i want to talk to you senator thune about responsibility.like to make a case that ted cruz should take responsibility. >> i'm sure he's happy to. >> he's to blame for the government shutdown. he demanded that obama care be tied to funding the government. in fact you signed a letter with him demanding this of the majority leader than we're not going to pass a double digit unless the defunding of obama care is attached. where is the responsibility in that's what this comes down to. that's what led us to this decision. >> that's one of many proposals that has been out there. defunding. the house has acted on legislation that would repeal everything for a year. it would repeal the individual mandate. >> they keep moving the goal line. >> but they compromised. >> they are compromising on what size of the gun. >> if you think about it, delay really makes a lot of sense. and i know this is hard for you, stephanie but the president proposed a delay for the employer mandate. and we are out there saying why should middle class americans have the same

in the "crossfire" tonight senator markie and senator john thune of south dakota. senator markie, to you first. i know it's fashionable to blame republicans for this shutdown, but the house passed four bills to fund the government, then passed more bills to fund pieces of government to reopen. harry reid, who has refused to give those bills a vote deserves some responsibility here. >> what you are saying is we should pate for the republican tea party members of the house to pick those parts of the government that they like. we should just approve those parts of the government. but we should also take away health care for the poorest children in america. we should not have a department of energy, but any parts want to support they should have a vote in the senate. what's the loss for you? don't you care about refunds those services? >> you know how to reopen the department of veteran affairs? send over a bill that has reopened the government. as stephanie set there are 24 republicans in the house of representatives who say they will open the whole government. you do

thune: i'll be happy to yield, mr. president, when i've concluded my remarks on the senator from rhode island's time. mr. whitehouse: thank you. mr. thune: i think the reason republicans in the senate find this stance so perplexing is that characterization that we never negotiated around a debt ceiling is absolutely not true. deficit reduction measures over the last several decades have been paired with increases in the debt ceiling. almost 30 years ago we had the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985, otherwise known as gramm-rudman-hollings. i was a staffer here at the time. that was done in the context of the debt ceiling. we've had several measures in the 1990's that reduced our deficits that were done in association with an increase in the debt ceiling. most recently -- we all remember this -- the budget control act of 2011 which resulted in restraint largely on the discretionary side of the budget, which many of us would like to change, but it's also resulted for the first time since the 1950'

i know that senator wicker was here and he explained about senator thune. these are important impacts that the shutdown is having on the american people. and their angst that i hear on both sides and i realized that it permeates because why? we are getting real stories that back to us by constituents and the constituents are suffering greatly all because we will not open government. and i am almost overwhelmed, mr. chairman, where to go with my questioning. because i have so many questions including aviation, the registry issues you talked about, which means that planes can get delivered, people can't get planes, people in the jobs are going to be delayed. the information that i have about the faa in the fact that the radar system needs to be maintained at the radar system standard and if it is not maintained, it has problems and complications. our own situation with the weather buoys, the weather buoys that we have in the northwest are critical, vital, information for us and i guess they say, we don't have to worry about it because we are shut down, but it

. >>> coming up senator john thune is here and he is clobbering the obama administration. what now? he is next. >>> donald trump has advice for the nfl. could the donald's big idea help your team? find out coming up. >> okay. you want to get out your wings and beer for this one. tonight a hot sauce company is taking heat. it is accused of stinking up the air around the factory. filing a lawsuit. asked the judge to stop production at the hot sauce factory. the suit calling the odor from the plant a public nuisance. the hot sauce maker denies there is an odor problem. you be the judge, if you lived near that factory would the smell of hot sauce make you mad enough to file suit or cook up extra wings. go to gretawire.com and vote in our poll. also coming up, is the obama administration going to regret saying it's more than just a web site. senator john thune is here >>> let me remind everybody that the afordable care act is not just a web site. it's much more. >> the affordable care act is much more than a web site. >> this isn't a a web site, it's about healthcare and about affordable

thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with, and i be allowed to speak for up to 12 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thune: mr. president, we're now in the eighth day of a completely unnecessary partial government shutdown. last week, there was an official at the white house who said they are winning the shutdown debate and that they're not concerned about how long the shutdown lasts. well, mr. president, there may be folks at the white house and democrats who are content with the current situation, but republicans remain focused on finding a solution to open up the government. the republicans have offered multiple solutions to fund the government and will continue to find common ground, work to find common ground while providing obamacare relief for middle-class americans. middle-class americans deserve the same r

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. >> thank you ranking member john thune and members of the committee. appreciate your invitation to appear here today. mr. chairman, thank you for carrying on the legacy of the late senator. i would also like to thank senator begich, senator murray, and senator cantwell. and the strong support. my name is keith coburn and i'm on alaska crapper and some of you made recognizing the captain of the fishing vessel wizard on the discovery channel series the deadliest catch. i'm honored to be before the committee today, but i would rather be 4000 miles away is the first time in 20 years that have not been here in the month of october. and i'm here today on behalf of fishermen. i'm here to talk about the impacts to my fishery and i want the committee to understand that the shutdown is causing impacting fisheries nationwide. lack of personnel to perform routine functions, such as managing port allocations will result in millions of revenue losses to that sector of the industry. the federal observer program also be impacted longer this shutdown continues and acro

, the so-called thune amendment. when that came up a few years back, it fell short of the 60 vomits also. i think it got 58 votes that time. time it actually got less, i think it got 53 votes. so both sides pushing for their ideas on what to do with gun violence were blocked in the u.s. senate from getting anything done. and, of course, even if we had passed anything in the u.s. senate from the perspective of more background checks or restrictions on semiautomatic weapons or high capacity ammunition, who knows what would have happened in the house. it was very difficult -- if it's tough to get it through the senate, it's even tougher sometimes to get it through the house. and, obviously, speaker boehner has been operating on needing a majority of the majority in order to even bring something to the floor. those sorts of bills probably would not have made it to the floor without a lot of pressure from the public. so this is the situation we've got. and what i see is i see a lot of good grassroots action from people li

i was pointing out to senator fallin thune there was a poll that came out this morning that indicated30 to 35% of republicans see themselves as a team party and i don't think either senator thune oral i believe that, but it's part of what i'm talking about. we are into a generation or at least a decade of dividing each other, separating ourselves from each other not understanding our common purpose, not understanding what it means to get out of bed to go to work. more than today big deal that's when to be a life quorum aren't doing big things even approaching that. i fear also for the institution of government as a whole. people have lost confidence. we are at 5%. but if they lose confidence in the future -- your people have to have confidence in the future because they are putting down long-term efforts and they are going to make a heck of a difference and every one of our folks testifying this morning are part of not just something called the national transportation safety board. they are part of something called the united states government. and its responsibility to the people as

we'll ask john thune who to go "on the record" next. also, karl rove is here. what does he have to say about tonight's developing news from capitol hill. it's developing every second. is there any chance of avoiding that default deadline? karl rove coming up. and you can hash it out with us. do you think congress will get its act together? that includes the house and senate. tweet or post on facebook right now. hash tag greta and followh%h%k5 extremist republicans are attempting to tornado bypass with a bill that can't pass the senate. can't pass the senate and won't pass the senate. >> tonight senate talks on hold and house republicans announcing there will be no votes tonight. what is the senate's next move? republican senator john thune joins us. do you have any clue what is the next move? >> well, i mean the house is going to, i think, go back and huddle up again and figure out what they might be able to pass. the senate, there are discussions that continue to go on there. we are up against the clock as you know. the hours are ticking away. but i think we w

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. >> republican representative kevin brady and senator john thune introduced bills in the house and the senate to repeal the estate tax. they both have wide bipartisan support but either have made it through their respective committees. brady claims the death tax is the number one reason family owned farms and businesses don't survive to the next generation. >> it is by far the most unfair, unamerican tax imaginable. >> proponents of the estate tax say it is large inheritance that is hinder entrepreneurship. winston churchill said estate taxes were a certain corrective against the development of an idle rich but that is cold comfort to small business owners. >> you have to sell inventory, pull back on expansion plans, sell a branch or two or sell the company. >> the government's justification for the estate tax is that it raises revenues and reduces income inequality. however, small business owners, already overwhelmed by the complexities in the tax code, feel it perpetuates the issue of inequality. one thing we can all agree on is that you can't take the money with you to the grave. in

thune: mr. president, a week ago today western south dakota was preparing for a coming storm, but no one had any idea it would be one of the worst and most devastating snowstorms in that area's history. i grew up in western south dakota. i was born and raised there. we saw a lot of nasty blizzards over the years, storms that sweep through the middle of our state and all across our state. and the destructive impact that can have, the way they would close down roads, the difficulty they would create for people. and obviously the loss of livestock that comes with that. we've seen over the years blizzards that have taken their toll on one of our state's most important industries. but the storm damage that i saw yesterday when i toured western south dakota really was epic. you can't look at the mountains and branches that were piled high waiting fordice posal or the -- for disposal or scenes of pastures scattered with dead livestock. this snowstorm started out, madam president, as heavy rain. and i k

tax was are always very fluid never changing republican representative kevin brady and senator john thune introduced bills in the house and the senate sirup he'll be a state tax they both have wide bipartisan support but either have made it through their respective committees a necessary procedure before being able to come to the floor for a vote brady claims that the death tax remains the number one reason a family owned farms and businesses that don't survive to the next generation it is by far the most unfair on him or in tax imaginable proponents of the estate tax say that it is a large inheritance as they hinder entrepreneurship famous british politician winston churchill said that estate taxes were a certain corrective against the development of a race of vital rich but that idea is cold comfort to small business owners who fear the effects of the death tax on their life's work the only alternative is you have to sell some inventory. you have to fall back on expansion plans you know maybe you have to sell a branch or two or in the worst case it could be that you have to sell the com

so-called thune a minute. when it came up it fell short of the 60 votes. i think god 68 votes at the time but this time he got less than that. i think it 53 vote. both sides pushing for their ideas on what to do with guns, gun violence. and, of course, even if we pass anything in the u.s. senate from the perspective of more background checks and restrictions on semi automatic weapons or high-capacity ammunition who knows what would've happened in the house? it was difficult to get, tough to get through the senate and even tougher through the house. speaker boehner, until the vote the other night has been operated on meeting a majority of the majority in order to bring something to the for. those bills probably would not have made it to the floor without a lot of pressure from the public. this is the situation we've got. what i see is i see a lot of good grassroots efforts from people like moms demand action and mayors against illegal guns at the u.s. conference of mayors, from brady and two other groups on the one side and i see a lot of action from a lot

thune: madam president, we're now in the third week of a government shutdown. we're facing an imminent debt limit crisis, and it just seems like it's become the pattern around here that we live from crisis to crisis. i hope we do something about that. we obviously have to deal with the immediate issues in front of us in the next day or so. hopefully no more than that. and there have been a lot of discussions that have occurred over the course of the weekend, in the last few days to try and bring to a conclusion at least this chapter of this particular crisis that we're dealing with. and, you know, i'm encouraged when i hear our colleagues on both sides of the aisle have meeting and having discussions. and we've had a number of those that have gone on. and i think so far without result, there have been meetings that have occurred between our two leaders. and they also have been working very, very hard to try and get a result, something they can take back to their respective caucuses and present and hopefully voted on. there are discussions going on in the other

by the way, john thune as conservative as they get.sell out or anything. he's a conservative guy. >> i have to see. i am masochistic. show me new york. >> here it is. >> whoa! stop it! >> donny. donny. hold on. put the picture of donny up. >> i just had some murch consisten kins. >> he spends a lot of time in front of the mirror and tans and waxes. not hot. >> look at this. louis actually wearing a real beard. happy halloween. very good. that was really good. coming up next -- >> he has his own tanning booth. >> of course he does. >> he wears nothing when he tans. i'm serious. he is one of those people. >> just the waxing. coming up next, we will see how big of a boot the red sox win is going to bring the stock market. business headlines with kelly evans coming up next. bl american express credit card, every purchase earns you 2% cash back, which is deposited in your fidelity account. is that it? actually... there's no annual fee and no limits on rewards. and with the fidelity cash management account debit card, you get reimbursed for

. >> thank you, ranking member john thune, and thank you so much. i really did sort of learned a sub people lesson for being here. i know that you are in leadership and you have to be here in terms of votes. half of the economy of yours being wiped out, it is something that most people do not experience as broad bodies of state. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much. this is a very important hearing. it kind of really makes it pretty clear what is going on. so what is happening is that the tea party controls the house of representatives and they don't like the government. and so they want to shut it down and then as people start to complain, they say that we should reassemble the government as people identify that part of the government that helps the american people. so far they have past eight or nine separate bills to send it over to the senate. and they say, oh, people like this bill. and people want to make sure that they have made a difference and are taking care of that. the people want fema to be funded and piece by piece they keep

if 5 thune show up we would be happy. if 100,000 show un, we'd be happy. what matters is the folks that show up -- and the folks watching here right now, watching us on the tv, if you're watching on a big screen, watching at your office or home, what we're asking you to do is turn off the television, get off your chair, get in the car, drive down to d.c., pick up a few people on the way. these veterans made it possible for you to be watching this television, for you to be working that job and for you to stay at that home. >> they can watch the end of the show, right? don't shut the television off at the moment. >> absolutely. >> larry, thank you so muchment we look forward to the event and we'll keep tabs on what you're dying. >>> 155 visits at the white house, sharing confidential taxpayer information with the white house, and she is obamacare's chief enforcer at the irs. what is this all about. >>> have you been consorting with the devil? >> not to my knowledge, sir. >> are reports that you can fly accurate? >> greatly exaggerated, sir. >> democrats knoc

senator thune is talking about it. this one sticks. the historic things they did and we're so dirty we put up barricades. incidentally, my generation didn't pay for it. they had to create their own monument. we never did it for them and we should have. >> my understanding at the lincoln memorial has never been closed before. somehow when we do this government shutdown and can't come to an agreement they spend money, time, re sources to put a barrier around the lincoln me moirl? it's so fundamentally wrong. >> i hope maybe in the night you guys will sneak down and do something. maybe get arrested, too. i will get ted williams to represent you. >> i'm glad you want me arrested, greta. i will do my part. >> thank you. >>> now tonight's hot button issue. why do you think the obama administration put up in effective barriers at the world war ii memorial? with were they looking to cut costs or trying to inflict pain on the american people? go to gretawire.com to vote in the poll. straight ahead, rick per erie is trying to steal from californ

this is a bill had come up as a stand-alone bill about four years ago proposed by senator thune. the so-called in a minute. when that came up a few years back it fell short of the 60 votes also. this time it actually got less than that. i think it got 53 votes. both sides pushing for their ideas on what to do with guns, what to do with gun violence were blocked in the senate from getting anything done. of course, even if we passed anything in the u.s. senate from the perspective of more background checks, restrictions on semiautomatic weapons are high-capacity ammunition, who knows what would've happened in the house? is very difficult to get it through the senate can't even cover sometimes to get it through the house. speaker boehner, until the boat the other night has been operating on meeting a majority of the majority in order to bring something to the floor. those sorts of bills probably would not have made it to the floor without a lot of pressure from the public. this is the situation we have. what i see, i see a lot of good grassroots efforts from people like moms demand

joining me with south dakota senator john thune. >> good evening, sean. >> a different tune when georgeer the debt ceiling. you put out a statement denouncing the president's irresponsible rhetoric about default. >> what he's been saying, he told john harwood of cnbc a few days ago that the financial sector should be concerned because there are people up here who are penalty potentially willing to default on the debt. it is this fear mongering and doom's day scenarios coming out of the administration that are going to create disruption in the marketplace. that's not helpful. 's the president of the united states. he ought to be trying to solve the situation. the fact that he wants a clean debt limit increase is on the wrong side of history. 53 time wheps the debt limit was increased, of those 27 involved changes that he did something to reduce the debt and the american people say if you are going to increase the debt limit do something to fix the debt. the president is trying to get people whipped up over this. he's completely dis engaengaged the problem. >> isn't it true that even if w

. >> republican senator john thune of south dakota is asking for fsa agency employees to be deemed as they can go back to work. and it's just another piecemeal approach. but e.j. di jvmj. dionne, this a party at work, isn't it? >> i did a show with bill cohen, the moderate republican in maine, and he told me it keeps coming back. it was after a terrible airplane crash. and people who sometimes condemned regulation were asking where the safety regulators were. and what bill cohen said is government is the enemy until you need a friend. and i think that's exactly what we're talking about here. it's quite possible that folks in some of those towns had been opposed to government in general and voted along those lines. and yet they assume that when they fell on hard times that were no fault of theirs, they didn't cause this blizzard, the government would there to help them out. not bail them out, but just put them back on their feet. and i think we have to stop thinking that every form of government. >> every form is bad. >> is a handout or dependency. >> they brush everything to get rid o

this is a bill that came up as a standalone bill, proposed by senator thune, and when that came up, a few years back, it fell short of the 60 votes. it got 58. this time it got less than that. 53 votes. both sides wishing for their ideas on what to do with guns, what to do with gun violence were blocked with the senate. even if we had passed anything in the senate, and the perspective of more background checks or restrictions on semi automatic weapons or high- capacity and diminishing, who knows what would've happened in the house. it was difficult to get any of these things to the senate or the house, and boehner, until the vote the other night, has using the role of the majority of the majority to bring it to the floor. this is the situation we have got. is a lot of good grassroots efforts from people like moms demand action and the u.s. conference of mayors, from brady, and from other groups on the one side, and i see action nra,a lot of groups on the the major one, but other groups that are pushing the gun rights agenda. sides i know see that as a long-term's assertion -- solution

thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam president, today we continue to find ourselves in an unfortunate position of a partial government shutdown. following a veto threat from the president last night, democrats in the house of representatives killed three spending bills that would have funded parks and monuments, veterans' programs, and the d.c. government. senate democrats have already rejected four house-passed proposals that would have provided americans with relief from obamacare while ensuring that government operations continue. mattesenate democrats even rejed one proposal that would have sent the two chambers to conference, the house and senate to conference, to work out some sort of a solution to the stand-off that we find ourselves in. but they haven't even been willing to talk. when that proposals -- that request from the house came to the senate to create a conference that would allow the house and senate to come together and try and find a solution, i

thune: mr. president, the men and women who serve in our nation's armed services shouldn't be impacted by a partial government shutdown. recently the house and senate unanimously passed the pay our military first act, which was signed in to law by the president this past monday. that bill ensures that the active military and those that support them stay on the job regardless of the dysfunction here in washington. congress was right, mr. president, to pass the legislation, and president obama was right to immediately sign it into law enforcement today the house of representatives is going to pass h.r. 3230, the pay our guard and reserve act. this bill provides funding to pay guard and reserve troops who are not currently on active duty. although these men and women currently don't have active duty status, they have regularly scheduled training requirements, they stand ready to serve in overseas conflicts and to respond to domestic disasters when called upon. these men and women proudly serve this

. >> edward markie, and republican senator john thune, who criticizes president obama for not negotiating on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e.cupp on the right. >>> speaker boehner didn't want to attach ted crews' crazy demands, but then he did. speaker boehner didn't want to shut down the government, but then he did. now he's denying there's enough votes in the house to reopen the government without those crazy demands on obama care. listen to what he said on abc's "this week." >> they are not prepared to schedule a clean vote? >> there are not the votes in the house to pass a clean cr. >> well, there are. there are enough votes. plus 24 republicans have come out in favor of passing a clean cr, and ending this shutdown, but we could reopen the government today if only speaker boehner would reopen the business of leadership in the house. we could end this. >> i take issue with the create ideological demand park, but putting that aside -- >> why? >> president obama has a bigger problem. that's a looming default on our debts. believe me, no matter how incompetent he thinks r

. >> edward markie, and republican senator john thune, who criticizes president obama for not negotiating on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e.cupp on the right. >>> speaker boehner didn't want to attach ted crews' crazy demands, but then he did. speaker boehner didn't want to shut down the government, but then he did. now he's denying there's enough votes in the house to reopen the government without those crazy demands on

thune: mr. president, a week ago today western south dakota was preparing for a coming storm, but no one had any idea it would be one of the worst and most devastating snowstorms in that area's history. i grew up in western south dakota. i was born and raised there. we saw a lot of nasty blizzards over the years, storms that sweep through the middle of our state and all across our sta.

senator thune and senator hatch called those difficult and could raise borrowing costs for families and businesses. including conservative on the need to make the president negotiate. >> he has been president for five years and he has added $7 trillion in debt. the only time that he negotiated something good for the countries wanting sequester happened and he will not negotiate unless he is forced to negotiate. his mantra and everything is about as adding debt unconditionally in this country and i think that he is driving the country down. reporter: here we are on day nine of the partial government shutdown. we blew through the one deadline. the next deadline is the debt ceiling the next week and we will see if.forces action. at this point it feels like no one is feeling the heat just yet. jenna: that's interesting. thank you. >> hearings on capitol hill today over the irs rule enforcing the health care overhaul. and answering questions over the 18 new tax is being implemented and whether the irs must know this about your health and taking money out of your wallet. peter ducey is live i

thune: thank you, mr. president. i thank my colleague from utah and appreciate his very eloquent remarks. he's been a great leader on health care issues for a lot of years around here and a fierce opponent of obamacare when it passed and late out very compelling arguments at the time about why we shouldn't adopt this law. unfortunately for the people of this country, many of the predictions that he made are coming out to be true. but i appreciate the leadership that he provides for us as a member of the finance committee and his continued advocacy for policies that are good for consumers in this country when it comes to the issue of health care. mr. president, this friday marks a full month since healthcare.gov went wide. this is the web site that in conjunction with the new health care law, was promised as a solution to all the problems in the delivery and costs of health care in this country. and to be frank, mr. president, i don't think anybody would deny this fact on either side of the political aisle. these past

they told me that they don't need and don't want direct payments, so i worked with my friend senator thune to improve the safety net and ensure farm production and planting decisions are determined by the market and not by the government program. simply put, ohio's corn and soybean farmers must have a program that decouples target prices from planted acres. that's why i strongly support the senate's commodity title. senate's rural development energy titles provide the mandatory funding and reforms needed to ensure that our nation's rural communities have the tools they need to succeed. the bill incorporates many portions of the local farms, food, and jobs act that will promote and increase local food production and sales. the bill also rightly links taxpayer support for crop insurance to farmers' land management practices and reduces premium support for those farmers who net over $750,000 per year. these are conservation practices that as senator harkin said most farmers are already doing. this is good bipartisan work. i expect we can resolve the differences around these farm programs. we

. >> you senators thune and other senators from earlier today the senate back tomorrow 10 times a day. the house is in session but they did a short while ago passed two bills. one would create a bipartisan group of houses that lawmakers to seek an agreement on spending issues. the other bill would provide funding to pay the salaries of all quote central federal employees passing in the u.s. house. again the house, the senate coming in tomorrow 10:30. it's likely we'll hear more about janet yellen. the news reports say she will be named as the next federal reserve chairman. here's the tweeting of afp. they said obama to nominate yellen as federal served chief saying that will happen tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 eastern. president obama today spoke to reporters for about an hour and 10 minutes. the reporting of "the new york times" after the news conference the headline saying that obama will negotiate once gop thread ends. they say president obama intensified his pressure on republicans with a hastily scheduled news conference calling on them to fund and reopen government and raise the n

the cdc is blindsided by the thune bordallo says -- foodborne illnesses. and the department of defense has hampered in its conduct a medical research to benefit the wounded warriors and protect our men and women overseas. and that life goes on in him. i think about the rest of the prioritizing research and innovation. and as mentioned, other nations are not just sitting idly by. they are actively exploiting our failure to prioritize research and innovation. in addition to china i am talking about singapore, india, sweden, germany and the u.k. to name a few. a national public opinion polls commissioned by the research america show half do not believe the u.s. will be world leaders in science and technology by the year 2020. that is just over six years from now. unfortunately, americans might be right about that loss of leadership but they don't like it. an overwhelming majority say it's important that the united states maintains its world leadership in medical research and science overall. but our elected officials listening to their constituents, are they

thune: mr.president, what came out of that was now for the first time since the 1950's, literally since the korean war, government spending has gone down for two consecutive years. it can be done. it can be done when reasonable people are willing to sit down and negotiate. but that requires the engagement of the chief executive of the president of the united states. it requires the goodwill of people here in the united states senate. it doesn't entail taking a position that we will not negotiate. that's not a position. , mr. president. what we need is an opportunity where we can sit down together and focus on these big challenges that we have. in the meantime, we continue to have opportunities to vote, to fund veterans' programs, to vote to fund our national guard and reserve, to fund the national institutes of health n.i.h., the important priorities that many of my colleagues on the democrat side have gotten up and talked about. we have bills coming over from the house of representatives. we co

congressional internet caucus and its cochairs, congress the goodlatte, congresswoman eshoo as well as senator thune and senator leahy on the senate side to make these briefings possible. the goal of the congressional internet caucus advisory committee is to have an informative debate on the most pressing issues on internet policy before congress. we do not take a point on any of these issues. the #for this cacnsa.s #i now i'm going to welcome our moderator, steve am a professor of law and also an associate dean at american. he also serves as the co-editor in chief of the publication "just security pickle -- "just security." >> thank you. welcome to today's reefing on the nsa surveillance program. who has oversight and how transparent is the program? i thought i would start before turning over to our panelists by giving a very brief grounding in the terms that you are going to hear a lot of in the next hour because we are going to try to cover a fair amount of material while we are here today. we will start at the beginning. foreign intelligence surveillance act, was enacted by congress in 1978, and

john thune may or may not come. if he does not come, i bless them, and if he does, i bless them. this is what happens when you are in washington and then you read about snowfall in the upper midwest. one half of all the cattle in his state were killed. that is their business. they are not north dakota. oil.don't have they are south dakota. they have cattle and farming. one half. comes back, that's glorious, if he doesn't, we should all wish them well. people, but they cause people to lose their way of living. rightk i should leave it there and headed to my statement. you promised not to go to sleep this time? [laughter] >> i'm always enthusiastic about your opening statement. >> are you? you are probably interested in fisheries. would you like the captain? >> i love the captain. >> that's good. >> i want to bring him back to work. >> in 2008 and 2009, this country went through the worst recession since world war ii. arguingprobably never about what or who caused any of the comebackknow from a great recovery has been very slow and very painful. it is odd to look at the charts that

it's hard not to be cynical when you read about what senator john thune said about mount rushmore barricading the roads. to eradicateney them and the government said take them down. the only conclusion possible there is that you are seeing cynical, partisanship. inflicting the maximum pain on the american people will yield political benefit. able to agree the veterans are above politics. we ought to be able to agree that war memorials are above politics. able to agree that the funding national security against terrorist threat is about all it takes. congress is prepared to do so except for the majority democrats insisting everything be shut down. mr. president, if a federal government worker is at home today, you should know the is in large part because the senate democrats refused to let you come back to work. agree for a significant portion of the government to come back to work monday morning. if they would stop objecting and insisting they get everything on obamacare. the issue on obamacare is very simple. president obama has exempted big business and members of congress and yet he has fo