mr. roberts: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: madam president, i understand the time for morning business has come and gone, but i ask unanimous consent as if -- the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. mr. roberts: well, i ask that the quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: i appreciate that, madam president. then i ask to be recognized for 20 minutes as if we were in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: thank you, madam president. madam president, i recently introduced a bill called the regulatory responsibility for our economy act of 2011. it's s. 358. i would urge my colleagues after hearing my remarks who would like to, to cosponsor this. i realize that the bill is a mouth full. the regulatory responsibility for our economy act. but i think it's appropriate. this bill would strengthen and codify president obama's executive order from january 18. in that executive order, the president made a commitment to review and to modify,

mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: i notice the absence of a quorum, and i would note there is an absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, president obama talked with the chamber of commerce yesterday. i think that was a good step, but talk and rhetoric are not policy and not action. it's reported that he received two applause -- he got two applause from two different lines in a 35-minute address, which is a bit unusual. it does appear that the president understands he has a serious problem with the job-creating community and is willing to at least immediate with people, but the problem really is policy and action, and i'm disappointed that he has not gone further to deal in a realistic way with the job problems this nation has. he talked about lowering c

. >> that portrait was bequeathed to the white house by mrs. robert. >> it is fitting that below the portrait is a lasting american image on the fireplace mantle left her by president roosevelt and still seen today. >> the buffalo heads are there because of theodore roosevelt. the mantelpiece is not the original but it is a copy of the original which was put there after the 1902 renovations with lions on the front. roosevelt had a thing about lions. he disliked them all. he thought b americanison -- he thought the americans bison should be there. they were carved on the mantelpiece. >> looking down from the state dining room through the parlors, use the portrait of theodore roosevelt hanging in the east room that george washington designed. part of this renovation of the white house, he revived vest that when i look at the portrait, theodore roosevelt did not get along with p stateainter. roosevelt got impatient and finally, roosevelt stops and put his hand on the new will post and the painter said that was it. he painted that on the landing of the st

mr. robert hale, and attended -- lt. general perry spencer of the joint staff will explain the components and particulars of these requests following my remarks. as we begin what will be a week of debate and assessment of this nation's investment in national defense, i also want to take the opportunity to touch on two related issues pending with the congress. first, this department has been operating under a continuing resolution going on five months, resulting in difficulties that may surge into a crisis, depending on what happens on the hill during the next few weeks. exactly a year ago, the president requested $549 billion to operate the department of defense during fiscal year 2011. if forced operate under a full- year continuing resolution, the department would only receive about $526 billion, a cut of $23 billion. the damage done across our military from that reduction would be magnified as it comes halfway through the fiscal year. i raise this today because i'm concerned that the debate of the the defense budget i

mr. robert hale, and attended general perry spencer of the joint staff will explain the components and particulars of these requests following my remarks. as we begin what will be a week of debate and assessment of this nation's investment in national defense, i also want to take the opportunity to touch on two related issues pending with the congress. first, this department has been operating under a continuing resolution going on five months, resulting in difficulties that may surge into a crisis, depending on what happens on the hill during the next few weeks. exactly a year ago, the president requested $549 billion to operate the department of defense during fiscal year 2011. if forced operate under a full- year continuing resolution, the department would only receive about $526 billion, a cut of $23 billion. the damage done across our military from that reduction would be magnified as it comes halfway through the fiscal year. i raise this today because i'm concerned that the debate of the the defense budget in recent days and weeks is becoming increasingly distant from strategic and operation

mr. roberts. >> i am grateful for a copy of the statement. there has long been a different view taken on compassionate release. the scottish government or the international observers, like nelson mandela, but what is new is that these official u.k. documents prove that in the autumn of 2008, u.k. ministers, supporters, mr al-megrahi being released, they were saying one thing in public and another in private. is that not hypocrisy? >> i have made my view clear, and i tried to state it in a column and reasonable way, because i do not believe that there was a conspiracy -- i try to stay in a calm and reasonable way. nodding. scottish mp's i think they should look back and think, should i have done more? >> i welcome the strong position of support for the egyptian people, particularly with regard to the transition to democracy. however, building the new structures should not be rushed. could i ask the prime minister about the expertise and organizations that the westminster foundation for democracy and another group, both of which have expertise

mr. roberts. >> i am grateful for a copy of the statement.here has long been a different view taken on compassionate release. the scottish government or the international observers, like nelson mandela, but what is new is that these official u.k. documents prove that in the autumn of 2008, u.k. ministers, supporters, mr al-megrahi being released, they were saying one thing in public and another in private. is that not hypocrisy? >> i have made my view clear, and i tried to state it in a column and reasonable way, because i do not believe that there was a conspiracy -- i try to stay in a calm and reasonable way. i see the scottish mp's nodding. i think they should look back and think, should i have done more? >> i welcome the strong position of support for the egyptian people, particularly with regard to the transition to democracy. however, building the new structures should not be rushed. could i ask the prime minister about the expertise and organizations that the westminster foundation for democracy and another group, both of which have ex

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and with those preliminaries out of the way i'll turn to sir robert lime. >> mr. straw, as the chairman said we don't need to repeat our earlier discussions. but i'd like to see clarification on a few specific points as the strategy towards iraq evolved after the ninth of september, 2001. last year we discussed the policy of containment in some detail. and as you say in your latest statement this was a policy that was difficult to sustain. is it right that as we've heard from other witnesses containment remains the government's officially-stated policy, at least until september of 2002? >> well, it's right that in a sense -- depends what you mean exactly by "containment" but if you mean by "containment" as i set out in my latest statement, containing and removing the problem of saddam's failure to comply with the united nations obligations, then containment remained the overall strategy of the government right up to the time when we took the decision to use military action. because in a sense 1441 was a continuation of a series of policies by the united nations se

come make the speech, and robert kennedy said, young man, you know if you asked me to come, i will speak on civil-rights. you may not get what you wish. i remember he said mr. attorney general, i remember reading that when you were a senior at the university of virginia law school you invited ralph bunche to appear at the university of virginia for law day, and there was an upwaroar d the president of the university said he could not come, and your classmates would not support you, but he pushed it.

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mr. attorney general kathleen, friends of robert kennedy, friends of his legacy.s to be here today. i don't think i can walk into this building without thinking back on the first time i came here, and it was before the swearing-in that we witnessed on tape a moment ago. it was shortly after the president and bob had talked about finally is becoming attorney general of the united states, and attorney general bill rodgers, who was his predecessor and his friend offered him a suite of offices and they came over the first week in december and we lost just a few days ago as we did sarge and i came down with him and with regular ready to help make the transition easy. and there had been criticism of the president's appointment of robert kennedy as attorney general. the media echoed words like nepotism. there were members of conservative bar, who questioned whether someone who hadn't been a courtroom attorney while what he had done as a government attorney was qualified to take the job on and he was cognizant of that. i remember on the day general rogers left, he gave bo

mr. secretary i'm robert from macon georgia and i was fascinated with your comment about the possibilityf public ordering schools. can you talk a little bit more about that and specifically what age ranges are you talking about? if you have to intervened early enough, and what age are you talking about a public warning school? >> we are thinking it through and this is an easy one and do something they would have to partner on the local level but i would to say i look at the school here. the one public school that is starting to replicate in a few places. i think they start students have about fifth-grade at age 10 and work with them all the way through high school. i don't think even at have 6-year-olds and they boarding school. that just doesn't go right to me that a certain point it has to be voluntary. they have a long waiting list and families who want the best for their children and want to see them be successful. subagain if we are serious about getting better outcomes in serious about changing where we are at we have to make -- think differently and just like anything else is not

robert kennedy his power, his ability to save lives that evening. i just want to thank john synge gnthol for all they did. thank you. [applause] john, ink yank you so much, mr-general, kathleen, friends of robert kennedy, friends of his legacy. how moving it is to be here today, and i do not think i can walk into this building without thinking back on the first time i came here, and it was before the swearing in that we witnessed a moment ago. it was shortly after the president and bob had talked about finally his becoming attorney general of the united states. the attorney general, bill rodgers, his predecessor and friend offered him a suite of offices and he came over the first week of december. i came with him. the attorney general came down with regularity to help make the transition easy. there had been criticism of the president's appointments. the media eckerd words -- echoed words like nepotism. there were members of the conservative bar the question whether someone had not been a court room attorney was really qualified to take the job on. he was cognizant of that. i remember on the day general rogers left he gave up bob a present, two presents. co

mr. mubarak stays in power. one other thing i should briefly mentioned to you -- the was a white house briefing earlier and much the white house press secretary robert gibbs spoke of an assassination attempt on the newly appointed vice president. he looked visibly uncomfortable, but he did not deny the report. he said "in not going to deny that question." >> interesting. it was a strong message from barack obama. a stronger message from the streets. we will continue to watch developments. back to you in london. >> lyse doucet in cairo there. mike embley year in london. very good to have you with us. we have a special report from dubai on the life of an egyptian? that trip, asking what this says about the roots of keeping the in uprising in egypt. first though, burma's parliament has named the outgoing prime minister tim finn the first civilian leader of the government. rachel harvey reports from bangkok. >> burma's first civilian president for half a century. but the new man is hardly a radical break with the past. he had a career in the military and only gave up his general's rank in uniform last year so he could leave and military-backed political

mr. attorney general, want you to hear directly from someone who was in the line of fire on this. and jerome smith was heading right in front of robertnnedy. robert kennedy was sitting on the chair in the middle of the living room and jerome smith was right at his feet. the first metro smith told the attorney general was mr. attorney general, you make me want to. and needless to say, bobby kennedy was shot. but that was just beginning. jerome smith receded to tell him that if the u.s. had gotten involved in a war with cuba, he wouldn't fight. the attorney general was aghast. this concept of conscientious refusal for military service was still a little bit foreign to him. i look around the room at the older members of the gathering for a little bit of support. he wanted them to kind of put the young man and his ways. they all nodded and said that spray. he is speaking what we want is he, too. this meeting lasted three hours. at the end of it, robert f. kennedy was out, physically shaken. so did james baldwin, the author who organized the whole event. in fact, i talked with the man who took them to a tv station for live interview, henr

robert w. vogel of philadelphia, pennsylvania. mr. president, i would yield the floor.and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. chambliss: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i rise today along with my colleague from georgia, senator isakson to commend to this body the confirmation of two judges that have been nominated by president obama for the northern district of georgia. first of all, amy tottenberg -- totenberg, is an atlanta lawyer who has the academic credentials that have prepared her we will, being a graduate of radcliffe college of harvard and also the harass vrd law school. she began law school in atlanta in 1977 with the law project and then went out on her own for 20 years. during that time, as a solo practitioner, she specialized in constitutional rights and also became a we will-known arbitrator and mediator and particularly in emplo

mr. nice guy, said he's prepared to handle though swinger superbowl during the winter storm. >> it's like the city is dead which you don't expect come super bowl week. >> at an event in arlington , nfl commissioner robert and cowboys owner kept smiling and refuse to acknowledge the bitter backlash or the lack of salt and ice covered road. >> some things you can be prepared for. >> i'm ready for how we've got our streets and everything ready to go. >> the most direct response to critical lot of towners he called third chilly north texas the superbowl case of sour grapes. >> everybody is going to be able to get in and out easily i don't pay attention to that. >> if it proves yet another cold climate site he might get a lot more questions and criticism from national media. >> superbowl in san francisco then it's beautiful readings and at 60s, as we look out toward ocean beach. if menlo park at 70 degrees, '60s around much of the rest of the bay area. a walnut creek in the '60s and it's nice and tall 02. latest sec from they call airport that's 54 degrees and well above average and mainly clear skies. strong winds going to be a problem in tahoe tomorrow, strong winds an issue in the bay area. although, cle

robert on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. mr. indyk, thank you for taking my call. i find this interesting. what we have spent in trying to do in iraq is occurring naturally, apparently, in egypt. it reminded me -- in the last 30 years -- i'm not a huge historian, but it reminds me little bit of the old soviet union. very top heavy and very brutal. we did several assassination attempts -- several assassination attempts were done against mubarak. i do not know what happened to the people that tried to kill him, but the people who tried to kill saddam hussein, who we want fact, they killed him and we hung him -- or something along those lines. this is interesting and i believe saddam hussein learned his trade from his uncle, who was an egyptian. well last thing. the way i see it, and i would like to hear your comments, this is not a terrorist thing at all. this is simply a domestic matter. i think it is very good and very exciting. i find it ironic that this is occurring naturally. in iraq, we try to muddle through it. this is going almost better. i will like to hear

mr. blair, but nothing compared with the long standing lack of arrangements in the american system as robertbrilliantly brought out in his biography. it's just there. you put all these things in, and, you know, and it's a sort of floats around, and then one day there is a decision, but the interagency process is very odd from a point of view of a sort of parliamentary cabinet system. >> you're saying u.s. was not keen on u.n. having any role. the united states was an opaque system. we knew that. yet we continued to work on the assumption that the u.n. would take the lead role and the u.s. would sort it out. it just seems to me if people were not drawing attention to it about the importance of the aftermath that it has to be an essential part of any planning, and why did we not pay enough attention to that? >> well, we paid a huge amount of attention to the aftermath, and you seen the minutes i wrote to the prime minister and others spelling that out, and the prime minister was very well aware too about the problems of the aftermath. on the terms of we wanted a central role for the u.n.. i me

mr. yoder, welcome. >> thank you, chairman stabenuw, and ranking member roberts. it's an mon nor to be here to testify at your first hearing. i appreciate the kind introduction given to me. i have been farming a long time, a fourth generation farmer. i've had the opportunity to testify before this committee several times. i would like to address you as a farmer from ohio, a national association and a policy position. as i reflect over the years as to what agriculture means to me, i'm reminded of the old commercial that used the phrase, "you've come a long way, baby." today's agriculture is not my father's agriculture. we use programs to curtail carry overs, limited acres planted, and the freedom to farm in scene of this accident that gave us the full potential of the lands that they offered. however, we didn't develop the demand for the volume, and government had to help us and dispose of the production through market clearing measures. today, we have new technologies and new markets, especially for corn. while traditionally we used corn for livestock feed, today,

robert kennedy during his tenure as justice. the event begins with audio from the swearing in ceremony in 1961. [applause] >> from the east room of the white house, january 21, 1961. >> mr. president, at your request i have the great honor to administer the oath of office to the following members of your cabinet. secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, robert s. mcnamara to be secretary of defense, robert f. kennedy from massachusetts to be attorney general. gentlemen, if you will raise your right hands, state your name, and repeat after me. i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i am about to enter, so help me god. >> i think we are fortunate to have them all. it is a great pleasure for me to welcome them as part of the official family. [applause] >> it afternoon. -- good afternoon. this is a happy, happy occasion. to mrs. kennedy and the kennedy family, to our distinguished gu

robert on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. mr. indyk, thank you foraking my call. i find this interesting. what we have spent in trying to do in iraq is occurring naturally, apparently, in egypt. it reminded me -- in the last 30 years -- i'm not a huge historian, but it reminds me little bit of the old soviet union. very top heavy and very brutal. we did several assassination attempts -- several assassination attempts were done against mubak. i do not know what happened to the people that tried to kill him, but the people who tried to kill saddam hussein, who we want fact, they killed him and we hung him -- or something along those lines. this is interesting and i believe saddam hussein learned his trade from his uncle, who was an egyptian. well last thing. the way i see it, and i would like to hear your comments, this is not a terrorist thing at all. this is simply a domestic matter. i think it is very good and very exciting. i find it ironic that this is occurring naturally. in iraq, we try to muddle through it. this is going almost better. i will like to hear your comments. thank you. g

to make the speech and robert kennedy said, young man, if you ask me to come, i will speak on civil rights. you may not get what you wish. and i remember so well he said to him, mr general, i remember reading that when you were senior at the university of virginia law school, you invited ralph bunche to appear at the university of virginia law day. and there was an uproar. the president of the university said he could not come. and your classmates would not support you, but you pushed it, and ambassador bunche said he would not speak before a segregated audience, and mr. returning, somehow you integrated that audience. and so we went to georgia where i laid eyes for the first time on that, and the president from athens called and first tried to discourage the visit, and then try to discourage any possibility that he would have any encounter with charlayne because she had entered the university, been rejected the first time, the court of appeals said you must take her in hamilton holmes, both times, their lives were in serious risk. and of course he went, and of course he met with her. i think back on those days and what a great experience it was for me as a youn

robert gibbs, left his post yesterday. president obama presented gibbs with a gift. there's the tie and the frame he borrowed in 2004. mr. obama wore that tie at the democratic convention that put him in the national spotlight. gibbs thanked the president will reflected on his last two years on the job. >> i want to thank the president and all of his team for, again, the privilege to serve. >> gibbs plans to make money by giving speeches before joining the president's re-election team. >>> this morning an anti- terrorism court in pakistan has issued a warrant for pervez musharraf. bhutto was the chair of the party, killed in an attack during a rally for new elections. her supporters say musharraf didn't do enough to protect her and try to cover up government mistakes in the investigation. musharraf has lived in exile since 2008, splitting time between dubai and england. >>> 60 years in prison, that's the steps in handed down to chandra levy's killer. ingmar guandique learned his fate yesterday. her mother called him a hideous creature. he said he was sorry but said he had nothing to do with her death. chandra levy disapp

mr. president. you said this budget was not going to add to the credit card as of about the middle of the decade, and as robert'm not a budget expert and i'm not a economist, but if you could just explain to me how you can say that, if you look at page 171, which i'm sure you've read, it is the central page in this, the deficits go from $1.1 trillion to $768 billion and go and then start to creep up again and 2021 it's at 7$774 billion. and the total bet is $17.2 trillion on top of the $14 trillion we already have. how can you say we're living within our means? >> let me be clear on what i'm saying. because i'm not suggesting that we don't have to do more. we still have all of this accumulated debt. as a consequence of the recession, and as a consequence of a series of decisions that were made over the last decade. we piled up -- we racked up a whole bunch of debt. and there's a lot of interest on that debt. so in the same way, if you've got a credit card, and you got a big balance, you may not be adding to principle, you've still got all of that interest that you've got to pay. well, we've got a big problem i

mr. president. you said that this budget is not going to add to the credit card as of about the middle of the decade, and as robertist, but if you could just explain to me how you can say that when, if you look on one page, page 171, which i'm sure you've head, it is the central page in this, the deficits go from $1.1 trillion to 786 billion and go down to 607 billion in 2015 and by 2021 it's an 147 billion and the total over the ten years, the total debt is 7.2 trillion dollars on top of the 14 trillion we already have. how can you say we're living within our means? >> here -- let me be clear on what i'm saying. because i'm not suggesting we don't have to do more. we still have all of this accumulated debt as a consequence of the recession and as a consequence of a series of decisions that were made over the last decade. we have piled up, we have racked up a whole bunch of debt and there is a lot of interest on that debt. so in the same way if you've got a credit card and you've got a big balance, you may not be adding to principle. you've still got all of that interest you've got to pay. well, we've got a big pr

robert gibbs at the white house. next up is aurora, illinois. >> clearly mr. obama is clueless in cairo. he has been on every side of this issue. he was former bar, he was against the board. he should have just stayed silent -- he was for mubarak and he was against mubarak. the national intelligence director is clearly incompetent. he made a fool of himself. this is not going to end well. today is the anniversary of the iran revolution, thanks to jimmy carter, another democrat. this thing has been inspired by al jazeera and qatar. this is an iranian-backed mission to destabilize the sunni regime in the middle east. this is not going to end well, martin words. within one year the muslim brotherhood will be in power. >> we had a call from the director of national intelligence, james clapper, and also leon panetta and testified yesterday on capitol hill. one hearing dealt with national security threats and the other with egypt in particular. there are broke our website, -- that are both on our website, c- span.org. we showed you earlier the comments of the vice president, omar suleiman. sho

white house press secretary robert gibbs said today, called the recent comments by egyptian vice president unhelpful. he was referring to a recent interview with abc news. mr. gibbs, who leaves his post on friday, also called for an end to reporter arrests and violence. he spoke with reporters today at the white house briefing room for about an hour and five minutes. we're having some technical difficulty bringing you the white house briefing from earlier today. we'll get that as soon as we can. we did mention vice president biden had a phone conversation with his counterpart in egypt, omar suleiman and he said that in that, according to a white house statement, that the vice president biden said that demands of the egyptian opposition can be met through meaningful negotiations. with the government of president hosni mubarak. that contradicts the position of many protesters who say, no real progress can happen unless mubarak resigns. in other foreign policy news today, the -- on pakistan, leaders of the u.s. house republican leaders today called for an end to pakistan foreign aid, two top members of the house armed services committee say u.s. aid to pakist

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mr. tonko tries to make that point and engage that argument, i see nothing but members on this side of the aisle cowering under their desk and hiding behind robert's rules. and when the speaker -- when the chair makes her ruling, listen carefully. she says relying on the best judgment of the chairman of the budget committee. now, i like the chairman of the budget committee, he's a fine man. his judgment, not so much. and i think that we should have this conversation because if there's a fundamental difference here, it is on social security and its future. we want it to be there. and i say to people watching at this hour, first of all, have a warm glass of milk. there might be other ways to get to sleep. but i would say to you, think very carefully about what this budget debate is about. it's very easy to lose side of page this, line that. what it really is a fundamental difference of philosophy. on the democratic side of this debate, we're saying let's try to build this country on a foundation of everyone having a safety net, everyone having a basic opportunity, and none of us can really get too far ahead if we're leaving a whole bunch of people b

mr. president. you said that this budget is not going to add to the credit card as of about the middle of the decade and as robertexpert and i'm not an economist. if you could just explain to me how you can say that if you look on page 171, which i'm sure you've read, it is the central page in this, the deficits go from $1.1 trillion down to $768 billion and go down to $607 billion in 2015 and start to creep up again and by 2021 $774 billion. and the total over those ten years, the total debt is $7.2 trillion on top of the $14 trillion we already have. how can you say we are living within our means? >> here's -- let me be clear on what i'm saying. i'm not suggesting we don't have to do more. we still have all this accumulated debt as a consequence of the recession and as a consequence of a series of decisions that were made over the last decade. we piled up, we racked up a whole bunch of debt. there is a lot of interest on that debt. so in the same way that if you've got a credit card and you've got a big balance, you may not be adding to principle, you've still got all that interest you've got to pay. well, we'v

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mr. president. actually, i have to get my glasses out. >> that as of bad sign, chip. [laughter] >> you said this will not add to the credit card by the middle of the decade. as robert gibbs might say, i am not a budget expert, and i am not an economist, but if you can explain to me, if you look on page 171, the deficits in godown all the way to 607 billion in 2000 16th. then, they creep up. the total debt over those 10 years is $7.20 trillion. how can you say we are living within our means? >> let me be clear on what i am saying. i am not suggesting that we do not have to do more. we still have all of this accumulated debt as a consequence of the recession, and as a consequence of a series of decisions that were made over the last decade. we have piled up -- racked up a bunch of debt, and there is a lot of interest on that debt. in the same way that if you have a big balance on a credit card, you might not be adding to principle. you still tell all of that interest you have to pay. we have a big problem in terms of accumulated interest. that is why we will have to whittle down further the bat that has been accumulated. -- the debt that has been accumulated. rising