it's up to the united states senate -- and only the united states senate -- to confirm, advise, and consent appointments by the president of the united states that requires the confirmation of the united states senate. the senate foreign relations committee, which i am honored to serve on and to act as the ranking democrat, has acted, i think, in a very responsible manner in scheduling hearings and taking action on the nominations that have been submitted by president obama. and i want to thank senator corker. he has scheduled these hearings, i think in a very timely way and scheduled markups in our committee so that we can make our recommendations to the full senate. but, mr. president, that's not true of the senate as a body. there are currently 16 -- 16 -- highly qualified nominees that have been recommended for senate confirmation, none of which are controversial, that are awaiting action on the floor of the united states senate. some of these nominees have been waiting as long as ten months, almost a year, for action by the united states senate. and let me repeat that. not one of these

chairman of the appropriations in the united states senate is senator thad cochran. y'all hearing this? congressman thompson is ranking member in the house on homeland security. for my fellow veterans over here, one of the most important pieces of veteran legislation ever was montgomery g.i. bill sponsored by senator montgomery from mississippi. how bus a state with less than 1% of the population have all that power? because we understand relationships which i what i think no labels is all b when somebody from mississippi meets you, they will ask you two questions, where are you from, and who is your family. within five minutes i will know somebody that you know. we don't call it networking. we call it relationship building in mississippi. if the whole country adopts and adapts to that way of thinking being friends with people regardless of party that is how we will move this entire nation

that's the united states senate he's talking about. he has one of the most sought-after jobs on the planet. one of the most sought-after jobs in history. daniel webster's old job, united states senator, henry clay, john f. kennedy, bobby kennedy. it's a dream come true for almost everyone who's ever had that job. but not marco rubio. just like everyone else who's a senator today, marco rubio had to spend years begging for money, massive amounts of money, tens of millions of dollars to then finance a grueling campaign, and in his case, a grueling campaign in a very large state. >> god bless you, thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> why did he do all that? just for that? that lekd bask in the applause of his campaign victory speech? we now know that marco rubio did not spend years begging people for money to fund his senate campaign so he could get washington and do the work that he loves, representing the 20 million people of the state of florida. he doesn't love that work. he just told us that t

and where that minority is protected is in the united states senate, the only place in our political system. in fact, in arguing for the necessity of the senate in "federalist paper" 63, madison is quite critical of pure majoritarian democracies in ancient times and attributes their failure to the lack of something we call the united states senate. that said, i understand why some of my republican colleagues in the house of representatives are frustrated with the fact that many of the things they pass become stalled here in the united states senate. and i say to them that a lot of us on this side of the aisle share that frustration. so am i and we need to make sure those obstructing are held accountable. but anyone who would change the senate rules to give the majority leader the power to ram any bill through the senate on party-line vote should then ask whether they can trust that power -- that this power will be used fairly by future majority leaders. remember that the previous majority leader tried to shut the minority out of the legislative process at almost every stage. the senat

because we're having a debate in the united states senate and the congress of the united states, the people that commit these acts and go without any identification are going to quit. no, it's going to become more rampant and more rampant and more rampant. and from the standpoint of two of 15 members that are designated by the united states senate and its leadership, to on behalf of the other 85 look at the most sensitive information that our country can accumulate about threats, as many threads of threats as we look at today on the security of the american people, i think i can speak for the vice chairman, we are just as concerned about the economic security of the united states based upon the threat that we're faced with from cyber actors here at home and more importantly around the world. so i would urge my colleagues if you have something to contribute, come to the floor and contribute it. if you have an amendment already pending, come to the floor and debate it and vote on it. but give us the ability to work through the great thoughts of all 100 members but recognize the fact th

we will pass the united states senate with this bill. we will resolve our differences with the house and this critical reform will go to the president's desk. with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, i thank senator udall. for his work on tsca. and his description is pretty accurate. i am doing what the senate historically has always done -- allowing any member of the senate to exercise their authority as a member of this austere body to amend any piece of legislation. and the senate has functioned for a long time based upon that. it's just recently that we've not allowed that to be exercised in other words, one senator can't come to the floor and offer an amendment. he can't come to the floor and propound a unanimous consent request without objection. it's got to change. and i dare say that tsca has overwhelming support. so does the land and water conservation fund. and for us to get functional, we have to return to where we expect members to come. i've got nine german

and unfortunately in this confidence-building exercise, the united states senate, led by our colleaguesoss the aisle have failed in that confidence-building exercise. what they have done is reinforce the belief that there are members of the united states senate who believe that local jurisdictions can openly defy federal law and that there will be no recourse, no accountability. mr. president, it's frankly hard for me to understand how our democratic colleagues can in good conscience block this legislation given some of the horrific crimes that occurred like that committed against kate steinle of san francisco, but there are many, many, many tragic examples of this happening over and over again in our country, and this was our opportunity to do something about it, but unfortunately for reasons unbeknownst to me, our democratic colleagues will not even allow us to pass a bill which holds jurisdictions who refuse to enforce current federal law, to hold them accountable. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the c

on this occasion on the floor of the united states senate i want to pay tribute to woody woodsite and thank him for everything he's done for his country, his state and his community. may god bless woody woodsite and may god bless the united states of america. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, the budget deal before the senate today is not just a horrible piece of legislation that is undeserving of this chamber's support. it also represents the last gasping breath of a disgraced bipartisan beltway establishment on the verge of collapse. the bill is the product of an unfair, dysfunctional and fundamentally undemocratic process, a process that is virtually indistinguishable from what we promised the american people, a g.o.p.-controlled congress would bring to an end. we made that promise precisely because negotiating legislation behind closed doors without input from the majority of members and then rushing it through to final passage without debate or opportunity for amendments violates our party's core principles. it also inev

he just arrived in the united states senate. you know the other senators were giving him swirlies and running him through the spanking machin he didn't know what to do. jimmy christmas, stop giving him the business. why don't you ask jim webb something. he hasn't tked in like ten minutes. >> webb's anger at being ignored led to an awkward ment where he threw a tantrum and threatened to hold his breath until someone asked a question. >> you know your debate was prty uneventful when the banner headline the next day is, elderly man not having the e-mail. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you, me too. me too.. >> you know. >> that's the laugh of a woman who is thinking, you buffoon. if you had an e-mail scandal i would hang you from the rafters with it. >> and to think, we got another full year of these gems. >> very good point. on behalf of phillip and myself thanks for tuning in. that's what's making news in america this morning.are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning

senator ernst has filed a resolution against the so-called waters of the united states, the wotus rule. i've introduced legislation to replace the wotus rule with one that actually protects waterways while preventing washington's takeover of nonnavigable waterways. senator mcconnell and senator cap toe have -- capito have filed resolutions against the power plants. senator flake has filed one against the burdensome new ozone standard. mr. president, we're going to keep a spotlight on this administration as it negotiates this new climate change treaty. we're going to stop it from committing this country to another bad deal, and the rest of us will be paying for that bad deal long after president obama is out of office. congress is going to hold the obama administration accountable, accountable, and rein in the washington bureaucrats before they do additional damage. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presidin

this is the sort of thing that gives the united states senate a bad reputation for dysfunction and i do not see how it will lead to any progress on lwcf. i have not objected to senate burr's efforts to pass reauthorization in the senate. in fact, i have praised his efforts. i share his frustration that a small minority of republicans has blocked his efforts. but now instead of one bill being blocked, we have two. and without this objection, tosca would pass unanimously after years of hard work. instead of holding tosca hostage, why not consider considering lwcf on senator burr's legislation? and with that, i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: 10eus #ugs #u quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, in the small business committee, we've been working on significant legislatio

he's a united states senator. he ought to show up. we have huge national security issues in this country. the united states senate ought to be pushing president obama towards the proper policies that right now are complete disaster based on his policies. there should be full engagement to protect our country from a grave threat which is the weakest foreign policy since jimmy carter. >> he's not the only senator, though, or sitting congressman or sitting governor that's run for office that is trying to do two jobs at once. were you similarly critical of john mccain and barack obama or hillary clinton for example or others who might have done that? >> i've been critical of hillary clinton and obama for sure. john mccain had a proven record as a senator. he also ran for president. but he got a lot of stuff done while he was a united states senator and still does. marco, look, he had the worst attendance record prior to being a candidate for president. the bigger issue isn't his attendance record. it's can he solve these problems, does he

and certainly his no-show record in the united states senate. fair to say that both john mccain, and barack obama, had the same problem when they were in the united states senate and running for president. and there was very little criticism about that. >> all right. bob franken, as always, we appreciate your time with us today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, the trumpkin is lighting up this halloween seen. it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a great taste. i don't plan on slowing down any time soon. stay strong. stay active with boost®. i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. only depend underwe

united states of america. in this chamber, every day, including today, the chaplain for the united states senate begins our session in prayer. in this chamber, the words "in god we trust" are written right above the main doors as you walk in. the same as it is in the house chamber above the speaker's chair. we're not a nation that tries to purge all faith. we're a nation that tries to live their faith. i would ask individuals that would choose to in this chamber right now to even pray with me as i close this statement out. father, i pray for coach kennedy and the leadership at bremerton, the superintendents and the principals, they have a difficult job, and i pray that you would bless them today, and i pray that you would encourage those students as they struggle with this basic religious freedom that we have as a nation, that there would be a unity there and a decision that would be made that would clearly stand on the side of freedom. for the coaches and teachers of all faiths that serve there and that serve across our nation, i pray that you would bless those coaches and teachers today. they do a difficult task

i just arrived at the united states senate. i'd been mayor of my city. my dad had died. i'd been appointed by the governor. it was the first vote and it was 90-5. >> i'll be there, i'll answer their questions. tonight i want to talk not about my e-mails but about what the american people want from the next president of the united states. >> senator, let me say this -- let me say something that may not be great politics. but i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me, too. me, too. >> enough of the e-mails. let's talk about the real issues facing america. >> as for that last answer there, bernie sanders told nbc's andrea mitchell after the debate, it was a spontaneous response. >> so what i was simply saying let this e-mail process take its course. but let's address the real issues facing the american people. >> well here's someone who might agree with him. bill clinton tweeted a photo of himself watching the debate with a message of support. but a more controversial post fro

we have seven years now of a united states senator running the government. i don't think we want to repeat that. >> what about a businessperson, carly fiorina and donald trump, their experience. >> i think it's so much different. i've said this before, that if you -- if a speaker of the house won't post the bill that you want and get it to your desk, you can't fire them. and that's the ceo experience. if someone is doing something they don't like, they fire them. you can't do that in the political world. i think the governor is better suited. you look at some of our greatest presidents, they have been governors. >> all right, doctor, as experience. >> i just don't think it's relevant. >> at all? >> no. no. >> let me ask you about being on the campaign trail. exciting on exhausting or what is it? >> yes. >> both of those? >> exciting and exhausting. >> do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking why am i doing this, i'm exhausted? >> not yet, not yet. it's more like once i get home and i'm enjoying myself at home, i think, well, do i really want to go

reported out of the senate armed services committee -- big vote -- came to the floor of the united states senate, received a big bipartisan vote here in the united states senate. but now some of the very same democrats who supported this bill a little more than three months ago are planning to vote against it. and on top of that, president obama has threatened to veto this bill when it comes to his desk. so, mr. president, the question is this: why are democrats opposing a bill that would authorize the funding that our troops need to operate? historically the national defense authorization act has received strong bipartisan support, and there's a good reason for that. historically, both democrats and republicans have known that the great responsibility that we have to the men and women who keep us safe, and we've made a habit of working together to try and meet that responsibility. so why are things different this year? well, basically, mr. president, democrats have decided since they can't get everything they want, they're going to take their ball and go home. now, republicans knew democrats we

president, having previously served in the united states senate, i came to the floor once again for the second time as a freshman senator in the early months of 2011 full of optimism and a sense of purpose, back for a second time as a newly elected freshman. i delivered my inaugural speech which included the following thoughts: for each of us serving today, i believe it is our duty to rise to the immediate challenge and resolve the problems which now confront us. it will take all of us uniting behind a common purpose that above all else, we must first restore and strengthen our fiscal security. we must articulate a clear vision, set specific goals and make the tough decisions needed to bring our nation out of debt and preserve prosperity and opportunity for future generations. those remarks outline a major part of my vision for what i hope to achieve during my term here as a united states senator. it is now seven years later. what i came back to try to accomplish hasn't been accomplished. at the time i saw -- and the reason why i wanted to answer the call to come back, because i saw tha

i'm very encouraged that this bill has finally come to the floor of the united states senate. i also would like to remind my colleagues that the senate appropriations committee has put forward 12 appropriations bills that reflect the priorities of the american people and the budget we passed back in april. let me remind my colleagues that that budget took $7 trillion out of the president's proposed budget over the next 10 years and yet here we are today in october facing the reality that since april, we have not been able to debate on this floor those 12 appropriations bills. you've heard all year that we need to get back to regular order and that means the senate needs to bring up and debate each of these 12 bills individually. however, due to democratic obstructionism, the federal government is operating under a short-term funding measure and the senate has not been able to debate any of these 12 funding bills. mr. president, it's time for the political posturing to stop. people back home don't understand. i don't either. senate democrats are again acting as a roadblock and p

i just arrived at the united states senate. >> stephen: "c'mon, anderson cooper. you're being a little rough on linc here. he just arrived in the united states senate. you know the other senators were giving him swirlies and running him through the spanking machine. he didn't know what to do. i mean, jiminy christmas, stop giving him the business. why don't you ask jim webb something. he hasn't talked in, like, ten minutes!" ( cheers and applause ) still, it was an exciting night for these guys. after all, come november, one of them could end up voting for president. we'll be right back with jack ( applause ) discover card hey! so i'm looking at my bill and my fico credit score's on here. yeah! we give you your fico credit score. for free! awesomesauce! the only person i know that says that is... lisa? julie? we've already given more than 175 million free fico credit scores to our cardmembers. wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut?! guess who's having mcdonald's brkfast for dinner 2night? we're guessing you, leigha wondergem. it's time for all day breakfast at mcdonald's. guys listen u

she fought for the iraq war in the united states senate. she was in the disagrees thee was a hawkish voice. >> i'll give you a point. she was a united states senator. that's a different matter. i was referring to keystone and t.p.p. keystone matter and so did t.p.p. i'm saying they are the types of things, when they are initial tips from the president's administration, that generally speaking they'll be supportive of. >> we take your point. before we leave, we have to get you to talk about mr o'mallee. martin o'mallee. what does he have to do to get some kind much traction, which he has not found. we'll give you the last word on that. >> he is in a difficult position, because he's trying to move to the left of bernie sanders. and when you try to get to the left of a socialist. there's not a lot of ground there. what he is going to be doing is doing the political equivalent of a bunch of hail maries, throwing to the end zone hoping someone catches on. >> what about web. james maloney is a candidate everyone is forgetting. web, at least had ro

she fulshe voted for iraq war we was in the united states senate. when she was in the administration she was one of the most hawkish voices in the administration. she didn't move one way just to apiece obama people. >> absolutely she was in the united states senate. i was referring mostly to keystone and tpp. and keystone martyed when she me was part of the administration. but the president's cabinet is going to be supportive but you're right on that point. >> we take your point there mike. just before we leave we got to get you to talk about mr. o'malley, martin o'malley, what has he got to do to get some sort of traction which so far he hasn't been able to find. we'll gif you the last word on that. >> he's in a very difficult position. he's trying to move to the left of bernie sanders. when you are trying to get to the left ever a socialist there's not a lot of ground there. he's going to be doing equivalent of hail maries throwing long into the end zone. i don't know if there's a lot of place for him to move in this place. >> webb is certainly the

president, i rise to come to the floor tonight to talk about something i'd like to see done in the united states senate, the passage of the land and water conservation fund. definitely the senate has -- and congress disappointed us in not passing the export-import back, something i'm a big proponent of, and now here we are with the land and water conservation fund. for the first time in 51 years since this program was created, it has expired. my colleagues are here on the floor to join me. the senator from montana and the senator from new mexico. to talk about why this is such a vital program to all of our states and why we should have it reauthorized immediately. the bill creating the land and water conservation fund was championed by senator scoop jackson at the request of then-president kennedy. why? because the american population was growing, there was a need for outdoor recreation, open space and public lands. and the land and water conservation fund was created to help and protect some of our most popular national parks, forests, public lands and iconic places. so for me, this is an incredibly i

let me say to my colleagues that the united states senate has tried for now several years to bring cybersecurity legislation to the senate floor and find the will to pass it. with the work of the vice chairman, we have been able, i think, to succeed in that, along with a 14-1 vote out of the committee showing tremendous bipartisan support, thousands of businesses and almost 100 organizations around the country that are supportive of the bill. but more importantly, in the last several days the support of "the wall street journal," "the washington post," not necessarily publications that chime in on the need for certain pieces of legislation off this floor, but in this particular case two publications that understand the importance of cybersecurity legislation getting signed into law. this is the first step, conferencing with the house will come shortly after. and i'm proud to say that we already have legislation that the white house says they are supportive of. so i think we're in the final stretches of actually getting legislation in law that would voluntarily allow companies to partner with the

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he's got the worst voting record in the united states senate and you can't do that. other people are campaigning right now and they have much better records and you can't blame something on a campaign and again, you know, i was getting along very nicely with him and then about two weeks ago all of the sudden he starts hitting me, verbally, and i took it to him but i had no choice. again, it was so many people, beautiful, everything was great. the nice part is every single person so far that's hit me is either out of the campaign or has dropped so severely. i don't know what's going on but it's, i never attack first. i would like to see the republican party get along. >> hey donald, it's willie. good to talk to you this morning. if you were president of the united states you would have received a phone call sometime yesterday afternoon that a guy walked into a community college in oregon, shot the place up, 10 dead, at least, at this point this morning. what would you have done to stop that? there's universal background checks in the state of oregon. we don't know how

i didn't meet a united states senator until i was in law school. did not, unlike say bill clinton, set out at age 11 to be president of the united states. opportunities offered themselves. i wanted to do some a for the country. ways, i'm startled at the things i have been able to do. neverin the senate, occurred to me. brian: how long did it take you to write this book? gary: you really want to know? 90 days. brian: how did you do it? gary: on the computer. it was all up here. all those books on early american history, gordon would practically memorized. a very nice endorsement on the back of the book. why i was so validated by his comment was, he could have said, you don't understand the thing about early american history but he didn't. it was all in my mind and i had been struggling -- the question you asked earlier. how did all this happen? contrast thewn to ideal of the republic of our founders and what it would take to protect that ideal to today's washington. i added that to how things have changed since i went back to colorado. i wouldn't say

united states we have a postal service owned by the people. you call up the local library, the fire department, it is owned by the people. we have many socialist programs in the united states. senator sanders: government ownership? people control all of those institutions. medicare is a government program. charlie: money raised by taxpayers to fund those programs. senator sanders: i would not use the word entitlement. charlie: that is what they call them. second of all,: i think that there are a number of countries around the world that we can learn from you do a lot better job protecting the needs of their working people than we do. if you look at countries in scandinavia for example, denmark, norway, sweden. first of all they guarantee health care to all of their people as a right. every other major country on earth guarantees health care to as a recommended do it much more cost-effectively. senator sanders: can the single-payer system do that for you? it can. in terms of childhood poverty. we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty of any major country on earth. those democratic socialist governments have much lower rates of childhood poverty. they have much better ch

cornyn: yesterday the united states senate voted to advance the national defense authorization act, what we call the ndaa. i worry sometimes that we talk in senate-speak and we don't actually communicate what this legislation is, so i'd like to talk a little bit about what this defense or national security legislation is and why it's so important that it passes after passing both the house and the senate earlier this summer, colleagues worked in a conference committee, led by mack thornberry from texas, the chairman of the house armed services committee, and senator john mccain, the chairman of the senate armed services committee. and i know they had a tough job to try to reconcile those two different versions of the legislation. but now they've come forward with strong bipartisan legislation that supports our military and our families. my dad served 31 years in the united states air force, flew b-17's in world war ii in the army air corps, so i proudly grew up as an air force brat. and so this is personal to me, as i know it is to the presiding officer who serves in the marine corps and

that' s why i' m running for the united states senate. because washington has given into powerful special interests who rig the system for themselves and against the middle class. josh: just a short few minutes ago, we talked to the governor in an exclusive interview and talked about her decision. the personal factors that went into deciding whether she would type of campaign she expects to run. we will bring that to you starting at 5:00. once again, the decision is in -- governor hassan will be running for senate instead of running for a third term as governor of new hampshire. amy: now to the race for president -- hillary clinton just unveiled her then violence plan in manchester which -- and has the support of one of the mothers who lost a child in the newtown school shooting. reporter: hillary clinton began her meeting by noting she was speaking at a community college and it was a similar education institution in oregon last week where nine people lost their lives because of gun violence. speaking before a room packed with supporters,

but first -- >> he's the united states senator. he ought to show up. ok, as you pointed out, we have huge national security issues in this country and the united states senate ought to be pushing president obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster. >> that's governor jeb bush going after his protege, senator marco rubio also of florida. we've got a panel. the special edition of "hannity," "road to 2016" continues. ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life"♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it works by helping your body to get rid of some of the sugar it doesn't need through urination. this can help you lower blood sugar and a1c. and although it's not for weight loss or lowering systolic blood pressure, jardiance could help with both. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. this may cau

but first -- >> he's the united states senator. he ought to show up. ok, as you pointed out, we have huge national security issues in this country and the united states senate ought to be pushing president obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster. >> that's governor jeb bush going after his protege, senator marco rubio also of florida. marco rubio also of florida. we've got a huh, fifteen minutes could save marco rubio also of florida. we've got a you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money, ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist, yeah. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> welcome back to the sean hannity éqisprogram. former governor jeb bush is getting hit by every side. there was a title written "not rea

leadership model, in terms of a prototype, if you would, in terms of how you get things done in the united states senate. i developed a four senator group that we used, in terms of talking to the democrats and republicans. senator warren, i actually served on his staff when i was a 25-year-old marine in the pentagon. frank lautenberg, new jersey, democratic side. he was a world war ii veteran. we approached our fellow senators as to democrats, to republicans, to world war ii republicans, to vietnam veterans saying, this is what he's people need, deserve, and have earned in their service. this was not easy, looking back .n it, it seems rather logical in terms of its success, it has been phenomenal. we have now more than a million host 9/11 veterans that have been able to use the program. we pushed it forward as a veteransn group of working with our colleagues, holding press conferences, bringing in the groups who would be affected by it, and after 16 months, we passed the most significant piece of veterans legislation since world war ii at a time when congress, the legislative branch, was quite paralyzed

that is a better qualification than being secretary of state and a united states senator. it's better qualification than being a secretary of state, resetting with russia, dealing with radicalism -- >> i honestly don't believe you believe that. >> well, i understand what you believe. >> so you really think that. you think you're going to go in that voting booth, if donald trump or ben carson are nominated and you're going to say, yes, hand the nuclear football and the administration of the american state to these gentlemen. >> you look at a number of factors. one is experience. she has not been an executive. second is philosophy. her philosophy -- >> sure. and that matters a lot. >> very different from that in my party. third is character. can you trust the person? >> is your philosophy closer to ben carson than it is to hillary clinton? >> my philosophy is my philosophy. i don't compare it to anybody else's. >> but you have to make these choices -- >> no, i don't. i'm fighting so i can be the nominee so we don't have to get into that. >> okay. governor george pataki, it wa

finally, what the bill does is it sets up a vote in the united states senate, and now we have the president and his partisans saying. >> armstrong: we're going to filibuster. >> guest: wrs going to prevent the american people. from having from having their trent tifdz inrepresentatives in the senate say no. it's considered as a treaty. >> armstrong: all i can tell you, you better pray. mark clark is going to be >> armstrong: dr. marco clark, it's such a pleasure. >> guest: a pleasure to be here. >> armstrong: having you back on the show, and i'm excited about talking about education in urban community. is it different than education in any other community. >> guest: it really is, typically you find that kids go through five, six, or seven years of bad education. urban school district are changing teachers every two or three years. the school principals are not there for longevity, maybe one or two years, so the student are getting used to get used to everybody. every time they change a leader the policies changes. we are expecting our kids to adapt, and then they should a horrible test whic

so often we hear in america that we can't get things done in the united states senate. and because of your leadership, senator mcconnell, and because of the good work of congressman guthrie on the house side and senator shaheen, we see that we're going to have an opportunity to make sure that small business owners all across america are not more negatively impacted by obamacare. the decision that we have made today to move this legislation forward actually will save on average about 18% -- 18% -- of higher premiums that will not have to be paid by a -- by small business owners. senator mcconnell thank you for your leadership. senator alexander, thank you for your work with us on this have i i -- this very interesting process to get it to the floor as expeditiously as we have been able to do so. thank you for your hard work and dedication to this issue. mr. president, i also rise, sir, to speak about one of south carolina's most amazing heroes. greg alia. i'm here today, sir, to recognize that this young man, 32 years young, lost his life yesterday. yesterday morning offi

this notion of being ladylike and being a member of the united states senate in the place is pretty much an outlier. people are blown away when i tell them it is only 44 women that have ever served from the entire beginning of time. so not only are women not anywhere close to the 51% muinjum majority of the population in the senate even if you added up a hundred years of history they would not get 50. >> really that number is smaller because a huge number of the women served because their numbers died and they were appointed for a short period time, sometimes as little as one or two days as the men scurried around to find the appropriate man to the job. so there is a small number beginning with smith and the modern area which women were elected. we are 20-strong now and i would like to see us at a bigger number but we are getting there. >> host: and i think that is what is interesting about this project of yours. you address that head-on. you have a clear understanding that comes through throughout the book that you are a member of a small class in american public life which is the woman

watch this. >> by the way, rubio has the worst voting record in the united states senate. er hair? trump or rubio? you tell me. trump. senator rubio is a lightweight. we understand that. he wouldn't be able to do this. he wouldn't know a trade deal from any other deal. marco rubio is a lightweight. i can't imagine that he goes anywhere. >> he's a very insecure person. he doesn't like to be criticized. the presidency's a tough job. you are going to be criticized. you can't flip out every time somebody says something about you. he does. i'm not interested in the back and forth to be a member or part of the freak show. who knows what donald is trying to do. who cares? >> here is jamie weinstein and michael cohen. that's pretty harsh. marco rubio, smart, intelligent, was former speaker of the house in florida. why is this even going on this way? >> first of all, mr. trump didn't start it. and we talk about this -- >> what did marco do to start it? >> marco rubio made a comment about mr. trump. it was obviously a negative comment. >> what did he say? >> i don't remember what he