one was senator richard burr from north carolina. called the conservative moderate and the other was ted kennedy you can call a liberal liberal from massachusetts. but they were famously together and their pairing wasn't by accident. because in fact, it was created by a relationship that occurred between kennedy and former senator bill frist during the clinton administration when they realized these issues would figure prominently in the future. subject of not only the world we live in, globalization, human behavior, but the likelihood these diseases could be likely to become significant in a highly connected world. so, with that, it was the idea they had, senator kennedy and burr that somehow we had the same institutions that in some ways that we have in national security. department of defense. using a significant example, gold water nichols act of 1986 which reorganized the department of defense to give us what we have today, a highly capable joint fighting force was the mod l used to create the pandemic hazard act. may wonder abo

that we'll be looking at very closely on whether or not they decide to run again, people like richard burrna, dan coates in indiana, there are several others, chuck grassley in iowa, do they run for re-election. if those open seats are there then, of course, democrats have a chance of taking those back. on the democratic side harry reid, 2016, everyone will be waiting for him to make his decision. >> they are all getting memos if you're planning to run go home once in a while and live there. >> what are you saying? >> while john boehner and mitch mcconnell are having lunch with president obama on top of this new era of good feeling ted cruz is still out there and very much going to be sort of accountability enforcer for the base in the senate. i talked to him late election night on phone and i asked him about whether or not the party should try to back off the repeal of the affordable care act or compromise on immigration. he said emphatically not. he said the only way to keep faith with folks that elected them was to stand by tissues that had done so and he said the biggest two issues for

senator richard burr who has in the past worked closely with dianne feinstein, taking over intelligencehatch will be in charge of health care decisions and taxes if tax reform will happen. this is a whole new team coming in in charge. >> it definitely is. mccain at armed services, that is familiar. it gives him a much bigger microphone to prosecute the case against the administration for its handling of isis and other conflicts that are ongoing. and hatch is going to put obamacare under a microscope. every piece is going to be scrutinized because we all know that the people, they still ran on obamacare in this cycle. even if they can't repeal it, they will owe it to their base to put up a big fight and have a real showdown over obamacare. those two are particularly important in terms of the criticism and the scrutiny that the white house will face. then democrats hope that's a silver lining. he will be overseeing environmental issues. he will be very tough on the epa. at the same time he is not a believer in global warming. he has been prone to say extreme things. democrats think maybe

but it was actually senator richard burr from north carolina and senator ted kennedy who championed that bill. and the significance of that bill was it basically used the lexicon of national security to define and, if you will, redefine the u.s. government's role in preparing for these events. interesting enough, and i'll make reference to a project that general rey was involved in in his career. but we used the goldwater/nichols act as the template for this bill. not because we think public health or medical capability should be aligned along the dod axis, but it did identify in the goldwater/nichols act the idea of having joint operations, putting somebody in charge and creating a kind of command structure overall. so with that, a position was created at the health and human services department for the assistant secretary of preparedness and response. regrettable in the crisis at hand you don't hear much about that office but it was their function to do the necessary things to align not only the u.s. government's efforts in this space, realizing that in some ways it's not only hhs, dod

been after 9/11 one is the prepared this act of a bike to take credit for it actually senator richard burr from north carolina and ted kennedy championed that bill. the significance is used national-security to redefine the u.s. government's role to prepare for these events. interestingly enough to make reference to a project from the general in his career but we use that as a template not because the capabilities should be aligned along the access but it did identify joint operations putting someone in charge of the command structure role of position was created in with a crisis at hand you don't hear much about that office but it was their function to do the necessary things to space u.s. government's efforts but not all the hhs but also the idea to space the state and local authorities or the soldiers of this activity. we can argue that was effective or not but i do hope as a result of ebola someone has the wisdom they had in '80s to commission in of holloway report that we talked about with these proceedings. but why did things fail? because what they identified with the vision that th

because i was a staff director for the senate subcommittee that drafted but it was actually senator richard burr from north carolina and senator ted kennedy. championed that bill. the significance of that bill was basically it used national security to basically define, if you will, read the fine the u.s. government's role in preparing for these events. interestingly enough, making reference to a project general gray was involved in, we use the goldwater/nichols act as the template for this bill not because we think public health or medical capabilities should be aligned along the dod access but it did identify having joint operations, putting somebody in charge and creating a command structure overall so with that the position was created with health and human services for the assistant secretary and response. in the crisis at hand you don't hear much about that office but it was their function to basically do the necessary things to all line with the u.s. government in this space realizing in some ways it is not only hhs, dod and va that significant assets to bring to the fight but this idea t

would like to take credit for it for the committee that drafted it, but it's actually senator richard burr from north carolina and senator ted kennedy that championed the bill and the significance of the bill is that it's basically used the lexicon of national security to basically define and if you will redefine the u.s. government role preparing for these events. interestingly enough, and it will make reference to the project project to that of general grey was involved in in his career, but we used the goldwater nichols act as a template for this bill, not because we think public health or medical capabilities should be a line along the dod axis but it did identify in the goldwater nichols act the idea of having joint operations putting somebody in charge and creating a kind of command structure so with that a position was created at the health and human services for the assistant secretary of pyramids and response. -- preparedness and response. .. we talked about it before these proceedings. that really did assess why did things fail, it'd that case desert one, because what they identi

for because of the staff director for the senate subcommittee that drafted it but it was senator richard burr from north carolina and senator ted kennedy who championed that bill. the significance of the bill was a basically used the lexicon of national security to basically define and if you will redefine the u.s. government's role in preparing for these events. interesting enough, economic reference to project that general grey was involved in in his career, but we used a goldwater-nichols act as the template for this bill, not because we think public health or medical capability should be a line along the dod access but it didn't identify in the goldwater nichols act the idea of having joint operations, putting somebody in charge, creating a kind of command structure over all. with that division was great at the health and human services department for the assistant secretary of preparedness and response. regrettably and the crisis as hand you don't hear much about the office but it was their function to basically do the necessary things to align that the u.s. government's efforts in this

they will be opposed by richard burr, the chair of the intelligence committee, john mccain and lindsay graham and others. we will see tensions there on both of those issues. there's a chance for corporate tax reform. but we have to keep in mind that business's idea of corporate tax reform is cut marginal rates and leave preferences alone. any reform that is not revenue neutral is simply not going to happen. whether you can work some deal out will be interesting to watch. i do think there's a real possibility of infrastructure reform. john da laelaney has a bill in house. have profits from companies used with an incentive to buy a portion. so you don't have a lot of government funding directly. that could happen if there's a desire to make something happen. again, you will see substantial tea party opposition to anything that looks like it's expanding government. we are going to get a crisis in the highway trust fund again because of the refusal to race gasoline taxes or consider any other revenue source unless you can do something innovative like that. on the bigger issues, forget abou

richard burr ranking member of the veterans affair committee, and he's also next in line at the intelligencee republican ranking member there is senator saxby chambliss, but since he's retiring senator burr has been floated. long-time climate change denier senator james inhofe is apparently up for the chair of the environment committee. we'll see if they keep the word "environment" in the title of the committee. senator cruz of texas is likely to be named the chair on the committee of science and space. that opens up a host of possibilities of how partisan science and space can become. >> i think the real hoot was the environment. >> inhofe? >> it's going to be a very slow moving committee. >> you know -- >> glacially. >> they change the names of the committee sometimes to reflect the sensibilities of the chairmen or at least the membership. it is hard for me to believe senator inhofe is going to be comfortable going to work as chairman of a committee that has environment in its title. >> he can change it to extraction. >> or dominion. >> how is he going to use that science committee to atta

richard she will bill, the republican from alabama. among those scheduled to testify today are health and human services secretary, silvia burr well, the cdc director, dr. tom freiden, homeland security secretary, jeh johnson and dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. live coverage on c-span3.

> thord by myself -- this bill is authored by myself working shoulder to shoulder with senator richard burr of north carolina under our chair and ranking member senators harkin and alexander. in this bill we've shown we can work together to get things done. we've worked across the aisle and across the dome with our counterparts in the house. madam president, today we have an opportunity to pass a bill that will actually help american families with one of the biggest challenges they face: affordable child care. everywhere i go in maryland, i hear young mothers and not-so-young mothers and grandmothers and actually dads saying we need child care that is affordable, accessible, reliable and safe. this child care development block grant will meet those compelling human needs. but it focuses on families of modest needs. parents who want to work or get ready for work by going to school but can't afford child care. i'm going to talk, take a second to talk about the process and where we stand. this is a bipartisan bill. it is the result of more than two years of work, three hearings on the help com