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mr. sullivan: mr. president, i rise to express my deep disappointment that what has transpired at the end of a very lengthy debate with regard to the iran deal is that we have chosen as a body, a minority of this body, to filibuster the iran agreement. for weeks, weeks, we have been talking about how important this agreement is, how we've been debating it. my colleague from maine, i agree with him, all of us put so much time and effort into studying it, how it was one of the most important issues we've discussed, even some of us who have been here 10, 20, 30 years, the most important issues they will ever debate and study and vote on. that's all agreed to. and what happened? now we're filibustering them. mr. president, american foreign policy, our national security is strongest when the executive branch and the congressional legislative branch work together. that's the way the constitution gives powers to both branches of government to form policy. but every step of the way, every step of the way, on t

mr. sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the sphror alaska. mr. sullivan: mr.president, just listening to the last two speakers, i'm remind what had a privilege and honor it is to be able to serve in the united states senate, be able to serve alongside two great americans -- the president pro tempore, the senator from utah; the senator from arizona, john mccain -- who have served this country for decades, decades, with honor and distinction, and as you saw in their remarks just a few minutes ago, which isdo which, wisdom od conviction. we took two votes. one that senator mccain was talking about is the pain-capable unborn child protection act. i commend you, mr. president, for your leadership on this issue in the senate and throughout the country. and we also voted on the defense appropriations bill today, another important bill. i'm not sure i.t. going to get a lot of press, but i want to talk a little bit about p what's going on there because it's actually really important for the american people to have a sense of what's happening. sue he in the media, you s

mr. secretary. senator sullivan? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, gentlemen, for your service. i think it's clear just from the testimony here and previous statements that we have a confused policy within the south china sea with regard to the built-up islands. and as you know confusion can cause miscalculations. let me just give you kind of one example of it. we were in singapore for the shangri-la dialogue. secretary reid, senator ernst, the chairman. secretary carter i thought had a forceful statement at the time. you know it, we've seen it, we'll fly, sail anywhere. and then he stated, quote, after all, turning an underwater rock into an airfield simply does not afford the rights of sovereignty or permit restrictions on international air or maritime trends. pretty strong statement at a very critical place. admiral harris, you later stated i think at the aspen forum, it is u.s. policy to afford a 12-mile limit around all the islands in the south china sea and it's been long-standing policy not because they're occupied or built up b

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman very much. and thank you, administrator mccarthy, for being here today. so we have a big mess on our hands. we are dealing with a law passed in 1872. aou lease ease s. grant was the president of the united states. it hasn't been amended since then. he did a great job on winning the civil war. just a great job. i just want to compliment him on that. this law may have been appropriate for 1872. we were trying to get people to go out west. colorado isn't even a state yet for four more years. we've got to get people out there. we're trying to get people to populate these things. 1872. the law passes 1876. colorado becomes a state. so the law says we will give you a access to the mines for free. now it's 2015. some people say there are 160,000 abandoned mines. some other groups saying there are 500,000 abandoned mines. what's the revenue stream now to put in place in order to ensure that we don't see more accidents like this happening. we don't have revenue stream. what we did in the end of the 1970s

mr. sullivan: mr. president, i rise to add my voice for the bipartisan disapproval of the president's nuclear agreement with iran that we have been debating all week and we will continue to be debating. now, i do so in the spirit that resulted in 83 u.s. senators on both sides of the aisle in a letter just last year to the president of the united states -- this letter -- which hasn't gotten a lot of attention in this debate and i certainly think it should. in that spirit, the senate, in an incredibly bipartisan way -- by the way, several of those senators are still here. 41 democrats, 41 republicans, one independent who signed this letter to the president of the united states saying, these are the strategic goals we want in this agreement. these are the goals that we should have for the united states security. these are the goals that we think will protect america and our allies. none of these, mr. president, have been met in the nuclear agreement that we've been debating. this letter says that any agr

mrs. clinton's former policy guy jake sullivan will be also giving a deposition.and what's key and i know this is old news to you, but what's key for the viewer is that none of these transcripts are public. so the witnesses don't know what the others are saying and then they can really measure the truthfulness of their statements. >> catherine, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> georgia representative, member of the house select committee on benghazi lynn wesmore land cheryl mills answered questions. congressman westmoreland goes "on the record." >> thanks for having us. the chairman wanted to do it inng because ms. mills has had previous security clearance. >> was she testifying about security -- about classified information? >> i just don't think the chairman wanted to take a chance on asking her something that may be considered classified in having her answer it. we felt it safest. >> i will give him a little -- go behind closed doors. >> you know chairman gowdy. he is not taking any chances. >> i will catch up with him on that because closed doors. i like things

mr. secretary. senator sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman.d thank you, gentlemen, for your service. i think it's clear just from the testimony here and previous statements that we have a confused policy within the south china sea with regard to the built-up islands. and you know, confusion can cause miscalculations. let me just give you kind of a -- one example of it. we were in singapore for the dialogues, secretary and secretary reed, senator reed, senator ernst, the chairman. senator carter had a statement at the time, you've seen it, we'll fly, sail, anywhere. and he stated, quote, after all, turning an underwater rock into an airfield simply does not afford the rights of sovereignty or permit restrictions on international air or maritime transit. pretty strong statement at a very critical place. admiral harris, you later stated, i think at the aspen forum, it is u.s. policy to afford a 12-mile limit around all of the islands that are in the south china sea and it's been longstanding policy not because they're occupied or built up by chin

mrs. davis returns to work? we'll delve into that ahead here on the "cbs evening news." >>> this is broadway at 53rd street. the ed sullivan theatre where anticipation is building on "the late show with stephen colbert." colbert's fans can hardly wait. cbs 2's alice gainer live outside the theater with more on what makes colbert the one to watch. taping just finished? >> reporter: hey, dana. good evening. well, the marquee lights are on as you showed everyone and stephen is at home. now, the audience is actually still inside. the first taping is still going on. we are anxiously waiting their release to gauge their reaction. we are keeping cool with cob brew. the big question of course tonight. who is stephen colbert? on comedy central he played a conservative right wing guy but tonight he will be himself whoever that is. >> i mean it. i bring that online slipped it in clear case to show my true fan i'm a colbert fanboy and i admit it. >> reporter: sean one of the many fans on the long line who got tickets to the debut of "the late show with stephen colbert." >> we love stephen colbert! >> reporter: he entered the theater t

mrs. clinton. her top said huma abedin and jake sullivan. the jake sullivan will be cooperating with the f.b.i.linton will paint sullivan as some kind of john dean rogue who changed the markings before they got to her. bill: does that work based on your logic? >> their nuclear strategy worked for them for the past 20 years. whether it works this time i don't know. i think they consistently underestimated their amain adversaries. i think his girl valerie jarett has been committed to removing mrs. clinton from this race. >> reporter: you just heard her rationale. does that logic fly for you? >> here is my problem. i understand that the clintons will certainly distance themselves from any alleged wrongdoing tore wrongdoers. i also understand that secretary clinton herself is going to say it wasn't classified at the time. i didn't not was classified, i shouldn't be held to a standard i didn't understand when reasonable people might differ on the classification. but i'm hard pressed to see that as fighting back. i don't think the clintons can do much to fight back. i think they are fighting back aga

mrs. clinton appears before the benghazi panel next month. today's deposition behind closed doors features jake sullivan, clinton's senior policy advisor, an aideher presidential campaign. former chief of staff cheryl mills on the hot seat for nearly nine hours yesterday. >> miss mills answered all of the committee's questions and the dialogue was professional and productive. martha: that from trey body yesterday after a very long session with cheryl mills. chris wallace, anchor of "fox news sunday." chris, good to see you this morning. welcome. >> good to be it it with you. martha. cheryl mills for hours apparently things she could not remember but she answered all the questions. jake sullivan is in there now this morning. what do you think of the impact is of all of this? >> we don't know. it was interesting, another member of the committee, of the benghazi committee, republican was not quite as nice to cheryl mills and said that she had some memory lapses particularly when it came to benghazi. she tended to have more problems remembering questions from the republican members of the committee than from the democratic members of the committee.

mr. sullivan: mr. president, i rise this afternoon to say a few words about a critical challenge and opportunity facing the united states. you know, for months, many of us have been on the floor debating some of the important foreign policy and national security issues that our nation faces, whether it's islamic terrorism, isis, the president's flawed and dangerous iran agreement, a resurgent russia in europe and the arctic. the list of these issues is long, it's growing but one that really has not gotten much attention, i believe the attention that it deserves, which i'd like to speak about this afternoon, is the long-term national security and foreign policy consequences of the rise of china. china's president is in town right now. he's in america visiting. he's going to meet with president obama, a state visit, and some of us in the congress are going to have the opportunity to meet with him later today. it's an opportunity, mr. president, to start seriously thinking about the challenges and opportu

mr. president, i yield the floor. sulaymaniyamr. sullivan: mr. pri note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quoruquorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. gardner: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. gardner: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. officer without objection. mr. gardner: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s.2082, introduced earlier today. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 2082, a bill to amend title 28 of the united states code for the vrntses affairs and others purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. gardner: mr. president, i thank you for this opportunity today on the senate bill 20* to complete the job in denver and finish -- and aurora the veterans hospital. this has been a longtime process. it has been a struggle. i want to thank senator mcconnell, kirk for their efforts to bring us to this point much the hospital