. >> i should acknowledge that we also have susan collins from the beverage and container recycling institute a national organization and teresa boy, against the waste agency that is monitoring the impacts of the state legislation and ed dunn, from the recycling, and kol oly with us as well. and the next speaker is from our police department officer, ivan. >> and thank you for your patience and i am going to do my best to keep this moving. >> good morning, supervisors. >> good morning. >> i will keep it brief from our involvement is primarily from a... >> speak into the mic. >> criminal standpoint. >> could you pull the mi. c closer. >> i will lean toward it. we currently have the department bulletin that identifies if we ever see anyone taking recyclables and cans and bottles out of the blue bins and enforcement actions should be taken. primarily, at this time, it is complaint driven. i have a document from our analysis unit, and it appears that for the section 391.1 of the health code we have had ten incidents in the past year where people have been cited, and this does not include anything

[applause] >> republican senator susan collins addressed about 400 graduates in augusta, maine. the senator talked about her first loss running for political office and she encouraged the graduates to give back to their community. this is just under 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much, president, for that gracious introduction. faculty, administrators, staff, parents, family, friends, and most of all, graduates, it is a great pleasure to join you on this day of celebration. in addition to this being graduation day, today is armed forces day. let me begin by asking all of those who have worn the uniform of our great country at any stage in your life to stand so that we can recognize you with a round of applause. [applause] members of the class of 2014, i am obviously not the first to since io you today, have the microphone, perhaps i can say at the loudest. congratulations. [applause] it.did i am mindful of the fact that when i was at my college graduation, all i could think of was will the speaker ever finish speaking? i will confess that i do not remember a single thi

another prominent republican has announced her support for same-sex marriage, talking about maine's susan collins. this makes senator collins just the fourth republican senator to publicly support marriage equality. why do you think only four have done so so far? >> we see this across the board, be it marriage equality or other issues, that republicans are too busy playing politics with people's lives, that that's what's unfortunate. we don't see a lot of republicaning coming out because they don't feel it is politically viable for them to support equality. you have to stop and ask yourself, why are we in a place where the folks who are elected to serve americans don't believe all americans should be treated equally? i'm excited that senator collins came out in support. it's great for us, it's great for america that this is all happening so rapidly. >> one of the first republicans in congress to publicly support same-sex marriage is congress richard rana of new york. and he won his primary tuesday night defeating a challenge by a conservative state assemblywoman. new york is more progressive than

we will hear from admiral william the grave and, senator patrick leahy, senator susan collins, and joe kennedy. >> on the next "washington ray lahood on u.s. competitiveness and economic and job growth hampered by collapsing infrastructure. about the prospect of immigration legislation and how it could impact the economy. examines barron told the job or -- war. and we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live atton journal," 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> special operations commander william the grave and used mcraven-- mcrqaven -- used stories at the commencement in austin. he described long swims through shark-waters and wallowing in cold mud. this is 20 minutes. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you, president powers. members of the faculty, family and friends, and most importantly a class of 2014. [applause] tois indeed an honor for me be here tonight. it has been almost 37 years to the day that i graduated from u.t. i rubber a lot of things about that day. i rubber i had a throbbing headache from a party the night before.

[applause] republican senator susan collins addressed about 400 graduates in augusta, maine. the senator talked about her first loss running for political office and she encouraged the graduates to give back to their community. this is just under 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much, president, for that gracious introduction. faculty, administrators, staff, parents, family, friends, and most of all, graduates, it is a great pleasure to join you on this day of celebration. in addition to this being graduation day, today is armed forces day. let me begin by asking all of those who have worn the uniform of our great country at any stage in your life to stand so that we can recognize you with a round of applause. [applause] members of the class of 2014, i am obviously not the first to since io you today, have the microphone, perhaps i can say at the loudest.

>> let me first say, i don't think susan collins saying that she personally supports same-sex marriagehould shock anyone who pays attention to politics. she's largely said in the past, this is something the state should decide. but when asked personally, she acknowledged she does support it. what does it mean for 2016? great question. the problem that republicans have is this, kristen. the general electorate is moving very rapidly, as fast as i've ever seen such a societal norm change. moving rapidly towards being okay with same-sex marriage. that includes young people and people who are older. it's not just generational. young people more accepting. the problem is the people who still believe marriage should be between a man and a woman and believe that strongly also happen to be a pretty large constituency within the republican base who tend to be the people who turn out and vote in the iowa caucuses or south carolina primaries. so it's a difficult dynamic because taking a position that might help you in the primary could definitely hurt you in a general election. >> all right, chris

why is susan collins moving forward with this effort to -- what looks like from the outside, roll backaken regulations? >> yeah, i think when people look at it from the outside, that's what it may appear to be. but the reality is, those who know about this restart restriction know that the professional drivers, the industry, they know that when it's used, it's putting trucks in early morning traffic. that's the worst time to put trucks and cars in a mix. early morning hours is when the riskiest environment is, and that raises crashes. raises a number of crashes. that's a safety concern, that's why senator collins and many members of the senate committee that voted last week voted in favor of suspending those restrictions. >> so do you think dick durbin is just totally off the mark when he says these rules are intended to make our roads safer and we shouldn't be trying to weaken them? >> well, i'm not going to comment on senator durbin's comments. i will tell you that the agency that issued these rules just a month ago in a meeting with us and others acknowledged that there are unintend

[applause] >> republican senator susan collins addressed about 400 graduates in augusta, maine. the senator talked about her first loss running for political office and she encouraged the graduates to give back to their community. this is just under 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much, president, for that gracious introduction. faculty, administrators, staff, parents, family, friends, and most of all, graduates, it is a great pleasure to join you on this day of celebration. in addition to this being graduation day, today is armed forces day. let me begin by asking all of those who have worn the uniform of our great country at any stage in your life to stand so that we can recognize you with a round of applause. [applause] members of the class of 2014, i am obviously not the first to since io you today, have the microphone, perhaps i can say at the loudest. congratulations. [applause] it.did i am mindful of the fact that when i was at my college graduation, all i could think of was will the speaker ever finish speaking? i will confess that i do not remember a single thi

after being criticized for keeping reviews to herself, republican senator susan collins of maine announcedmarriage on wednesday. collins is only the fourth gop senator to publicly support the issue. >>> president obama says only in congress do some people believe climate change is a hoax, fad, or liberal plot. the president was speaking to the league of conservation voters in washington, d.c. when he made the comments. >> many who say that -- actually, know better than and they are just embarrassed, they duck the question. hey, i'm not a scientist which really translates i accept the man-made climate change is real but if i say so outloud, i will be run out of town by a bunch of fringe elements that think climate science is a liberal plot. >>> then there were two. republican national committee announced top two cities hoping to host the party's next national convention. on twitter the rnc posted is it cleveland or dallas? you choose. >>> josh earnest took over for jay carney this weaniek and now is taking to twitter. yesterday, he wrote the following. i guess i'll ask some questions what i

. >>> susan collins of maine announced her support for gay couples to marry. her home state has legalized same sex unions and she is the fourth republican senator to voice their support. >>> there are new developments in the search for that missing malaysia airlines flight 370. officials say there is evidence the plane was on autopilot until it likely ran out of fuel and crashed. they believe it traveled that way for several hours after making a sharp left turn in the indian ocean. search crews are preparing to scour a new area. like the tenth new area. about 1,000 miles south of australia in hopes of locating possible wreckage. it's now been more than 100 days since the plane disappeared with 239 people on board. >>> still ahead on "way too early," today is the day! team usa versus jimmy in the world cup. the match is sure to break tv records here in the u.s. probably records for least productive employees also. >>> we will show you how will farrell is helping the team get prepared. >>> plus. >> you are entering into the most dangerous country on earth. kim j

get a single vote he compromised with the democrats to get the democrat here because it was a susan collins or a or the other senator from maine voted to get it out of committee he had he he had to got it. he had to get a. letter yeah the soundness so he had to give up the public option out of order to get if they are going to do it part and to get that put out a bottom line if you've got this know how to work in a two party system and even when he controlled both houses of congress he couldn't get anything done because his ideas were not out of line for days seventy or day president controlled both houses of congress for seventy four legislative days for legislative seventy four elementally day it was it was seven months it was seven months it was from it was from you know they. what's his name the comedian al franken al franken they fought that thing and fought that thing for months and months because they could filibuster the president and finally after four months al franken got seated and then. obama had a filibuster proof senate for seven months that was in july in january and by the

and republican senator susan collins who is a well known new england moderate. is endorsed by kentucky senator rand paul. and she is endorsed by another senator angus king and also from maine and he caucuses from democrats. main's race for governor could be intchlth paul lepage is a been in a few spots and expected to face mike meshow. he would be the first openly gay elected there. and so there is tweks states that completed the selection of nominees. and most part all incumbents are considered safe. jenna. >> you boat. >> and va official facing a fire storm on capitol hill. surprising words and there is more evidence of cover up ands delayed medical treatment and tens of thousands of veterans waiting for a doctor's appointment that never comes. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪

while this issue will head to the senate for full vote, maine senator susan collins sponsored the lawriver's alleged actions would still be illegal under her proposal. as for walmart, we should mention we're reaching out to them about more details about this truck driver's schedule because we know he told officials, according to this complaint, he was up for more than 24 hours. what we do not know is if he was working for that entire time. no word from walmart. if their previous statements they have said that if this is found to be their fault, they will take full responsibility. jake? >> rene marsh, thank you so much. >>> hillary clinton says after leaving the white house, she and president clinton were dead broke. now republicans are calling her out for being, quote, shamelessly out of touch. ♪ ♪ ♪ the clean air act stops polluters from... poisoning his air with arsenic, lead and mercury. now the loop hole that lets them pump unlimited carbon... pollution into his air is closing too. if polluters and their friends in washington don't interfere. don't let polluters weaken our clean a

it's surprising to me that we're talking about main, moderate senator susan collins.ng this? >> there is support on both sides. they don't want to change out the entire rules as it relates to truck drivers but there's a very specific portion of these rules that some republicans and democrats say they want to see change. this is all about preventing sleepy truckers from driving 80,000-pound trucks on the roads we all drive on and this debate really boils down to how many hours and which hours these truck drivers are allowed on the road. >> that's a picture of her husband mike. >> ron woods' mother, sister, and three nephews killed in a firery crash in september 2004. >> out of blue, this truck driver of an 18-wheeler fell asleep, crossed the median and crashed into my sister's suv, flipping it upside down, landing on top of it. >> reporter: the debate on capitol hill cuts close to the heart for wood. >> if they think that these rules are inconvenient for them, this is inconvenience, having your family wiped out. >> reporter: the department of transportation says in 201

just days earlier the senate appropriations committee led by senator susan collins of maine added a provisionending bill that would roll back regulations requiring drivers to get more sleep and bump the number up to what trucks are could drive back up to 82 from the 70 hours. according to the federal motor carrier safety administration, nearly 4,000 people die in large truck crashes each year and driver fatigue is a leading factor. if you ever use the road or take a bus or take the train, this might be a good time to contact your congressman just to check in. and that wraps things up for "the reid report." i'll see you back here tomorrow at 2:00 eastern. "the cycle" comes up next with live coverage from oregon, where police are expected to give an update on a deadly shooting at a portland area high school. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to clos

we will hear from admiral william the grave and, senator patrick leahy, senator susan collins, and joe kennedy. >> on the next "washington ray lahood on u.s. competitiveness and economic and job growth hampered by collapsing infrastructure. mo

elizabeth warren, who managed to persuade 55 of her colleagues to vote with her, including republican susan collins, bob corker, and lisa murkowski. she did not get enough republicans to break the republican filibuster, led by senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. and joining me now is senator elizabeth warren, democrat from massachusetts. senator warren, your reaction to today's vote? >> well, i just think it's outrageous, i really do. i mean, let's face it. what this vote was about is whose side do you stand on? do you stand with the billionaires protecting every single tax break that they get, every loophole, every subsidy? or do you stand with the students. the people who went out there and played by the rules and tried to get an education and are trying to start their lives. do you stand with those who have already made it big, or do you stand with those who are just trying to get a fair shot and try to build something for their future? the republicans, all but three, said, we're going to stand with the millionaires and the billionaires. the democrats, the independents, and three of those r

in maine, susan collins is up for re-election.as the full spectrum of american politics covered. she is backed on the right by kentucky senator and tea party favorite rand paul and on the left by fellow maine senator angus king who is an independent and caucuses with democrats. this fall, the down east governor's race is going to be a heck of a barn burner, paul will he page is considered fairly vulnerable for controversial remarks he has made over the last couple of years. the democrat is mark, he would be the first openly gay candidate ever elected governor in the united states. plus, there san independent candidate running in november, too. businessman elliott cutler is self-funding. some think he will take votes from the democrats and ultimately end up helping will he page get reelected. we are now just about 26 states completed. so more than half of the country has got their primary nominees selected and we are still a long way away from the general election. but thus far, the tea party has not been winning the types of elect

it was pushed by senator susan collins and passed with 21 votes.i pray for everyone involved in this tragedy. i've been a tracy morgan fan for years. i first met him hosting "saturday night live." he would impersonate me and i always got a kick out of it. at last year's white house correspondent dinner, we took a selfie together. and tonight, i'm praying for his recovery and that all the others involved in this terrible crash recover as well. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> prime time attack. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. a right wing group has produced a television ad to air tonight during former secretary of state hillary clinton's first prime time book interview. it's a particularly vicious ad charging the possible 2016 hopeful with joining in the slander of israel. that's the word, slander. it attacks hillary clinton for

but first, we start with republican senator susan collins, a member of the senate negligence committee. wonderful to have you with us. you just left that classified bri briefing. what is the headline? >> to me what is most concerning is that everyone agrees that the five taliban detainees that were released are extremely dangerous. and after their one-year confinement in qatar is over, they can go wherever they want. their return is also being celebrated by the taliban in afghanistan. and each one of these men have horrendous records that really make me question the decision to release them. >> so -- and this is something that you're saying everybody agreed to, meaning the administration officials that briefed you, they all acknowledged, you're saying, that these men are a risk to the united states? >> they all acknowledged that at least four out of five, and in some cases the judgment is all five of these taliban detainees are extremely dangerous, and that they pose a threat in the very to our country. the likelihood based on all of the briefs and evidence that i have seen as a member

yesterday maine senator susan collins backed marriage equality, becoming the fourth republican senator to do so. joining me now to discuss what is next in the fight for equality is the lawyer who successfully argued to overturn part of doma. we're delighted to be joined by roberta caplin. >> it's a pleasure. >> on that historic day a year ago when you got the decision striking down section 3 of the defense of marriage act, could you imagine how much progress we would have made just a year later? >> in a word, no. i certainly thought that we would make this kind of progress and i gave a speech, i think it was in august, where i explained the windsor decision was in a lot of ways the functional legal equivalent of the battle of normandy. but i never thought that we would conquer, to use that analogy, that we would conquer the rest of europe so quickly. it's truly been extraordinary. >> one of the things that was so interesting about that decision is scalia writing in the dissent, very conservative justice, obviously, antonin scalia, essentially predicted that that ruling by the supreme c

you wouldn't mistake either one of them for an arlen specter or susan collins, and yet their conservative credentials are being challenged? yes, they have to contend with a washington establishment label. ultimately, the sin for both of them, could you argue, is really on one issue. it's on immigration. on tuesday republicans will compete to see if they can draw lindsay gram into a runoff and send him packing. that field includes state senator lee bright. businesswoman and the first woman to graduate from the citadel, nancy maize. attorney bill connor and benjamin dunn and minister. fwram fended off attacks from the republicans in the only debate of the primary. guess what the main topic was? immigration. >> in 2007 they became known as graham-nesty. >> we tried amnesty. >> if you did not support amnesty, if you did not support much of obama's agenda, we wouldn't be here tonight. we would much rather be out waving signs. >> the reason i'm going into the primary overwhelmingly, i hope, is because i'm a ronald reagan republican. i like rand paul, but i'm not a rand paul republican. i'm a ro

>> susan collins. >> joined the ranks. stop the clock.here, but that is also our quote of note bonus question. >> wow. >> quickly explain how this works for 100 additional points, we have a special celebrity guest going to read a famous political quote. there will be no penalty for guessing on this one, only 100 extra points. you have to identify who said the quote. let's go to our special celebrity guest. the reigning miss usa. >> hi, i'm miss usa and this governor once famously said you campaign in poetry and govern in prose. >> only for lester? >> dang it. >> that was mario cuomo. >> pa mario cuomo. -- >> i missed that rule. i was going to say mario cuomo. >> we put the clock back in motion. italy was eliminated in a game marred by a biting incident involving luis suarez for what country. >> uruguay. >> he claimed egs not famous anymore but made big headlines when he was arrested -- >> shia la buf. i'm going to give you the points. >> josh earnest said his favorite celebrity encounter at the white house was with this nba star and newly

satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> republican senator susan collins addressed about 400 graduates in augusta, maine. the senator talked about her -- this is just under 15 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much, president, for that gracious introduction. trustees, faculty, administrators, staff, parents, family, friends, and most of all, graduates, it is a great pleasure to join you on this day of celebration. in addition to this being graduation day, today is armed forces day. let me begin by asking all of those who have worn the uniform of our great country at any stage in your life to stand so that we can recognize you with a round of applause. [applause] members of the class of 2014, i am obviously not the first to say it to you today, since i have the microphone, perhaps i can say at the loudest. congratulations. [applause] you did it. i am mindful of the fact that when i was at my college graduation, all i could think of was will the speaker ever finish speaking? i will confess that i do not remember a single thing that the commencement speak

. >> but maine republican senator susan collins isn't buying the administration's new version of events. >> that doesn't make any sense to me. because obviously if he were killed, then the taliban would not be getting back the five highly valued taliban commanders. so the stories given by the administration have been inconsistent. >> reporter: initially administration officials said they failed to notify congress because of concerns about bergdahl's health. he was able to walk but he was in declining health. and american officials debriefing him now learned that the conditions were harsher than they thought. in a conversation with charlie rose, the white house continued to defend the swap. >> how do you measure the price you pay or is no price too expensive to pay if it means doing what was said today, we bring our people home it's unequivocal. do you pay any price to do that? >> you assess the price just like whether or not you assess whether you can extract him through a military operation. it was not likely to be an opportunity that would be there for a long time and judgments were m

my friends and colleagues in the other body, senator susan collins and barbaramy culls key, are working -- bar rah mikulski are working hard to pass this bill and i hope their colleagues will move quickly and allow an up or down vote. passing this bill won't cost taxpayers a single dime but it will be a valuable first step in honoring our nation's foremothers and inspiring future generations of women. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20678 record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i move suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4810, the veterans access to care act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4810, a bill to direct the secretary of veterans' affairs to enter into contracts for the provision of

first introduced in the senate as s. 1084 by senators mark udall and susan collins, the bipartisan streamlining energy efficiency for schools act aims to provide a coordinating structure for schools to help them better navigate available federal programs and financing options. this legislation doesn't spend an additional dime, and it keeps decisionmaking authority with the states, with the school boards, with the local officials. the bill establishes a clearing-house through the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy, which will disseminate information on federal programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to develop energy efficiency, distributed generation and energy retrofitting projects for schools. i urge my colleagues to pass this bill and, again, i think the gentleman from maryland for yielding and for his assistance in this matter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back his time to the gentleman from maryland. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. kinzinger: mr. speaker, i'll inquire if the gentleman from maryland is prepared to cl