he's a republican from missouri and he worked on that legislation now here's the thing about roy blunt he was actually given sixty four thousand two hundred fifty dollars to his campaign committees between two thousand and eight and two thousand and twelve from monsanto from syngenta and from similar biotech firms so to say that there is a very close relationship between congress and between biotech firms like monsanto isn't that far of a stretch very interesting information about that relationship ramon let's take it to you at the heart of this people just want to know what they're eating you know we saw monsanto they spent millions of dollars to defeat proposition thirty seven in california where you are which is force companies to label any g.m.o. products why it does this not scare month santa or why does it and how do they react to prop thirty seven. right and just to add on to what megan was saying pro g.m.o. lobby has donated more than seven million dollars to current members of congress and you know here in california where it seems so likely that voters were going to approve a

joining me now roy blunt, member of the arm aed services committee.od morning, sir. >> good morning, how are you, chuck? >> i'm okay. a lot of, sort of on the side writing when it comes to how republicans on capitol hill have responded to some of these controversies. with the advice saying republicans ought to let the facts drive the conversation and not try to to come up with their own conclusion before all the facts are known. you think that's a fair cruteak of what some republicans are doing on capitol hill? >> i think letting the facts drive the discussion is the right thing to do. little bit hard to do that when you're outraged and there's a reason to be outraged about what happened at the irs. there are reasons to continue to be concerned about the statements that are being made about benghazi and what happened there. i think, particularly, the irs is a thing that people are going to respond to, but, frankly, i don't think there is any reason to rush through this or reach conclusions that later don't turn out to be based on fact. i think there's

but what would roy blunt be saying today if the report was -- kathy told the president in april, and then this report came out or was made public in mid may. roy blunt, mitch mcconnell, rand paul would all be on tv saying what did the white house do when they found out the inspector general was investigating the irs? what phone records do they have? who did they try to intimidate? i mean, if we can take what we know happened, and make up a series and a fact pattern that doesn't fit any proof that they have to offer into the record, imagine what the flip side would be if kathy walked into the oval office and said -- sir, the inspector general is doing this, blah blah blah. we would have a whole other set of ask skbirscy theories. it's like a whole other trunk of conspiracy theories. if this happens, do this, pull out this and do that. if it happens to be this, use these. >> or if you're rand paul, give america insight into those things that are reported orally. what does that even mean? i do want to focus, though, on the -- there's been so much talk about this irs scandal. controversy

senator roy blunt two has received over ninety five thousand dollars from month santo and campaign contribution. since one thousand nine hundred six according to the miami herald and according to politico senator blunt and monsanto work together on this bill critics of the legislation say the bill presents dangerous health because it reduces oversight of genetically modified crops that. end up on shelves however yesterday oregon senator jeff merkley announced his plan to repeal the month santo protection act and earlier setback to the fight against months and came in november when a proposition to require requiring all g.m.o. products to be able to california failed to secure enough votes this is what activists across the world to take matters into their own hands on may twenty fifth activists will lead a march against monsanto in thirty six countries in order to raise awareness of the dangers of g.m. and to hold monsanto accountable and even though the company faces mounting opposition and opposition monsanto's profits rose twenty two percent just this quarter joining me now to discuss this mo

bill: roy blunt, thank you, senator from missouri. thank you for your time. a lot to go through and we chalmette thodally throughout the week. thank you, senator. martha. martha: deadly twisters ripping through america's heartland from iowa to oklahoma, to kansas. much more could be on the way, folks. we're live on the ground in one of the hardest hit areas and where this thing may be headed now. bill: jodi arias gets a chance to speak yet again before a jury decides whether she lives or dies. >> i am a police officer and some of these photos are more gruesome than i have ever seen in my 11 years of law enforcement. our minds are permanently stained. you hurt my feelings, todd. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instd of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgradedxperience comes from listening to our cardholders. visa signature. your idea of wha

. >> brown: another republican, missouri senator roy blunt, said if the reports about miller are true he should resign or be fired. but the chamber's democratic majority leader harry reid said such talk is premature. >> the person who was working on this at the time it happened was a republican appointee during the bush years. the man acting now is temporary. he's acting and we're looking to get a permanent person there. so to act to have some temporary guy resign, his name is miller, as far as i know he's done a good job. >> brown: lawmakers will have the opportunity to question miller on friday when he testifies before the house ways and means committee. meanwhile, attorney general eric holder said he's ordered the f.b.i. to see if any laws were broken. >> i think as everyone can agree this was if not criminal certainly outrageous and unacceptable but we are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations. >> brown: a full report on the matter by a treasury department inspector geneal is expected to shed further light on the matter. that report has, in fact, been releas

blunt,xcess senator roy republican, has a hold on her nomination. he will have to remove that before the full senate can consider nomination. susan casey lefkowitz, international program director with the natural resources defense council, thanks for your time. guest: thank you. coming up, tin-tin in our "spotlight on magazines" series. we will look at the front cover of bloomberg business week about jpmorgan chase's jamie dimon and why they call him wall street's indispensable man. first a news update from c-span radio. greg kiss nightclub 15 eastern. results in for the california mayoral race. the city controller has been defeated in the race to become the next mayor of los angeles. the city council and received 54% of the vote. a 42 year-old be the first cities selected jewish mayor. he will replace the outgoing mayor antonio villaraigosa on july 1. and the other coast in connecticut, train service is back on schedule for the connecticut to new york city commuters. this morning the section of track damaged in last friday's derailment has been rep