mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the minority leader. mr. reid: i join in my feelings about the joe biden family. i was saddened really beyond words to figure out understand the passing of beau who was such a fine young man. he was a devoted husband father son a dedicated servant to the people of delaware, and if a faith facilitate, honorable veteran -- faithful, honorable veteran of the united states, having served in the middle east in iraq. i, of course, have -- extend all the sympathy i'm capable of extending to his family during this very difficult time. beau left us far too soon, 46 years old. i'm certain his family will take solace knowing he lived a selfless noble life. for my friend, joe biden who i served in congress with for so many many years i extend my deepest thoughts and condolences to you joe. there's a song, "a man of constant sorrow," that certainly if that ever aplayed applied to someone it would be our friend joe biden. not having even been sworn in to the senate, the tragic loss of his wife and little girl, and then his

mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the minority leader. mr. reid: i join in my feelings about the joe biden family. i was saddened really beyond words to figure out understand the passing of beau who was such a fine young man. he was a devoted husband father son a dedicated servant to the people of delaware, and if a faith facilitate, honorable veteran -- faithful, honorable veteran of the united states, having served in the middle east in iraq. i, of course, have -- extend all the sympathy i'm capable of extending to his family during this very difficult time. beau left us far too soon, 46 years old. i'm certain his family will take solace knowing he lived a selfless noble life. for my friend, joe biden who i served in congress with for so many many years i extend my deepest thoughts and condolences to you joe. there's a song, "a man of constant sorrow," that certainly if that ever aplayed applied to someone it would be our friend joe biden. not having even been sworn in to the senate, the tragic loss of his wife and little girl, and then his

the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. : mr. reid: the truth is we still have much to do. we have much to overcome. we have no choice. one cannot ignore this underlying issue. it deeply troubles our nation that hatred and bigotry persists. the harsh realities of hate and bigotry in this country make far too many in this country feel their lives don't matter. it's easy to feel your life doesn't matter when the odds are stacked against you every place you look on every hand. here are some of the facts: african-americans face on a daily basis: nearly half of all african-american families live in poor neighborhoods for at least two generations. 50% compared to 7% of white families. an african-american man is far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than a white man. in the state system the numbers are more skewed than that. these facts demonstrate how countless men and women face unprecedented challenges to be still judged by the color of their skin than by the content

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: is there objection to the request of the majority leader? mr. reid: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to object on my friend's new modification -- or i should say "modification" -- i repeat, the cybersecurity bill is important. and the senate should turn to it. but putting it after the defense appropriations bill is a fault promise. it is a facade. i think it's pretty clear -- i heard the republican leader give a speech down here today -- that he knows unless there's some changes made, we're not going to get on the defense appropriations bill. so this is a false promise. if we could do in a more specific determined time, that would be one thing. but the republican leader, obviously, has no plan to complete the defense appropriations bill if this is how we're proceeding. rather proceeding ahead with this partisan budget plan, a plan that the president said will not become law until republica

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. eid: i don't know another way to describe what i heard this morning in my morning briefing and then the news accounts of this sickening revelation of what took place in south carolina last night. think about this. the sanctity of a house of worship was violated as a gunman opened fire at a historically black emmanuel a.m.e. church in charleston, south carolina. we know now at least ten -- i'm sorry -- at least nine people are dead. others, of course, hurt. i don't know how else to describe it. this individual was like a sheep in wolf's clothing. he sat among the congregation for a substantial amount of time before he pulled out a weapon and started firing at people. the thought of people who are in a house of worship being gunned down as they gathered to pray is heart wrenching devastateing and is the ultimate act of coward islamicice and hatred. as our good chaplain said, our hearts go out to the families and friends of the people who were gunned down in that church. it's hard for me

. >> mr. reid as public school sxhieshgs. >> supervisor farrell supervisor tang supervisor yee. >> the minutes are approved. >> great, thank you item 4 please. recommend the allocation of $74 million plus with the prop k to the cash distribution schedule an action item. >> the first presenter. >> thank you commission that is a gigantic move for them and number wise as many of the performance are trying to get numbers in place before july 1st, i think there is a high-level presentation i'm happy to expand stop at any time we have staff to expand answer questions at any time. >> of the $74 million the first 3 projects that account for 90 percent of the dollars looked like the first the presidio parkway supervisor farrell is familiar with a $20 million prop c prop k that is due to the concession on completion of the project the second part of the 0 project what a public-private project and one of the sector point of view we've not had to expand maintain the subsidy i'll say that the traffic switch and

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: the senior senator from kentucky is certainly right that we need to move on cybersecurity. i've known that for many years and we have tried. why haven't we done something on it? because of filibusters by the republicans. we had a bill that had been worked on for years we brought before the senate. but instructions were given from the chamber of commerce and the republicans dutifully walked down here and voted "no" stopping us from moving forward on the bill. the chamber said -- and obviously republicans agreed -- this isn't something for the government. it should be done in-house. well mr. president my friend, the republican leader, rails against a government, but he should also understand that this is a situation that involves the private sector also. we could name 25 companies 50 companies, 100 companies that have been hacked and hacked very badly. not the least of which is sony, target. it is hard for me to comprehend that my friend, my counterpart is here talking about the ne

the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. : mr. reid: the truth is we still have much to do. we have much to overcome. we have no choice. one cannot ignore this underlying issue. it deeply troubles our nation that hatred and bigotry persists. the harsh realities of hate and bigotry in this country make far too many in this country feel their lives don't matter. it's easy to feel your life doesn't matter when the odds are stacked against you every place you look on every hand. here are some of the facts: african-americans face on a daily basis: nearly half of all african-american families live in poor neighborhoods for at least two generations. 50% compared to 7% of white families. an african-american man is far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than a white man. in the state system the numbers are more skewed than that. these facts demonstrate how countless men and women face unprecedented challenges to be still judged by the color of their skin than by the content

. >> mrs. reid, would you tell the court what you received a good neighbor award for in 1974? exhibits 14 and 15. >> i was babysitting scott simmons, and the child quit breathing on me at the time. >> mark pennington is an outstanding trial attorney, but i have never seen a defense lawyer turn whiter than a sheet like he did at that very moment. i was never really sure if he actually did know about that. >> the prosecution was able to prove that there had been a lifelong pattern of abusive behavior. on april 28th, 1989, tanya thaxton reid was found guilty of felony child endangerment in the case of her son michael. she was sentenced to ten years in prison. not long afterwards, tanya reid was indicted in texas for the murder of her daughter morgan. >> somehow tanya read had become overly aggressive with morgan, and we felt that possibly what had happened here was that in an effort to block morgan's air, she may have gone too far and she could not get the child to start breathing. in desperation, frustration, picked morgan up and shook her violently to start her breathing again.

. >> thank you very much for the presentation colleagues mr. reid. >> thank you i appreciate the presentation i wanted to ask a couple of questions he have had people express concern this specifically the clarity around the cost of using the bikes i was wondering any plans to expand make changes so this is people are clear in terms of what they will be paying by using this service. >> it was my oversight not introducing the candice of the system is here i might suggest if i want candice can speak to expand that that is a well project the way in which the system is presented alongside the short time period is free then if you don't dock the bicycles the fees go up this is to expand educate any and all users. >> wouldn't it be easy to expand post it. >> mined that's a - there are materials that are already listed on the docks they're being revised. >> okay. the information that is posted now is confusing you plan to expand make changes to expand that in order to expand make it clear to the public. >> that's right i've heard from my family members they

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that aha condition did i, a fellow in my office, have floor privileges during the duration of this session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president during the past several years we've seen a very disturbing practice, which is becoming commonplace in the republican-dominated united states congress. governing by brinksmanship manufactured crisis, flirting with deadlines a game of chicken. you can call it whatever you want but they're doing it, the republicans are doing this. leading by crisis is the modus operandi of the republican party. we saw it in 2011 as the house pushed the united states government to the threshold of shutdown and default. again the so-called fiscal cliff of 2012. financial brinksmanship for our whole country. then, of course, the government shutdown actually did occur in 2013, and it occurred over a period of several weeks devastating to our economy. since the republicans assumed control of the senate recalli

the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. : mr. reid: the truth is we still have much to do. we have much to overcome. we have no choice. one cannot ignore this underlying issue. it deeply troubles our nation that hatred and bigotry persists. the harsh realities of hate and bigotry in this country make far too many in this country feel their lives don't matter. it's easy to feel your life doesn't matter when the odds are stacked against you every place you look on every hand. here are some of the facts: african-americans face on a daily basis: nearly half of all african-american families live in poor neighborhoods for at least two generations. 50% compared to 7% of white families. an african-american man is far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than a white man. in the state system the numbers are more skewed than that. these facts demonstrate how countless men and women face unprecedented challenges to be still judged by the color of their skin than by the content

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr.president i've watched over the last decade senator mcconnell focusing attention on burma. its remarkable the good he's done for that country. his vigilance in watching literally every move that government has made has been good for that country and i think good for the world and i admire and appreciate the work that he's done. there's not been a watchdog over any country that i'm aware of that has been more intense than the senior senator from kentucky keeping an eye on what goes on in burma and i appreciate his remarks today in that regard. mr. president, my friend, the republican leader, can't see the forest for the trees when it comes to health care, and i understand that he's given many, many speeches denigrating obamacare. the facts are that more people are getting access to health care today under the affordable care act than ever before. the share without insurance is at an all-time low. the cost growth in health care has never been lower than it has been since obamacare kicked

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. reid: my friend, the republican leader, throws the word around filibuster, and he is right to do that because he is an expert. he has led this senate in more filibusters than all previous leaders put together. as a republican leader, he has engineered about 300 filibusters, stopping basically everything or certainly slowing down everything in the president's agenda. it's a plan that he was part of and he certainly lived up to that. mr. president, 46 democrats over here are just as patriotic as 54 republicans over there. we care about the troops just as much as the republicans over there. but we also believe that when my friend the republican leader, throws around terms like vast bureaucracy that we want to fund a vast bureaucracy i don't think that we should start talking about bureaucracies. the pentagon's a pretty good bureaucracy in itself. i admire very much the secretary of defense. he does the best job he can. but our secretary of defense does not agree with the republicans as to

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. reid: the senate is in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. reid: i would ask unanimous consent that the that be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: today in this great country of ours, the affordable care act obamacare has survived the latest partisan attempt to deny health care to working families, millions of working families. won today -- america won today. the supreme court ruled against republicans who were seeking to strip 6.5 million americans from the subsidies that enabled them to buy health insurance. america worntion won i repeat. very pure, very simple. more than 10 million americans are covered by the exchanges operating across the country many of them insured for the first time. 85% of these men and women receive tax credits that help them afford that coverage. but on top of that, 12 million more americans now have coverage through the medicaid and children's health

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. eid: madam president a few days ago the majority leader was reported to have declared on abconservative talk radio -- a conservative talk radio show that under his leadership the senate will shrink its constitutional duties but not confirming judges. he said we may confirm a few where only republicans give the president the names. but other than that, we're going to do none. i assume it's accurate. i hope it's not but i assume that it is. it would be a very stunning and disappointing declaration that the senior senator from kentucky especially since he argued for the fair consideration of president bush's appeals court nominees, would now switch his position. in july of 2008, here's what he said: "even with lame-duck presidents there's an historical standard of fairness as to confirming judicial nominees especially circuit court nominees." that's a direct quote from the majority leader. these are his words. not a single word has been made up. that's what he said. even with lame-duck pr

mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: my friend, the majority leader, he's concerned as he should be, about why the country's less secure, especially in the last couple of weeks. he should look in the mirror. we have a situation where he's trying to divert attention from what has gone on here. it was as if there had been a big neon sign flashed saying you can't do highway reauthorization, you can't do fisa reauthorization and you can't do trade in four or five days. to do this right you should have spent some time on fisa and because of the mad rush to do trade that didn't happen. so today to try to divert attention from what i believe has been a mystical congratulation of the majority leader it's making this country less safe. every day that goes by, with the fisa bill not being reauthorized, is a bad day for our country. it makes us less safe. and to try to divert attention as he's tried to do here in the last few minutes blaming the obama administration for stopping torture the detention centers, pulling troops ou

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i have for many, many years every thursday when we're in session, i have what i call welcome to washington. and i look forward to those thursday mornings at 8:30, visiting with people from nevada and their guests come from other places who want to visit with me and their friends so i enjoy those very much. last thursday, i had a young man named nathaniel. he had been an intern for me and his family's from nevada. his grandfather is a very famous man by the name of john squire grindall. he is just a good person. the reason i recognize nathaniel, they came back to one of my welcome to washingtons. i called him i said hey nathaniel, come on up here. i said let's show these folks some of your magic tricks. so that's what he would do. i would bring him in and he could do magic tricks. he's now going to law school. his magic tricks aren't as good as they used to be. he hasn't practiced very much. but, mr. president what i have heard my friend, the republican leader talk about today is

mr. reid: could we have order. the presiding officer: order please. mr. reid: mr. president the bill that just passed the senate the defense authorization bill has 52 republicans voting to fix sequester. 52. only two voted against it. we all are in favor of fixing sequester. my friend the republican leader is talking in a dreamland. ash carter, the secretary of defense, a very good man we're so fortunate he dedicated his life to public service he is a scientist he's worked for the defense establishment for a while in public service. he the secretary of defense says that this bill that my friend talks about is a bad bill. it doesn't help the military. this funny funding that is in this bill is not good. the chairman of the appropriations committee was on -- i'm sorry the chairman of the armed services committee was on the floor this morning talking about that. so mr. president it's important that we solve the sequester problem. it is not good. but we cannot, we cannot and we should not fix part of our government and not the other part. the pentagon we support. we su

liu went to the majority leader then, mr. reid, and said maybe sequestration will help get this bill through. first of all mr. speaker, we were confronting the failure to re-authorize the payment of america's bills, the debt limit. that was what we were facing and what mr. lew was suggesting was that the republicans like sequestration. maybe if we put that in the bill, even though we don't like it, they will vote for not defaulting on the national debt. and in fact that's what happened. but if you look at your cut, cap and balance bill, your bill -- i voted against -- the fallback that you suggested was sequestration. that was about a week before mr. lew said to mr. reid, maybe that will get our republican friends to support paying the national debt. so when i hear -- and that passed, by the way, on the 19th of july, 2011. it was six days later that mr. lew, in trying to get something done to make sure that america did not default, suggested to mr. reid maybe putting that in the bill will get the republicans' votes so we will pay

mr. reidt's very difficult to respond to fiction and that's what we have just heard a speech on -- based on fiction. a speech based on no facts. a speech based on madeup facts. -- made-up facts. it is so hard to comprehend the different areas that he spoke with no basis in reality. mr. president, with health care, it's as if he doesn't realize that 16.5 million people have health insurance. he denigrates people who are on on -- because of obamacare now have the ability to go to a doctor or hospital when they're sick because it's medicaid. is there anything wrong with that? in america everyone is not rich. in america not everyone is middle class. some people have fallen through the cracks. and the fact that the state of kentucky a lot of people there now have the ability to go to doctors when they're sick or hurt shouldn't be anything that people make fun of. health care has changed dramatically. walk in the drugstore below my home here in washington, c.v.s. as a result of obamacare and other r

mr. reidin less than 18 months americans all over the country will cast their ballots in the 2016 elections. this exercise fulfills one of the most basic premises of a constitutional democracy that all citizens have the right to vote regardless of race, gender, or social status. this right to vote is a guarantee that each vote counts equally. it's the foundation of our form of government. it ensures that as this country changes and elected officials who represent its citizens will also reflect those changes. an electorate should be able to elect those who represent them, their thoughts and ideals. yet there is an ongoing effort all over america to obstruct the work of perfecting our union by hindering progress where it is needed the most. we see this in the debate about whether the confederate flag, the symbol of bigotry and racism still has a place in public lands. there should be no debate. the answer to this question is no and that matter should have been settled long ago. it wasn't and it

mr. reid: over the past several years there's been a disturbing practice that's been commonplace here in the united states congress. and sadly it's with no regard for the average american. republicans have resolved to govern by staggering from one crisis to another crisis. one today one next week. unless the republican leader acts in just five days, for example, we'll see the consequences of another manufactured crisis. on june 30, the charter for the export-import bank is set to expire. this is serious business. this institution creates jobs for providing loans and loan guarantees to foreign customers to purchase american exports. this year alone the export-import bank supports 165,000 american jobs. 165,000 jobs that allowed american workers to earn a living. these jobs cost taxpayers zero -- nothing. in fact, this bank saves the american taxpayer money. in the last ten years the bank has returned more than $7 billion to the u.s. treasury. mr. president -- madam president -- i'm so sorry --

mr. reid i will yield to the senator from minnesota. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: thank you. and thank you leader reid. i rise today to thank rabbi harold kravitz for offering the opening prayer today in the senate and to praise him for all of his excellent work. rabbi kravitz is rabbi at adath jeshurun congregation in my state of minnesota an important leader in our state. in addition to serving his congregation rabbi kravitz is also leader in the fight against hunger. he is outgoing chair of the board of mazonne the jewish response to hunger, where he has been working to end hunger for all people regardless of their faith background. and one of the things that is most notable about rabbi kravitz is his commitment to bringing together people of all faiths to end hunger especially i want to recognize rabbi kravitz's work in minnesota to make school lunches free and available for all children. no child should ever go hungry. and we know that all -- we know tha

there was pretty decent bipartisan support to give bush the authority john kerry, harry reid, mr.ephardt, , etc. it cetera from the american standpoint i have a hard time dealing with iraq as the legal war. it was more legal than obama use of force in libya where he did not go to congress that all. >> but that is international >> a think it is pretty clear it was in violation of international law. >> i cannot speak for others but i think it is clearly a violation of international law. going into iraq without the backing of the united nations and there was no likelihood that they would. so it seems very self-evident that the practical situation nobody is in the world could hold us to account it is important with the overarching perspective the extent in the bush administration as people looked around in the aftermath for it tousing can we did not have the soviet union that that to be careful for what we hesitated to do so not to be the sole superpower to exert our power in the way we had not done previously. in that context the idea of you would attack another country that doesn't

mr. reid: it's very difficult to respond to fiction and that's what we have just heard >> it is difficult to respond to fiction and that is what we just heard. was the speech based on fiction, no facts. a speech based on data up fax -- made up of backs and with those areas that he spoke with no basis of reality. mr. president, with health care is says if he doesn't realize 60 million people have health insurance, he denigrates because of obamacare because it is medicaid is there anything wrong with that? in america not everyone is rich or middle-class. some people fall through the? with the fact to the state of kentucky when they're sick or hurt they should not make fun of. health care has changed dramatically. walked into a drug store like cbs as a result of obamacare you can't go into the drugstore now to have a test for strep throat if you have madison faking give it to you that is progress in america. my friend the public leader talks with people with pre-existing disabilities let's go bac

we're going to show you about an hour of last night's debate beginning with democratic leader harry reid. >> mr. president, we are here now facing yet another manufactured crisis with the vitally important patriot act provision set to expire in a matter of hours. in a matter of hours. in fact, in less than eight hours before the expiration of this critical national security program. that's what we're faced with. tonight's deadline is certainly no surprise. as the junior senator from utah, republican, noted and i quote: we've known for four years this deadline was approaching. closed quote. but like so many other occasions in which brinksmanship has pushed the senate and our nation to the precipice, the dilemma we now face was completely avoidable. the job of the leader is to have a plan. this case it is clear the majority leader simply didn't have a plan. the majority leader had five months to introduce a bill from committee that would reform and extend the expiring patriot act provisions, but instead he bypassed the committees altogether and brought this to the floor unilaterally. no committee

mr. reid: i want to take just a minute and express my appreciation to the senator from michigan the junior senator from michigan, in his maiden speech. it was terrific. it was delivered well and it's what michigan is all about. i appreciate it very, very much. he has big shoes to fill, those of carl levin. we all know what a giant he was in the senate. from senator levin to senator stabenow, they have both said that gary peters can do it. i'm impressed with him very, very much. he is a team player. he's willing to do the hard lifting, i appreciate that very much. he mentioned senator levin. of course we all admired him so very, very much. but also, applicant i want to take just a minute to talk about his partner in the senate today debbie stabenow. as he mentioned, she is a part of senate leadership. she is there because she deserves it. there is no one that works harder than debbie stabenow. if there were a role model for my friend, gary peters, to follow and a work ethic debbie stabenow is t

reid and supervisor cohen on behalf of former commissioner leroy cain and mr. james jerome..supervisor campos, the late mrs. karen huggins. >> thank you. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes our business for today matter present >> thank you everybody. we are adjourned. >>[gavel] how are you. >> all right. good morning, everyone. welcome to expand our tuesday, june 16, tuesday, june 16, 2015 transportation authority plans & programs committee i'm supervisor tang the chair of the committee we have sxhieshgsz to my right and supervisor yee and supervisor farrell we have our clerk steve and jim smith and charles kremenak from sfgovtv. >> roll call. >> sxhed absent. >> sxhieshgs supervisor farrell supervisor tang supervisor yee we have quorum. >> thank you and if we can call item 2. >> the advisory committee report. >> good morning, commissioners item 4 on our agenda today while the cca recommended $12.4 million for the 60 foot hybrid coaches there's $33.4 million in the request before you that was not before us it passed the board of supervisors and the

reid and supervisor cohen on behalf of former commissioner leroy cain and mr. james jerome..supervisor campos, the late mrs. karen huggins. >> thank you. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes our business for today matter present >> thank you everybody. we are adjourned. >>[gavel]

reid and supervisor cohen on behalf of former commissioner leroy cain and mr. james jerome..supervisor campos, the late mrs. karen huggins. >> thank you. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes our business for today matter present >> thank you everybody. we are adjourned. >>[gavel] [dog barking] [rocket whistles] [boom] accomplished in that arena this is a family different era where technically is different for law enforcement different from government and we need to recognize our strengths to expand weather the storms and night life in sf is one of the main strengths in san francisco. >> i'm not saying no room for improvement i know first hand there is but not lose sight of the details and dancing around the red tape. >> thank you. yeah. >> any is there any public comment? if not public comment is closed. we've move onto the refugee approval of the minutes for june 2nd had a request from the staff to expand continue until the next meeting can i get a motion to expand continue, please. >> for the minutes and each year. >> i move to expand continue to th

mrs. pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. the speaker: on behalf of the whole house, how shocked and heart broken i am about the murder of innocent church goers in charleston. the depth of our grief reveals the department of our love and our resolve and our prayers go out to all the victims' families and thoughts go to the law enforcement officers working to bring this perpetrator to justice. anyone who would do something so unspeakable is pure evil. we are committed to promoting both trade authority and assistance to pass the house and senate and go to the president for his signature. getting this work done is critical. providing opportunities for american workers and american-made goods. another authority is the health care cost. despite the many promises obamacare has not delivered. to repealing the medical device text. in addition, the supreme court could soon make a ruling that leads to millions of americans losing their health care subsidies. our goal is to provide peace of mind, to families who have coverage disrupted

mr. donovan: a nice way to start. >> harry reid talked within the last week about warning of the possibility of a shutdown. brewing behind all the other things is an impasse about spending for the next budget. i can summarize where it stands but i would be interested -- is this really heading in a direction where we could in the fall see a shutdown? mr. donovan: i'm not going to roll it out and here is why. we have this word in washington -- sequestration. it is a word that no other human being outside of washington has heard of. to translated, it was basically the cuts to the budget that were supposed to be so terrible that they were going to bring everybody to the table to make a deal. and pain was going to be equally shared. defense, nondefense. it went into effect. it was terrible for our economy. lost 7650,000 jobs. and republicans and democrats fixed it through a murray rhine deal. what is happening this year is, and less congress acts, sequestration comes back on october 1. and that's really what the fight is about. >> the ticking time bomb out there. mr. donovan: exactly right. the p

before the vote come armed services chairman john mccain met senator reid could discuss the amendment created area this is 45 minutes. >> mr. president as we consider the amendment by senator from rhode island i would like to again remind my colleagues that the world is in turmoil and has never seen a greater crisis since the end of world war ii. i would repeat my assertion that it wasn't the best or the right way to do business. the worst way to do business is to have an authorized nation that will eliminate our ability to defend the nation for the men and women who serve. i urge my colleagues to read this weekend's "new york times" global struggle to respond to the first refugee crisis in generations. 10 million people were uprooted by violence last year. most propelled by conflict in iraq, ukraine and afghanistan. the conflict and extreme poverty also pushed tens of thousands out of parts of sub-saharan africa and southeast asia. it is according to the united nations. that is what is going on in the world. they attached on the western fringe of baghdad. this is yesterday. the militants described and killed eight people

and then mitch mcconnell and harry reid talked about the nsa's role in national security. this part of the senate session is 15 minutes. >> mr. president. the distinguished majority leader, i will be brief. we worked for two years across the capital -- >> order. >> session is in order. >> senator from vermont. >> we worked for two years across the aisle, and capital and i don't know how many meetings senator lee and i and others have had and now we are poised to pass the usa freedom act and send it to the president for a signature for the much-needed reform ending the bulk collection of american's records, increase transparency, improve oversight and most importantly help restore america's privacy. the intelligence community will also have what they need. i am proud to protect the constitution and rights of all-americans since 1975 when i cast my first ever vote as a senator to approve the establishment of the church committee. i will continue to fight for america's privacy. i ask my statement be made part of the record. >> without objection. >> mr. president? >> majority leader. >> without objection the senate will be in or

reid also spoke after the decision yesterday. harry: once again, the affordable care act prevailed. so mr. president, i say respectfully to my senate callings and i mean that. stop banging your heads against the law against this nation. stop it. move on. republicans should be really -- they should pause for a minute and look back. mr. president, i don't know the number anymore. i don't know. i lost count of it. is it 75? it's certainly approaching 100. the actual votes have taken place. the repeal of the law never came close to passing but they've done it time and time again. stop it. host: and back downstairs to greta. guest: the minority leader saying stop it, move on. our caller before saying the government didn't have any alternative if the court had ruled in their favor but they were working behind the scenes on a plan in case the court had struck down the subsidies. the problem is they couldn't agree on one proposal. this is what "the washington post" says this morning though, about a way forward in what republicans might want to do. republicans do have some ideas. they support for e

after the speech, harry reid he had a press conference and one report asked mr.president, what types of books should we ask americans to donate and fdr jokingly responded anything but algebra. on a serious note he said really, you should donate any book you read and enjoyed. with the president's support, in the next month or so the campaign met the goal of collecting 10 million books in 1942 which was a huge accomplishment. what did you notice about the books being collected? they are all hard backs and this was find for people in stationary training camps where they would just be reading at their leisure at the end of training. they were not so ideal for people who were sent out to the front. so this is north africa actually. you can see the people appear have been marching for quite a time and have packs on their backs and all of their personal possession are in there. the items they carried were precious and necessities. food, water, ammunition their weapons. it was very important things that would make the cut that went into the bag. as the men marched a mile

mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: my friend, the majority leader, he's concerned as he should be, about why the country's less secure, especially in the last couple of weeks. he should look in the mirror. we have a situation where he's trying to divert attention from what has gone on here. it was as if there had been a big neon sign flashed saying you can't do highway reauthorization, you can't do fisa reauthorization and you can't do trade in four or five days. to do this right you should have spent some time on fisa and because of the mad rush to do trade that didn't happen. so today to try to divert attention from what i believe has been a mystical congratulation of the majority leader it's making this country less safe. every day that goes by, with the fisa bill not being reauthorized, is a bad day for our country. it makes us less safe. and to try to divert attention as he's tried to do here in the last few minutes blaming the obama administration for stopping torture the detention centers, pulling troops ou

mr. reid: the statue of liberty stands as a universal symbol of hope and freedom. engraved within its pedestal are the words of emmett lazarus a call etched for the world to see -- give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretch of refuse of your teeming shore. send them, the homeless, the tempest tossed to me. i live my lamp beside the golden door. for countless generations mr. president, our fathers mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers braved oceans, deserts and rivers to answer that call. as a result, the united states has been empowered by the contribution of immigrants around the world immigrants who came pursuing the american dream, pursued this dream with family values, hard work and love of country. my wife's father, my father-in-law, emigrated here from russia. my grandmother from england. my family, like so many american families has its immigrant stories to tell. this month is immigrant heritage month. as we celebrate our shared immigrant heritage, we must work to ensure that america welcomes future generations of imm