He did speak to both democrats and republicans. Can you say how many . I dont have the specific numbers here. But the president convened many calls with democrats and rms opt Judiciary Committee. You say these are intensive consultations. Are names exchanged . Well, i dont have a beyond just saying do your job, ill do my job, we all know the constitution. When you say intensive, can you give some indication of what again, i think it depends on the person and on the view of the person on the other end of the phone. Well, the best possible circumstances. Well, yeah. Look, as ive noted earlier, there are some people who have publicly and privately said theyre not going to consider anybody. It is hard to have a detailed conversation about who the president is considering if theyve already said it doesnt matter who you choose, im going to oppose them. Unfortunately, thats the approach thats been taken by a large number of republicans and thats unfortunate. Is that the response he got from s
I apologize, did not see you there. Go ahead. Is, we do suggestion everything. Congressmen, running for offices, only can run for one month. One month. That way we can get rid of all of this month. All of this money. All of this money. Senators, everybody, should be able to run for just one month out of the whole year. We get everything we need to know about them in one month. Then we need to do one other thing. All donated money should come from us. We should have it so that one a year, once everyone in the United States donate one dollar or two dollars. And that is it. That is all they get. Host last caller. I appreciate the call today. Will take our viewers to the Senate Health committee where education secretary john king is set to testify about the everyentation of the Student Succeeds act, which has been signed into law as a replacement to no child left behind. That is up now it we will see you back here tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. [captioning performed by the national captio
First of all, i have no idea. We have failed to pass meaningful comprehensive healthcare legislation for over a century. The fact is we passed something in 2010, some i look back with and i look back with great satisfaction. Was its perfect bill . Absolutely not. I think most people fail to understand how much commonality there is. There is very little difference between republicans and democrats about the fact that we still have a cost problem. We intend more on heck neck the United States than india has nit entire gdp or brazil or russia. 9,200 per year this year. Costs have come down dramatically as a result in part of the passage of the Affordable Care act. Id emphasize only in part but nonetheless they have come down. We still have an access problem. 30 Million People uninsured. Serious quality problems. At the dont rise to the top ten in the top 20 different criteria for performance in health today. So, on those three challenges, we find very little disagreement. The causes are a
At least 13 or 14 cities over 15year period that you can take a look at as one of the models thats doing an incredible job of connecting Law Enforcement young people in a role where theyre still Police Officers but their role very much different than what it would normally be, helping create broader relationships. It is called the ok program. Yes, sir . Clear up Something Real quickly. Not a word has been mentioned about the Civil Rights Division of doj. I spent 39 years in the fbi. I ran the fbis civil rights program. This criminal section of the Civil Rights Division will look at every single case that comes up that meets certain basic requirements such as in ferguson or the rodney king case. People are rioting based on the presumption that justice has not been served. It is not over yet. People have to understand that. And my question to the leaders of these communities, have there been coalitions of leaderships whether it is ferguson, cincinnati or wherever to dispel the mispercept
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 76, the nays are 16. The nomination is confidence. Is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the grigsby nomination. Who yields time . Mr. Leahy madam president . Madam president . The presiding officer the senator vermont. Mr. Leahy madam president , on the griggsby nomination, i have a statement which i will include in the record as though read, and i yield back all time. The presiding officer without objection. The question is on the nomination. All in favor say aye. All opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately be notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to a v