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Mr. Carper mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Carper thank you mr. President. Well mr. President Congress Says here we do a lot of oversight, oversight thats focused on what is going right and also what is going wrong in our government. Theres a lot of each actually. That oversight is critically important work. Sometimes overlooked but cr...

Noted in my testimony in 2013 as a result of spending and Information Technology the Information Technology business, modernization problem for the irs was taken of the highrisk list having been there for 14 years. It was proven in the i t area that if we have the funding we can make significant progress. Is great for the i t area but other areas need to be addressed and 25 years is far too long. Time to put some teeth into it. I now recognize the gentleman from florida for five minutes. Commiss...

Proffered interpretation to see if those substantive effects are compatible with the statute as a whole and to see which interpretation is more consistent with the design and object of the statutory structure. As i said, that was a Supreme Court case. Those of you listening in the audience who are not familiar with recent Supreme Court cases might want to reject that reasoning as being maybe one of the liberal justices. It might have been our friend Justice Briar for a 54 majority with some purp...

Establish by the state is not used anywhere else in the statute except in provisions that are serving that purpose. Now, in terms of why would congress do this because this is the question. Why would congress think to do Something Like this . The condition achievement of goals on state cooperation. They did that on medicaid. They offered a lot of inducement on medicaid. Because congress cant come comen dear, everyone knew that congress could make states a really good offer but it had to be an of...

Conditioned on this question the incoming secretary needs to have the courage to speak truth to power to congress, yes but also to his commander in chief. Half. Mr. Durbin mr. President . Speaking in morning business, i rise to express my support for the president s nominee dr. Ashton carter to serve as our nations 25th secretary of defense. A few words of thanks first for chuck hagel our former colleague in the senate who served as secretary of defense. Hes a friend. Hes had a long career in pu...

Networks, friday night starting at 8 00 eastern on cspan, our campaign 2014 debate coverage continues in prime time. On saturday night at 8 00, the funeral for former Washington Post editor ben bradley. Sunday evening at 8 00 on q a, author harold holser on lincoln and the press. Chris tomlinson on the story of two families, one white and one black and the slave plantation that bears their name. Pulitzer prize winning author james mechanic fcpherson on jef davis. And a threehour conversation wit...

Justice antonin scalia, in prepared remarks. It was the content of Justice Scalias reasoning that shaped me. His judicial philosophy was straightforward. A judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were. If we can get this wonderfullyqualified, conservative woman on the court, well be making a statement to all young conservative women theres a place at the table for you. Your health care is on the lewin. A justice who on the line. A justice who has been critical of upholdin...

Do our first round of 30minute questioning, each senator will have 30 minutes to interact with judge barrett, then we will follow up with a second round of 20 minutes, thats what weve been doing in the committee since ive been here. I know we wont get it all done today but the goal is to get through the first 30minute period today, then come back wednesday and finish up, then we will go on about our business. So i will try to i will make sure i stay within 30 minutes for sure and if i can shorte...

She was such a great listener. Kindness and empathy throughout. Of course, lets dont forget the notepad moment im here. Ask your questions, all i need is my United States senate notepad and Starbucks Coffee and were doing great. Thanks to all of you. Stand by. Senator graham gavels to order. Women conservatives have had a hard time. Some want to marginalize the contribution because you come out on a different side of an issue, abortion. This hearing is not to punch through a Glass Ceiling but a ...

Hearing. [inaudible conversations] this hearing is open, and ask as you know and as you know, my name is richard blumenthal, im senator from connecticut, and i am here, regretfully, in place of chairman rockefeller who has an urgent intel, intelligence matter and, therefore, could not be with us at the opening. I dont think hell be able to join us, but his absence is in no way a sign of any lack of interest in this subject. In fact, ive talked to him in some detail about this hearing, and i know...