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i saw senator tom udall and his leadership, and i want to praise that. i've seen how tireless he was working on this, and i'm grateful for senator udall, senator vitter, chairman inhofe, everyone's staff as they worked together to get this bill to where we are today. at the beginning of 2015, my colleagues, senator whitehouse, senator merkley and i began by negotiating with senators udall and vitter to make what we saw as urgently needed improvements to this bill. working together i'm proud that we were able to make those improvements to the preemption provisions that were involved in some of the things that my colleague from kentucky were just talking about, making sure that states still had a role in the process, still had power and authority in this process, and in fact had the ability now to company enforce -- coenforce with the federal government around this bill. i was also very proud of a provision in this bill that will significantly minimize new animal testing and potentially save tens of thousands of animals from unnecessary suffering. i'm prou

udall: i very much agree with that. i think when it comes to innovation, when it comes to moving in the direction of creating products that are going to be sustainable over time, i don't have any doubt that this bill is going to have a huge impact. and i think that the thing that you helped us do as chairman, we always kept at the table everybody. industry was at the table. environmental groups, public health groups, the e.p.a. was giving us technical advice. we had the states and others. and we stayed at the table and worked through the problems and created a piece of legislation that i think when it becomes law will end up helping create jobs, make a safer environment, protect our families and our children. i'll never forget when we, senator vitter and i came to you when you became the chairman -- it was at the beginning of this congress -- we told you the bipartisan support we had, and you said right then, you said we're going to get on this. we're going to do this. and you've been true to your word. you've worked ve

let me leave you my definition of leadership as a think about stewart udall. leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. if you were to take a look at those who we have honored as people in your national park system, there is a lesson there. there are those we have given of themselves, who have given of themselves. that in the end, that is who we honor most of all. it is interesting. take a look at those individuals by name. those who have been of service to others. that is the american legacy, to honor those who have given to others. before we open up the questions on this centennial, august 25 is a big day. i know you historians like a traffic in fax. -- facts. i was not there for the signing of that act in 1916. i've been around a long time. with respect of the centennial, the national park service has posted a number of activities on its website. connecting with all america to the national parks is one of the main goals. the other is to accept the importance

and that was a courageous effort on the part of stuart lee udall. and the building which the secretary goes to each day, the director of the park service, john jarvis, authorized by an act of congress, is known as the stuart lee udall department of there are. a legendary director, secretary, who had that courage. and i would just like to leave this thought with you as i look at the cover of this folder. it ought to show legendary leaders. not industrialists. not computer founders. there's something -- there's a message here. chavez. shirley chisholm. dr. king. mr. gonzalez. and let me just leave you my definition of leadership as i think about stewart udall. leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. and if you were to take a look at those whom we have honored as a people in your national park system, there's a lesson there. there are those who have given of themselves, who have given of themselves, that in the end as the people of the nation, those a

and that was a courageous effort on the part of stuart lee udall. and the building which the secretary goes to each day, the director of the park service, john jarvis, authorized by an act of congress, is known as the stuart lee udall department of there are. a legendary director, secretary, who had that courage. and i would just like to leave this thought with you as i look at the cover of this folder. it ought to show legendary leaders. not industrialists. not computer founders. there's something -- there's a message here. chavez. shirley chisholm. dr. king. mr. gonzalez. and let me just leave you my definition of leadership as i think about stewart udall. leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. and if you were to take a look at those whom we have honored as a people in your national park system, there's a lesson there. there are those who have given of themselves, who have given of themselves, that in the end as the people of the nation, those a

and thatthe beginning was a courageous effort on the part of stewart udall.hich theilding secretary goes to each day, the director of the park service, authorized by the congress is known as the stewart lee udall department of interior. a legendary director. secretary to have the courage. i would like to leave this thought with you as i look at the cover. legendaryo show leaders, not industrialists, not computer founders. there is something -- that is a message here. chavez, shirley chisholm, dr. king, gonzales. let me leave you my definition of leadership as a think about stewart udall. demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. if you were to take a look at those who we have honored as people in your national park system, there is a lesson there. there are those we have given of themselves, who have given of themselves. that in the end, that is who we honor most of all. it is interesting. take a look at those individuals by name. those who have been of service to others

senator udall: we have diminished the threat from al qaeda, that's been an important we'vee -- mr. donilon: diminish the threat from al qaeda, that's been important outcome. it will be useful for our military in preparation for the next president coming into office is to ask the hard rest of -- the hard questions about how we have fought wars in the last decade and a half, and really drill down on it and prepare for the next president. it's lessons learned, as to how we fought wars. we had some successes, we've had some strategic difficulties. i agree with secretary baker. where we are today in afghanistan, given the pressures -- the pressure from a resurgent taliban, we're going to need the current level or something like the current level of u.s. forces we had there for some time to come. the port underscore, we could make significant process against al qaeda. we did provide the afghan people with an opportunity to build society. you have to have some humility about this as well. for this distance to reform societies that are so different from ours is really something that is lim

i voted for tom udall's bill to a constitutional amendment to repeal it but as a practical matter, someeconsideration by the court makes sense. it isise, we are just -- just getting worse and worse. a tsunami of money, particularly unaccountable money. no one knows where it is coming from. i really -- i don't want to sound alarmist but it worries me about the future of our democracy. al: let me get you to put on that armed services hat. are we turning the corner against isis? yes and no. on the ground in iraq and syria. their territory is contracting. will bethem out of iraq very difficult. the standard rule of thumb is it takes 10 people attacking to dislodge one soldier in a city. it will take a lot of people. and it will take a long time. and these guys have no qualms about using civilians as a shield. having said all of that, their control of territory is diminishing. that partially explained why we are seeing up -- an uptick in these bombings in baghdad, brussels, paris. they are trying to keep their recruiting up, believe it or not, killing people is a recruiting tool for these gu

conservatives can fight back against the law on women on that and we profile senator from colorado who mark udall made his entire campaign about it. it was called the market -- is constantly birth control, line about abortion and distorting. and cory gardner figured out early on the best way to respond to that in a cheerful, truth based way. he won. so it is not just all complain about how the sky swelling. it's not all white ringer he either. we believe that in order for this issue, the full exchange of ideas and cutting down on demagoguery and taking some of it out of our political diet it has to come from both sides. people on both ends of the spectrum has to link arms and say let's come together as americans, calm down a little bit and not assume the very worst about each other on every issue so we can actually have a discussion rather than ended before it begins. >> you can see guy benson on box 2, you can see mary catherine on cnn, you can buy their book, and of discussion, how the less outraged industry shuts down debate, manipulates voters, and makes america less free and fun, you're watc

senator udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has been discussing this for a long time. we've talked about sanctions. i'd like to follow up a little bit on the north crkorea part o this. you talked about how important it is that we address the issue. what steps, specifically, do you think congress should take in this conflict we have going on? and then what the executives should take. on north korea. with what's developing there right now. >> well, i think the -- i think the executives should make it clear to the chinese leadership that this is something that we view very gravely, that it's a matter of utmost and serious concern to us. if the executive comes to the congress and asks for sanctions of any kind, i think the congress ought to respond quickly and effectively and affirmatively. because surely that's not the first response is not going to be a military one. i think we all understands that. but we're going to have to do something because as mr. donilon has said, they are racing pelmel toward nuclear capabilities that constitute a serious threat to us and to our

the opponent mark udall made his campaign about the war on women because it was constantl constay birth-control anbirthcontrol ant abortion and distorting the and he figured out the best way to respond to that is it's not just all complaining about how the sky is falling but how we believe that in order for this issue for the exchange of ideas and cutting down the demagoguery in our political diet this has to come from both sides and it will look good on both ends of the spectrum if we have to link our arms and sing with the country together come down a little bit and not assume the worst of each other on every issue so we can have a discussion rather than end before it began. >> you can see on fox news and mary kathryn on cnn and you can buy their book end of discussion how the outrage industry shuts down debate and manipulates voters and makes america less free. you are watching book tv on c-span. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [applause] on behalf of our staff as you know we are finishing the programming with this lecture. this year we focused on mexico, the culture and politics. t

do well in this process as well as the senate republicans, the senate democrat staff from senator udall, senator boxer all put in long hours and weekends for several months to get this multi year effort done. and it started since i became chairman of the committee and you have seen gene green come down and representative did he get who worked with me in the last congress. i also want to mention the spiritual leader was bonnie lautenberg who called us numerous times, behind every great man there is a greater woman and bonnie falls into that category and she is very happy with our success today. mr. speaker, as i said in my opening remarks, this bill is good for consumers, good for jobs and the environment and imperative we pass this bill and signed into law. this is graduation time throughout our country. a lot of commencement exercises and we are always reminded that commencement means beginning. even though we are getting to the end of the legislative process of the law, the real test will be the commencement by the e.p.a. in trying to enact this law and see if it does everything that

senator udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we talked about sanctions. i would like to follow up on the north korea part of this. you talked about how important it is that we -- that we address the issue. what steps specifically do you think congress should take in this conflict we have going on, and then what the executives should take on north korea. with what is happen there right now. >> well, i think the executives should -- should make it clear to the chinese leadership that this is somebody that we view very gravely, that it's a matter of utmost and serious concern to us. if the executive comes to the congress and asks for sanctions of any kind, i think the congress ought to respond quickly and effectively and affirmatively. the first responsible will not be a military one. i think we all understand that, but we're going to have to do something, because as mr. donilon has said, they are racing pellmell toward nuclear capability that constitute a serious threat to us and to our security treaty allies, .en and south korea. >> mr. donilon? >> i would