if i can get a plug, van stephenson has been working for us for 12 years now and he is a great -- >> he is not getting a pay raise. >> i'm sorry, if we can keep working with him, that would be great. >> he does a great, great job. he really z. >> join me in thanking our panel. well done. senator, thank you. a small ma men toe for you. >> i can accept gifts now too. >> just a few important annoume the council on dodd-frank following our adjournment here, it will be in the longworth room on this floor, starting right now. the sage business meetsing will be in the roosevelt room at 4:00. you are all invited to the sage reception at 5:30 in the lobby level. tomorrow morning there will be an anti-trust breakfast meeting in the roosevelt room. acting attorney general for the department of justice will be there. the public planning session for all a ten -- for all attendees. see you tomorrow at the sage reception. >> more live coverage, this time this hearing on the federal trade commission budget proposal. the fcc has requested $300 million, that is $11.5 million less than fiscal 20 12. th

van stephenson has been working with us for 12 years now, and he is a great -- >> he's not getting a pay raise. >> i'm sorry. keep working with him. >> he does a great, great job. >> please join in the thanking our panel. well done. [applause] >> senator, thank you. >> i can accept a gift now. [laughter] >> [inaudible conversations] this weekend there are two ways to watch the tucson festival of books on book tv. live on c-span2 and live online apple tv.org. on c-span2 saturday starting at 1:30 p.m. eastern jeffrey rosen on the history of the supreme court. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs your weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every week in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to start the day. it will be general speeches for the first hour or so. lawmakers are expected to resume work on the transportation bill a