intern, the summer of 1974 and watergate, for a congressman named sebelious, and my colleague, pat roberts, was his chief of staff and has been my friend since. i'm also humbled to follow in the footsteps of governor sam brownback and the many who came before him and whose names are etched in this desk where i now stand. i'm mindful of their service and particularly that of senator bob dole, who served kansans for nearly three decades in this seat. during the nearly 36 years on capitol hill, senator dole became known as the leader who worked relentlessly to forge alliances to pass -- in order to pass significant legislation. today he serves as a role model for those who have dedicated their lives to public service. i thank senator dole for his call yesterday wishing me well today, but i thank him more for his distinguished service to our country and to kansans. i know the love and respect that the people of his hometown of russell have for him and i will work to honor his legacy. i grew up just down the road from bob dole's hometown in a smaller town, plainville. a place where folks know t

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as pat said, robert gates said it when trying to talk e president out of it. >> you can -- let's put that to the test. what are the odds zero to 100 that obama will be impeached? >> zero. >> zero. >> over this? zero. >>> issue two, hot rods. >> the bottom line is that there clearly appears to be a challenge keeping that spent fuel filled with sufficient water. >> japan's nuclear reactors at fukashima dai-ichi continue this week to produce dangerous levels of railed agrees. exposed nuclear fuel rods emit radiation unless they are submerged. so workers are trying to contain the radiation by covering the expose ode fuel rods with water. japan's nuclear crisis has renewed a debate in the u.s. over what to do with spent nuclear fuel rods. currently, 145 million pounds every spent fuel is stored at 77 locations in the u.s., and 44 million pounds of additional spent fuel is added every year. this spent fuel is stored in tanks and most of the tanks are located right next to the nuclear reactors. the regulatory commission says that the system dealing with spent nuclear fuel is okay. >> right

as pat said, robert gates said it when trying to talk the president out of it. >> you can -- let's put that to the test. what are the odds zero to 100 that obama will be impeached? >> zero. >> zero. >> over this? zero. >>> issue two, hot rods. >> the bottom line is that there clearly appears to be a challenge keeping that spent fuel filled with sufficient water. >> japan's nuclear reactors at fukashima dai-ichi continue this week to produce dangerous levels of railed agrees. exposed nuclear fuel rods emit radiation unless they are submerged. so workers are trying to contain the radiation by covering the expose ode fuel rods with water. japan's nuclear crisis has renewed a debate in the u.s. over what to do with spent nuclear fuel rods. currently, 145 million pounds every spent fuel is stored at 77 locations in the u.s., and 44 million pounds of additional spent fuel is added every year. this spent fuel is stored in tanks and most of the tanks are located right next to the nuclear reactors. the regulatory commission says that the system dealing with spent nuclear fuel is okay. >> right

and that's why i'm cosponsoring a bill with senator pat roberts that actually works with a directive from president obama. the regulatory responsibility for row economy act will give -- for our economy act will give an order for an executive order, it may be for those that are excessive and modify or streamline or appeal them. now we're all committed to good environmental stewardship and effective consumer protections, but the president's order acknowledges that federal regulations are hindering the nation's economic growth and our ability to create jobs. the law we are proposing, if passed, will make sure that we take a clear-eyed look at our rules and help to bring regulatory and legal certainty to the markets. and while we're working to produce more oil in america, i'd add that with the right approach, with the approach that i'm describing, we could also enlist the help of our friend and close ally to the north, canada. to do that, for example, we need to complete some very ambitious projects that need permitting and approval. one example, the keystone exel pipeline. this high-tec

it has pat buchanan and it has the saul lynnski's successors on the other. at it interesting how robert putnam, the famous sociologist at harvard, who wrote the report and later the book, bowling alone, about social isolation in america, had been working for a number of years on assessing the impact of diversity on civic engagement and democratic participation. he did not like the results he got. essentially he said that it places with the most diversity in america with the lowest levels of social trust, social engagement. people tended to hunger -- hunker down. they became couch potatoes and didn't go the bake sale or join the chamber of commerce. people hunker down in order to escape. yet the "times" promotes diversity as an aggressive creed, and this is not just diversity as a personnel policy but diversity at demographic reality. charles glow saying to the tea partyers you want your country back, you're not going to get it. welcome to america, the remix. it's that triumphalism and the diversity and the cult of ethnicity that is not only bad for our democratic life but it's bad for p

that could pat very clear pressure on colonel gaddafi and his people that thingsing cannot go on like this. host: robertpublican caller from tennessee. hi, there. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: listen, i want to say to the host, thank you for taking my call. but i want you to give me just a minute. because i think i got something very important to say to this man and i think america should hear it. the best way i look at who my friends are is how they have treated me in the past. and i'm not trying to say anything negative to the european union but the united nations gave sanction after sanction to iraq and all it done was hurt the people. it didn't force saddam hussein to play any hand. it only hurt the people. when we actually did go to war with iraq, whether americans liked it or not, it was snag needed to be done. but the european people just forget to everything we went through in 1942. we liberated the whole world. and then when we needed help, it's like y'all want to send us 10 people. well, thanks a lot for the 3,000 deaths that americans talentied up in that war. over 3,000 b