wyden: mr. president? just in beginning my remarks on the extenders, i just want my colleague from indiana to know that in the finance committee, we have done everything we could, everything, all 24 of us to avoid the kind of rancor and polarization that has so often accompanied big economic debates and passed a bill out of the finance committee overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis. and, mr. president, today the senate is going to have the opportunity to vote against a big tax increase. actually, a bunch of big tax increases. tax increases that would slam our fragile economy hard and would punish innovators, punish our small businesses, punish homeowners who are under water with their mortgages, punish returning veterans looking for jobs and punish students and classroom teachers. colleagues, who here thinks it makes sense to tax innovation? that's what will happen if the tax extender bill fails to pass today. who here thinks it makes sense to tax millions of hardworking homeowne

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i want to speak for a few minutes about the urgency of passing the tax extender bill and describe to our colleagues all the bipartisanship that has gone into this important effort. this bill, mr. president, is truly urgent because america's employers file their taxes quarterly, which means that they are paying higher taxes today without this tax extender package, which means less money for hiring and training workers, less money for buying new equipment, and less money for investing in innovation and growing jobs here at home. for example, a restaurant owner who needs to replace a walk-in freezer to keep their business running is going to pay higher taxes because they can't, in effect, hold down the costs through the provision in the tax bill, and that means that they'll be cutting shifts and cutting workers. and this bill is just as urgent for millions of other american families. for example, a family with a college student who's registering for summer school this week and

senator wyden asked him a question that senator wyden knew jim could not answer truthfully in publicithout violating american law. senator wyden already knows the answer. every senator on that die as knows the answer. if senator wyden wanted to reveal a national secret, why didn't he just have the courage to do it himself rather than trap a career public servant? we asked senator wyden about that hearing. he said, i sent director clapper the question a day in advance so that he would be prepared for it, and neither he nor his staff asked me not to ask the question. i was certainly surprised to hear him give an untrue but even though his staff later acknowledged to my office that the director's answer was inaccurate, they declined to correct the public record. >> fox news reporting the nsa secret war, who is the enemy? you can see it saturday and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. during the special, i'll be posting comments and answering questions throughout the hour. >>> a petition collector for michigan democratic congressman john conyers is a wanted man tonight. the state corrections de

wyden: mr. president, i just wanted to take a couple of minutes now to underscore the importance of the senate passing the expire act now. and in particular to highlight what the cost of inaction would be if the senate fails to act. this legislation is critically needed because it is an essential tool to prevent a tax increase, and particularly the kind of tax increase that will harm our ability to create more good-paying jobs, high-skill, high-wage jobs, the jobs tied to innovation. because without this legislation, for example, mr. president, in effect what we'd have is a new tax on innovation because we wouldn't renew for a period of two years, as we work on tax reform, the research and development credit. and this credit is absolutely essential because it's what's used by the employers. and the employers who are coming up with the innovative approaches that will create more long-term employment for our country, this credit in effect is used to help pay the wages for those kinds of innovation

has considered this extenders package, chairman wyden and i have worn two hats. we have represented the interests of our respective states and we have also been brokers of the diverse interests of all the members of the committee. that has meant compromise. and compromise has meant some outcomes that were likely not optimal from at least one of our perspectives. with a bill coming to the floor, we are wearing a third hat representing the interests of our respective caucuses. needless to say, this can be difficult. but it's what we have to do. when you dive into the list of these expired tax provisions, you can easily see that this package touches upon many facets of our economy, from housing to energy and from start-ups to larger corporations that are important to so many industries and really important in each and every state. i was glad to see the research and development tax credit, which is so important to businesses in my home state of utah, included in the bill that was reported out of the finance commit. committee. and i know there are other provisions inc

. ♪ >> >> we have an exclusive interview with senate finance committee chairman ron wyden. presses. we have the story behind the ouster of jill abramson, the new york times editor. >> smartphone, smart watch, how this? eric like you have never seen him and everything he needs to know about his body. let's take a minute. i have been out all week. there has never been a better time for me to return to this desk. time for the news. we need to get to it. dig in. more recalls a general motors. recalling two point 7 million cars that have a variety of defects. they include faulty ignition switches. new orders officially fell. so the shipments and the average looked weak. the highest earning hedge fund says he isthe world nervous about the markets. theappaloosa manager says market is dangerous. he says investors should hold some cash. earned a whopping $3 billion last year. >> another company we are watching this morning is walmart. they are blaming some of their disappointment on the weather, but the outlook is not very good either. wakes and that is different from what we heard

president wyden: mr. president, i rise today to urge -- mr. wyden: mr. president, i rise to urge my colleagues to support the industrial competitiveness act of twish. and the reason that i do so, mr. president, is that i have long felt that you really can't be for an all-of-the-above energy policy if you aren't promoting state-of-the-art approaches in terms of energy efficiency. and i think we both know that it really isn't even a speech here in the united states senate on energy policy unless the senator says they are for all of the above, at least three times, probably every 15, 20 minutes. and so i think that what senator shaheen and senator portman are doing is making it clear that right at the heart of an all-of-the-above energy policy is their approach and their effort to really pull as many colleagues into innovative approaches in terms of promoting energy efficiency as possible. now, senator shaheen and senator portman have been pursuing tirelessly this legislation for three years now, and i just wanted to walk back a little bit because i had a c

and in the greatest attractor is senator ron wyden of oregon, who was also on the intelligence committee. jule brenner, a former nsa inspector general and highly respected commentator and analyst. jamil jaffer is a leading aclu lawyer. these people are all very impressive. they disagree fundamentally about many things but it is hard not to respect each of them when you listen to them. what they say the nsa and its practices are still needed? they think a lot of the practices are unconstitutional or dangerous or bad for our privacy or not helpful to national security. jule brenner and senator feinstein would disagree on all of those points. host: as far as your conversation with them -- when you take a look at specific programs what did you talk about and what are the concerns he -- what are the concerns? leaked aowden has hundred programs at least. the ones that generated the most controversy is the metadata program, where the nsa has been secretly collecting the phone records of basically all americans all the time. it turns out not quite all. they are missing the cell phone records. th

senator ron wyden chairs the senator ron wyden chairs the >> finance committee will come to order.e. in particular, the extraordinary economic changes of the last generation demonstrate how important it is that future trade policies are reformed to reflect the time. for example, consider how technology is transformed the american and global economic landscape. in the 1990's and entire month's worth of internet traffic data will sit on a single hard drive that you can buy today for 50 bucks at any electronic story. vietnam has a law on its books that call into question the ability of u.s. businesses to move data in and out of that country. governments of china and brazil and europe are considering developing system that build digital barriers that nobody could have seen few decades ago. when it comes to enforcing our trade law, a key priority, enforcement officials -- chinese are able entire segments of the american economy out at the knees. they can do so because they sit unseemingly bottom wells of cash, hide their paper trail with opaque accounting and dodge the risks and borrowi

senator wyden already knows the answer. every senator on that dais knows the answer.he just have the courage to do it himself rather than trap a career public servant. >> we asked the senator about that hearing. he said, quote, i sent director clapper the question a day in advance so that he would be prepared for it. neither he nor his staff asked me not to ask the question. i was certainly surprised to hear him give an untrue answer. his statement failed to address the accusation that his grilling of clapper was a deliberate setup. >> edward snowden said there was no single moment he decided to do what he did, but said, quote, it was seeing a continuing litany of lies from senior officials to congress and therefore the american people, seeing someone in the position of james clapper boldly lying to the public without representation, is the evidence of a subverted democracy. >> i would question the integrity of the individual who took all that stuff and went to a place that is not the bastion of civil liberties and privacy. i would give it to director clapper. >> the

ron wyden wants to boost the requirement to having to own 50%.. >> how quickly could all of this layout? >> -- play out? >> that is the question mark. it is an election year. there is a tax bill expected to come to the senate floor next week. there is pushback. there is a larger effort to overhaul the tax code, and some, including dave camp, say why do one-off, let's fix the entire tax code. .hat is a much heavier lift there is no guarantee carl levin and ron wyden will get this thing through. >> how worried are lawmakers if this is approved it could lead to other similar deals? >> they are very worried. there are about 15 comparable deals like this over the last two years. they think there might be more in the pipeline. a lot of people are watching this carefully. they are not doing anything illegal. they are using existing u.s. law. the question is whether or not that law can or should be changed and that debate play out on the senate floor next week -- will play out on the senate floor next week. >> thank you, peter cook. coming up, disgraced

the bill, along with chairman wyden -- this bill that we're introducing along with chairman wyden's announcement two weeks ago should make clear to companies that considering a tax aversion is a mistake because they are now on notice. it's not going to gain them anything if a bill that prohibits the tax avoidance through inversion passes because the chairman of the finance committee has made it clear that such a bill is going to be effective as of may 6 of this year, regardless of when the bill passes. so companies are on notice. there is no use rushing to the door to invert, leaving the country to invert. it won't do them any good if the finance committee chairman has his way in either of these bills or other bills that set an appropriate date such as may 6 pass the congress. these multinational companies benefit from the safety and security that the united states government provides. our troops protect them. our intellectual property rights protections allow them to profit from their innovations. they benefit from federally funded research. they claim tax subsidies for their research and devel

who hast is ron wyden more power.man of the committee that has to restriction over taxes. -- jurisdiction over taxes. carl levin is 79. >> i love the heat. remember the london whale? he was up there for six hours. think about it. >> we will be talking with them next week about it all. >> coming up, handmade crafts, vintage goods. one place to find them, etsy. closed doors.ind if you missed any of our interviews, you can now watch them on both amazon fire tv and apple tv, on demand, streaming live, anywhere, anytime. who wouldn't want to spend their weekend with a little bloomberg tv? ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers." if you are a struggling artist looking to cash in, etsy is a place to go. last year artist sold $1.35 billion worth of goods on their site. i went inside etsy headquarters to find out if the office is just as crafty as its vendors. headquarters,y home to the online market that has revolutionized the way arts and crafts are sold across the world. pays aus brooklyn office much to the one million craft p

ron wyden was chairman of that committee at the time. they have done so many good things for that legislation. we had six cosponsors, we had three democrats and three republicans. 200,000 jobs this would create and help our nation's energy proficiency significantly. so i move to proceed to the bill in august -- i moved to proceed to the bill in august, that's last august. we have been through this a number of times, but i will repeat it very quickly, mr. president. we were held up from doing that for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the junior senator from louisiana wanted to take away the health care for staff. that threw a few roadblocks in the way. without going into detail, we never got that done. but shaheen and portman, as i have indicated, did not give up. they worked hard to incorporate ten separate bipartisan amendments into this bill. so the bill was good last september. it is terrific now. and as a result of that, we improved the number of people that are willing to support this legislation. we went from three a

senator wyden chairs the committee. >> the finance committee will come to order. for decades, american trade policy has been a story ofed a aptation and change -- of adaptation and change. in particular, the extraordinary economic changes of the last generation demonstrate how important it is that future trade policies are reformed to reflect the times. for example, consider how technology has transformed the american and the global economic landscape. in the 1990's an entire month's worth of internet traffic data would sit on a single hard drive that can you buy for 50 bucks at any electronic store. more than two billion people log onto the net regularly du vietnam has a law on its books that calls into question the ability of u.s. businesses to move their data in and out of that country. governments in china, brazil and europe are also considering developing systems that would effectively build digital barriers to trade that nobody could have foreseen a few decades ago. and when it comes to enforcing our trade laws, a key priority, enforcement officials used to

we look forward to working with you, with chairman wyden and with the house, ways and means committeeto as you pursue your legislative process, to develop trade promotion authority and get a bill that has broad bipartisan speeds as you know the president called for in his january state of union speech, and the next day some on the democrat side said we're not going to do that. >> we are prepared to work with this committee as and when it's ready to the process round trade authority to do for in a way that can get broad bipartisan support. >> intellectual property is fundamental to the u.s. economy. i'm very concerned u.s. u.s. intellectual property rights are under attack around the globe and that your office is not doing enough to fight back. india has been pursuing trade policies that undermine his intellectual property in order to promote its own domestic industries. what they're doing seems to me to be a clear violation of the world trade organization obligation. i believe enforcement action of the wto may be the most effective tool we have to get india to change its behavior. clo

that's what the finance committee did under senator wyden and senator hatch's leadership. we looked at all these provisions and said, which ones should we extend, which ones should we modify. and the next thing we want to do is make permanent decisions. we know the uncertainty's not healthy. we know that we've got to make permanent decisions on which credits are going to be there, which ones are not. we want a level playing field as far as the tax code is concern concerned. but you can't get there unless this bill is first passed. this gives us the two-year window in order to pass tax reform. it's called "expire" for a reason, because we don't want to see temporary provisions in the tax code. we think we should make permanent judgment and this bill gives us the chance to do that. so it will help us from the point of view more predictable tax policy. it will help us create jobs, there's no question about it. it does help small businesses. they're the ones that are most at risk by our failure to act, the uncertainty and the timing of this affects small businesses more. it wo

of the talents of the former chairmen, ron wyden and lisa murkowski. this is sort of the underpings on this. underpinnings on this. you couldn't find two more leaders who wanted to work together. and i know because i sat together for 18 years on the committee and watched them. and i'm an eyewitness to their cordial, respectful conversations both on and off the committee, when the cameras are on and when the cameras are off. so nobody can question about this or deny it because everybody knows it's true, and there are many eyewitnesses besides myself. so the question becomes, if a committee that's important as jurisdiction as energy and natural resources is to the committee, has two people that are working well together, how is it possible that we can only get 13 out of 302 bills passed? that's a really interesting question. and why couldn't we get 14 done this week? so that's why i brought this bill to the floor or asked for it to come to the floor and particularly because it's important to both democrats and republicans. let's talk for a minute about h

the chairman of the finance committee wyden has said he expects this to be the last temporary extension that congress ought to decide one way or another whether these provisions should be a permanent part of the law. the ways & means has gone down a completely different road. ways & means is using a much more detailed deliberative and extensive approach examining each provision one by one in determining whether should be made at permanent part of the law or whether it should be allowed to expire permanently. last week, ways & means reported out six provisions. before we mention into others involving what we call s corporations and recommended that they be permanently made part of the internal revenue code. there was supposedly a vote scheduled for this week on one of those six provisions which would make the research tax credit permanent. >> host: we are talking with david kautter of american university. as we discuss tax breaks for corporations, some of the tax extenders being debated on capitol hill. if you have questions or comments the phone numbers are democrats two are democrats (

wyden's statement failed to address the accusation his grilling was a setup. >> snowden said there wasle day he decided to do what he did but quote it was seeing a continuing lies to congress therefore the american people things that went into position of james clapper the national intelligence boldly lying to the public without repercussions would be evidence of a subverted democracy. >> i would question the integrity of the individual who did all of this stuff went to a place when i look at it china and russia isn't a bassian of civil liberties and privacy. i would get 50 years of experience in one mistake to director clapper. >> the department of justice has charged snowden with espionage but at present he is out of their reach in russia. >> would you say he's a criminal a traitor? >> i think this is for the courts oh to decide. >> you are not in the camp that says give him i am community>> i am in the camp that says justice the american way. >> he has engineered the greatest hemorrhaging of legitimate american secrets of america. >> how bad was the leak? was it a bucket or a barrel

from the time last year until today the committee, under the direction of then, of senator wyden, who was chair of the committee, working with all members of that committee put other things in the bill, and the bill that is now before the senate is much stronger than it was a year ago. this legislation made our country more energy independent and protect our environment. it will support the use of energy efficiency technologies in private homes and commercial buildings at no cost to taxpayers. it is an energy efederalefficiey bill. this legislation will make our country more energy independent and protect our environment. it will save consumers and taxpayers money and lots of t. it will do it by lowering their energy bills saving about $16 billion a year is what they tell us. and it will create up to 200,000 jobs that can't be exported. i have commended a number of times, and i'll do it again, senators shaheen and portman for their persistence in bringing this bill to the floor. this is a fine piece of legislation. but it seems for the second time within a year passage of this biparti

after a direct question from senator ron iow wyden.onservators including tea party conservatives teaming up with hated liberals and a civil lib libertarian middle ground. and then in december a blow from the federal court here in washington saying that the program violated the fourth amendment's prohibition against illegal search and seizure. the president made that january speech, later his proposal to stop bulk metadata collection by the government, shorten the time by which those records could be retrieved, make them go to the intelligence community and go to the court if they wanted do, go to the fisa court if they wanted those documents. now congress has been moving a bill and it's been moving very quickly. it could go to the house of representatives later, by the way, back doorways being punched in this legislation, to gather this metadata if they want to regardless of the legislation. a year into the controversy and something very clear, satisfying the public, this issue is far from resolved. mike viqueria, al jazeera, the white

wyden: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, it wasn't very long ago when the senator from kentucky and i were here on the floor talking about drones previously, and i just want to make sure that it's understood that senator paul's passion, his intellectual rigor and his devotion to these issues of liberty and security, which he and i have worked on together now for a number of years, is much appreciated. and i wanted to come for a few minutes and especially talk about what senator paul and i have discussed in the past, and that is how vigorous oversight -- and particularly vigorous oversight over the intelligence field -- needs to get more attention. it's not something you can minimize. it goes right to the heart of the values that the senator from kentucky and i and others have both talked about, and that is that liberty and security are not mutually exclusive. we can have both. the senator from kentucky and i often joke about how the senate would benefit from a ben franklin caucus. and, of course, ben

. >> mark udall joined by the republican congressman ron wyden, and for al awlaki killed. rand paul is taking the debate a step further. writing in the "the new york times" the american people deserve to see the redacted verges of this memo so they can understand the legal ramifications for the extraordinary exercise of executive power. what's striking in his reporting, not even congress knows for sure how many legal memos were written about the drone program. the aclu's best assessment is that there are 11 memos and four have never been seen by capitol hill. >> what are mens of the legislation saying about this? >> a short time ago we head from white house press secretary jay carney who said it's optimistic that they'll get the nominees through. >> i think the president's track record getting his nominees supported by democrats has been very strong. and continues to be strong. and we look forward to confirmation of all of his nominees in a timely fashion. >> and facing this bipartisan pressure, the senate majority leader harry reid saying this afternoon that two of the dr

that was enough for ron wyden who had been a critic. >> it's unfortunate that it took mr. barrett's nomination to make these memos public. it has been frustrating over the past few years to see the justice department's resistance to providing congress with memos that outline the executive branch's official understanding of law. >> reporter: today the justice department suggested the public wouldn't get to see the drone memo until june. so paul called for holding up the vote. >> i ask that we delay until such time that the public can review the text of his memos on the use of targeted force against americans. >> is there objection. >> objection. >> reporter: other critics say it isn't just the drones. senator ted cruz says barrett sees courts as a tool of power and is far too liberal for the bench. >> beyond mr. barrett's providing the legal basis for the killing of u.s. citizens abroad without judicial process, both in law school and his writings, has been an enthusiastic activist of judicial activist. >> lawmakers can read the bill later. in this case it's vote on the nom

next, senator rand paul explained his opposition to the nomination while senator ron wyden defends mrarron. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today in opposition to the killing of american citizens without trials. i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise today to say that there is no legal precedent for killing american citizens not involved in combat and that any nominee who rubberstamps and grants such power to a president is not worthy of being placed one step away from the supreme court. it isn't about just seeing the bear in the memos. some seem to be vacated by the fact that oh, they can read these memos. i believe it's about what the memos themselves say. i believe the barron memo's at their very core this respect the bill of rights. the bill of rights isn't so much for the "american idol" winner. the bill of rights isn't so much for the prom queen or the high school football quarterback. the bill of rights is especially for the least popular among

earlier today finance committee chairman ron wyden spoke about the legislation right before the senatevoted to advance the bill, and we will show you as much of this as we can until the senate gavels back in at 2:15 eastern. >> mr. president, this morning the senate begins consideration of a tax cut bill. the finance committee agreed to call it the expire act, and i'm going to take just a few minutes to talk about why it is sont important that this bill bend passed and passed now.ere and here are a few of the key reasons. first, if the senate doesn't act, veterans who are now packing job fairs across thistr country are goingy to face an even tougher struggle to getet good jobs. the good-paying jobs needed, they'll be harder to create. and, third, because just when underwater homeowners get hold of a life raft that keeps them in their homes, a big tax hike could yank it away. and fourth, because millions of students are already up to their eyeballs in debt, without this they'll go each deeper. and finish even deeper.19k,,,,8u and in addition, producing clean energy will grow more expens

. >> gurg the hearing today, senator ron wyden of oregon asked froman about the public knowing what'sed. here it is. >> we completely agree there needs to be a robust engagement strategy to involve the public in trade policy and that's why we work so closely with congress, why every one of our proposals is previewed by this committee among other, why we work with the congressionally mandated advisory committee system, and the broadening the member thipship to be more representative. >> mr. cohen, what is he talking about? the only people that have been involved in this are the corporations or the consultants representing the corporations. labor hasn't been involved in the tpp. the american people haven't been involved in the tpp. and congressional opinion has not been rendered on the tpp with any kind of testimony. what's he talking about. >> i think now that they're in sort of the last mile of their marath marathon, they're trying to provide more access even though the product is what really need our focus no uh is not changing at all. the future profits of multinationals will ahead

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> we saw a reporters talking to senator wyden and rockefeller. we are looking at the senate floor. lawmakers are considering a number of nominees. confirmation votes on three of them are scheduled. you can see live senate coverage right now on c-span 2. coming up, the veterans affairs secretary will appear before senate lawmakers to testify about reports of serious delays in patient care. we will have live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern. also a senate subcommittee on africa will lead a hearing surrounding the kidnapping of 300 schoolgirls in nigeria and the government response. 3.t is on c-span at the white house press secretary jay carney responded the u.s. response to nigeria, saying the u.s. is not actively considering sending military forces. mccain is making a call for -- senator mccain is making a call for special forces to rescue those girls. call?s the is that something that might be examined? >> let's not get ahead of ourselves. advising as the nigerian government to locate nd rescue these girls. finding them is the

reid of nevada, wyden, menendez, murray, tester, canal, leahy, schatz, warner, schumer, rockefeller, cardin, and heinrich. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. a senator: mr. president? t the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are notment mr. blumenthal: i would ask to speak as if in morning business. -- mr. murphy: i ask unanimous consent that katherine martucci from my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. there was a fairly remarkable hearing in the house of representatives yesterday, the energy and commerce committee, upon which i used to sit when i was there, called together some of the nation's biggest insurers to talk about all of the failures of the affordable care act as seen through the lens of the insurance companies. first up on the docket for republicans was the claim th

more recently, i joined with the senior senator from oregon, senator wyden, the senior senator from minnesota, senator klobuchar, and the junior senator from illinois, mr. kirk, to introduce something we called the justice for victims of trafficking act. our bill would establish a domestic trafficking victims fund that doesn't come from tax dollars but rather from fees and fines paid by people who commit law enforcement offenses. it would allocate tens of millions of dollars, both to fight human trafficking and just as importantly, to help the victims get the sort of services that they need in order to heal and to become productive citizens once again. it would also give law enforcement officials more tools to crack down on human trafficking, and the broader criminal networks that support them. it would streamline human trafficking task force investigations by giving investigators access to better technology and better cooperation between federal and state law enforcement partnerships. it would allow law enforcement officials to prosecute each and every member of a human trafficking organizat

senator wyden -- [applause] >> greatly exaggerated. that is what three democratic senators with access to the classified information, which you don't have, said. >> exaggerated. not a motive. spent a hot debate, that's for sure but before we go to closing statements i want to provide alexis ohanian the opportunity reflect on stone's statement and what came out of the statement that you think is a key point for your side. >> well, this has gotten a spicy. [laughter] like i said, i'm the nerd year. i still want to point out that my first opening remarks about the fact that what we are doing for massive surveillance undermines the strength and security of our nation's as well as oversteps the bounds and the rights of privacy that we all have, like this is the fundamental truth about what is being done from a technological level. we employ them, we sometimes have them come sometimes we buy them what they work for us. the way this entire thing has been handed over the last -- give a perception of how much technology has advanced the technol

wyden: mr. president, the senate is now debating the expire act. this is bipartisan legislation, mr. president. i want to again thank the distinguished senior senator from utah, senator hatch. he has been so constructive in trying to build a bipartisan piece of legislation, a bill that came out of the senate finance committee several weeks ago with very substantial bipartisan support. it really is designed to deal with a number of tax provisions that are temporary in nature, and it in effect extends those temporary tax provisions until the end of 2015. and in consultation with the distinguished senator from utah, i thought it was important to call this bill the expire act, and it was important because this legislation actually does expire after two years. it in effect says -- and i said, mr. president, on my watch as chair of the senate finance committee, there will not be another extenders bill. that's not going to happen on my watch. this is it. and in effect, by extending these important provisions now for one last time, the congress can give it

senior national security official clapper went before the united states senate and when asked by ron wydenis the nsa collecting data about hundreds of millions of americans he said what? mass collection of americans? he lied to the american people. which is at least as much of a felony as edward snowden is accused of. you cannot find a single politician who has interviewed james clapper who asked if he should go to prison or suggested that he shouldn't demonstrates this split in how we look at what the law is for. as for powerless ordinary people and not for people who yield power. as for smoking guns no matter what i demonstrate indictments in our current culture but there definitely are stories left that will shape how the story is formed. just to be clear those stories are not purposefully setting on -- which is in nobody's interest. these are the stories that are difficult to report prayed they involve incredible sensitivity about the lives of innocent people and how the report while protecting their interests? they involve all kinds of legal questions that will implicate the interest

senate that would forward, ron wyden and carl levin, both of them are outraged by the proposal, saying he needs to stop, and they plan to introduce havelation that would blocked the pfizer deal had it moved forward, but there is no republican cosponsorship for their efforts. proposal on the table that would require the shareholders would need to control 50% of the shares. 20%, now, the limit is which is why so many of the deals go through. it would have prevented any company that effectively had the ceo text as a foreign company, something a lot of multinationals would certainly fight. there is no indication of bipartisan support for the carl levin approach. republicans are talking about doing full, comprehensive corporate tax reform, and short of that, they will not support this one-off deal to deal with inversion. >> thank you, peter cook. as the exclusive television partner, bloomberg is bringing from thenterviews deutsche bank global financial services investor conference happening right here in new york. stephanie ruhle is there with societe generale ceo fred oudea. >> thank you.

. >> senatorwideen from earlier -- senator wyden from earlier. we'll take you back to the senate there floor, extending a5 tax breaks that expired at the end of 2013. south carolina senator lindsey graham on the floor. live coverage on c-span2. unborn child protection act, s. 1670, which is my legislation, and s. 1696, the women's health protection act by senator blumenthal. i -- just very briefly, what i'm trying to do is to have an opportunity for the body to talk about two pieces of legislation that relate to the abortion issue, the role of the federal government and very quickly, my legislation would ban abortion at the 20-week period, the fifth month, based on the theory that the child can feel pain at that point in the pregnancy, and that the standard of care for the medical community is you can't operate on an unborn fetus at the 20-week period without administering anesthesia, and the reason for that is because the child can feel pain. there have been individuals born at the 20-week period that survived, but the theory of the case is not

. >> thank you, chairman wyden and ranking member hatch. inviting thank you for me here today.i am honored that president obama has nominated me for secretary of health and human services, and it is a privilege to appear before this committee. i want to thank senator rockefeller and dr. coburn for their kind words. i am honored to be introduced by numeral to such extraordinary public servants who have both spent their lives helping others and delivering for the american people. i am especially grateful for my husband and our children, for their tremendous support, and while my parents couldn't be here with us today, i want to recognize them for their instilling within me and my sister the enduring value of public service. as a second-generation greek immigrant, i was raised to be thankful for the tremendous opportunities this great nation offers and to appreciate the responsibilities that come with those opportunities. westghout my childhood in virginia, my father an optometrist and small business owner, and my mother a teacher set a great example for me and my teacher through

ron wyden was the chair. lisa murkowski is the ranking member. they can take credit for this and they came up with a fantastic bill that creates jobs, that saves a lot of energy. that is our best source of energy is through efficiency. it creates jobs right here in america. it's the cleanest energy that you can produce, so these two terrific senators come and bring us a bill. it's debated in public, in committee, and amazingly comes out of committee i think on a vote of 18-3. a very important piece of building energy policy, which let me just say even as the chair of this committee now -- and i hope to remain chair for many years to come. there is an election in between that and that aspirational goal, so we shall see. but i would like to remain chair, but i can promise you it's not going to be one bill that comes out of the energy committee that builds an energy policy. first of all, part of the bills have to come out of finance. they are about tax policy related to all sorts of generation of different kinds of electricity. not even in my jurisd

since then he has teamed up with senator wyden to propose a bipartisan plan to institute premium support model. under plans such as these, the government contribution would be part of traditional medicare or whatever it to this. this way the seniors choose the plans that cost more than a benchmark and they would have to pay the difference. but if they choose the cheaper plans they would choose to keep the savings. and this includes traditional medicare but for less money. the cbo predicts that medicare spending under a premium support plan would be 14% less per person than under the current system. and this extends an impartial hand to all seniors for generations to come and i was standing in the alternative is welcoming our first child home, as these years go by an older i get come in the more i am reminded at how quickly things move and how it's never too late to start planning ahead for the next phase of life. as a citizen and a husband, this means saving for retirement or add it means seeing what it will take to be ready when the time comes. a member of the united states and i'm sure

they brought their bill, as is the order, to the senate energy committee, senator wyden serve served as chair of that committee for the last several years, i just stepped into the chairmanship of that committee in the last eight weeks but committed to both of these terrific leaders and the former chair that i would try to advance one of the bill's important -- important bills that came out of our committee. there have been 300 bills filed this congress in the energy committee. there have been 14 -- 13 that have passed, this would have been the 14th. i think it's important to -- i thought it was important to pair wit the keystone pipeline because while there is strong support for the efficiency bill on the democratic side and significant support on the republican side, the republican leaders wanted to build -- and many of us including myself, the keystone pipeline. in fact, senator mcconnell said on april 29, not too long ago, that keystone would produce significant economic benefits. senator thune on may 6 said we will have shovel-ready jobs associated with it. senator corner on may

so long these lines, i've introduced energy water legislation with senator wyden, we introduced it in january. our bill is the nexus of energy and water for sustainability act, we call at this time news act and it features just some plain old commonsense policy improvements. what a concept. just think. in more ordinary times, perhaps, i would have even introduced the new proposed news act as an amendment to the bill that we have before us. but what we have, s. 2262, is a short bill, a simple bill that directs the office of science and technology policy to establish a committee or subcommittee under the national science and technology council to coordinate, to streamline the energy and water nexus of our federal agencies. we're asking this panel which would be chaired by the secretaries of energy and interior, and bringing in representatives from the agencies, to identify all these relevant energy-water nexus activities across the federal government because we know it's a huge spaghetti mess here. work together and disseminate the data to enable better practices, explore the relevant p

wyden: mr. president, this morning the senate begins consideration of a tax cut bill. the finance committee agreed to call it the "expire act. "the "and i'm going to take just a few minutes to talk about why it is so important that this bill be passed and passed now. and here are a few of the key reasons. first, if the senate doesn't act, veterans who are now packing job fairs across this country are going it face an even tougher struggle to get good jobs. second, because the jobs most central to our economy, the good-paying, innovation-driven jobs needed to underpin a growing middle class, they'll be harder to create. and, third, because just when underwater homeowners get hold of a life raft that keeps them in their homes, a big tax hike could yank it away. and, fourth, because millions of students are already up to their eyeballs in debt, without this, they'll go even deeper. and, in addition, producing clean energy will grow more expensive, risking the high-tech jobs that every member of congress wants to protect. the expire act addresses all of these issues and mo

to senators as part of the white house's effort to address concerns from lawmakers like senator ron wyden and rand paul who are hesitant to vote for barrett those efforts appear to be paying off a senate majority leader harry reid on thursday scheduled to vote to confirm baron next week as early as wednesday opposition to the bare nomination comes in two forms senator ron wyden has seen the memos which were used to justify the killing of anwar a lockie in two thousand and eleven and in a letter last year to attorney general eric holder why didn't said that the decision to use lethal force against andorra locky was a legitimate use of authority granted to the president but still why do you believe the memo should be made public and these executive powers should be put under more scrutiny by congress another form of opposition comes from senator rand paul who following senator reid's decision to schedule a vote on baron released this scathing statement i've read david burns memos concerning the legal justification for killing an american citizen overseas without a trial or legal representat

so ron wyden is supporting was this on the back of senators getting a chance to look at the unredacted memo ahead of its public release what i think based on the vote that we saw all of this have to noon the the cloture vote on the bare nomination this is one vote before. final votes there hasn't been officially confirmed this is just ending the debate over some nation fifty two votes supported it so it looks like the white house in the senate majority leader harry reid have the votes they need to confirm barrett when it comes down to that point and i think it speaks to you know why the white house had to release these memos they got fifty two votes they needed fifty one and we know that there were some democrats like ron wyden on the fence like senator mark udall who were threatening to not vote for david baron unless this these memos were released so he got those votes it looks like it's headed for passage in the white house was never expecting to get rand paul's vote on this anyways rand paul has viewed the memos and he says that he's not voting for david baron not because the memos

thousand and eight and two thousand and eleven to attempt to address the issue but senators carper and wyden say not enough is being done they believe these children who may have suffered from both physical and mental abuse before entering the system need psychiatry to look for the root of the problem rather than simply treat away the symptoms the senators along with the government accountability office are asking for increased federal guidance and local regulation to protect this group of vulnerable children in front of the capitol meghan lopez r t. the us air force launched an unmanned atlas five rocket to cape canaveral air force station in florida on thursday with a classified satellite for the u.s. national reconnaissance office that's scary five minutes after nine o nine am rocket manufacturer united launch alliance shut down its live webcasts under a prearranged news blackout over at the lottery where the mission unfolds under a veil of secrecy the future of the atlas five launcher is getting a lot of attention for now ties between the russian company that builds the rocket engines an

and senator wyden who is the new chairman of the finance committee said this is it.we're going to do this one more time, and then we're going to attack the tax code. one other thing that could come up in the senate is sylvia burwell, kathleen sebelius' replacement at hhs. she could get a vote. her confirmation process has gone as smoothly as it could go, and she will get a big bipartisan vote. and the other big thing, i think, to watch is tomorrow. we have tea party tests. we have big primaries in kentucky, georgia, idaho and oregon. and you have incumbent republicans who are being challenged from the right including senator mitch mcconnell. also in the house you have mike simpson, an ally of speaker boehner who's being challenged. the club for growth has supported the challenger to simpson. so we have some legislation moving, not huge pieces of bills, but election season is definitely up and running. >> host: so beyond what's going to be talked about on the floor, there are, of course, the debates that happen off the floor, and one of them is immigration. the lead s

will be more work that will be done with our friends in the senate under the leadership of senator wyden and senator hatch on the senate finance committee who already started down this path. what is very likely to emerge in the short term is not yet permanent but rather a one or two-year extension, but it is progress to get it re-enacted and to signal broad support for its perm assistance and permenance and refinement. the inability of the republican leadership to embrace the work is uct of chairman camp illustrative. he had a simplified tax code at lower tax rate which is what presidential candidates claim they wanted. yet, my republican friends are unable to accept the necessary reductions in other tax benefits that come with the package. but there's bipartisan reluctance in this regard. it illustrates that we're, i think, never going to get out of this box until we have another source of revenue. the most promising would be a carbon tax which would be broadly distributed throughout the economy. it should be revenue-neutral, using the revenue raised to modify the impacts on lower-incom