and unfortunately one of our candidates running for the united states senate isn't here tonight and i think that is bad form. what i have learned in talking with the people of the state is they do expect someone to show up who wants their vote and they want someone to show up on the floor of the united states who is going to be on their side and not on the side of the big money campaign donors. that is the real heart of the campaign is who is going to be there showing up and fighting were the voters in south dakota for the people that expect a fair deal moving forward. that is what we expect and that is what the voters need to expect in the process. i hope mike will show up for the future debates and forums we will have. it is a critical election. a lot is at stake in the country and people have a right to know where their candidates who want to represent and serve them where they stand on the issues and what their vision for south dakota is and their country. you need to show up to get elected. >> larry pressler, your opening statement. >> i am larry pressler, independent candidate f

find a liked it, i shall appoint an independent united states attorney and also appoint independence to the judiciary in south dakota. the united states senators those appointments although made by the president. the corruption in our state has drawn national attention. i would also call upon governor rounds to issue a memorandum of fact. his closest associate for years in the state government with mr. benda. a memorandum of fact if that happened before the election. all of this will be that it next year. based on my experience coming asunder will be fÊted in the first year and if that senators mike rounds and his fÊted and sent in error, it will hurt the people of south dakota because their senator will be crippled, so we should have that memorandum of fact before the election rather than after. moderator: mr. weiland, 60 seconds on eb5. weiland: i came up very early when this scandal broke open. the sale of citizenship or half a million just doesn't square when he does show up for these debates is both south dakota commonsense. we are essentially selling green card. it is not just people. it is pouring big money coming into this day. now we

so we have candidates running for president, running for the united states senate who spend their own money. it's never been thought of there could be a limit on that. so we might not be limiting the millionaire keands for the senate -- kean candidate for the senate. we might not be limiting the billionaire owners of television stations. but ordinary bheerns have a gag rule. so the gag rule that began on the senate floor and went to the hearing rooms woul now be afliee ordinary americans across the country. the founders would never have imagined that. they passed the first amendment to protect against this very concern. the government censors would tell ordinary americans what they can and cannot say. president harry trueman who liked to exercise a lot of free speech himself warned about this in a message to congress august 8, 19506789 he said, "once a government has committed to the principle silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures until it becomes a source of terror to awful its citizens and creates a

so what's the use of being elected to the united states senate, what's the use of states like texas having two united states senators and not being able to participate or shape the legislative process? that's an unreasonable demand by the majority leader. i nope my colleagues on the democratic side, many of them are frustrated by that too. i would tell them in this election turns out in 49 days the way i hope it does, we will have a new senate where republicans and democrats can come to the floor, offer amendments and get votes as long as they want to get votes on the amendment. that used to be the way the senate operated. it is not the way it operates now and is a disservice to the american people. and i'm saddened by the majority leader's choice to create such a situation in the senate. mr. president, turning to another important topic, we will be voting along with the continuing resolution, i'm told the house will add an authorization that's been requested by the president to train and arm some syrian rebels which we hope will be an effective force in defeating isis or isil, the islamic

this is not just a united states senate race. this potentially is the united states senate race that decides who controls the united states senate. and it's total chaos right now. it has become the most important senate race in the country at least right now and it is complete chaos. just insane. joining us now is dave helling political reporter forever the kansas city star. dave, every time we talk, i congratulate you how much fun this race has been to cover. then it gets crazier. >> we don't get any days off covering politics in kansas unlike congress, rachel. >> the way that -- yeah, another seven weeks off at their own discretion. >> you bet. >> the way i sum this up in terms of the order of those events, the way that kris kobach responded to this supreme court ruling and the changing of those deadlines an everything, am i summarizing that accurately? >> fairly closely. it's a federal law that requires their ballot printing, rachel, are because the national government has some interest in getting the ballots to the military ov

we begin with some breaking news, some late breaking political news about the united states senate, and what has just happened to the national republican hopes for winning control of the united states senate in the november elections, what happened tonight was very unexpected news. the context is that republicans need a net gain of six seats in order to win control of the u.s. senate. and move mitch mcconnell up the ladder from minority leader to majority leader republicans control of the house is not in jeopardy in these elections barring some act of god, and republicans cannot dislodge president obama from the white house in this election, but they really can try to win the senate, that is the big enchilada at stake this year it will have huge consequences for the country and for the rest of the obama presidency. republicans have been focussed on the senate singularly. they have potential ways to gain the six seats they need in order to take over the senate. the republicans do appear -- at least the odds look like they will. they appear to be on the way to flipping senate seats from b

members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the united states capitol. tomorrow at 8:46 a.m., the capitol will join the nation in a moment of sigh -- silent tribute to those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise, they come by instinct now. we stand taller for the colors, the hand is steadier on the heart, a prayer is felt not just said. and we pull together when we might not have done so before. this is the response of a people who share a stubborn belief in each other. it's a search to grasp whatever it was in the character of ose men and women who, leaving life at its peak, thought of others before themselves. tomorrow we mourn for what was taken from us. today we consider what was left behind. stories we tell and retell. a legacy we strive to claim and amilies that we ache to serve. many of those loved ones

who do you want to represent you in the united states senate? know that there are several different philosophies of people running in this phase. the powerbrokers would like you to think that a vote for gordon how we would somehow loose the senate. i have a newsflash for those people. the political prognosticators are all saying, across the country, that republicans are very likely to win as many as 8-11 seats more than the six needed to take the senate. southe is the real choice dakota and have to make. what kind of republican do you want to send to the united states senate? a big government taxing spender or someone with a proven record of fiscal responsibility and that would be gordon how we. i would like to encourage you as you listen to this debate tonight to take a serious look at the candidates and evaluate who is the conservative in this race. i think you will the same conclusion that i have. >> thank you. hosting thisfor debate. it is unfortunate that mike rounds is not here, but i want you to know that i have been monthse last 16 trave

the other body, the united states senate, under democratic control, refuses to even allow a vote on solving the crisis at the border or stopping the president's illegal amnesty. therefore, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 551, h.r. 5272. i further ask consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. menendez: mr. president, reserving the right to object, let me first respond to the unanimous consent request from the senator from texas, the son of immigrants himself, to prohibit certain actions with respect to deferred action for students in the dwhriews we call dreamers -- in the united states that we call dreamers. dreamers -- these are young people, who as senator durbin said, the only flag that they have every pledged allegiance to is that of the united states. the only national anthem they have ever sung is the "star spangled banner." they came to this country not because they ma

and unfortunately one of our candidates running for the united states senate isn't here tonight and i think that is bad form. what i have learned in talking with the people of the state is they do expect someone to show up who wants their vote and they want someone to show up on the floor of the united states who is going to be on their side and not on the side of the big money campaign donors. that is the real heart of the campaign is who is going to be there showing up and fighting were the voters in south dakota for the people that expect a fair deal moving forward. that is what we expect and that is what the voters need to expect in the process. i hope mike will show up for the future debates and forums we will have. it is a critical election. a lot is at stake in the country and people have a right to know where their candidates who want to represent and serve them where they stand on the issues and what their vision for south dakota is and their country. you need to show up to get elected. >> larry pressler, your opening statement. >> i am larry pressler, independent candidate f

it's a disgrace that the united states senate is not debating policies that will help them. instead, we're debating a bill to limit free speech. it's no wonder that the american people have such a poor opinion of congress. seriously, what are we doing here? here in washington, those in power are more concerned with winning elections so they can stay in power than with actually governing and making tough decisions that will protect our country and that will help our families. that's what we're doing here today, another showboat, another sound bite that's engineered by campaign strategists, and those guys, they don't have any interest in sound policy. so i'd like to address the two proposals before the senate this week, a resolution to amend the bill of rights and campaign legislation that's targeting women voters. the resolution offered by the senator from new mexico is, i believe, a clear attack on the first amendment and a series of recent supreme court rulings. the measure grants unlimited authority to congress and state legislatures to criminalize speech on any platform,

she is the junior united states senator representing the great state of new york, new book called "offyour voice, change the world." please welcome back to the program, senator kirsten gillibrand! (cheers and applause) ♪ hello! how are you? thank you for being here! (applause) we have your brand-new book there, "off the sidelines." the idea of being -- the suggestion being people, women in particular as you're writing the book, they need to get in there and start changing things for the better. >> right. it's about asking women to be heard on the issues they care about. >> jon: right. >> i'm hopeful the more women who tell their stories, the more women who get involved in their p.t.a., local government or even congress, that outcomes will be different because they might have a different perspective, they might have different goals and hopefully we can make the country stronger. >> jon: this is interesting because -- and i didn't realize this -- you made a very conscious decision in your life that it lacked the meaning that you wanted it to have. >> right. >> jon: and, so, you made that

will regain control of the united states senate. one race that will help determine that is being fought in kansas, a reliably republican state where the state's longtime republican senator and its republican governor are both, perhaps unexpectedly, in trouble. why? newshour special correspondent jeff greenfield traveled there recently and has our report. >> reporter: this is what you'll see just about any autumn in kansas: fields of corn that await the harvest, the search for food at a farmer's market or at oklahoma joe's always crowed barbecue. and this is what you'll hear: the roar of the crowds and the motorcycles at a kansas state football game. but for all that is familiar in this place, in this season, there is one thing happening here that is almost totally unprecedented, something so surprising, almost shocking, that it has republicans from maine to hawaii asking, "what's the matter with kansas?" in what is surely the biggest surprise of the 2014 midterms, both republican senator pat roberts and republican governor sam brown

-f i've done that, then i leave a very satisfied man from the united states senate. may be retiring from the senate, but i'm not retiring from the fight, i tell you that. cheerps in fact, this week i'll be leading the charge in the senate once again to increase the minimum wage in america. we got to get it done! [cheers and applause] the republicans probably going to filibuster it again. well, if they won't let us pass it in the congress, we'll take them on at the polls and we'll show them what the people of america want in november when we give them a good whipping! [cheers and applause] but i want to say this. if you want to thank me for my service, there's really only one way i want you to do that. make sure that this senate seat remains in good fighting progressive hands with congressman bruce brayly being the next senator from the state and so we have to have a government that works for the middle class, that leaves the ladder down, gives hope and opportunity to people. president clinton knows this. when he was campaigning here in 1992 he said he was going to bui

senate since he was 29 years old. he has what it takes to be the president of the united states. he should get in there and challenge hillary clinton. >> he will be in iowa on wednesday in fact. >> is that right? i did not know that. that will be great. >> we are joined from florida. >> it is pretty funny, passing around the bucket, like the money there is going to make a difference in this coming election. i am a democrat and a feminist, which is to say i stand up for women. at the same time, i don't want hillary, because she is going to be another warmongering centrist. and i remember watching c-span at least twice when the topic was about bernie sanders. the person says, that is ridiculous. he does not have a chance. and that is the end of the discussion. i think you need to have him on. bring out these voices. if you are going to let ted cruz babble,nd let ron paul at least bring on bernie sanders and let him show how his probablyis the same as 80%, on average, of democrats and republicans. >> i will let you stop there. we are going to listen in, because former governor tom v

game on for control of the united states senate in a way it was not a few hours ago. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. go to comcastbusiness.com/ checkyourspeed. if we can't offer faster speeds or save you money we'll give you $150. comcast business built for business. >>> ultimately if i get elected there's a reasonable chance that neither party will have a majority in washington. and if that's the case, what i've said is i'm going to caucus with whatever party is willing to go to washington and start trying to solve problems as opposed to pleasing the extremists in their own base. >> absorbing the breaking news out of kansas with profound implications for control of the u.s. senate. the candidate before tonight was a three-way race between mr. orman and a democrat named chad taylor and the incumbent pat roberts. about

and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the united states capitol. tomorrow at 8:46 a.m., the capitol will join the nation in a moment of silent tribute to those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. tol will jo a moment of silent tribute to those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. they come by instinct now. we stand taller for the colors, the hand is steadier on the heart, a prayer is felt, not just said and we pull together when we might not have done so before. this is the response of a people who share a stubborn belief in each other. it's a search to grasp whatever it was in the character of those men and women who, eaving life at its peak, thought of others before hemselves. tomorrow we mour

this is what you look like to your united states senator. had a chance to meet your senator up close and personal? did you ever notice maybe looking at a senator, a strange look in his eye or her eye. something you couldn't quite figure out? maybe it's because when your senator was looking at you, he or she was seeing 1 1/3 pieces of paper. because that's what your senator's office gets for every single adult constituent in his or her home staat. that's how much paper they are issued. if you are your senator's constituent, this is what you mean to them. and the reason we know that is awesome. it's brand new. we never knew it before today and it is, by far, the best new thing in the world today. and that story is coming up. hold an. so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five

turns out could win the republican chances of winning the united states senate this year. s why. this is not just any random parallelogram. kansas's county votes in the last presidential election. kansas is a very red state. very red. these are the latest three polls for the governor's race in deep, red kansas this year. the republy cab governor of kansas in that red state looks like he very well might lose his effort to get re-elected in cast cast. he is an unpopular one. his democratic opponent says that he's basically turned kansas into a far ideological laboratory. even a lot of kansas republicans agree with some of that critique. some have publicly crossed over to say they're supporting their party's own governor. the other really national high republican is a guy named chris kobak >>> for years, chris kobak has written antiimgant publication. he's also been the republican party's chief national marketer of all kinds of laws to make it harder to vote, starting with voter id laws and going downhill from there. chris kobak is a very smart guy. he we believe the to harvar

democrats in the united states senate stand for women's equality because when women are empowered, we're all empowered. today the senate will vote on one important aspect of the unfair treatment of american women. senator barbara mikulski's paycheck fairness act addresses paycheck gender discrimination. more than 50 years after the equal pay act, women today doing the exact same work as a man make 77 cents for every $1 that a man makes. this just isn't a woman's issue, mr. president. it's a family issue. it's an economic issue. for most americans, the answer is very simple. a woman who performs the same work as a man should be paid the same is that man. women and men support equal pay for equal work regardless of gender because it's fair. that is everyone except senate republicans. senate republicans simply cannot accept that simple notion that they should be paid the same for doing the exact same work. senate republicans believe it's fair for men to be paid more than women for doing the exact same thing. it's hard to comprehend but that's obviously what they believe. on three separate o

this is not good enough for the united states senate. this is not good enough for the united states or for the american people. it's shameful. our constituents expect us to do our jobs, and if that means staying here a few more weeks, so be it. if that means staying here for a month or two months, however long it takes, so be it. if this plan is the right one, fine. if we need to adjust it or reject it, fine, but there is no such thing as a must-pass vote of conscience. not here, not on this topic. the american people deserve to have a debate about how and why we're sending their sons and daughters into danger. we should not set this precedent of sending americans into harm's way as an afterthought. on our way out of town, like some kind of political out of office reply email, congress used to be better than this, and i submit that the american people still are. i respectfully and strongly urge my colleagues to pull this section from the c.r. and have a full debate to give authorization for the president's actions in the middle east. and

in terms of getting a coalition of the willing -- go ahead. >> should the united states senate vote on the air attack, the part you support? >> absolutely. we should have a robust discussion, debate. we need a lot more information. we need to be realistic, forth right to the american public. that's right now my concern about president obama and his speech. we've got to have a debate on this thing. president obama and congress has to be honest with the american public. if the objective is to destroy isis, i don't think we have a strategy in place that will accomplish that goal. i'm concerned about poking that hornet's nest with a stick for three years. >> the public agrees. 2/3 of the public support the president with training the army, but they don't think it's going to work. why support something you don't believe is going to work? that's what i mean. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the nfl has a big problem, and it's not going away at all. especially among women who are speaking out. what's the league going to do against players that commit violence against women? what exactly does the

this is what you look like to your united states senator.you ever had a chance to meet your senator up close and personal, the strange look in his eye or her eye? something you couldn't quite figure out? maybe because when your senator was looking at you, he or she was seeing one and one third pieces of paper, because one and one third pieces of paper is what every senator gets for every constituent in his home state. that's how much paper they're issued. this is what you mean to them. and the reason we know that is awesome. it's brand new. we never knew it before today. and it is by far the best new thing in the world today. and that story is coming. hold on. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit

and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the united states capitol. tomorrow at 8:46 a.m., the capitol will join the nation in to ment of silent tribute those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. they come by instinct now. we stand taller for the colors, the hand is steadier on the heart, a prayer is felt, not just said and we pull together when we might not have done so before. this is the response of a people who share a stubborn belief in each other. it's a search to grasp whatever it was in the character of those men and women who, leaving life at its peak, thought of others before themselves. tomorrow we mourn for what was taken from us. today we consider what was left behind, stories we tell and retell, a legacy we strive to we ache famil

i think this is a sad day for the united states senate. it goes against our history. it goes against the history of the country, and therefore i have asked that the amendment that i will set before the senate will separate the votes so we will have a debate over war and then we will have a debate over spending. i have an amendment at the desk that would cue up the two separate votes on this legislation and allow the senate to vote on the inclusion of the serial language as a separate question. i therefore ask unanimous consent that it be in order for me to call up my amendment numbered 3856. the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. mikulski: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: i want to acknowledge the -- first of all, that the gentleman from kentucky's long-standing views on foreign policy and also on this process. what i want to just say is that, number one, the senate bill and the authorization in title 10, which we have here, takes us only to decemb

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the united states senate, the honorable harry reid. [applause] >> senator mcconnell mentioned we all remember where we were that morning. i remember. i was assistant leader. leader daschle called a leadership meeting we had every tuesday at 9:00 in the morning. i was the first to come to that room, s-211, and john came in, senator from louisiana, said turn on the tv. something is going on in new york. we flipped on the tv and we said, what happened? plane must have been misguided in the building. and we thought it was just a news story. this it wouldn't amount to much. and so people started coming in for the meeting. conference table there in that room, s-211, and senator daschle started the meeting. within just a short period of time, matter of five minutes, six minutes, couple people came into the room, took him out of the room and he came back immediately and said we got to evacuate this room, the building. there's a plane headed for us. as i walked out of that, i'll never forget as i walked out of the room, look out the windo

indicating uncertainty and it could determine the republican's chances of winning control of the united states senate. here is why. this is not just any random parallel gram, it's kansas. kansas is a very red state. very red. but look at this. this is the latest three polls for the governor's race in deep kansas this year. look at that. the republican governor of kansas in the red state looks like he may lose his effort to get re-elected in kansas. brownback is an unpopular one. his democratic opponent, davis, says brownback turned kansas into a far right idealogical laboratory. even a lot of republicans seem to agree with the critique. some moderate republicans have publicly crossed over to say they are supporting the democrat, paul davis, against their own party governor. and the other high profile governor, and he is the nationality party poster boy. he may be the secretary of state in a small state, but he has used that perch to travel the country writing anti-immigrant legislation, and he has been the republican party's chief national marketer in all kinds of laws to make it harder to vote. he i

you have to have someone is going to stand up every day on the floor of the united states senate and look at that legislation that's coming across the aisle and how it affects people in our state and not the big money donors funding their campaign. i will make one commitment to you tonight, one promise and you should never make promises but i'm going to make one that i will work as hard to keep your vote as i have trying to earn it this past 16 months. >> with that we have covered a lot of topics tonight. gentleman again thank you so much for accepting our invitation to come to this debate this evening. it's truly appreciated and of course thank your home for joining us as well both on ksfy our national audience and c-span. or election day is tuesday november 4th 4th. a presidential fourth. a presidential address is next. >> up next on c-span2 the senate homeland security committee holds a hearing on national security threats. and an interview with the president of the university of nebraska about higher education. and the british house of commons debates scottish independence. >> tod

the united states senate debate. presented by the des moines register. >> good evening, everyone. to a special event. tonight, the first debate between the two candidates for the u.s. senate it. democrat bruce braley and republican joni k. ernst. they are vying for the seat of tom harkin. they have woken up to a whole that shows joni k. ernst leading with 44%. we will dig deeper into those poll numbers. a little bit of housekeeping. our format will change. toincludes a chance for you tweak us your questions to ask the candidates. iadebate.uld use # each candidate will get 90 seconds. our coin toss determined that bruce braley will go first. >> thank you for moderating tonight. i want to thank the des moines register and kcci-tv. i want to thank the viewing audience here. thank you, senators. i am bruce braley. i grew up in a working-class home in a small farm town. my mom is a schoolteacher. elevatorn a grain before dying. for the des moines register. i got my first job in the third grade grade i worked a lot of different jobs to pay my way through law school. wife and we have bee

no republican can offer an amendment in the senate of the united states. we have not had a budget in the senate for five years. we do not do any appropriations bills. that is harry reid. he is a one-man rules committee and it is a fact that you have given to harry reid, hillary obama -- whyident should anybody believe that you are independent? >> the next question comes from , managing editor of the hays daily news. this question will be first directed towards mr. orman. >> what is your stance on gun control in the u.s.? is there too little, too much, or just write right now? >> i am a gun owner. i believe in the second the righti believe in of people to bear arms. when i got my gun, i had to go through a background check. it was a relatively quick process. it took five minutes and i was able to buy my guns without delay. i do not think that having a loophole that allows people who could not get guns at a legitimate gun dealer to get them otherwise as sound policy. [applause] so i would be open to addressing the gun show loophole. getsu think about who prev

the united states senate by a 2-1 majority passed over an immigration bill. the republicans themselves have passed some five or six bills out of their committees. however, the republican leadership has not brought either the senate comprehensive bill, the house bill including the -- homeland security committee and the house of representatives and the other parts of the senate bill which were passed by -- that's unfortunate. i am hopeful that the outcome of the election will such that we move together in a much more positive fashion and bring to the floor legislation that has bipartisan support, that can pass the house of representatives, and not simply because you have the power to do so, exclude from consideration legislation which will help our economy fix a broken immigration system, ensure that people are getting enough money to live on and not live in poverty while -- make sure that women get equal pay and make sure we do what the american people want us to do. >> how difficult is it for your members, those running for re-election in the house, those run

later the united states senator from illinois. he became a senator 100 years before barack obama became a united states senator from illinois. he came to public life at a time when there was nativism inferior and where americanism and america first and then stop these immigrants. stop these not only nonwhite immigrants. they were for sure excluded, but for these non-wasp immigrants, these darker skin than annealing which immigrants. there was a debate about what teacher to cement. peachtree 2000 means my country right or wrong. if you don't like it, get out of here. what he said at that time as they think super bowl event the two creatures of is not my country right or wrong. rupee treated them as my country windbreak is to be kept right. one wrong to be separate. that is what it means to define americans. if you can buy into the creed, you are american. after a few documents. carolina families in here. if you live up to the creed should make in this country live up to the ideal, i call you americans and that is beneath us. we are

must scott is leaving the staff of the united states senate after a long and distinguished career in public service. she has dedicated most of her professional life to the congress, serving over 20 years in both the house of representatives and the senate. she was with me at my first agriculture committee hearing in the house and as i prepare i pro retire from the senate today, she was with me at my hearing. i owe much of my success as a legislator to martha scott. she has served as my legislative assistant in the house, legislative director when i first entered the senate and later as my staff trerkt for both the agriculture and intelligence committees. it is no exaggeration to say that martha scott is one of the brightest, most talented, and well-connected individuals on capitol hill. she's a natural leader and manager who exemplifies a tremendous character and dedication that traditionally defines the term "a public servant." martha scott is an enthusiastic team player with a special talent for finding solutions to complex problems and rallying support behind her. those are enormou

where are the democrats on the floor of the united states senate today ready to forcefully defend leaving a door open for these hackers? here's another headline, september 2, "new york times," "says, "bracing for new challenges in year two of the health care law." we all remember how the terrible -- how terrible the lawfnl of tf the health care program was last fall. cheaper than year cell phone bill, you can keep your doctor. america knows those things weren't true u so we all remember this terrible launch last october. the new head of the government exchange talked about what he expected it to be like this year. year two. they have are a had a full year now to get ready and fix the problems and this obama administration official just recently told "the new york times," "in some respects, it's going to be more complicated, more complicated." he said, "part of me things that this year is going to make last year look like the good ol' days." america is not ready to go back to the obamacare web site "good ol' days." that's what the obama administration' person in charge of the health care e

south dakota and iowa will have new united states senators this year. have enormous problems in the river affecting those three states. they will cost enormous amounts of money if we don't address a simple matter of the fact that it is -- that's something we can work on. we are trying to clean up from the 2011 flooded. that's something that you need a good new united states senators can work together on day number one and should. from there you go out to another issue and is subject and be careful to speak only when there's something to say. it's to be thoughtful, informed informed, interested in all points of view willing to accommodate them and to express themselves on behalf of the people of nebraska. extremism can be easily detected in the campaign process. it can be seen by looking at the sources of funds and who comes on behalf of the candidates and we have seen extremism in the campaign already. in the gridlock and the dysfunction of congress it is a broken system. we need a fresh new perspectives and that's why i've decided to run as a non- part

united states representative and later as president george w. bush is stricter of the national budget. in 2010, he was elected to represent the united states senate. since that time has established a reputation as a leader of variety and important economic issues, from a balanced federal budget to forming our nation entitlement and tax systems. as a member of both the senate finance and the senate budget committee, he played a key role in the development of senate republicans jobs for america plan, which was unveiled this past march. this plan is meant to serve as a blueprint to create private sector growth and strengthen our economy. range of reforms in new policies for private sector job creation. they are well thought out. the above, energy strategy, regulatory reform, investments in system education to close that skill gap, increase exports and expanded andrts to foreign market, enabling businesses to grow and keep the jobs here in the united states. the senator has been a vocal advocate of reforming our nation's social security, entitlement programs, and to balance our federal budget. the new england council is honored to host and during our

republican senator pat completing his third term in the united states senate. he's served in the house of 1981 totatives from 1997, serving as chairman of the house agriculture committee and has served as chairman of the senate intelligence committee. he is the senior member of the committee.culture senator roberts, your opening statement. you.ank thank you, greg. sponsoringibw for this election year event. it's a great day. cats! this is a crucial election both can sans and our nation. me, heb dole endorsed said when the world is on fire and we have chaos we must have experienced ourership to safeguard security and get our economy on track. candidate herene today with that experience in leadership. i have a proven record and as a senate agber of the and finance committees i look forward to what we can under a newogether republican majority. we must, we must stop the obama agenda but before we can do that reid's to break harry stranglehold on the senate. passed over 350 bills all of which are stuck in senate where now good legislation goes to die. the choice is

and applause] course, you know, in history she is the first first lady ever elected to the united states senate. as secretary of state -- my goodness, what a great job. played a central role in restoring america's image and power around the world. she stressed the smart power of american diplomacy. she put human rights back on the a baric and foreign-policy agenda. -- american foreign-policy agenda. and as much as i have traveled around the world, i can tell you that historic speech that she gave in beijing in 1995 at the women's international summit telling you that it reverberates around the globe today because she said it so poignantly. women's rights are human rights around the world. [applause] well, i will bring her up by saying this -- a great friend, a wonderful public servant -- dedicated. this is what i said to my her book, iowa -- hard choices, i see a lot of you got it, it's a great look. read it. there are 25 chapters in that book. i am here to tell you that there are many more chapters to be written in the amazing life of hillary clinton. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> avail

those are the kind of things we should be talking about today on the floor of the united states senate. those are the things republicans have proposed and that we're going to keep fighting for in the senate. that's what the american people are talking about when they say they want washington to get stuff done. they don't mean more terrible ideas like the president's health care law and its multiple damaging side effects. they don't mean job-killing red tape and washington mandates. they don't mean political show votes that would restrict americans' freedom of speech. president obama and democrats in the senate have turned their backs on middle-class families who are desperately in need of jobs. democrats want to waste time while they're trying to salvage their political careers. republicans want to help get americans back to work. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask una

it's the official handbook of how to be a united states senator. this is a real thing. and apparently, it's so secret that the united states library of congress doesn't have a copy of it. apparently this handbook's been around forever. before today it was always secret. it's basically a reference guide for everything senators need to know. what constitutes an appropriate expenditure on travel or a map of all the parking lots that you can park in as a senator. and then there's this, quote, music on hold is available as an alternative to silence. comfort secretaries may select one hold music source from the options. there is something that was a secret rule about. we called that number listed in the handbook today that offered senate leaders their choice of hold music. this is what happens when you call that number. >> welcome to the senate music hold selection line. your four selections choices are as follows. press one for classical. press two for environmental. press three for patriotic or press four for country western. four different choices. let's go with environmen

even as she describes sexism right in the united states senate. >> you are a united states sitting senator and you detail other people, elected representatives saying things to you that are utterly reprehensible and insane. about the way you look, about the weight. about the thing. how do you not just turn to the c span camera and go [ bleep ] these guys? how does that not happen? >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. after trying to avoid military action in syria for three years, president obama is now ready to consider taking the air war against isis to isis's home base in syria. but first, he will announce more immediate steps in iraq with secretary of state john kerry is today laying the groundwork. >> president obama asked me to come here not just to build the coalition, not just to talk to the iraqis about the road forward here at this moment. but also to underscore to the people of iraq that the united states will standby them in this effort. we standby iraq as it continues to build a government that meets the needs of each of iraq's diverse communities. and we standby th