mr. nelson: will the senator yield for a question? mrs. shaheen: i will. mr. nelson: mr. president would the senator believe that if the department of homeland security is shut down that essential personnel will be required to work but essential personnel, the following will not be paid: for the first time, people engaged in the war -- namely, the united states coast guard -- that are in fact involved in the middle east in the war along with the services from the department of defense for the first time in the history of this country, they will be essential to continue work but will not be paid? and would the senator believe that, in addition, customs and border patrol that are essential essential, as well as t.s.a., which is essential will continue to work but without pay? and that is what will happen this friday, if we do not fund the department of homeland security. mrs. shaheen: my colleague makes a very important point. i visited the coast guard station in portsmouth, new hampshire, on friday and heard about their drug interdiction efforts and they are their search a

mr. nelson: madam president, i want to speak about the ukraine. lord knows the president of the united states has enough on his plate and he's trying to make the right decisions about what to do in giving assistance to the ukranian people and to the ukranian army to hold off vladimir putin's troops that are masquerading as rebels but, in fact are bringing in russian equipment and russian soldiers that put on different uniforms. it's because of that that i think that the wise choice would be for the united states to give lethal armaments to the ukranian people. i was there in august, i spoke with all the members of the government from the prime minister the defense minister the foreign minister minister the head of their defense council. at the time i was surprised that they did not ask for lethal assistance but instead wanted up-to-the-minute intelligence, which was so important and training. and if my memory serves me correctly, in the defense bill we provided about $350 million for that assistance. but the question of lethal armies so that -- ar

mr. emmett nelson from muni came to share information about the free muni program and as he spoke with the council everyone was very excited and very pleased to hear that this will come into effect march 1. also deputy director mcspadden came and shared the information about the new hub program that's taking place and wanted the council to come to some of the group meetings and we were able to send representatives to those meetings. we had a report from our site visit committee and two sites were visited, the 30th center site and the cap street site and we got positive feedback on both of those sites. lastly, the education committee will be postponing our next class at the bethany center because there's a program on the same day, the 20th of february, that will be done through the lgbt community and there was a conflict so we had to postpone it. and we will be having our next training in march. and that is my report. are there any questions? >> any questions? thank you. >> thank you and belated happy new year to everyone. >> thank you. joint legislative committee report, diane lawrence. >>

mr. nelson. mrs. gillibrand. mr. donnelly. mr. king. mr. heinreich. mr. chairman? >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> it will be reported favorably to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open for sullivan to vote? >> no. we'll leave it open for senator sullivan to make his wishes known. for awhile. the armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials that served release a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us two distinguish distinguished members with us today. they are among the most respected defense experts on both sides of the aisle. we're grateful for you to appear before us today. also dr. william perry for his leadership and the panels members and staff for their diligent work. the national defense panel's bipartisan and consensus report is a compelling statement of the daw

mr. nelson. mr. mccaskill. mr. manchin. miss shaheen. mrs. gillibrand. mr. blumenthal. mr. donnelly. mr. hirono. mr. kaine. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials who served under republican and democratic presidents released their unanimous recommendations in a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us today two distinguished members of the national defense panel, eric adelman and michele flournoy each served under defense on policy and among experts on both sides of the aisle. we are

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i would say to the senator from massachusetts, amen -- amen. we can't play around with our national security by holding somebody's legislative ideal as a means of holing holding up the national security and holding the national security of this country hostage. mr. president, i came to talk about another issue. in the first part of the week, the "washington post" had an article that followed a series of articles in other newspapers, such as "the wall street journal," "new york times" about a device that was given certification by the federal communication commission called a stingray. this device, when used properly by law enforcement -- specifically the f.b.i. -- not only can locate and absorb the content of communications over a cell phone but can also locate the specific location of that cell phone. and it does so by making the cell phone think that it, the device is the cell phone tower. so instead of the cell phone radio waves going to the normal cell phone tower, they

mr. nelson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president i ask consent that the quorum call be lived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: madam president, i want to talk about the necessity of having an appropriations bill for the department of homeland security and the fact that it is being held up over the issue of folks down in the house of representatives that want to not appropriate money for the actions that the president has taken in trying to improve a dysfunctional immigration system system the fact that this is happening, holding up the fund funding for the department of homeland security appropriations is absolutely ridiculous, in the opinion of this senator. now, the fact is, the clock is ticking because the funding runs out in just a couple of weeks february the 27th. well what does the department's name imply? keeping the homeland secure. so in one regard that means cyber attacks. well doesn't it occur to someone that we have had an extraordinary number of cyber attacks recently? most e

mr. nelson. i don't know if you here for the first two panel. we heard a lot about the different kinds of police injury. a major source appears to be vehicular crashes. mr. dotson you mentioned wearing a seat belt a bit. mr. canterbury, you did not. in the first couple of panels, we actually asked the question of what the source of resistance was to wearing seat belts. i guess the question i have for you in particular but anybody can chime in there can you tell me what the union organizations are doing in particular to help support officers wearing seat belts. it seems to me that along with encouraging officers to simply drive slower and do a few things could actually not only address a good percentage of fatalities but could also avert injuries. >> well, there's several reasons our officers don't wear or don't like to wear their seat belts. one is with the 35 pounds of equipment that they are wearing when they are trying to exit their vehicle very quickly on a scenario, their seat belts catches. i've seen a lot of badges ripped off uniforms. we

mr. chairman. ranking member nelson and members of the committee. my name is david brown. i am pointed chief operating officer in 2012 and oversea the management and operations of the 116 rail ways owned by g and w. this is a company that holds freights in the u.s., australia the netherlands and bellingium. we own two class two regional railroads and three others located throughout the united states. based on the diversity of the holdings, we believe we're able to offer a relevant perspective on the safety and efficiency of the rail way industry. first, short line and regional rail way safety, second, the infrastructure challenges facing railroads, third, the uncertainty created by railroads associated with the ptc mandate and fourth the importance of this as part of the national freight network. like the industry as a whole g and w have dramatically improved their safety performance over the past decade. we've become an industry leader in safety through an approach that focuses on building a culture of safety.

mr. nelson. mr. castle. mr. manson. miss shaheen. mrs. gillibrand. mr. blumenthal. mr. donnelly. mr. ono. mr. cane. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials who served under republican and democratic presidents released their unanimous recommendations in a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us today two distinguished members of the national defense panel, eric adelman and michele flournoy, each served under defense on policy and among experts on both sides of the aisle. we are gratef

jameer nelson back in town unfortunately not a happy um ho* homecoming for the form mr. hawk. go to the second quart of the game. a little more than a minute left in the house. hollis thompson right here. buries the three and that will put the sixers up by 23 points. they go into half up 21 largest first half lead of the season. denver clove the gap in the second half. sixers holding on for the gig one tonight 105 to 98. >>> back over to college ball st. joe's visiting st. louis second half st. joe's down 57 to 55. check out bembry taking it to the bucket in style. two of his 19 points. that layup ties it at 57. that st. louis in overtime. out scored the hawks 11 to four and that extra frame and win it 68-61. we'll be right back with more ♪ >>> we know it is cold out there. but we are getting a taste of summer down the shore. the atlantic city boat show gets underway at the atlantic city convention center tomorrow. organizers say they'll be something for everyone from kayaks and inflateable rafts to million dollar yachts. pontoon may the year's hottest item. atlantic city boat

like george romney and nelson rockefeller, suddenly didn't have a role in the '64 election that nominated goldwater. >> he is the man who earned and proudly carries the title of mrbarry goldwater. ♪ >> rockefeller, in his campaign, was painting the conservatives as extremists. and then my father followed up with his famous words about it. >> i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> goldwater did not recognize that he was opening up a pandora's box. by saying that extremism could be a good thing, he was basically opening the door to the birchers and leftover ku klux klan and all these other groups that were beyond the pale. >> the head of the georgia klan came out for your ticket. do you accept their support? >> we don't want the backing of the ku klux klan. >> that's a different kind of extremist, and my father would have none of it. >> a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> thank you. i have spent most of my life as a democrat. i recently have seen fit to follow another course. >> ronald reagan was an actor, but it was in 1964 that suddenly he

nelson phelps. ted turner all of them were recipients of the junk bond largess and mr.eat inventions or ability to popularize or spread throughout the willingness to invest in an area that otherwise really had been shunned by investors. so many really significant companies still to this day. and of course significant financiers who are still with us, are beneficiaries of that man right there. of course dealings that would bring in charges of racketeering, lead to a prison term. drexel itself reached a settlement in 1989 it was milken that brought it down. when i talked to milken a couple weeks back, shed david, i was already out thereof. it was the simple fact that they were borrowing short and lending long. in '89 remember the lbo of the american airlines that didn't get done. >> oh united. >> allegiance. >> and that's really what it was. eventually, it's the old story, so the firm went down then. of course what i think is interesting, jim how many people from the firm itself who have gone on to have very significant careers on wall street. now, many of them may not ha

nelson. he was a small, defenseless child who was murdered in henry county illinois, which is now in the congressional district that i serve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady shall resume. mrs. bustos: i want to repeat that last line. this is what we're talking about in this amendment. when i was a news reporter, a case i remember most was -- involved a 3-year-old child named jerry nelson. he was small, he was defenseless. he lived in an area called henry county, illinois which is now the center part of the congressional district that i serve. he was beaten, he was abused, he was terribly battered by his mother's boyfriend and this happened across the mississippi river where i live but in the state of iowa. when jerry's family moved across the mississippi river into the state of illinois, iowa did not share its case file, despite having investigated this, with the illinois authorities. and they were not required to do so. there was no mechanism in place for sharing the information. jerry's abuser would eventually sexually molest him and then murder him when he was just 3 years old. at that time, why this was so emotional for me, is because he was the exact same age as my yo

mr. nelson: will the senator yield for a question? mrs. shaheen: i will. mr. nelson: mr. president would the senator believe that if the department of homeland security is shut down that essential personnel will be required to work but essential personnel, the following will not be paid: for the first time, people engaged in the war -- namely, the united states coast guard -- that are in fact involved in the middle east in the war along with the services from the department of defense for the first time in the history of this country, they will be essential to continue work but will not be paid? and would the senator believe that, in addition, customs and border patrol that are essential essential, as well as t.s.a., which is essential will continue to work but without pay? and that is what will happen this friday, if we do not fund the department of homeland security. mrs. shaheen: my colleague makes a very important point. i visited the coast guard station in portsmouth, new hampshire, on friday and heard about their drug interdiction efforts and they are their search a