mr. rubio: mr. president? the presiding officer: the gentleman -- the senator from florida. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. reserving the right to object. i would ask the senator from illinois if he would consent to a modification of his request so it would not be in order for the senate to consider a conference report that includes reconciliation instructions to raise the debt limit? the presiding officer: does the senator so modify his request? mr. durbin: i object. the presiding officer: objection to the modification has been heard. is there objection to the original request? mr. rubio: mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i'm sorry that we're ending this session and going home for august with this. this is an attempt to go to a conference committee with the house of representatives to agree on how much money we as a government will spend next year. each chamber has passed a budget re

mr. rubio: we are in morning business, mr. president? the presiding officer: we are. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to speak briefly here about obamacare once again. this is an issue that's now coming to the forefront over the next few weeks as we get ready to start to implement portions of it across the country. we're starting to see the implications of it. i think there is so much coverage given to this as a partisan fight between republicans and democrats or liberals and conservatives, but i actually think this issue goes much further than that because it's impacting all americans. i understand the president was here yesterday and individuals from the white house as well. according to press reports, they were here to reassure nervous democrats about the implementation of obamacare and what it could mean. and i understand why people are nervous about this bill. they have a right to be. for example, the exchanges which is these health care exchanges that are supposed to -- if you can't get insurance are supposed to go to and be able to buy insurance, they a

if was coming out rand paul or marco rubio media would be in an uproar that that candidate would be getting so much attention. >> i would have to say mreebis was saying he is making her look much more important. i thought that was very apt. >> nbc is in squeeze, i wouldn't be surprised they kick it over to cable. >> kelly: speaking of being in a squeeze, moving on to remarks from oprah winfrey this weeks. >> so easy during this time, trayvon martin paralleled in a kill. in my mind same thing. you can get stuck in that and not allow yourself to move forward and to see how far we have come. >> kelly: oprah winfrey making first comments. equate that go tragedy as you heard to the brutal murder of 14-year-old african-americanmet back in 19515. >> -- 1955. >> if she didn't add the second part. look how far we have come but it was a feeling she was expressing. >> to me it's obviously there is an insistence to make that about race that many people feel that wasn't about race. i think you can call for a coming together. i think you can condemn violence, whatever your race may be and not make race a divisive issue. that still leaves it divisiv

is coming out on rand paul or marco rubio, that candidate was getting so so much attention even if there was negative. it gives them name recognition. i have to say mrpriebus said she is making that he is making her look much more important. i thought that was very apt. >> i would say they kick it over to cable. >> kelly: speaking of being in a squeeze. remarks from oprah winfrey this week. >> it's so easy during this time trayvon martin paralleled. in my mind, same thing, but you can get stuck in that and not allow yourself to move forward and see how far we've come. >> kelly: oprah winfrey making her first comment about the shooting equating the tragedy to the brutal murder of 14-year-old emmett at the age of 14 in august of 1955. did she go too far with this? >> what she was reflecting what many african-americans feel. if she hadn't added the second part, if she didn't add how far car we've come but it was a sentiment she was expressing. >> just there is an insistence to make something about race that many people don't feel it's about race. i think it's unnecessary i think you can call for a coming together. you can condemn violence whatever your

mr. president, focus on this bill that is already introduced and that has bipartisan support. listen, when you see marco rubiolieve that it is a broad appeal bill and something that's got the entire nation worried, like education, like financial aid for students. so, figure out the political realities. you're not going it be able to push congress. you're not going to do it by bashing them. you're not going to do it by feeding them. almost too late now and congress has a very hard time getting their act together, much less coordinating with the president. so, let congress do its thing and support from the outside, would be my advice. >> all right. good advice. anna, thank you very much. mr. paul begala, who likes kate bolduan, like everyone else in my family. >> he's not going to let this one down. >> chris, do you think, chris, do you fish alone? do you go fishing alone? >> sadly, i have to do a lot of things alone. one of the problems with having no friends. no, i fish a lot with my brother and i fish a lot with my kids. >> i do love that you watch our entire show, anna. >> expert fisherwoman kate bolduan ga

mr. president, stop skirting the issue, follow the law, and cancel all foreign aid." our caller is on the republican party. who is your candidate? rubior ted cruz. >> you said marco rubio and ted cruz. what do you like about both? caller: they are both very knowledgeable about today's issues as far as immigration reform. people talk about immigration reform. i am a hispanic. i am in texas. we are not a dying breed. we do exist. hispanic, female, republican. that is almost non-existent to the mainstream media or to the of the -- other politicians out there. i really do believe these two men would be closer to what reality is. although, there are other hispanics somewhere else, up north, or northeast, areas like that. down here, in texas, arizona, new mexico, all of those states, they deal with immigration reform. they deal with hispanic culture. those cultures are very real. a lot of times, we get bypassed by saying, most hispanics are democrats. that is in no way true. that may be something other people think about. here in texas, where it counts, this is our area. we are very real. a lot of people do not even think -- "they are hispa

mr. rubio: i understand there is one hour available in opposition? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. i would like to speak in opposition to the pending nomination. i want to take a few minutes to discuss the nomination of ms. samantha power to be the ambassador to the united nations. let me beginning by saying she is an impressive person, clearly very intelligent and already accomplished much in her career. however, i do have three concerns that i wanted to take a moment to highlight today. the first i got to tell you has to do with concerns that i have about her unwillingness to directly answer questions i personally posed to her during her confirmation hearing in the senate during our foreign relations committee. i asked her about statements attributed to her in the past alleging that the united states had committed crimes, quote-unquote it needed to reckon with. i raised it to give her the opportunity to clarify by either pointing out examples of these crimes or to clarify what she meant by those c