. >> reporter: just up the street, mark and marcy pryor packed their toy boys off to grandma aftegrandpa's after first trying to rough it with just a kerosene heater. rs the first night the four of us were in one bed and we were bading by flashlight and trying eo make it fun like "all right, this isn't bad." ri day three we're like... >> it's a little old. >> reporter: nearly 400,000 rstomers are in the same boat as the pryors in new jersey. it's even in worse in connecticut. more than 750,000 are out of power there and hospitals are hererting an increase in carbon monoxide poisoning as people use generators to heat their homes. >> so we're texting friends to xet phone numbers to find kerosene places. >> reporter: back in new jersey where the pryors are trying to keep their heater filled, their boys won't need their halloween costumes until friday. the town's mayor has postponed trick-or-treating because of the downed power lines and trees. when are you hearing you might get your power back. >> they said by tomorrow but we keep hearing the next day and the next day so we have no idea. >> r

terrelle pryor, marcel reese and cartwright were at the food bank this morning. players packaged part of the 150,000 pounds of food collected last weekend. despite recent donations, more help is needed. they have a record number of needy families this holiday season. >>> now the xfinity sports desk on "nbc bay area news." >>> let's check in with henry will ford to talk about what's happening today in the world of sports. hey, henry. >> there's a lot going on. they're nothing like hanging out with the family on thanksgiving day. both jim and john harbaugh will be hungry thursday, hungry for a win and not tur keechlt the head coaches face off when the 49ers visit the baltimore ravens thanksgiving day. everyone is talking about this game. 49ers depart for baltimore wednesday morning with hopes of staying undefeated on the road in 2011. so how do the red and gold prepare for the ravens in just three days? mindy batch has the answer from 49ers headquarters in santa clara. >> jim harbaugh did not hide his displeasure to have to travel three time zones on a short week t

and for the alexandria-pryor amendment. three, the american lung association tells us that dirty air blowing into tennessee makes us unhealthier because some of us die, especially children and old folks. number four, this is no solution. it has no chance of succeeding. it won't pass the senate. the president will veto it if it does. what will it do? throw it back to bureaucrats and lawyers and bureaucracy and uncertainty and delay. that is not a solution. so the only reason for it is as a political message. what kind of message is it? is that we favor dirty air blowing from kentucky into tennessee or tennessee into north carolina? that we favor not doing our job and turning it back to bureaucrats, lawyers, uncertainty and delay? that's not a solution. if we want a message amendment, there may be better choices. the obama administration, particularly the e.p.a., is a happy hunting ground among reasonable regulations. there's the boiler mack rule which must have been created on another planet. there's the cement m.a.c. rule w

senator pryor.enator landrieu. >> no. >> no instruction. >> senator mccaskill. >> i am going to say no instruction. mitty will pass until we get clarity about the proxy's. -- maybe we will pass and we get clarity about the proxy'ies. >> senator tester? proxy is a no vote. ok. >> senator begich. >> no. >> senator collins. >> no. >> senator coburn. >> aye by proxy. >> senator brown. >> no. >> senator mccain. >> no by proxy. >> senator paul. >> aye. >> aye. >> senator lieberman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, on the both of those present -- vote of those present -- >> can i go back -- >> senator landrieu is yes by proxy. >> senator mccaskill. >> senator mccaskill is no by proxy. >> senator brown has just appeared. rather than his voting by proxy. >> senator brown, ok. mr. chairman, the yays are two, the nays are seven. on this vote, the yays are six, the nays are 10, and the amendment is not agreed to. >> thank you. senator pryor. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the senator wanted to be noted that she bas

senator pryor, would you like to bring up one of yours? ok, you are done. retiring undefeated. [laughter] will break for lunch. the >> i want to thank the committee for passing -- senator mccain talks about when he has publicly if people did not talk about the post office. if you are in a small town in montana and you have a public meeting the about the st office, -- i'm sorry, if you have a public meeting, the post office is the first to come up. it is an issue that people have talked to me about in extension because the post of this closure will close a lot of communities and better it's never healthy for work -- for rural america -- that is never healthy for rural america. the amendment i want to take up now deals with executive compensation. i want to thank the undefeated senator pryor and senator mccaskill for joining me in offering this amendment. it treats the postmaster general the same as it treats a member of congress, $174,000 a year. the 2006 reform bill had talked about the day and allow the postal board of governors to set the salary of the postmaster general as t

richard pryor. >> right. but i could not be the person that i am today. and i didn't see that person. but not speaking allowed me... and walking allowed me to go on this journey and to find myself as a human being-- not a black person, not a white person, not a person of color, but a human being. hinojosa: not even an american. >> not even an arica >> hinojosa: because you crossed borders. you walked all across south america. >> hinojosa: yeah, and that was the connection to find that, you know, we're connected to each other all the way. and my walk across the united states allowed me... and i studied. i got my masters in montana and a ph.d. in wisconsin. but what... my education, my informal education of listening and being with so many people, i realized that even though... when i stopped riding in cars, i thought environment was about trees and pollution and endangered species and all those things. and in my formal education, that's what it was. but my informal education taught me that we're all part of the environment. and if we want to treat the envi

i said di you pryor ties these things? he said yeah.that helped him, do you think? >> i'm not sure that things goring to help. what helped is that first he has laid out something that is an orderly process this, is what we need to do. everybody agrees. securing border needs to be done first. and this is how we can do it and reformed ice. this is how we reformed immigration process. this is how we deal with visas. people are going to be open to listen. >> let me ask you this question. he's decided if obama is tired of debates if he were to get the nod i think romney is stayed on top of the polls z large base of support. but he says i will follow obama everywhere he goes. they will dictate where i go. obama goes someplace, i'll be there four hours later. and it's a great tactic. and i think governor romney -- i think newt gingrich is going to be a better nominee. a better and much more impressive. >> there is a technical side. in ohio you've got to turn in petitions december 7. i don't think newt gingrich makes the ballot in many of the s

one includes the cell where saddam hussein was interrogated, and held prisoner pryor to his execution been used as american military headquarters. the handover is part of the u.s. withdraw scheduled to be completed by the end of next month. >>> a privacy breach effecting millions of patients. >>> and wet weather moving toward northern california. bill martin is here in six minutes to tell us when the leading edge arrives in the bay area. alright, so we have $10. you could get two things for $4 and one for $2. or five things for $2. or one for $6 and two for $2. [ male announcer ] with denny's 2-4-6-8 value menu, we're open to all new ways to save you money. [ imitates explosion ] [ male announcer ] dnyny's. >>> sutter health says someone has stolen a medical computer that contains the information of more than 4 million patients. that information is not encrypted. she explains what is, and is not on the computer. >> reporter: officials said the computer was stolen in sacramento last month. they say it took this long to determine which patient information was stolen. the computer had da

one includes the cell where saddam hussein was interrogated, and held prisoner pryor to his execution. some of the palaces have been used as american military headquarters. the handover is part of the u.s. withdraw scheduled to be completed by the end of next month. >>> a privacy breach effecting millions of patients. >>> and wet weather moving toward northern california. bill martin is here in six keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. >>> sutter health says someone has stolen a medical computer that contains the information of more than 4 million patients. that information is not encrypted. she explains what is, and is not on the computer. >> reporter: officials said the computer was stolen in sacramento last month. they say it took this long to determine which patient information was stolen. the computer had data on 4.25 million patients. many who live in the bay area. >> i'm concerned about it

pryor: mr.president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: mr. president, i have seven unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. pryor: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we are considering some veterans legislation this week, and i rise today to recognize the men and women who have selfishly served our nation -- selflessly served our nation. veterans day is approaching. it's one way to remind ourselves that the sacrifices so many have made and continue to make for our country. we pay tribute to individuals like specialist sarina butcher. for the past 18 months she served with valor and distinction in afghanistan as an automated logistical specialist with the army nati

senator pryor. >> thank you, chairman. thank you for having this hearing. it is a very important issue, and it touches this country all over the map in many different sports. let me start with you, mr. oliver. i would like context on the legal framework here in terms of -- are there state laws on helmets in sports? do athletic conferences, like high-school athletic conferences and associations, do they have rules about this and standards? also, the n.c.a.a. and the nfl, when it comes to football, do they have standards? what is the legal framework here? >> the legal framework is actually fairly simple. the standards that we publish, for example, for football helmets, that is the best example, because it probably applies across the board to other stores -- sports. we publish performance standards and indicate what helmets are supposed to do to meet the standard, a multi-factored standard of them organization, for example, like the n.c.a.a., will incorporate into their rules of play a requirement that helmets worn by those athletes meet our standard. in terms

so, madam president, i want too call the attention of this collins-alexander-wyden-pryor- la collins-alexander-wyden-pryor-la ndrieu legislation to the public, to the senate and say, there are some regulations that are before us that need to be changed. they're costing jobs. this isn't republican rhetoric or democratic excuses. it's republicans and democratic saying to the e.p.a., we want to give you the authority to write a good rule. we want you to fix the rule. we want a clean air standard. we don't want to change the result. but we want enough time for you to write the rule. we want you to be able to write the right method so companies with comply, and we want to give companies enough time -- the presiding officer: senator, you have consumed in our four and a half minutes. mr. alexander: i beg your pardon? the presiding officer: the time you asked for. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. so this is a rare piece of legislation. something we agree on across the aisle that could immediately save 340,000 jobs, that keeps the clean air rule that the e.p.a. has proposed but systemly gives them time to w

senator pryor of arkansas and i are introducing today senate bill 1815. we've sent it to the desk. it is bipartisan legislation that will provide what we believe is a better approach. and that approach is to enact the clean air rule into law. but give utilities one additional year in which to comply with it. our approach would provide certainty and cleaner air at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. the motion to overturn the clean air rule will be offered by the junior senator from kentucky, senator paul. tennesseans admire much about our kentucky neighbors. we admire their bluegrass. we admire their basketball. we admire their distinguished united states senators. but tennesseans don't want kentucky's state income tax, and we don't want ten kentucky's dirty air. a understand we know that our neighbors in north carolina don't want tennessee's dirty air blowing into north carolina because they have told us that through lawsuits in the courts, which they have won. air pollution blowing from one state into another makes our citizens sick, especially our younger tennesseeans and our

when we were looking at pryor laws phones were wired into walls. that is not how it works. we deal with wireless functions. we have to change the way we go about investigating. this is one thing we know about barack obama he has handed over al interrogation of terror to the aclu. he has an outsourced it to them. our cia has no ability to interrogate terrorists. when the attempted bomber over detroit was intercepted, he was given miranda warnings within 45 minutes. he was not an american citizen. we cannot give miranda warnings to terrorists. we do not read them their rights. they do not have rights. >> would you stand on the patriot act? -- where do you stand on the patriot act? >> we forget that we have a name brand in this world. i have seen it china living overseas. when our light shines based on the belly -- values we live up to, it moves people like nothing else can. we are a nation of values. like what we are trying to do in this debate, we will try to find that balancing act between the '30s and security. we have to remember, people will tell you we cannot secure the

pryor: mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about captain sampson luke who was 33 years old. he was of greenwood, arkansas. captain luke is one of those people who had many, many options in life. unfortunately for -- fortunately for us, he made the decision to serve his country and he did so with distinction. he is -- he was a field artillery officer who served on active duty in the army from 2000 to 2007, and he was also afterwards in the arkansas national guard where he was a commander of the h.h.b. 142nd field artillery. here is a photo of him with his family, and his family was very, very important to him. he had been to iraq on two different deployments, and he was awarded the bronze star. as i said, he elected to stay on with the arkansas national guard, and he served with distinction there. he told his wife here that he felt that he was truly at his best when he was leading men. i want to talk about him just for a moment because, quite frankly, the bean counting, the bean coun

senator pryor. >> thank you. let me start by asking about a march 10 inspector general report entighted "acquisition of support services contracts." it's number 0ig10-72. they make recommendations in there, and i'm curious about your agency, about whether you feel you've made the changes and are complying with the recommendations in that report? >> senator, i think i'm going to have to be refreshed on the specifics of that report. >> it talks about the three million recommendations i was concerned about was to include a review of inherently governmental governments by -- excuse me, inherently governmental functions as part of contracts to the administration, and second would be to establish an evaluation factor and review process for requirements identified in the statements of work, and three, assign dedicated, trains, and certified contracting officers, technical representatives to manage and oversee the contracted administration function. >> thank you, senator, i appreciate that refreshment. we've taken a numb

senators hutchison and pryor have companion legislation to this bill here in the senate. that would expand it by applying it to businesses other than banks. let's take them both up and let's pass them. two other bipartisan house-passed bills give small businesses a new avenue to raise capital and small investors a new opportunity to invest in them. by allowing small businesses to raise money over the internet and through social media without having to shoulder the same kind of regulatory obstacles as big businesses. we all know that access to capital is one of the key ingredients to economic growth. here's a way to make it easier for folks to get the capital that also creates new avenues for the little guy to invest and to start hiring. senators thune and scott brown have companion bills here in the senate. why don't we take them up and pass them? this is the kind of approach we should be taking here in the senate. putting aside these great, big partisan bills that democrats know have bipartisan opposition and focusing on smaller proposals that can actually pass. on their

ya been a leader with congressman boehner and senator cochran as was with senator pryor. with respect to lease 220, let me say, two years ago we have developed additional information our the department of defense that shows that there significant conflicts between oil and gas development and the military needs within the triangle that was included into lease sale of 220. so rov is we need to continue to develop additional information to see if we can deconflict important mission of supporting the defense and military needs of our country, which is also so important not going to the country but to virginia. at the same time look at developing additional information, but it's really at this point in time in large part the conflict issues that were raised by the department of defense with respect to lease sale 220. let me ask this them. as the discussion takes place not only but offshore, but also but when you don't offshore, the discussions have taken place on both about potential interference on both. it seems that there is an et cetera discussion on the when signed but no

let's pass t there's the community bank resource improvement act cosponsored by senator hutchison and pryor. it's companion legislation in the house got 184 democrats. let's take it up and pass it. there's the private company flexibility and growth act, cosponsored by senators toomey and carper. let's pass it. there's the democratickization access to capital act sponsored by senator scott brown, a similar bill in the house passed with 407 votes, including 169 democrats. let's pass it. there's the access to capital for job creators act cosponsored by senator thune. it passed the house with 413 votes, including 175 democrats. let's pass it. and we shouldn't stop there. as i see it there's no reason we shouldn't take up ever one of these bipartisan bills that have already passed the house once we get back and pass them one by one. they all passed the house on a bipartisan basis. they'll help the private sector create jobs. there's no good reason we shouldn't take all these bills up and pass them right here in the senate. because if we can't pass jobs legislation that we all agree on, then what

widen hammer after checking these products, we went to work and i commend especially senator pryor who worked in 2008 on legislation to if you will, revamp the consumer product safety commission through the consumer product safety improvement act to ensure that the cpsc had the resources and funding to carry out its critical mandate. mr. president, how many times have we heard in the body, in this chamber, how many times do you hear in the house of representatives, how many times do hear it in the presidential debate, government is too big, got to get government out of our lives, can't do anything right. this was the case with the consumer product safety legislation, the safety improvement act where the government's involvement, the regulatory process actually saved lives. here's why. this year not long ago this halloween dr. widenhall of famer spent --, dr. widenweidenhamer sent his students out and they tested 75 products this year, and they found not one contained lead. we know what lead does to a child. if a child from lead-based paint chewing on the crumbling wood with lead-based

cosponsored on the republican side by senator hutchison among others and on the democratic side by senator pryor among others, and senator toomey has a bill, s. 1825 to expand this legislation by applying it to businesses other than banks. we should take these bills up in the senate and pass them as soon as possible with the same show of bipartisan support the two parties mustered on behalf of h.r. 1965 last week. like the bipartisan house-passed jobs bill i highlighted yesterday, h.r. 1965 passed the house last week with nearly unanimous support. the vote was 420-2. with 184 democrats voting in support. only two people out of the entire 435-member house voted against the bill. the president's jobs council has endorsed the idea, and top democrats have been vocal proponents of this legislation proposed by house republicans. here's house minority leader congressman hoyer on h.r. 1965 just last week -- quote -- "we need to see throepbgd small businesses and homeowners, but they're hamstrung in their attempt to raise capital by outdated s.e.c. registration requirements. i completely agree with steny

you're a leader with that as well as with senator pryor, and i appreciate the time you spend advancing the conservation agenda for hunters in the united states of america. .. which is also so important not only for the country but virginia and at the same time look at additional information on the atlantic with respect to oil and gas retention. at this point in time in large part the conflict issues raised by the department of defense. >> let me ask this then. as the discussion takes place now we have offshore gas and development the discussions are taking place on the potential interference. it seems that there is an accelerated discussion on the windy side but not the same effort on the oil and gas development side are guarded say that both of them obviously are issues we need to address within may be other branches but they ought to both the pursuit at the same time. i think over the conflicts are very similar and to me there ought to be able to be taken up and those issues taken care of in a fairly timely manner. it seems like to me, to spread this out over another five years is we

richard pryor said he went down to the courthouse looking for just this. all he saw was us. there is something with the structure. the issue does not fit. i uld call this message "if the shoe fits. there is a structural issue. we focus on the pain. we do not deal with the structure. when we but that was jz talks about what happened about these statistics. he says it is because the system is working. he is saying that we have got pain. the reality is instead of focusing in on the pain, we have to deal with the shared that does not fit. we have a structural issue. thank you for not focusing in just on the pain but making sure we take a look at the structure. i want to share things that have changed my life for ever. my memory will never be the same. we have to make sure that the shoe is changed. thank you for showing us that you can overcome odds that are absolutely horrendous. jesse jackson wasot born with a spoon in his mouth. he did not come from a

senator sherrod brown, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, senator leahy 1080, senator wyden 1296, senator pryor 1151 and 1152, and senator senator -- senator bill nelson 1209, 1210, 1236 and 1255. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. ayotte: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment and call up the following amendments en bloc. senator mccain's amendment 1281 regarding the transfer of arms to georgia, senator blunt's two amendments, 1133 and 1134, senator murkowski's two amendments, amendment 1286 and 1287, and senator rubio's two amendments, 1290 and 1291. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i would then ask for the regular order after all those actions are taken. the presiding officer: the amendments are now pending. mr. levin: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent to call up en bloc five amendments which have been clea

lautenberg, lee, lug lugar, manchin, mccaskill, menendez, merkley, mikulski, moran, murray, ben nelson, pryor, risch, sanders, schumer, shaheen, snowe, stabenow, test tester, toomey, mark udall, vitter, warner, whitehouse, and wyden. and it's been called up. i ask consent to have it set aside so we can go on and continue with the pending matter. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the foregoing request from the senator from arizona is granted. mr. levin: well, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: and i don't object because that is the way we should proceed, going back and forth. i just -- usually we do that informally and i don't know whether or not if the senator -- whether there may be implications because i don't know who's -- mr. levin: i have no objection. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank my friend from michigan. i do that for the convenience of my colleagues because i know that there are others who will also be coming to speak on -- on this important issue. i'd like t

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