upton: thank you. we all welcome max. i look back at the unanimous vote on 21st century cares and i can tell you max whipped more than one vote. >> he is our secret weapon. rep. upton: we might be looking at a future majority with. -- whip. representative: i am sorry mr. yarmuth left. when tennessee had tencare, a lot of residents were coming into the state and the kentucky co-op did close. the kentucky approval rating of the obamacare products in the marketplace is really quite low. as was evidenced in that state. this week. ms. cohen, i want to come to you. were you in the room for the first panel? dr. cohen: i was. representative: what happened with the loans and the solvency grants? we all should be concerned about that. that is not your money to give away. it is taxpayer money. this is just money down the hole. this did not work. to go in here and here from the co-ops that they now have these loan conversion options, start up loans, classified as assets rather than debt, i do not see how you get there. doesn't that t

upton: thank you. we all welcome max. i look back at the unanimous vote on 21st century cares and i can tell you max whipped more than one vote. >> he is our secret weapon. upton: we might be looking at a future majority with. -- whip. representative: i am sorry mr. yarmuth left. tencare, asee had lot of residents were coming interstate and the co-opted close. the kentucky approval rating of the obamacare buttocks in the marketplace is really quite low. as was evidenced in that state. this week. ms. cohen, i want to come to you. were you in the room for the first panel estimate -- for the first panel? dr. cohen: i was. what happened with the -- happenedative: what with the loans and the solvency grants? we all should be concerned about that. that is not your money to give away. it is taxpayer money. this is just money down the hole. this did not work. and here from the co-ops that they now have these loan conversion options, start up loans, classified as assets debt, i do death -- not see how you get there. doesn't that t

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bill upton explains how this discovery is fueling fears of jihadists entering europe masquerading as refugees -- explains how this discovery is fueling fears of jihadists entering europe masquerading as refugees. belle: it's fake. are short of resources to verify documentation. whoever he is, this man posed as non--- one of the many refugees fleeing syria's war and the violence of the islamic state organization. at the other major entry point into europe, the prime minister says they are doing all they can. >> the problem is that you don't know which passport is false and which one is not. how can you do it? they don't even have an obligation to show their passports. we do take their fingerprints. we do make photos. we do everything in accordance with the system. europethis summer, loosened its rules for refugees trying to enter. since then, a black market in syrian passports has sprung up. these documents are highly sought after, not only by syrian refugees desperate to leave their country, but also by migrants from other countries, hoping to enter europe posing as syrians. now, it

gala upton is with us here. -- belle lupton is here with us. lots of information on the paris attacks, particularly on those operations last night in russells. belle: yes, and the goes withaking paper a front page in which it describes what we already know, so 16 people arrested at islam. in an editorial, the editorial chief writing poignantly about what it feels like to be living in a city under lockdown. she talks about the city slowly turning itself off and going dark. that have never shot fell like dominoes. in the information to close down these things was circulated, or what was close was circulated by sms and online, where residents of all of brussels were glued to their different screens in order to try to find out what was going on. she talks about an unbearable heaviness, forced resignation, and infinite sadness and black rage, and having to back down from our daily lives. she will also that she also spoke to a filmmaker who said that will would have been a response to the shutdown would have been going to the theater. genie: there ar

reporter: before marriage and three sons paul grew upton a ranch in texas, there were horses, of course, but apparently they weren't ridden much. >> you know how the live oak trees in the south are really low limbs that come almost to the ground? they would run you under the limbs to try to knock you off. none of us really excelled at horse riding and after that i didn't have a great love for getting horses when i could. reporter: paul enjoys the simple pleasures of reefing and the occasional movie. he runs on a treadmill to relax and while he is a doctor, his job in washington reduces that to more of a hobby. >> the rules of the senate are such that they tell me i cannot practice medicine for money. last year they had a detached retina, so they sent me down to washington. >> he heard i couldn't charge anyone? reporter: another example of how new hampshire voters pay attention. josh mcelveen, wmur news 9. mike: a fair amount of sunshine for a time today, clouds building in through the afternoon. right now those clouds are northern new hampshire. the winds very active as well. that's dri

but also chairman walden and chairman upton will hit their term limits soon, so there'll be some republicanuffling. what do you kind of envision happening after that? how does the tech debate change when all these new changes will be in office? >> guest: well, i think that you know there's going to be change, but the personalities and the styles of leadership of individuals essentially remains the same. so whomever, you know, is chosen to lead the full committee, the subcommittee, they will be individuals that i know. who they will be, i don't know, but they'll be chosen by their colleagues, and i'll know them, and they'll know me. and we'll get to know each other even better. so, you know, it's fun to look forward to, but the work, i think, is, you know, i mean, this is serious. it's serious work. it takes time. you need teams to come together because that's what the american people are counting on. and it's an exciting area to work in because i want america to be number one across the board in all of these, in technology, in innovation. because we are, we are looked to, you know, i mean,

and also chairman upton and i've received awards but max is the one that he is why we're doing this so thanks for letting me -- >> thank you. we all welcome max. [applause] when i look back to the unanimous vote out of our committee on 21st century cures, eigenvalue backs with more than one vote. [laughter] spent max is our secret weapon. >> we make it look at a future majority whip sitting next to her that i'd like to recognize ms. blackburn for five minutes. >> thank you so much. and thank you for our witnesses and for your patience today. we appreciated the i'm sorry that mr. yarmuth left. i think it's important to note in kentucky, when tennessee had 10 care, a lot of kentucky resident come into the state to try to get health care and the kentucky co-ops did close and kentucky approval rating of the obamacare products that are in the marketplace is really quite low. as was evidenced in the state. dr. cohen, i want to come to you. i had commissioner mcpeak here. were you in the room for the first panel? okay. i'm really concerned about what has happened with taxpayers and the liabil

. >> >> justin upton -- >> justin a few hours from now, people will be hitting the stores. we have our coupon professor' s here now. >> you can go to kohl' s this year and for every $15 you spend, you can go back and spend more money later on. i like those deals there. i found boots. you can find $80 boots for $20 at kohl' s, macy' s, jcpenney' s, so that is a good deal as well. you can get 40% off great, major toys this year. make that your first stop this year. >> some of the other stores like sears and walmart, what are you finding >> sears have great -- has great prices on their washers and dryers. that is a huge deal. if i needed a washer or a dryer, that is great. they also have good deals on televisions. black friday at walmart this year, i like some of their deals, but i did find their one hour price guarantee was not as good as last year. last year we got a television for $200, and this year it is for $600. >> what are some of the deals you can find this year? you can get them down to $499, you will have to do mail in rebates. so you are getting xbox bundle as well

mullin: i'm offering this amendment on behalf of chairman upton and i would like to thank him for his leadership on the energy issues. s that noncontroversial provision that has bipartisan support -- that had bipartisan support when it was reported out of the full committee. with that, i would urge my colleagues to support it and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. does any member wish to claim time in opposition to the amendment? mr. uestion is on the -- mullin: i would like to yield such time as the gentleman from texas may consume. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i thank my friend from oklahoma. special thanks to committee chairman upton from michigan for having this important amendment to the highway bill. his amendment is common sense. there's a great saying in america, the third time is a charm. these exact words have passed this body three times. . this has pass touchdown this body with all yay votes. it is noncorsal. this amendment does one simple thing. it ensures that a march grid will be reloible. nd that crace is wi

it is through the house energy and conference committee led by chairman upton.hey're planning to develop some of these ideas into a concrete congressional bill that would push the fda in the right direction. i opened it up to the floor, have you all been following that process, how do you feel that is going, are they doing the right things? are there things that you want them to do that they are not currently thinking about? emil: my foundation is working on one part of it, the open act, which is a provision which allows companies to repurpose them for rare diseases as an incentive to get more of our science that we have already created for rare disease patients. the goal is extremely long. i think it is more than 400 pages and a lot of sections. it is a very ambitious effort and i think what fred upton was trying to do was get all the best ideas that he could, but the in, work through them, and come up with something that would really change the way things get done. side, there is something else that is being put together that would be comparable, but i think t

. >> i want to pick upton target and the reason why the raids started. they were after the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks. they thought he was in syria and all of a sudden they think he is in paris? >> exactly. this speaks to the volume of information and possibly misinformation they're trying to sift through. what we know is that the french authorities here, french security officials are some of the strongest in the world in terms of taking on terror but there's so much information coming in it's difficult for them to tell what is accurate and what is not. >> mean tile, we have seen an intensification of the bombing in syria overnight. this is not coordinated with intensification of the russian bombing, is it? >> it's interesting that we have seen all the intensity surrounding the fight against the islamic state in syria because what we know is that over the last 24 hours we heard from putin that was going to intensify his own strikes against the islamic state and question going forward is when these governments were going to be able to get tog

i wanted to pick upton developing story you have been talking about. the downing of the russian su 24 along the syrian and turkey border. we have been seeing a dash into the safe harbors including gold, including bonds and in our neck of the woods into the japanese yen as well. the yen has been firming against the u.s. dollar. i want to talk about that and raise that but also the timing is very, very bad when you consider that lavrov is due on a scheduled visit to turkey tomorrow to discuss the syrian situation so this incident is going to foil it very, very considerably. underlying sentiment in asia is quite fragile at the moment. largely because of the security situation which remains very, sr. uncertain on a global basis and also the threat of a higher rates environment. these will be fed tightening in december. stronger dollar environment as well. the commodities complex. especially the cyclical end of the market is looking that much more weaker so that's hurting sentiment, especially in the australian market which is over here. one of the underper

>> you did in sirius versus upton case out of georgia in 2010. that was certiori supreme court of justice came up in our case. >> is there an argument the petition for certiori could go to supreme court, a review could have been had, which sounds like georgia supreme court. on the other hand justice scalia said hadn't really directed their attention to the issue. i'm not sure to me it's an option to go to the georgia tractor-trailer -- trial court or is that correct? >> followed in brady versus north carolina, 2015 case this year, in which once again there was intermediate court decision denied by north carolina supreme court. i can remember back to 1960, thompson versus louisville where certiori was to police court in louisville, kentucky. no court in kentucky could take the case because the fine was less than $20. i think these cases, much more recent, decided by court 19 w86f this year. >> putting together two rules you say we've established. one is justice blackman said to end the confusion the petition should be addressed to the supreme cour

upton's 21st century cures goal which would up the amount of money spent on medical research.hat is a committee that is functioning well. corker is not an exciting guy but he is chairman but he is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. constructive person. host: our authors joining us this morning with a book on jack and fredt kondracke barnes. david joining us, go ahead. caller: good morning gentlemen. host: hold on. you have to talk more into the phone. caller: i guess i am not seeing they have the more progressive view of conservatism. [indiscernible] to jump in.oing i think we have gotten your point. guest: i think he says that ronald reagan and cap -- kemp were always at odds with each other. host: social issues it sounds like. guest: no. was pro-life, and so was reagan, but they did not make a big deal out of it. , reagan signed the 1986 immigration bill. where they differ was on economic policy. and also foreign policy. kemp was always a supporter of reagan. there were some people who kemp to run- against reagan. there was even a crazy idea that he woul

this is a dear, dear friend of mine and chairman upton's, max. and max has been helping us with our 21st century cures bill, most of the staff and members have met him. last night, max was very honored to receive an award at the every life foundation for rare diseases rare voice awards gala reception and also chairman upton and i received awards but max is the one, he's why we're doing this. so thank you for letting me bring him. >> thank you and we welcome max. [ applause ] when i look back to the unanimous vote out of our committee on 21st century cures i can tell you max whipped more than one vote. [ laughter ] >> max is our secret weapon. >> we may be looking at a future majority whip sitting next to us. with that i'd like to recognize ms. blackburn for five minutes. >> thank you so much and thank you for our witnesses and for your patience today. we appreciate it. i think it's important to note in kentucky, when tennessee had ten care a lot of kentucky residents were trying to get health care and the kentucky co-op did close and the kentucky

. >> mark: crews are wrapping up after battling a house fire on upton street. the home is right across the street from the fire department so crews were able to get there quickly. no report of any injuries. >> elizabeth: flames rip through a local man's lobster boat off the shore of ipswich. at 5:00 p.m., we told you the captain had to jump ship. new at 6:00 p.m., we're hearing from the good samaritan who helped him. fox 25 news's blair miller is live in ipswich with the new perspective on what happened. >>> i caught up with the two good samaritans as they were pulling into the docks before 5:00 p.m. knew they had to help. arriving just back from a day of fishing, and saving a man's life. phillip wall field, one of the good samaritans who saved sam allen when his boat caught fire. >> it didn't look like a fire at the time, and then all of a sudden, it turned black. and we actually raced in and pulled him out of the water. >>> his 28-foot lobster boat, up in flames off the coast of crane beach. he jumped into the water, 52 degrees at the time and clung to one of

which reminds me of the great upton sinclair theory, it is difficult to get a man to understand somethinghen his salary depends on him not understanding it. it appears that can apply to entire populaces as well. >>> i'd ask everybody from students to faculty to staff to my friends, everybody, use my resignation to heal and start talking again, to make the changes necessary, and let's focus on changing what we can change today and in the future, not what we cant change, which is what happened in the past. >> stunning turn of events at the university of missouri today, where university president tom wolfe has resigned. the chancellor of the columbia campus, r. bowen lofton, announced he will resign at the end of the year. both men stepped aside today under pressure from students, particularly a very powerful group of students, the university of missouri football team, who agreed not to participate in any football-related activities until tom wolfe was gone. for months now students at the university of missouri have been arguing the school's top officials have not done enough to address inci

to the west of boston, hopkinton, upton seeing a couple sprinkles, milford as well. not much to these. showers through worcester, rutland, hardwick, weare, moving eastward slowly and falling apart and showers in southwest new hampshire, which have fall apart. brattleboro, sprinkles. back here through southeast vermont, dover to summer set, seeing some snow, higher elevations here. summer set is where mount snow is likely light snow happening right there at that ski resort and we have cold air spilling in around this area, low pressure spinning around. counterclockwise circulation, so it blows in from the west and that's what we'll be dealing with tonight. any showers that try to make it in here from the berkshires, across western mass to central mass will be falling apart. you can get a shower the farther north and west you are, but it would be a quick sprinkle and that's it. wake up tomorrow morning with all of that gone and sunshine out your door. we'll stop it during the morning hours, a few leftover clouds, but sunshine otherwise. low temperatures in the 30's ove

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>> in sears versus upton, 2010, the supreme court of georgia, but it came up in exactly the same posture. >> is there an argument the petition could go to the trial court? our statute says it goes to the highest court in which review could have been had. it sounds like the georgia supreme court. the superior court said on page 175 of the joint appendix that the issue of the batson violation was not reviewable based on the docket of res judicata. it later said, and this was page 192 of the joint appendix, that it will review the batson complain that -- batson claim, -- if you put those two together, you could argue that the superior court decided only the question of state law. namely, whether the situation here was such that there could be review of the batson claim. what is your response to that? >> the state does not argue that and the reason for that is because the court said that the court what address step three of batson and said foster's batson claim was without merit. >> is it a question of federal or state law as to whether or not the petitioner has shown a change sufficient to

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we'll have more weather and traffic coming upton 4s. >>> new this morning a police investigation on its way that's left a child in the hospital. now, this happened overnight on wolcott terrace in newark. more on what we know at this point, tracie. >> reporter: a man drove by and said he heard a single shot around midnight. the minor is at university hospital. the nature of the injuries not yet known. we can show you video. when we arrived. at one point one of the officers put a light on the second floor window of the home on wolcott terrace. now, we're hearing that that child may have been caught in the crossfire here and we don't know if that's something that happened outside or inside of this multi-family home. again, police confirming to me that that child is at university hospital being treated at this hour. they say they're not looking for anyone in connection to what happened here. back to you. >> all right, traci y tracie, back to you. >>> a caretaker discovered 83-year-old lois colley's body police say she suffered blunt force trauma. a fire extinguisher is missing from the home

subpar games but famously it was jessica simpson who had one of the worst games of his life and katie upton dating pitcher justin verlander. >> what did she do? so th is nothing new necessarily. what is new olivia munn firing are putti this story out there you're playing fast and loose with the journalism. she's not t king it. >> we're very glad to hear that. lady,hatt do you think? >> i just want to know did the women getet the credit wn their husbds are doing well? >> boom. >> thank you. >> no. >> this is all theirs. >> we'll be back. >>> here's a great improve this chmerkskiy tip from lowe's. what can you do cool with the empty soda bottle. cut it off and mount it to create p plastic bag spenser. for moree go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! made for every kind of day. get up to 40% off select majojor nces. now at lowe's. suffering from the flu is a really big deal. with aches, fever and chchills... there's no such thing as a little flu. the's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. and call y your

, 2010,ears versus upton the supreme court of georgia, but it came up in exactly the same posture. >>e an argument the petition could go to the trial court? are statute says it goes to the highest it sounds like the george supreme court. we directed hand, their attention. i am not sure that it is an option to go to the georgia trial court. or is that incorrect? said inthis court has the rj reynolds case and then in grady versus north carolina in again, thereh once was an intermediate court decision denied by the north carolina supreme court. i can remember back to 19, there was thompson

this is a dear friend of mine and chairman upton's, max. he has been helping us with our 21 st. century cures bill. last night max received an award at the every life undation for rare diseases gala reception. the chairman and i received awards, but max is the reason we are doing this. >> thank you. we all welcomes max. [applause] >> i look back to the unanimous vote out of our committee on 1st century cures, max whipped more than one vote. we may be looking at a future majority whip next to us. i would like to recognize mrs. blackburn for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you to our witnesses and your patience. i am sorey that mr. y amp rmis left. it is important to note in kentucky, when tennessee had ten care, a lot of kentucky residents were coming into the state to try to get health care. the kentucky coop did close, and the kentucky approval rating of the obama care products in the marketplace are quite low, as was evidenced in that state this week. i want to come to you. i had the commissioner here. were you in the room for the first panel? >> i was. >> i am really concer

subpar games but famously it was jessica simpson who had one of the worst games of his life and katie uptonff of one of his worst seasons. >> what did she do? >> so this is nothing new necessarily. what is new olivia munn firing back saying the journalists who are putting this story out there you're playing fast and loose with the journalism. she's not taking it. >> we're very glad to hear that. ladies, what do you think? >> i just want to know did the women get the credit when their husbands are doing well? >> boom. >> thank you. >> no. >> this is all theirs. >> we'll be back. >>> here's a great improve this this is all theirs. >> we'll be back. >>> here's a great improve this chmerkovskiy tip from >>> here's a great improve this tip from lose. what can you do cool with the empty soda bottle. cut it off and mount it to create a plastic bag dispenser. for more go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! om on yahoo! made for every kind of day. ♪ get up to 40% off select major appliances. now at lowe's. is a really big deal.u with aches, fever and chills... there's no such thing as a little flu.

upton had issued certiorari, this was in 2010, to the supreme court of georgia in a imsituation. similar situation. it appears to us from looking at this over the weekend that r.j. reynolds tobacco company v. durham county which the court cited in 1986, the court said that unless there was positive assurance that the decision was not a ruling on the merits, then the writ went to the state supreme court. and the georgia court, while it has rules and do you statutes as own opinions that are not totally in harmony with one another, the rule nonetheless is that a certificate of probable cause -- which is what was denied in this case -- is to be granted if there is arguable merit to the case. >> do you think that affects the scope of our review? in other words, are we addressing just whether there's arguable merit to the claim, or are we addressing the claim on its own merits? >> i think what this court has done in all these cases is apply it versus -- or to look through to the last reasoned decision, and that would be the decision of the habeas corpus court. typically in georgia, the

it is a political bearing of upton sinclair's line about how "it is difficult to get a man to understandething when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." sinclair, imagine a president trump or cruise showing up at the paris summit on climate change later this month and same, sorry, the united states no longer believes in science. we are going to go and we will be there in support of the ity's that have to deal with on a micro basis, but the macro base is copenhagen went down in flames while paris goes down in flames as well. david: this is part of a larger narrative. i guess it has been proven that the board to directors and ceo with some of the big energy companies new for certainty and they went out and instead of confessing, they funded various projects to put out contrary information. tom: i will go with that and you can always look back. the company can go back and look on rumors. they may domestic 42 years ago. i am the only one who remembers. stephanie: [indiscernible] tom: climate change and the idea of looking forward, i will but board to some of the articles on chi

this tree as well from fred upton -- the charade is over ,espite seven years of bluster increasing energyecurity and job creation is not a top priority for this demonstration. said, after seven years, the demonstration finally keystone xl,on on i'm for doing it was driven by cts.tics, and not fa next is tom in california, calling in opposition to president obama's decision. it is early where you are. caller: it sure is. that is the worst decision in the world. it is so biased. the government with high-tech state of the art projects. this is a pipeline, it is not moved, it transports oil. when a project is submitted, it is submitted to the government, the government then looks at the project, and they make their own modifications, which the state department did. they approved it. at that point, the project becomes the government's project because they would approve it. the sister glee -- this is strictly political. the present said, when he was elected, we were going to change our supply energy system. regardless anything he said, this is harmful to the country. we have millions of miles o

because of the upton amendment, there is also an energy component to the highway bill, i think the good provision. we look to work together on that. i appreciate again the opportunity to be working together on this very important initiative. i think think the members. >> thank you senator. we recognize for an opening statements. >> thank you very much. i must say and to senator boxer, we work so hard and came to this institution together, you have been on reluctantly. going forward on your highway bill is long overdue. short-term patches have caused uncertainty and long-term transportation projects that have hindered projects that create jobs and help move our economy. in order to really make the meeting upgrades to the roads and bridges, level funding in this bill falls short. in addition, several of the offsets offered are problematic. they illustrate an effort to avoid the tough work of a grain to financing mechanisms within the transportation system and searching instead for unrelated and on wise revenue. for example, the example, the legislation includes $2.4 billion in revenue fro

upton" a case out of georgia, 561 u.s. 945 in 2010.hat was certiorari to the supreme court of georgia but it came up in the same posture of our case. >> is there an argument that the petition for certiorari could go to the trial court? i mean, our statute says it goes to the highest court in which review could have been had, i think is the statute. which sounds like the georgia court. on the other hand, as justice scalia said, they haven't really directed their attention to the issues before us. i'm not sure to me that it's an option to go to the georgia trial court. or that incorrect? >> well, what this court has said both in the r.j. reynolds case and that was followed in "grady v. north carolina," a 2015 case this year, which once again there was an intermediate court decision denied by the north carolina supreme court. i can remember back to 1960 there was thompson versus louisville where certiorari was to the police court in louisville, kentucky, because no court in kentucky could take the case because the fine was less than $20.

i appreciate chairman upton and chairman walden's willingness to listen to our concerns and work with us to achieve a bipartisan result. it's a stronger bill because of it and i also want to thank communications and technology subcommittee ranking member eshoo for her leadership on these issues as well as representatives clark, loebsack and matsui, for their thoughtful contributions. i look forward to continuing to work with our republican and democratic colleagues in the senate to help this bill become law and again i urge its passage and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from new jersey and his staff for the great work on this legislation. i also meant to thank mr. kinzinger as well, from illinois, who has been very active on our subcommittee, done great work on this measure and some of its very important provisions. and i left him out earlier today. so i want to thank him as well and thank the staff and my c

i also want to thank chairman upton, ranking member pallone, chair shimkus and the energy and commerce staff for working with us on report language to clarify language in this bill so that we can indeed provide a wide range of technical assistance that would help small water systems such as source water protection system monitor -- monitoring, sustainable -- sustainability and watt community aspects. many small and rural communities with populations of 10,000 or less face challenging in maintaining and upgrading aging water infrastructure. the rate payer base for these systems does not provide a sufficient operating budget to support full-time technical positions. source water quality problems resulting in system shutdowns and expensive treatment processes are an increasing problem for far too many public water systems due to inadequate attention to nonpoint source pollution. in other areas drought has affected both water quality and quantity, challenging the ability to have water utility to meet their basic service obligations. technical assistance for small systems is esen torble fin

because of the upton amendment, there's an energy component to the highway bill. the good news for us on this is that the energy committee and the senate voted 18-4 to report out bipartisan bill with several core intonding provisions. we look to work together on that. appreciate again the opportunity to be working together with those who have led on this very important initiative. i thank the members. >> thank you. with that, mr. levin is recognized for an opening statement. >> thank you very much. if i might say a special hello to pete defazio and to senator boxer. you have worked so hard. we came to this institution together. you have been unrelenting. moving forward on a multi-year highway bill is long overdue. short-term patches have caused uncertainty in long-term transportation projects and have hindered projects that create jobs and help move our economy. in order to really make the needed upgrades to our roads and bridges, the level of funding in this bill falls short. in addition, several of the offsets offered are problematic. they illustrate an effort t

reallocate to higher priority items like saving lsu which was threatened with bankruptcy this year fred upton our charity hospital system state open. like making sure the medical school in shreveport have the money to continue to operate. those with hard choices that we had to make this year. i did vote for those measures because it was right thing to do and they are fully consistent with what i just said i will continue to do as our cover. because we're not going to stay in this ditch we are in under bobby jindal. we're going to roll up our sleeves can work together and pull ourselves out as sort financing our priorities. that is my commitment to the people of louisiana. vitter: i think you proved my point. i asked what is a balance side. you talk about a tax measure can be rid of an exemption or a credit or deduction which is essentially a tax increase. we need a balanced approach in your record is all taxes, no budget reform and no savings. that's the record. you have authored a single bill to i'm dedicate any part of the budget or if i'm missing it, please david vitter you have authored a