democrats, including patrick leahy of vermont, objected. it was part of the debate on an immigration bill authored by the so-called "gang of eight" senators. >> the group of eight, say they're open to improving the bill. well, my amendment, now before the senate, does just that. my amendment improves the trigger that jump starts the legalization program. it ensures that the border is secure before one person gets legal status under this act. >> i will oppose efforts that impose unrealistic, excessively costly, overly rigid, inhumane or ineffective border security measures. and i will oppose efforts to modify the triggers in ways that could unduly delay or prevent the earned legalization path we've waited too long already. >> holman: currently the bill calls for improvements to the border fence and other triggers before immigrants are granted new status. in moscow, as many as 15,000 protesters marched today to denounce russian president putin. the demonstrators, including opposition leaders, criticized putin for authoritarian rule and demand

general keith alexander told vermont senator patrick leahy, the two classified programs recently revealedks are essential for u.s. security. >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> dozens of them proved crucial, critical, is that right? dozens? >> for both here and abroad. >> reporter: alexander pointed specifically to the disruptive 2009 plot to bomb new york city subways, intercepted e-mails with an overseas al qaeda bomb maker quickly led investigators to najibullah zazi. in hong kong, former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden, who has admitted outing the n.s.a. programs, today revealed another secret. while the united states has accused china of relentless cyber attacks, it snowden accused the u.s. of doing the same thing with major hacking operations with hundreds of targets in china and hong kong. in an interview published by the south china morning post: an interview published by the south china morning post: snowden has been in hiding since monday, but said he had no plans to leave the country. the country. now, that's an obvious signal that snowden int

some democrats like vermont's patrick leahy said the bill reads like a christmas wish list for outside firms. >> i'm sure there are federal contracting firms, high fiving at the prospect of all the spending demanded. >> but opposition from democrats was muted and the president endorsed the kprirms in his weekly radio address. >> but it's consistent with the principles that i and others have laid out for common sense reform. >> republican moss normally balk say this is different because it would be paid for by fines charged to undocumented workers who, if the reform bill becomes law, will now be allowed to seek citizenship. >> all of us agree that we have to pay a fine. that's not a problem. >> 25-year-old louis aguilar crossed with his family 17 years ago. the congressional budget office estimates that if louis and the nation's roughly 11 million illegal immigrants are granted legal status the government will raise an additional $459 billion in new tax revenue. >> we have shown that we're every part of america as somebody who was born here. the only part is that we are not american is

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we just received this in which patrick leahy reintroduces equality to same-sex couples which he had withdrawn in this procedural vote. this is nothing more than righteous ideological insistence upon deeming it again. he conveyed one message. now he reintroduces it and that is hardly the work of lottie legislation. >> you hit the nail on the head. we do not need gimmicks and metrics and we do not need soundbite policies. what we need is resources to border patrol agents on the ground along the border to make sure that they are doing their jobs. they are the experts in this situation. we do not need politicians determining our homeland security. >> so the point is when chris says that this bill guarded border security, the fact is this bill is adding $6 billion to security and this will leader nation to spend this on federal immigration enforcement. lou: how do you measure success in controlling not? because we have seen border patrol almost double. >> exactly. lou: what is the metric by which he will judge success? it is suggested that 90% apprehension rate exist. >> along the southwestern bor

data disrupted a 2009 plot targeting the new york city subway system by bull azazi conceded to patrick leahy that was simply not the case. the lead came from foreign sources. >> with a 702 set of information, based on operatives overseas we saw connections into a person in colorado. that was passed to the fbi. >> and while alexander said the drilldown on american citizens must be cleared by a national security court, senators saying it wasn't enough given the pervasive environment of mistrust. >> the american public is fearful that in this massive amount of data you get, that there is the ability of the federal government to synthesize that data and learn something more. >> on thursday, a rare briefing of the full senate on the nsa data collection programs alexander will testify again. this session is classified and closed to the public, shep. >> shepard: catherine, today we learned the deputy director of the cia resigned. >> well, that's right. mike morell after 33 years with the agency. it was made some time ago. he was center he of the talking points controversy. the administration ultima

collection of data disrupted a 2009 plot targeting new york city subway, general alexander conceded to patrick leahy that was not the case. the lead came from foreign sources. >> on the new york city one, the sas ee case, it started with a 702 set of information based on operatives overseas. we saw connections into a person in colorado. that was passed to the fbi. >> reporter: another senior democrat complained about nsa's application of the patriot act, section 215, the so-called records provision. >> what i quarrel with, collecting all of the information in california on telephone records. that could me seems overly broad. >> reporter: alexander debunked claims by edward snowden, the nsa leaker. >> i saw an interview in which mr. snowden claimed that due to his position at nsa, he could tap into virtually any american's phone calls or e-mails. true or false? >> i know of no way to do that. >> reporter: alexander said those on american citizens mug through a national security course, it wasn't enough to the basic environment of mistrust. >> the american public is fearful in this mass of amount of d

security measures will almost certainly be contracted out to private companies which prompted senator patrick leahy to say this on the floor. >> to the leahy amendment before us. reads like a christmas wish list for halliburton. >> that's right. and get this. while we pour money, fencing, armed agents on to the border, while we gear it up with all sorts of high-tech surveillance activities. while we arm it and make sure it's one of the most militarized places in this country, the task force charged with oversight for this increasingly militarized stretch of our country will not have subpoena power. it's just a paper commission. now, it may be that the amendment with all its pork barrel spending and punitive measures is an acceptable price to pay for a path to citizenship for 11 million people, but let's not lose sight of what's happening here. every time republicans get a chance to, they are making this bill less humane, more expensive, and worse for our country. and this thing hasn't even hit the house yet. just wait until louie gohmert and his gang get their hands on it. we'll be right back with

if the supreme court upholds doma, you're going to see a lot of pressure exerted today on patrick leahysenate judiciary committee chairman, other democratic leaders, to really make a last-ditch effort to at least get a vote on the amendment. it's been extraordinarily hard to get votes on noncontroversial amendments in this debate. so the likelihood of getting a vote is very small. >> okay. >> and certainly it won't pass. it needs 60 votes. >> the connection, which i didn't know about until you sat down five minutes ago is fascinating. quickly, "lightning round." i was captured by the wendy davis filibuster, as were 200,000 other people, which is amazing to me. amy, a one-off -- sort of a thing we don't talk about, a real moment. quickly, your take. >> that's going to be the question, is can she generate enough enthusiasm, maybe even in the state of texas, to do something for a democratic party that has been on the down slide. they have not had a victory in a long time in that state. >> and to that point, there is a group called battleground texas organized by a former obama operative sa

patrick leahy against sanchez. to me this is such an obvious solution. i think the division and resistance is really sort of fascinating to watch. >> i understand what you're saying, s.c., but the other thing you have to realize is part of our body politic is definitely torn by, you know, their constituents. there are military bases in some of the members' districts which you mention. the other thing to mention is gillibra gillibrand's proposal would bring about big change. those not in a chain of command that may not know these folks is uncomfortable. you have that. you also have the fact that eleven's amendment is a little softer, so it's microlevel change and folks may before more comfortable with that. what's scary is you have an estimated 23,000 cases of abuse but only 3,374 reporting. so therein lies a huge problem. something definitely has to happen and it's time to get tough. >> something has to happen. we're in the moment right now. i think it's palpable to people who follow the news and follow politics. this issue, like many indem nick criminal

democrat patrick leahy of vermont urged senators today to let the process play out. >> we represent over 300 million americans. they're counting on us not to use stalling tactics but to stand up. vote for, or vote against. >> reporter: hoping to muster those 60 votes, majority leader reid pledged to allow as many amendments as possible, with a deadline of july fourth to finish work. utah republican mike lee dismissed that offer. >> there is no series of tinkering changes that will turn this mess of a bill into the reform the country needs and that americans deserve. >> reporter: meanwhile, in the house, bipartisan talks are ongoing, but republican raul labrador of idaho pulled out this week over objections related to immigrant health care. and yesterday, the chamber voted along party lines to block funding for a 2012 presidential order that delays deportations of young, undocumented immigrants. >> holman: michigan congressman john dingell is now the longest serving member of congress, ever. after 57 years in office, he passed the late west virginia senator robert byrd today. the veteran

let's listen to the exchange between him and senator patrick leahy from vermont. >> we collect millions and millions and millions of records through 215, but dozens of them have proved crucial or critical. is that right, dozens? is >> both here and abroad in disrupting or contributing to the disruption of a terrorist attack. >> out of those millions, dozens have been critical? >> that's correct. >> in a document cnn was able to obtain, a secret, classified document about these programs and telling us more about them, we've learned a little bit more about the dozens of attacks that have been thwarted. in this document, a highlight is a point that says in recent years intelligence gathered under them has contributed to the disruption of dozens of potential terror attacks here in the homeland and in more than 20 countries around the world. we are working to provide more information on this. this is the kind of thing we want to learn more about. i can tell you that also in that document it mentions one specific case, that's the case of najibullah zazi, who had plotted to bomb the subway in

take a look at how general keith alexander responds to a question from senator patrick leahy. >> is thentelligence community kept track of how many times phone records obtained through section 215 of the patriot act were critical to the discovery of terrorist threats. >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> well, i guess my question is the way this is being played politically. i heard earlier this morning that dianne feinstein was accused of supporting waterboarding. i found out that wasn't true. a lot of people trying to conflate the two parties. my argument is this is president obama who i pretty much supported. he's never taken us into an unnecessary war. the guy before him did. that's one reason he's president. we don't have unnecessary wars right now. he's not engaged in torturing people. that's a big issue with me. and in terms of other issues of surveillance, it comes down to the question, if we get hit again, no matter which party's in power, they're going to be asked did you do what you could do to protect this country. >> absolutely. but the fact

the proposal was potentially divisive, but vermont democrat patrick leahy said it's no longer necessary, given today's supreme court decisions. >> it appears that the anti- discrimination principle that i have long advocated will apply to our immigration laws and to bi-national couples and their families can now be united under the law. as a result of this very welcome decision, i will not be seeking a floor vote on my amendment. >> holman: even opponents of the bill acknowledged it is likely headed for final passage, by friday. but republican dan coats of indiana said he still doubts the bill will live up to its promise, despite some helpful additions. >> the employee verification has been strengthened, border security has been strengthened, the exit visa problem has been strengthened, if the promises come true. but they've only been strengthened on a piece of paper, and we need to see it strengthened for real. >> holman: the senate's newest member will not arrive soon enough to vote on the bill. democrat edward markey won a special election in massachusetts yesterday. he'll be sworn i

here's part of the debate on the bill with senators patrick leahy and jeff sessions. >> mr. president, i just wanted to thank the majority leader for his kind com

>> there has been an important development with seen more r year dem -- with senior democrat patrick leahycurb section 213, the business records section of the patriot act. this measure will narrow the scope of 215 orders by requiring the government to show relevance teen authorized investigation and a link to a foreign group or power. the senator says the bill will also provide some kind of oversight, judicious review and individuals can challenge their phone records in less than an hour's time. martha: catherine, thank you. bill: the international manhunt if you want to call it that for snowden is already threatening the strained relationship with russia. hillary clinton promised to reset our relationship with russia. but putin called the u.s. a parasite because of its huge debt load. he said they have a bellicose itch to get involved with other countries in internal affairs. russia arrested an american accuse him of being a spy. and president obama and vladimir putin in an awkward meeting in europe, both of them taking their turns staring at the floor. martha: here is what we know so fa

patrick leahy says he intends to take immediate action to write a new voting rights law.uld you like to see in that measure. 50 states, separate and unequal schemes of voting, we really need the constitutional right to vote. i would like to see that. i would like to see what we have loost be regained. and if it needs to be expanded, it might be. emergency management schemes from detroit to ben harbor. with that person having the right to sell off assets, the right to end labor union contracts, there's a real attack up on democracy. that case is in the court as we speak today. they have said -- of course, we saw the manipulation that took place in ohio. and ohio, florida, and pennsylvania said this year, we intend to determine outcome of re-election. we see the manifestation going flort now. wherever there is this need, let the federal government be protected by right to vote, not states. >> i want to finish where we started. you were 23 about that when the vote rights act was signed into law by lbj. what does this remind you, as you think back. you were 23. i see the ear

that's patrick leahy right there. the hearing is supposed to focus on fbi operations in general. but with the recent revelations about phone surveillance at the national security agency, robert mueller is expected to be questions about that as well. we haven't seen mueller on camera but he's due to step down as fbi director on september 4th after serving 12 years in that position. we'll be checking on these live hearings in washington throughout the morning. >>> google, taking steps now to distance itself from the national security administration's operation prism. now, google is asking a specialized federal court to relax the gag order over data requests its made. most of the nine tech companies who had been receiving requests for information on lders have said homany times they were asked for that information but google wants to go further. experts say it's not likely the court will grant google's request. >>> 7:17. the city of brentwood is throwing the book at kids who cut class. brentwood is considering daytime loitering regulations for teens. "the contra costa times" reports

>> reporter: well, patrick leahy says there was, quote, sheer negligence at the nsa which allowed snowdeno use thumb drives to walk off with the nation's secret, and it's time for a little introspection at the national security agency. >> they have to ask themselves who was asleep at the switch at the nsa, literally and figuratively, that allowed this to happen. i think our own government has to start asking themselves questions if we're going to have all this information, what are we doing to protect it? obviously, they didn't do an awful lot. >> reporter: on snowden the defense secretary says no system, no matter how secure, can stop a person who is intent on stealing classified information and harming the country. >> i don't know how you can ever completely 100% guard against someone who wants to break the law and violate thetatutes in the interest of our nation. >> reporter: counterterrorism officials have confirmed to fox news that known terrorist groups have changed their ways, their meds now that they know more about the u.s. surveillance program, and the chairman of the joint chie

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks -- and today we'll hear from senator mcconnell first -- the senate will resume the motion to proceed to the comprehensive immigration legislation. the tile unti time until 12:30 e equally divided between the proponents and opponents of this legislation. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15. at 2:15 there will be a vote to invoke cloture on the legislation. at 4:00 there will be a vote on adoption to proceed. and we can begin consideration of that legislation. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: at any given type in our nation's history, lawmakers have been faced with many pressing challenges, some by their very nature demand immediate action. others suml simile build over t. so forcing action on them includes some combination of foresight and persuasion. the great challenge of our own day, in my view, is figuring out how to reform government progra

it was under questioning from the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, patrick leahy, who wasy this is very helpful with regard to national security. tell me, how many terror attacks did this collection, this massive collection of phone records, really help stop. here's what the answer was. >> an approximate number of them being classified, but it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> okay. so dozens. now, we -- we collect millions and millions and millions of records through 215. but dozens of them have proved crucial, or critical. is that right? dozens? >> for both here and abroad. in disrupting or contributing to the disruption of terrorist attacks. >> out of those millions, dozens have been critical? >> that's correct. >> so that certainly is a new piece of information. we had heard people on the intelligence committee, members of the intelligence community, hint that there were more than one -- there was more than one terror plot that was thwarted. now we have more sort of meat on that bone. the other thing that the nsa director said was that he

here's part of the debate on the bill with senator patrick leahy and jeff sessions. >> mr. president, i want to thank the majority leader for his comments, but i should also note that throughout the markup and debate on the immigration bill, his advisers counsel was always fair. we discussed it many, many times and i appreciate the fact that he's very clear the bill would, to the time he said and we would not have it here without his strong support, so i appreciate senator reid's very nice comments this morning and i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> senator from alabama. >> the legislation immigration bill and i was able to have a discussion with senator reid yesterday and he was moving forward on a motion to proceed to the bill, which required considerable debate and i ask for it and insisted on the opportunity of to have some time today to talk about it and he agreed to that. i think that was a good step and i thank him for that agreement. we've just got a lot to talk about. the matters are complex and important and i would urge my colleagues to begin to pay real att

patrick leahy of filed an amendment to the immigration bill that would allow gay u.s. citizens to petition their spouses to become permanent citizens. it is unclear whether the proposal will get a vote on the senate floor. andsenate begins thursday you can watch live coverage of the immigration debate on c- span2. a new study on distracted driving finds new systems that let drivers use voice commands to do a number of things are being pitched by auto companies as safer. we will talk about these new features later on "washington journal." those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. the c-span of video library has reached a milestone. there are now more than 200,000 totallyogramming, all searchable and free. america's cable company. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back thetta sanchez, a member of intelligence subcommittee. you were at yesterday's briefing of the nsa is surveillance program. what did you hear? guest: we had several i would say not upper level but people who were involved in the situation from various agencies, two or 3

here's part of the debate on the bill with senators patrick leahy and jeff sessions. >> mr. president, i just wanted to thank the majority leader for his kind comments but i should also note that throughout the markup and debate on the immigration bill, his advice and counsel was always there. we discussed it many, many times, and i appreciate the fact that he is very clear -- he said, we would not have it here without his strong support. so i appreciate senator reid's very nice comment this morning. i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> senator from alabama. >> mr. president, this is important legislation. the immigration bill. and i was able to have a discussion with senator reid yesterday, and he was moving forward to the motion to -- on the motion to proceed to the bill, which requires considerable debate, and i asked for and insisted on an opportunity to have some time today to talk about it, and he agreed to that. so, i think that was a good step, and i thank him for that agreement, and we just got a lot to talk about. the matters are complex and important and i urge

patrick leahy's amendment would he was trying to get equal rights for same-sex couples and that was struckseems that this decision would extend benefits. barring any sort of republican move to somehow negate it. that this now extends the benefits to same-sex couples and we kind of get around the need for that amendment within the immigration debate. >> certainly the current federal laws, for example you hear people who married a foreign -- their foreign bride and they get a green card and over time, that person they marry becomes a citizen. that is affected by the doma decision. same-sex marriages will also have the same sex rights now. the question is will the congress try another way? some interesting way to write this into the new immigration bill. it will be interesting to do so based on this process. >> that's the question now. are they going to look for another way to get around this or does this trump anything they're able to do hopefully. >> it is very broad. i can't imagine one but they're pretty creative. >> it will be interesting to see what happens. certainly leahy's amendment

cannot petition their spouses if they're foreign-born for green cards and that's something that patrick leahyally wanted to add especially during the committee mark up of the bill. he said i'm going to put it forward and one democrat after another, schumer said i support this idea but i can't vote for it. because it is going to blow up this gang of eight deal. he and durbin were out there. it is going to be almost impossible to attach this on the floor. it won't get 60 vote. now they're really looking at the supreme court to strike down doma. >> bill: if the supreme court can do this, striking down doma, that will resolve this problem. >> that's the theory then gay couples would be recognized by the federal government. >> bill: the beat goes on. >> it does. >> bill: thanks for brings us up to date. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open m

senate reform citing, one of those amendments is a same- sex couples amendment being sponsored by patrick leahy. can you talk a bit about this amendment? guest: this is an amendment that he wanted to offer to the judiciary committee when they first considered the bill, in part because of pressure from republicans and democrats who said that if you add this bill add this amendment, you will kill the immigration bill and it will not get through congress. he offered to add it on the floor. on the floor it will be much tougher to get it into the bill, as you will need 60 votes. in committee it was just majority. it was a big deal for him to back off and not offer it in committee, and it is unlikely, you can pretty much guarantee that it will not. host: talk a bit about the gay marriage same-sex couple benefits going on as this amendment is being offered on the immigration bill, could we hear from the supreme court on guest: that is right. the term is coming to a close and we have several days of decisions coming. we have the defense of marriage act and also prop 8. you have a situation where whethe

host: 1 senator does not like this, senator patrick leahy.ys it reads like a christmas wish list for halliburton. guest: he is saying it could be a problem for waste and abuse in the government because that is so much money going for the border security. in all likelihood, senator leahy will vote for the bill. that is where democrats knew they could move the bill a little to the right. democratic leaders who want to get 70 votes and they can count on people like senator leahy who will be upset but unlikely that will still backed the bill. you talk about the house action and congressman gutierrez express optimism that they have 218 votes but take a deeper look behind the numbers. 218 is a passable number in the house that what is the reality? guest: the reality is that they don't like the senate bill whatsoever. bay -- there are not two or 18 votes. john boehner will not be bringing the senate bill to the house floor. we have a lot of conservatives who are more worried about a primary challenge than a general election. so of these guys have al

senate judiciary committee chair patrick leahy says hearings will take place on this next month.the hour. a lot of other news developing as well. monster energy being served with another lawsuit. a 19-year-old boy died last july of a heart attack and his family says he developed an irheartbeat because he drank -- an i are i -- an i irregularheart beat after two drinks a day for two years. >>tucker: nearly $1 million in rolex watches gone in seconds. take a look for yourself. a group of men walked into a jewelry store in atlanta around dinner time. they pulled out sledgehammers, they smashed open display cases and ran off with more than a dozen rolex watches. a short time later police found a van with three of the watches still inside. the suspects long gone. >>steve: barnes & noble in for a rough morning on wall street. their stock plunging 17% after announcing it is closing the book on the nook. the company will stop manufacturing its signature color tablets after revenue dropped 34%. barnes & noble will continue to sell its existing inventory through christmastime. >>anna: a sc

host: general keith alexander testified this week with patrick leahy on information gleaned from an essayer the fisa rule and the information that has been gathered and where that information goes from here. [video clip] >> these are dozens of terrorist events that the help to prevent. >> we have caught millions from the records on 215. dozens of them have proved crucial or critical, is that right? abroad,s here and disrupting for contributing to the destruction. >> they have been critical? >> that is correct. host: let me follow up on a couple points, tomorrow we will get more information because some of these details will be declassified? when it comes to the fisa rule explain the process, how quickly can the court give a response and how wide can the ruling be? the issues with your first point, the information being released tomorrow concerning these attacks, it is not a systemic reporting of what is actually happening. that is information released for a political purpose for the outrage being expressed across the nation, it is about their lives. is a does about this nothing about givi

as chairman patrick leahy said on the floor of the senate just yesterday, i believe, as he introducedislation that would provide an additional series of levels of oversight on our intelligence community, he said that when it comes to mining our data online, just because we can doesn't mean we should. i sometimes feel that our intelligence community thinks that because the information is out there, because the technology allows us to go out and get it, that we should. we historically have required much greater levels of protection when it comes to how the government pries into our lives and we still require it when it comes to what you may do in our homes. i think that we should be having a conversation about additional levels of protection online as well. host: final question, this one back to afghanistan. host: we've seen some back-and- forth with hamid karzai, power plays there. what is your assessment? guest: it is difficult to watch president karzai would hold entry into talks with the taliban sibley because the taliban and is raising a flag that he objects to with respect to thei

host: general keith alexander testified this week with patrick leahy on information gleaned from an essay under the fisa rule and the information that has been gathered and where that information goes from here. [video clip] >> these are dozens of terrorist events that the help to prevent. >> we have caught millions from the records on 215. dozens of them have proved crucial or critical, is that right? >> dozens here and abroad, disrupting for contributing to the destruction. >> they have been critical? >> that is correct. host: let me follow up on a couple points, tomorrow we will get more information because some of these details will be declassified? when it comes to the fisa rule in the nsa, explain the process, how quickly can the court give a response and how wide can the ruling be? guest: one of the issues with your first point, the information being released tomorrow concerning these attacks, it is not a systemic reporting of what is actually happening. that is information released for a political purpose for the outrage being expressed across the nation, it is about their lives.

there's reaction from the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, patrick leahy, the senator from vermont, his reaction says in part today today this nation took a major step toward full equality. host: back to calls. georgia, david, independent line. caller: i'm an attorney at the district court and the 11th circuit at one point. one of the things i think at's the most interesting is if the california government had defended this lawsuit, how the court decided the case, i believed they would have deferred to the states in this area which i absolutely believe in gays being able to marry. some of my great law court friends are gay. today would have been a contradictory day if it was done differently. i think we would have one decision saying the feds have no right to be in there and i think we'd have another decision that would have said the state will have the decision. this battle is not over. it will get more interesting depending on which states decide to defend it. having living in the south, i know which states will defend it and it's my state. host: based on -- david, based

my paternal great grandparents came from ireland and my grandfather who was named patrick leahy, and i'm named after him, worked in a stone quarry as well. they worked hard. they had a family. i grew up the son of printers in montpelier, our state capital. but nearly every american family has a story like mine and marcelle's. we are more alike than we are different from today's immigrants and first generation americans. the majority of new immigrants will continue this proud tradition of hard work, the drive toward prosperity and embracing the values that make america great. and they will someday tell their children and grandchildren of their own immigrant histories. as marcelle and i learned from our parents and our grandparents. and the bill we consider will continue to cycle growth and renewal. it will improve many aspects of our immigration system. the bill before us contains measures that are important to many vermonters. i had a provision that takes an important step toward restoring privacy rights to millions of people who live near the northern border by injecting some oversi

i want to really congratulate him and our chairman, patrick leahy. this legislation arrived on the senate floor with support from both sides of the aisle. i hope that it will move forward in the same spirit of cooperation. this bill is a historic moment for families, for our security, and it will benefit our economy. as the nonpartisan congressional budget office just reported on tuesday, this bill would reduce our deficit by $197 billion over the first ten years and by at least $700 billion in the second decade. this bill speaks to the best of our traditions and our values. this is our opportunity to govern, to fix an immigration system that is broken, and i -- and to move our nation forward in the 21st century. and with that, i would yield the floor. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i have refrained from being on the floor during this debate as i listened to it and watched, and i would compliment my colleagues in trying to solve a very difficult problem, but i just hea

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, i ask consent that the senate resume consideration of s. 744, the comprehensive immigration bill. aeupbd ask that the time -- and i ask that the time until noon be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees and i be recognized at noon. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i indicated last night that i was going to create a vote at 11:30 this morning, but senators mikulski and shelby have asked that we put that over a little bit, so we're going to do that at noon because they're having important work on the appropriations committee. we'll continue to work through amendments on the bill today. hopefully we can have a, at that time at noon have a path forward on this legislation. we have a number of amendments that are now pending. we hope to have a way of disposing of those. i hope there's something that can be worked out. senator landrieu and othe

senate judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy told defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey that congress is considering stripping the military of its authority to prosecute sexual assault cases. the two were before an appropriations subcommittee today to testify about the president's 2014 budget proposal. they're back on capitol hill tomorrow before the senate budget committee at 10:30 a.m. eastern. later in the day more testimony from the house budget committee. that is 1:00 p.m. eastern. both of those hearings live on c-span3. >> during the years of william mckinley political career the house served as william and ida's canton residence. they had living quarters up on the third floor of the house which was originally a ballroom but turned into a living quarters with a bedroom and sitting room and entertaining area. also off of that room an office that william used to conduct business. we're in william mckinley's office which is outside the ballroom and becomes the living quarters of ida and william mckinley while living in can't ton. this