rhode island. the senate has been working on the small business bill since mid-march. "the associated press" is reporting and data senate majority leader harry reid says the lawmaker suffered a dislocated shoulder and has a bump over his left thigh after he fell today. spokesman jon summers said he went outside today to exercise on a rainy day, put his hand on a wet surface and slipped their he was treated at george washington university hospital and released. mr. summers says the 71 year-old harry reid plan to go to work now live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal lord god, the father of mercies, show mercy to our nation and world. in your mercy, give our senators a discerning spirit so that they will understand our times and know exactly what they should do. lord, instruct them in knowledge that transforms, enabling them to guide others through exemplary living. provide for their needs, lighten their burdens, and fill them with your joy. refresh them w

thank you for coming down from rhode island. please present your statement. >> chairman whitehouse, senator blumenthal, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today on behalf of rhode island student assistant services and the jamestown north kingstown substance abuse coalitions. i'm pleased to provide you with our perspective on effective strategies for reducing the abuse, misuse come diversion and fraud of prescription drugs. rhode island is a small state but what we seem to show up in the top of the national statistics when it comes to substance abuse. in 2000 for the last year of the national survey on drug use and help asked about the nonmedical use of prescription drugs rhode island was tied for fifth with two other states. in 2008 when the same survey asked about the use of pain relievers, nonmedical the rhode island came in seventh. it didn't matter which of the five counties you look at the were all similar. the last rhode island survey work data showed that 11% of high school students have tried painkiller'

after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island, southern rhode island, and then after i graduated high school, i went to undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri and then came out here for grad school, which fell in love with san francisco bay area. all of my plans changed and this became my home. i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied that trade in law enforcement, where i went to the san francisco police academy many, many years ago, graduated as a academy class, president of the class. trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state and federally by the usepa in the training center in georgia and i worked for the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years before becoming elected supervisor. >> and you spent most of your adult life in san francisco. >> yes. >> why did you make the choice to live in the city? >> oh, my god, i had never been west of the mississippi until i came here. growing up, we read a lot in our household but many of the books that i was drawn to were

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i -- in rhode island as well as nationwide. >> thank you.e your statement first and then ask questions. you gave a summary today, but your full statement will be part of the record. i also wanted to mention with respect to the recommendation that this be protected in the reauthorization of the esca, senator brown who has a very keen interest in all of this, i guess he is located off of the health committee now. i am not on the health committee. -- i am now on the health committee. and senator blumenthal as well. you are a very good representation of that committee -- you have a very good representation of that committee today. i guess, by fortuity. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify on this critical matter. we seek to not compromise pain management in regard to controlled substances. the center provides academically sound and practiced to relevant information, evaluation, and expertise to the prescription maturing programs and other stakeholders. the senate is funded by a grant -- the senator -- the center is funded by grants. our w

langevin of rhode island. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: i rise today to urge my colleagues to join me in support of my amendment to help secure our nation from cyber attacks. it would coordinate federal information security policy by creating a national office to cyber space, update our federal emergency management practices and ensure protection from cyber attacks. this amendment passed the house of representatives last year without observation. in the intervening year, the threats that we face in cyber space have multiplied. the director of the c.i.a. told the congress that there could be a cyber attack. "los angeles times"" reported that a hacker added chemicals to the water. with a few mouse clicks he could have rendered the water undrinkable for millions of homes. mr. speaker, my amendment would secure our government-owned i.t

are you going to the rhode island school of design, yes. you are going to the new york university film school. >> yes. >> rose: you got your masters degree in fill tlm. >> momentarily. i am done with my thesis. >> rose: what did you do with your thesis. >> nyu was film so i made a feature length film about i poet heart crane. >> rose: and a movie. >> i made t i just showed it at boston college, a very rough cut because the biographer who wrote the biography i used for my film palm mariannei teaches at boston college so we just showed a rough cut but it will officially premier at the los angeles film festival. so that was-- . >> rose: you went down to north car china my home state to the poet school. >> yeah. >> rose: did that. so people ask, you are in search of what? >> well, i just like-- these are all the interests that i have had since i was a teenager. i was a painter when i was, before i was an actor. i studied english, you know in school. and so these are all interests of mine. and i just, i like the idea of being able to tell, you k

of rhode island to be united states district judge for the district of rhode island. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i would ask consent that the names -- the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i've asked consent, previously asked, ask that be confirmed, that this time rule 22 with -- with respect to rule 22, the mandatory quorums, would not be required. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the senate now resume legislative session, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: ps, reid: mr. presidd say that i would hope that, as i mentioned this morning, i hope that we're not in a situation where we have to file cloture on district court judges. that really is a little much. i would hope that -- you know, i filed cloture on this because i couldn't get an agreement not to do it, but i hope that we don't have to have cloture on all the district court judges that somebody has some concern about. this is a very good man. morally his record is impe

rhode island hospital, women and infants' hospital, brown university.that's about this knowledge district. i hate that name, the knowledge district. that means i live in the stupid district. [laughter] we created that land when we relocated route 95. that's how that land got there. and that was the whole intelligent, was to capture it and -- intent, was to capture it and build an area that could create a new industry. and it's the biotech, it's the brown medical school, it's all that. and they're the only ones with money. and they're the only ones -- and so, you know, take a look at cities in europe. universities are all over it. they're scattered all over the place. and, you know, you've got a real challenge now in the city. there's a million and a half square feet of office space vacant downtown. i'm talking about the city. you see the big superman building? that lease is up. they sold that, and that lease is going to be up, probably who knows? another year or so. if i were, if i were mayor, i'd get on a plane, and i'd go right down to see the guy at

leading republican figures in rhode island support him. now, some oppose him because he successfully represented plaintiffs, including the state of rhode island itself, in lawsuits against lead paint manufacturers. some here in the senate may be wanting to support the lead paint industry. i support those who want to go after the people who poison children. that's what mr. mcconnell did. it seems he is to be punished because he wanted to stand up for children. well, i'll stand with the children against those who try to poison them with lead in their paint. mr. president, i appreciate the courtesy of my colleagues in giving me the extra time. the distinguished senior senator from delaware, the distinguished senator from connecticut, and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i'm always happy to yield a little more time to the chairman of the judiciary committee. i -- i just want to start off today -- i hadn't planned to say this, but i want to start off today -- i'm here to

we started actually 8 years ago holding a recovery event in rhode island. it's a way which we give a voice to people in recovery. it's a way for us to tell people there is hope, that treatment does work. there's entertainment and speakers, the bands are playing, and clients are having a really great time. and we're meeting with politicians and other mental health providers. these types of events are important to highlight. it's important because we are educating the public about both mental health issues and substance abuse issues. we're also, by holding these types of events, we're also working to reduce the stigma associated with mental health or drug-substance abuse issues. this year, we're tying it into waterfire. we're taking the light of remembrance from here out into the general public, out into waterfire, the 20,000 people that are there to basically say, each of us is important, each of us has a voice, and this issue is important. it raises a level of awareness to have an event such as this associated with waterfire, which has a great reputation. w

but rhode island has a strong tradition of manufacturing. it's the birth place of the american industrial revolution. this helped build the middle class and provided good paying jobs for working families. rhode island used to produce one-third of the costume jewelry in the united states. our manufacturing sector has been hard hit especially in these especially difficult times. according to the alunes for american manufacturing, 71,000 100 manufacturing jobs in rhode island in 2000 by the year 2008, that number dropped to 47,000 900. rhode island lost 15% of its manufacturing jobs from 2008 to 2009 alone. and from 2001 to 2008, rhode island lost 10,000 500 jobs due to trade to china. when is the last time you found something made in america. manufacturing jobs all across this country have seen a steep decline from 20 million jobs in 1979 to 12 million today and the middle class has been left behind. and that's why this past week when we launched the make it in america agenda, i became so hopeful about this congress' attention on manufacturing

what he did not tell you was that i'm not allowed back into the state of rhode island, and they are not happy that they see me as the trading our homegrown interests. i am proud, as an early supporter, of trying to bring the cup here to said francisco and wearing my other hat on the transportation authority, in rising to the challenge that i think the san francisco can do what no other city in the united states has demonstrated for a high-profile sports event. if you really put into this frame, after the olympics and after world cup soccer, the america's cup actually grosz's -- is the third-highest grossing per dollar value of an important international event. with that distinction comes an incredible infusion of population that will certainly want to enjoy, will certainly want to remain, and really take in san francisco. that puts a certain amount of pressure and opportunity for our city bought to rise to that particular occasion. i see it more on an olympic number sort of trophy with regards to is being prepared, being able to ferry and traffic over 200,000 people a day during what wi

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i make my own remarks, let me just express my great appreciation to senator durbin of illinois for his many years of leadership on this. i'm very proud to be a cosponsor of his legislation and i look forward to passing this bill. i'm reminded of the story in the bible of joshua and jerhico. it was not the first time around that jerhico that the horns of joshua and his army brought down the walls, if i recall my bible correctly, it was seven times around those walls before they came tumbling down. but tem be down is what -- tumble down is what they did and i look forward to joining the joshua of this crusade to go around those walls as long as it takes until we get the dream act passed. i'm here on a different topic today, madam president. i'm here to call for the end of the $4 billion in giveaways that taxpayers are providing to big oil companies every year. at a time of skyrocketing gas prices and of record oil company profits and of difficult deci

district judge for the district of rhode island. that the motion be reconsidered -- the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nomination, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, the senate then resume legislative session and proceed to a period of morning business for debate only until 7:30 p.m. with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the question is on the nomination. yeas and nays are called for. is there a sufficient second? there is. there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, the president will be immediately notified of the

rhode island independence day, and we flew up there and went to this guy's office. he had an office that was an old post office that had windows that you press a button, shades came down, screens came down, and all the malls he built. we had to mange sure -- make sure he was -- due diligence. during the meeting there's kid -- not kits -- 26-28 years old, and they're apparently the developer's kids. so the presentation stops and sunland has to ask questions, and he said, you're a wonderful operation, and you're like a one-map show here. i see you have a lot of people working for you, but you're the boss, you're one person and all depends on you, i see you got a couple kids coming in and out and i have kids of my own, only at that time bruce didn't know how many he really had at that point. so he said, i got kids of my open. i know how that works. so he looks at him and says, what happens if you die? and this guy, without skipping a beat, says, governor, we practice dying here once a month. i thought that was pretty good. then he asked me, any questions, mayor? i said

. >> up next vincent cianci recounts his 20 year term as mayor in providence rhode island. he spent five years in a federal prison on racketeering and conspiracy charges. this is about an hour and a half. >> good evening everyone. thanks for coming to books on the square. our honored guest tonight was mayor of providence from 1975 to 1984 and began from 1991 to 2002, when providence became the renaissance city. he is currently host of "the buddy cianci show" on wpro and now the author of the new book, "politics and pasta" how i prosecuted mobsters, rebuilt a dying city, dined with sinatra, spent five years in a federally funded gated community and lived to tell the tale. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to present day are then sent that he cianci. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you all very much for coming. thank you. i have actually been introduced many different ways. what i think about introductions i remember being introduced one time -- i used to be mayor and then i stopped being mayor and then i became mayor again to be me euphemistic

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cicilline: i rise today to recognize the 15th anniversary of the korean war veterans association in rhode island. as we look forward memorial day we remember all our nation's heroes who put their lives on the line because our country asked them to. more than 54,000 deaths resulted from the korean war which occurred between 1950 and 1953 and more than 103,000 were wounded n rhode island more than 12% of our veterans served in the war. because of these service members, we are able to enjoy the freedoms we have here at home today. we owe our veterans an their families our utmost gratitude and respect for the great sacrifices they made on our behalf. in honor of their sacrifice, we must fulfill our promise to our veterans and their families by providing access to the highest quality health care, education, mental health services, housing, and employment. i commend th

to give you an idea of how important this is important in rhode island, 170,000 rhode islanders rely on medicare for reliable quality and low cost hospital and medical insurance as well as prescription drug coverage. 65,000 seniors and people with disabilities in rhode island rely upon medicaid coverage for long-term care. when i participated in the debate and when i listened to the debate on this floor about the republican budget proposal, my friends on the other side of the aisle said it will strengthen medicare. i thought how can they make that claim because i knew what their proposal did was end medicare as we know, so people 55 and under, and ended this important safety net. and turned it into a voucher system for our seniors. now i know longer have my grandparents, they all have passed. but the idea that my grandmother and grandfather in their later years would have to go into the private insurance market and buy insurance because they would have lost the protection of medicare is something nobody should be prepared to accept. and what is even more disturbing is what the republ

a historic cemetery in newport, rhode island.mondback is the deadliest staksnake the mother did not realize how serious this was until a neighbor told her to get into the hospital, immediately. he stepped on that diamondback in the backyard in florida. >>reporter: >> jacqueline: rainfall saturday, sunday, we will time it out on futurecast. >>pam: tricking is absolutely forbidden bayto breakers drinking-dashed the 100th race. and the past, the efforts in the past not been successful. it this year, much different. >>reporter: the first time, private security is being brought in. in an effort to put an end to drinking during the beta breakers. attempts to been made with people holding beer and hanging of the our call checkpoint signs the policy was not taken seriously or enforced. organizers say that will end now. it is zero tolerance with no more alcohol. police will be at a checkpoint along the race confiscating any alcohol pc. private security will be backing them up. and the alcohol-the sea. many spectators or running who are ca

roads might be a little slick headed through northeast, new york avenue, kennel worth, rhode island avenuegood news it's just the weather. we haven't had any accidents to report. and that is very good news. out to the beltway in green belt, both directions we're told travel lanes are open. i'm sorry. we will head over and check the g.w. parkway. both directions looking good. one more stop. out to the rails we go. no concerns metro, vre. one delay on penn 401. >>> jerry, thanks very much. the baseball season is just a little month old already one pitcher has achieved something that only happens a couple teams a year, if that. >> liner to short. liriano has his no-hitter. >> yes, indeed. francisco liriano pitched the sixth no-hitter in minnesota twins history. it helped minnesota snap a six-game slide. it will do that. liriano walked six, struck out two and needed 123 pitches to complete the feat. he came into the game with an e.r.a. amazingly over nine. >> and jayson werth returned to fill tpl for the first time since leaving washington. 0 for 3 on the night. former team cole hamils. >>> ne

don't call rhode island the ocean state just because it is beautiful. we are the ocean state because, from our earliest days, we have relied on the ocean and our beloved fair i narragansett bayr trade, for food, for recreation, and for jobs, jobs? shipbuilding, shipping -- jobs in the shipbuilding, shipping, and tourism industries. and we are not alone. across america, our oceans and coasts directly provide over $130 billion to our country's gross domestic product and support 2.3 million american jobs. but the impact goes far beyond that. our coastal zone areas generate nearly half of our nation's gross domestic product and support more than 28 million jobs. in part, madam president, it is americans' love of and reliance on the oceans that drives the need now to protect and restore them. coastal america is experiencing a huge population boom leading to more and more construction that puts significant pressure on our natural coastline and on our wetlands. worldwide, demand for seafood grows at a pace that our fish stocks cannot keep pace with, and our de

, who owns and operates all about home care in middletown, rhode island. the company provides seniors the opportunity to live at home in their golden years and offers additional assistance for those who moving to assisted living or to nursing homes. not only are they putting people back to work and growing their operation, but they're helping our seniors in middletown, new port and bristol to live independently at the same time. i congratulate james sylvester, the recipient of the u.s. small business administration 2011 phoenix award for small business disaster recovery. mr. sylvester was recognized for his efforts to rebuild his business while helping his community recover as a volunteer firefighter following the april, 2010, floods in rhode island. i commend these small business owners for their great contribution to rhode island's economy and pleased to honor their work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent

let's hear from providence rhode island. >> how has the book better received so far and very pleased with the reception? finreg we have had great reviews. everyone who has read it has something positive to say. not the day don't resent they're telling the stories about the heroes of america but the important thing neither of us tried to tear down the heroes i but maybe the live is more complicated than rethought. >> and also your co-author very supportive. >> i teach at columbia we have long history of being supportive of opportunities it gave a differentpe perspective but. >> host: talking about how much comes togetherap did your relationship precedeio the book? >> we knew each other before a working on the book i think we became good friends. >> host: what was it like when the phone call came? >> i was in my office then i get a phone call from larry flint saying i have the business proposition. that was it. when can you come to los angeles? by a flat not knowing whatd he had been mind when he said the collaboration i to do it.e >> host: why was your eye on him? >> i had become awar

democratic senator jack reed of rhode island is a member of the armed services committee. thank you, senator reed, for joining us. >> thank you, chris. >> what is your take on this? did torture work did we need it or what? >> torture is not only illegal, but it leads to inaccurate information. if you talk to professionals, the men and women who are trained interrogators they understand it takes a long process. it takes an understanding of the psychological sort of strengths and weaknesses not gained by torture but gained by discussion, observation. it takes a long time it and then that information has to be corroborated it has to be checked against other information. so, no torture is not the magic silver bullet if it was, then why did it take us ten years or many, many years after the water boarding of these individuals to find bin laden? >> what about the allegations we are hearing about the rough interrogations, most of us call torture of khatani -- ksm and his replacement in al qaeda, led us to this fella this courier who had the nom de guerre of code name of al kuwait

district of rhode island. this vote may also occur tomorrow morning. mr. president, the bill before this body today, small business innovation bill, is the latest in a series of bills we've written to help small businesses grow. it's important for a research and development program. the small business research and development program has helped tens of thousands of small businesses create jobs to shape the future. this bill is an adaptation of the bill that president reagan created 30 years ago. it's a continuation of that program. it's been proven that these investments work. they help get great new ideas off the ground. for example, madam president, the electric toothbrush was invented with a small business grant. the satellite antenna to help our first responders, the technologies that keep our food safe and military tanks from overheating in the desert, these are all the result of what this legislation has done over the years. there are success stories in virtually every state and nearly every industry. be

> jimmy: i never heard you do accents before. [ laughter ] kind of awesome. >> how do you do a rhode island- kind of like boston, right? >> yeah, kind of like that. >> jimmy: talking like that. you got killed -- i can't say the word. >> yeah, you got it. you got it. you got it. so yeah. that's -- that's my xbox clan. i love it. >> jimmy: that's awesome, man. what does this smg stand for? >> sex, money and guns. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's it. >> kind of like what makes the world go round. you know? >> jimmy: so when you see smg, you better run. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, i spend most of my time, "call of duty" online, i hide behind a box. >> it's called camping. >> jimmy: camping, yeah. and i just hide for, like, a couple hours, and then i go -- that was great. [ laughter ] what a fun game. i just hid from everybody. >> you got to run and gun, man. got to know what you're doing. >> jimmy: speaking about running and the gunning -- holy mackerel, you got a crazy life story, buddy. half of this book is about life of crime and then -- i would say, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: and then,

this is the size of rhode island and connecticut put together. and the cost of this devastating destruction are enormous. the governor has asked fema for a federal disaster declaration but the governor has been turned down by the white house. no more additional help for texas. too bad texas isn't a foreign country like pakistan. the federal government has shelled out over $500 million for disaster aid to pakistan citizens for the flooding in their country. when washington considers aid, if any, for daster relief, they -- disaster relief, they should consider americans in texas just as pack stanies. that doesn't -- pakistanis. that doesn't seem to be the case. meanwhile, the fires continue to burn in texas. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. defazio: small businesses are being crushed by $4 a combl of gas at the pump. now, they say it's plain old supply and demand. drill was th

. >> patrick kennedy, the next congressman from the second district of rhode island. >> reporter: but his personal problems kept intruding. >> congressman patrick kennedy reveals he's re-entering rehab. >> reporter: and the hits, the kind that most people would like to forget, they just kept coming. shoving an airport security guard, a fight on his yacht that caught the attention of the coast guard, and then the one that really made waves. >> the story involves a car, allegations of intoxication and special treatment and a kennedy. >> reporter: crashing his car just down the street from the u.s. capitol at 2:30 in the morning. >> i'm traveling to minnesota to seek treatment at the mayo clinic to ensure that i can continue on my road to recovery. >> reporter: this time patrick blamed the crash on sleeping pills. kennedy didn't keep his problems hidden. it may have been impossible anyway. instead of running away, he made addiction treatment and mental health care a central issue. >> i have an addiction. i have a mental illness. >> reporter: but i have never heard patrick or any politici

go to places like new york, massachusetts, rhode island, kr9 contra connecticut, they spend upwards of,000 a year. you put it together and we've got a cataclysmic situation. only four states have shorter school-day years. we're likely to be the shortest school-day year state in the nation, no question about it. >> it doesn't look like parents, they do a lot of fundraising, you know, they work really hard with the five k's and the -- 5 k's an bake sales, it will take more than that. >> it is, chris. and it sets up another problem that some people haven't thought out. some districts will be okay no matter what. we know around here in cupertino, a few months ago, they raised in a short time, $2 million or $3 million to preserve positions for school teachers. beverly hills a couple of weeks ago inside of a week raised almost $1 million. you can do that in beverly hills, can you do it in cupertino. what do you do in places where you don't have a lot of room or money or houses that are well to do? that's the difference between have's and have not's growing by the day. >> and it's going to be

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, for five minutes. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to urge my colleagues to join together to immediately address one of the greatest problems facing our families and small business right now. that's rapidly rising gas prices. as i traveled across rhode island during the district work period, the issue of high gas prices was never far from anyone's minds. it affects every family's bottom line. and our fragile economy -- as a fragile economy continues, it is imperative that we work to find solutions in the short term as we turn our attention towards a serious long-term solution to reduce our demand for oil. our nation simply cannot have low gas prices without reducing the amount of oil we use. now, we main in constant competition right now with india, china and our developing nations and the world does not have the resources to continue to supply us with cheap oil, co

to at least 17 attacks on women in prince george's, fairfax, loudon as well as connecticut and rhode island. he was arrested in early march in new haven, connecticut after he dropped a cigarette butt and police picked it up and atlanticed him to the attacks through dna evidence. his location was provided to police by an anonymous tip sister from maryland. that area will receive an award today. >>> federal immigration enforcement program in the fall. u.s. immigration told the county that its secure communities program will again tuesday, september 27th. fingerprint data from local police will be sent to federal immigration officials. some advocates for crime victims say they're concerned some victims won't report crimes if they are undocumented. >>> beginning next year, you'll have to pay a five cent bag tax. they pasched that measure imposing an extra fee on all retail establishments, not just stores that sell food. the tax applies to paper and plastic bags. it's expected to reduce litter and generate about a million dollars a year. part of that money will fund free reusable bags for the po

curiosity about both of you and paula fredrsen, note that you were born in that great state of rhode island. where i hail from. kingston. the uri, you didn't go to uri, though, you went to wellesley. and then you went on from there to where? >> oxford.= university. >> how many years were you there? >> one. >> what did you study? >> theology. >> then where did you go? >> i went to new jersey. >> and what did you study there? >> at princeton i studied the origins and history of ancient christianity. >> you taught in a number of institutions. would you list those for us? >> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in

columbia that have changed the laws there are six states that have taxation and regulation right rhode island vermont washington colorado all of those states and this week it received those letters from the federal government so the easy solution is to change the federal law because there is there any movement that direction we've since one thousand nine hundred seventy two so it's a law and smaug that is the ultimate way to fix this cannabis conundrum well and i you know i don't see that coming out of john boehner republican house of representatives but the democrats control the senate there are you know boss told a lot of democrats representatives. is is the failure of democrats at the federal level to take this odd a reflection of a genuine public say dislike for the legalization of pot or the door of the decriminalization medicinal marijuana or is it political cowardice or is it just low on their priority list here so numbers that are important seventy five percent of the pro border warrants medical access to marijuana that's huge numbers about the same percentage want to decriminalize wh