mr. nelson? >> yes. >> i agree. >> miss alonzo. >> i would have to defer to afa international i don't have that expertise. >> let's go back i want to hear your two point. >> first of all, there is nothing magical about aviation and transportation, from a terrorist's per spspective you e targets you are trying to kill people and whether you use an airport an aircraft or whatever, the world is your ois ster. >> i'm going to go down that tr industri trail with you in a minute. i would ask you to keep your response to ten seconds or so, because my time is going to run out. if you were king for a day, what is the one thing that you would change about tsa? >> i would take 20 or 30% of the resources and put it into intelligence analysis and train the u.s. government. >> i would remove tsa from delivering service as opposed to regulating. >> excellent mr. nelson. >> make a term limit for the administrator for 5-10 years. >> i do agree. and my change would be to get rid of the checkpoint supervisors. >> i

mr. nelson, mr. blake he brought up a concept that i frankly wasn't -- i think that it's very appealing and as you heard from the ranking member, she finds it very appealing as well. y'all mentioned the fbi director as an example. i'd like to know if there's anybody else -- is there another department where this works like the fbi? that comes to the top of your head? >> i mentioned, i believe in my statement that the faa administrator is also a five-year term. >> okay. let me ask this. this goes to mr. nelson. you made the point that the reason you answered no when i talked about the bloat of the bureaucracy is that the administrator is what we need and you support him. i have great respect for administrator pistol. i think he's extremely competent fella and doing the best he can under the circumstances. let me ask it to you this way. mr. pistol does not have a definite term. he works at the pleasure of the president. and under the supervision of the secretary. if administrator pistol had a ten-year

mr. nelson, those are some very intriguing thoughts. our next witness mr. tom blank is from the gephardt group. he served at the tsa as the acting deputy administrator. mr. blank created the first ever office of trans policy and served in charge of federal screener workforce and the agencywide reform function. >> chairman roger s

mr. nelson: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i just started to launch into this because there is such an important subject that is looming over the country right now, and the congress can do something about it, and that is the possibility of cyber attack. we have had this discussed by a number of people in very high, responsible positions, and the threat is real, and what the threat means to all of us in our everyday lives is the fact that electrical systems could be shut down, water systems could be shut down, the banking system could be shut down, sewer systems could go awry, and you can go on and on, mr. president, as to the possibility of what is happening. and here for months we have been stymied from passing anything here because of a disagreement in the business community which is going to be one of the main recipients of the potential cyber attack. now, i will choose my words very carefully as a member of the senate intelligence committee and say this potential attack is real. and it's real not only from rogue

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, before the senator from montana leaves, i want to ask him a question. did you hear earlier this evening a senator come out here and say that he thought that the disclose act would intimidate people from participating in the political process? the fact of disclosing where the money is coming from is supposed to be an intimidation? mr. tester: well, anytime the transparency and accountability, there's intimidation. that means there's a different agenda behind that money, to be honest with the senator from florida. i would say that the disclose act, i think, is a well-crafted, smart bill that allows transparency and accountability to our election process. the time when accountability and transparency becomes a bad thing we are in big, big trouble in this country. thank you for the question. mr. nelson: yes, indeed. and i thank the senator for his comments. and my comments will be very similar, because the disclose act is a very simple piece of legislation. it is about letting

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, last week we passed some significant legislation, and it was one little glimpse of a bright, shining moment of bipartisanship. the overall transportation bill passed overwhelmingly. the magnificent leadership of the chairman of the committee, senator boxer, the ranking member, senator inhofe, was a good example of how government in general and this institution, the u.s. senate, should operate to get things done. we went through the amendatory process. you notice that the two leaders of the transportation and public works committee did -- they fought off all of the amendments that would have been killer amendments. they accepted some that they felt strengthened the bill, and we passed it something like high high0's70's to something in the teens. as a part of that bill, in the process several months ago when the transportation bill was on the senate floor, i had the

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida is recognized. mr. nelson: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that senator inhofe be recognized after my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: a unanimous consent request, you would. i request that at the conclusion of the senator from florida's remarks, that the senator from wyoming being recognized and then i be recognized after the senator from wyoming for up to 35 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida is recognized. mr. nelson: mr. president, on the battlefield there's a code among the military that you don't leave anybody behind, and that principle ought to apply to our returning veterans from overseas as well, because it's essential for us to care for our veterans when they get home and to show them the same respect and loyalty that they have showed us during their service. and during this economic downturn, it's been especially tough for many of our

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, lest we get totally off track here and before the senator from alabama leaves the chamber, i want to thank him and con dprat late him. the system works when democrats and republicans come together. as the senator from alabama and i have worked on many things together, including the nation's national security, so too just recently the senate showed how it could work on the restore act on the gulf of mexico when we added this act that will direct the fine money that will be imposed by a judge in new orleans, we directed that fine money to come back to the people ask the environment and the critters of the gulf. and that passed in this chamber 76-22, a huge bipartisan vote. i've had the privilege of working with the senator from alabama on many other things, including the times that the two of us led the strategic subcommittee in the armed services committee on some of the nation's most significant things, such as our overall strategic umbrella, protecting this country. and th

mr. nelson: mr. president, in the midst of all of this tax debate and the partisan wrangling, the gridlock that has ensued, and today we will have another couple of tax votes, and, again, real progress will be stalled. i would like to offer a bipartisan thought that will lead to a solution. as a matter of fact, i think that there are over 50 senators of a 100-senator body that agree that deficit reduction can be done and done in a comprehensive way. i think the partisan politics all mixed up in election-year politics of a presidential election is getting in the way, and i think that's what you're going 0 to see that's being played out this afternoon on the floor of the senate. what would that solution be? well, if your target is that you want to reduce the deficit over a ten-year period by at least $4 trillion, that was clearly where the simpson-bowles commission was going, that was clearly where the gang of six that morphed into 45 of us that stood up and had a press conference and talked about $4 t

as president and an ex- president, bill clinton and nelson mandela have developed a close relationship over the past 20 years. the two meeting on mrclinton's regular visit to south africa. most recently on nelson mandela's 94th birthday. africa has been the focus of much of bill clinton goes to work since leaving the white house in 2001, particularly the fight against hiv-aids. on monday, president clinton visited a health clinic in mozambique, partly funded by his clinton foundation. the work their offers one of the first early tests using technology that gives a judge be results in less than an hour. >> i want you to help us totally eliminate the transmission of hiv. >> clinton's health access initiative, which works across the continent, has also helped to reduce the cost of drugs by up to 90%. the clinton foundations ambitions extend beyond health care to climate change and removing barriers to economic development. mr. clinton cut the ribbon on a new library in a south african village. it is nelson mandela's ancestral village. on his birthday, it was not the former u.s. president who was the star of the show. >> you have just

is what we will be doing as our diplomacy in the u.s.a., around the statue of nelson mandela in washington. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. >> thank you pick it has been an absolute pleasure. >> thank you. >> for information about my new book, "the chance of a lifetime ," and online video for all "thisisamerica.net" programs, visit our web site thisisamerica.net.net. this is america is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. punsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. rotondaro family trust. martha jane friedrich values her independence. i always wanted to be my own boss. so i started two home businesses which enable me to stay home and take care of aunt virginia. who's almost 99 years old. martha jane's generosity extends beyond her family. life is more than work. life is a value. and i think it's important for me to give to the generations that come after me. and that's why a gift to public television is so important. and if i can do a small thing to

nelson. >> thank you mr. chairman and let me have my congratulations and appreciation to all of you for serving so well in our military into and to your families. thank you very much. general walsh currently progress is being made towards constructing a new command and control for u.s. digit command military construction requested an authorized and appropriated by this congress for the fiscal year 2012. the mission of u.s. stratcom is at the forefront of our national security and command and control of our new clear enterprise which you have identified is your number one priority. u.s. stratcom plays an important role as america complies with the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty among other things. it is imperative our nuclear command and control have all of the support resources it can carry out its mission. the entire project has been authorized but because of the nature of this project, the defense department will have to impress phaser face or implement of funding and the congress will have to implement until the co

nelson mandela's birthday. former president bill clinton joined mr. mandela in person.mandela's release from prison, still years shy of the 27 years he spent behind bars. he was elected president of south africa in the first multirace elections. years before, it was the oppressive politics of the apartheid regime that rallied people for the cause of equal justice in south africa. americans demanded economic sanctions on an unjust government an ocean away. we took a look in the vault and found this clip from nbc nightly news in 1986. >> on the berkeley campus today, more than words flying as anti apartheid demonstrators battled with police. symbolic south africanan shanties put up by demonstrators were torn down by university workers as a fire hazard. the demonstrateors counteracted with bottles, rocks and garbage cans. police moved in to arrest them. 29 people injured altogether. >> that was then. my question? what can rally americans around africa today? [ male announcer ] if you have to take care of legal matters. legalzoom has an easy and affordable option. you get q

mr. bennet: i understand that s. 3429 introduced earlier today by senator bill nelson is at the desk, and i ask for the first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3429, a bill to require the secretary of veterans affairs to establish a veteran job corps, and for other purposes. mr. bennet: i now ask for its second reading and object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. bennet: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on wednesday, july 25, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning business be deemed expired and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the m

mrs. kravitz. >> snoop dogg was musted in norway with american. wouldn't it be a story if he was busted in norway without marijuana? >> yeah. >> check out the opening track on the new willie nelson a computer. sarah palin is cringing with embarrassment -- >> finally. >> no, no not for her. after sullying her brand with all of these reality shows, she is afraid it could destroy the palin brand. she worries how seriously she'll be perceived. [ laughter ] >> if her kin are always out there doing goofball things and turns up on reality shows, because bristol's show already bammed. >> yeah. >> her husband was in the other one, stars and stripes -- in which stars go to military style boot camp. sarah wants the whole family to shut up and get back to alaska. >> us too. [ applause ] >> she has a house in arizona, but i think it's just a winter house -- >> she is wintering there? >> yeah. >> alabama must be next -- >> you mean where governor bone finger lives? ♪ bone finger ♪ >> here is rocky mountain mike one more time. ♪ ♪ bone finger ♪ ♪ mock things that they are so cool ♪ ♪ passed high school ♪ ♪ bony finger she will get your face ♪ ♪ putting fingers right up in your face ♪ ♪ it's a

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of senate res. 532, submitted earlier today by senator nelson of florida. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 5 532, expressing support for the 19th international aids conference and the sense of the senate that continued commitment by the united states to hiv-aids research -- mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the amendment be considered as read. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i further ask the senate now proceed to a voice vote on the adoption of the resolution. the presiding officer: all those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is adopted. mr. schumer: i further ask that the preamble be agreed to, the motions to be reconsidered laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and that any statements relating to this measure be printed in the record at the appropriate place. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the rules co

mr. nelson and mr. blank have already said, what's the one thing you would change immediately about tsa? ten seconds. >> i would take maybe 20-30% of the resources and put it into intelligence collection analysis and then use that to apprehend and detain and neutralize more adversaries of the u.s. government. >> excellent. mr. poole? >> i would devolve screening responsibility to the airport level and remove tsa from delivering service as as opposed to regulating. >> excellent. mr. nelson? >> make a term limit for the administrator five or ten years. >> that's a good idea. mr. blank, i think, agrees with you on that. >> i do agree, and my change would be to empower those checkpoint supervisors to get rid of the mistakes at the checkpoint as much as possible. >> ms. alonso? oh, i'm sorry, go back to mr. blank. she wanted to hear what you said again? >> in my testimony, i suggested that the checkpoint supervisor, 3,000 personnel at major checkpoints, be empowered to intervene in the screening process as n