a lot worse than that. >> absolutely ron wyden has been active on this issue for a long time. rand paul has been shameless in his self-promotion around it but he has made it an issue in large part because he's broken with the elders in his party and he is taking a stand there. we're having this debate like maybe we wouldn't. >> that's exactly the word i was going to use to describe it. at the end of the day, though i think what we're really beginning to learn is just how poorly republicans govern. and so the biggest thing that i took out of this is not necessarily rand paul getting on a soap box but the fact that mitch mcconnell is very bad at his job. >> that's a second day story of this story. is that this all happened to mitch mcconnell, who came in not wanting any of this kind of rabble rousing to happen. >> right. and then he sends everyone off for a week on vacation and basically completely sabotaged himself. so if you open the door for rand paul, you know rand paul is the kind of guy that does things like this. you know that he has this issue with the forefront possibly

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president over the last several weeks, on the floor of both this body and the house we've heard members and colleagues say they are tired of the old 1990's north american free trade agreement playbook on trade. they're concerned the package that is once again before the senate is more of the same. here's my message on why this legislation needs to move forward. if you believe that those policies of the 1990's fail to protect american workers and strengthen our economy, this is our chance to set a new course. this is our chance to put in place higher standards in global trade on matters like labor rights and environmental protection shine some real sunlight on trade agreements and ensure that our country writes the rules of the road. the fact is in 2016, globalization is a reality. the choice is whether to sit back and allow globalization to push and pull on our economy until in effect we face some of the same kind of dictates that you see in china. so our choice is either to move now,

wyden: mr. president before he leaves the floor i just want to make sure having worked with senator paul for many many months now that i especially appreciate his efforts in the last few days in this week to try to accommodate this body with respect to amendments. my colleague has said repeatedly that he was very interested in a short list of amendments that he hoped to have some modest time that would be available for these amendments. he and i have worked together on a number of them, and i think it's a reflection as people think about this debate and on a topic that is of such enormous importance that my colleague from kentucky, especially with respect to this amendment issue, has tried continually to be reasonable and to be accommodateing to this body. mr. president, until just a few hours ago, i was at home in oregon having town hall meetings flew all night to be here for this extremely important session. and, of course, the topic that we discussed this evening was front and center in terms

as we go forward baze of efforts of senator wyden and others to make the process more transparent theren to the agreement that is finally negotiated. there will be more chances for members of congress to see it to react to it to examine the goals and for the american public to analyze it. i think that enhances the chances of the transpacific partnership agreement making it through congress. >> e.j. help me with my memory. i can't remember a more cynical vote cast by house democrats than to vote against their own program a couple of weeks ago, simply as a tactic. and completely cynical vote. then today, oh, forget it. we will vote for it now. >> i think there have been plenty of other cynical tactics used. i think they made an assumption that turned out to be right which is one way or the other we will eventually get this passed. i think what is going on here are a couple of things. there are a lot of democrats who are ambivalent about the trade bill. they are under a lot of pressure from their labor friends to vote no. when they look at it economically, they are not sure. there are some

i would then like to turn to senator wyden for his opening remarks. senator wyden: i look forward to working with you and our colleagues on what is a important and bipartisan concern for this committee. three mopts ago the finance committee met on a hearing on the latest i.d. thefts and other scams plaguing taxpayers and said then that wave of attacks sure looks to me like organized crime. today we meet after 104,000 tax returns have been hoovered up by what appeared to be a sophisticated, organized crime syndicate. the problem continues to spiral with hackers targeting federal agencies state governments, including my own, and private companies alike to steal money and data. one report from the department of homeland security said federal agency's computer systems come under attack hundred of times a day, tens of thousands of times a year. the investigation of the stolen tax returns is ongoing as of this morning. but once again, it seems that the thieves are a step ahead of the authorities. they've gained access to enormous amounts of personal data wh

wyden: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: i would ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president this afternoon i would like to call attention to the severe drought and wildfires that are already burning in my home state of oregon and across the west. earlier today the energy and natural resources committee on which i serve held a hearing on drought. there's no question that communities in many of our western states are experiencing very uncertain times. our farmers are concerned about water for their crops. outdoorsmen and business owners fear low reservoir and river levels are going to ruin the summer season. conservationists worry about a lack of cold water for fish habitats. drought and fire are a dangerous combination and create a trend continuing this year. fire seasons have gotten drier the fires have g

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president before he leaves the floor let me just commend the senator from rhode island. he has made a number of important points this afternoon but i'm particularly pleased that my colleague has laid out such a thoughtful way the implications of the pope's encyclical. this is very, very important as a major new focus of the debate, and i really commend my colleague. i suspect we're now on 101 or 102 in terms of -- 104. i was there for 100. i must have missed one along the way. but i commend my colleague and thank him for his commitment. he knows i share many of your views with respect to creating a fresh set of approaches as we deal with this climate change question. i look forward to working with my colleague. mr. president, today the senate is taking major steps towards a new more progressive trade policy that will shut the door on the 1990's north american free trade agreement once and for all. one of the major ways this overall package accomplishes this goal is by kicking in place

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to her a enough, met with congress, worked the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. i have alleys such as -- allies such as cory booker on criminal justice. allies such as kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. with all due respect clinton , bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. sen. paul: i think president noda -- president obama i don't think he is gotten beyond the politics. i don't think he is,. now. he hasn't met with congress enough. i don't think he has tried to work the legislative process. many things could get done that we agree on. i have only been here for a few years. most of my career was as a physician. i have discovered that the bills are too big. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in t

i agree with senator wyden. there's war going on. on one side we have the government taxpayers and business and on the other hackers and criminals, organized syndicates and lone wolves. perhaps even national governments. right now it looks like we're losing this war so we certainly need to use this latest breach to consider how we can regroup and win the fight. my concern is whether the i.r.s. has the tools and mindset to achieve better security and whether it is even capable of safeguarding this core function. i'm very concerned that in a rush to put out programs like get transcript, albeit this has been putched out sometime ago, we have let access and purported cost savings over the need to safeguard taxpayer information. so to the honorable john koskinen, thank you for coming, sir. to what extent do you partner with the private sector on data security? do you need any additional flexibility or authority to work with outside experts to make sure you have access to the tools and the technology to address the privacy and also the dat

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to her a enough, met with congress, worked the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement

today before this cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc news -- >> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our efforts to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say that this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario, they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the cia's covert agents. so far at least, they do not think that the cia covers have been blown. so far, the chinese embassy has not responded to our calls about the hacking. lester? >> all right. andrea mitchell. thanks. >>> a major victory late this afternoon for that little pink pill that some are calling the female viagra. what would be the first drug of its kind on the market specifically designed for women. nbc's janet shamlian has details. >> reporter: this is the medication promising to restore sexual desire to women who have lost it. the little pink pill. tonight one step closer to fda approval after experts said it should be made available to women. but the advisory panel did

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president before he leaves the floor let me just commend the senator from rhode island. he has made a number of important points this afternoon but i'm particularly pleased that my colleague has laid out such a thoughtful way the implications of the pope's encyclical. this is very, very important as a major new focus of the debate, and i really commend my colleague. i suspect we're now on 101 or 102 in terms of -- 104. i was there for 100. i must have missed one along the way. but i commend my colleague and thank him for his commitment. he knows i share many of your views with respect to creating a fresh set of approaches as we deal with this climate change question. i look forward to working with my colleague. mr. president, today the senate is taking major steps towards a new more progressive trade policy that will shut the door on the 1990's north american free trade agreement once and for all. one of the major ways this overall package accomplishes this goal is by kicking in place

so i want to congratulate senator hatch, senator wyden. this has been a long and rather twisted path to where we are today, but it's are a very, very important accomplishment for the country. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i would like to mention that the other two absences senator menendez had voted no on cloture before, senator lee had voted no on cloture before so the vote would have been 61-39. more importantly is this is a day of celebration in the corporate suites to be sure because they have another corporate-sponsored trade agreement that will mean more money in some investors' pockets, that will mean more plant closings in ohio and arizona and delaware and rhode island and west virginia and maine and all over this country. and most importantly mr. president, what i didn't understand about the vote today is that we even though -- even though "the wall street journal," the cato institute and others acknowledge that decisions we make here on trade agreements while they say it's a ne

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to end sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to here enough, met with congress, work the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement wh

i have allies such as ron wyden on privacy a progressive democrat.i have allies such as cory booker on criminal justice. i have allies such as kirsten gillibrand on trying to in such also in the military. i think it's interesting that is a different way that isn't entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy but there are other issues unable to side with the progressives on us but another part of the book is a of a vision for america beyond partisan politics can beyond petty differences. without the respect bill clinton, george w. bush barack obama also campaign on those same things. >> guest: i think president obama, i like him as an individual in person to i don't think it's gotten beyond sort of the politics the identities come up here in after out of the. >> guest: with congress in a. i do think is trying to work the legislative process because there me thinks it could get done that we agree on. i've only been a few years. those of my great i spent as a physician but the one thing i discovered is the bills are today. let's take for

and i would imagine -- i certainly can't prove it but i imagine the comments made publicly by ron wyden and udall of the senate intelligence committee very critical of the metadata program has helped feed into that change that we're now seeing. so i'm a little more optimistic. >> could i reply to that, please? >> sure. >> get a dialogue going here. good for you to hear different points of view. i guess i'll take on the brennan institute -- >> sure. >> -- on this. i believe the usa freedom act is a red herring. and it is pretty much crafted by the administration to distract attention from everything else that they are doing. they're giving up what admittedly is, in effect, a program and still maintaining ties into it. the bill is riddled with problems that gradually increases transparency, it actually can decrease transparency. if you want to look at all this stuff, look at marci wheeler's comments on the usa freedom act. and what you have to do the other thing is, these -- you know have we learned nothing? basically, what the administration has done is they have redefined terms they hav

missouri patty murray of washington jeanne shaheen of new hampshire, mark warner of virginia and ron wydenon. five republicans voted against the fast track measure including two presidential candidates -- ted cruz of texas and rand paul of kentucky. the fast track legislation also covers negotiations over a second trade deal known as the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. on tuesday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell praised the vote to move ahead on fast track. >> i also want to say to our colleagues, this is a very important day for our country. we have demonstrated we can work together on a bipartisan basis to achieve something that is extremely important for america. juan: speaking before the vote democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio warned the american worker would lose out if the tpp deal is signed. >> people are going to lose their jobs, but we are going to vote today to cut off debate and we are just going to forget, at least temporarily, about helping those workers that lose jobs because of decisions we make? how immoral is that? how shameful is that? what a

fine tune this bill so you had several western democrats, martin from new mexico and you had senator wydenregon with privacy concerns as well but senator paul of the face of the fight throughout much of it. >> thank you. now they are asking questions about the planes flying over us for decades over the right shoulder of senator mcconnell there, chuck grassley the one who says we have to check in on the matter. nsa stays with it fbi continues to fly, but all is well. when news break out, we'll break in. your world with neil cavuto after this. >>> they say to win the presidency, you must first win flord florida, and for republicans, it's been a double disappointment losing this state in the last two presidential elections, but republican presidential candidates gathering in orlando today hope to come up with a plan to change that. and for the next hour, we're going to pick the brains of the men who would like to be your next commander in chief and what nay plan to do to set this forthright for the nation's economy. among those will be speaking with jeb bush scott walker rick perry, bobby

up against the senate majority -- the senate speaker, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, ron wyden taking rand paul's side? talk more about what the lines are now. >> i think it is fascinating that jeb bush has sort of become the republican spokesman for demanding a renewal of the patriot act, position that he shares with president obama. because it really is the kind of classic bush-cheney mentality that is behind not just the opposition, but the arguments being invoked in its favor. if you listen to what obama administration officials have been saying for the last month, they essentially sound just like karl rove and the cheney and that whole crew in 2004 and 2005 every time they wanted to course something they wanted, which is, we are in danger, the terrorist threat is mounting. and unless you submit to what it is we want, which is a renewal of the patriot act, you are putting lives in danger. if you are a critic of the patriot act, you are endangering american lives. they actually went anonymously to "the new york times" to say that anybody standing in the way of patriot act re

today before the cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our effort to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the sigh's covert agriculture -- cia's covert agents. so far they do not think the cia covers have been blown. the agency has not responded to our koulscalls regarding the hacking. >>> robert knake, former director of cybersecurity policy at the national security council at the white house joining us on the phone. robert, can you tell me first of all, how -- how big a deal this is and how would you know how big a deal it is forensically? >> i don't think this is actually that much a bigger deal than the breaches at anthem, carefirst, and other kmeshlg providers there have lost -- commercial providers that have lost other similar information. this is no different than the kind of credit identity informa

and i think, for instance maybe ron wyden, if he had known that the nsa was operating the way that they were he would have done something about it through channels that night mott have damaged our security. president obama feels that snowden damaged america's security and our ability to respond. so all of us out across america tonight i guess can be so excited that yes, we're still safe in all of our private phone information is going to stay just that way. although do you trust the private phone companies and there's some 1,400 of them in this country that we can now go to and find out just who's calling who. i thought mitch mcconnell made a profound point. it's not about conversations. it's not about content. it's not about names. it's about the connecting of numbers. his question was, whose civil rights and civil liberties are violated with that? and sitting there watching and i couldn't answer that right away. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the usa freedom act make america safer? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. we'll bri

wyden: mr. president this week is national hemp history week and to help celebrate i thought i'd show a few oregon-made hemp products to highlight the many uses and opportunities for industrial hemp in my state and across the country. in the basket that i brought i've got food, soap, clothes and even deck sealant all made in oregon bought and sold in american stores and used by americans. oregon companies like bob's red mill fiddle bumps and hemp shield contribute to our economy in unique ways. industrial hemp supports a $620 million industry in america, and our companies have found innovative ways of incorporating it into everyday products. however, the full growth potential of this industry is being cut down before it can fully bloom because a single ingredient that links all of these goods the hemp itself, cannot be grown in america. the unfortunate reality is that current federal rules prohibit our farmers from growing industrial hemp on american soil. this means that 100% of the hemp used i

my friend and colleague, ron wyden, has a companion bill.o be able to fix this anomaly and allow these legal businesses to not be penalized with taxes four times as high as they should be. it was interesting that i was joined by grover norquist, the noted activist who i do not always see i to eye with who has been an eloquent spokesman saying the federal government should fix it. i'm hopeful we will in this congress. host: in 30 days, oregon will become the fourth state to allow recreational use. explain the process? july 1, citizens of oregon will be able to grow up to eight plants. carry up to one ounce and possessed of to eight ounces are you january 4, retail sales applications will begin. guest: this shift taking place so we are not interfering with individuals want to take advantage of it, the state has been working in a deliberate fashion to implement and measure that was approved. marijuana in oregon got more votes than any politician other than me on a statewide level. the initiative sets forth provisions to try to make sure it is d

i want to thank our friends in the senate, like senators hatch and wyden. we needed trust. we promised our democratic friends if they stay with us on t.p.a., we will follow through with this bill that is before us today. we are here today to keep our word and there are three parts of this bill, all three of which have bipartisan support. first we re-authorize trade adjustments assistance act which is in keeping with the agreements. this program helps workers who have lost jobs and we have authorized them, and we are doing them. we authorized them together and that is what we are doing here. we made improvements to the program. second we re-authorize a number of trade preferences for developing countries. this bill re-authorizes a number of programs that have broad bipartisan support, agoo, t.s.p. and haiti hope. these programs lower trade barriers between our country and these developing countries. it's the best example of trade not aid that you can come up with. they grow our trading ties, when they grow, we grow and this is good policy that has been supported by both side

wyden: would the leader yield for a question? mr. reid: i'd be happy to yield to my friend, the ranking member of the committee. mr. wyden: i strongly oppose cloture on the cyber measure and i want to ask you a question on this. i think we all understand how dangerous the hackers are. they're increasingly sophisticated. the most dangerous hackers rarely use the same technique twice. and i believe what you're saying is you can't deal with this responsibly by stay pelg a sigh -- buy stapling a cyber bill to something else. the presiding officer: the time has expired. mr. reid: pardon me? i couldn't hear the chair. the presiding officer: all time has expired. mr. reid: mr. president i respectfully suggest that we're in leader time now. my time is protected or used to. and he asked me a question. i yielded for him a question. mr. wyden: i'll be very brief. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: if i oppose the cloture of the cyber measure, i think what the leader is saying is the cyber measure is so serious that you shouldn

the senators white house mikulski wyden, murphy coming murphy, here i go warner, baldwin, brown and marquis in offering the amendment will help ensure the united united states never again carries out coercive and abusive interrogation techniques. i'm pleased the senate will consider this amendment and i urge a vote created the amendment we are offering today is really very simple. it extends with congress in 2005 by the vote of 90-9 with the detainee treatment act which i believe senator mccain offered which banned the department from using techniques authorized by the army field manual and i banned them from using cruel inhumane and the treatment or punishment. the amendment also requires prompt access by the international committee of the red cross to any detainee held by the united states government. both of these provisions are consistent with united states policy for the past several years. but this amendment would codify these requirements into the law. president obama banned the use of coercive and abusive interrogation techniques by executive order in its first few days in office. a

senator wyden most of all. over in the house i commend speaker boehner and chairman ryan for everything they've done. it hasn't been easy, and without them it wouldn't have been possible. and of course let me thank chairman orrin hatch for demonstrating such patience, persistence and determination throughout this process. he never lost sight of the goal, never gave up. the people of utah are lucky to have him. the senate's work on trade doesn't end today. i said the senate would finish pursuing the rest of the full trade package and it will. we'll take another cloture vote today to that end. that process continues. but the key victory for american workers and products stamped "made in the u.s.a." comes today. the bill we're about to pass will assert congress authority throughout the trade negotiation process. it will ensure we have the tools we need to properly scrutinize whatever trade agreements are ultimately negotiated and it will make clear that the final say rests with us. we had plenty of bumps along the

important to acknowledge speaker john boehner, leader mitch mcconnell, senators orrin hatch and ron wyden congressman paul ryan and pat tiberi. and thanks to all of the senators and representatives to the tough votes and incurs the -- and encouraged their colleagues to do the same. this is a true bipartisan effort. it is a reminder of what we can get done on the toughest issues when we work in a spirit of compromise. i hope we are going to be able to summon the same spirit on future challenges like starting to rebuild some of our roads and bridges and infrastructure around the country. [applause] pres. obama: because the american people deserve nothing less from us. let me just make one more comment. the trade authorization that is provided here is not the actual trade agreement. we still have some tough negotiations that are going to be taking place. there has always been concern that people want transparency in those agreements. under this authorization, these agreements will be posted on the website for a long span of time for people to scrutinize and take a look at. so the debate on t

america because of the role of social media and because of access to cameras that chas champ is wydeningand we have to be sure to provide an opportunity for folks to eventually patrol the communities, and i think that is one of the biggest disconnects. you look at a mace like baltimore city, we have some law officers coming as far as pennsylvania, west virginia, to work every single day. not to say you can't be in pennsylvania or weapons and work in baltimore city but you look at it and you have close to 30% of the officers living in baltimore city and the other 70 or 60 plus percent living elsewhere. it's critically important again, that you provide folks with the opportunity to manage and police their own neighborhoods. >> talk about fear for a second. it assault always strikes me -- the point you made about guns. it would be very different to police in tokyo or belgium than it would be in america because the oddded of anyone you encount their tokyo being armed are essentially vanishingly small. and that is not true in america. there is a real genuine chance the person you're encounter

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr.have the poe potential to reshape the way the american people use the internet for communication and commerce. the first came last week when the other body voted on a bipartisan basis to permanently extend the internet tax freedom act. i wrote that law, which is commonly known as itfa, along with former congressman chris conform, in 199cox in 1998. i believe it is past time for the senate to follow the house's lead and send a permanent extension to the president's desk. the second important matter came up yesterday when a bill called the remote transaction parody act was introduced in the other body. what this proposal offers is a brand-new national sales tax managed by a privatizing tax-collecting bureaucracy that not a single voter in america has approved. i see this online tax hike as a major threat to the internet that has flourished under the bipartisan internet tax freedom act. i want to address both of these issues briefly today beginning with the importance of the permanent int

with orrin hatch who's the finance chairman in the senate and the top democrat on that committee ron wyden to this bill. so ryan has been a very aggressive role along with several of his ways and means -- most of his ways it -- ways and means committee has really helped are they got lots of trade meetings lately with republicans to answer questions, and a very good number of republicans have shown up including the ones who are skeptical, to who have been traded -- mode for trade and it has been they have taken an aggressive stance and an aggressive stance of a major members are educated understand what's in tpa, what's in the trans-pacific partnership commenters would answer any overall, overarching trade questions. members have been very confident of those efforts in setting its help them review what's in all of these bills. trade is a very complex and so it's been a very open process on that site is a. >> host: finally, vicki needham the hill first vote this morecambe what should we watch for? >> caller: that's a great question. it has to be trade adjustment assistance or ugly that's the

i want to read a statement from democratic senator ron wide -- wyden, "the fight to protect americans right is not over. i look forward with working with a bipartisan coalition to push for greater reform in the future." is there more to be done in your mind even though this has passed and the president signed it? >> the questions of mass surveillance and overreach raised by the snowden documents go way beyond the collection of call records under the section 215 that just got changed. they extend to the collection of content under another rule under -- another statute, part of fisa section 702. they also extend to what the nsa and other intelligence agencies do overseas. where actually no statute and no federal court, not even the secret court, has any influence. they operate entirely under executive authority. those are the things that people are talking about changing now. >> so as you bring up the fisa courts, those are the ones that give out the secret search warrants and the way that the government can move forward to close in on people. your estimation about the fisa courts being

years ago i had an opportunity to talk to ron wyden before nafta and he explained how great nafta would be for us and just recently, my employer, former employer built two plants across the board for the mexico and they're shutting our plants town in the u.s. so we're losing our jobs. that pays into my pension. my pension will probably go down. if we look at the past trade agreements they have not helped workers. we have lost. and just recently in the paper yesterday, they were talking about canada and mexico bringing suits in billions of dollars because we want to know what country our meats and vegetables are coming out of and this again, we're giving away our sovereignty because this suit goes out to an international court that we have no control of. we are losing our sovereignty by not having our representatives be able to stop some of these agreements here. so i'm dead set against what's going on and they already give the t.p.p. if they pass the trade promotion authority, which i think it's good that they do that but again, they're privatizing, they're privatizing, or excuse me, so

wyden: mr. president i would like to speak this afternoon about a controversial proposal the cybersecurity information sharing act otherwise known as cisa, which was filed yesterday as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. and i want to begin by saying to the senate that i believe tackling this legislation on the defense bill would in my view be a significant mistake. i expect our colleagues are going to have a wide range of views about this legislation and i hope that the senate can agree that bills as controversial as this one ought to be subject to public debate and an open-ended process not stapled onto unrelated legislation with only a modest amount of discussion. this is particularly true, given the issue of cybersecurity. which is going to have a significant impact on the security and the well-being of the american people, and obviously the consumer rights and the privacy of law-abiding americans. and because it is designed to increase government collection of information from p

this is senator ron wyden of oregon, he moved quickly on friday to remove all gender specific references from tax code. anthony, thanks for waiting from alabama, opposes the decision. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: i am well. caller: i have been listening for a while. you were talking the constitutionality of it. why i oppose this is -- this will open up the door for polygamy, bc audi, all of the -- beastieality, all of that. it is like opening up pandora's box. referring to the bible -- that is the way i look at it. bad things may come upon us from the judgment of god. host: what has been the reaction at the state level? caller: we oppose it pretty much in alabama. i do not know what was said, i did not see the reaction yesterday within the state. the federal court ruled, so i guess they have to abide by a. host: the state of alabama is one of the 14 states that did not previously allow same-sex couples to marry. if you go to "the washington post" there are the 14 states listed that previously had bands on same-sex marriage. two states are still not currently issuing lic

host: did included ron wyden the two virginia senators.y have made their brand on doing this with members of the groups wanting to be pro-business and advocate this. it is not that much of a step rise. the big surprise luck continues to make those of us who have been concerned with the partisans of i you have to stop and ink about the case in which most republicans, this was saved because mitch mcconnell that all the live republicans to help out barack obama. where not going to see this again this year. all they have to do is get the he won. as far as i know they will get the same. maybe one of them will vote as well. final passage is guaranteed. the only thing there is suspense about is that will eventually congress take a run at the bill that was supposed to be with this. host: the trade adjustment assistance is for workers that were displaced because of trade. what happens with that? what is the strategy right now? guest: the strategy right now is to try and persuade more democrat that it is in their best interest, that this is a democr

hoeven. 1510 heller. 1520 rounds. 1538 wicker. 1579 ernst. 1622 moran. 1799 rubio. 1677 udall. 1701 wydeneinstein. 1781 heitkamp. and 1796, cardin. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the amendments are called up. and agreed to. a senator: i defer to my colleague from north carolina. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president i call for the regular order with respect to amendment number 1569. the presiding officer: the amendment is now pending. mr. burr: i send a second-degree amendment to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from north carolina, mr. burr, proposes an amendment numbered 1921 to amendment numbered 1569. mr. burr: i ask consent the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i yield the floor. mr. wicker: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: it is my privilege to ask unanimous consent that captain matthew t. reader, a marine corps and united states fellow in senator ayotte's off

others, great people on the other side who have cooperated and i think with regard to that, senator wyden has worked very hard and very close with me on a number of bills. but especially the trade promotion authority bill which was the key bill to enable this administration to enter into good agreements with foreign countries that are important to us. without that bill we wouldn't have these agreements. and we may still not have them unless they're done right. but let's at least say that we've given the administration the opportunity of doing it right. in spite of our successes so far, this congress, there are still many who oppose our efforts restore the senate to its proper function. the minority leader might be the most among the distracters. i'd like to respond to some of his criticisms. the democratic leader has willfully ignored the significant achievements of the current congress, even arguing that the republican-led senate has done nothing to help the american people. the minority leader's accusation is patently false. he lobs these criticisms to distract the american people from

with orrin hatch is the finance chairman in the senate and the top democrat on that committee, ron wydenwrote the bill. he has taken aggressive role along with his ways and means committee has really helped. they've held up the trade meetings lately with republicans to answer questions and a very good number of republicans have shown up including one who was tactical, who haven't voted for trade in the past. they've taken an aggressive stance tried to make sure members are educated and understand what is in tpa in the transpacific partnership in answer any overarching trade question and members have been in the assessors zaniness helped them review what is and all of these bills. the trade is very complex. it's a very open process. >> finally trade for bill what should we watch for? >> that's a great question. it has to be trade adjustment assistance. that bill needs to pass in order for trade promotion authority to come out. there's a lot of democrats including sandy levin who's the top democrat on ways and means. he's going to oppose it. a lot of liberal democrats who have come out aga

wyden: i thank my colleague. the first of these examples -- and they really are the kind of overblown examples about the effectiveness of bulk collection, is the case of an individual named najubullah zazi. he was a known terrorist suspect and a number of people suggested that bulk phone records collection was somehow essential to stopping him because a query of the phone records data base for numbers linked to mr. zazi returned a previously unknown number belonging to another terrorism suspect. however, since the government had already identified zazi as a terrorism suspect prior to querying the bulk phone records data base, it had all the evidence it needed to obtain the phone records of zazi and his associates using an individualized section 215 order or other legal authorities. in the second case, some have pointed to mr. mullalan, a san diego man convicted of sending $8,500 to support shabaab in somalia. the intelligence community has indicated that information from the bulk phone records data base -- quote