it's a perfect illustration of what tom tillis -- >> who complains about having to wash their hands?> nobody. but they were -- >> i watch everybody at the airport. i make sure i watch everybody who has -- and if somebody doesn't wash their hands, everybody knows it. >> and i'm not shaking tom tillis' hands again. >> that's right. >> and unfavorable numbers as of now are more than his favorable. 38% of new jersey residents with a favorable opinion of christie. that's 38. but 40 in unfavorable. in june, christy was above water at 45 and even last february, with the bridgegate scandal in full swing, christie's favorables were higher than the unfavorables. these things matter. is it normal for a politician on his way up to be noticed taking leave from the state that he was elected to govern? >> the polls show that people know what is going on. christie is done with jersey. ultimately he cares about a poll in iowa. >> but the citizens of iowa who read every newspaper, i hear they don't like you but i count. sahil, i'm always impressed by the knowledge base of the person being polled on th

tom tillis did win the senate. think about it. he won 49% of the vote. the only state where incumbent tea party members actually lost because there's a movement here. we're saying to progressives you have got to run. you can't run away from your record and you have to stand. they passed the worst voter suppression. they through $100 million at us and the best thing they could do a 1.3% victory. as i travel around this state, peel people are not discouraged. they're going to register organize, fight. we're going to mobilize. 2016 will be a major battle right here in north carolina. i don't see people wanting to turn back at all. thousands of people will turn out tomorrow. we have been in the legislature every day this week. people had a die-in yesterday over medicaid expansion. we're fighting to raise the minimum wage. you put marriage amendment on the ballot? put a money amendment on the ballot and let people vote on raising the minimum wage and indexing it with inflation. we are in this for the long haul. we're not just in it for a moment. we're in this

does tom tillis know? i don't know. is he going to give legislative favors to the people who spent that money? we don't know and we can't know and the voters won't be able to hold him accountable at the ballot box six years from now if he does. the post citizens united world as severely weakened contribution limits and transparence. and those regulations guard against corruption and they help to ensure that elect eelected officials are accountable to their constituents and not just their biggest donors or spenders. so we're now living in a world where rich donors and secretive donors have a great influence than ever before. and i'll stop there. thank you. [ applause ] >>> good morning. i'm taylor lincoln with public citizen. today i'm going to discuss one of the most obvious and uncontroversial things anybody in washington d.c. will say today or probably any day. in yet in terms of how our elections are financed, it may also be among the most important. i'm going say that many, if not most, outside groups are not truly

>> i didn't think so but tom tillis said that the government should not require workers in the food industryd be able to post out signs we don't require our employees to wash their hands. >> why? >> this is tongue in cheek. he is making a bigger point about government regulation and overregulating businesses and causing problems. his sense of humor nothing works better a nasty failed joke but that's crazy. they have a larger point about government. don't we all agree that you should wash your hands? >> it's a debate. i have seen people leave the bathroom without washing their hands. >> yeah i was on a shoot and the camera person i was working with didn't. i was going -- >> did you slip him some purell. >> #eat in. #get out. >> the better question is -- would you call them out? i would not, but at least give you the side eye. you know you should wash your hands. >> it's one of the things that when you pass you are like oh. >> and you go to use the door handle after them and you are like -- i use the paper towel. >> you are so busy you forget. >> i do the hands check with my kids. let me smell

senator tom cotton, senator joni ernst, thom tillis, mike sullivan, mike rounds and senator martin heinrich. for the benefit of our new members and all, this committee has a long fashion of which we're proud. i've had the opportunity of working with senator reed for many years, despite his lack of quality education, he has done an outstanding job here as a ranking member of the committee and for those who are political trivia experts, my staff tells me it is the first time that we've had chairman ranking members from the two service -- oldest service academies and so i welcome the opportunity of working closely as i have for many years with the senator from rhode island. today the armed services committee considers global challenges to the national securities committee and today i'm here with general brent snowcroft and zbigniew brzezinski, each serving as advisors to the president of the united states, laying foundations for the u.s.-china relationship, confronting the ayatollahs in iran and moscow and the middle east have clear assailants today and we're thankful for you to allow us to dr