mr. chairman -- >> who's next? >> briefly i wanted to speak for the menendez amendment. thank you, mr. chairman. and i appreciate senator menendez offering the amendments. president obama the administration and the ustr is as interested in labor standards as they say they are, the president's speeches sxuchlt str discussions and promises, this is a pretty easy thing for them to support. understand the situation in vietnam, which is generally accepted as the most egregious violator of labor rights of the 12 countries there is one union. you can join that union. you're free to join that union. that union is affiliated with the communist party. so you really don't have much choice. i don't think that's really what we believe in in a vibrant labor movement, whether you support unions or you generally don't among those of us here we all agree on some basic principles about labor rights and labor unions and ability and freedom of association to join them or not join them. there's no real evidence the ustr or administration is using any kind of either a carrot or a stick to move their labor law forward.

mr. menendez? >> aye. mr. warner? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. chairman senator carper is aye by proxy. >> mr. warner. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> chairman votes no. >> clerk will announce the vote. >> 16 nays. >> it's not agreed to. senator nelson, i think you're up next. >> you said you would prefer me to offer my amendment to the customs bill. i have filed it. i think this is a preferable bill. >> okay. your choice. it has been in effect since 2005. they bring in yarn and fabric from outside and make it into a garments and textiles. so that the preference is conditioned on the labor department. this is super important to me. there's a town of some 1500 people. it has one industry in the town and it employs 300 people in that little town. that industry takes this stuffing of comforters that has been produce edd they make it into comforters. that business is going to fold. that's my plea, mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. chairman. i urge colleagues to support the nelson amendment. tariff levels are important. the p

mr. menendez? mr. corker? mr. bennett? i mr. warner? >> chairman votes no. >> the amendment is agreed to. who is next? >> mr. chairman, do we already announce? i would ask consent it will not change the outcome if you vote aye. >> without objection. >> ok. who wants to be recognized for any further amendments >> mr. chairman? >> ok. >> i have an amendment and it states a principle negotiating objective of future trade agreements would be the mutual elimination of state-sponsored export financing institutions. when the state sponsored finance institution was reauthorized in 2012, congress required the treasury secretary and i quote initiate and pursue negotiations to reduce with the goal of eliminating subsidize programs. the treasury has failed to meaningfully comply. there are no explanations of what concrete steps were taken pursuant to the law to reduce export somebody's desk export subsidies in the annual report. here is the simple reality. taxpayers are required to subsidize certain companies through the bank. that is what happened

mr. menendez? >> no. >> mr. brown? mr. bennett? mr. bennett no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> chairman votes no. >> mr. portman? >> i have not had a chance to review the amendment. i looked at it i can support it. >> mr. portman, aye. >> clerk will report. >> the tattle is 9 ayes and 17 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will try another and hopefully we can get bipartisan support for it. it amendez the core labor section that indicates we would have equal pay for men and women of work of equal value as set forth in the convention of 100 considering equal pay for men and women workers for work of equal value. basically, putting in place as we work with other countries to improve their standards, a stipulation as to encourage equal pay for equal work. we are negotiating with countries that have abysmal labor standards and for women it can be a disaster in terms of the way women are paid. this would simply indicate we should empathize the importance of equal pay. >> what amendment number is that? >> i'm sorry. that is number four. amendme

mr. menendez. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. warner. aye. mr. chairman. chairman votes no.the final tally is 12-14. senator hatch: it is not agreed to. >> i want to thank you and ranking member whiten. -- wyden. no. i filed two amendments. one is the expansion of a apprentice program. we have to talk about how we train the workforce. we had a hearing. both labor and business supported the apprentice program. i would hope that we can look at this moving forward. so appreciate looking at that, the other within is obviously the clean energy tax credit which um. we have many jobs here that the u.s. can be competitive in. i look forward to working with you and senator wyden on both amendments in the future. senator hatch thank you very : much. as you know. you filed to the taa bill and i inclued your first in the modification to the chairman's customs bill. and i think that the other two amendments would be more appropriate to look at in the context. i will look forward to working with you on these two issues. >> if you mean timely attention, before descender question -- before

mr. menendez's defense, i don't think there's any evidence that he destroyed tens of thousands of e-mails that might include evidence of the quid pro quo. >> as secretary of state. >> as former secretary of state clinton has. so this is really going back to the '90s clinton strategy where if you cannot convict the clintons of a felony then really what are you talking about here. it's not worth mentioning. i think what is worth mentioning is that mrs. clinton has failed to meet the ethical standards she set with the obama administration in 2008 on disclosure on accepting foreign donations. didn't disclose the donations tied to the uranium mines, did not get approval on an algeria donation either. so this was a very low bar they set. a lot of people would say this is completely inappropriate for them to be accepting any foreign government money, even with that low bar she failed to meet it. >> so dan, this is the question. why did the clintons cash those ld they do this? you had to know this would look terrible if she ran for president of the united states. bill clinton accepting money, the

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator menendez. we'll go to senator nelson. >> mr. chairman, as you know, i intend to support this tpa bill. but i was just surprised to find out that your staff last night rejected trying to keep an industry in my state alive on the extension of the bahrain trade preference which has been in effect since 2005 where they bring in yarn and make it into garments going into the u.s. now this is going to shut down in a little rural town of 1,500 people, it's going shut down 300 employees. my question to you since i will offer it and then everybody can decide, i thought it was going to be accepted. would you prefer me my question is would you prefer me to offer it ahn of the other three bills other than the tpa? i don't care what it's put on. >> i think i would prefer it on one of the other bills. >> custom -- >> customs -- that all right with you? we'd like to keep this bill clean because we've got to get it through the house. they've told us that -- both sides over there that if we can do that, it should go through the house. and this is

mr. menendez has been targeted because he has opposed administration on a number of crucial issues. very little evidence to support that but given how political the administration has been and can be in particularly the justice department, one can't rule it out. jon: chris wallace said the same thing when i spoke to him yesterday. yes, he's been a vocal opponent of the democratic president on the iran deal cuba deal immigration policy and all of a sudden, he finds himself under indictment by the obama justice department. >> you know this is not actually new and i do fault the news media for not making a bigger story of this. on the other hand, iran connection is very interesting. a guy that works for us went to prison because, in my view there was quote unquote, corrupt but he also was the only member of congress that spoke the language and did some back door communication with iran that he had gotten and suddenly the bush administration went after him. so this is not terribly surprising and i think it has to be looked at through this lens as well. jon: also interesting on the very

mr. menendez will be officially read the charges against him and also enter a plea of not guilty. in the clip you played he obviously has maintained his innocence. last night he says he said this charge is not going to define how my career is going to end. it's a big deal though 14 criminal counts including eight for bribery and the indictment itself covers seven years between menendez and melgin alleging he took $1 million in luxury trips and gifts and donations in exchange for political favors including that he medalled in the could you tell come of a medicare building execute and several of his girlfriends receive visas. that's going on in the courthouse, we're expecting senator menendez and his lawyer to come out any moment now and deliver remarks. >> thank you so much. when we come back the story of two new york city women arrested and accused of trying to plant bombs in the u.s. we'll give you details of their planned attack. most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that tru

mr. chair, senator cardin, senator menendez, and all my colleagues. senator murphy: thank you mr. chairman and to the ranking member, as well as to the white house for bringing this incredibly productive compromise before us today. i have been of like mind with senator boxer. i have believed that this has been a largely unnecessary endeavor in that the legislation we are debating today does not really reserved for congress any power that we don't already have . we had the ability already before this debate to be able to review this agreement once it is submitted to congress and to be able to take away from the president the power to waive sanctions. after the passage of this bill we still have that power. all along, my concern has simply been whether we are engaging in an effort that is going to make it less likely rather than more likely that we will get a deal to review. i reserve the right to be able to weigh in on that agreement, i just don't want to be taking any steps that lessen the chances that we will be able to conduct that oversight when the time is appropriate. i would

mr. menendez: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enendez: mr. president, i come to speak on the legislation before the senate, the iran nuclear review act. and i specifically want to create a focus for our colleagues about the essential question before the senate. the essential question before the senate is does the senate want to have a role in opining upon any agreement that may in fact be concluded between the united states, the p5-plus-one and iran. because right now there is no clear mechanism for the united states senate and the congress of the united states to have a say about that potential final agreement. now, the reality is, is that an iran that does not have nuclear weapons capability is an iran that at the end of the day inures to a status in which the united states national security is better preserved, in which our ally, the state of israel, its security is better preserved. but in fact an iran that does have nuclear weapons capability is a national security threat to the united states and to the state of israel, our a

secretary menendez. >> thanks for the promotion, mr. chairman. let me say i -- you know, not quite sure why we cannot move ahead. former national security adviser dr. brzezinski, former secretary of state madeleine albright, both testified before the senate armed services committee that the u.s. should provide defensive weapons to ukraine. when asked about providing such weapons to ukraine, ash carter said during his confirmation hearing, i very much am inclined in that direction because i think we need to support the ukrainians in defending themselves. u.s. army europe commander lieutenant general ben hodges recently stated his support for providing weapons to ukraine in order to provide the necessary muscle for diplomatic solution. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has suggested the same. so i have a question. is dr. brzezinski, secretary albright, secretary carter, general hodges, general dempsey and unanimous congress all wrong? >> i take it that's a question to me, ranking member menendez? >> well either you, madame secretary or secr

mr. menendez: mr. president i want to rise in support of this bipartisan legislation with a sincere hope that we can pass the iran nuclear review act as it was unanimously voted out of the committee. now, i have worked tirelessly with the chairman and with the ranking member and with members of the committee senator kaine who had so much input in the conceptualization of what we want them to do, to build this bill -- to bring this bill to the floor with the strongest bipartisan support. in my view, the best way to send a clear message to tehran about our expectations is for congress to pass the corker-menendez nuclear agreement review act as it was voted out of committee. the spirit of bipartisanship that underscores congress' critical role in the highest priority national security, nuclear nonproliferation challenge of our time was unanimously passed out of the foreign relations committee and i hope we can send the same message from the senate floor. countering iran's nuclear ambitions has been someth

mr. chair, senator carden menendez, the colleagues and the white house for weighing in. >> thank you. senator, murphy. >> thank you very much. to you and the ranking member as well as to the white house for bringing this incredibly productive compromise before us today. you know i've been of like mind with senator boxer. i have believed that this has been a largely unnecessary endeavor in that the legislation that we're debating today doesn't really reserve for congress any power that we don't already have. we had the ability before this debate to be able to review this agreement once it's submitted to congress and to be able to take away from the president the power to waive sanctions. and after the passage of this bill, we still have that power. and so all along, my concern has simply been whether we're engaging in an effort that's going to make it less likely rather than more likely that we're going to get a deal to review. i reserve the right to be able to weigh in on that agreement. i just want to make sure we're not taking any steps that lessen the chances that we will be able t

mr. chairman dead along with our ranking member senator menendez in so many other senator kaine and i don't mean to slight anyone, so many people involved in this. and to me it's very very important. i believe this bill has changed from a point which i did not supported to a point which i can in its it's because i believe the former bill would have disrupted an undated than ongoing -- and i believe this new bill will not do that. now i have received assurances today all morning i was on the phone saying do you feel that if we vote for this bill we will upend negotiations and the answer came back no this bill will not do that. so i'm very pleased. the reason for that is there is no longer language in the bill. we may have an amendment to do that. my own view that would be a dealbreaker because we know how many problems we face with iran. we could count the ways and we'd be here all day but we are trying to take care of one of these problems today so i would urge colleagues to refrain from trying to solve every problem. there's a years worth of mistrust, years worth of problems, here's worth

. >> i know senator menendez had a closing question for this panel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for your testimony. madame secretary, the budapest memoranda was basically a way to entice the ukrainians to give up their nuclear weapons. is that a fair statement? >> ranking member menendez, at the time the primary intent was for russia to get russia to assure ukraine that it would not seek to take advantage of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity if it gave up its weapons, so ukraine sought that political guarantee, primarily from russia. it is that guarantee russia has violated. there was never an intent to have treaty obligations -- >> no, i gather that from your answer to senator murphy. you said, it was a political agreement, right? yes? >> yes. >> all right. so, we also, however, signed that political agreement and so while you say the concern for ukraine was russia, not seeking to attack it or to interfere with its territorial integrity, if it did what? if it gave up its nuclear weapons, right? that's the essence of what was induced from the ukrainian

menendez. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman i would like to call my amendment's number one and i understand i hope my understanding is correct about the chair support for some language in the report to try to accomplish what i want to do here. >> the senator is correct. >> i appreciate that mr. chairman. i'm a strong supporter of protecting intellectual property of u.s. companies and individuals. i've heard from many disappointed families and businesses in my state that foreign companies are selling counterfeit goods and particularly prom and wedding dresses that are manufactured here in the united states to unwitting american consumers who believe they are getting a high-quality dress like a vera wang dress and then they end up with a third rate dress at an important moment in their life and they spend a fortune trying to fix fix it or change it or were going to buy a new dress was the one they got imported from abroad as quote unquote packaged as a gift and thereby skirting u.s.. law. so the consumer is getting duped

mrs. clinton should be indicted like senator menendez of new jersey. at this point that's a gross overstatement and one that actually helps the clinton campaign. >> it's a book that's written by a former bush operative who's a reporter for that august news organization, bright bart.com, or has been in the past. he's cherry picked information that's been disclosed. and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. the facts there's nothing knewnew about. >> he did help the bush younger write speeches, but that does not diminish what mr. schweitzer is writing. the charges will have be vetted. and big news are doing just that. one bad sign for hillary clinton is that a character assassin, david brock, is now being used by her campaign to attack the credibility of the book. there are few americans lower than brock. who is a known hater and smear merchant. if the clinton campaign is going to use people like brock, major problems will develop. with the democratic party fully committed to hillary clinton all of these controversies will get attention, but all

mr. chair, senator cardin, senator menendez, and all my colleagues. senator murphy: thank you mr. chairman and to the ranking member, as well as to the white house for bringing this incredibly productive compromise before us today. i have been of like mind with senator boxer. i have believed that this has been a largely unnecessary endeavor in that the legislation we are debating today does not really reserved for congress any power that we don't already have. we had the ability already before this debate to be able to review this agreement once it is submitted to congress and to be able to take away from the president the power to waive sanctions. after the passage of this bill we still have that power. all along, my concern has simply been whether we are engaging in an effort that is going to make it less likely rather than more likely that we will get a deal to review. i reserve the right to be able to weigh in on that agreement, i just don't want to be taking any steps that lessen the chances that we will be able to conduct that oversight when the time is appropriate. i would

senator menendez: thank you mr. chairman. let me thank you for your gracious remarks and i appreciate having worked with you on the legislation and your consultations with me on changes to the legislation which i support. i think this continuation of the bipartisanship that i try to set out when i had the privilege of chairing the committee rises to the high calling of what the united states senate is all about. it particularly shows the significance of the senate foreign relations committee. i want to thank senator cardin the ranking member, it is incredibly hard work in perfecting the legislation that brings us to what i hope will be a broad, strong, bipartisan vote. and i can't become anyone better to take my place during this interim period. and i want to thank senator kaine. in my view, the way to send a message to iran about our feelings is to pass the corker-menendez act. it underscores congresses critical role in one of the highest priority national security, nuclear nonproliferation challenges of our time. the fact i

senator menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. let me say at the outset i think we all have the same goal in mind and that is jobs for our families. markets for our businesses that together build a stronger american economy. and trade may offer some new opportunities but it also brings its challenges. we talk about breaking barriers to trade or ending barriers to trade, but i have a broader view of what those barriers are than just simply tariffs and regulations. for example, lower labor and environmental standards abroad make foreign workers with fewer skills, less expensive than highly skilled american workers with greater expectations for higher living standards. i think the failure to protect our intellectual property in other countries leads to cuts in the values of or investments and value of our products in international markets. so at the end of the day, for me, and i have -- i voted -- i just haven't had a knee-jerk reaction against all trade bills. i voted for some i thought the balance was right. for me trade bills have

senator menendez: thank you mr. chairman.et me say at the outset i think we all have the same goal in mind and that is jobs for our families. markets for our businesses that together build a stronger american economy. and trade may offer some new opportunities but it also brings its challenges. we talk about breaking barriers to trade or ending barriers to trade, but i have a broader view of what those barriers are than just simply tariffs and regulations. for example lower labor and environmental standards abroad make foreign workers with fewer skills less expensive than highly skilled american workers with greater expectations for higher living standards. i think the failure to protect our intellectual property in other countries leads to cuts in the values of or investments and value of our products in international markets. so at the end of the day, for me, and i have -- i voted -- i just haven't had a knee-jerk reaction against all trade bills. i voted for some i thought the balance was right. for me trade bills have bee

bob menendez a couple of hours ago tonight insisting he's innocent after the justice department dropped a 14-count felony indictment on his head today. joining us is john stanton for buzz feed news. mrstanton, lovely to see you. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> bob menendez tonight said he's not going anywhere. defiant about the charges. does he have a choice? does he actually have to step down? can the democrats, for example, make him step down if they want him to? >> no, they can't make him step down. theoretically he could be maybe impeached. michael grimm did the same thing a couple of months ago, and he had things with the justice department and he stepped down. >> you think about the precedence on this. michael graham pleads guilty, and then he's got to go. a previous new jersey democratic senator named harrison williams, like in 1980, he ended up fighting, trying to stay in the senate while they brought bribery charges against him. he got convicted and expelled. john enson resigned rather than even face the ethics committee. so there's no clear precedent on when they go, but if he stays, there is the question of all the power he's got in the senate. he's the r

bob menendez a couple of hours ago tonight insisting he's innocent after the justice department dropped a 14-count felony indictment on his head today. joining us is john stanton for buzz feed news. mry to see you. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> bob menendez tonight said he's not going anywhere. defiant about the charges. does he have a choice? does he actually have to step down? can the democrats, for example, make him step down if they want him to? >> no they can't make him step down. theoretically he could be maybe impeached. michael grimm did the same thing a couple of michael graham said the same thing a couple months ago. but he stepped down. that is certainly a potential option here for senator menendez. the difference is senator menendez is generally not somebody who is going to give up. he's been fight thing case for quite a while. he's known for several years the doj was investigating him. so the idea he will step down immediately is unlikely but i can see it in the next weeks or months. >> you think about the precedence on this. michael graham pleads guilty and then he's got to go. a previous new jersey democratic senator named harrison williams like in

senator menendez is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman.i think we all have the same goal in mind and that is jobs for our families markets for our businesses that together build a stronger american economy. and trade may offer some new opportunities but it also brings challenges. we talk about breaking barriers or ending barriers to trade but i have a broader view of what the barriers are than just simply tiresome regulations. for example lower labor and environmental standards make foreign workers with fewer skills less expensive than highly skilled american workers with greater expectations for higher living standards. i think the failure to protect our intellectual property in other countries leads to cuts in the values of our investments and value of our products in international markets. at the end of the day for me -- and i voted -- i haven't had a knee jerk reaction i thought the balance was right but for me trade bills have been about protecting and providing opportunities for my state's workers and our businesses in a world where

mr. chairman dead along with the ranking member, senator menendez and so many others, senator mccain.i don't mean to slight anyone. so many people were involved with this. to me it is very very important. i believe the bill has been changed from the point and switch it does not support to a point in which i can. i believe the former bill would have described did end up ended the ongoing negotiations between iran and the p5+1. i believe this new bill will not do that. i have received assurances today all morning i was on the phone with experts saying do you feel if we vote for the bill will up and negotiations and the answer came back a very straightforward way. now, this bill will not do that. i am very pleased. the reason for that if there is no longer the language no longer language in no longer the language of the bill tying extraneous issues to the agreement. we may have an amendment to ann arbor and has to write to the opinion. that would be a dealbreaker because we know how many problems we face. we could count the ways we could be here all day. we are trying to take care of a p

mr. chairman the final tally is 11 ayes, 15 nays. >> senator menendez, you are next. >> i would like to call amendment number one, which is basically an amendment that says no fast-track for human traffickers. human trafficking in the form of sexual exploitation, forced labor, forced marriage and the sale and exportation of children is one of the great moral challenges of our time. the international labor organization estimates there -- five million children are involved in this and it is estimated to profit $150 billion making it the second largest source of income. we should not offer our services to countries that fail to act on this. our state department puts on its tier three those countries that do not meet his -- international standards and are not making efforts to do so. my amendment says we cannot provide fast track to countries on tier three. there are 20 countries, and

mr. stanton, lovely to see you. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> bob menendez tonight said he's not going anywhere.he charges. does he have a choice? does he actually have to step down? can the democrats, for example, make him step down if they want him to? >> no, they can't make him step down. theoretically he could be maybe impeached. michael grimm did the same thing a couple of months ago, and he had things with the justice department and he stepped down. i think that is certainly a potential option here for senator menendez. a bit of a difference here is senator menendez generally is not somebody who's going to give up. he has been fighting this case now for quite a while. i think he's known for several years that the department is investigating him. the idea that he will step down immediately is unlikely. but i could see it happening, you know in the next few weeks, or months especially if doj is able to marshal more evidence against him in the next coming period. >> think about the precedence on this. michael grimm pleads guilty and then he's got to go. previous new jersey democratic senator

mr. cardin: madam president i first want to join senator corker in thanking senator menendez for his leadership on this issue. i've said that on previous occasions on the floor. clearly his leadership working with senator corker, working with senator kaine who developed the bill for the appropriate review for the congress. so to senator menendez, thank you very much for all of your hard work on this bill. i want to identify myself with the comments of senator corker in opposition to the johnson amendment. but let me just give you one more reason. i -- i respect the intent of the the -- of those who support this amendment but let me tell you what it means. it means that if this were, in fact, a treaty that we would be saying that we would be delegating to other entities the decision on whether to eliminate the sanction regime that we in congress imposed. now, i've listened to my colleagues particularly on the republican side who say they don't want to delegate that authority that congress should keep its legislative authority. well if you believe congress should keep its legislative authority, t

department justin dieted new jersey senator bob menendez for bribery for behavior far less harmful to the run tree on evidence far less than what we now know about mrston. >> i want to say a word about the politics. there's a quote this "politico" today from a clinton fundraiser and listen to what he says about this whole con plex of issues it's a legitimate concern and i think secretary clinton needs to be able to explain this in a straightforward constructive thoughtful way. in other words, one of their own supporters is saying she has to get out in front of this she has to say something about this. the keyword there is legitimate concern. it's not that there is not a good explanation for this but that people are right to be asking this question and that she herself, not chelsea, needs to get out there and talk about it. >> we'll have more tomorrow on "special report" and the special is at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> next up american drone strikes kill two innocent hostages. as we go to break this is a live look outside the west district police station in baltimore where demonstrators are gathering. they're protesting, as we mentioned, the death

department justin dieted new jersey senator bob menendez for bribery for behavior far less harmful to the run tree on evidence far less than what we now know about mrsinton. >> i want to say a word about the politics. there's a quote this "politico" today from a clinton fundraiser and listen to what he says about this whole con plex of issues it's a legitimate concern and i think secretary clinton needs to be able to explain this in a straightforward constructive thoughtful way. in other words, one of their own supporters is saying she has to get out in front of this she has to say something about this. the keyword there is legitimate concern. it's not that there is not a good explanation for this but that people are right to be asking this question and that she herself, not chelsea, needs to get out there and talk about it. >> we'll have more tomorrow on "special report" and the special is at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> next up american drone strikes kill two innocent hostages. as we go to break this is a live look outside the west district police station in baltimore where demonstrators are gathering. they're protesting, as we mentioned, the deat

mr. chairman. i call the amendments the ta bill to be considered in block. and that senators and menendez be added as co-sponsors without objection. thank you. for the workers to 575 million a year. this is the same level that is was included in the bipartisan taa bill and earlier i would have to thank the senator for the inarest in the opening statement and he talked about the the importants avenue vigorous trade adjustment assistance. what it means for workers in the state. and i look around this room in the states that have had pretty much all of us have had layoffs. described to trade. and sometimes not a describe to trade with countries of who we have. offset with the application of the statute of limitations and a some say that 4 50 million the amount included in an unlying bill of enough to operate the program there. no reason to increase the funding. truth is we do not know 4 50 will be enough. taa workers for corkers cost each year. and during the great reis heing. if you take the average funding levels for the three years when eligibility was nearly the same as considering the d

mr. obama continues to sell his framework for a nuclear deal with iran. we want to drill down on both issues with democratic senator robert menendez, a critic of u.s.his is his first television interview since he was indicted two weeks ago. senator menendez welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to be with you, chris. >> before we discuss -- and i promise we will -- these serious policy issues i think we have to deal with the case against you right at the start. federal prosecutors have charged you with bribery for accepting almost $1 million in gifts, rides on private jets and campaign contributions in return they say your office helped dr. solomon mel gin with three problems including millions in dollars of medicare billings. senator, i know that the doctor is a long-time friend of yours but in accepting these gifts and in helping him with business, there's no other way to ask the question, did you portray the public trust? >> absolutely not, chris. and when all the facts are known, of course prosecutors take out snip pets of story to make their case, we will have an opportunity in court to make the entire case. when all of the facts are known, i

mr. speaker, john. it's great to see you again. ♪ oh, my love my darling ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, and big scandal here. yesterday new jersey senator bob menendezh conspiracy, fraud and accepting bribes. or as that's known in jersey, triple crown. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: hey! >> jimmy: this guy's good over here. you kiddin' me? hey, this is for you. come here a minutes. [ laughter ] nobody saw nothing. nobody saw nothing. [ laughter ] just hand it to me. this is more obvious than anything. [ laughter ] what are you doing? give me that lobster claw? what's going on? [ jersey accent ] nobody knows anything about nothing. [ laughter ] get over here. now get outta here. [ laughter ] get over here over here. get outta here! [ laughter ] what are you doing over here? don't worry about it. [ laughter ] that's right. new jersey senator bob menendez was indicted on corruption charges yesterday when he was accused of accepting donations and expensive gifts from a a florida eye doctor in exchange for political favors. [ laughter ] here's what senator menendez had to say about it. he said, i'd like to set the record straight about these baseles

mr. chairman have you requested a discussion? >> i -- lack ben cardin's been a great partner as chairman menendez tim kaine, all of them outstandingis from my perspective, at that level. but, look i think you've seen them making some comments recently i think they see this possible -- who knows? we may feel today in committee. i don't think so. i don't ever -- the next step is successful passage. i think we're going to be there today. but the fact is i think they're beginning to see momentum around this very common sense piece of legislation and, therefore, they're beginning to act as if -- i don't know what they're going to do. we'll see. >> how strongly are you going to push for the provision that iran must recognize israel's right to exist? that's something that netanyahu is pushing for, marco rubio as well. >> i think we have -- it's my understand, i know we finished up last night at 11:30, it's my understanding we've added some language that accommodates the concerns that worked for us. >> mark halperin? >> what's the best argument to conclude this deal with iran? >> what's the best argument to conclude it? >> to make it happ