mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president shall be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i ask unanimous consent 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. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, one of my colleagues -- the presiding officer: order. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, one of my colleagues recently said something that after a week at home with my constituents i'm sure we're all feeling the same way, referring to the across-the-board cuts from sequestration that are just days from going into effect

mr. murray? >> good evening, commissioners, jarvis murray sfmta, division of taxis and accessible services. i want to say that it is correct that he points out that the taxis don't have a route or a schedule that they follow. that is exactly why our para transit program has been so successful because they have a greater ease of access to the community. she has had this permit since 2008, and as he stated to have a ramp medallion permit, you must give priority to wheelchair customers. we only have 100 of these vehicles. so our emphasis has been on serving the disabled community with the 100 vehicles. you can do, you can drive around and do all of the other things, but when you get that ramp call or when there is a ramp available, or someone who needs a wheelchair vehicle, you go to that person to take that call. a current code says that you have to have eight wheelchair pick ups a month and that is two a week, and you have a ramp medallion that operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year. in order to

mrs. murray: how much time is left on our side? the presiding officer: the majority has two inins remaining. mrs. murray: madam president, i would ask unanimous consent that my full statement be put in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: with that, let me just say that i've come today to join the other appropriations subcommittee chairs to really implore the senate and this country to take a look at what will happen if sequestration occurs. we've heard people talk about job creation being impacted, reducing our economic growths, impacting the most vulnerable among us. in my subcommittee that oversees transportation and housing, we're going to see incredible impacts. house wooing have to put 125,000 tenants at immediate risk of losing their housing vouchers at a time when we are just starting to really focus on our veterans and that growing number of veterans who are on our streets and making an impact across the spectrum. it will se be a huge impact on housing. on t

mr. murray may i have some more. look at the scenery on 7 with the waves crashing. about he's one under. hunter with a 6 under 66. at pebble. his approach on 10. in the sure this is the way he drew it up but off the rough and rolls toward the pin setting up bird easement tied with russell for the lead at 6 under. looks like once again st. mary's has the best college basketball team in the bay area putting their record on the line tonight at santa clara a.santa clara trying to snap the 7 game win streak fired up early but with st. mary's star held to 4 points on free throw making it rain. career high 2 24. evan desperately trying to keep the broncos in the game. floater. 18. santa clara still down 10. pwrvrng 0defense non-existent at times. 84-63 as gaels win their eighth consecutive game. mr. mr. sun devil up close and personal. control the game. with the jam on the put back. crab with 16 for the bears. 3 ball late in the half but cal down 10 at the break. 23 points. wide open in the corner there. knocking down the 3. cal with late charge 13 seconds down 3. crab. le

mr. murray may i have some more. look at the scenery on 7 with the waves crashing.under. hunter with a 6 under 66. at pebble. his approach on 10. in the sure this is the way he drew it up but off the rough and rolls toward the pin setting up bird easement tied with russell for the lead at 6 under. looks like once again st. mary's has the best college basketball team in the bay area putting their record on the line tonight at santa clara a.santa clara trying to snap the 7 game win streak fired up early but with st. mary's star held to 4 points on free throw making it rain. career high 2 24. evan desperately trying to keep the broncos in the game. floater. 18. santa clara still down 10. pwrvrng 0defense non-existent at times. 84-63 as gaels win their eighth consecutive game. mr. mr. sun devil up close and personal. control the game. with the jam on the put back. crab with 16 for the bears. 3 ball late in the half but cal down 10 at the break. 23 points. wide open in the corner there. knocking down the 3. cal with late charge 13 seconds down 3. crab. leading scorer los

mr. murray may i have some more. look at the scenery on 7 with the waves crashing. about he's one under. hunter with a 6 under 66. at pebble. his approach on 10. in the sure this is the way he drew it up but off the rough and rolls toward the pin setting up bird easement tied with russell for the lead at 6 under. looks like once again st. mary's has the best college basketball team in the bay area putting their record on the line tonight at santa clara a.santa clara trying to snap the 7 game win streak fired up early but with st. mary's star held to 4 points on free throw making it rain. career high 2 24. evan desperately trying to keep the broncos in the game. floater. 18. santa clara still down 10. pwrvrng 0defense non-existent at times. 84-63 as gaels win their eighth consecutive game. mr. mr. sun devil up close and personal. control the game. with the jam on the put back. crab with 16 for the bears. 3 ball late in the half but cal down 10 at the break. 23 points. w corn open in the corner there. knocking down the 3. cal with late charge 13 seconds down 3. crab.

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent 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. mrs. murray: suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, are we in morning business? the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. manchin: i ask consent to vitiate the quorum, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: mr. president, few americans have helped this great country reach for the stars more than general chuck yegor. long before there were astronauts, there was chuck yegor, a fearless test pilot, a true aviation pioneer paving the way for america's exploration of the galaxy. but chuck yeager's military career involves so much more than just testing cutting-edge aircraft. and, as almost everyone knows

mr. murray, the senator from colorado, mr. bennett, the senator from michigan, ms.tabenow, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, the senator from wyoming, mr. berasso, and the senator mr. moran. the speaker: the members will escort through the chamber doors to the lobby. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the president of the united states. the president: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. the president: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, fellow americans. 51 years ago, john f. kennedy declared to this chamber that the constitution makes us not rivals for power, but partners for progress. it is my task, he said, to re

mr. murray, the senator from colorado, mr. bennett, the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, the senator from wyoming, mr. berasso, and the senator mr. moran. the speaker: the members will escort through the chamber doors to the lobby. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the dean of the >> mr. speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [applause] block can >> mr. speaker, the president's [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and dink h

mrs. murrayme to the floor this morning to speak about the legislation that we are about to discuss here, the violence against women act, but before i do, i want to just make a comment i heard the republican leader on the floor right now talking about the impact of sequesters which is about to go into effect march 1 unless congress tacts acts to replace it with something that is more balanced. sequestration was never written into law to go into effect. sequestration was put into law in order for us, congress, to come together in a bipartisan way to find a balanced solution. that is still the case. and, mr. president, i feel very strongly that if members of congress, republicans and democrats, can come together with a balanced package, that takes into account the sequestration causing severe impact to our national defense, to our nondefense programs like head start and education at a time when our economy is very fragile, the impact of the job cuts on that would be severe. democrats believe that j

mrs. murray: i move to lay on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr.eahy: madam president, i want to thank all my fellow senators in both parties who voted for this. you know, if you're somebody who has seen firsthand results of violence against women, it would be almost impossible to vote no on this bill. will this stop all violence? no. but will it stop a lot of it? yes. and will it also make possible those who are caught in violence a chance for support, a chance for some place to go, a chance to be protected from future attacks. madam president, this is the kind of legislation that speaks to the conscience of our nation. it speaks to the conscience of the united states senate. it tells everybody, usually the most defenseless in our society, this body stands with you. and madam president, i would just urge our friends on the other side of the capitol to move quickly with similar legislation. this is something that we should not be held up on. this is a way that we can say we oppose violence against women, we oppose it today, we oppose it tomorrow, w

mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. you know, in the last two weeks, we have learned more and more about what the across-the-board cuts from sequestration really mean for our families and our communities that we all represent. we have heard about workers who are on pins and needles about getting a layoff notice. we have heard from businesses that are expecting fewer customers. we have heard from school superintendents wondering how they are going to absorb even deeper cuts into budgets that are already extremely tight. madam president, after two years of watching our economy lurch from crisis to crisis, i think we can all agree the american people have dealt with more than enough of this. that's why i'm here today urging our colleagues to support the american family economic protection act which will replace the automatic cuts from sequestration in a responsible and in a fair way. our legislation builds on the precedent that was set in the year-end deal, and it is in line with the balanced approach that the american peo

mr. van hollen or patty murray in the senate with proposals that cut spending, increase revenue, create growthith jobs. >> congressman whitman, listening to what nancy pelosi said, let's talk about the drive-by congress. speaker boehner controls the schedule. they don't get it. they have to go to work every day. they don't understand why you folks aren't talking to each other. they don't understand why there's not progress. they don't understand why there's so many news conferences, frankly. how do you get this done? it seems to me that you are against any revenue. is there going to be some give there on both sides? >> i want to make sure that we are talking about, as the president said, that balanced approach. i want to make sure that we have talk about spending and making sure that we do that. i stood strong back in august to say we need to stay in washington then to get this done and through the september/october time frame. we need to stay here now and also to get this done. i am adamant to say that there are enough good ideas out there about how we can reduce this reduction in the spendin

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mr. van hollen or patty murray in the senate with proposals that cut spending, increase revenue, create growth with jobs. i yield back. >> mr. clyburn, our assistant leader. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, madam leader, thank you very much. pushing the potato across the table with the nose. fair and balance. fair and balance. fair and balance. it's a term our republican friends are very familiar with. in fact, it's the motto of their favorite source for news, but for some strange reason when it comes to governance, they seem to not have a great deal of respect for that approach. all democrats are asking for is for there to be a fair and balanced approach to avoiding sequestration. now, you may recall that when the budget control act was passed, i think mr. boehner said he was very pleased with it. because he got 98% of what he wanted. the fact of the matter is that budget control act had in it about $1.4 trillion in cuts. now we came back later last year, did around $600 billion in revenue. it is now time for us to come to the table and put both cuts and revenue on the table so that we c

murray. mark, what do we make of the movement there of mr. cantor?peech. he's seeming to agree with the dream act, citizenship and a path for legalization to children who are illegal immigrants. this is noteworthy because eric cantor and other house republicans voted against this measure in 2010. so this is a reversal for him. and the entire speech was seemed to be as you mentioned a rebranding of the republican party. in fact, also of eric cantor himself trying to move away from the divisive budget battles we have seen over two years to other issues like immigration, like education and health care. >> well, we know, of course, many members of the gop talked about rebranding after the election, a big memo and they have had focus groups look at the party itself and what it needs to do but specifically with mr. cantor, what is his motivation? seeks to rebrand house gop. what is the benefit for him other than the obvious elections? >> look at where the republican party right now is. its popularity. so the republican party coming after two straight presi

. >> host: carl from murray, kentucky, e-mails in to you, mr. kyle: what inspires you to write the autobiography? >> guest: actually, i was dead set against it. it is something that i felt like these guys who got out and did this kind of thing, they were selling out. and i did not want to be a sellout. it's, basically, taking my try dent and -- tridepartment and cashing it in for some publicity. i was completely against it. but then as i found out there were two other authors who were actively seeking my story. they were going to write the book. and if book was going to be written, i wanted to make sure it was done the right way. i didn't know someone else writing a book about me and it being another chest-beating story of, hey, look at me, look at what i've done. when i wrote it, it gives the credit to the proper people, the guys around me that were the true heroes, and the only reason i even look good is because of those guys and their heroics. so this story gives credit to those, whether it was the seals, the soldiers or the marines. those gu

. >> host: carl from murray, kentucky, e-mails in to you, mr. kyle: what inspires you to write the autobiography? >> guest: actually, i was dead set against it. it is something that i felt like these guys who got out and did this kind of thing, they were selling out. and i did not want to be a sellout. it's, basically, taking my try dent and -- tridepartment and cashing it in for some publicity. i was completely against it. but then as i found out there were two other authors who were actively seeking my story. they were going to write the book. and if book was going to be written, i wanted to make sure it was done the right way. i didn't know someone else writing a book about me and it being another chest-beating story of, hey, look at me, look at what i've done. when i wrote it, it gives the credit to the proper people, the guys around me that were the true heroes, and the only reason i even look good is because of those guys and their heroics. so this story gives credit to those, whether it was the seals, the soldiers or the marines. those gu

mr. van hollen's committee on the democratic side, and the leadership of chairwoman patty murray in the senateproposals are divided evenly between cuts and revenue, and among the cuts, they are divided, the spending cuts are divided between domestic and defense. great fun, competition, and we saw the hoyas win the other night, and maryland is doing well, steny. it is madness that springs from us going to recess that could lead us into recession, as mr. israel has said. i know my colleagues will be addressing any questions you may have. >> the democrats in the senate, giving them a pass on this, why so? >> it all has to begin in the house. the bill has to begin in house. >> a couple numbers -- zero -- the number of things the house has done to do anything about the sequester. they have done nothing in the 113th congress. senate democrats have put a plan on the table, which is a good plan, to avoid the sequestration. we're here in washington all united, and they're going home. i am sure we can get harry reid, he will come back as the speaker will join with us in supporting the plan that the hous

mr. van hollen's committee on the democratic side and under the leadership of patty murray in the senate, proposals are divided evenly between cuts and revenue, and among the cuts, they are divided, the spending cuts, are divided between domestic and defense. we have a little more revenue in our bill to even things off from the house side. what is important to know is that we in the house should be here, because when you have revenue bills, when you have spending bills like that, you must begin in the house. anybody who knows the constitution knows that that power of the purse and revenue begins in the house of representatives. when the speaker says, "i want to wait until the senate acts," that means "i am not going to do anything" -- because we must begin, we must begin. again, that gives new meaning to the term of "march madness," which right now is associated great fun, competition, and we saw the hoyas win the other night, and maryland is doing well, steny. it is madness that springs from us going to recess that could lead us into recession, as mr. israel has said. i know my colleague

mr. van hollen's committee on the democratic side and under the leadership of patty murray in the senate, the proposals are divided evenly between cuts and revenue, and among the cuts, they are divided, the spending cuts, are divided between domestic and defense. we have a little more revenue in our bill to even things off from the house side. what is important to know is that we in the house should be here, because when you have revenue bills, when you have spending bills like that, you must begin in the house. anybody who knows the constitution knows that that power of the person -- a power of the purse and revenue begins to the house residence -- representatives. when the speaker says i want to wait until the senate acts, that means i am not want to do anything, because we must begin, we must begin. again, that's not give new meaning to the term of march madness, which right now is associated great fun, competition, and we saw the night.in the other the it is not madness that springs from us going to recess that could lead us into recession as mr. israel has said. i know my colleagues

mr. president, i was here to open the national this morning when -- the senate this morning when we went on s. 47. we've had some wonderful speeches. i know senator murray and shaheen, begich, udall, murkowski, hagan, franken spoke ivery strongly in favor of the bill. i also note that this bill passed overwhelmingly last year. i understand that there may be some that for convenience's sake would prefer we vote a different day or not, while we're really elected here to vote "yes" or "no" on things. and i wish we could just get ahead on their amendments and vote them up-or-down. i appreciate those senators who were going to bring amendments, have told me they are not going to, have been very, very helpful in doing that. we got to get this bill passed. but i notice that the ranking republican member of the judiciary committee made a statement today in which i take some hope. the senator from iowa indicated that this measure could have been enacted last year. well, i join that. i wish it had. the senate voted with a strong majority to do so. republicans and democrats joined together. i did everything i could, including reaching out to the republican speaker

murray tina mcbride. >> mike: katie has bent around long. >> tucker: on the principle that the people you don't know i'm going with a. >> mike: brian mcknight has been around. >> tucker: mrk has it. >> i understand what you're doing. >> alisyn: in other news, an extra credit one now. >> rick: we do. who is the youngest winner ever to win a grammy is it number one, luis miguel, two, leann rimes or beyonce. >> alisyn: it doesn't say christina aguilera. >> rick: like the mexican michael jackson. >> mike: leann rimes has been in the business since she was a fetus. >> alisyn: i'm going with a, too. >> rick: it's leann rimes, b. >> tucker: you're batting a thousand. >> you are give us one last chance. >> rick: conversely, who is the oldest winner. >> tucker: jones. >> rick: a betty whites, two george burns, three or cricket. i think i said-- >> can it be earnest boring line. >> mike: george burns lived to be 100 i'm going to ligo with him. >> rick: c, pine top. >> alisyn: fantastic, great. all right. thanks, rick, that's great. >> tucker: but not funny. >> somebody call me a-- >> thank you, that was great. >> tucker: fantastic. >> mike: we'll be right.... >> tucker: oh, that's