiana has the floor -- the senator from indiana has the floor. >> i know the senator from kentucky understands -- >> i would ask you, the senator from indiana, you have seen the events lately that are transpiring. isis has taken home i read -- isis has taken palmyra. destroying antiquities. remindamadi has fallen with men women and children being massacred. his this program as critical as it has ever been since its inception? we are losing everywhere. host: some tense moments

and basically what happened was john mccain and grandpa got into a spat over who exactly controlled the floor at the time. >> host: here's a bit from that exchange. >> mr. president mr. president i want regular order. >> i would be happy to yield to the senator for question. >> maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate. when a gentleman has the floor he's open to response for a question. my question is to the senator from indiana and i want to say his words are powerful and accurate. >> mr. president how much time remains on the clock for the republican side? >> to ask him if he is seeing -- >> mr. president how much time is remaining? >> i think the chair is made very clear that the senator from indiana has more. >> i know the senator understands when the senator has the floor. >> twice the senator from kentucky has not -- the rules of the senate. i would ask the senator from indiana isis is taking alum i read in the streets killing people, going to destroy 2000-year-old antiquities at the same time or moderate has fallen with thousands of innocent men, women and children being massacred and at this time isn't this program as

mr. mccain: mr. president as we consider the amendment by the senator from rhode island, i would like to again remind my colleagues that the world is in turmoil, the world has never seen greater crises. that since the end of world war ii according to people as well respected as dr. kissinger and i repeat my assertion that o.c.o. was not the right or best way to do business. the worst way to do businesss >> >> with the men and women whose served it. i urge my colleagues to read "the new york times" to respond to the worst refugee crisis in generations. 11 million people were uprooted last year by $0.5 bus by conflict in syria and iraq and afghanistan and has also pushed tens of thousands out of sub-saharan africa. the worst migration and crisis since world war ii according to the united nations that is what is going on in the world and how we will defend the nation with friday's that are dramatically strewed and unfair. with the office on the fringe of

mr. mccain: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. ernst: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mrs. ernst: mr. president, as we continue the fight against isis and their radical allies, i rise today to ask my colleagues to are support the ernst-boxer amendment. it defeating isis is critical to maintaining an inclusive and unified iraq, and the iraqi kurds are the key to that goal. and to help improve the humanitarian crisis in the region through their support and protection of over 1.6 million displaced persons from iraq and syria. this bipartisan amendment also cosponsored by senators graham, tillis rubio and gardner provides temporary authority for the president in consultation with the iraqi government -- and i say a