shaheen called on congress to provide emergency funding to fight the epidemic. something that has not been done since the passage of the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. that was signed into law in july. it is a bipartisan law co-authored by senators kelly ayotte and jeanne shaheen. but there are conflicting opinions about how effective this is. sinc celebrated as a major tool to fight the crisis of addiction a new hampshire. i'm congressman frank guinta -- >> we got this president to sign into law the cara law. josh: to this ad. before the second time in two weeks, jeanne shaheen took to the second floor, calling cara a it does not provide one penny to fight the opioid epidemic. even if congress approves the funding necessary for cara, it will be about two years before new hampshire in other states see that additional funding. josh: senator ayotte's office says millions have been delivered to new hampshire to fight the drug prices as a result of cara, is not tied to it. >> i will continue to fight for the money in cara. and i have continued to push for

josh: but jeanne shaheen called car y a mirage. >> cara is an authorizing will bill. it doesn't provide one thing to fight the opioid epidemic. 'even if congress approves the funding neation for cara, it will be about two years before new hampshire and other states see that additional funding. reporter: to the contrary, senator ayotte's office says millions have been delivered to new hampshire to fight the drug crisis as a result of cara if not directly tieded to it, insisting the push for more resources is ongoing. >> i'm going to continue to fight for the money in cara with the government right now and i'll continue to push for that. josh: a $600 million amendment failed despite support from both shaheen and ray yot. follow a tour of the state police for forensic lab, they cn only wait on washington. >> passage is great, it the right direction. but until we have money, we can't count on it. josh: next week she says she'll during the ebola scare of 2014, congress delivered nearly 5.5 billion in emergency funding. one person in the u.s. died from the virus, and while

shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i'm pleased to join my colleague, the chair of the judiciary committee, as he requests a unanimous consent vote to pass the sexual survivors rights act. passage of this bill marks a momentous day for survivors of sexual assault, and it really is a testament to the important progress that we can make in congress when we work together on a bipartisan basis to address the needs of the american people. the sexual assault survivors rights act for the first time establishes a set of codified court-enforceable rights to address unique issues faced by sexual assault survivors. it also assures survivors the opportunity to enforce these rights in federal court. last february i introduced this legislation, but the real inspiration for the bill came many months earlier when i first met with amanda nguyen, a young sexual assault survivors who faced challenges after reporting her assault. as senator grassley said, she was really the moving force behind this legislation. she told me about t

shelley: senator shaheen takes to the senate floor to demand congress the opioid crisis. jennifer: a local farm we profiled about their challenge because of the drought facing a bigger one now, someone stole the fruits of their labor. mike: with cooler air taking over, could some spots see their first frost of the season soon, when that may happen. >> in sports it's a new job for the former red sox general when i first found out that carl had been using heroin on and off for a year. i immediately thought not my son. i found him in his bathroom with a syringe still in his hand and that was the worst day of my life. annie kuster is leading the fight regarding this opioid epidemic. she's trying to do everything she can to get laws changed. she's definitely a leader. i just love annie. tom: tonight a call on congress to pass emergency funding to fight the opioid crisis. >> if congress can spend billions to fight an ebola outbreak on a distant continent, surely we can allocate 600 million to combat a if we work together to get this done. jennifer: senator shaheen called on con

shelley senator shaheen says wh addiction and recovery act is good legislation it doesn't provide one cent to fight the epidemic and congress's failure to act is having having quote tragic consequences. tom tonight, the daughter of : musician ray charles teamed up to address developing the substance use disorder and mental health work forces. sheila raye charles joined a panel of experts over at southern new hampshire university. the event allowed current and potential students to meet with people working to help people with substance abuse or mental health issues. charles who was addicted to helped break the pattern. >> to be able to bring a message of love and hope and being in place where a generational curse has stopped. because we're talking about my grandparents had an addiction, my father had an addiction, my mother had an addiction then i had an addiction. tom charles shares her story of : her addiction and growing up with addicts in her book behind the shades. : by narcan is thanking manchester police for saving their life. police chief nick willard tweeted the thank you e-ma

shaheen: thank you. i am on the floor today to raise my concerns about another nominee who has been on hold in this body for months. i am sad to say that this has been an ongoing issue with the senate, that people have been nominated, good people who are very well qualified and then their nomination doesn't get acted upon. well, one of those people is doug wilson who has been nominated to serve on the u.s. advisory commission on public diplomacy. this is probably a commission that most people don't even know exists, and yet mr. wilson has been on hold since june 13. when his nomination was referred to the floor, he actually was nominated by the president in march. he is imminently qualified. he's a noncontroversial nominee. the republican vice chair of the advisory commission, william hibble, has urged the senate to confirm mr. wilson, and yet his confirmation remains blocked for reasons that seem completely unrelated to the nominee or his qualifications. i believe it's time for the senate to confirm mr.

eastern time, we sit down with senator jeanne shaheen to talk about books that have influenced her life and career. former attorney general alberto gonzalez sit down for booktv's "after words" program at 9 p.m. he discusses his new book, "true faith and allegiance." it's about his time as attorney general in the george w. bush administration. and at 10 p.m. this evening, john straussbaugh details how new york city was helpful and hurtful to the union during the civil war. and we wrap up with a look at the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. that all happens next on c-span2's booktv. first up, here's political cartoonist gary trudeau. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i had a feeling if we put on an event, even if it was at 4:00 in the afternoon on a monday, a lot of people would turn out, yeah, in august. i'm bradley graham, i'm the co-owner of politics & prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine, and thank you very much for coming. a few quick administrative notes, now would be a good time to turn off your cell phones or anything that might go beep. when we get

reporter: at this point in 2008 on favorability in new hampshire, barack obama was at 53%, shaheen 47%. the latest granite state polls for 2016 put clinton at 36% favorability, van ostern at 15% and hassan at 52%. >> i think it's going to be a heavier lift than it was eight years ago. reporter: nonetheless one that is very much a possibility, insiders on both side say the performance of the presidential candidates down the home stretch jennifer: coming up next, tragedy for a popular nascar driver. tonight police are investigating the death of rodney gordon's father and stepmother. jamie: trapped by a suspected serial killer, how a hadn't got in touch with police even though she could not get away. hayley: right now we have toy ng debt free, while wall street and oil companies get billions in tax breaks. and whose side is kelly ayotte on? she voted to cut funding for pell grants and against letting students refinance their loans at lower rates. all while voting for tax breaks for the special interests like oil companies that give millions to help her campaign. kelly ayotte: working for

earlier this year, senator shaheen teamed up with a lawmaker from west virginia to extendundi f three years at a time. new hampshire national guard is hopeful the bill will pass. amy coveno, wmur news 9. tom: the state executive council unanimously approved a $36 services to the state. the ceo of dartmouth released a statement saying in part, i would like to personally thank all the caregivers and other personnel who have been working selflessly on behalf of so many mental health patients in need. still to come on tonight's news 9 at 6:00, precious remnants pulled from the wreckage of september 11. why this damaged beam was escorted through new hampshire today and where it's headed jennifer: and coming up in weather wednesday, we're live at the tarbin gardens in west franklin. we'll show you what will soon be featured. josh: will they be getting any rain to water the gardens? reporter: w oil wells in new hampshire? you'd think so the way kelly ayotte voted. ninety percent wh the big oil koch brothers. she voted to give big oil more than $20 billion in tax breaks. they gave kelly ayott

(shaheen) the basics of the structured and improvised music is the maqam system. system, you have a set of scales that has certain characteristics. a certain feel, a certain mood. for example, there is a certain maqam that could relate very much to an evening time for example, or certain maqam can relate to a sad state of being. for example: [guitar plays tune using chromatic scale] in arabic music, the intervals is very much identified by what we call quatertones or microtonal intervals. and these are intervals that, from my experience with the western ear, it's very difficult to hear this quality because it's an interval or distance between two pitches that the ear is not used to. for example, if we listen to the third note, and i'm going to count, this is the first, the second, and the third. again. okay, so these are the first three notes in a scale that ifamiliar to many people that's called minor scale. okay, we can call it also-- we call it in arabic music nahawand it has a name. now let's listen to the third note in a different scale. first, second, third.

shaheen: thank you. i have come to the floor today to once again urge that we extend the special immigrant visa program for afghan interpreters who have put their lives on the line while serving alongside americans in afghanistan. unless we act, congress is going to let this program lapse in just a matter of months. we will abandon thousands of afghans who have helped our men and women on the ground during the long conflict in afghanistan. and it's no exaggeration to say that this is a matter of life and death. afghan interpreters who served the u.s. mission are being systematically hunted down by the taliban and we must not abandon them. the united states promised to protect these afghans who served our mission with great loyalty and at such enormous risk, and it would be a stain on america's national honor to break this promise. it would also carry profound strategic costs. u.s. forces and diplomats have always relied on local people to help us accomplish our mission. we continue to need this assistanc

bill shaheen says he selected the name because robin represents joy and hope and that is what they hope the windfall will meet to the people of their community. $267 million is the lump sum take a presented as matching funds. to receive the prize money the store received for selling it to give it the largest amount, $40,000, went to end 68 hours of hunger. the prize money is historic and unusual because there is only one winner. >> took us a while to figure out how to take that amount of money into the state, as it would exceed a general treasury -- that took a couple of days. this amount of money represents more than 10 years of powerball sales cumulative in the state of new hampshire. we are getting our money back and then some. amy: coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, you will hear from the charities the received windfall today. how they use the money to fight hunger and addiction on new hampshire. amy coveno, wmur new9 erin: spreading the wealth. thank you, amy. hillary clinton is canceling fundraising trip to the west coast today after pneumonia. today, her rival donald trump heads back ou

reporter: senator shaheen had no problem firing up the pro union crowd in manchester this morning and neither did governor hassan, especially when introducing the revolution. >> please welcome a great friend of new hampshire, senator bernie sanders. josh: sanders returned the favor by once again offering hassan his endorsement in her bid for u.s. senate. >> the future of the united states senate is to a very significant degree the future of the united states of america, and that future is in the hands of the people of new hampshire. know that if nay work hard they can get ahead and stay ahead, and everybody wants their kids to have a better future than they did. that's what senator sanders stood for, that's what i'm fighting for. reporter: for sanders loyalists, seeing his departure from the national stage has been difficult. democrats are hopeful that voters are keeping their focus on the issues. matter and who are still suffering in this economy. we want to make sure that we're talking about the issues around raising wages. josh: the new hampshire republican party issued a statement

she easily survived a primary challenge and officially running against governor shaheen. expected to be the most expensive race in new hampshire history. two other races are too close to call. congressman frank guinta holds a slim lead over rick shue in their republican primary. the republican primary remains too close to call. democrats carl van oster tex n won his party's primary. >>> drivers on the mass pike will have to pay more under the new proposed toll rates. as part of a plan, a toll will be added for trips from west newton to newton corner. the goal is to stop drivers from cutting through the city. transportation officials believe many people are driving through newton neighborhoods to avoid the current weston tolls. now trips each way. that is the largest increase under the new proposed rates. >>> a major milestone in the construction of boston's first new school in 15 years. mayor marty walsh and superintendent tommy chang the topping off of the new dearborn stem academy with the final beam in the frame of the building. the mayor helped those who live in their

. >> senator jeanne shaheen what is on your reading list? >> i have a bigger stack than i have time. right now i am reading reading the right brothers which is a wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity and the library of congress does a great series for members of congress where they bring in authors and they talk and interview them. they talk about the most recent books and i have the opportunity to see david mcculloch talk about this book. and then they give us each a copy of the book. for those of us who come to the event. it is wonderful story. >> host: what drew you to that book? >> guest: i think hearing david mcculloch talk about it and talk but the right brothers. they are very. you think you know, because we all learn about the right brothers and they are the founders of flight. and then to hear david mccullough talks about their personal story, i discovered i did not really know anything about them at all. the brothers had a sister who was very helpful and everything they did. they lived at their home, all of them live

. >> host: that book ellie and coach came out in 2015 by stephanie shaheen in case you're interested. book to be. book to be did an interview with her about that book. so, why are you an author? you're an english major, history buff. >> guest: i hope at some point i will be. >> host: a lot of your colleagues have written books. >> guest: they have, and very good fascinating books. the senator next-door, barbara boxer, the art of tough, i love that love that title and that of course claire mccaskill have written about. she has a wonderful title to hers as well, and then kiersten has a wonderful book about not a memoir about her, but it's about the importance of women, particularly particularly young women engaged in the political process. so it is great to have these talented colleagues and at some point i hope maybe i can join them. >> host: as the only woman who has been both governor and senator. so what would you call your book? >> guest: oh, i have not gotten that far. that's why have not written one because you actually have to take time and think about it. >> do you ever get rec

josh: the breakfast had a number of speakers this morning including senator shaheen, governor hassan. but the keynote was former presidential candidate vermont senator bernie sanders, who spent much of this labor day in new hampshire. this afternoon in fact the focus was on the white house, at least for kristen pope, how is it looking out there? reporter: we see people bricking down the stage right now, but not too long ago senator sanders came out to a crowd of more than 700 people with a strong message of seeing democrats sweep this next election and ways to make america more equal for everyone. he came out to a crowd of an applause, and then jumped right care, college debt, equal pay for women and making the middle class accessible to everyone. he also talked about the issues he and secretary clinton agree on. there were mainly cheers until he spoke about trump's campaign and he urged people to vote democrat on down the ballot. >> we have got to continue the pressure. we have got to continue the grass roots mobilization to make sure that this country and government works for all of

. >> ben ostrom came to new hampshire to work for jeanne hampshire to work for jeanne shaheen's first bid for u.s. in firm and was brand manager at the farm. he is in his second term on the executive council and lives with his wife into children. colin: im running for governor to keep new hampshire moving forward. i am a dad of two young boys. i have been working on the investing in renewal and clean energy. josh: let's get a quick biography from mark connolly. mark connolly is a native of bedford and has an mba from northwestern. he was elected to the new hampshire house, serving bedford. he worked in the business world and served as assistant secretary of of the bureau securities regulation. he lives in newcastle and is engaged to be married. mark: honored to be here i have fought for new hampshire families. it is the kind of leadership i will bring. for the concord monitor. first question is going to go to steve march and but it will be directed to all of you at one point. roughly three quarters of the electorate don't know enough about the candidates on stage tonight to form an op

meanwhile, senator shaheen is introducing a new bill to fight the state's opioid crisis, carl's law would require medication to include a warning label if a prescription drug does contain opiates. it's named in honor of carl messinger, he was battling causing him to relapse and ultimately overdose. jean: traffic watch time, let's see how things are moving tonight. we'll start with live pictures in manchester looking over 293 near exit 5. looks pretty good here. josh: peggy james joins us with a live look at the road home. peggy: good evening. overall it is a pretty good ride so far coming up from the massachusetts border. you have your usual slowdown through the windham constructn pretty well once you get up to derry and all the way up to 293 in manchester which checks out okay north and south through the city. easy ride up to 93 through hooksett and to concord, but you'll be on the brakes between exits 12 and 13 in concord. also seeing heavy traffic on 202 eastbound between chichester and epsom. 101 west is sluggish. the everett turnpike volume is picking up through merrimack on the nort

. >> the reporter: and according to trustee william shaheen it's just the beginning. >> they are committed to using the funds for philanthropic impact on the lives of their family. >>> the players decided on the cash option. before taxes, that amount was $341 million. and after taxes, a mere $256 million. in the control room, elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: well, the state has launched a web site to help former itt tech students after the school abruptly shut down. the site advises students on how to apply to have the federal student loans erased and how to transfer credits to another school. students who enrolled at itt up to 120 days before it eligible to have their loans forgiven. last week, itt closed all 130 campuses across the country. the school had two locations in norwood and wilmington. nearly a year after emmerson college closed the historic colonial theaters the school is taking proposals to reopen the play house. the college was criticized for planning to turn the theater in to a dining hall but according to the "boston globe," the school is looking at proposals ??

she easily survived a primary challenge and officially running against governor jean shaheen. it is expected to be the most expensive race in new hampshire history. two other races are too close rich asch e. will face carol shea porter. in the governor's race, between chris sununu and frank edewlat remains too close to call. >>> a haverhill man with a lawn full of donald trump said the city will fine him hundreds of dollars a day if he doesn't take them down. richard hurley received a letter from a building inspector last week saying his trump signs take up too much space on his yard. only 32 square feet of political a signage is allowed on one property and he has about 200 square feet. he just doesn't understand why the letter comes so late. >> they have been up since january and all of a sudden trump go fetting momentum and now i am out of ordinance. >> sara: if he doesn't remove his signs early he could be to explain his story. they will be back to look at the signs later this week. >>> today the city of boston will announce a deal to test self-driving cars on local streets

. >> ben ostrom came to new hampshire to work for jeanne hampshire to work for jeanne shaheen's first bid for u.s. in firm and was brand manager at the farm. he is in his second term on the executive council and lives with his wife into children. colin: im running for governor to keep new hampshire moving forward. i am a dad of two young boys. i have been working on the

. >> the reporter: and according to trustee william shaheen, it is just the beginning. >> they are committed to use the funds for philanthropic causes and to make a positive impact on the lives of their family. >> the reporter: how much do they have to do that? well, the players decided on the cash option before taxes, that amount was $341 million, and after taxes, $256 million. live in the control room, elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 news. and sharing some of that wealth. well, registration for the 2017 boston marathon opened this morning. this process this year is similar to previous years. the fastest qualifying runners in each gender group register first. the rolling registration is it open through saturday. last year, 30,000 people ran the marathon, it is set for monday, april 17th. a local high school football player was told he was suspended because he field for the national anthem -- kneeled for the national game. >> mark: the firestorm in the wake of this controversy and why the school is now changing their minds. >> vanessa: there's new benefits for breast feeding for both mom and baby.

this is something i have worked with senator shaheen on. we need to make sure this program allows our veterans to go wherever they want to go to there has been too much bureaucracy with it. the v.a. has not implemented it properly. i'm fighting to get this implemented properly because i want to make sure that our veterans do not have to wait and that they get the very best care. i have been fighting for more accountability in the v.a. for example, people who committed misconduct who got bonuses. there needs to be more accountability. our veterans, who have done so much for this nation, deserve the very best. josh: does new hampshire need a full-service va hospital? mr. rubens: we have a sacred duty to our veterans to provide the world's finest health care. we are not doing this. the wait list are longer. congress has known about this problem for years and they have not fixed it. this is unconscionable. it is intolerable. i will not stand for this as a united states senator. working. we need to allow the veterans to choose the hospital or pr

then at 8:30 p.m., we sit down with senator jean shaheen to talk about the book that have influenced her life and career, and former attorney general alberto gonzalez joins booktv for "after words" program at 9:00 p.m. his new book is called "true faith and allegiance" about his time as attorney general in the george w. bush administration. and at 10:00 p.m., john volunteers done ba ryu details how new york city was helpful and hurtful to the union during the civil war restroom watch up our lineup at 11:00 p.m. with a lochte positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> thank you for being here. i want to thank -- we began collaborating maybe 20 years ago when we were each 12 years old. right? when i was doing the national black writers conference and max joined me. he is a good friend. my mentor, john oliver killins who cofounded the conference with me, idea to talk about long distance runners. he would say, you can make a sprint put who is the guy who

she easily survived a primary challenge and officially running against jeanne shaheen and most expensive race in history. guinta small lead over assure in the primary and will face carol chris sununu and frank edel blot remains too close to call. carl van osattorney his party's primary. >> julie: we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. waiting for accident to clear southbound in chelsey sullenberger area, residual delays around that that you would see reflected in the drive times. heavy steady volume on 93 south from woburn down through medford and into somerville. also want to highlight some heavier than usual 128 through canton. average speeds 15 miles per hour. here are those live drive times. 25 minutes on route 3 southbound from 495 to 128. 37 minutes on 93 south, that's just from the cloverleaf to the leverett connector. almost 40 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin bridge. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and, shiri, i know you're keeping an eye on thunderstorms that are moving you get to have sunshine experience, get to love it, maybe take the little

. >> on behalf of the chairman, let me recognize senator shaheen. >> thank you mr. chairman and secretary carter and general for being here today and for your service to the country. general, at one point before the committee you indicated that you believe that russia poses the greatest threat to the united states. do you still feel that way and if so, can you identify where you think those threats are most concerning? >> i was asked before the committee would've i think the most significant challenge in the united states was and of course we talk about all for state challenges and one violent extremist but when i look at russia's nuclear capability into the cyber capability, when i look at the development and the patterns of operation how often they are operating the locations it is a pattern of operations we haven't seen a ten over 20 years. when i look at mr. putin's activities in ukraine and crania into georgia, that causes me to say that a combination of the behavior as well as the military capability again in some high-end areas would cause me to believe they

constitutional which would require first holding parliamentary elections and as i was discussing with senator shaheen, this challenge is to carry out and that's why they haven't taken place so far and it hasn't come about. >> my understanding was that possibly one of the reasons we are not going ahead with the parliamentary peace as we know to the extent it was constitut constituted. this shotgun marriage we created within the exist but would fall apart, so it's the sequence you outlined and not concerned about with the aftermath might be. >> yes, first of all these are afghan decisions about whether to convene a la jolla jerga. i don't think that the calculation that this would not -- that this would proceed one way or another was a factor. it was simply the difficulty of reaching a consensus on the electoral reforms and therefore agreeing on the electoral date actually prevented the convening. and it's important to emphasize i'm talking about a constitutional la jolla jerga. there is also the option that's much less predictable in terms of possible outcomes. >> and i understand karzai is playing a

and i want to continue on what senator shaheen was talking about and senator inhofe. do you believe it's part of our job and your job if you're confirmed as combatant commander and the senate's job to anticipate threats to our nation and then be able to address them? >> sir, i think it's the responsibility of any public servant to look at that always. my primary job if i'm confirmed as a combatant commander will be to make sure our forces are ready to respond today, but i have a secondary job to advocate for capabilities to respond to future threats in the future and, if confirmed, i'll take both of those jobs very seriously. >> so it's my sense that's we talk a lot about north korea here and the threat, and it's definitely a growing threat. but i think that the american people probably continue in general to see that maybe most members of congress as a regional threat to japan, korea, to the region. today's -- there was a "wall street journal" piece today that north korea successfully tested a high-powered engine for launching sat lied and intercontinental ballistic

and i want to continue on what senator shaheen was talking about and senator inhofe. do you believe it's part of our job and your job if you're confirmed as combatant commander and the senate's job to anticipate threats to our nation and then be able to address them? >> sir, i think it's the responsibility of any public servant to look at that always. my primary job if i'm confirmed as a combatant commander will be to make sure our forces are ready to respond today, but i have a secondary job to advocate for capabilities to respond to future threats in the future and, if confirmed, i'll take both of those jobs very seriously. >> so it's my sense that's we talk a lot about north korea here and the threat, and it's definitely a growing threat. but i think that the american people probably continue in general to see that maybe most members of congress as a regional threat to japan, korea, to the region. today's -- there was a "wall street journal" piece today that north korea successfully tested a high-powered engine for launching satellites and intercontinental ballisti

and i want to continue on what senator shaheen was talking about and senator inhofe. do you believe it's part of our job and your job if you're confirmed as combatant commander and the senate's to our nation and be able to address them? >> i think it is the responsibility of any public servant to look at that always my primary job is-- if i'm confirmed is to be ready and make sure forces are ready to respond today. i have a secondary job to advocate to respond to future threats in the future and if confirmed i will take both of those jobs very seriously. >> it's my sense that we talk a lot about north korea here and the threat and it is a growing threat, but i think the american people probably continue in general to see-- may be most members of congress as a regional threat to japan, to korea, to the region. two days-- there was a "wall street journal" piece today that north korea successfully tested a high pair-- high-powered engine for launching satellites and intercontinental ballistic missiles. do you believe into to three years that the leader of north korea wil

it is a bipartisan resolution with the support of senator rubio, and i thank my friend, senator shaheen, for cosponsoring as well. our resolution expresses the sense of the senate that the united states government and the governments of mexico and china have a shared interest in and responsibility for stopping the trafficking of fentanyl into the united states and all of those three countries should develop joint actions to attain that goal. i urge my colleagues to cosponsor this resolution and to recognize the grave seriousness of the challenge illicit fentanyl poses to our country and to make shopping the trafficking of that drug into the united states a national priority. and let's be clear. stopping the overprescription of opioid pain medication that is fueling addiction to heroin and fentanyl and countless overdoses starts with the prescribers. we need to require anyone who prescribes opioid pain medication and other controlled substances to undergo mandatory training on safe prescribing practices and the identification of possible substance use disorders. we need to make sure that

shaheen: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: madam president i'm pleased to join senator blumenthal on the floor this afternoon aas a cosponsor of -- as a cosponsor of his resolution. i share his concerns that merrick garland has not yet gotten a hearing nor a vote in this body on his nomination to be on the supreme court of the united states. since the beginning of our nation the united states senate has respected an important bipartisan tradition of giving timely and fair consideration to supreme court nominees. even during years when there is a presidential election. sadly, this year the majority party has broken that tradition by refusing even to hold a hearing on the nomination of judge merrick garland to serve as a justice. the current vang was created more than 200 days ago. president obama nominated judge garland more than seven months ago, and i am joining my colleagues on the floor this afternoon to urge the majority party and the leadership of this body to give judge garland a hearing, to give him a vote. it

on behalf of the chairman, senator shaheen. >> thank you all very much for being here and your service to our country. and i apologize, i had to two other hearings this morning so i'm sorry i missed much of the discussion and i'm sure you may have already answered this question, but i think it's important to ask again. as i have traveled around the month of august when we were not here in washington and met with businesses, one of the things i consistently heard from many of our businesses in new hampshire and we have a significant number that provide -- that have contacts with the department of defense that provide equipment and technology to our military, was concern about two things. one was about the budgeting process and about the fact that we're going in, again, with no budget for the upcoming year and a short-term continuing resolution. hopefully we will have a longer term budget after the election. and the other was about the reduced investment in research and development. and so can i ask you to speak to what the impact is, not just of your budgets and the military, but also o

shaheen: mr. president, i'm joining with the others whoever here -- who are here on the floor today who have called on the majority leadership in the senate to stay here to take action on matters of critical forns -- importance to the american people p on the first monday in october, the supreme court will begin its new term and it will do so with a vacancy that has remained unfilled for the last six months. regrettably, the president's nominee to the court, judge merrick garland, has not even been given the courtesy of a nomination hearing. this is the first time in the history of this country -- in the history of the country -- that the majority party in leadership has refused to have a hearing on a supreme court nominee. it's unconscionable. no wonder the people of america are frustrated with the congress. likewise, the senate has failed to act with urgency to address the zika outbreak. i'll have more to say about this shortly. but, first and another most, i wanted to come to the -- but, first

. >> on behalf of the chairman, let me recognize senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you secretary carter and general dunford being here today and for your service to the country. general dunford, at one point before this you indicated that you believe that russia poses the greatest threat to the united states. do you still feel that way? and if so, could you identify where you think those threats are most concerning? >> senator, i can. thank you. and i raise that issue -- i was asked before the committee what did i think the most significant challenge to the united states was. and of course we talk about all four state challenges and one violent extremist, but when i look at russia's nuclear capability, when i look at their cyber capability and undersea warfare, when i look at their patterns of operation, it's a pattern of operation that we haven't seen in over 20 years. when i look at mr. putin's activities in the ukraine, in crimea, in georgia, that causes me to say that a combination of their behavior as well as their military capability in som

. >> thank you, senator shaheen. >> secretary blinken, thank you for being here this morning. sadly, i have to say that i share my colleague's views that, despite the best intentions that our policies in syria have contributed to where we are today and there was a news report that just came over that russia has rejected our demands for resumption of syrian cease-fire and that they vowed today to press ahead with their operations in syria, so i guess that says to me and i think the news has been very clear, that russia has escalated the civil war in syria, and they intend to continue to do that, and assad intends to continue to do that, no matter what the expense is to his own people. so i'm not going to beat the plan "b" horse, because i appreciate that you have not been able to share with us what might be being considered, but, and maybe you're not able to talk about what options are being discussed that we might still have in syria, but it seems to me that we need to look at all of those options, because the current effort is not working, and i appreciate the arguments you'r

we think we should do the shaheen legislation and pay for it. we do believe that we should not leave flint behind, though. and here's what i want to say about that. the c.r. proposed by the republicans are short on a number of issues, and i'll talk about two of them this afternoon. i was especially disappointed to see what republicans' proposal is regarding another disaster, a disaster that's ongoing for well more than a year. this c.r., this funding measure does not quote a single penny for flint, michigan. not a penny. the people of flint, michigan, have been waiting for emergency assistance to clean their poison water for more than a year. 100,000 people, children lead poisoned already. senate republicans claim they address the needs of flint when we return after the election. we've heard that before, haven't we? that is when republicans go to move for funding for flint. they always claim they will do it at a later time. flint has heard this and heard this. in the meantime the people of flint, if they're fortunate, can take a drink of water o

senator jeanne shaheen. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you to my colleague from massachusetts who has seen the same tragedy that we are seeing in new hampshire. i'm sad to have to come to the floor again today to join my colleague, senator markey, senator klobuchar, who have spoken so passionately about our need to address the ongoing heroin and opioid crisis. and like them and many others, i've been coming to the floor for many months to describe the terrible toll that this crisis is taking on communities across the country. i know the president must see it in his home state because it's happening all across america. and it's ironic that we're here during prescription opioid and heroin epidemic awareness week to once again call on this congress and this senate to pass emergency funding to address what is the most pervasive, most destructive and, i believe, most urgent public health crisis that faces this nation. i certainly don't want to minimize the gravity of th