look, the bill is a udall-vitter-inhofe bill.the rating of vitter by environmental groups is 5%. he votes against the environment 95% of the time. the rating of jim inhofe is 5%. i guess they were good 5% of the time. so the bottom line here is, this is a bad bill, written by the chemistry council. it is a weak bill, and it pre-empts state action. it's very, very dangerous. it's very, very serious, and it's no laughing matter. it is deadly serious. >> senator barbara boxer of california, thank you for helping us understand your take on this. >> thank you. >> we've got a best new thing in the world coming up. please stay with us. hey, you forgot the milk! that's lactaid®. right. 100% real milk just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some... mmm, it is real milk. see? delicious. hoof bump! oh. right here girl, boom! lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a tasty snack that's 100% real dairy try lactaid® cottage cheese. man (sternly): where do you think you're go

look, the bill is a udall-vitter-inhofe bill., the rating of 1234589er vitter by environmental groups is 5%. he votes against the environment 95% of the time. the rating of jim inhofe is 5%. i guess they were good 5% of the time. so the bottom line here is this is a bad bill written by the chemistry council. it is a weak bill and it pre-empts state action. it's very very dangerous. it's very very serious, and it's no laughing matter. it is deadly serious. >> senator barbara boxer of california, thank you for helping us understand your take on this. >> thank you. >> we've got a best new thing in the world coming up. please stay with us. [announcer] if your dog can dream it purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ [announcer] purina pro plan's bioavailable formulas deliver optimal nutrient absorption. [whistle] purina pro plan. nutrition that performs. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours... and aleve is proven to

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[applause] senator udall: good evening.y wife, jill and i, are thrilled to be here with you this evening. let's hear a round of applause for everybody here who has helped this foundation growth and do the good work that it does. thank you for being here. thank you. [applause] senator udall: your royal highness, the prince of wales, your royal highness, the duchess of cornwall, welcome this evening to the united states of america. [applause] senator udall: it is an honor to be here to present this award to a true champion of the environment. in new mexico, the navajos, the nation's largest native american tribe has a saying, when the land is sick, the people are sick. we rely on our natural systems for food, water, and shelter. for the very air we breathe. when we protect our environment, we protect ourselves. the need has never been more urgent. the world's population is approaching 9 billion people. every night, one billion go to bed hungry. all life is connected. we are all connected. conservation is not just a personal v

but there were also revolvers and testimony after testimony and confessions because of the idea udall's squeal on your brothers it doesn't have been. they told everything and your cat fabulous cry reporters. great reporters and a great documentation to also interviewed the sons of the gangsters as well. and matted becomes one of the major characters in my book. but leslie only two blocks from the garment center. the was always the great white way. the area north of that developed in the 1920's because of technicolor they call led a conspiracy against the night. set to see them across street at midnight. so because of what happened today in the 20 all the big movie theaters roxy build the theater the largest theater since the fall of rome 520-0500 people five stories high 17 shows the day and double features a legitimate theater cannot compete so the movies thrive so they go to the side streets of manhattan the premier is the new york the event making the movie in hollywood but to make them go they have to go today york city. so rockefeller is fantastically interesting and comes to new y

and he arranged for me to meet with section terri of interior stewart udall, one of the greater than environ mentalists in our nation's history and, also, for racial carson. she launched the modern country. >> it sounds like this had an impact on you at a formative time in your life. >> you know, my my father had a very big influence on us because he put us out in the wilderness so much. and he taught us how to white-water kayak when we were young. he would take us fishing. he encouraged me in my interests in animals and wildlife, took us camping, and took us to some of the most -- to our national parks and to do water water on the salmon river and the snake and the colorado, little colorado, the yampa and the green. that was a time when people weren't doing that kind of thing, and but he wanted to show us this wilderness and say, this is parts of your heritage. this is, you know, american democracy is rooted in wilderness. andrew jackson said that, our democratic institutions are rooted in these vast tracks of wilderness and woodland. so my father considered this part of our heritag

senator udall: it seems to me that there is potential to develop stem fields.an you talk about that? dr. massimino: in my more recent experience at the university professor, the kids need something to be excited about. studying math and science -- i'm not as smart as buzz was that m.i.t.. it was tough and i didn't inspiration to get through. think a lot of students need that. it's not easy studying this stuff. if you have at the end of the day, if i can finish this up, maybe i can make a contribution. that's the kind of motivation that they need. i have not found any field. i would throw the challenge out there. if you can find anything that would inspire kids, young people to study those fields, other than the space program, i have not found it. it encompasses only different areas, it excites them, it's something that they think is really cool, it's the future, making contribution back to the planet. they just love it. now, when you have this opportunity to be on new is, i think you're onto something. i can't think of anything that would excite them more. in n

udall spend that the billions of dollars to build a nuclear-powered electrical plant.e only thing that is negotiated right now is how severe the sanctions will be. i think it is cave set match in the table, when the iranians get the bomb or the saudis do and we're in an entirely different world. lou: is usually good to talk with you. [laughter] vote to nicads any president in america's history riled more friends and allies to vote on our poll. breaking details for the plane purposely crashing the airliner in to the french not decide is still fighting the aftermath of the building explosion in the manhattan east village. stay with us. hey, girl. is it crazy that your soccer trophy is talking to you right now? it kinda is. it's as crazy as you not rolling over your old 401k. cue the horns... just harness the confidence it took you to win me and call td ameritrade's rollover consultants. they'll help with the hassle by guiding you through the whole process step by step. and they'll even call your old provider. it's easy. even she could do it. whatever, janet. for all the

chairman, i wanted to refer to senator udall. would say with our goal of going to mars, going to an asteroid, going back to the moon -- if we are going to the moon, then show me the money. that is the question. as we are going forward on the budgets we are projecting -- and i will get into that a little later. >> thank you german cruise, for calling this important hearing -- chairman cruz, for calling this important hearing. and thank you to the witnesses. you have given some very impressive testimony. thank you for your service today. scientific research and improving technology transfer and commercialization is smart investment -- there is no doubt about it. it is vital to our nation's future and national defense and economy. my home state of new mexicofirsthand. -- new mexico knows this firsthand. astronomers are making new discoveries about black holes and planets outside our solar system. one of those astronomy operations is called the very large array in new mexico. researchers at our labs and universities are working hard

udall spend that the billions of dollars to build a nuclear-powered electrical plant.he only thing that is negotiated right now is how severe the sanctions will be. i think it is cave set match in the table, when the iranians get the bomb or the saudis do and we're in an entirely different world. lou: is usually good to talk with you. [laughter] vote to nicads any president in america's history riled more friends and allies to vote on our poll. breaking details for the plane purposely crashing the airliner in to the french not decide is still fighting the aftermath of the building explosion in the manhattan east village. stay with us. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor abo

smack you ask -- you absolutely do. >> thank you senator udall. senator gardner. sprey thank you to the witnesses. i apologize for coming to the hearing way. i was attending an aumf with secretary kerry. we want to thank ms. swanson for the work you are doing. it's a difficult but vitally difficult task. firstnet if done right can help first responders across the country do their jobs more quickly and effectively and no one knows this better than colorado who is endured wildfires and flooding at great magnitude. my question stem from a place where want to help ensure the state has exactly what it needs to react to disasters such as these in the future. i want the network to succeed. i'm happy to talk about the 911 caucus so we will have to figure that out later. ms. swanson one of the concerns i have from the state is the current path forward for firstnet does not include the use of public assets that are willing to be utilized by the public safety network. my understanding is you first need to know who the commercial partners are when utilizing public assets. is

i think senator udall would like to weigh in. >> thank you. and not to beat a dead horse here, but on this specific subject that senator boxer brought up, i want to tell you how much i appreciate you coming in december and outlining what it is that you felt the administration needed. as you saw with senator menendez and the chair, we did some serious work and came up with a lot, what was very close to what you talked about. i think we really in the end, on my part, i wanted to be more limiting that i voted for the final product. chairman corker, i don't know the dynamic because we were in the majority at the time. but we all worked seriously. there were republicans that wanted to be more limiting. there's a lot of room to take that product and move forward. >> that's what we're looking for. this is not a closed-out -- this is not a take it or leave it obviously. so we look forward to you work on it. and ask you simply to work with us, to make sure we are not put in a place that doesn't allow us to pursue the policy per se. >> speaking -- you'v

. >> well, in my former life i worked for presidential candidates democrats, and mo udall in 1976 wasy and should have been president inch iowa and new hampshire the field in '76 was distinguished field. they had birch bayh jerry brown, the youngest governor of california, and carter beasts all of them because he spent two years in iowa and new hampshire, and his only job was running for president. he was a unknown, former governor from a not a big state but it didn't mean anything in terms of retail politics, he lined up the people -- >> no, no, the difference was that was before iowa got to be a big deal. he was the first to see look early on, if i can surprise people in these caucuses, i might be able to carry that to what was getting most of the attention at the time, new hampshire. now i'm just wonder if the bloom is off the iowa rose and now we're so cog any sent of it that it would take a lot for someone like an o'malley or anyone. >> i don't think so. i don't think iowa and new hampshire should bee, but that's the fact of life. if you win in those two places it really does giv

. >> senator udall. >> thank you very much chairman thune, and thank you for focusing this hearing on this very, very important topic. and let me first just say i want firstnet to succeed in ensuring our nation's first responders have the communications tools they need. should be a top priority of this committee. despite lessons learned from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, our first responders still do not have nationwide inner operable communications network. as many of you know in an emergency this can be a matter of life and death. in my home state of new mexico, i'm pleased that the recovery act broadband grant helped upgrade the state's public safety communications. this hopefully puts my state a step ahead as firstnet becomes operable. one concern i have is that congress sometimes makes good policies but then fails to follow through by adequately funding their implementation and i think that could well be a case here. building firstnet is clearly no easy first and i want congress to give firstnet a chance to succeed. it is important first responders have the communications tools

senator udall. >> thank you very much chairman then. and thank you for focusing this hearing on this very, very important topic. and let me first just say that i want to firstnet to succeed ensuring our nation's first responders have the communication tools they need should be a top for of this committee. despite lessons learned from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 our first responders still do not have nationwide interoperable communication networks. as many of you know, in an emergency this can be a matter of life and death. in my home state of new mexico i am pleased that the recovery act broadband plant -- rent help upgrade the state safety communications. this hopefully puts my state a step in as firstnet becomes operable. one concern i have is that congress sometimes makes good policy but fails to follow through i adequately funding their implementation. and i think that could well be a case year. building firstnet is clearly no easy task and i want congress to give firstnet a chance to succeed. it is important first responders have

the bill is sponsored by senators tom udall, a democrat and david vitter, a republican. but democratic senator barbara boxer says a digital copy she received proves the authorship of lobbyists. information imbedded inside microsoft word shows the company of origin for the document is the american chemistry council. >> now maybe i am old-fashioned, but i don't believe a regulated industry should be so intimately involved in writing a bill that regulates them. the voices of public health and safety organizations that speak for our citizens must be heard. there are views must not be drowned out by the very industry that is supposed to be regulated. amy: gemma collects says: for probe after police arrest left a black student bloodied and bruised. charlottesville police say martese johnson has been charged with obstruction of justice without force and public swearing or intoxication. but the group concerned black student said -- uncle resultednewly emerged video footage shows dallas, texas police fatally shooting a mentally ill african-american man at his home six seconds aft

senator udall and i sent a letter to the fcc last year asking them to upgrade the commission's consumer complaint website to make it more user friendly. and the chairman delivered. the new consumer complaint website is light years ahead of the previous system and i hope that we can continue to see the additional upgrades. i want to thank all of the five fcc commissioners for your public service. i want to thank you for subjecting yourself to five committee hearings -- no, eight committee hearings in five days. and mr. chairman, i thank you for the privilege of serving with you on this committee. >> thank you, senator nelson. i share that. and we'll look forward to working tot on a lot of these issues in the days and weeks and months ahead. the colleagues on this committee on both sides of the aisle, important work to be done. we're going to start by hearing from our commissioners starting with the chairman tom wheeler who will kick it off then we'll go no alphabetical order of that with commissioner clyburn, o'rielly and commissioner pai and commissioner rosenworcel. >> thank you, mr. c

udall: thank you mr. president. i would ask the chair to notify me when six minutes is consumed. the presiding officer: the senator will be so notified. mr. udall: thank you mr. president. last week, the senate budget committee gave a green light to the republican budget, a caution light, a yellow light was more in order. it calls for $4.7 trillion in nondefense spending cuts over the next ten years and no increases in revenue. where would those cuts come from? they would be piled on the backs of the middle class the elderly and children. they would cut the earned income tax credit, slash medicare and medicaid, child care, head start, education public safety, law enforcement and just for good measure the republican budget rolls back reforms on wall street, and on and on. all this and more to pay for lower taxes for millionaires and billionaires. when i first came to the senate, our economy was in a freefall. we were losing 20,000 jobs a day, every day thousands of jobs gone. our financial system was crashing. defici

i'm still getting last for jokes that i stole from udall years ago. i miss my friend. when i said six years ago, the senate would it be the same without him. it hasn't been. that's mostly for reasons unrelated to losing ted, by have no doubt that the place would be a little more productive and a lot more fun if you were there. we all know ted was a passionate liberal. he was happy to impress on you with that baritone of his. just how passionate and how liberal he was. i don't have that personality myself. when he either of us were aroused, we could get a little heated. if we were on the senate floor at the same time, and of the same temperature well, watch out. it was a great thing though about ted. he loved it. he loved the good fight. the harder he you went out it, it the more he enjoyed it, and a hearty laugh about it the next time you encountered him. he loved the place. you could just tell. he loved the history and the unique attributes, and it's curious means for making a criminal -- incremental progress on the problems of our time. he saw himself as a steadfast

senator udall and i sent a letter to the fcc last year asking them to upgrade the commission's consumer complaint website to make it more user friendly. and the chairman delivered. and the new on summer complaint website is light years ahead of the previous system and i hope that we can continue to see the additional upgrades. i want to thank all of the five fcc commissioners for your public service. i want to thank you for subjecting yourself to five committee hearings -- no eight committee hearings in five days. and mr. chairman i thank you for the privilege of serving with you on this committee. >> thank you senator nelson. i share that. and we'll look forward to working tot on a lot of these issues in the days and weeks and months ahead. the colleagues on this committee on both sides of the aisle important work to be done. we're going to start by hearing from our commissioners starting with the chairman tom wheeler who will kick it off then we'll go no alphabetical aerd of that with commissioner clie bourn, o'riley and commissioner pai and commissioner rosen wore sell. >> thank you,

it was hosted and co-chaired by udall and royce. >> i would like to bring the other co-chair s of the caucus. [applause] prince charles: ladies and gentlemen, it has been a great pleasure to join you this evening. i must say coming back to the united states is always an enormous pleasure and to be met by such kindness and hospitality and friendship is a was wonderfully encouraging. i suddenly realized the other day that i have been coming to the united states for 45 years. look at what it has done to me. [laughter] i must admit my only desire the about this evening is that i might possibly put my wife to sleep during my speech. i'm sure you all know would be a fate worse than death. whatever the case, i could not be more touched and flattered that such an important and bipartisan group of international conservation caucus and the supporting foundation should have decided to give me so special and accolade, awarded in the name of one of the greatest of conservationists, president theodore roosevelt. if i may say so, i am even more touched that you should have even noticed some of the t

and pointed to mark udall as an example. colorado senator lost his bid for reelection in a campaign where he stressed reproductive health rights so much one of his supporters called him mark uterus. democrats on the hill announced the return of the war on women this week. they cite the deadlock over hidden antiabortion language in a human trafficking bill as evidence. as well as the continuing stalemate on loretta lynch's kmfrlation. going forward the fight for paid family league and a national minimum wage increase seem to be the new tougher for the republican vote. republicans argue congress has no place regulating the issues. they are best left behind a woman and a boss. saying that it isn't your fight, is that the same thing as trying to deny the existence of we're all together? back with me to discuss are our edwort with the daily signal and the daily beast and joining the panel right now, terry o'neil president of the national organization for women. thanks all for being here. so i'm going to start with you, do you agr

there is legislative authority that senator udall led the effort on last year in the budget. so we look forward to working with you on this project. it's absolutely critical. it's unusual in the fact that you have sort of a co-mingling of management between agriculture, department of agriculture and interior as this transition occurs. >> they have been working with us closely on this transition. looking forward to working with you on that. >> i want to go back to the backlog that senator portman mentioned. we hear a lot about backlog on maintenance of our public lands, especially national parks. some say we shouldn't protect new places like the manhattan project national historic park because of the backlog and one of the things i wanted to point out is that oftentimes that deferred maintenance doesn't come out or shouldn't come out of the interior department budget or even the forest service budget but is actually related to the department of transportation backlog and transportation backlog that is shared between the department of transportation at the federal level and the

there is funding there and there is legislative authority that senator udall led the effort last year in the budget so we look forward to working with you on this budget. it's absolutely critical. and it's unusual in the fact that you have sort of a combing lane of management between agriculture, department of agriculture and interior as this transition occurs. >> and they've been working with us on this transition. >> i want to go back to the backlog that senator portman mentioned. we hear a lot about of the backlog of mapet assistance on our public lands and especially our national parks. some have claimed we shouldn't protect new places like the manhattan national historic park because of the backlog and one of the things i wanted to point out, oftentimes that deferred maintenance doesn't come out or shouldn't come out of the interior department budgets or even the forest service budget but is actually related to the department of transportation backlog and transportation backlog that is shared between the department of transportation at the federal level and then state and local r