mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: am i correct there is no quorum call at the moment? the presiding officer: that is correct. the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: thank you so much. mr. president, we're working behind the scenes to allow a vote on h.r. 2576, the frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act. my understanding of the status of this vote is that we're fine on the democratic side but there is an objection to moving to it on the republican side. i'm hopeful this can be resolved because this bill has been the most complicated, difficult and emotional journey that i have ever had in the united states senate, and the fact that we have reached agreement, a vast, vast majority of us, and it showed in the house vote where i think there were only about a dozen no votes, i think it's ripe for a vote. when you talk about regulating chemicals, mr. president, toxic chemicals, it's not just an academic discussion. it has real-life consequences. and when you name a bill after fran

boxer. senator menendez? mr. menendez: thank you both for coming here today and thank you both for your service here. , how many agencies are involved with respect to mexico's order to meet, and our interdiction,op to stop flows, how many agencies are involved? mr. foote: usa's agencies? yes, thank you. mr. foote: i know the department dea, the fbi, the department of homeland security is heavily involved through customs and border security, homeland security investigations going on, our military supports some of our efforts, mexico's military, and then we have some ancillary agencies who are based in mexico city, which is while their chief focus isn't the border, they do, peripherally, work as it touches atf and the u.s. marshals. mr. menendez: and if you had to guess, how much money has been spent on interdiction and eradication efforts in mexico since the start of the epidemic that we are experiencing here? what would you put it at? mr. foote: my understanding is $2.5 billion have been appropriated, of which bi

mr. price? >> ranking member boxer and members of the committee, kevin price, senior science and technology adviserthe middle east research center. my passion has been the abication of new technology to reduce the risks of drought and assist in resolving conflict around the world. i will focus on desalinization and water reuse. early in my reclamation career, i was responsible for the research portion of the science and technology agreement with israel. during a trip i was i was asked why someone from the u.s. was attending. i explained that the problems and solutions would be important to the u.s. and it faced similar problems in the future. i currently work for metric, an international institution created in 1996 as part of the middle east peace process and hosted. they include the palestinians, jordanians and israelis as well as the u.s. department of state. they address water and peace. this is done through training and wrch. there is a distinction that must be meat. water purrifications is a number of things. frameworks describe what needs to be removed from water and this means suspended part

mr. chairman, ranking member boxer and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i am pleased to present fiscal plans for the year 2017. our request for $970 million will promote the interests of the united states while significantly improving the quality of life are those we help. we have identified five priorities to focus our assistance where we can have the greatest impact, prosperity, good governance, promoting a sustainable and equitable peace in colombia, long-term development in haiti, advancing democracy and human rights across the americas and addressing environmental threats to livelihoods. one of our highest priorities is central america, particularly in el salvador, guatemala and honduras. we know that opening doors for citizens, especially -- will bolster our efforts for more prosperous societies. our programs include efforts to support small businesses and entrepreneurs, encourage private investment, train youth in job skills and improve agricultural productivity. these efforts to grow prosperity are only sustainable in an environment where democratic values and institutio

mr. foote. thank you for your testimony before us here today. spina chairman rubio senator boxer senator hernandez senator gardner thank you for this opportunity to appear before you to discuss the work at the state department's borough of international affairs bureau of international narcotics and law enforcement affairs to combat the production trafficking of heroin particularly via mexican-based drug trafficking organizations that are responsible for the vast majority of heroin on american streets today. we face an epidemic of opioid abuse. domestically produced controlled prescription pain relievers or heroin which is -- other drugs such as fentanyl. drug trafficking organizations have killed tens of thousands of citizens and these organizations continue to foam at violence, instability, corruption and addiction. this scourge is broader than just the united states and we will not solve the lumpy the overwhelming majority of the heroin and u.s. is produced or distributed by mexican drug trafficking organizations. for many years they have been trafficking not only heroin but al

mr. trump. >>> plus, senator barbara boxer joins me right here in studio.y tuned. >>> still ahead on our special primary night edition of "mtp daily," republican women open up about donald trump. can hillary clinton convince some of them to fully jump ship? >>> meanwhile, i'll speak to clinton supporter and california senator barbara boxer, she joins me live in studio for that discussion. but first, the cnbc market wrap. >> thanks, chuck. stocks rallying across the board. the dow soaring by 222 points. s&p up by 25. nasdaq adding 59 points. rising crude prices helped. oil finished up 3% on worries about supply disruptions in canada. job openings posted their biggest gain in eight months. open positions jumped by 2.7%. the most since september, to 5.76 million in march. however, actual hiring slowed down. and disney is out with earnings that missed expectations. shares are lower in after-hours trading. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. ♪ >>> welcome back, it is tuesday, it's a primary night. so old habits die hard. we'll have full coverage, e

boxer thank you for coming on. i'm joined by bill crystal, a staunch trump critic. and mr. trump has noticed.n fact this was donald trump moments ago in anaheim about my next guest. >> he is a real lightweight. his name is bill crystal. from day one, this poor guy, this poor guy -- i watch him. but here's what i don't understand. why do you keep putting a guy on television that's been proven to be wrong for so many years? here's a guy that said trump isn't gonna run. if he runs,'s not going to do well. he's gonna be out by september. because we're still looking for a third party candidate. we think -- we think -- he has been doing this for like nine months and can't find anybody. what a loser. what a loser. >> well, bill, for somebody, he seems to care what you say. >> yeah i'm flattered. i guess i got under his skin a little bit. maybe he is scared of a third party independent candidate when the polls show that a majority of americans want one and that mitt romney for example -- they threw him into the poll, was that your poll, or the abc poll on sunday. >> abc. >> abc. 37, 35, 22. the guy h

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mr. huffman: calling the bill bipartisan does not make it so. let me share with my colleagues what senator feinstein has said. she said it contains provisions that violate environmental law. california senator boxer said the bill is the same old same old and ry ignite the water wars. the state of california not only opposes these provisions but has opposed all previous incarnations of this bill. . i'll close with what the "fresno bee" said about this bill -- i'm not closing, i'll yield in a moment to ms. matsui. the "fresno bee" call this is bill a g.o.p. wish list with little to no income and a water bill draft floated by democrats. i would yield three minutes to the gentlelady from sacramento who has long fought to protect the delta and the interests of her region. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. matsui: i rise in strong opposition to the house amendment to s. 2012. though this bill contains some important provisions overall, it raises barriers to our clean energy future by reversing important progress we have made to curb emissions and combat climate change. house republicans have made a bad bill worse by attaching harmful provisions that will have

mrs. boxer: i ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: thank you, mr. prest. i come here to talk about a very important responsibility that the united states senate has to deal with in an expeditious manner a supreme court nomination. mr. president, in a practice consistent with every single supreme court nominee before him, president obama's nominee to fill the vacant seat, judge merrick garland, submitted his completed questionnaire yesterday to the senate judiciary committee. inside six boxes were 141 pages with 2,066 pages of appendices in which judge garland provided incredibly thorough answers to the standard question asked of every supreme court candidate. he detailed the highlights of his career, his published writings, the many honors and awards he received, the cases he litigated, the judicial opinions he gave as well as his speeches and his interviews. despite the fact that senate republicans have forced judge garland into an unprecedented limbo, he remains focused on the task before him. he acted with the greatest decenc