portman: madam chair, i would defer to you on that. i would like the voice vote, if that's what you would prefer. but it might be a good amendment to have a recorded vote on. what is i your preference? mrs. murray: it is completely up to the senator from ohio. as i said, if you offer it as a voice vote right now, i can guarantee its passage quickly and how long do you want to wait out? mr. portman: i think we'll take you up on your offer. mrs. murray: a wise choice. and a good example for those snofs whsenators who fowl follo. ms. collins: i just want to commend the senator for his amendment. the fact is that 25% of our nation's bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, as described by the senator from ohio. in my home state of maine, nearly a third of our 2,408 bridges are deficient. senator portman's amendment targets these funds to ensure that they are awarded to structurally deficient or functionally obsolete projects in an effort to respond tower nation's crumbling infrastructure. like senator murray, i s

chairman. >> senator portman was next. senator udall's or hardware. >> thank you chairman and i won't hesitate to ask my cully questions because he answers them so well. first of all i think this is a great discussion and i think the chairman for asking tom to join us in the great input from two members who have a lot of experience in a the ranking member who has a lot of experience. i think this is kind of exciting because there is an opportunity for us to do the right thing by our parks and i think with udall is the chair of the subcommittee having not just experience the flexibility and how you look at this differently is really important. i'm the ranking member now. we probably don't focus as much as we showed on this issue. we have to make sure as tom has pointed out that we deal with this backlog. i did serve briefly on the national commission on the centennial and i got off of that one night was in the race for the senate. my focus was on this notion of stewardship and i really think they make a mistake in focusing

and so despite the noise in ohio and the threats directed at senator rob portman, the fact is that rob marriage equality will be held harmless by the republican primary electorate. he doesn't lose his seat. so when people see members of congress see that their colleagues who have been in favor of marriage equality don't suffer a political penalty for it, i think you'll see more an more come out. politicians have a finely tuned instinct for self-preservation and the reality is that just a few short years ago, people when they would go out an talk about this issue, they would say marriage is between a man and a woman and they'd get cheers in the middle of the electorate, the whole dynamic has changed and that doesn't get you cheers in the middle of the electorate anymore and there is no up side to going out and i think picking fights with the gay community on this issue. that's why so many republican politicians simply don't want to talk about the issue anymore. that is the middle ground in the journey between being against something to migrating to being for something. let's just stop t

it is the same thing with rriet tubman or the story of portman rowe in virginia. what is different about the new sites is the national park service goes into them knowing we have extraordinary economic challenges and we look for partners. with the b-reactor we have the department of energy and community and others to work with us. and we go in and attempt to minimize the direct responsibilities of the national park service that would add to our maintenance backlog but recognize we also want to be a part of the stories that tell the american experience. >> mr. chairman, my time has i wanted to point out e i visited the grand teton, i was so surprised walking down the street how little english i heard being spoken, that this is -- we think of these as our crown jewels but this is an international tourist area that supposedly generates $436 million benefit to the local economy. so this is -- these are huge economic resources, so i hope that we will track as a committee these gateway communities, the local economic impact as well of what sequestration is doing because

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we'll begin again tomorrow morning with senator portman's amendment. i would ask also senators who do have amendments on the thud bill to get them. senator collins and i are ready, open for business. we want to move this along and we're ready to go. so, please, don't wait until the last minute, thursday night. get your amendments in tomorrow. you'll have a much better chance of having them considered. and i can speak for myself, i'm sure i speak for senator collins, too, we're much happier to work with you earlier in the process than later. thank you, madam president. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i just want to second what the chairman of our subcommittee, the senator from washington, said. frankly, we could have done ten amendments today in the time that we were on the floor ready to work through amendments. i know there are many amendments out there and i would encourage our colleagues on both sides of the aisle not to wait till the 11th hour. it's going to be much harder f

in recent weeks we've been hearing that shaheen-portman may come to the floor. we are encouraged by that. we encourage both the majority leader and the minority leader as well as the managers of this legislation to move it to the floor expeditiously so that we can take care of it before the august break. second, i urge my colleagues to support tax incentives for clean energy. many of which expire at the end of this year. senators on both sides of the aisle have repeatedly worked together to extend these incentives especially the wind credit. we can build on this common ground to support sensible solutions. we not only have the opportunity to extend clean energy incentives as a part of tax reform, but to improve upon them. we should focus on creating credits that reward performance and innovation and do not pick winners and losers. they should help industries scale up, bring costs down, and become competitive on their own. finally, the federal government must do more to help new and innovate technologies reach the marketplace. new technologies face significant ba

. >> bill: i was there with -- had rob portman. >> i think portman was the second.rubio first. >> bill: i forget who else. >> gillibrand did one. >> bill: last night was claire mccaskill. >> she was great. >> she's really funny. >> bill: she's lively, too. >> very lively. i've only really experienced her on television and you know, she's usually pretty measured on tv. >> bill: john stanton did the interview. >> big john, our d.c. bureau chief did the interviewing. he was great. he's fun. >> bill: he's one of our favorite guests here in studio. he's very much at home in a bar. >> yes, he is. he took me out to a couple of those homes last night. [ laughter ] >> bill: dragged your ass in here this morning. peter ogborn and dan henning team press here this morning. with alichia cruz on the phones and cyprian bowlding, as always, cyprian, thank you keeping us looking good on cable television. so dorsey, new york politics, it is so much fun. eliot spitzer, our friend, former cohost here or colleague here on current tv, running for city controller and yesterday he's out wi

here, pete, three republican senators have publicly endorsed same-sex marriage, lisa murkowski, rob portman mark kirk as well. many republicans oppose same-sex marriage. what is your thought here? the gop is being asked the proverbial crossroads and they're there on marriage equality. where will all of this end? >> well, just a little bit of truth here to this as well. there are a number of democrats that still oppose it as well. again, back home in indiana a number of democrats voted to put this constitutional amendment before the voters, so this is not just purely party line politics. >> sure. we'll ask richard about that. you can talk about the gop for us right now. >> sure. you're seeing a shift to your point about this poll, a shift nationally. this is a state-by-state issue. you can have a majority think one thing but we do have a tenth amendment, we do have state's rights and each state will determine how they want to define marriage moving forward. >> richard, about democrats? >> well, it's certainly the case that there are -- the fault line on this issue is pretty obvious. democrat

we have an energy bill that jeanne shaheen and portman want to do together.l it's really a new day, and hopefully, and i feel comfortable, it's going to be a new norm here in the united states senate. >> i want to play this clip of you speaking in 2008 about the nuclear option which has been making the rounds. i'm sure you've seen this, republicans pointing to this and other quotes. take a listen to this for just a moment. >> as long as i'm the leader, the answer is no. i don't -- i think it -- i think we should just forget that. that is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i hope we never, ever get to that again because i really do believe it will ruin our country. >> that was you talking about the invoation of the nuclear option, about the 2005 invocation of the nuclear option by bill frist. you says, look, i think this is a terrible idea. people watched what happened with you and mitch mcconnell. people conclude the role reversal on procedure is mere hypocrisy, that it just matters what side of the majority/minority line you're on. is that the cas

chairman. >> senator portman was next. >> senator udall's partner. >> thank you mr. chairman and i'm not going to hesitate to ask my college questions. he answers them so well. first of all i think this is a great discussion and i think the chairman for asking tom to join us and the great input from two members who have a lot of experience in the ranking member who has a lot of experience. i think this is kind of exciting because there is an opportunity for us to do the right things about our parks. i think mr. udall is the chair of the subcommittee having flexibility and how you look at this differently is important. i'm the ranking member now and we probably don't focus as much as we should. our parks are treasure and we have to be sure as thomas pointed out the deal with this backlog. it did serve briefly on this national commission on the centennial. i off it when i got into the race for the senate and as some on the floor in the group here my focus was on this stewardship i really think we make a mistake in focusing too much on acquisition. i will tell you we ne

republican coalition on even some of these issues but i think that you're going to have people like rob portman in the republican party who have strong social conservative convictions and are for gay marriage. and that's not going to be uncommon because it's not an ideological issue for many people. it's often a personal issue. it's often people you know. your circle and family. and so i think republicans are going to have to find a way to accommodate the fact that it's going to have diverse views on that set of issues and communicate that to the next generation. >> we haven't talked about the far left element in the democrat party. and i'm sure this session was set up because we have four republicans here that are a similar panel on what the future of the democrat party would be very interesting as well especially as the president enters his second term. there's something about the second term that never turns out the way that you want to. you can have all these wonderful ideas and i think the president is seeing that his trajectory is not what he expected. the i.r.s. scandal has shown up. the

jack lew meeting with senator rob portman to negotiate possibly some of the structural changes and that's warren was so pleased when she was presiding yesterday because they knew that those structural changes giving much more congressional oversight to the board would significantly weaken its impact. >> bill: one other issue moving to the trayvon martin case, the attorney general gave a speech yesterday before the naacp in florida. the very last cut that we have from the attorney general he talked about after the verdict he announced that the department of justice was investigating -- had been investigating the possibility of filing a civil rights case against george zimmerman and they held off on that until that criminal trial was over. they were going to continue investigating that possibility. yesterday, he talked about it with the naacp. >> i can promise that the department of justice will consider all available information before determining what action to take. >> bill: so two-fold question... what do you hear from your sources, the department of justice and will there be any pressu

president, i understand that senate 1392 introduced earlier today by senators shaheen and portman is at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes. mr. blumenthal: i now ask for its second reading, and i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. blumenthal: finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on wednesday, july 31, 2013, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for use -- their use later in the day, and that following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of s. 1243, the transportation, housing, urban development appropriations bill under the prev

senator medicare mccain was helpful, senator corker, and senator portman and others. >> reporter: do you feel because of last night's discussion there's less of a chance of them being back in a situation like this? did it simply help to get out of this particular -- >> you are asking me to answer hypothetical. i don't know. i do think inspite of the best efforts to rain on an outcome here -- [laughter] i congratulate you for your best effort to try to snatch victory defeat from the jaw of victory. i think i'm safe in saying a high level of colleague yolings on a bipartisan basis was achieved as a result of last night. you can pick at it if you want to. i think it was an important moment for the senate. coming on the heels of the fact that we did three fairly significant bills this year on a bipartisan basis. there were open for amendment. that's pretty extraordinary in the last couple of years. so put this down as progress in the right direction and the best possible atmosphere to go to the balance of the year when we have much tougher issues to deal with down the road. thanks a lot.

. >> the only upside here is that like senator portman from ohio she is in favor of marriage equality her family. >> stephanie: right. and then wrong about everything else. you also tweeted about britain's marriage equality. >> fantastic news, and if you haven't seen the queen dressed in the rainbow flag is great -- >> stephanie: really? >> no, this is just over time. a picture of her in red, and then over time all of the colors. >> stephanie: i get it. >> fantastic news. and one again, the queen, leader of a 600-year monarch is ahead of the american people. what does that say about our country? the colonies got it wrong. >> stephanie: well, she is a queen in the first place. how gay does the house of lords sound? >> in the scheme of things this brings us one step closer. there are now 600 million people in this word that can live in a place with marriage equality is the law of the land and five years ago that number was barely breaking 100 million. >> stephanie: yeah. by the way, you tweeted -- you say word is virginia's anti-choice, bob mcdonal is planning to resign to avoid a felon

republican coalition on even some of these issues, but it think that they are, have people like rob portman in the republican party who have strong social conservative convictions and are for gay arriage. and that's not going to be uncommon because it's not an ideological issue for many people. it's often a personal issue. it's often people you know. it's often your circle and family. i think republicans will have to find a way to accommodate the fact that they will have diverse views on that set of issues and communicate that to the next generation. >> we haven't talked about the far left element, the democratic party but i'm sure the session was set a because we are for republicans here, you know, a similar panel, what's the future of the democratic party would be very interesting as well. especially as the president enters a second term. there's something about the second term that never turns out the way that you want to. you can have all these wonderful ideas that i think the president is seeing that his trajectory is not what he expected. the irs scandal has shown a. the drone issue h

hoeven, isakson, johanns, kirk, mccain, portman, and wicker.he senate has moved forward with that nomination on richard cord ray to continue as director of the consumer financial protect bureau. that vote was 71-29. we'll take your calls about the emerging deal on filibusters on c-span2 starting in about 15 minutes from now. now, federal reserve board governor daniel turillo discusses the economy and implementation of the dodd-frank financial law. he spoke at a breakfast hosted by politico's chief economic correspondentent, ben white, his comments are just under an hour. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for coming out. on a nice seenably -- seasonably cool day. sorry if there was confusion on the time and got here early. we'll get started quickly. joining me in federal reserve governor daniel turillo. he's at the center of the fed's regulatory efforts and a member of the open market committee, perfectly situated at the corner of wall street and washington for our discussions this morning. i want to thank everybody who came out, everybody join

i am proud of the role i played with senator portman in announcing -- and acting changes the pension law that makes it easier for you to put money away. savers credit for low income families with the government provides part of the money that you put away for savings. people need to participate, employers need to participate. it is part of system. secondly, in regards to outsourcing and the global issues, we are in a global economy. we've got to compete in a global economy. it helps us to engage the international community. we want to do it on a level playing field. we think american companies can outcompete world markets if it is a level playing field. given a level playing field, we are ford. and we want to be actively participating in the global economy. host: a viewer tweets -- will you pledge to uphold the filibuster? all.: no, not at i am for senate rules changes. i think the filibuster has been abused. particularly the rights of individual senators. i think the senate is different than the house. it should be able to cool things down. it should be able to have a deliberative d

senator mccain was certainly helpful, as was senator corker, senator portman, and others. >> do you think there is less of a chance of ending up act in a situation like this? or did it help you get out of this particular jam? >> you are asking me to answer a hypothetical. i do not know. i do think, in spite of your best efforts to rain on an outcome -- i congratulate you for your best efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. i think i am safe in saying a high level of collegiality on a bipartisan basis is achieved as a result of last night. you can pick at it if you want to. it was an important moment for the senate, coming on the heels of the fact that we did three fairly significant bills this year on a bipartisan basis that were open for amendment. that is pretty extraordinary, in the last couple of years. so put this down as progress in the right direction, and the best possible atmosphere to go into the balance of the year, when we have much tougher issues to deal with down the road. thanks a lot. >> one of the people i have learned to listen to, and listen to closely, is b

portman, helps to combat human trafficking by promoting awareness, removing demand, supporting prosecution efforts and providing appropriate service systems for survivors. i fully support their outstanding efforts and look forward to working with them on this important issue. and there's more we can do. having served reece he be -- rey as attorney general i know the states and specifically the state's attorney general feel hampered in their effort to put an end to this insidious practice of using the internet to sell illegal sexual services especially when they are exploiting victims of human trafficking. i would urge my colleagues to carefully consider any proposals that may come forward to open loopholes -- propose loopholes in the federal law. there are unfortunately no easy answers. human trafficking can be hard to detect and even harder to prove. it is not unusual for victims to be unaware that they are victims of a crime. their captors are often successful of persuading their victim that what is happening to them is their own fault. because of the incessant and violent intimidation t

night, they were all helpful, senator mccain was certainly helpful as was senator corker, senator portman and thers. >> do you feel since last night's discussion there's less of a chance of ending up back in a situation like this? or did it just help you out of this particular jam? >> i don't know. but i do think in spite of all your best efforts to rain on an outcome here, i congratulate you for your best efforts to try to snatch victory from -- snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. look, i think i'm safe in saying, a high level of collegiality on a bipartisan basis was achieved as a result of last night. and you can pick at it if you want to but i think it was an important moment for the senate. coming on the heels of the fact that we did three fairly significant bill this is year, on a bipartisan basis, that were open for amendment, that's pretty extraordinary in the last couple of years. so put this down as progress in the right direction and the best possible atmosphere to go into the balance of the year when we have much tougher issues to deal with down the road. thanks a lot. >>

but you're going to have people like rob portman in the republican party who are for gay marriage and have strong convictions. that is not uncommon. it's often a personal issue for people you know. it's often your circle and family. i think republicans are going to have to find a way to accommodate the fact it's going to have diverse views on that set of issues and communicate that to the next generation. >> we haven't talked about the far left element of the democrat party. and i'm sure this session was set up because we have four republicans here. a similar panel on what's the future of the democrat party would be interesting as well especially as the president enters the second term. there is something about the second term that never turns out the way you want it to. you can have all these wonderful ideas and the president is seeing his trajectory is not what he expected. the i.r.s. scandal has come up, the drone issue has come up. in terms of party, there is all this left part of the democrat party that is not talked about. republicans are at a disadvantage because the media focu

senator portman, both in terms of his private sector involvement and service in the senate, has a long record of supporting the parks. i think it would be fair to say that senator alexander is mr. park. he has consistently advocated for sensible park protection in our country, and so i'm very grateful to colleagues for coming. i know senator udall has to leave fairly early. after dr. coburn has given his testimony, i will make sure that all colleagues who are under the gun will ask questions before i do. dr. coburn, i think it is pretty clear that your message is getting through. that people understand that this is a very serious challenge. you cannot pretend to be in denial and say does not exist. we thank you. nobody has done more to make the point here about how important this challenge is. >> thank you. i appreciate being invited. in the next month, we will release the 2013 parks report where we studied many of our parks, the problems they have, the financing, where the money goes, and following it all the way down. listing in their some recommendations of things we hope the commit