mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i reserve my right to object and would say that the work done by senators murray all the judiciary committee led by senator leahy and of course senator klobuchar working with senator cornyn, significant progress has been made. there is no question in that regard but we're not there yet. i remember we got into a problem with this initially because of the language in the bill, so every word is going to have to be read with this new language that we have drawn up, and then we'll see if we can make it to the finish line. i think we can but we're certainly not there yet but progress has been made. mr. president, i know that in my reservation to object, i would say that i note that the agreement that the majority leader propounded is seeking to move to a house revenue bill which, of course, would provide a vehicle for the foreign relations reported iran legislation. i support the committee-reported iran legislation. i commend senators cardin and corker for their historic work on this p

mr. reid: mr.president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i am grateful for the work done yesterday and during the entire process of working toward an agreement on the important iran legislation. senators corker and cardin have done a magnificent job. they're both good managers, and i would suggest to everyone that is concerned about amendments that they should come appeared talk to the two managers before -- come and talk the two managers before they lay down their amendments. there is a process for moving the amendments forward. it's been pretty well articulated by both senator cardin and corker. we know there are difficult issues with this bill, and that's what -- some of the things that we do here is work on difficult issues. not always but some of the time. and i would just note, mr. president senator mcconnell and i we love our jobs. we realize how important things are that we work on, but once in a while we take a minute and talk about one of our hobbies and that's watc

reid." think about that, mr. president. a major newspaper in this country that is the audacity to say the g.o.p., the republicans used its advice and consent power to beat harry reid. reading the editorial what they're talking about is the republicans were really smart in delaying loretta lynch to be confirmed. mr. president, the reason that she was delayed is because a very vital issue came up with the trafficking bill that dealt with women's reproductive rights and it took a long time to work that out. in fact, it took us a long enough time to work it out until the republicans capitulated to what we wanted. we protect the women's right to choose. the hyde language no longer allowed, as was in the underlying legislation no longer allows the hyde language to apply to nontaxpayer money. so for them to say that they beat harry reid, they didn't beat harry reid. what they did was beat up on themselves. loretta lynch it took longer to confirm her than if you take every attorney general who has been submitted to the senate for co

mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i'm not an expert in the field of the study of the origin of words. i do find that origins of english words to be enlightening and sometimes very curious. for example the word govern is one we hear often in the capitol. govern is derived from a greek word meaning to steer or pilot a ship. the most important question for the party in power is simply can you govern. i say this to my republican friends. or, in other words, can you steer the ship? can you pilot this great nation of ours in the right direction? we are just over $100 into this -- over 100 days into this republican-controlled congress, and it's already clear that the republican leader and his side haven't been up to the task. for evidence, one need look no further than the republicans' botched handling of the human trafficking bill before the senate. i would just say mr. president in partial response to my friend the republican leader, i've never been a big fan of polling, political polling or any other kind of polling

mr. reid: mr. president people at home can't see but every desk here on the senate floor has a name on it. mine says mr. reid. right behind me is one that says mrs. murray. to my right is one that says mr. mcconnell. why do i mention this? today is national equal payday, a day that symbolizes how far into 2015 american women must work to earn what their male counterparts earned in 2014. that day is today. women have basically worked for nothing until today. this pay disparity between men and women doing the same work is known as the wage gap. unlike the desks here in the chamber, the wage gap does not bear a visible stamp of ownership, but make no mistake mr. president. republicans in the congress absolutely own the wage gap. their names are all over it. republicans' refusal to address income disparities makes them responsible for the additional three months and 14 days that american women work to earn what their male counterparts earn doing the exact same work at the exact same time. who are these

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: after weeks of stalling on the bipartisan human trafficking bill our republican colleagues have agreed not to expand the scope of the hyde language. democrats and republicans have come to agreement on a path forward on this pointless con triefd -- contrived fight. this is really good news. i thank the senior senator from washington senator patty murray, for the work that she put in brokering this compromise. but i have to say and throw a bouquet to amy klobuchar who has worked so hard on this for weeks and weeks and she has been very relentless in working toward an agreement on this. she's worked consistently to arrive at the conclusion that we have arrived at. i express my appreciation to senator leahy on the judiciary committee, who has been available for us at any given time to help us work through these issues. it wasn't easy, but with their efforts, the senators i've mentioned, it has been extremely important in fighting human trafficking, and that's really, really very impo

the hard work to our staff and ben and other folks are opinion are involved supervisor wiener and mr. reid. >> thank you any public comment on this item? too bad this is exciting people. >> of course >> got one. >> first of all, it is long over due we're appreciative and welcoming the legislation it is pragmatic and practical and common sense but also something that right now the land is to says in san francisco a desire to go vertical hopefully, this will see people will see what they're getting into so this is just a great, great physicists legislation and i think it should sail through. >> any more public comment? please come on up >> i came to san francisco. >> can you speak into the microphone and state your name. >> hi, i'm benjamin i work at the square i came to san francisco to see live music and experience the independent i doesn't understand all the ins and outs it would be a shame not to help the venues the eastbound e elbow room is awesome that would be a shame that's it. >> thank you all right. is there any final public comment if not public comment is closed commissioners, i

mr. reid was stepping on the sneaker of the victim. >> reporter: here's the suspect. bouncing out about 12:30. spoiling for a fight police say. the first thing he does is whip his gun out of his waistband and start waving it around waiting for the victim to emerge. when he does, it quickly escalator. you don't need to hear the audio to know that these groups are not exchangeing pleasantries. big gestures, big talk and then potentially deadly gunfire. putting so many lives in danger. >> you'll see there's a crowd of maybe as many as a dozen people around. he just pulls out the gun and starts firing. >> reporter: police want this guy off the streets. 32-year-old ronnie reid has a prior record and several very distinctive tattoos. tear drops by his right eye zip gang on one on. momma's boy on the other. >> reid is considered armed and dangerous. he could be in the upper darby city of philadelphia. >> reporter: now police are purposely not releasing the name of the victim we do know he's 21 years old and very severely injured. while he's finally gotten out of the hospital

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president i as some know, fought a little bit -- i was in the minor minor leagues for a couple years ago. in nevada saturday night in las vegas there is going to be a stunning athletic event one of the most significant athletic veangtszs actually in the last 50 years. it's a wonderful owequation for nevada to be hosting that fight between congressman pacqio and floyd mayweather. they will be battling out for three separate titles, fighting at the 147-pound weight class. for all the people that think that's small that's the class that we've had some of our great fighters of all time that have fought that same weight level. these are two great athletes. the winner of the match will be crowned as the greatest pound-per-pound fighter in the world. and they will go down as two of the finest fighters ever in the history of the world. so regardless of who wins, this bout is projected to shatter boxing records for not only it being a significant boxing match -- people all over the world will

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. eid: yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of an incident that tragically changed the world. on april 21, 1915, near the beginning of world war 1 a german army introduce to the world large-scale chemical weapons. mr. president, as that gas swept the battlefield people died suffered enduring pain and were -- those that survived, with rare exception suffered the rest of their lives. tons of pouring gas nearly devastated the allied line in belgium. the world would never be the same. the use of poisonous gas proliferated in world war 1 bringing death and did he devastation to millions until the military and civilians. following world war 1 nations joined to support the geneva protocol of 1945 declaring chemical weapons were so barbaric so evil that they should be prohibited from use. but the use of chemical weapons has continued. the world will never forget the atrocities perpetuated by hitler as nazi germany used chemicals on millions of jews. during the nazi regime, the beginning of it,

mr. reid's tenure wasn't working. is anything working on capitol hill? well maybe. check this out. a new study shows this current congress is quote, more healthy than in past years. the number of days law makers spent in session is increasing they are showing up more for work. isn't that fantastic? good to have you with us today. >> good to be here. >> so let's take a look first at this sound byte from this morning from joe manchion. >> harry is a good man. with that you move on. >> wasn't working. you just move on. >> you know that's what congress has done. the senate in particular has done now. reid first of all he announced he is no longer -- he is not going to run for his seat which means democrats will get new leadership as of next year. part of this is joe manchin who said that remark was looking at the results of last year's election based on harry reid's leadership. democrats never got a chance because of the way reid ran the senate never got a chance to show independence or anything and that cost nine of them their seats. joe manchin says we have to vote the way we want to

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i want to express my appreciation publicly -- i have done so privately -- for the good work done by senators corker and cardin chairman and ranking member of the foreign relations committee. they have done remarkably good work and it's been exemplary work for us. mr. president, getting consensus on anything in the senate is very hard, but in spite of the monumental task they faced the chair and ranking member. foreign reels committee were able to do just that. these two good senators have worked very hard to find a middle ground. i think they've done -- the corker-cardin bill allows congress to vote on the final agreement and also provides for immediate re-institution of the sanctions, should iran breach the terms of the agreement. after weeks of bipartisan negotiations the foreign reels committee reported that corker-cardin legislation with a unanimous vote, 19-0. i along with many of my senate democratic colleagues support this legislation and in fact i think -- i think all dem

. >> incident occurred over an argument inside the bar that mr. reid stepping on a sneaker of the victim. >> darby police say that reid is known to be in locations both in philadelphia and cash i boro. they consider him armed and dangerous. the victim is recovering tonight from some serious wound. >>> we are hearing from a southwest airlines passengers who says a woman next to him poked him with the pen because he was snoring on the plane. take a look at this video from on board the plane. lenny was not, seriously injured from the flight from chicago yesterday but he a said he was surprised when a woman sitting next to him woke him up with the sharp jab. >> did it hurt? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. imagine, being asleep and then being stung by bees and waking up and going ouch. >> he says, he has a mark from that pen poke. >>> plane was still on the taxiway at the time and woman was escorted off the plane and, and,. >>> and martin richard, lost his life in the boston marathon bombing and new his parents say that they don't want the man responsible to face

mr. reid recently announced he's retiring. and he was in the middle of a looking back interview this morning. sort of a moment of honesty apparently overcame the man, whether he was speaking with another cable network, and he was asked about his infamous tax claim. >> no regrets about mitt romney, about the koch brothers? some people call it mccarthyite. >> call it whatever they want. romney didn't win, did he. >> romney didn't win, did he. that's his response? the senate now minority leader is saying it doesn't matter that he lied to the country repeatedly, and the stakes of a presidential election. all that matters is romney lost. think about that. and the response from our other elected officials, which has been crickets after one of the top elected leaders shares with us his complete lack of integrity. complete lack of honesty. never mind respect for the american people. and none of his peers so far has seen fit to be at least a little bit ashamed? what does this say about washington? about america? about our politics thes

mr. reidd -- as a clerk -- as a parent questions about politics and what many of his friends see as improbability of harry reid, a man who sometimes seems to be in perpetual motion, in retirement. i have had many calls from people he said. al gore called me. maybe i want to do something with al gore? i have no idea. but he would not be a lobbyist. he said quote "i would rather go to singapore and have them eat meat with whips -- beat me with whips.", is on the republican line. good morning. caller: i would say that reverend is hypocritical that was performing gay marriages. the bible is very specific about homosexuality. it mentions in leviticus and romans and several other verses that homosexuality is wrong and that it is an abomination of god. it is very specific in the bible. host: all right. dory from florida. hello dory, democrat line. hello? caller: hello? host:. all right. listen through your telephone, folks. turn down the tv. otherwise you get a delay. here is an article you may be in

reid." think about that, mr. president. a major newspaper in this country that is the audacity to say the g.o.p., the republicans used its advice and consent power to beat harry reid. reading the editorial what they're talking about is the republicans were really smart in delaying loretta lynch to be confirmed. mr. president, the reason that she was delayed is because a very vital issue came up with the trafficking bill that dealt with women's reproductive rights and it took a long time to work that out. in fact, it took us a long enough time to work it out until the republicans capitulated to what we wanted. we protect the women's right to choose. the hyde language no longer allowed, as was in the underlying legislation no longer allows the hyde language to apply to nontaxpayer money. so for them to say that they beat harry reid, they didn't beat harry reid. what they did was beat up on themselves. loretta lynch it took longer to confirm her than if you take every attorney general who has been submitted to the senate for co

mr. reid: another day another report highlighting how obamacare is helping americans. today's proof comes from a gallup poll which finds that nine out of ten americans report having health insurance. here are a few excerpts from an associated press story about this poll. underlining a change across the nation nearly nine out of ten adults now say they have health insurance, according to this extensive survey which was released today. a gallup poll found that the share of adults who lack insurance dropped to 11.9% for the first three months of this year the lowest level since the survey began its tracking. coverage gains from 2014-2015 translate to about 3.6 million fewer adults uninsured since the fall. the affordable care act has three major objectives -- increased coverage, slower rate of increase in costs and improved health. the first one is clearly a win said dan winner's research for the poll. coverage is increasing. there is no question about it. on balance, it is estimated 14.75 million adults have gained coverage since the fall of 2013 when the law's first ope

mr. reid: the republican leader talked about two issues. one, sexual trafficking, and two, the budget. his statements regarding the two are as illogical as anything could be, illogical. first of all let's talk about sexual trafficking. now, senators on this side of the aisle with rare exception are not wild about the hyde amendment, but it has been the law of the land for some 30 years. and why is it the law of the land? because it's been put in appropriation bills over these many years. what my friend, the republican leader failed to mention is that if the cornyn amendment or the cornyn language were adopted, it would change women's reproductive rights permanently. you see the hyde amendment is always applied to taxpayer-funded money. what senator cornyn, the author of this bill and this amendment want to do, is to direct this to private money. they are two totally different things. hyde has never ever in the past applied to private money nontaxpayer dollars. so that's why my friend's argument is totally illogical illogical. it has no basi

caller: i just want to say if mr. reids so gung ho of getting misled in there, she will get in there. the place is not going to fall apart for her waiting period i just want to say about the 350 bills that were on reids desk all that time, a lot had to do with employment, getting people employed in this country. if he had been so gung ho about doing that, the country would be a lot better off right now. ms. lynch, she will get in there. take a little vacation and look at washington dc for a little while. that's all. host: larry and indiana. caller: this is just another extension of the obstructionism of the republicans, they had when they read in the minority. i feel they need to get over themselves, allow her to come up for vote. do their job because they are not doing their job. thank you. host: more of your calls in a minute. "washington times" just below the fold -- which nomination fight turns nasty. turning up the heat, even when gop leaders said that they were close to a resolution. white house press secretary josh

mr. reid: madam president reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: it is my understanding that monday there will be opportunities for debate. is that right also, mr. leader? we'll do that at closing tonight. that will be good. madam president, i appreciate very much the understanding of the republican leader, the majority leader about how to proceed on this. this is a -- really an important piece of legislation. i don't know of a piece of legislation in recent years that's more important than this. so i look forward to the senate turning to this legislation. i again applaud and commend senators corker and cardin for their delicate, very good work they've done on this. this measure i repeat, is important. it deals with matters of international affairs and congress' role in carrying out the constitutional responsibilities that we have. this bill will take some time. i hope we can finish it as rapidly as possible. that's what i want. i also want to comment that i think it's important that i have th

mr. president. they said that reid accuse republicans of racism and sexism. i dare people to find a word when i said race or sex. i did not do that. it is maybe some of the republicans hoped i did not do that. there was even a hunger strike. listen to this. that is the depth of this editorial from "the wall street journal." "reverend al sharpton had a hunger strike until he received -- she received a vote. they have in parenthesis, please go through with it. i guess i was naive in thinking that my republican college would treat loretta lynch with the dignity that she and her office deserve. perhaps my mistake was forgetting that for republicans it is not about loretta lynch. it is about president obama. republicans will do everything they can to make president obama's life more difficult. they said they would do that when he was elected and that ey have stuck with it. president obama's cabinet officials have been treated worse than any president in history. today's vote on loretta lynch the seventh closure vote is republicans have forced. forcing closure. tha

mr. speaker, leaders mcconnell reid, other testing was members of the house and senate, reverend tom mullinss have always inspired our family and we appreciate you being here today. jim nance, a great friend for many years, i enjoyed working with you. you are the best. the osu marching band, a little larger the last time i saw it. [laughter] thank you for being here. i much appreciate it. so many family, friends who took time out of their busy schedules to be here today, i am humbled. a special thanks to my son jack . i don't have the words to say thank you for what you said from your heart on behalf of you and our family. that was fantastic. two and a half years ago, i had the privilege to be here to say words about my good friend, arnold palmer. what it privilege it was to be here that day. ap, you have been a great friend. and you will continue to be so. my son jack, at about six years old, someone asked him, what does your dad do? he said, nothing, he just plays golf. [laughter] i did just play golf. i played the greatest game of all. somehow over the course of 60 years playing it, i end

simpson: it's now my pleasure to yield two mints to the gentleman from new york, mr. reid, for the purposes of a -- mr. reed, for the purposes of a colloquy. mr. reed: thank you mr. chairman. i thank chairman simpson for providing me time to engage in this colloquy. through working with the chairman and others, the house was able to pass the revitalize american manufacturing and innovation act last year and the legislation was signed into law. this legislation is designed to bring manufacturing in our country to the next level. by increasing global competitiveness and training the work force of tomorrow through the establishment of manufacturing centers throughout the country. as some of these centers lie within the purr view of the energy and water appropriations bill, i want to take this opportunity to thank the chairman for working with me on this issue and to clarify that this bill we are considering today funds the establishment of at least one new sent that are can be coordinated with the department of commerce. and with that i thank the chairman and i yield to the c

mr. slager drop something near that body. >> msnbc national correspondent joy reid, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> officer michael slager has been accused of using excessive force against another unarmed black man back in 2013. the incident in question occurred at the home of mario givens where officer slager and another officer arrived in the middle night. he said officer slager ordered him to come out of the house or he would be tased. mr. givens described what happened next to our own joy reid. >> i'm being honest, i knew if i came out of the house, he would do me all kinds, i didn't come out of the house. the other officer ended up running around to the front. he grabbing on to me too, the white officer backed up, pulled out the taser, the black officer moved out of the way, i old my hand up and he still hit me. when he tased me now, he sat on me and twist me up. he didn't just taze me and put no cuffs on me. they sit there, sit on my back, twist my arm. >> mr. givens was not arrested, because it was apparently a case of mistaken identity. according to mr. givens' account of t

mr. speaker leaders mcconnell, reid, pelosi, my friends the senators, other distinguished members of the house and senate floor reverend tom mullins, you've always inspired our family command we appreciate you being here today. jim nance great friend for many years. enjoyed working with you. you are the best. the osu marching band, a little larger last him aside. abcaseven thank you all for being here. much appreciated. so many family friends friends and business that if the time out of their busy schedules to be here today. i am i am humbled. and a special thanks to my son, jack who who i don't know if i we will get through this, but i do not have the words to say thank you for what you said from your heart on behalf of you and your family and our family. it is fantastic. two and a half years ago i had the privilege to be here to say words about my good friend, arnold palmer. what a privilege it was to be here that day. you have been a great friend and will continue to be so. my son was about six years old and someone asked him for what does your dad do? he said, nothing, he just plays

mr. president. they said that "reid accused republicans of racism and sexism." i dare anybody to find a single word that i said dealing with race and sex. i did not do that. media that is something republicans hoped i would do but i did not. there was even a hunger strike. that is the depth of this editorial from "the wall street journal." "reverend al sharpton had a hunger strike until he received a vote. please go through with it." i guess i was naive in thinking the republican college would treat loretta lynch with the dignity that she and her office deserve. perhaps my mistake was forgetting that for republicans it is not about loretta lynch. it is about president obama. republicans will do everything they can to make president obama's life more difficult. they said they would do that when he was elected and that have stuck with it. his cabinet officials have been treated worse than any president in history. this is the seventh closure vote republicans have forced. when he was elected and that have stuck with it. was used only in most extreme circumstances.

reid? >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming the generals. thank you, gentlemen, for your service and sacrifice and that of your family. and particularly convey to the men and women under your command our deepest appreciation for what they do every day. on tuesday, we had an extremely insightful hearing on some of the challenges we face in the asia-pacific region. the consensus from the panel is that we face some very serious challenges, especially in light of china's increasing military budget and destabilizing activities in the region. and one of the biggest challenges will be to continue to provide as we have for 70 years security, stability, and free transit in the pacific. particularly as senator mccain has said with pending sequestration in the face of declining resources that we have. and i echo his call for the end of sequestration. admiral locklear, we'd be very interested in your views about the land reclaimation activities of china in the spradlys and elsewhere. that is something that we both, along with senator and menendez and co

mr. speaker, my ohio friends senators mcconnell, senator reid, senator pelosi distinguished members of these and senate. reverend tom mullins. your words have always inspired and comforted our family and we appreciate you being here with us today. jim nance, a great friend for many years. i have enjoyed working with you. you are the best. the osu marching band, you look larger than the last time i saw it but thank you for being here. it is much appreciated. to so many family, friends friends in business who took time out of their busy schedules to be here today. i am humbled. a special thanks to my son jack, i don't know if i will get through this, but -- i don't have the words to say thank you for what you said from your heart on behalf of my family. it was fantastic. two and a years ago, i had the half privilege to be here to say words about my good friend arnold palmer. what a privilege it was to be here that day. arnold, you have been a great friend and will continue to be so, i know. for my son jack, when he was about six years old somebody asked him, so, what does your dad do? and he

mr. cardin: let me thank leader reid for his comments about the circumstances in baltimore. i spoke a little bit earlier today about baltimore. it is my home city, it is the city i love. it is the people i love. and we are really hurting from what happened, and i appreciate the leader's comments about it. we're going to get through this. we're going to restore order in baltimore, and there will be justice for freddie gray, and we're all going to work together. i appreciate the outreach we've received from the white house and from the federal state in >>'s remarks run about 10 minutes -- his remarks run about 10 minutes. mr.ush: tha you, madam ker. damspeaker,otr's day i on aapprohing.and a, r nation takes tto hon o mothersi would li ke a special appeal to acan-america mothers acssth cntry. th theyeg to use eir es powe to take ba our streets fro dly vlence at far tooma of our youth, far o o far too many of our communities are experiencing each and every day. it is now time, time right now for black mothers to once again rise up to stop the unmitigated and endless violence tha

mr. speaker, my ohio friends senators mcconnell, senator reid, senator pelosi >> other distinguished membersom mullins. your words have always inspired and comforted her family. jim nance, great friend for many years, i have enjoyed working with you, you are the best. the marching band, larger the last semisolid. thank you all for being here. so many family and friends that took the time to be here today i am humbled. a special thanks to my son jack i don't know if i'll get through this but i don't have the words to say thank you. it was fantastic. two and a half years ago i had the privilege to be here to say words about my good friend arnold palmer what a privilege it was to be here that day. ap you have been a great friend. we will continue to be so, i know. my friend jackie, with about six years old somebody asked him what is your dad do? he said, nothing. he just plays golf. [applause] and i did just play golf. i played the greatest game of all and somehow over the course of playing i ended up today. my parents families came over from europe, they were hard-working families and living e

mr. president i'm very happy today,py when we have reached a an agreement and i want to thank senator murray for her leadership, senator reid, senator mcconnell and senator cornyn, the two of us, have worked on this issue for years. and finally we're going to be able to move these reallyy important bills forward. whats this compromise, does, is really set up two funds. the first uses senator cornyn's fund, which is, fees on perpetrators and uses that for things lik se shelters and law enforcement, things we envisioned would be used for people to combat sex trafficking. the second fund is a medical fund and it is really based on the same principle that we used with the sgr fund that we justun voted on. it passed, that bill passed 92-8. the fund would receive a minimumld of five million dollars, and would be matched up to 30 million as the funding that the cornyn fund goes up. so it really is a parallel fund that is serving the exact same purpose. and, this is the way that we were able to eliminate extraneousth provisions that still keep the spirit of this really important bill and allow to us move on to my bill, the stop exp

mr. alexander and ms. capito and senator cochran. over here at senator mikulski senator reidsenator schatz involved one and senator merck way. senator langford. >> thank you senator. madam secretary thank you for being here and thanks for the engaged in on this. there is a lot of conversation about the process. in your testimony you have notes of starting in 2009 there's a 1300% increase in medicare and what's happening in the appeals process. there's obviously a problem. while while you work celebrating the appeals process i would like to get down to some of the root causes. there've been multiple changes to the process. what is pending right now to continue to reform the audit process in the days ahead we on the appeals process which we can talk about separately but the root cause. >> it's important to step back. working on program integrity issues in terms of medicare spending. this is something that dr. coburn and others helped us focus on canvas was put in place so we could do the tracking. it has tracked and return quite a bit of money to the treasury in the billions of

. >> joy reid with new details, thank you very much. >> mr.ton to staten island, you can name a lot of other places. what do we do moving forward? >> well the embrace of dash board cams. i understand there may be additional video in this instance. the embrace of body cams. the idea that citizens should keep their cell phones ready to go because without this citizen, we would have the same type of thing where the officer's story would be in effect an alibi and a cover up. we would have a difficult time getting at the truth. but something -- this is you know something is wrong with the quote, police culture, in many police departments. what struck me in watching the video is this officer was quick and instantaneous to pick up the taser, walk over to that body place the taser by walter scott's body and then very quickly, on the radio, begin the narrative of a cover up in an effort to kind of gloss over what had occurred. we have got to get at that aspect of policing in this country where there is no justice and there's an active effort, if you wi

mr. president? we look weak. and probably just wrapping this whole thing up is harry reid on the floor of the senate. i know, i know. it's early. you just ate. but think about this now. think about a culture that allows the majority leader of the united states senate to go to the floor of the senate and just make it up. just make it up. mitt romney did not pay his taxes. he just made it up. did you see interview a few weeks ago when they asked him, what for? did you see his answer? "we won." we won. they won. they're countercultural. it's weak. it started with an apology tour and hasn't stopped. it plays to young women and identity politics. it's not what we're about. and when you think about it, at the very essence of it it's all about jealousy. it's all about separation. and we need to beat it. and that's why we're here. that's why we put these hats on. that's why we put bumper stickers. that's why we write checks. that's why we go door to door. we are care about not just our country, we care about what's taking hold in this culture. it is a culture war. people ask me the top three issues in this c

mr. pres., i am happy we have reached an agreement and want to thank senator murray for her leadership, senator reid, mcconnell, and cornyn. we have worked on this issue for years and finally will be able to move these important bills forward. what this compromise does is set up to funds. funds. the 1st uses senator cornyn's funds which is fees on perpetrators, things like shelters law enforcement things we envision used for people to combat sex trafficking. the 2nd is a medical fund based upon the same principle we used. it passed 92 to eight. a minimum of $5 million, messed up to 30 million in funding. that is that is the cornyn fund. there is a parallel fund serving the exact same purpose. and this is a way that we were able to eliminate extraneous provisions but still keep the spirit of this really important bill and allow us to move on to my bill to stop exportation trafficking which really is about not prosecuting kids under 18. a huge bill that passed unanimously in the judiciary committee. i want to thank senator murray for her leadership. we have been a team and have been able to work with

mr. royce said we are being rolled. other news from the foreign relations committee on the senate side. minority reader reid'ses that with memnendez's decision to step aside as ranking member, ben cardin will take over. caller: good news to see that thinkers and peace seekers managed to evolve this thing and create a peaceful situation between the shiite and the sunni, we are at each other's throats in the middle east. then next question -- the next question should be, how are we going to have a nuclear-free zone in the middle east, including israel? host: charlie is next in california. independent line. caller: hi. this is charlie from california. my question is, if we have a nuclear proliferation of an arms race in the middle east, who is going to stop that, who is going to be responsible? who is going to verify the inspections in iran that they are basically abiding by their agreement? i'm very upset on this. host: you posed the question. who do you think should do that. -- do that? is it the united nations? caller: it is a role for the world, because our president has agreed to this agreement between iran

mr. secretary, it looks like we have a couple of more moments before the vote. you don't get to leave as quite as quickly as you have hoped. senator reidand i will each have one question. nice work. let us ask you one question before we are going to have to adjourn. one important way to reduce highway fatalities is to require the installation of the limiting devices on heavy trucks. this is something that the industry itself has petitioned the department for and the department has received literally thousands of comments in support of the petitioners request. they believe this regulation would decrease the number of fatal crashes annually and would have animal costs since these governors are already installed on many trucks. in this regulation lingered within the department since 2011 and has been delayed 21 times. can you tell us why the department has issued -- has failed to issue these regulations for so many years after the initial petition, despite widespread support and evidence. secretary foxx: we do believe there is a benefit to having a little in place here. some of it predates me. i can tell you from the agency perspective th

mr. pickens: i can't believe the democrats are so pitiful. you have one candidate who is in trouble. and then it is backed up support for harry reidstephanie: do you really think republicans are in better shape? the tea party has really split the republican party. it seems like they cannot get their act together. so many different voices. do you think the republican party is strong today? i'm not saying the democrats are, but the republicans? mr. pickens: who controls the house in the senate? are they strong? of course there strong. who controls the state houses? republicans. yes, i think they are strong. you're talking about politics and politics is -- it is not ever a line straight up. but neither is the market. but yes, i think the republicans are vastly superior and stronger than the democrats. when i look over who their leadership is, you laugh. stephanie: i left when i get to talk to you. boone, i do not want to take a bath in a stucco tub anytime soon, but i will talk to you any day of the week. stephanie: -- mr. pickens: thanks, stephanie. stephanie: we will be back in just a few, live, "market makers " from beverly hills.

mr. president? just wrapping this whole thing up, is harry reid on the floor of the senate. i know, it's early. just ate. [laughter] >> think about this. think about the culture that allows the majority leader of the united states to go to the floor of the senate and just make up, just make it up. mitt romney did not make his taxes, and he just made it up. did you see interview a few weeks ago when you asked it? his answer was we won. they won. they are countercultural, it's week. it started with an apology and hasn't stopped. a place young women and identity politics. it's not what we're about. when you think about it, at the very essence of it, it's all about jealousy and separation. we need to beat it. that's why we're here. that's what we put the hats on that's what we put bumper stickers that's why we write checks, that's what we go door-to-door. we care about our country and what is taking hold in this culture. it is a culture war. people asked me the top three issues in this campaign. domestic and security, cultural and security, national insecurity. there are the three. that's what coun

mr. reid: reserving the right to object. the reason we've been not moving forward more quickly is first of all we had to get some of the holds lifted and we were able to do that on both sides. and we wanted to make sure that there would be no cuts in the physicians' payments. we -- we thought if we finished this early tomorrow, around noon or somewhere thereabout, that the payments would not be cut but we don't have that assurance yet. so we're going to have to go ahead. if there's something that comes from the office of management and budget or the white house that that would not happen, we could allow people to go to events they have around town. in the meantime, i agree with the republican leader, we should just go forward. if something happens during some of these votes that we can finish them tomorrow, fine. but in the meantime, to protect not only the physicians but their patients, we should move forward on this legislation now. i have no objection. mr. mcconnell:: mr. president? the presiding officer: without objectio

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: 164 days -- 164 very long long days, especially for the woman by the name of loretta lynch, her nomination is languishing here. for six months senate republicans looked for any and every reason to push back confirmation of this good woman to be attorney general. does anyone know why? can a single republican senator tell us why? the answer is no. her qualifications are impeccable. she has some bipartisan support. but again for unknown reasons republican support seems to be disappearing. is there a single republican senator who can come here on the floor of the senate and give an explanation that does not smack of political foolishness? republicans don't know why loretta lynch has not yet been confirmed. listen to what congressman peter king said. by the way peter king is a republican from new york. "all you've heard from our party from a very long time is how much contempt they have for holder. now they're presented with loretta lynch, who is by far the best attorney general who c

mr. whitehouse: i further ask unanimous consent that greg pollack, who's serving as a legislative fellow for national security to senator reid of nevada be granted floor privileges for the duration of 2015. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much. mr. president, may i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president as americans celebrate the 35th earth day this week, i rise for the 96th time -- i seem to be coinciding with the presiding officer's schedule so he's been treated to his share of these speeches -- to urge this body to wake up to the threat of climate change. it's real, not a hoax. it's caused by carbon pollution. and it's already making changes that we are already seeing in the world around us. we must cut our carbon pollution to prevent even bigger climate changes, changes in our atmosphere and oceans and human habitat potentially unprecedented in the history of our human habitation of this planet. yet the polluters who are producing this problem would have us do nothing. t

reid. that the republicans are really smart in delaying loretta lynch to be confirmed. mr. president, the reason she was delayed is because of a very vital issue came up in a trafficking bill that dealt with women's reproductive rights. it took a long time to work that out, in fact, it took as long enough a time until the republicans capitulated to what we want, and protected the woman's right to lose choose. language no longer allows the high language to apply to non-taxpayer money. to say that they be harry reid they did not beat harry reid, they beat up on themselves. loretta lynch it took longer to confirm her, and you've you take every attorney general nomination, at them all together, it did not take them as long as it did to confirm this good woman. to think that they be harry reid, -- beat harry reid, i repeat, all they did was eatb on themselveseat . i repeat, the prior 82, take all of them and add them up together and it would not take as much time as it has for republicans to come from this one. she is as qualified a candidate as i have seen in the senate which i

mr. president. you know, so many members helped get this bill back on a bipartisan path, but i want to thank senators reid, cornyn, klobuchar, feinstein mikulski and leahy in particular for their work. and i also want to thank all the staff who have worked ex-treely hard to get this done especially melanie reiner from my staff. from the beginning of this debate democrats have been very clear that this bill to help survivors should focus squarely on that goal alone. we also felt this conversation was no place for a debate about restrictions on women's health access. and while there are clear differences between the two parties when it comes to women's health i know that senator cornyn and many others agreed with us that an effort to fight back against human trafficking in our country is without question no place for gridlock and dysfunction. it shouldn't have taken this long but i am very pleased that we were able to work together, find common ground and reach an agreement. now this agreement isn't perfect. as no compromise ever is. and i'm sure my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would say the sa