senators mark pryor know tom carper, mark warner and mary landrieu. they have gotten real cold feet when it comes to the minimum wage. how hard is it for these senators to go home to a red state and say, i'm for helping people in the poor sector of america. arkansas senator mark pryor said he will increase a minimum wage increase to $10.10 an hour? i'm sure it is a big coincidence that walmart happens to be based down will in good old arkansas. senator tom carp he said a raise to $9 an hour would be a better chance of passing. virginia senator mark warner said he is willing to negotiate with republicans on the rate. i haven't found any republicans willing to negotiate on minimum wage because they're all against it. then we have senator mary landrieu of louisiana. she supports an increase but wants more time to debate the time line on when it is all going to be implemented. and how to address wages for tipped workers. think about that. she is concerned about how we're going to address wages for the poor. remember, senator landrieu, not to pick on her.

and also the chairman of the committee, tom carper. without their help, senator warner and i would not have been able to get this bill to the floor today. we have a number of other cosponsors on a bipartisan basis. we all know that the federal government spends a lot of money, over $3 trillion a year. and the goal is that we know more about how that money is spent so we can be ensure it is being spent on the right things. this legislation, the data act, picks up on things we've learned, how to make it more accountable, more transparent. this has to do with grants. it is something that will help to ensure that we're not just spending the money right but we're also eliminating fraud and abuse that we otherwise would not find. i first got involved in this issue when i was at the office of mapght and budget -- management and budget. i support it and then was tasked with implementing a 2006 bill. it was actually introduced by senator coburn and senator obama at the time. it was called the federal funding accountability and transparency act,

delware senator tom carper says heart felt congratulations to the first american man to win the boston marathon in over 30 years. california representative scott peters says, congratulations to san diegoan for winning the boston marathon. an inspiration to all, and congresswoman shelly from west virginia says, good luck to the runners, including 59 west virginians participating in the boston marathon today. we stand together. >>> here's a look at tonight's primetime programs on the c-span networks. c-span, discussion about the future of free speech with first amendment authors and scholars in a debate at the national constitution center? philadelphia. here on c-span2, booktv in primetime focuses on slavery and emancipation with three author who written on the subject. and american history with a look at ronald reagan, his 1964 speech in support of gary goldwater's presidential campaign. all that tonight on the c-span networks in primetime. >> we should have finished al qaeda in 2001. our general who was there, but more than just the general, i think all of us, think back, we attacked o