"newsmakers with senator john thune." after that, speeches from last week'sn mississippi and new york primary races. congressman john dingell of michigan talking about his career and the state today'stisanship in politics. author danielth schulman. >> this week on "newsmakers" hill,g us from capitol south dakota senator john thune, chair of the republican conference, number three in leadership. in studio here, burgess everett the politico and neil with c.q. go ahead. >> senator, you're a member of finance committee and there's been a lot of talk with going toay trust fund reach a critical stage here in weeks.ing senator chuck schumer who is, of course, a democratic senator from new york a member of the leadership, and on the finance committee, has just said that recently it's iffy that there will be a deal done to avert a shortfall of the theway trust fund to find revenue to patch that hole. what's your view on the prospects that there's going to agreement before the middle of july when this really gets to a head? >> i th

where does john thune stand on this. >> john thune was there along with mike rounds and christy and theeadership of the republican party. the fact they didn't stand up and say they were opposed to it -- they didn't utter one peep against it. you have to hold them responsible and it's a real stain on the people of south dakota. this kind of politics, is a real threat to our democracy and because it substitutes hate for reason. it substitutes impeachment motives for rational discussion. in fact, it even substitutes impeachment for the casting of ballots and it's got to stop. it's not good for our country. >> well, john thune needs to stand up and tell the people of america because there are some that suggested that he would be a presidential candidate and of course he says he's not running but he is a senator from a state that has passed a resolution to impeach the president. does john thune stand by that resolution and with the party platform in the state? i think he should answer to that. rick weiland -- >> so do i. >> we'll have you back for sure. answer tonight's question and share yo

it is sparking major outrage and senator john thune is here to talk about it. here to talk about it. i spent my entire childhood seeing the world in reverse, and i loved every minute of it. but then you grow up and there's no going back. but it's okay, it's just a new kind of adventure. and really, who wants to look backwards when you can look forward? >>> hillary clinton raising eyebrows about bergdahl. >> these five guys are not a threat to the united states. they are a threat to the safety and security of afghanistan and pakistan. it's up to those two countries to make the decision once and for all that these are threats to them. so i think we may be kind of, you though, missing the bigger picture here. we want to get an american home, whether they fell off the ship because they were drunk or they were pushed or they jump, we try to rescue everybody. >> and senator john thune joins us now. okay, senator, if these guys are just, nothing. why were they in gitmo in the first place and why were we holding them? >> really good question, andrea. i think what secre

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thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lift and that i be allowed to speak for up to 12 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, everywhere middle-class americans look, they're facing higher prices. over the past five and a half years of the obama presidency, the price of everything from milk to the refrigerator to put it in has risen. tuition costs have soared. gas prices have almost doubled. food prices have shot up. and then of course there's health care. the president claimed that health care premiums would fall by $2,500 under his health care law. instead they've risen by almost $3,700 during the president's administration, and they're still going up. the president's health care law has driven up the price of almost every aspect of health care from premiums to pacemakers. and, mr. president, americans are ill-equipped to meet these higher costs. household income has declined by more than $3,500 on t

thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: if i could just ask, i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. and i thank my colleague from south dakota for allowing me to interrupt. the presiding officer: without objection, the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, as every member of congress knows, americans are hurting. they're getting pretty disurge canned, as a recent cnn poll reported. that pessimism stated in a recent cnn/"money" article "isflective of the financial strategies that a the love families are facing. their income is not translating into solid financial security." unfortunately, mr. president, senate democrats have responded to the economic stability facing so many americans will slings doing nothing. instead of legislation to create jobs and expan

thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: under the previous order, the question is on the sorokin nomination. mr. thune: ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 91, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the question is on the boulware nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? the yeas are 58, the nays are 35, and the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid on the table and the president wil

coming up today, "newsmakers" with john thune. the first meeting between negotiators over legislation dealing with the then jeh johnson with what the federal government is a with the recent influx about immigrant children along the u.s. mexico border. on "newsmakers", senator john thune, the chair of the republican conference. in studio, or just everett with cq roll call. the first question. you are a member of the finance committee. there has been talk with the highway trust fund going to reach a critical stage or in the coming weeks. center chuck schumer is a democratic senator from new york. and on the finance committee. he said recently that it is iffy that there will be a deal done to divert the highway trust fund to find the revenue to patch that hole. what is your view on the prospect that there will be an agreement before the middle of july when this really get to a head? >> i think they are better than but it is tough. there are not a lot of ways to find offsets for highway trust fund spending. indeal with this sometime j

joining me now, south dakota senator john thune. he's chair of the senate republican conference and my guest today. great to see you. >> great to see you, gretchen. >> i know you were not at this particular meeting. but bipartisan reaction now is not that great as to what they saw. what have you heard? >> i downloaded with a number of my colleagues and obviously i think the concern that the administration raised about this soldier's life being in jeopardy, those have been dispelled. i don't think that's an argument they can use anymore. it sounds like the video pretty much confirmed that. so they're shifting arguments, trying a different track to justify their action. but i think what's pretty clear about all this is the american people and both democrats and republicans in congress are increasingly concerned about what precedent this sets and what it means for the future of national security interests of the united states and the american people. >> so, senator, what about the precedent it sets with regard to not notifying congress

thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, yesterday the white house held its summit on working families. on the summit's web site the white house notes -- and i quote -- "too many working americans, both men and women, are living paycheck to paycheck struggling to make ends meet and respond to the competing demands of work and family." end quote. mr. president, that, unfortunately, is the truth. but what the white house doesn't acknowledge is how much its policies have done to create that situation. working families have not fared well under the obama administration. household income has fallen by $3,500 on the president's watch. meanwhile prices for nearly everything have risen. food prices have gone up. tuition costs are soaring. airline fares are rising. the cost of recreational activities like going to the movies has risen. and energy prices are placing a huge burden on american familie

thune: mr.nt, in a moment or so my colleagues will be coming down here to the floor and asking to enter into a colloquy to discuss an issue that is important to many of us, particularly those of us who represent states in the west and the midwest. the issue i want to speak to has to deal with something that over the past five years, the obama administration has been particularly -- mr. reid: mr. president, would my friend allow me to ask a question through the chair? i was in the office and i heard the statement from the republican leader about keystone. so this question i direct to my friend from south dakota, who is a fine senator and understands energy issues. we agreed to have a vote on keystone. my friend, the republican leader, keeps misdirecting things. we can have a vote on keystone. that was part of the deal we made. we had a bipartisan bill, portman-shaheen. they worked on that for months, since last fall. they put in it amendments that people wanted. and so jeanne shaheen came here ye

thune: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: madam president, before i begin my prepared remarks, i'd like to just acknowledge my constituents in south dakota who are dealing with unprecedented flooding. we've seen historic amounts of rainfall already in the month of june that dwarf anything that we can compare to throughout our state's history. hail, winds, causing widespread damage across the state, and not juniojust our state. there are states in the region as well that are experiencing some of these same circumstances and tremendous damage to property. and so i just wanted to express my thoughts and prayers to the people that i represent as well as to those in other states who are dealing with some of these circumstances, madam president, and to say "thank you" and express a prearks to our first read sponders -- express appreciation to our first responders who have been very much in demand and on call in the last few days. madam president, the american people are very tired, they're very weary, they're arguably fed up

thune: i rise to honor the 70th anniversary of the heroic landings on d-day. the bravery demonstrated to liberate western europe from the clutches of nazi germany is one of the defining moments of modern history. the images of american g.i.'s landing in omaha beach, utah peach and point due hawk have come to represent not only the great sacrifices made during world war ii but the enduring cause of freedom for which the united states still stands. i've had the humbling experience of visiting the american cemetery at normandy that honors those who fell during the invasion. as walk, the peaceful fields of brilliant whitehead stones in perfect formation, it was hard to imagine the terrifying landscape that greeted those american and allied soldiers, many of them not yet 20 years old when they lowered the ramps of their landing craft in the shallows off of normandy. yet, they understood the importance of their mission and they held fast against one of the greatest evils the world has ever faced. and they prevailed. the men and women who answered the call to serve i

senator thune and i have introduced a bill to help us build on that. so there are a whole host of new kinds of issues and to me one of the priorities in build agnew bipartisan coalition, so it's not just all the republicans and a handful of democratic free traders but you're going to have to take steps, for example, that are significantly bolder in terms of enforcing the trade laws. the first thing that a middle class person says, and, of course, trade is now conflated with the middle class economic challenge. the first thing a middle class person on the trade issue is liable to say is why are you talking about new agreements if you aren't enforcing the laws on the books today? so with respect to enforcement, with respect to digital goods, human rights, transparency, a labor and environmental protections, i think there is an opportunity to build a new bipartisan coalition. somebody the other day was talking about fast track. i said maybe we'll tall -- call it smart track -- that in effect ensures that we can tap these markets. my part of the world is v

on "newsmakers", senator john thune, the chair of the republican conference.udio, or just everett with cq roll call. the first question. you are a member of the finance committee. there has been talk with the highway trust fund going to reach a

thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, the obamacare train wreck just keeps rolling on. every day it seems there is another story about another obamacare failure. 80,000 oregonians must reenroll in health plans after the state's obamacare exchange site failed. the health care coverage that two million americans enrolled on the exchanges could be in jeopardy. the congressional budget office says there have been so many delays in changes to obamacare that it can no longer estimate the fiscal effects of the law. and that's just the obamacare news from yesterday. the democrats' victory lap is a distant memory replaced by the constant flow of obamacare's many failures. americans losing their health insurance. americans losing their doctors. americans unable to obtain medications. employers facing higher costs. and employees facing higher costs. mr. president, the list goes on. the president p

senator to join senator john thune and firing harry reid and rescuing america. all right so lastly i want to ask you you know the party obviously brought this to a vote but it can't really trigger any kind of action that has to be done by congress and so was a spear lee symbolic what was the hope. a lot of people have in this understanding on what exactly happened this past weekend the party has two separate tools in which they can. bring bring something to a vote one is to the platform process and offer a platform planks which is our statements of belief it's a little bit direction which we believe the party should head over that in course the next two years and the next is the resolution process and these are more ceremonial these are more pop and circumstance in total delegates passed fifteen different resolutions this past weekend including honoring the life and memory of a long time state legislators and as well for the first time in the history of state party honoring and acknowledging the leadership of a sitting chairman of the state party chairman chris

[applause] cj, >> on this weekend's newsmakers, south dakota senatoron thune is our guest.f the senate republican conference he talks bat number of topics, including the 2014 mid-term elections, the country's transportation needs and the ongoing irs investigation. here is a portion. >> that is if you want to keep a user fee-based program, that's i think probably the most logical place that most folks would end up, and senator corker and senator mer murphy came out with a proposal, six-cent increase, first year, and thin index is after that and indexing help but you have more fuel efficient cars are more hybrids on the road so isn't raising the amount it has in the past but taking those things into consideration it's still something that highway users pay for, and so there are reasons why that, if you're looking at all the various scenarios and options out there if you have to raise revenue to do this, is an option that's being discussed. now, other things talked about as well. some members on the republican side and some democrats are talking about using repatriation, multi

south dakota senator john thune weighed in on that with greta.isten. >> this should outrage not only republicans, but democrats. and as you just mentioned, this latest example of targeting senator grassley, whose integrity really as a member of the united states senate is unquestioned, is another example of political targeting. it's clear that these guys who have the power literally to ruin and destroy people's lives will stop at nothing. and i think this is, the grassley matter is another example. bill: jay sekulow, how are you? good morning to you. we may have to interrupt our segment. we'll see -- >> we just got a decision, bill, the nole decision case just came out. bill: that's the one that had to do with, what, the senate was in break? an appointment was made -- >> yeah. and the court ruled in favor of saying that the senate was, in fact, controlling its own rules, and the president denied authority. that's what the initial read is. bill: so what happens then? the appointment is null and void? but that -- >> null and void. so we're getting

senator thune is very much in favor of the pipeline. what about that? >> yeah, i mean there will be public hearings so the chair of the public utilities commission in south dakota is the only one left from the last time process and he is very open to landowners and tribes coming in. he wants to hear from them and made it very clear that transcanada's permit does expire because they were trying to tell the press and public it wasn't going to. i think you'll see grass roots support and landowners coming to the table. i'm not quite sure there's going to be a lot of politicians standing there with them unfortunately. that is going to be a hurdle that we honestly don't care about. we're going to make sure our choices and route goes around the sand hills and water or that the permit doesn't get recertified at all, which is an option. >> if you could describe the momentum amongst the folks in south dakota that are against this. what's different this time around is this? >> well the momentum is continuing to grow and expand. it wasn't but a couple of months ago

other republican senators besides jeff sessions, including john thune, who is the third highest rankingfor you, there's this from a congressman who talked about impeachment in a recent raid yes interview. >> what do you do for those that say impeach him for breaking the laws? could that pass in the house? it probably could. is the majority of the american people in favor of impeaching the president? i'm not sure. >> he's not sure. now we're joined by jonathan from "the washington post" and good evening, guys. jonathan, let's stipulate at the beginning here that we're not talking about some widespread rush to this. >> right. >> and yet we're kind of in a weird time, post eric cantor where this kind of discussion seems to correlate with the idea that eric cantor, who is mr. obstruction, wasn't anti-obama enough. >> yeah. it's a very strange thing, although the talk of impeachment has been going on since at least 2009, and sort of ramped back up again last year when republicans went out to town hall meetings and reports started coming out of congressman actively talking about the option of

john thune joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> you have sent up a number oflets. the fec. to secretary treasury. the attorney general of the united states and also to the chairman of the finance committee. what do you want? >> well, first, the hard drive allegedly crashed at the irs conveniently 2009 to 2011 just when all the conservative targetingas going on. but there isinformation there wl correspondence with these other agencies of government. justice department, federal election commission, treasury department, an email that they have correspondence with lois lerner, that be turned over to the committee. nip not pursuing. i realize you are in the minority in the senate. are organizations not willing to do this search from top to bottom to see whether lois lerner is doing anything inappropriate vis-a-vis emails. sharing confidential information. >> we're going to find that out o. i hope. we will see how responsive they are. the irs has not been responsive. we have had an investigat

i'll turn to senator thune now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and senator blunt for holding this hearing. i've said many times that maintaining and improving our nation's infrastructure is absolutely vital to our country's economic prosperity. it's also essential that we have a reliable and safe form of transportation in this country. you all represent agencies that are key to that mission, and i appreciate you being here and your willingness to answer questions. i want to direct the first question, if i might, to administrator szabo. i was pleased to see that the grow america act for the first time formally acknowledged the need for an extension. but my question has to do with why there wasn't a straightforward extension of the entire deadline as opposed to try and deal with this as has been suggested on a case-by-case basis, knowing full well that none of these railroads will be able to meet that 2015 deadline? >> senator, we really believe that the package that we've put together under grow america, particularly relative t

, and that is the night that the senate majority leader loses his seat at home, to republican john thune, when took tom dashel's seat in the senate. tom dashel was an incumbent, he was very, very important, not only was he senate majority leader, he was widely considered to be a very viable democratic presidential contender. mr. dashel was not defeated by his own party, it was a general election, and it was not a blowout. it was a very close race. was it a surprise? absolutely, it was a surprise. did the beltway lose its mind? absolutely the beltway lost its mind. was there crying? not that we know of. that was 2004, the tom dashel race. 2010, there was a whole bunch of these shocks. starting in utah with bob bennett. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic and it's very clear that some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. i offer my congratulations, as i say, to whoever wins, but i assure him, he will not have anymore loyal, dedicated, or efficient staff than i've had. >> bob bennett was an incumbent republican senator. he'd been there for 18 y

ask john thune, if he is in favor of impeaching president obama?an he doesn't stand with his party? i think it's a real political opportunity. how it's going to work out for them? i think it's well documented, the obstruction. stick around, rapid response panel is next. >>> i'm bertha coombs with your market wrap. stocks closed lower across the board on worries about iraq. dow tumbling 100 points and s&p 500 off 12 and nasdaq falling 18. consumer confidence to the highest level since the start of 2008. meantime new home sales jumped 18% to a six-year high. it seems home prices are up two. year over year they are up 10.8% according to s&p case shiller. that's it for cnbc. she keeps you on your toes. you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequent

"newsmakers with senator john thune." after that, speeches from last week'sn mississippi and new york primary races. congressman john dingell of michigan talking about his career and the state today'stisanship in politics. author danielth schulman. >> this week on "newsmakers" hill,g us from capitol south dakota s

on this weekend's news makers south dakota john thune is our guest. he talks about the 2014 mid-term elections, the country's transportation needs and the ongoing irs investigation. here is a portion. >> we are all very concerned when we hear the irs in addition to targeting conservative political groups maybe targeting conservative senators who have been critics of the irs. senator grassley's integrity is impeccable so the suggestions of auditing or examining him is another example of an agency with a bunch of people that have an agenda that has run amuck. is there a discussion on it? yes, based on the revelations that came out and it has generated a good amount of discussion. with respect to the finance committee, we were trying to get this concluded and this investigation that bipartisan investigation by the finance committee but we cannot get answers from the irs. like everything else. they are evasive and misleading and not providing answers in a timely way. there is no accountability there. ... you can see more of that interview sunday at 10:00

senator thune. >> thank you madam chairwoman and thank you all for being here and for providing great insights on this important subject. general thank you for your service. welcome back and it's nice to see you again. i'm interested in the fact that 25% of our young people 17 to 24 are eligible and you listed academic preparedness obesity and criminal records as the three. where does obesity fit into that and how has that changed in the time that you are in the service relative to those other factors? >> on the first people are disqualified sometimes for multiple reasons so it's hard to pinpoint exactly what percentage is due to overweight or obesity. it's better than one in five of the disqualified applicants archer beautiful to overweight or obesity. the change is dramatic of course over the course of our service. in 1964 was a very different country then and a vcd was not nearly the problem that we have today. i can't give you a number but i would guess it's below 10%. we are rejected from service because of their way. >> you said 1200 a year or discharge because of that. when the

on newsmakers, senate republican conference chair john thune of south dakota talks about the 2014 and2016 elections, transportation, funding, the economy and iraq. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- and 6:00 pm eastern on c-span. it -- culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up forwarding. the company shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. his would have ended up deposing charles is the chairman. they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is that bill is tossed of the company a few years later by his brothers. there is a really dramatic moment in the book where you know the board has to sit down and decide bills fate. >> sons of wichita author dan a. schulman. now, on the first anniversary of the supreme court decision on the defense of marriage act, a discussion on the status of same-sex marriage and whether there will be another challenge in the courts. from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. >> thursday marked one year since supreme court called discrimination against same

. >> on "newsmakes" senate republican chair john thune of south dakota talks about the 2014, 2016 elections. "newsmackers" today at 10:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> author daniel schulman on the coke brothers, their rise to political power and their two-decade battle. so coke is this massive lawsuit that played out for the coke brothers, charles and david on one side. bill and fredrick and other chair holders of the coke industries. his starts in a board room hold out. this would have ended up deposing charles as the chairman. they would have take an greater roll until the direction of the company. the end rule result is bill is tossed out of the company -- >> by his brothers. >> and there's a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. >> sons of wichita author daniel schulman tonight on c pan's q&a. >> on wednesday, denver struck down utah's ban on same marriage. the voter approved ban, they said, was unconstitutional. same sex couples are still not able to marry in utah. the decision is expected to be appealed to the supr

next, we are live with your calls and comments on "washington journal," then "newsmakers" with john thune. after that, a committee discusses veterans health care legislation. >> author daniel shulman on the koch brothers, their rise to political power, and their two decade power over their father's empire. v. koch is between all four koch brothers, and it culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up wording. bill, frederick, and some of the other company shareholders were essentially trying to expand the size of the board, and this would have ended up opposing charles as the chairman, and they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. writes "sons of wichita" author daniel shulman tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning, a reporters roundtable with the news of the week with paul waldman and weekly standard writer michael warren. then a di

thune: i would say through the chair to the majority leader that the offer, as i understand, that was put forward by the majority with respect to the energy efficiency bill was, you pass this bill without amendment, no debate, no amendment, and then somewhere down the road you might get the vote on keystone pipeline. well, it strikes me at least, as many of my colleagues on this side has been pointing out now for sometime, that the way in which the majority leader is running the floor and calling up legislation preventing amendments to be offered, to be debated, to be voted upon, denies the rights not only of us as senators but ignores the voices of the people we represent. so for the majority leader to say that you pass this bill without any amendment -- energy is an important issue in many of our states. it is important in my state of south dakota. it is important to a lot of members on our side, i would stowing a lot of members -- i would suggest to a lot of members on the leader's side who would like to debate an energy bill on the floor. the leader has come down, no amendments, n

senator john thune of south dakota also participates in thec remarks. spial >> influence. it's a word we hear a lot aboutn these days especially from our friends on the other side who suddenly feel the need to convince their constituents thar they are moderate democrats despite the voting records that say just the opposite. the senate democrats can't stop posting about hoboasting about d influence they have over energy issues. but it really a bad claim to the rest of us because it is so hard to point to what they've actually accomplished with take the keystone pipeline. they claim to have so much influence within their party. the evidence leads to the opposite conclusion that they have almost none at all. they have been able to secure the floor vote with the majority leader to approve the keystone pipeline. that should be the bare minimum here. the events that transpired yesterday only underscored the point. yesterday afternoon several of our republican colleagues again tried to pass the keystone pipeline. once again the democratic leadership blocked the bill and the so-ca

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this weekend on his maker, john thune talks about the 2014 and 2016 elections and he also talks about the economy, iraq and transportation issues. issues. while just 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> so, it is a lawsuit that plays out between charles and david on one side though and frederick and other shareholde shareholders. this culminates in a board room showdown that charles and up boarding bill frederick and a couple some other company shareholders were essentially trying to expand the size of the board and this would have ended up the opposing charles as the chairman and they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is that he's tossed out by his brothers and there is a dramatic moment in the book where the board has to sit down and decide his fate now a senate health and education committee hearing on campus sexual assault in how the federal law can be used to hold schools accountable and keep students safe. senators heard yesterday from education department officials and two sexua to sexual assaults now turned activists. the hear

the bill that senator thune and i are sponsoring sets a new deadline of 2018 and gives you provisional abilities to implement between now and then. what more do you? >> i think the key is ensuring we have the appropriate flexibility that we need with the provisional certification, the ability to effectively manage the implementation plans on each railroad. i would have to take a look at how your legislation does or does not address that. so like i say, through technical assistance, we would be happy to work with you. >> since you don't any in the compliance by 2015 by the commuter lines is possible, do you? >> i don't believe there is a railroad in this country that will achieve full deployment by 2015. partial deployment could be possible. the one exception might be metro north in california. there's a fighting chance they can reach their 2015 deadline. we'll see. but there certainly not another railroad in this country that can fully deploy by the 2015 deadline. >> since you don't think that anybody can comply with the 2015. i don't think anybody can comply with the 2015 deadline, i

senator thune. >> thank you, madam chairwoman, and thank you all for being here and for providing great insights on this important subject. general, thank you for your service. welcome back. it's nice to see you again. i'm interested in the fact that 25% of our wrung people 17 to 24 are eligible, and you listed academic preparedness, obesity, and criminal records as the three. i'm guessing -- where does obesity fit into that, and how is that changed in the time that you were in the service relative to those other factors? >> well, on the first point, our best -- people are disqualified sometimes for multiple reasons. it's a little hard to pin down exactly what percentage is due to overweight or obesity, but it's about one in -- better than one in five of the disqualified applicants are atrit outable to overweight or obesity. the change is dramatic, of course, over the course of my service. i became a lieutenant in 1964. it was a very different country then. obesity was not nearly the problem that we have today. i can't give you the number, but i would guess it is below 10% were rejected

this weekend, south dakota senator john thune talks about the 2014 and 2016 elections. he also discusses the economy, iraq, and transportation issues. "newsmakers" airs sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> author daniel schulman on the koch brothers, their rise to political power, and their battle over their father's empire. >> this battle played out between the koch brothers, charles and david on one side, one side bill and frederick. this culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up --porting -- boarding charles ends up thwarting. bill, frederick, and some others were trying to expand the board, and it would have ended up deposing charles s chairman, and they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the board has to sit down and decide. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's "q&a." it was august of 15, i think, on a sunday, very much one of those moments when richard nixon essentially appeared on

i appreciate the house bringing up this action from senator thune and urge its adoption. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, continues to reserve. the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i don't know about global warming, but virtually every scientist with any expertise agrees that climate change is occurring, not just in the colder parts of the country, but all over the world. the only debate now is whether it's too late and whether we can manage it, not whether it's occurring. the gentleman thinks it was cold in wisconsin last winter, let us keep delaying doing anything on climate change and let's see if he'll be in a position to do anything for his constituents. i remind the speaker that every time there has been a need, the department of transportation has not only acted, it has acted promptly. and that's what an administrative agency is for. that's why we have administrative agencies, because you can't keep running to the floor where you need two houses in order to deal with cri

we'll break for some sunshine but this after-thune, be watching for showers and thunderstorms.scattered showers and temperatures into the middle to upper 80s today. tomorrow, we'll get some storms overnight and then tomorrow morning, the storms come to an end. we'll see clearing skies and 89 degrees thursday afternoon. and sunshine for friday, saturday and sunday. sunday, the humidity comes down. the numbers go up for monday and tuesday into the low 90s. have a great day. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you. >> we have more on that bite that everyone is talking about. i'm sure social media is having a field day. >> you know, i was actually watching this game live. i was like did he just bite that guy? what is going on here? turns out he has a track record of biting people. now, he does face possible suspension, but twitter is going crazy. here it is. we have got suarez biting chiellini here. it happens quick. then he pulls down his shifrt ad it was a big thing. twitter wrote down that prior to biting chiellini, 100,000 mentioned. then 2 million after that. and suar

senator thune has that proposal. and the house is acting on it this week. let's make permanent the research and development tax credit. that has bipartisan support as well. and if the subject is just higher education, we have amendments about that as well. but, madam president, the place for these amendments, the place for this discussion is in our senate education committee, where we are discussing those ideas today, discussing them today. and the way to do that this year is the way we did it last year. when the president, to his great credit, saw a opportunity to work with the republicans in the house, came over here with a bipartisan group and we hammered out an agreement on a very big subject that, as i said, cut nearly in half the interest rate on undergraduate student loans. so why in the world do senate democrats want to waste a week on a political stunt? we thought we'd ended that with student loans last year. waste a week. we've got veterans standing in lines at clinics. we've got appropriations bills standing in line waiting to be considered here