people like dianne feinstein and patrick leahy who were adamantly opposed to taking away the minority's rights who knew, they have been in the other role. they changed because they said enough is enough. that is why you saw the change. look, democrats who are now in the majority have said we get it, we are going to be in the minority one day, we are going to be in the position where we are going to want to filibuster and we won't be able to do it. but they are arguing that they have no choice. obstructionism is so bad that it can't get any worse than it is now. >> jeff, just do a fact check for us. how much -- how worse is it now than it was under president bush or president clinton?

kennedy.line >> of this week, senator patrick leahy on a democrat of vermont, joins us to talk about the nsa surveillance program. john s is a white house reporter covering issues for politico and the wall street journal. thank you for coming. i wanted to start talking about the legislation you have on the programs that collects nearly all americans phone records. section 215. we voted on another collection program that the sichuan intelligence agency has that tracks international money transfers. by the international transfers, it picks up a fair amount of american data as well. i was wondering whether that also raises concerns. you talked a lot about the privacy and locations of that. >> it does add to this. i where he about any kind of bulk collection. ofi worry about any kind bulk collection for a couple of region. what have you collected? so much, do you have anything? these intelligence agencies and others if you want the police to go into your home and go through all their records, everybody knows they would have to have a search warrant. it would be inconceivable otherwise. s

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. >> this week on "newsmakers," senator patrick leahy on a democrat of vermont, joins us to talk about the nsa surveillance program. josh is a white house reporter covering issues for politico and the wall street journal. >> thank you for coming. i wanted to start talking about the legislation you have on the programs that collects nearly all americans phone records. section 215.

think feinstein's trying to ward it off -- patrick leahy, there's sensenbrenner in the house, there's -- >> especially pushing legislation to stop the nsa from data collection. to let the aclu basically argue why certain things shouldn't be done, and to really handcuff our intelligence services the way that happened in the 1970s which indirectly led up to our failures that led to 9/11. >> how big a danger is that, mary? >> well, it's -- i think it's possible that, you know, you're going to get the momentum but it's incredibly naive. i mean, you know, as if -- if the u.s. stops doing this, then it won't be happening anymore. if the u.s. stops doing it, then the only ones doing it will be the chinese, the russians. you know, the brazilians. the cubans. and probably the germans and the french. the idea that by banning the u.s. from doing it, you can somehow stop the spying world is crazy. >> all right, mary o'grady, thank you. >>> when we come back, our election day preview from a pair of high-profile governors races to some controversial ballot measures. we'll tell you what's at stake i

introduced gained the support of 12 senators including the chairman of the full judiciary committee patrick leahy. i anticipate that they soon will be adding our original supporters on to the new bipartisan bill. hopefully with some additional support as well. the purpose of this hearing is to make the case for this bill and to improve it by get iting e feedback of top experts in the administration, privacy group. s and in. the private sector. i have specifically asked the office of the director of national intelligence and the department of justice to provide candid comments on this bill, especially any concerns that they have. i have already added provisions in the bill o protect national security, and want to know any other further concerns they have. in some cases disagree with them in others. in those cases, i want to have an open exchange about the disagreements. that said, i want it to be clear at the outset that i have the jut most respect for the men and women of our intelligence community. i think they are patriots, and i think they have and do save lives. i look forward to starting thi

but there are two main reform bills currently being pushed one is by judiciary chairman senator patrick leahy called the usa freedom act and a companion bill was introduced in the house as well this bill actually includes some substantial reforms it brings transparency the top secret buys accorded fixes gag orders that prevent companies from sharing government information requests to their customers and it most importantly it bars the bulk telephony metadata collection on americans under section two fifteen of the patriot act also limits collection under section seven of two. the pfizer amendments act all together pretty good start but there's a competing and it's a reform bill in the senate one being championed by senator dianne feinstein the chair of the senate intelligence committee and one of the biggest cheerleaders of the n.s.a. her bill is the pfizer improvements act and it's not really reform that has some cosmetic changes to the n.s.a. but it actually codified is the n.s.a.'s bulk collection programs that occasionally target americans those most controversial of the n.s.a. spying act

newsmakers,end's patrick leahy is our guest.e senate and he is talking about the nsa surveillance programs. air is a preview. >> sitting next to you is senator feinstein who has intelligence committee, she says the program should continue. it is going to lead what happens in the senate, nothing? >> she and i have talked about it. i have a great deal of respect for her. i disagree with their legislation. it strikes more of the status quo. i do not find the status quo acceptable. let's have votes on it and see where it is going to go. i will abide by those votes. i can tell you right now i will not vote for it. he does not make us safer. leaks, we have looked silly by what we have done. people are saying, what did you get? -- i would make us more specific in what we do. do i want us to be able to go after terrorists? capturing some of them? yes. did we use very good intelligence when we were able to get osama bin laden? superb intelligence. specific human intelligence based on what has come out publicly, and a lot of hard work. no

surveillance programs senator udall instead supports a bill introduced earlier this week by senator patrick leahy and by congressman jim sensenbrenner in the house it's a bipartisan bill that would all together and the n.s.a.'s ability to conduct bulk collection of phone records which means in the coming weeks or in the coming months there will be a showdown in congress over what and it's a reform should look like and just how far it should go earlier i was joined by elizabeth going team the co-director of the liberty and national security program at the brennan center for justice and she started by saying where senator feinstein's bill ranks with other n.s.a. reform efforts coming down the pike on capitol hill. well senator feinstein's bill is an effort to as was said earlier to codified by the n.s.a. as a bulk collection of americans telephone records which is in fact on shaky legal footing right now it's true that the secret files a court has approved the program but if and when the legality of that program ever came before i don't want to say a real court but one of the other article three co

surveillance programs senator you're no instead supports a bill introduced earlierhis week by senator patrick leahy and by congressman jim sensenbrenner in the house. the bipartisan bill. there were altogether and use this ability conduct ball clutching the phone records. trees in the coming weeks are in the coming months there'll be a showdown in congress over what's an essay reform should look like to just how far it should go earlier joined by elizabeth quarantine and co director of the liberty and national security program at the brennan center for justice. she started by saying we're senator feinstein still ranks with other anti reform efforts coming down the pike on capitol hill. well senator feinstein still aids in africa as the center earlier to codified the nsa simple collection of americans' telephone records which he is in fact on shaky legal footing right now it's through that then secrets lies a court has approved the program but in finland the legality of that program ever came before. analysts say we'll porridge but when the other article three chords on it. i believe it's very unlik

he served as counsel to senator patrick leahy after graduation from law school. he is a fellow of the american bar foundation. welcome back. i would like to begin a panel discussion today. we're going to be talking through a series of areas. chain to you first, this problem between government and national how has theairs, threat to privacy and the challenges altered with new technology? >> i think this is a starting point. newton analogies has certainly made possible a much greater collection of information about just. characteristic of the digital age as we move from the .nalog roam is a profound transformation. there's privacy available to us that do not exist in the animal -- analog world. they will try to recapture some introl over personal data many cases to remove data so it cannot be access for impermissible purposes. the starting point, movement is profound. those that are engaged to protect the nation security they would say that many communications have moved from the airways or they could be easily captured in the past two the network and the internet

week is senator patrick leahy.hat is the government to learning from all of this data the nsa is collecting with phone records and e-mail accounts? that is one of the issues we had -- issues we touched on. [video clip] >> the question is how far does this go? if we follow the obvious conclusion, it could be your medical records, i family member's medical records, your children's record at school. .our employment records somebody has had something in employmentin the record that has been misread. it is easy to say the people want to support all this. they had so much stuff they didn't even look at it. date nor did. they dropped the ball. now they have to spy on you and everything the can do to stop another 9/11. of course you know that, but how much of your personal privacy would you give up? , ifou give up everything you give up all of your privacy have you made yourself safer? host: joining us at 10:00 eastern time, c-span's newsmakers program with senator patrick leahy, democrat from for the -- democrat from for

surveillance programs senator udall instead supports a bill introduced earlier this week by senator patrick leahy and by congressman jim sensenbrenner in the house that we're all together and his ability to conduct bulk collection of phone records under section two fifteen which means in the coming weeks or in the coming months there will be a showdown in congress over what n.s.a. reform should look like and just how far it should go well joining me now to give insight into what n.s.a. were. form should look like i'm joined by elizabeth team co-director of the liberty and national security program at the brennan center for justice elizabeth thanks so much for coming on the show have put if you hear so since what edward snowden's revelations we've seen another number of reform efforts from capitol hill of varying degrees of strength and what they're going to target where does this phase improvements senator feinstein's bill rank amongst these reform efforts well senator feinstein's bill is an effort to as was said earlier to codified by the n.s.a. is the bulk collection of americans telephone reco

has gained the support of 12 senators including patrick leahy. i anticipate we will soon be adding our original supporters onto the new bipartisan bill, hopefully with some additional support as well. purpose of this hearing is to make the case before this -- to make this case for this bill and to improve it by getting the feedback of top experts in the administration, privacy groups, and the private sector. theve specifically asked office of the director of national intelligence and the department of justice to provide candid comments on this bill, especially any concerns that they have. i have already added provisions in the bill to protect national security but i want to know any further concerns they have. i suspect i will agree with them in some cases and disagree with them and others. i want to have an open exchange but the disagreements. i want to be clear at the outset that i have the must -- the utmost respect of the men and women of our intelligence committee. i think they are patriots and they have and do save lives and i look forward

. >> on this weekends newsmakers, vermont senator patrick leahy is our guest.e is the chair of the senate judiciary committee and he talks about the ongoing debate in congress over the nsa surveillance program as well as efforts by his committee to provide additional oversight to the programs. there is a preview. the question is how far does this go? let me give you an example. if we follow this to the obvious conclusion, that there is the right to do all kinds of collection, it could be your , a family member posner correctors, year children's medical records at school, your employer's records if you were turned down for a job and you never know why because somebody had something in the employment record that has been misread or read .orrectly it is easy to say that people want to support all of this stuff and say well, we want to keep from having another line 11, -- from having another 9/11. they dropped the ball. say we have got to spy on you on everything you do to stop another 9/11. the question to ask. the question is, how much of your privacy do you want

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occupied by one of the senate's elder statesman, patrick leahy who watched from the chair as history was made on the senate floor. first, harry reid brought patricia millet's nomination up for reconsideration. again, a large majority voted for patricia millet. 57 votes in favor of rekiddi reconsidering her nomination. senator leahy had to trul that w -- to rule that was not enough. to reconsider the nomination. that was the moment when harry reid moved to the nuclear option. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> i raise a point of order the vote on cloture, for all nominations for supreme court of the united states is by majority vote. >> harry read askid asked for a of the senate to overrule the presiding officer's ruling something senators could ask for at any time but almost never do. take is a simple majority to override the presiding officer. 52 senators voted to overroule the off officer. it is harry reid's intention to use the vote as a precedent on presidential nominations except for nominations to the supreme court. which will still be subject to a 60 vote requirement to

you saw in particular senator dianne feinstein from california and senator patrick leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee. both of them decided they were on board with changing the rules for judges. part of the reason at least in feinstein's case there was a case regarding the contraceptive mandate inside the health care law that requires companies to provide coverage for contraception and a d.c. circuit court judge basically held off on some of that, let this company not pay to provide that for its employees. that judge was forced through the senate in 2005, the first time the nuclear option was threatened. that was when republicans controlled the chamber. that decision and the connection to what happened before is part of what set feinstein off and led us to this moment. >> to our folks, sam stein, this is the version saying we're mad as hell and not taking it nim. in terms of the filibuster, we have some handy charts here. republicans have used -- there has been one filibuster a day for the past three years since the senate was in session. republicans have driven the filibuster

so many democrats, including diane feinstein, patrick leahy resisted the nuclear option as well, but they flipped. >> they flipped out of frustration, obviously, particularly on this particular case that jeff toobin is talking. but what the republicans are warning, they're saying, if you thought things were partisan before this, just wait because the question is, once you eliminate the filibuster on these set of judicial nominees, do you open the door on anything else? and will republicans then decide, okay, as long as we got the filibuster on everything else, we will filibuster everything else because we believe this was a raw power grab as lamar alexander put it. lamar alexander said, you know, that this is now a senate without rules. >> let me play that quick clip from john mccain. >> okay. >> underline how angry he is right now about this. >> i know it puts a chill on the entire united states senate. it puts a chill on things like the dis abilities treaty, which we had a hearing on this morning. it puts a chill on everything that requires bipartisan. >> you're not reaching out to

here's senator patrick leahy on thursday. >> president obama is being treated differently than presidentush was, patricia millett is being treated different than john roberts was. it is not fair. it's not extraordinary circumstance. there's no justification for it. >> forget the 2005 deal. forget extraordinary circumstances. better luck next time. you're an obama nominee. in fact, so far in this administration, 32 of his nominees have needed cloiture petitions to end filibusters over nominations. that number in the entire bush presidency just 18. there's that old saying justice delayed is justice denied and couldn't be more true right now in the judicial system. might be a political game to republicans in washington but access to the courts matters to americans of all political persuasions across the country and we saw that firsthand this week. joining is professor spencer overton and drew courtney. thanks to you both. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. >> spencer, i want to start with you and talking about the decisions this week and the vacancies. i know that you've worked on the c

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people like dianne feinstein and patrick leahy who were adamantly opposed to taking away the minority's rights who knew, they have been in the other role. they changed because they said enough is enough. that is why you saw the change. look, democrats who are now in the majority have said we get it, we are going to be in the minority one day, we are going to be in the position where we are going to want to filibuster and we won't be able to do it. but they are arguing that they have no choice. obstructionism is so bad that it can't get any worse than it is now. >> jeff, just do a fact check for us. how much -- how worse is it now than it was under president bush or president clinton? >> it's worse. i thought the most striking statistic that harry reid used today was one half of all the judicial filibusters in the history of the united states have taken place during barack obama's presidency. that's a lot of filibusters. president obama has had five nominees to the d.c. circuit, the second most important court in the country. four of those have been filibustered. three are likely now to

." >> i want to bring in senator patrick leahy, hendrik hertzberg and holly millea, author of the e-booktion, the tragedy that changed america." good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> we all do remember, i was in my first grade class. i had never seen the nun look like that at my catholic grade school when she told us that the president had been shot and then sent us home because he had been killed. senator, where were you when you got the news? >> i was a student at georgetown law school and i was in the library. somebody came in and told me. i can -- to this day i remember it like it was just an hour ago. >> it's amazing how vivid it is, isn't it? not just that moment but the hours after. i remember going home and i was shocked. i had never seen my mother cry. >> i went home and my wife was a nurse, working at the va hospital. she had been on night duty so she was sleeping and i'm pounding on the door of our apartment in washington saying they killed him, they killed him. we turned on the news just in time to see the confirmation of the most horrible news. the two of us just s

the presiding senator, vermont democrat patrick leahy, made it official. >> so, under the precedent setthe senate today november 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations-- not including those to the supreme court of the united states-- is now a majority. >> ifill: since 1975, it's taken 60 votes to overcome filibusters against presidential nominees, but today majority leader harry reid invoked the so-called "nuclear option," allowing confirmation with a simple majority. republicans, he said, have abused the process. >> the american people are fed up with this kind of obstruction and gridlock. in the history of our country, some 230-plus years, there have been 168 filibusters of executive and judicial nominations. half of them have occurred during the obama administration. >> ifill: republicans disputed the numbers. minority leader mitch mcconnell insisted the senate has confirmed 215 of president obama's nominees and rejected only two. >> this was nothing more than a power grab in order to try to advance the obama administration's regulatory agenda, and they just broke the sen

last month, patrick leahy was asked by a reporter about some of this n.s.a. information, and equipped that he learns more by reading "the new york times" than he does by going to closed door intelligence briefings. you can expect to hear some tension in the room today, as well. >> members of the senate committee walking a fine line between national security and personal privacy. >> that's right. we're seeing some other members like ron wyden, a democratic in oregon, one of the liberal members very outspoken with his concerns getting onboard with what patrick leahy is proposing. we're seeing interesting coalitions built. it's interesting to watch who gets the intelligence information, who gets the closed door briefings in congress. not everybody gets all the information, so in these hearings like the ones today, when it comes out, we get a conversation that's actually out in the open and we can hear what some of the sunshine adds to this conversation. >> libby, thank you very much. >> the republican congressman who pleaded guilty to taking drugs is taking a le

the chairman of the senate judiciary committee vermont democrat patrick leahy spoke on the senate floor about the nominee and republican efforts to block her confirmation. >> well, madam president here we go again. for the third time this year, the third time this year, we are debating with a republican filibuster to allow a confirmation vote or a highly qualified women to the d.c. circuit. ms. katelyn halligan. what a highly qualified nominee. the supreme court one of the highest ratings by the american bar association can give any judicial nominee. supported by a bipartisan group of 40 supreme court practitioners, republicans, democrats, people who argue before the supreme court and of course highly esteemed. now, the qualifications of the three who have been filibustered katelyn pelikan nina villard, each of these nominees surpass those of many other attorneys to be confirmed at the federal branch. these are three women who have learned their way to the top of the legal profession recognized by legal scholars, practitioners and men and women alike as being at the top of the professio

. >> you can watch the entire interview with senator patrick leahy on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i started with teddy roosevelt. i knew so much had been written about him that i needed another story. he hadnto taft, knowing been friends and they had broken apart in 1912. i figured out what was the difference between the two and their leadership, it was teddy's public leadership and taft's failure as a public leader. i started reading about the aggressive area and the magazines and the press, and these guys stood in the center of it. they played a role and even the best historians writing secondarily would say these people were the vanguard of the progressive movement. i started reading about them. i did not know mcclure. he came into my life. >> roosevelt, taft, and the muckrakers. sunday night with doris kearns goodwin. some serious scholars in women's studies. most apartments include their fair share of nonideological academics who just offer straightforward choruses in women's college -- psychology and women's history. ideologically fervent,

senate judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy, whom i understand spoke at the first one of thesesions and, and i have introduced the usa freedom act to rein in the abuse and to put an end to spying on innocent americans while maintaining the necessary tools to enhance and insure our securitiment the patriot act had 17 provisions. i insisted that all 17 be sunset so that they would expire automatically if they were not reauthorized. after having hearings on each of these 17 provisions in 2005, congress determined that 14 of the provisions were noncontroversial and made them permanent law. ..

who are in the democratic caucus had been reluctant to do this, dianne feinstein of california, patrick leahywho have been there for a long time and have respect for the institution and also a fear of being in the minority as well. they changed their minds. they think the best way to fix washington, because they believe it is so broken, is to make this change, you know, damn the consequences. >> dana bash for us on capitol hill, thank you. stay with us. if this happens it truly is a very big deal on capitol hill, a big change and if it does happen during the next hour or so we'll bring it to you live. >>> still to come for us, scary moments on a jetblue flight after the emergency chute deploys midair. what the airline is saying about this. this is not supposed to happen, folks. we'll show you what happened, next. [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shareholders meeting. ♪ there'll be the usual presentations on research. and development. some new members of the team will be introduced. the chairman emeritus will distribute his usual wisdom. and you? well, you're the chief life office

the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy, who i understand spoke at a session includes a usa freedomin in the spying on innocent americans while maintaining the necessary tools to enhance and ensure our security. the patriot act had 17 provisions. i insisted that all 17 the sun said it so that they would expire automatically they were not reauthorize. and after having hearings on 17 of these provisions in 2005, congress determined that 14 of the provisions were noncontroversial and made them permanent law. the remaining provisions sunset in 2015 and will expire in if they are not reauthorize. one of those provisions in section 215, the so-called business records provision and it allows the government to apply to the fisa court to obtain tangible things that they are relevant to an authorized investigation into international terrorism. the administration use this to justify the collection of records of innocent americans. the administration argues the request for every phone record is relevant because the universe undoubtably contains relevant information and her original decision aut

one from senator patrick leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee, and jim sensenbrenner, one of theo- authors of the original patriot act, and one from chairman diana feinstein, the intelligence committee head. whatehi-sensenbrenner bill in the bulk -- the leahy- sensenbrenner bill would end the bulk collection. find signs codifies that w hile placing some researches on it. host: why target the specific activity? leahy and sensenbrenner and critics say the program goes too far and it does violate americans privacy. they say it is not actually in counterterrorism and it is just collecting the phone data of millions and millions of americans. feinstein disagrees. she says that this is a key counterterrorism program and it is legal as well. that is the other disagreement over the legality of it. one is in the judiciary committee, leahy's bill, the other in the intelligence committee. ecb divide their. the -- youd divide see the divide there. bill,t of leahy's conservative and libertarian- leaning conservatives like rand paul, find sign -- feinstein's bill is supported by chambliss, vic

senator patrick leahy our guest. the chairman of the judiciary committee. with reporters he talks about various things. you may remember he was one of the authors of the patriot act. it talks about government surveillance of data. >> most the time that committee is senator feinstein who also had -- she said that she thinks isprogram should continue to your disagreement with her on this going to lead to what often happens in the senate which is nothing? >> auto, she and i have talked about a lot to choose a good friend and i have a lot of respect for. i disagree with their legislation that strikes me as more a status quo. how to find the status quo acceptable. let's have votes on it and see where it is going to go. can tell you right now i will not vote for the status quo. i don't think it makes us safer. we have seen because of the leaks that have happened, in some cases we have looked silly by what we have collected. it is almost like him a look at us, we can collect. and people are saying what did you get? i would much rather have us be more specific abou

dianne feinstein and patrick leahy have endorsed a change in these rules. >> new revelation surrounding the n.s.a. spying scandal. >> documents shed light on a u.s. seeker courts role in the program and the warning they gave the agency over its practices. >> determining the future of u.s. troops in afghanistan. a letter from president obama admits military mistakes. >> hoping to get an edge on the competition, wal-mart is getting into the holiday spirit early by kicking off black friday sales this friday. power of the people until we restore our freedoms a >> you're looking at a live shot of the capitol building in washington on a cloudy wednesday morning. good morning, costa concordia. >> it is good to have you with us. coming up, new revelations are emerging about the nsa spying program and how a secret court loud the data to be expanded it was collecting on americans. >> >> first, let's look at what temperatures we can expect across the nation today. nicole mitchell is back. >> i want to start off with the midwest, a lot of the temperatures through the region in the 30's and 40's esp

he served as the counsel to senator patrick leahy on the senate judiciary committee after graduationfrom law school and is a fellow of the american bar foundation and recipient of many awards including the world technology award in law to be a welcome back, you were here generally so welcome again outside of class time. okay so actually, i would like to begin the panel discussion with you, marc, today. we are going to be talking through a series of areas. first i would like to play out of the technology and why we are at this point in terms of the discussion and then addressed the current legislative proposals, cases before the court and finally, the principles to guide the conversation in the future. so, marc, turning to you first the problem between governance, national security technology, foreign affairs, how has the right to privacy, the challenges that are posed all three with the new technologies? >> is an interesting technology they have certainly made possible a much greater collection of information about us. it is a characteristic i think a digitaof the digital age as we e

patrick leahy of vermont is concerned the nsa has overreached.ou a mysterious fireball over the skies of oregon. nobody seems to know what it is yet. some say it's meteor, some contrails from the jet, others the rising sun reflecting off clouds. few weeks ago a fireball, believed to be a meteor was reported above the pacific northwest, it likely landed in the pacific ocean but oh, what a sight. >> what is it? what do you think it? >> meteorite. >> what is the other option? >> the sun reflecting off the blah, blah, blah. >> contrails from a jet. >> superman. >> we didn't think that. >> indra, what is it? >> i'm going with meteorite but not an astronomy major. i'm taking this back, kate, it's superman. >> thank you. >> superman on fire? >> i know he wants to hear it. that's right. we're going to take you guys, talking about the big snow out there, over a foot of snow in through colorado today, even leftover snow showers into the sierras. it's cold around the northern portions of the system talking about the snow. the bottom organization we're talki

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore.the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. >> and there you go. that wraps up today' today's pra session innocent. lawmakers back next tuesday at 2:00 eastern with work on judicial nominations later that day. the senate always live right here on c-span2. live programming to do you do. president obama traveling today to new orleans. he will talk about jobs and the economy at 1:10 p.m. eastern and will have those remarks we live on our companion network c-span. laid on a detailed discussion on keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the wrong hands. henry stimson center hosts that and we get it underway live for you at 3:00 eastern also on c-span. >> i think regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, we all feel very fortunate and grateful that we live in the united states of america. it's a very unique place. and if america was considered to be a product can do we do try to sell a product o

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period for an hour. the majority will control the first half. the republicans the final half. following that morning business the senate will resume consideration of the defense authorization bill. we'll debate the sexual assault issue for up to six hours, and i hope we can reach agreement on the ability to vote on those two amendments. people worked very hard on arriving at a point where we can debate this issue. i hope we can do that. i think it would be very appropriate that we have that issue resolved as quickly as possible. mr. president, i'm told that s. 1737 is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 1737, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill at this time. the pr

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, this unique body has the ability to work very quickly when there is cooperation present much it is one of the many special things about this institution. unfortunately, cooperation in recent months has been very, very lacking. case in point: one senator has delayed action for more than a month on a bill to ensure the safety of custom medications mixed by pharmacies for patients with unique health needs. mr. president, the reason that 97 senators voted to move this legislation is because 64 people died, 800 were made very, very sick with some of them very sick. they had strokes and other medical issues because of this irresponsibility and the negligence of this company in massachusetts. a lawsuit was filed recently in nevada. two young boys were allegedly impacted significantly as a result of this medication that was really bad medication. unless the entire united states senate bends to that one senator's wish -- the one that voted "no" -- he will force this body to jump thr