aid budget with the state and foreign operations appropriations subcommittee which is chaired by patrick leahy of vermont. --re is a kerry citing i wouldn't be surprised if that veered off topic into news of the day. we have been talking >> again the house returns tomorrow for short speeches at noon eastern. the senate begins their day at 4:00 eastern today with a vote on the final passage of legislation involving sexual assault in the military. an all-night session on climate change gets underway. you can watch the senate live on our companion network c-span2. young up, we will bring comment from senator bob casey. he is expected to comment on the afghan security agreements and next month's presidential election. right now though, a discussion on the recent jobs report and anti-poverty initiative supported by both parties. from this morning's "washington journal." host: joining us this morning, nancy cook, and economic reporter for "national journal." tell us what this report means. an ok report. it was better than we had seen in the last few months. the average hourly wage has gone up. there

michael patrick leahy. i put up with him at breitbart.e tells me in writing that everything i do is wrong. i'll pick on you a little bit. a former improv person. be yourself. let loose. let's get right to it. rickl talk about santelli's rant and how that played out. it was a moment in america where -- go back and watch the video. it is the people around him. ers, peopletrad who are in the financial industry. they cheered. no party registration mattered at that moment. he talked about something fundamental. very fundamental. the numbers. what it means. the redistribution, what it means. the words are important. the video matters. lead to where we are right now. it was one of those seminal moments. whether you came late to the , that is the success of the tea party movement. more people today and tomorrow will come to it. let's get started. first there was a phone call. february 20. ladies first. tell us what happened. we were talking about how organic it was. i did not hear rick that morning. i heard my e-mail lighting up. is something we

vermont senator patrick leahy , rlg countering the rise of heroin addiction in that state. >>> it's never too late and really this story is a celebration of that. in an extraordinary ceremony at the white house on tuesday, president obama will present the award to these knowledge veterans, passed over because of their racial ethnic backgrounds. "america tonight"'s sheila macvicar met one of the recipients. >> retired in 1985? >> 78-year-old melvin morris lives the life of a typically retiree. fishing, enjoying his boat. he looks the part too. and like many here, the hat he service. >> how many years were you in service? >> 23. >> first class morris joined the oklahoma national guard in 1959 and enlisted in the army. he joined the special forces and was one of the first soldiers to wear the green ber be bere trveg. >> our job was to find the enemy and get some results. >> in 1969 he was on a mission where a platoon of south viet dma vietnamese inviters. other u.s. soldiers were hit and down. morris made a decision. >> we can't leave nothing for enemy. we'll never leave another fallen comra

was the standard line in 2009 when it was continue assistantly asked whether they would support patrick leahy'seconciliation committee, the standard line when attorney general holder dispatched a deputy to basically investigate whether criminal activity took place. and that's the standard line today. what's interesting is that the senate documents are going to go forward with this report, we don't know when it's going to come out, and it's going to be comprehensive but we' always wonder what is missing from this report because the white house will not be forth coming with those documents. >> the senate report, there is a question of when that is going to get declassified. what is the momentum on capitol hill as far as declassifying these 6,400-page senate intelligence committee's report? >> i think it's still a question of if, not a question of when. there's still some hurdles that need to be crossed. this will first a vote in the senate intelligence committee. they're not talking about declassifying all 6,300-plus pages of this interrogation report. they're just talking about the 300-page exec

patrick leahy said stop doing this.say stop signing these orders right now. >> right now. second we've got to the fix this back door search loophole in the foreign interrogation surveillance act. what this is this allow the government to look at the e-mails of law abiding americans. that needs to be fixed. and then i believe strongly we ought to ban all dragnet surveillance on law abiding americans, not just phone records but also medical records, purchases and others. >> why should i feel comfortable of corporations like verizon and at&t holding these records? why should i feel more comfortable that they're doing it over the government? >> what the government has been doing is running a federal human relations database. when the government has the information how called, when you called they know a lot about your private life. >> so does verizon and google. >> there ought to be tough privacy standards there, as well. now, the phone companies, of course, have a long history of dealing with court orders, and as you menti

. >> and you have rifts between democrats like patrick leahy and dianne feinstein on capitol hill and the sausage making going on. another date to point out -- june 15, that is when this provision under the patriot act that all of this is around giving the nsa these powers is set to expire. elections are not, these things are going to happen. congress will have to make decisions. think? what do you you heard rand paul speak at berkeley recently, right? >> right. keep in mind google is perfectly capable of encrypting their own connections. there is a reason it did not. it was not because the nsa said they could not. the reason they didn't was they want to run ads. completely encrypted content is antithetical to these companies that want to see the content that -- so they can run ads alongside that are triggered by something inside of it. there are strange motions. there run reason that tech has slower on that. it runs counter to their own interests. >> that is fascinating. it is not just between liberty and security, but it is commerce , right? >> and what has to dictate a lot of this

michael patrick leahy, founder of conservatives on twitter. i've put up within that breaker.s me everything i do is wrong. and kelley karen dÜrer, i'm going to pick on you a little bit. former improv person back their same so. be yourself and let loose. let's get right to it, however, because we all talk about rick santelli's rant and how that all played out. it is a moment where i want you so i'll go back and watch the video. it's the people around him. people are traitors. people in the financial industry, the people watch american economic progress at around 10 and shared in no party registration mattered at that moment. talking about something fundamental. what it means, the redistribution in the words are important. the video monitors and oftentimes we don't pay a 10 gentoo.. it led to why are here right now because it is one of those seminal moment. you guys, we'd all, all of you, whether you came late to the game coming days later, months later, that is the success of the tea party movement because more people today and tomorrow will come to it. so, let's get started.

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks and those of the republican leader, we will proceed to h.r. 4302, protecting access to medicare act, with the time until 5:00 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of john owens to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit postcloture. at 5:30 then there could be up to four roll call votes. first on kreurgs of owens -- confirmation on owens. then if a budget point of order is raised on the s.g.r. bill, then passage of the s.g.r. bill, finally h.r. 3979, the legislative vehicle for the unemployment insurance bill. mr. president, i wish a happy opening baseball day to everyone. actually it started last night, not today. but it sounds better to do it right in the daytime. this is opening day for major league baseball but happens to be the last day for americans to sign up fo

senator feinstein is joined briefly by senate judiciary chairman patrick leahy of vermont. recognized. mrs. feinstein: good morning. over the past week there have been numerous press articles written about the intelligence committee's oversight review of the detention and interrogation program of the c.i.a. specifically, press attention has focused on the c.i.a.'s intrusion and search of the senate select committee's computers as well as the committee's acquisition of a certain internal c.i.a. document known as the panetta review. i rise today to set the record straight and to provide a full accounting of the facts and history. let me say up front that i come to the senate floor reluctantly. since january 15, 2014, when i was informed of the c.i.a. search of this committee's network, i've been trying to resolve this dispute in a discrete and respectful way. i've not commented in response to media requests for additional information on this matter. however, the increasing amount of inaccurate information circulating now cannot be allowed to stand unanswered. the origin of th

aid budget with the state and foreign operations appropriations subcommittee which is chaired by patrick leahyf vermont. there is a kerry citing -- sighting. i wouldn't be surprised if that veered off topic into news of the day. host: we have been talking with neil's less new ski who covers on breast for roll call -- we have been talking with niels lesniewski. always a pleasure. guest: thank you. >> a reminder that the house will have a brief pro forma session today, live coverage on c-span. legislative edition tomorrow. the supreme court last week tested the limits on the intellectually disabled. in 2002 the supreme court ruled who arecuting those mentally retarded was declared cruel and unusual punishment. the issue is the iq cut off of 74 determining intellectual flexibility. this past monday. this last about one hour. argument this morning is encased case 12, hall versus florida. mr. waxman? >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court, and atkins versus virginia the court held execution of persons with mental retardation. persons with significantly some ,verage intellectual function with

aid budget with the state and foreign operations appropriations subcommittee which is chaired by patrick leahy of vermont. --re is a kerry citing i wouldn't be surprised if that veered off topic into news of the day. we have been talking with neil's less new ski who covers -- weast for roll call have been talking with niels lesniewski. house republicans rebuff the president online reset include a separate package of loans from the fund. next call comes from flint, michigan. snowden isink a traitor any more than is cheney or bush or rumsfeld. thank you. host: next call is ron. he is in deadwood, south dakota. i haven't really made up my mind if he is a traitor or a shouldut i think they let him speak. i would like to hear what he has to say. you never learn anything if you don't listen. host: ron, if you could ask edward snowden one question, what would you ask? caller: i would like to know what his ultimate intentions are , and keep austin weird. thanks. our next call comes from dearborn heights, michigan. independent line. hey there, you are on "washington journal." are you with us? we could

act in both the senate and the house there's the usa freedom act supported by vermont senator patrick leahynd patriot act author jim sensenbrenner and finally out of the white house there is president obama still unnamed n.s.a. reform proposal general outline of which was confirmed by the administration yesterday each of these plans claims to. alan's privacy and security but some are more flawed and potentially more dangerous than others joining us now to help break down all the n.s.a. reform plans is kathleen mcclellan national security and human rights council at the government accountability project kathleen welcome thanks for being with us today thank you for having me so dianne feinstein's let's just go through these we have dianne feinstein's improvements act and mike rogers as far as a transparency and modernization act they're both being criticized fairly heavily by privacy advocates why well to understand what's wrong with these bills we have to go back to our basic system of checks and balances we all learned it in american history class the feinstein bill would actually even thou

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: move to proceed to calendar number 309. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 309, s. 1086 a bill to authorize and improve the childcare development block grant act of 1990 and for other purposes. mr. reid: following my remarks sentence will be in morning business until 11:30 this morning, the majority controlling the first hour, the republicans the next hour. i ask consent senator feinstein be allotted a full hour. i've taken some of her time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: at 11:30 there will be four roll call votes to invoke cloture on four nominees to the united states district courts. following that vote the senate will recess until 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:30 a.m. with sena

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in a period of morning business 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 motion to proceed to s. 2124. this is the ukraine act. that will be postcloture time. so i ask consent the senate recess from 12:30 until 2:15 to allow for the weekly caucus meetings and that the time during the recess count postcloture on the motion to proceed to the ukraine bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: so we hope to work on an agreement to begin consideration of the bill very, very soon. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. i have spoken this morning to senator menendez, chairman of the committee. i spoke last night to senator corker and senator mccain. i talked to senator mccain this morning and he was going to talk to

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? i move to proceed to calendar number 333. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to the consideration of calendar number 333, h.r. 3979, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i have said often that people who work in the capitol are some of the most intelligent men and women anyplace in the world. they come here, as i explained to a group of people from nevada this morning, dedicated to public service. they are not here to see how much money they can make. they're here to change people's lives. and today, the senate is losing one of its brightest and most seasoned minds. a

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: that was my fault. when the president pro tempore is here, we don't have that communication read. i assumed he was here, and he's not here. you're here. so thank you very much. mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in morning business until 10:30 this morning. republicans will control the first half. the majority the final half. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the child care and development block grant. we did extremely well yesterday. i expect more roll call votes on that today. we are working on an agreement on flood insurance. we're working on additional executive nominations. we're seeing what we can do on minimum wage. we've got the ukraine sanctions out there someplace. and we're trying to put it all together. we hope we can finish that today. it's not guaranteed. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled, with as much notic

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, i move to calendar number 309. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. motion to proceed to calendar number 309, s. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and improve the child care and development block grant act of 1990 and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader we'll be in a period of morning business until 10:30. the republicans will control the first half. the majority the final half. following that morning business, the senate will proceed to executive session at 10:30. there will be up to six roll call votes on confirmation of several executive nominations. upon disposition of the nomination of sarah raskin to be deputy secretary of treasury the senate will start consideration of s. 1086. there are two bills at the desk due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2110, a bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the social security act, an

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, i now move to proceed to calendar number 333. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 333, h.r. 3979, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would be happy to yield to my friend, the senior senator from iowa. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i appreciate the majority leader yielding. it's been a tradition in the united states senate, usually this time of the year, when various veterans' organizations come to washington, d.c., to testify for their membership before congress about the issues dealing with the veterans of all of our wars. for a person that's national chaplain to be guest chaplain. so this year, it's my privilege that that person for the american legion be from the state of iowa. you have heard dr. daniel a. mcclure give his prayer this morning. he was appointed to the post of