mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i appreciate my friend from alabama, my gym mate and friend and colleague's remarks. i would simply say this. this is simply a renewal of a bill that has passed the senate unanimously several times before. these days technology has allowed us to make undetectable firearms, no metal. they can get right through a metal detector. i'd like to improve on this bill, but to -- because it expires by december 9, right before we get back, i was hoping that we could simply pass the existing law that's on the books. i'm afraid that won't happen. i understand why my colleague from alabama objected, why he did. i hope as soon as we come back we might get this body to pass it and maybe the house get to pass it. we're in a dangerous world, and to allow terrorists, criminals, those who are mentally infirmed to walk through metal detectors with guns that are made of plastic and then use them at airports, at sporting events, in schools is a very bad thing. what makes us need to do this rather qu

schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairmain, and thank you everyone. i want to follow-up on a question that heidi hyde cap brought up. i agree with senator manchin, it's not upgraded problem. our greatest problem is that middle-class incomes are declining. the amazing thing is that they decline not just because of the recession but they actually declined between 2001-2007. the person who alerted me to this was a professor at harvard law school was elizabeth warren who wrote articles about this one before being a senator was a gleam in her eye but it's one of our most serious problems. if middle-class incomes continue to decline and decline close to 10% between 2001 and today how much it's going to be a different america. what's all of this populism about? the american people are a generous people. they don't mind if the people at the top income goes up one percent of theirs goes up 3%-4%. my question to you is how concerned are you about this he? what impact will this have on growth and economic attention he? is the fed have tools to do this? i underst

mr. neat's closet. >> schumer's stuff is strewn all over the living room. >> seriously, this is where you every night. >> and you wake up to barack obama staring at you in the face. >> exactly. >> senator durbin did out you a little bit. he said this is the most you've ever made your bed. >> just for you. >> well, thank you. and the blinds are particularly beautiful. >> a guy can see the weather without having to get out of bed. it's a special effect. >> the phone is still plugged in but hasn't worked in years. >> i still remember the number. >> you don't use a phone? what's the point? >> he's always saving money. >> their couch was a money saver too. >> my son wanted to throw that away, put it out in the trash. and it had to be 12, 14 years ago. i said, it's better than anything we have. >> their refrigerator, well, it's a scary sight. >> that baguette, it looks a little aged. >> it's a lethal weapon. >> no wonder they have a problem with rats. >> the rats may have done that. >> how many rats did you have? >> don't ask. >> i had a dream literally two nights ago that it the rthe rat back.

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator schumer. >> thank you to our witnesses. we'll keep the record open for additional questions for seven days. this concludes the meeting of the sub committee on national security and the sub committee on economic policy. [ background chatter ] [ background chatter ] [ background chatter ] >> today "the wall street journal" council is hosting its annual meeting in the washington. treasury secretary jack lew spoke about the recent government shutdown and ceiling debate and why he believes president obama's option is the >> -- president obama's budget is the best option for the economy. here's a look. >> so what are we going to do on the debt issues that congress has successfully kicked the can down the road a few months. are you saying we're not going to have another experience like we had in october? >> i think if you look at the things republican leaders have said since october, it was clear this was not a good experience, either for the country or for them politically. i know the right answer. the right answer is they should

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator schumer. >> thank you to our witnesses. we'll keep the record open for additional questions for seven days. this concludes the meeting of di the sub committee on national security and the sub committee c on economic policy. >>> coming up on the next washington journal, congressman paul tonko of new york talks about the latest ontonko of new york talks about the latest problems with the health care.gov website. and vicky hartzler talking about the budget negotiations deadline. later wired magazine, the rise of digital currency. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this is c-span 3, with politics and public affairs programming every week. and every weekend, american history tv. schedules and see past programs at our websites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> now, ms. magazine founder gloria steinem, spoke about the significance of women voters and how elections influenced women's issues. this is an hour. >> it's not often that one person can define an era.

senator schumer. >> thank you mr. chairman reid thanks you for your diligence.you have been a great force for helping us as we have had a troubled times. senator landrieu as was mentioned has been invaluable. we have learned from the mistakes made with katrina and she was our guide as we went through this. i want to thank our colleagues here. we were a great team and did basically the impossible. we were held up for too long for getting that amount of money and so in the programs that don't work are some of the accomplishments we can be -- i want to welcome senators booker. he will fill senator lautenberg choose and be a valuable member of her team. i have worked closely and making sure things work and you have done a great job. you have been an exemplary public servants for the federal level and one of the city level and i thank you for that in look forward to working with you and look at each of you and think of the calm patients we have done together in terms of negotiating and getting things done so thank you to shaun donovan john porcari jo-ellen darcy cas

schumer? >> thank you mr., chairman. -- thank you mr. chairman. senator landrieu has been invaluable. we have learned from the mistakes that were made in katrina and she was our guide as we went through this. i want to thank my colleagues here. we were a great team. ,hey made the impossible getting $60 billion -- we were held up for a two. -- ray too long -- for a too long. bang -- too long period of time. i want to welcome senator booker . he will fill large shoes as a member. i want to say to the five of you, i have worked closely in making sure getting things worked -- making things work. have done a public service at the federal and city level. and i thank you for that and look forward to continuing to work. i can think of accomplishments on each of you that we have done together in terms of negotiating and getting things done. , jok you to shaun donovan holloway.ey, cas keep an eye on us. well, you know, there's so much here. first, there's a question asks.ne how is it going? it's going, overall, very well. amount of money that has been spent and allocated is .arge and at least u

schumer? >> thank you mr. chairman. first, let me thank you for your diligence.you have been a great force as we have had our times -- troubled times. senator landrieu has been invaluable. we have learned from the mistakes that were made in katrina and she was our guide as we went through this. i want to thank my colleagues here. we were a great team. they did basically the impossible getting $60 billion , we were held up for too long period of time. getting that amount of money in programs that are going to work was an accomplishment we can be proudest of in our careers. i want to welcome senator booker. lautenberg'sfrank large shoes as a member. i want to say to the five of you, i have worked closely in making sure things work. you have done a great job. you have done a public service at the federal and city level. i can think of accomplishments we have done together in terms of negotiating and getting things done. ,hank you to shaun donovan , i have not dealt with ms. tighe. she is oversight. keep an eye on us. well, you know, there's so much to say here. firs

schumer is giving mccain a full throated endorsement for 2016. during a speech in iowa, the new yorker became the highest ranking senator urging her to run. mrs.d she's flattered but still hasn't made up her mind. >>> stuff talk from nancy pelosi, she's lashing out at the gchl op for the so-called hastert rule. >> this is an odd group, but we just can't wait around for the hastert rule which isn't a rule. it isn't a rule. it's an excuse. >> chris christie was on the campaign trail over the weekend at a stop on the rutgers campus, he told the story of an 82-year-old woman who said she was constantly praying for him. >> that night when i went to bed, i said lord, please give our governor strength. because i don't know how much more [ bleep ] this boy can take. these are my people, man. these are my people. >> and our open rachel maddow made a cameo appearance on the simpsons last night. here is a little recap. >> hello, kent. >> well, well, well. rachel maddow. >> i'm going to tell you the most important mistake you ever made. after this break. so, kent, that mistake you marks that fundamental life changing error, that cosmic fail. >> just tell

mr. alexander: it was signed in 2006 and 2007 by all the democratic members of the judiciary committee, senator leahy, senator feinstein, senator kennedy, senator bidden, senator schumer. he said under no circumstances should we add a judge for the d.c. circuit when it's so underworked. and so the republican president and the democratic senate agreed with that, reduced by one judge. it's the same argument being made today. number two, any suggestion that the president's nominations are being held up is completely wrong. i invited the congressional research service into my office. i asked that question. they have said no. president obama's nominations in his second term are being considered at about the rate of those of president clinton and president george w. bush. on every senator's desk is an executive calendar. every person who could be confirmed by the senate is on this calendar. there are about 11 pages. the one who has been on there the longest goes back to february. but all the rest of them go back just to september 12, just a few weeks. most of them have been there just three or four weeks. so, madam president, people aren't being held up. the only person who

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator schumer. >> thank you to our witnesses. we'll keep the record open for additional questions for seven days. this concludes the meeting of the sub committee on national security and the sub committee on economic policy. >> "washington journal" continues. on wednesdays we take a look at our spot line -- spotlight magazine articles, today taking a look at "wired magazine." inside there is this piece, "how to say bit cloying." the author is joining us -- bit tcoin." -- bi the author is joining us this morning. let's start with -- what is bit coin? a form of money born in the digital age for the digital era. to sendway for people money back and forth that is as close to friction free as we have ever seen. it is simultaneously indicative inthe explosive growth interest in alternative currencies, alternative to the euro, what have you, yet it is completely unique and unlike anything we have ever really seen in the past when it comes to different kinds of money out there. host: how is it used? it is used to send money from me to yo