his day before the united states senate. if it was fair enough for a republican president and a democratic senate, why isn't it the same standard to be used when it comes to president obama's nominee being sent to a republican senate this day? you just can't explain it away. so what does this vacancy on the supreme court mean? only eight members of a nine-member court. all right, the supreme court has deadlocked twice on 4-4 tie votes since judge scalia's passing. almost 50 cases still need to be decided this term. major legal questions may go unresolved. because the senate is not doing its job. and not filling this vacancy. judge garland does not deserve to be used as a pinata, a word used by a senate republican to describe what he would face in the senate. let's give him an taunt to rebut any a-- an opportunity to rebut any attacks made against him. let's let him explain himself on the record and in full view of the american public. let's let the american people decide if the ads and attacks against him are valid or baseles

you need to dress like you're going to address the united states senate. on that score, dee snyder from the band twisted sister has always been at the top of my list for how to make the best visual impression possible when testifying before the united states senate. that same day, 1985, that senate committee had heard already from frank zappa, who was hilarious in his testimony, but who also wore a very nice, conservative suit and a positively trump-esque red republican tie to give his hilarious testimony. that same committee had also heard from john denver that day, the great john denver, who was there to testify against censorship and against the sort of soft-form censorship that you start to ease into when you start putting official warning labels on different kinds of artistic expression. john denver was there to testify against that kind censorship. he was also there to make clear his song "rocky mountain high" was not about that kind of high. but then in comes dee snyder. god bless him. from twisted sister. pride of long island. and no, dee insider no

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states senate, the honorable id. sen. reid: on may 19, i was given the unique honor, but it was 1996. i represent the united states senate at the dedication of the monument of remembrance in san juan, puerto rico. i will never forget that day. i was a new senator. it was a beautiful day. i can remember the hot sun. i can remember the crowd that was there. i can still picture that dedication in my mind's eye. the new monument looked exquisite in that great puerto rican sky reflected off the round granite wall that bears the names of every puerto rican who had fallen in defense of the united states in world war i, ii, and korea. and vietnam. but what i remember most isn't the spectacle of the dedication. rather, will always remember the feeling that prevailed at that dedication. the honor of those veterans in attendance, we could all feel it. the reverence for the service members who paid the ultimate price, we could feel it. and the immense gratitude the people of puerto rico had for their veterans. the same emotio

this is a good sign for the united states senate. it means we're serious about our most basic constitutional responsibilities, when is the oversight of the spending of money, the setting of priorities and doing it in a way that allows every senator to participate. i'm privileged to be able to work with senator feinstein who is able to come to a result after we have examined and important piece of legislation. she has a background as a manager, as a mayor, as a chairman of important committees, and i'm very privileged to have the chance to work with her, whether we're in the majority or the minority. before i talk about the bill specifically, since this is the first bill, i'd like to say a few words about the money we're spending. this year the budget control act which the united states senate adopted in 2015, which is the law, passed by the senate by a vote of 64-35 october 30 of last year. this year the budget control act sets the amount of money that we're to spend at $1, 700, 00, 000. our bill, the energy and water bill will be $37

that is the money basically that the united states government spends on energy research. the senate adopted our amendment which you demonstrate how much support there is. they propose to spend even more in energy research including the mission innovation program the pledge laws by the united states and other countries at the climate senate in paris.y the problem is, mr. president that president obama's budget request proposed budget request proposed 2,259,000,000 in new mandatory funding for the department in new mandatory funding for the department of energy. however his commitment to doubling clean energy research with mandatory funding comes a it is and other and at worst misleading, it's wishful thinking and everyone knows it's not going to happen. so instead we focused on priorities where discretionary funding annually approved by c congress. that is the line, the bottom line that is under control and is not the source of our federal debt problem. our top priority was the office5 of science which includes 5,400,000,000 to support basic energy research, 50,000,000 more than last

this senator does not want that to be part of the history of the united states send it. you should demand your senators do their job by provide this nominate a public hearing so he can respond to the attacks on his record. i believe that's what ted kennedy would be doing. it's easy in politics, but senator kennedy appealed to the best of us. the appealed to our sense of justice, to our sense of responsibility, to are uniquely american belief in hope and possibility he appreciated the role of the senate. sometimes you have to be instigated, sometimes defended, sometimes a compromiser. but we are called to fulfill our constitutional duties. we are called to lead. we need to do our job. it is my sincere hope that we will follow ted's example, and not what i would like to do, if vicki, if you could come up here. i just have a personal thing i'd like to do. this is something i inherited when i became chairman of the committee. it is ted kennedy's gavel that he had when he was chairman. hold it up. the gavel, it says senator edward kennedy, u.s. senate committee judiciary, 1963

kennedy institute for the united states senate, i welcome all of you to the kennedy caucus room. for this timely and important discussion of the senate's role in connection with the presidents lifetime appointment of individuals to the supreme court of the united states. and mission of the kennedy institute is to educate the public about the important role of the senate in our government. to encourage participatory democracy, to invigorate civil discourse, and to inspire the next generation of citizens and leaders to engage in the civil life, civic life of their communities and of our country. to that end, in addition to our hands on senate experience in boston, we host a series of public programs that highlight the role of the senate, and the focus on the issues of the day. i think you will agree that the senate advise and consent role in confirming nominees to the supreme court certainly qualifies as and the board issued of the day. we know, however, that the public doesn't fully understand this and it's important advise and consent role. indeed, in polling just completed by the

the supreme court of the united states, the president shall not may, the president shall appoint someone to fill the vacancy with the advice and consent of the united states senate. advice and consent includes consulting and voting. nobody is suggesting individual senators have to vote yes on any particular presidential nominee. voting no is always an option and it is their option. but saying nothing, saying nothing, reading nothing, hearing nothing, and deciding in advance simply to turn your back before the president any names desperate for the president even names any nominees -- before the president even names in nominee is not an option. it is a plane abdication of the senate's solemn constitutional duty. it is an abdication that has never occurred before in our history. >> you are watching our issue spotlight program on supreme court nominees. will continue our program shortly. -- we will continue our program shortly. store justan city cities tour takes just -- texas locatedbeach california south of los angeles. on book tv, learn about women's conservations to the world war ii effort, author of rosie the riveter. >> when the u.s. army was looking for a pla

>> i think it's time for this latina in the united states senate. this latina, by congressional quarterly was named as one of the 25 most powerful women in the congress. republican or democrat, house member or senator. and they said two things about me. one, she knows how to frame the issues and debate and bring people to the table, and two, she knows how to find the votes to pass laws. and so i think we need this latina in the united states senate. >> you made some remarks recently about muslim americans that were very controversial. what was the point you were trying to make? >> you're looking at the person who sat for 20 years on the armed services committee, on the homeland security committee since its inception. one of the areas of my expertise is counterterrorism, and so when i said that there were a group of muslims worldwide, who are in favor of a caliphate, and some of them are sympathetic. i was talking about the need to get our american muslim community to help us, to figure out this whole issue of isis, and this radicalization that we see

unfortunately, merrick garland faces an historic blockade in the united states senate. the united states senate has never, never in its history denied a hearing and a vote to a presidential nominee to fill a vacancy in the supreme court. it has never ever happened before. the death of antonin scalia about two months ago led to an almost immediate announcement by the republican senate leader, senator mcconnell that there would be no consideration, no hearing and no vote for any nominee sent by president barack obama to this united states senate. senator mcconnell went further to say he would not even meet with the man. it's been more than a month since judge garland was nominated to the supreme court. it's been over two months obviously since supreme court justice antonin scalia has passed. why has the republican majority leader decided to ignore the precedent of history? why is he turning his back on our constitution? that constitution says explicitly, article 2, section 2, the president of the united states shall point a nominee to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. o

united states of america. depending on who ends up as the next president of the united states, i have every confidence that senator grassley holds his ground and that there will not be hearings before the united states senate judiciary committee and that the senate prerogative will prevail and that the people will go to the polls in november and elect a president and part of that decision will be that will that president make the right appointment to the supreme court. d in the meantime, chuck grassley, the man who's now the chairman of the committee, stands in the gap in the same way that leonidis stood at the battle when he led the 300 to stand in that gap and face 300,000 persians. he's holding his ground. he's holding his ground nobly. he's holding it with conviction. he's holding it with determination and we need to stand with him, beside him and behind him in every way we can and understand this is a political assault that's going at him and we should reward him for his convictions by electing a president who will make that appointment to the supreme court that reflects the will of the people and the will of

i represent the united states senate at the dedication of the monument of remembrance in san juan, puertonever forget that day. i was a new senator. it was a beautiful day. i can remember the hot sun. i can remember the crowd that was there. i can still picture that dedication in my mind's eye. the new monument looked exquisite in that great puerto rican sky reflected off the round granite wall that bears the names of every puerto rican who had fallen in defense of the united states in world war i, world war ii and korea. and vietnam. but what i remember most isn't the spectacle of the dedication. rather, will always remember the feeling that prevailed at that dedication. the honor of those veterans in attendance we could all feel it. the reverence for the service members who paid the ultimate price, we could feel it. and the immense gratitude the people of puerto rico had for their veterans. the same emotions are with us today as we honor the 65th infantry regiment. to be sure this honor is late in coming, we have had a number of people say that. but in spite of the 65th infantry rent me

that is the whole story of why we now have three senate office buildings and three house office building surrounding united states capitol. this is one of a series of programs with senate historian emirate is don ritchie. on the history of senate office buildings. we also toured the russell and dirksen buildings where many of them most notable congressional hearings to waste. you can watch all of our american artifacts romance in their entirety by visiting our website. c-span.org/history. week our city store takes you to tuscaloosa alabama. we willcan history tv, learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th to the 18th century. welcome to mount built ecologically park. it contains the remains of about flattop amounts. this is the largest mound in alabama. this would have been really structure for the highest-ranking clan would have been. originally, scientists thought that the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time, recent research indicates that the base of the mound and possibly the size of them were initially built with blocks, that were then filled in with clay. t

overwhelming majority of the armed services committee and i'm sure a majority here in the united states senate -- i'm totally confident, i can u.a.e.k assure him that we will have in the defense authorization bill a prohibition from transfer of detainees to the united states unless there is a plan that is approved by the congress of the united states. now, finally i understand that the from kansas -- that the senator from kansas is very concerneconcerned about this isd has been for a long time. no one understands better than him as a former member of the united states marine corps and its obligations to preserve the safety and the security of this nation. so all i can say is that the united states army needs this man, mr. eric fanning's leadership. it is not fair to the men and women of the united states army to be without the leadership of a secretary of the army. mr. fanning is eminently qualified, eminently qualified to assume that role of secretary of the army. so i would urge my friend and colleague to allow me to -- to not object to the unanimous consent agreement that i am just proposin

has been submitted since the budget act was passed 1974.sibie this is a good sign for the united states senate and that means you're serious about the basic constitutional responsibilities the setting of priorities in a way to allow every senator to participate her acquired privilege to work with senator feinstein that comes to a result she has a background as a manager and chairman of the committees an ion channel - - privileged before i talk about the bill specifically since this is the first bill of rights is a few words about the money we're spending this year the budget control act which united states senate adoptedmouf passed by a the us senate $1 october 30th of last year the budget control act sets about $1,000,000,700,000.1 our build the energy and water bill but however mr. president the entire budget is more than $1 trillion it is four times as much. the entire federal budget is 3.$9 billion. superior talking about appropriated dollars plus 3 trillion other dollars we will spend this year that is mandatory or automatic spending with interest onou the debt. federal health care spendi

and that was seven days to run for the united states senate. i'm sorry, we have to move on. >>> yes, had i, this -- yes, hi, this issue is near and dear to me, i would be in the persian gulf and i got my absentee ballot a month after the election occurred. we worked on it in congress. but there are things that have to be done because the chances of voter fraud is less than getting hit by lightning. what we needed to is have several days for people to vote. it's tough when 20% of the families are working both people are working we need to have it easier when you go up to register for car registration register to vote. get the internet to be secure you could do it by internet. i held town halls at cheney university. bliervetion half the -- black lives matter, half the children, children of colorle they will be the largest voting block, we need to give them read access to vote. >>> i'm going to ask you to limit yore responses to 30 seconds. we're almost out of time. ic get a quick question in. it's about fracking, fracking could cause some measure

this is the united states senate debate. tonight's debate is presented by -- >>> now, from the uop campus, here is kcra 3's gulstan dart. >> welcome to all of you watching us from sacramento to san francisco, from monterey to l.a. to san diego, we're so glad you're with us tonight. we have a lot on our plate for this debate. with that would you help me welcome the five leading candidates for u.s. senate? >> they are left to write tom del baquero. [ applause ] >> camel la harris. duff sundheim. loretta sanchez. [ applause ] >> and republican ron unge. we're going to include some questions tonight from social med media, but most of the questions will be coming from john diaz and edye lambert. edye, we will start with you. >> gulstan nank you. we will be helping voters understand your positions on a wide range of issues. we start with, before we get into proposals, what can you do, as a freshman senator in a relatively ineffective congress to get anything done, to promote the interest of the people of california. we determined

want to know who can beat hillary because if we don't beat hillary we lose the supreme court, united states senate, state and local races, where we're heading. >> ted cruz will remain in indiana tomorrow ahead of that state's may 3rd primary. a new cbs news polls shows the front runners are looking strong in pennsylvania. the cbs battles ground tracker shows donald trump with 49 percent followed by 26 for cruz and 22 for kasich. on the democrat side clinton leads sanders 51% to 43%. we will have to find outcome tuesday whether the poll are accurate when voters in pennsylvania and delaware head out to cast the votes. in new jersey, the primary will be held on june 7th. >>> the coming up in the next half hour, are jessica dean sits down with the democratic candidates hoping to go up against incumbent republican pat toomey and the u.s. senate race in pennsylvania. >>> also today was pretty much a perfect spring day. beautiful out there. it can be more sunshine as we head back to work on monday? meteorologist lauren casey is live on the cbs3 sky deck. with the answer, is it still pleasant. >> very ple

want to know who can beat hillary because if we don't beat hillary we lose the supreme court, united states senate, state and local races, where we're heading. >> ted cruz will remain in indiana tomorrow ahead of that state's may 3rd primary. a new cbs news polls shows the front runners are looking strong in pennsylvania. the cbs battles ground tracker shows donald trump with 49 percent followed by 26 for cruz and 22 for kasich. on the democrat side clinton leads sanders 51% to 43%. we will have to find outcome tuesday whether the poll are accurate when voters in pennsylvania and delaware head out to cast the votes. in new jersey, the primary will be held on june 7th. >>> the coming up in the next half hour, are jessica dean sits down with the democratic candidates hoping to go up against incumbent republican pat toomey and the u.s. senate race in pennsylvania. >>> also today was pretty much a perfect spring day. beautiful out there. it can be more sunshine as we head back to work on monday? meteorologist lauren casey is live on the cbs3 sky deck. with the answer, is it still pleasant. >> very ple

the hart building has 50 united states senators in here, a large number of the staff. not so much in terms of committees, they are mostly in the dirksen building, but it has this central hearing room used for special occasions for large-scale hearings for things of historic nature, where there will be a large audience. this is a room that will be familiar to people who watched many of the supreme court nominations from ruth bader ginsburg, to elena kagan, they have all taken place in this room. five of the current justices have had their hearings in the hart building. >> i am humbled to have been nominated for this seat now held by justice o'connor. >> many major hearings have taken place here. this is where the 9/11 investigations took place. there have been many celebrities who have testified here. christopher reeves came to testify for medical purposes, for federal government funding of medical research. we have had lots of blockbuster hearings in this room. >> when they can help save thousands of lives, treatment with stem cells have already begun. >> the old-schoo

the united states senate youth program takes students from around the country to washington dc each yearogram,ked this "q&a" you can find others online. the house is in recess for another week at the senate returns monday at 3:00 eastern. a vote on the measure is expected at 5:30. you can follow the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. c-span, theght on supreme court cases that shaped our history come to life with the c-span series "landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions." explores realries stories and dramas behind some of the most significant decisions in american history. >> this is a story, a case about presidential power. the court central ofmes about conditions presidents during times of concern. said, the case has become accepted by the culture. how many cases can we say about that. ? >> it was a sweeping decision and isolated the u.s. as one of four nations across the globe ed for abortion and yet it is not solve the issue at all. >> landmark cases continues monday >> the british house of commons is in recess, so prime minister's questions will not be shown to

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," a discussion with high school students attending the united states senateouth program. the students talked about their participation in the week long government and leadership program and their plans for the future. brian lamb: give me your name place, and where you are from. what are we doing here in this ballroom today? >> we are going to talk about our experiences we have had over the past week, visiting many important places in the nation pose a capital and listening to our leaders. brian lamb: your name? >> i am alex young and i am also from indiana. brian lamb: what have you been doing this week? >> we have been talking to guest speakers from different departments of our bureaucracy and the president of the supreme court justice, but i think the most important part of this week was to interact with our fellow delegates from the 50 states and washington, d.c. and japan, , south korea. the interactions i have had with my fellow delegates, whether it is talking about politics or what we have for breakfast was probably the best part of this week and thing

. >> and he'll stay in the united states senate and fight for those ideas as a united states senator?> absolutely. i'll fight for them outside and so will the millions of people that are with us. >> will he fight for them as united states senator as independent senator from vermont or democratic senator from vermont? >> i think right now he was elected to the senate as an independent. i think it stays that until he runs again. i don't know. i don't know whether that matters, whether they change it now or not. we haven't discussed that. we are focussed on the white house. and him being the democratic president. >> let me get your reaction to trump for a second. he accused hillary clinton of playing what he called the woman card. i want to play for you something that he said this morning. listen to this. >> that is the only thing she has got going is the fact she is a woman. you look at libya and some of the things that she has done are just absolutely disastrous. i would say the primary thing that she has going is that she is a woman and she is playing that card like i have never seen

why has the united states senate failed to fill this vacancy on the supreme court? because within hours of the untimely death of justice scalia, the republican leader, senator mcconnell said a few moments ago, announced publicly we will not fill this vacancy on the supreme court. that's important to remember. it is the first time in the history of the united states of america, the first time in the history of the united states senate that the senate is refusing a hearing and a vote for a presidential nominee to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. it has never, never happened before, never. oh, the republicans argue, well, if the shoe were on the other foot, i'm sure you democrats would do exactly the same thing. i call their attention to the year 1988, republican president ronald reagan with a vacancy on the supreme court, submits the name of anthony kennedy to the united states senate. republican president filling a vacancy on the supreme court submits the name of his nominee and the senate then controlled by the democrats gave anthony kennedy a hearing, a strong v

qualified americans ever to seek the presidency of the united states, whether that's her experience as an active first lady, former united states senator from new york for eight years, a well-accomplished, well-traveled secretary of state. she's clearly qualified, in my view, the best person positioned to take the mantle from president obama, and keep the country moving forward. >> is senator sanders qualified to become president? >> i certainly think he's qualified, and if he were to prevail, he's a much better choice than either ted cruz, donald trump, or anything that comes out of the republican convention in cleveland. but as between the two, which is the sort of issue in question been convinced that secretary clinton is the best person positioned both to win in november and to build upon the legacy of barack obama. >> not surprising since you're supporting secretary clinton. erika, are you glad this is over? or is it over? is there more to come? >> no. i mean, i think, you know, bernie was definitely responding, you know, to before. and bernie has said since the beginning that he wants to make sure that we're focusing on the issue

bork forward, the senator from kentucky will consider it the new standard established by the united states senate in this confirmation proceeding and apply it respectively. and the senator from kentucky will do that with some relief, as i indicated earlier. because, after all, it is not easy for us politicians to restrain ourselves, holdback, if you will, to confine the inquiry to something as standardized and thate as trying to ensure we have truly outstanding members of the legal profession on the united states supreme court. in conclusion, where we are in 1987, the words nominate and up appoint pint -- and give to the president the power of selection. that we interpret now advise and consent in this body wrongly -- broadly. and if we don't like the philosophical meaning of the nominee, then i think as for the majority of the senate will simply reject nominees on it. basis -- on a philosophical basis. it is my prediction the president will send up another nominee, a. , 10 or 15judge bork -- and weger, and me may waltz thrown this maple one more time. and it will be interesting to see if what ha

constitution itself, the supreme court of the united states, the president shall not a president shall appoint someone with the advice and consent of the united states senate. advice and consent includes consulting and voting. nobody is suggesting that individual senators have to vote yes in any particular nominee. voting no is always an option and it is their option. but saying nothing, seeing nothing, reading nothing, hearing nothing and deciding in advance simply to turn your back before the president even names in nominee isn't an option the constitution leaves open. it's a plain abdication of the senate constitutional duty. it is an abdication quite frankly that has never occurred before in our history. you've been watching a program looking at the current supreme court vacancy with an apparent impasse between the white house, democrats and republicans we look back at what some of today's leaders have said in the past years. we will return with part number two of the program in just a few minutes. but first, some scheduling information. >> the nuclear security summit has been taking place here in washington the past couple of days. later today we will

i ran a primary against a republican party chairman and the son of a very poplar united states senator. and against all odds, we not only won our first election, we won re-election in 2014 by the largest vote margin every received by republican gubernatorial candidate in the state of new mexico. i have absolutely the best job on earth. i might be a bit bias but there is no state as breathtakingly beautiful as new mexico. its culture and history are overwhelming. if you ask new mexicans what they like about living there they will almost all tell you it is the people. it is a majority-minority state with the largest population of hispanics than any other state in the country. we have great people but it is not a republican state by any means. in fact, much of the time. but it elected a republican governor. [applause] >> as the chairman of the republican government association i have seen it happen elsewhere, too. who would have thought at the same point in time we would have republican governors in states like new jersey, new mexico, nevada, maryland, illinois and massachusetts. [applaus

has thought to preserve this fight for years and has been the longest-serving woman in the united states senate. [applause] our secretary of the interior sally jewell and her team. we celebrate the 100th birthday of the national park service this year. [applause] one of our greatest athletes of all time, one of the early is to advocate for equal pay for professional female athletes and the heroin of mine when i was still young and fancied myself a tennis player, billie jean king. [applause] and the national women's party board of directors page here intend the executive director of the houston museum. [applause] house and museum. she has built community and paid for this house repairing every crack pipe and patching every leak in the roof. we are grateful for their stewardship. i know it was not easy. equal pay for equal work should be a fundamental principle of our economy. it's the idea that whether you are a high school teacher, a business executive or professional soccer player or tennis player your work should be equally valued and rewarded whether you are a man or a bauman. it's a simple

if you just consider what just happened, this is a chairman of the united states senate judiciary committeeg on the floor of the united states senate to chastise the sitting chief judge of the supreme court. that's an incredible thing. and my belief is that you've got republicans being unable to defend their untenable position now trying to blame the supreme court for this? the irony is it's the republicans trying to politicize this process. the president is just asking them to do their job. there are a lot of times when congress has to do complicated, difficult work. this is one that's pretty easy. this is a basic fundamental responsibility elementary to their jobs as senators. >> eric schultz, deputy press secretary to the white house. eric, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, kate. >>> up next, a contested convention could bring chaos to the republican party in july as delegates scramble to nominate a candidate for president. could a wisconsin politics ride in to save the day? and maybe it's not the one you're thinking of. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me a

has much more to do with such trends than how we handle some procedural matters within the united states senate. finally, i want to respond to the minority leader's recent attack on the judiciary committee and its distinguished chairman, senator grassley. the minority leader recently made the bizarre claim that chairman grassley -- quote -- "forced his committee members to sign --" i first thought i must have heard wrong. that statement is completely detached from reality. and i thought no senator would utter something so strange on the senate floor, but there it is in the "congressional record." the minority leader may be referring to the letter dated february 23 signed by the republican members of the judiciary committee affirming that there will be no hearing for any nominee from president obama for the scalia vacancy. the chairman did not force anyone to sign anything. it may come as a surprise to the minority leader, but we sincerely and freely came to the conclusion that the confirmation process should be deferred. but if the minority leader really wants to characterize senators acting to

and we're going to be part of a new democratic majority in the united states senate! >> maryland is on the verge of an all male delegation. when will our voices be effective, legitimate, equal leaders in a big ten party? vanhollen will take on kathy szeliga this november. >>> now to the congressional races in our area starting with the eight direction. jamie raskin is the hollen has held since 2003. and the race for the congressional distrieight distrs the most expensive. and he will face dan cox in the general election. to the fourth congressional district, former lieutenant governor anthony brown won the democratic primary there. donna edwards had that seat since 2008. with 99% reporting, george mcdermott is the projected winner of the republican nomination. >>> maryland voters are overwhelmingly behind the two front-runners in the race for the white house. both donald trump and hillary clinton beat their competitors by 30% yesterday. trump took wins in the other four states holding primaries as well giving him nearly 100 new delegates this morning. clinton lost onl

i have introduced the most comprehensive climate change legislation in the history of the united states senateers and applause] that legislation includes a tax on carbon. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton does not support a tax on carbon. i am right. she is wrong on this issue. [cheers and applause] everybody here knows that it is a result of the greed and the recklessness and the illegal behavior of wall street. this country was plunged into the worst economic downturn since the 1930's. millions of people lost their homes, their jobs, their life savings. the united states congress, against my vote, voted to bail out wall street. [crowd boos] and they bailed out wall street because the major banks were considered too big to fail.

[applause] brian lamb: to our television audience around the country, this is the united states senate youth program, underwritten by the hearst foundation. you folks have been in town for a week. there are 104 of you in this room, two of you from each state and a couple from the territories and we are talking about your experiences this week. we have about 20 minutes. the last part of this, i would like to get some of you in the room to talk about who has most influenced you in your own life. it could be a teacher, parent, somebody you know, fellow student, and i'm looking for new faces and it will start right here. what is your name and where are you from. >> my name is julia blackwell and i am from maine. brian lamb: who do you most look up to? >> my mother. when i was born she was a teen parent and a mom and she took time in her life to raise me as an independent woman and i value everything she taught me in letting me make my own ideas. about what i actually think. i was raised in a home with both a democrat and a republican. i was given the opportunity to go to church or not. i w

united states. in my state of indiana and in senator toomey's state of pennsylvania. and thus fortunately the administration canceled this loan. but this example calls into question the integrity of this program. the atvm program also has a lackluster success rate. for example, firvegger automotive received the $125 million loan to produce a $100,000 plug-in hybrid sports car. you won't see any of these on the road because the company went bankrupt after drawing down $193 million of taxpayer funds. another loan recipient called v.p.g. planned to sell natural gas powered advance. it went bankrupt after receiving a $50 million government loan. of the five projects funded by this program to date, to of them have gone bankrupt. these examples i think demonstrates what happens when the government tries to pick winner and losers instead of letting the free market determine how we're going to go forward. so the coats-fischer-flake-toomey amendment that will be offered here would do just that. it would wind down this program and it would make much better use of the unspent fu

we are not only going to lose the white house and the court, but we are going to lose the united states senate, we are going to lose the courthouse and state house, so when people look, look, i'm beating hillary virtually everywhere in the country. >> i'm going say a sentence that hasn't been said in 50 years, california is going to decide the republican nomination. [cheers and applause] nicole: on the democratic side, clinton has 55% support in her adopted state. vermont senator bernie sanders gets 41%. >> we have to protect the country, the person that you vote for to be president will also be commander in chief. a lot of what you are hearing from trump and cruz is not only offensive, it's dangerous. it puts our country at risk. >> what i have learned in this campaign so far, is we win when the voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low. let us next week have the highest voter turnout in the history of new york state. nicole: all candidates except senator cruz will be campaigning today. cruz is expected to head the texas. lauren: winning new york's 95 delegates is crucial, peter barnes in

marylanders to nominate the person they believe will be the best to represent their interest in the united states senate. we have had an incredible leader and we want to make sure we have our very best to fill her shoes. host: senator ben cardin website. and so, i think your words need to be taken down. -- accusing staff our staff of leaking that is not true. those words should be taken down. >> madam chair? blackburn: the staff had asked for the documents to be shared. before thehared website, released to the entity. in order to take comments down, they have to be personal in nature. so with that, let us begin with our opening statement. and then, we will receive our first panel of witnesses. as i was beginning earlier, i want to welcome all of our witnesses who are here today. i'm going to introduce each of you later. as we move forward with our testimony on the pricing of fetal tissue, as part of my opening statement, i will present a narrative about the exhibits that today's hearing will discuss. i have said many times that my hope is that both parties can work together on some things. and today's s

i have introduced the most comprehensive climate change legislation in the history of the united states senate[cheers and applause] that legislation includes a tax on carbon. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton does not support a tax on carbon. i am right. she is wrong on this issue. [cheers and applause] everybody here knows that it is a result of the greed and the recklessness and the illegal behavior of wall street. this country was plunged into the worst economic downturn since the 1930's. millions of people lost their homes, their jobs, their life savings. the united states congress, against my vote, voted to bail out wall street. [crowd boos] and they bailed out wall street because the major banks were considered too big to fail. well, it turns out that three out of the four largest banks today are bigger than they were when we bailed them out because they were too big to fail. turns out that five banks recently could not even produce documents as to a living will and how in a financial emergency they would break themselves up. i believe that when you have a handful of financial inst

the duty of the united states senate are set forth in the constitution of the united states. nowhere in that document does it say snet have a duty to give a vote. it says appointments shall be made with the advice and consent of the senate. that's very different than saying that every nominee seeves a vote. but i repeat all of these about which we're concerned including priscilla owen has had a vote right here. the fact was even acknowledged by the majority leader that a vote is not required. the majority leader right here senator byrd was here the majority leader was here. last week. he asked the majority leader if the constitution accorded each nominee an upor doun vote. the answer was no. senator frist was candid. the answer was no. the ludge is not there. that's what senator frist say. and he is correct. the president should read the same copy of the constitution senator frist had memorized. it's clear that it want misunderstanding the meaning of the advice and consent clause. the word advise means advise. president clinton consulting extensively with chairman hatch and as

are you going to help other democrats raise money to win the united states senate? >> absolutely. i have. in fact if you look atthe record. letters that i have sent out. in support of the united states senators, raised millions of dollars. let me tell you something else. i say this sincerely. the polls indicate this. for democrats to do well. not only at the highest level in the senate races and house races we need a large voter turnout. i think there is very little doubt that a bernie sanders -- winning the nomination and being democratic candidate will in fact create the excitement and large voter turnout. not only to win the white house, but to regain control of the senate. and governors chairs all over the country. >> tom is a big day in new york. right now the polls are showing, hillary clinton is leading you by 10 points. what do you see in the polls the rest of us don't that you feel confident about victory tomorrow? >> we have won eight of nine primaries and caucuses. i think we have a lot of energy indicated by 28,000 people coming out, rally in brooklyn. large rallies we

this is a guy who, in the state house and state office, member of the united states senate, now presidential consistent. john: we had pro-life leaders on our show today talking about donald trump, he seems cynical, he is not really pro-life. he seems craven. an act of political calculation. when you listen, do you think that person is incredible -- a credible pro-life commitment? try toalker: let me answer this. when i hear ted cruz like about this issue, i hear someone who understands the issue, someone who has been hard else, thought about this long been he ever got in public office either at state or national. that is the sort of thing that will resonate. is sincerity of knowing this the core principle, the sort of thing that does well in the public and primaries. this is that will help ted cruz in the general election. -- if i recall is any example -- i had 20% of the electorate voted for me and voted for barack obama. that is about absurd as you can think of politically. someone for me and obama at the same time. , that ae in midwest grant stays like ohio, michigan, others. states likeu

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