mrs. boxer: madam president, what is the order of business right now? the presiding officer: the senate is considering the unemployment compensation bill. mrs. boxer: well, madam president, i rise to talk about the absolute necessity to pass this unemployment compensation bill. and we should do it because it's the morally right thing to do. it's the economically right thing to do. and we have listened to our republican friends, and even though they always said in the past, don't worry about paying for it -- they passed it almost five times under george bush without paying for it -- now all of a sudden they said, pay for it. and we do pay for it in this bill. so i don't know what it is they exactly want. they claim they were empathetic to people unemployed, the long-term unemployed. we know that rate is very, very high, the long-term unemployment, even though we know we have seen in the last i guess how many months 8 million jobs since about six -- six months. but not everybody is -- is fortunate

mr. chairman. follow-up along the same line as senator boxer. importance ofthe public disclosure of sources of contamination to allow the public to regulate them. i agree. in favor of doing that. do you or any of the other witnesses have any thoughts about how we can balance that value of public disclosure with the need to protect the sites in a post-9/11 world? we not want to create a situation where we things thaticize are potential targets for terrorists or people who would cause us harm? >> to you, senator. i understand that there is a need for balance with a post-9/11 era. reality, this information is out there now. web andgo through the find information on most drinking water utilities in the united states. you can find information about where they're located, where the treatment plants are located. how we would go about keeping information confidential and yet engaging the public in making them part of the solution in protecting their source water, i do not have the flanges that. >> anybody else? senator, i have some thoughts. systemstes

i would like to kind of follow up along the same lines as senator boxer, mr. mcnulty, you mentioned the importance of public disclosure of potential sources of contamination to allow the public to prepare or regulate them. which i agree. i am very much in favor of doing that. do you or any other witnesses have any thoughts how we can balance that, the value of public disclosure with the need to protect the site in the post 9/11 world? we don't want to create a situation where we some how publicized what potential targets for terrorists or whoever would cause this? >> thank you, senator. there needs to be a balance with post 9/11 era that we live in now. in reality, this information is out there now. you can comb the web, find information on most every drinking water utility in the united states i believe, find out information about where they're located and so forth, how we would go about keeping information confidential but engage in the public and making them part of the solution, taking their source water i don't have a full answer to that. >> anybody elsec

mr. chairman. i would like to follow along the same line as senator boxer. mr. mcnulty you mentioned that the importance of public exposure of all potential sources of contamination to regulate them, which i agree. i'm certainly very much in favor of doing that. do you or any of the other witnesses have any thoughts about how we can balance that, the value of public disclosure with the need to protect a post-9/11 world. in other words we don't want to create a situation where we somehow publicized the signs that are potential targets for terrorists or whatever would cause us harm. >> thank you senator. i certainly understand that there needs to be a balance with the post-9/11 era that we live in now but i think in reality this information is out there now. you can comb the way up and find information on almost every drinking water utility in the united states i believe and find out information about where they are located, the treatment plants are located and so forth. how we would go about keeping information confidential and engaging the public and making them

doctor, was there a pair of fruit of the loom boxers that were taken from mr. into your medical examiner's office? >> yes, there was. >> doctor, these displays are tli dimensional, is that correct? >> yes, they are. >> the clothing has been packaged where all four sides of the clothing can be seen, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> in a few minutes, we'll be asking you questions about gunshot wounds basically to the genital area or between the legs of mr. davis. did you examine these boxer shorts to see if there was evidence of gunshot in that area? >> yes, i did. >> did you find any evidence of gunshots? >> yes, i did. >> can you show the jurors where you found them? >> apparently, the jury is looking at the front. i'm going to turn this aren't and you can see the back or what we call the posterior aspect. at the back on the seat is a hole. >> thank you, ma'am. state's exhibit 174, a black jacket, please. dr. simons, was this black jacket brought in on the body of jordan davis? >> yes, it was. >> were you able to detect evidence of a gunshot hole in this

mr. hancock. >> good morning chairman boxer ranking member vitter and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity on behalf of aashto to share our views of on the importance of robust federal investment in surface transportation. the potential near-term impacts of the cash shortfall in the highway trust fund and the longer-term impacts associated with uncertainty and instability of the highway trust fund. i have to say i'm very encouraged by the remarks i have heard this morning. i would like to share two points with you. first the threat to the states the construction industry and the overall economy is real. it's closer than originally estimated. we could face serious economic disruptions as early as this summer if the u.s. d.o.t. delays reimbursement to the statecraft of projects already underway. unless congress acts to increase the highway trust fund revenues for provide additional general fund support the states will be unable to obligate any new federal funds in fiscal year 2015. in both cases there will be immediate and direct impacts to the states economies

mr. richard trumka, president of the afl-cio. welcome. >> thank you, chairman boxer and ranking member vitter for having me, us, appear before your committee today. three years ago tom and i appeared before this committee asking for a reauthorization of the surface transportation bill and since then he and i have spent more time than either one of us would like to admit trying to get this done and while we are not quite ready to schedule vacations together yet we really are willing to come together and anxious to come together to get this important issue solved for the country, the good of the country because reauthorization of the surface transportation bill has been the most important jobs legislation that congress considers and it's a very, very big priority for us. while the economy has improved job creation remains sluggish. the construction sector alone is down 1.6 million jobs from prerecession levels. so we not only need jobs but good jobs and it is estimated that each billion dollars of federal investment in transportation creates 35,000 well-paying jobs. th

mr. chairman. thank you chairman boxer. thank you so much. we'll just refer to the as drinking water. drinking is one very small part of what this toxic water does. it causes people who have money enough to have a vacation home somewhere to get out of that area and go there so they can take a bath. i know several people who commute on a daily basis just to be able to do that. those people don't have those second homes and they are left to deal with the horror of what this is and i can tell you, mr. chairman, that there are a number of people that i could go wilmont name is said that they are considering moving out of west virginia because they have young children and they have no confidence in the future or in the regulatory scheme. and how did this happen and is the water now save? there are various views on that. what are the long-term health consequences. senator udall mention that in sonorously important. you wake up everyday thinking that it might come back. not being sure. that's a horrible feeling for bringing up the family in this way. and finally how do we make sure that this

both senator feinstein and boxer will be along with him and after the from nose visit mr.h to rancho mile an hour am where he meets with the jordan king. >> lady gaga new drought spokeswoman for california. sing soon on the air with public service announcement urging californians to conserve water. it's all part of the deal she made with the safe to use hearst castle for music video. she wanted to use the famous neptune pool beautiful but emptied in january because it was leaking 5000 gallon of world trade center a day. not a good message to send during a drought. lady gaga wanted it any way and paid for world trade center to be pumped to the pool then returned to the irrigation facility after the shooting. all together donating quarter million dollars to hearst castle foundation. some money used to repair the neptune pool so it doesn't leak so much water. >> one last check open the weather. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian on the roof of the building and weather expert with sense of humor and as lady gaga would say he was just born this way. >> indeed i was. mu

reed of rhode island, gillibrand, whitehouse, schatz, boxer, casey, carper, warren, murray, begich, brown, merkley, king, schumer, nelson, coons. mr. reid: i have a motion to commit s. 1845 with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, moves to commit the bill to the committee on finance with instructions to report back being amendment number 2716. mr. reid: on this, mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. mr. reid: i have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment number 2717 to the instructions of the motion to commit. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays, mr. president. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment numbered 2718 to amendment numbered

mr. cole. seven different times in those two letters he tells me it's an ongoing investigation that's why barbara boxer can't testify before committee. the president is confident there's not a smidgen of corruption that took place there, and as we heard two weeks ago, leaked to the wall street journal, there's no recommendations for prosecution. they don't think they're going to recommend any leaks coming from the justice department. how does that reassure the american people this is a real genuine credible investigation. >> what is the commander in chief coming out there and announcing the verdict before it has officially been reached by the jury, at least as far as they're telling you? justice is saying they haven't concluded whether there should be criminal charges brought. and the president of the united states is saying, it's done. >> yeah, i think -- is he sending a signal to miss boxer? here's what i want to have happen. remember, barbara boxer is a maxup, $6,750 she gave to the obama campaign over the last few years. she has a financial interest in the outcome, in the president. and yesterday s

mr. speaker after all. but no one had the idea that the 22-year-old boxer step into the ring 50 years ago tonight in miami beachhat defeat to me! >> reporter: hardly anyone gave a challenger a chance against sonny liston. a cold brutal ex-conwith a devastating left hook. even clay's ring side physician fight doctor ferdie pacheco was concerned. >> you were concerned liston was going to hurt him? >> not hurt him. kill him. >> reporter: taunted liston all the way up. >> tonight, somebody will die at ring side. >> he was a promoter's dream. >> reporter: at age 17 suzanne dundee bonner was working with her father famed promoter chris dundee. >> he felt promoted himself. he knew what to say and when to say it. >> reporter: clay had no chance. >> cassius clay is the only man who thinks he's going to win. >> reporter: but clay surprised no one other than liston. dancing, moving with jab after jab. >> he ran around ran this way and that way. he looked like a crazy fighter. a little crazy. >> reporter: after six rounds sonny liston had had enough. spitting out his mouthpiece before the seventh. the fight was over but th

former heavyweight boxer, the head of the punch party, as it's known here, is not on the list because because he is widely expected to run for presidency. neither is on that list, mrborishenko who heads up the well-known ukraine chocolate empire, and he's no friend of moscow. he has played a key roll behind the scenes. he is another potential presidential runner. some of the people who have been in position, mr. abakov, the current acting interior minister. it's a mixed back. we've been hearing some boos, some cheers. not truly representative, at least, but perhaps indicative of saying earlier how important the political class here in the ukraine feel it is to come out and consult the people and not make decisions behind closed doors when they can be accused of all sorts of corruption and gerrymandering. they really have to come out and make their case to the public. >> despite questions over the democratic robustness of this process it is extraordinary. they're basically putting people on stage and asking the crowd what do they think of them? >> yes, someone made a comparison in ancient rome with fairly drastics results. not quite like that here but hard to imagi

mr. herman had child molest charges. >> herman is no saint. he's in there on a kidnapping charge. but he's not a child molester, which even hardened felons consider reprehensible. with the accuracy of an experienced boxerrivera lands 13 punches on his face and midsection. rivera finishes with a knee to the chest and then goes back to finish his juice box. herman spends the next 20 minutes washing his wounds before the second inmate morris unleashes a barrage of blows to his chest. >> it's bizarre conduct by these assailants because they actually looked at his booking card, and there was nothing in there about child molesting at all. and he was never charged with it. >> the assault continues. morris comes back with a vicious kick to the head followed by some heavy swings by quint. and then a fourth inmate, reyes enters the melee. rick herman is terrified. >> i didn't know if i was going to live or die. it was just get over with. i didn't know if i was going to live through it. >> the pummelling lasts for 30 minutes. >> at no point during that time does herman call for help for fear of being labeled a snitch or a tattletale. but none of the other witnesses does anything to help either. >> what they shoul

mr. secretary. thank you for participating. i am wondering, given the anylenges that administration has to get proposals through omb and given the fact that senator boxer has announced a very accelerated schedule for moving forward on that reauthorization, how does the department anticipate making its priorities known to the committee ono the the house and senate side? it seems unrealistic to think the department can put through a complete reauthorization or postal. how do you envision that going forward? >> in the past a lot of the policy frameworks the administration has had on transportation has come through the budget ross s -- budget but i wouldn't count us out. will say right now. >> i know we have a question in the back corner. mr. secretary, you said the dot believes there is a different way to pay for infrastructure expansion besides a tax increase. can you elaborate on other ways you have in mind? is theresic outline has been fairly substantial work chairman camp of the house ways and means committee and chairman of the the former chair committee has been doing on tax reform, and if you look at those aoposals, there is actually savings or div

mr. secretary. thank you very much for participating. i'm hall with balinic in town. i'm wondering given the challenges any administration has to get proposals through omb and given the fact that senator boxer has announced a very accelerated schedule for moving forward on map 21 reauthorization, how does the department anticipate making itself priorities known to the senator and to the committee on both the house and senate side? it seems unrealistic to think that the department can actually put together a complete reauthorization proposal perhaps some sort of an outline? how do you envision that going forward. >> well in the past, a lot of the policy framework the administration has had on transportation have come through the budget process, and -- but i wouldn't count us out. i wouldn't count us out. and that's all i'll say right now. >> i know we have a question in the back corner there. >> mr. secretary, i'm joe scully with the truck renting and leasing association. you said that dot believes there's a different way to pay for infrastructure expansion besides fuel tax increase. can you elaborate? >> the basic outline is there's been some fairly substantial work that chairman kemp of th

boxer, senator casey, senator gillibrand, senator heinrich, senator merkley, senator murray, senator reed, senator shaheen, senator whitehouse, senator rockefeller, senator tester, and senator can' cantwell. i thank all of them for their strong support. mr. president, let me take a few minutes to touch on -- just touch on -- some of the areas that this bill -- this comprehensive bill covers. and as i return to the floor in the coming days, i will go into greater length about each of these provisions, because each of these provisions, unto themselves, is enormously important in terms of the needs of of our veterans. as i mentioned earlier, and consistent with what's on the bill right now, the pryor bill, the bipartisan budget act of 20 -- the bill -- our comprehensive veterans bill will restore the cuts made in the bipartisan budget act of 2013 to military retirees. so in our bill, we address that issue. this comprehensive veterans legislation deals with another issue -- not necessarily a sexy issue -- buissue, but one that a large number of veterans all over america. that is, it will allow v.a. to enter into 27 major medical leases in 18 states and puerto rico. for a variety of reasons too complicated to get into right now, we have cbuc

mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i -- i want to thank senator blumenthal for his remarks, and i'm going to utilize the same chart that he had in a moment because i think it really says it all, and it was my -- my colleague mark begich that first used this terminology, that our soldiers, they have paid for this benefit already, and to get distracted by a discussion on how much to hurt children in order to restore these benefits is not worthy, in my opinion, of the men and women in uniform. so i am proud to stand up in support of senator pryor's commonsense bill, and i ask that i be allowed to proceed for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: senator pryor's bill is a restoration bill. it restores fairness and justice to our military veterans. it repeals cuts to the cost of living adjustments, we all them colas, for military retirees under the age of 62. i see the senator from alaska just came in and i want to reiterate how much i appreciate his leadership, senator begich, and t