mrs. boxer: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, under the order, i would ask that i have up to 20 minutes to address the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: thank you. mr. president, i rise today to urge senator reid to say a very clear "no" to the request by 37 republicans that we create a new senate select committee on benghazi. i was really astounded to see 37 republicans, many of whom have worked on this issue with me and senator menendez on the foreign relations committee, just essentially make this request at a time when we have so much information already on benghazi and to spend the funds for this separate committee in addition to the one that the house has set up, to me it doesn't make any sense unless -- unless you believe, as i do, that this is all a political witch hunt. the attacks of september 11, 2012, in benghazi that took the lives of fo

mrs. boxer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the foreign relations committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 433 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 433, condemning the abduction of female students by armed militants from the government girls secondary school in the northeastern province of borno in the federal republic of nigeria. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed and the committee will dispense. mrs. boxer: i'm sorry, mr. president. i ask the senate now proceed to oo voice vote on the resolution -- to a voice vote on the resolution. the presiding officer: all in favor say aye. opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i further ask that the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the t

mrs. boxer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: what is the order? the presiding officer: we are in morning business until 12:15 p.m. mrs. boxer: i ask that i be able to speak for as much time as i will consume until that time. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: madam president, senator cruz makes an impassioned plea against a nominee who is considered by some to be exemplary, and it's his right to do that. but let me just say before my friend leaves the floor, as impassioned as he is, calling mr. barron a liberal, i've heard many call mr. barron a conservative. so he must be doing something right. and i think it's interesting. so let's keep politics out of this and look at someone's record. madam president, with all the argument and debate that goes on around here and in a very legitimate way, it's fair. parties have grown very far apart, whether you look at the minimum wage with the democrats wanting to raise it, the republicans,

mrs. boxer: thank you. mr. president, i listened carefully to senator lindsey graham, who put forward a very dangerous bill for women in this country and their families, and i'll explain why i think it is dangerous, but what was interesting is, he said he brought it forward today because today, i think he said, was the anniversary that dr. goznell was convicted and sent to prpk. this iprison. this is a rogue doctor who is now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for what he did, abusing the trust of being a reproductive health care doctor. so dr. goznell is away, as he should be. and so how does my friend from north carolina commemorate this? by putting forward a bill that will drive more women to rogue doctors. if you make it illegal for a woman, regardless of her circumstance, she is going to find a way to either save her health, her life, her family. so women deserve to have protections. and the bill that my friend proposed, which would just simply say, after a certain number of weeks, no

quorum call: a senator: mrs. boxer: mr. president, i ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: and i would also ask for the yeas and nays, as previously ordered. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session. the clerk: nomination, federal reserve system, stanley fischer of new york to be a member of the board of governors. the presiding officer mrs. boxer: mr. president, we yield back all of our time. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the confirmation of the fischer nomination. [inaudible] is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to or change their votes? the vote is 68 yeas, 27 nays. the confirmation -- the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous o

mrs. boxer: colleagues, i'm going to take 25 seconds. this is a great day for the united states senate. for every single member in this body and our states, for jobs, for business, for ecosystem restoration, for our oceans. it's a great bill. and i hope we will have a great vote on this bill, senator vitter and i agree and i would yield my remaining time to him. mr. vitter: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: i urge a yes vote also. this is a strong bipartisan bill. only four no votes in the house. a strong, positive editorial in "the wall street journal." vote for infrastructure and jobs. the presiding officer: if theree is no further debate, the question is on the conference report to accompany h.r. 3080. is there a sufficient second? the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote? if not, the yeas are 91, the nays are 7. the conference report is agreed to. under

mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: before senator shaheen and other senators speak, i want to say how disappointed i am because energy efficiency is so good for this country, and they have stopped it because they want to repeal the clean air act. let's call it what it is. it's really a sad state of affairs. i was so looking forward not only to the debate on energy efficiency, but frankly, the debate on the keystone pipeline which my republican friends say is a major priority. if they felt it was a major priority, why have they filibustered this bill when we could have made that deal that they came up with in the first place? so i'm very disappointed. i hope we'll have another chance to pass this bipartisan energy efficiency bill that senator shaheen and senator portman worked so hard on. and i would now yield the floor. mr. mr. flake: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. flake: the notion that republicans are trying to repeal the clean air act, if somebody offered an amendment to th

mrs. boxer: thank you. mr. president, i rise today to urge senator reid to say a very urge senator reid to say a very >> mr. president i rise today to urge senator reid to say a very clear no to the request by 37 republicans that we create a new senate select committee on benghazi. i was really astounded to see 37 republicans many of whom have worked on this issue with me and senator menendez on the foreign relations committee just essentially make this request at a time when we have so much information already on benghazi and to spend the funds for this separate committee in addition to the one that the house has set up. to me it doesn't make any sense unless you believe as i do that this is all a political witchhunt. the attacks of september 11, 2012 and benghazi that took the lives of four americans including ambassador chris stevens, that was a tragedy. after such a tragedy we should all come together to make certain that something like this never happens again. but we shouldn't play politics. instead of fo

boxer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i ask my question, i'm going to kind of follow up on what senator rubio discussed with you, miss farkas, dr. farkas i should say. i wanted to thank the chairman and the ranking member from the bottom of my heart because they worked together and they got this resolution out of this committee where we're calling for more assistance to help free those 270-plus nigerian girls who were kidnapped by terrorists, and we just had a prayer vigil on the steps but that bore fruit because the senate passed the resolution unanimously. that's rare, and we're thrilled, and on behalf of mary landrieu and a bipartisan team on that, thanks to both of you, particularly senator corker who i know really helped. so thanks. i'm going to kind of press on your answer that you gave to senator rubio. so we know the russian military holds a significant advantage in both size and strength compared to ukraine. that's obvious. and since march russia has amassed at least 40,000 combat troops and heavy equipmen

boxer floyd mayweather jr. said he does. >> do we want to buy the clippers, yes we do. we are very, very interested in buying the clippers. >> reporter: one potential owner mrs. sterling herself. just yesterday the nba commissioner was supportive. >> this ruling applies specifically to donald sterling and donald sterling's conduct only. >> doc rivers was also supportive. >> she didn't do anything wrong either. and -- you, you, you have compassion for her. >> now doc rivers says she feels bad for her. no, no, no. they aper pear to be cut from t same cloth on this issue. awe from the health department? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: today's revelations may change all that. once people get a broader idea how involved she was in sterling's activities. i see no ware possible she could own the clippers. >> reporter: court documents reveal this from summer davenport, a former sterling employee. quote the purpose off nou annoi mrs. sterling was to gain entry into the tenant uniits to determine which tenants she would look to evict. before any sale, 75% of nba team owners must vote to force disgraced clippers boss donald sterling to sell. earlier this week, dallas maverick

mr. bishop of new york. thank you all for your hard work and i'd like to thank my senate counterparts, the chair of the conference on the senate environmental and public works committee, senator boxer and ranking member david visiter with. that -- visiter. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rahall: this legislation is a reminder that unfortunately -- and unfortunately a stark reminder that b when given a chance, working together in a bipartisan fashion, we can produce results for the american people. i salute the chairman of our committee, mr. shuster from pennsylvania, for his tireless efforts in this regard. and as well our subcommittee chairman mr. gibbs and our ranking member on the full committee, mr. bishop. one of the first acts of our federal government was to improve navigation. on august 7, 1789, the first congress federalized the lighthouses built by the colonies and appropriated funds for their operation and maintenance. today in the 113th congress we kee

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boxer's bill. thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: madam president, i'm pleased to recommend to the senate james d. peterson to be the united states district judge for the western district of wisconsin. jim has deep roots in wisconsin, having earned a bachelor's, master's and ph.d. from the university of wisconsin-madison before his first career as an associate professor of film studies at notre dame university. after a number of productive and successful years of academic life, his restlessness for intellectual challenge was energized when his wife, sue collins, interested him in the law as she was teaching legal writer at valparaiso university law school. they both returned to wisconsin where they each obtained their law degrees from the university. jim is currently the leader of the law firm godfried and khans international litigation working group and has handled a wade variety of commercial and constitutional disputes. he's worked as legal counsel in nearly two dozen patent disputes in wisconsin. in addition, he has appe

former boxer has been a feature of ukrainian politics since 2005 retirement from the sport. before around schwarzenegger was governor, he was a body builder and mruniverse. and making the stint to professional sport is a new precedent. president morales will run for re-election in october, with debut in august. al jazeera. >> i will be very surprised if he place o plays. >> that's all we have. bye for now. >> this is puerto galera in the philippines. i've been coming here for over a decade. for me, it's like a second home.

i certainly also want to recognize and thank chairman boxer's staff, particularly tina farier, ted alston, mary kerr and kate gillman. in closing, mr. president, i strongly commend this wrda bill to the senate. it's a strong bipartisan jobs and infrastructure bill. it is what we need to do more of and it's the modeled we need to adopt more in the united states senate. working together on important projects across party lines, and one key reason we were able to do it successfully is we had a strong bipartisan process and an open process that invited participation from all sides, including significant floor amendments to the senate bill. that was absolutely crucial to moving the bill in a productive way through the process. we'll try to implement the same approach with the highway bill. we reported a strong bipartisan highway bill out of our committee unanimously last week, but we need to bring it to the senate floor. we need to act well in advance of the highway trust fund running out of money around august. and i hope we expand on this work. i hope we use this model, including an open floor process in many, many other areas on many

boxer clits has been a -- vitaly klitschko has been a feature of politician. before arnold schwarzenegger was a governor of california, he was a leading body builder and mr universe. while vladimir putin's love of ice hockey is known, making the stamp to professional sport is a new press department. president morales will run for reelection in october. first his debut for sports boys in august. >>> i am sure he'll be entertaining to watch. back to you. >> before you go, do you like coffee? >> i'm a tea drinking rather than coffee. >> farah is not among millions of us who love it. the people who make the stuff have come from all around the world to melbourne and australia. they are not there to see the sites or sample the wipe. they have come to compete over coffee, can you believe it. more than 30 countries are getting into a lava over their laites and making masterpieces over their coughees at the championships. >> reporter: baristas as artists, cups and cap vases. this is a coffee culture in its literal sense. competitors giving their run for the title of world champion latte artist the very level shot. >> these are the guys and girls who represent their art an

mr. ross later became an activist, helped form the contract buyers league. i should add that it is estimated that 85% of african-americans looking to buy homes in chicago boxerlending. >> let's hear clyde ross and his onward speaking a in 1969 on behalf of the contract buyers league from a coalition of black homeowners on chicago's south and west side from all of whom had been locked in the the same system of predatory lending. >> they have cheated us out of more than money. we have been cheated out of the right to be human beings and society. we have been cheated out of buying homes at a decent price. chance.me now we got a the contract buyers league has presented a chance for these people in this area to move out of this group of society, to move up. stan on your own two feet. be human beings, fight for what you know is right. fight. , can youisi coates talk about this example and others in this remarkable piece thehow you then talk about bill for reparations that has been introduced by john conyers year after year in the house, and what reparations would actually look like? what i try to establish as there is a conventional way of talking about elation sh

mr. costa in jail, and they are codependent on each other, and the need to communicate is overwhelming. >> alyssa schlossberg and thomas costa devise a way to communicate unlike anything. >> i knew his size of boxers, and so i knew it was him. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail. it is not just a lockup center, but also a drug rehabilitation center. >> we were the first correctional facility to open up a drug rehabilitation center. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that is also successful. >> since it has more men than women, the men's side houses 18 inmates. >> i don't have amateur addicts burk the real mccoys. i have guys that live on the street and homeless, and i don't have the weekend warrior, and i have the everyday user. those are the people that we need to help right now to stop the revolving doors from coming in and out of the jails and save some money down the road for the taxpayers. >> aaron sofield is an admitted heroin addict awaiting sentence for theft and forgery, and he is three weeks into the program. >> it is the same stuff, and boring. i have

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 boxerunches on herman's 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 should have done

boxer of california. you-all have been the ones that has been at the point of the sphere. thank you very much. mr. whitehouse: it's a pleasure to be with you, senator, and your leadership is really remarkable. here's another example from my tour. this is broward county. if people say it's not real, ask the owner of this house. "for sale" sign. good luck selling that house with the ocean up through it. that was 2010. now broward county photograph, your commissioner, kristin jacobs, who was the mayor during this time, gave me these pictures. again, this is not -- this is tide. look at the sky. it's a beautiful day. this isn't rain. this is tide flooding in. and what it does to the cars. it's a mess. and as senator nelson described, because florida is this limestone kind of hard sponge, what keeps the salt water out is the pressure of the fresh water holding it at bay. there's no wall, there's no structure that keeps the water, salt and fresh, balanced. it's a hydraulic system. and what they've done is they've built these canals, a very complex system of canals, where they've raised the water so that

mr. graham: thank you very much. i would like to discuss the state of play on benghazi. i think senator boxer came on the floor this morning to talk about the investigations and all the things that have been done to find out what is going on in benghazi. those serving in libya today, you're definitely in our thoughts and prayers. my advice to the administration is get those folks out as quick as you can because this thing is going downhill very quickly in libya. let's don't have another benghazi on our hands. i feel like the security environment in libya is deteriorating as i speak. if i can set the stage for my concerns, one, i think most people on this side of the aisle, right or wrong, believe that the names were changed; this whole attitude toward finding out what happened in benghazi would be different. it would be the bush administration, condoleezza rice, not susan rice, that we would be on fire as a nation to find out how the president could have said two weeks after the attack, mention of videos that caused the attack, that all of the information coming from the intelligence communit

mr. president, for the corps of engineers and for congress to clean the books, cut the waste and bring fiscal responsibility to this wrda process. so i want to thank my colleagues, including chairman boxer, ranking member vitter, and former senator and subcommittee ranking member max baucus, for the bipartisan process that this bill was considered under. the conference report is not perfect, but i believe that we have achieved a product that is substantive, effective and in the public interest. it's a product that will save lives, maintain the flow of commerce and protect communities for years to come. and, therefore, i urge my colleagues on both sides of the floor to support this conference report and once again thank -- i thank you, mr. president, thank the committee colleagues for their willingness to work together on this bill. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from utah is recognized. mr. hatch: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. h

mrs. boxer: and i ask that all time be yielded back and that we vote. the presiding officer: without objection all time is yielded back. the question occurs on the logan nomination. mrs. boxer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted or wishing to change their vote? if not, the ayes are 96, the nays are zero, the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the question now occurs on the tuchi nomination. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask consent to yield back -- the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the senate will come to order. the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask consent to yield back all time on the next two nominations. the presiding officer: without objection. the time is yielded back. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the cler