[000:00:00;09] YOUR WALLET.
[000:00:02;07] WE TRIED TO GIVE THEM CHOICES
[000:00:04;22] FOR HOW THEY CAN MAKE A
[000:00:05;25] CONTRIBUTION AND LEAD THEM IN
[000:00:06;16] THAT DIRECTION THAT WE NEED
[000:00:07;13] PEOPLE TO FOLLOW AND IT'S AN
[000:00:15;29] IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB TO TALK
[000:00:18;06] TO THE COUNTERPARTS AND SAY WE
[000:00:20;19] NEED EVERYBODY IN THE GAME IF WE
[000:00:22;04] ARE GOING TO HAVE A PEACEFUL
[000:00:25;04] WORLD.
[000:00:26;13] YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE GAME.
[000:00:30;27] LET ME ASK THE CHAIRMAN.
[000:00:31;29] >> I CHAIR MAN.
[000:00:32;15] >> I WOULD EMPHASIZE WHAT THE
[000:00:33;06] SECRETARY SAID.
[000:00:33;21] THE KEY PART I WENT TO THE
[000:00:37;22] REGION AND MATCH WITH 30 OF THE
[000:00:38;19] CHIEFS OF DEFENSE FROM THE
[000:00:39;28] COALITION PARTNERS AND
[000:00:41;25] ENCOURAGED PARTICIPATION THAT
[000:00:43;01] ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO HARD IS
[000:00:45;16] LOOK AT WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE
[000:00:47;11] CONTRIBUTION AND THAT IS AN
[000:00:48;17] ONGOING PROCESS WHERE WE ARE
[000:00:51;12] SATISFIED WITH WHERE WE ARE
[000:00:55;15] NEVER.
[000:01:01;12] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
[000:01:02;03] AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR MAN
[000:01:03;10] LET ME DECLARE THE HEARING
[000:01:07;15] ADJOURNED.
[000:01:19;14] >> [INAUDIBLE]
[000:01:22;04] [LAUGHTER]
[000:02:44;22] READ TIDE ARRIVES AT DONALD
[000:02:45;15] TRUMP TO THE REPUBLICAN
[000:02:46;25] LEADERSHIP IN A SPEECH AT THE
[000:02:48;25] CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS IN
[000:02:50;05] WASHINGTON, D.C..
[000:02:53;01] HE SAID REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:02:54;12] CREATED THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
[000:02:56;27] DONALD TRUMP SIMPLY STRUCK THE
[000:02:57;18] MATCH.
[000:02:58;21] THIS IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
[000:03:10;16] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
[000:03:12;12] HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
[000:03:16;06] WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE
[000:03:17;15] FOR AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR WHAT
[000:03:21;18] IS HAPPENING IN THE POLITICS
[000:03:22;08] TODAY.
[000:03:23;04] JUST BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[000:03:26;16] SECOND INAUGURATION, AND THE
[000:03:29;27] BERLITZ PUBLISHED THIS FITTING
[000:03:31;27] HEADLINE, QUOTE, REPUBLICANS
[000:03:32;17] ACCUSE OBAMA OF USING POSITIONED
[000:03:33;15] TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.
[000:03:36;08] AND THIS SUMS UP WHERE WE'VE
[000:03:37;23] BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
[000:03:41;05] WE HAVE HAD A YEAR AFTER HIS
[000:03:41;25] YEAR IN WHICH REPUBLICAN
[000:03:42;26] POLITICS HAS BEEN A CONTEST FOR
[000:03:45;14] WHO CAN SEE NO THE SAY NO THE
[000:03:46;17] FASTEST, THE LOUDEST AND THE
[000:03:47;23] LONGEST WITH NO REGARD TO REASON
[000:03:50;29] OR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
[000:03:53;24] COUNTRY PARTICULARLY OVER THE
[000:03:55;00] PAST 24 HOURS IN RESPONSE TO THE
[000:03:57;04] SUPREME COURT.
[000:03:58;29] TRUTHFULLY, WE'VE SEEN THAT THE
[000:04:02;04] MOMENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[000:04:03;16] ELECTED BARACK OBAMA THEY MADE
[000:04:07;12] IT THERE REASON FOR EVERYTHING
[000:04:10;15] THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED FOR YOU
[000:04:11;28] TO BE MISLED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[000:04:13;19] ABOUT THE POLICIES AND OVER THE
[000:04:14;11] LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
[000:04:15;05] INCREDIBLY HEATED RHETORIC
[000:04:17;23] AROUND THE PRESIDENT AND THE
[000:04:20;20] COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[000:04:21;08] TODAY DONALD TRUMP IS THE
[000:04:22;20] REPUBLICAN PARTY FRONTRUNNER
[000:04:25;18] COMING AND PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED
[000:04:28;03] THAT THE HATEFUL DIVISIVE
[000:04:29;18] RHETORIC HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A
[000:04:32;29] CANDIDACY THAT MIRRORS ALL OF
[000:04:36;04] THOSE.
[000:04:36;13] WE ARE PARTICULARLY HONORED TO
[000:04:37;25] HAVE THE SENATOR HERE.
[000:04:45;21] HE'S BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THE
[000:04:47;07] AMERICAN PEOPLE CITING THE
[000:04:50;29] AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS WORKING TO
[000:04:51;23] HELP ALL AMERICANS ON ALMOST
[000:04:53;05] EVERY ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON
[000:04:55;23] OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES
[000:04:58;26] BUT HE'S WORKING TO HELP
[000:05:00;08] FAMILIES ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN
[000:05:02;21] DREAM, CITING HIS HEART OUT AND
[000:05:06;05] PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
[000:05:07;09] FUTURE GENERATIONS HAS BEEN AN
[000:05:12;10] INCREDIBLE VOICE FOR ALL OF US
[000:05:13;01] SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE
[000:05:13;28] TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
[000:05:17;19] WITH THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE AND
[000:05:18;28] WHAT'S HAPPENING IN POLITICS
[000:05:21;19] WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
[000:05:25;13] GOING.
[000:05:27;20] PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
[000:05:29;02] SENATOR HARRY REID.
[000:05:34;05] [APPLAUSE]
[000:05:44;16] SORRY I WAS A LITTLE LATE THERE
[000:05:45;28] WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT HELD US UP.
[000:05:50;25] I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
[000:05:52;09] PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE JOHN
[000:05:56;04] PODESTA.
[000:05:57;15] WHEN JOHN PODESTA CAME TO ME
[000:06:00;10] WITH THIS IDEA I WAS
[000:06:04;26] UNDERWHELMED.
[000:06:06;20] I COULDN'T BELIEF THAT HE SAID
[000:06:08;17] WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
[000:06:09;29] I WAS RIGHT -- HE WAS RIGHT AND
[000:06:13;01] I WAS WRONG.
[000:06:22;02] YOU ARE STEPPING INTO THOSE
[000:06:24;06] SHOES AND YOU'VE DONE AN
[000:06:25;08] OUTSTANDING JOB.
[000:06:27;02] THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
[000:06:27;24] HERE TODAY.
[000:06:29;00] >> MANY AMERICANS ARE SCRATCHING
[000:06:30;25] THEIR HEADS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
[000:06:34;22] I KNOW THAT I HAVE ON MORE THAN
[000:06:35;14] ONE OCCASION.
[000:06:36;11] MOST OF US CANNOT HAVE THEM HOW
[000:06:38;26] HE ROSE SO FAR AND SO FAST.
[000:06:42;08] HIS VILE RHETORIC AS
[000:06:45;11] EMBARRASSING, HIS PROPOSALS ARE
[000:06:48;09] DANGEROUS.
[000:06:49;23] REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT ACTS
[000:06:52;09] BEWILDERED THAT BUT THEY SHOULD
[000:06:53;21] NOT BE BEWILDERED AS MUCH AS I
[000:06:56;25] TRY TO DISTANCE FROM TRUMP NOW
[000:07:01;03] FOR EIGHT YEARS THEY DREAMED OF
[000:07:04;04] THE POLICY DEBATE BY REPLACING
[000:07:07;13] ENGAGEMENT WITH RESENTMENT AND
[000:07:09;10] HATRED.
[000:07:10;21] WE ARE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW.
[000:07:22;27] THEY ALREADY TREAT HIM OR HER
[000:07:24;06] LIKE A PIÑATA AND THAT'S THE
[000:07:26;27] KIND OF MINDLESS BEHAVIOR THAT
[000:07:28;09] HAS HOLLOWED OUT THE POLITICAL
[000:07:31;05] DEBATE AND CREATED THE
[000:07:32;17] CONDITIONS FOR DONALD TRUMP TO
[000:07:35;26] RISE.
[000:07:36;05] THEY CREATED THE DROUGHT
[000:07:37;09] CONDITIONS DONALD TRUMP'S TURN
[000:07:38;21] TO BE -- SIMPLY STRUCK THE MATCH
[000:07:45;01] FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO.
[000:07:47;26] THE NATIONS AT THE END OF 2008.
[000:07:52;14] PRESIDENT BUSH WAS ON HIS WAY
[000:07:53;23] OUT OF OFFICE AFTER A FAILED
[000:07:55;24] PRESIDENCY TEETERING ON THE
[000:07:57;27] BRINK OF DISASTER.
[000:07:59;24] PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME TO OFFICE
[000:08:00;28] WITH A BROAD MANDATE PROMISING
[000:08:04;01] THE NATION REALLY NEEDED.
[000:08:12;26] SADLY THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:08:14;22] CHOSE THE OPPOSITE PATH INSTEAD
[000:08:16;00] OF COOPERATING ON COMMONSENSE
[000:08:18;04] SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE STILL
[000:08:19;16] SUFFERING IN THE GREAT RECESSION
[000:08:22;02] THEY CHOSE OBSTRUCTION AND
[000:08:26;05] POLICIES.
[000:08:27;20] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST
[000:08:29;23] INAUGURATION.
[000:08:38;19] THEY'VE DECIDED ON THE MISSION
[000:08:41;26] FIRST THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING IN
[000:08:42;18] THEIR POWER TO KEEP PRESIDENT
[000:08:43;26] OBAMA FROM BEING ELECTED AND
[000:08:46;20] SECOND THEY WOULD PREVENT HIM
[000:08:47;11] FROM ACHIEVING ANY OF THE
[000:08:48;08] LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS.
[000:08:52;22] THE REJECTION OF PRESIDENT
[000:08:53;27] OBAMA'S MANIFESTED ITSELF IN ONE
[000:08:55;29] BIG LIE.
[000:08:56;23] THEY REPEATED IT IN DIFFERENT
[000:08:58;14] WAYS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
[000:09:04;29] THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS COULD BE
[000:09:07;03] ADDRESSED BY SMART POLICY
[000:09:08;18] SOLUTIONS IF THE SOLUTIONS WERE
[000:09:11;10] PULLED BY OBAMA.
[000:09:24;17] WE HAVE SEEN THIS LIE IN THE
[000:09:26;21] LAST 24 HOURS NOMINATED TO THE
[000:09:30;12] SUPREME COURT AND THE CIRCUIT
[000:09:31;24] COURT OVERWHELMINGLY MOVED
[000:09:36;17] SOMEWHERE IN THE SENATE WITH A
[000:09:38;17] LARGE VOTE APPOINTED HIM INTO
[000:09:40;11] SELECTED HIM AS THE COURT OF
[000:09:41;24] APPEALS TO THE DC CIRCUIT FOR
[000:09:44;10] THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND.
[000:09:58;26] HERE'S WHAT THE SENATORS HAVE
[000:10:03;15] GARLAND.
[000:10:10;11] SHE SAID VERY COMPLIANT RATINGS.
[000:10:13;23] THEY SLAM THE DOOR ON A GOOD MAN
[000:10:16;15] SIMPLY WHY?
[000:10:17;24] BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA
[000:10:19;25] NOMINATED HIM.
[000:10:21;04] THAT'S HOW THEY TREATED HIM OVER
[000:10:24;17] HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY FOR SEVEN
[000:10:27;14] AND A HALF YEARS.
[000:10:30;11] IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE THESE
[000:10:31;26] IDEAS CAME FROM A.
[000:10:39;12] IT WAS OVER AND OVER IN MANY
[000:10:41;18] DIFFERENT WAYS THEY SAID IT
[000:10:45;26] CANNOT HELP YOU AND IT WILL HURT
[000:10:49;20] YOU.
[000:10:51;08] LOOK AT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[000:10:53;16] 50 MILLION WERE SUFFERING
[000:10:54;28] WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE.
[000:10:57;19] THE CENTERPIECE PERFORMED BY
[000:10:58;28] DEMOCRATS AS THE INDIVIDUAL
[000:11:01;02] MANDATE.
[000:11:02;29] IT CAME FROM THE CONSERVATIVE
[000:11:07;29] HERITAGE.
[000:11:09;29] ESSENTIALLY BECAME SOCIALISM IN
[000:11:11;18] THEIR EYES BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE
[000:11:13;03] AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[000:11:16;12] IT WAS ONE POLICY AFTER ANOTHER
[000:11:17;21] TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC
[000:11:19;19] HARDSHIPS.
[000:11:21;07] MANY IDEAS ORIGINATED WITH
[000:11:22;27] REPUBLICANS AND ENJOYED
[000:11:26;25] BIPARTISAN SUPPORT YET ONE BY
[000:11:30;28] ONE THEY REPEATED THE BIG BLIND
[000:11:34;04] OBAMA SUPPORTS IT, IT WON'T HELP
[000:11:35;13] YOU.
[000:11:36;25] THE LIST IS VERY LONG.
[000:11:42;11] UNEMPLOYMENT, REFORM, ISSUE
[000:11:44;14] AFTER ISSUE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:11:46;02] FACED A CHOICE AND THEY PUT FOOD
[000:11:49;13] ON THE TABLE EARLY.
[000:11:53;12] REPUBLICANS CHOSE TO STICK IT TO
[000:11:56;00] PRESIDENT OBAMA INSTEAD OF
[000:11:57;10] HELPING THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS.
[000:11:59;21] THE EXAMPLES CONTINUE THE
[000:12:01;09] PAYROLL TAX CUTS WITH STUDENT
[000:12:04;26] LOANS, IMMIGRATION REFORM,
[000:12:07;06] AUTOMOBILE BAILOUTS.
[000:12:08;24] ALL THE POLICIES USED TO ENJOY
[000:12:11;05] BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
[000:12:18;23] PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTS IT AT
[000:12:21;17] HOME HELP YOU.
[000:12:25;06] LIKE ANY, MAINTAINING THIS ONE
[000:12:25;27] THAT REPUBLICANS ARE DEEPER AND
[000:12:26;25] DEEPER INTO THIS HONESTY.
[000:12:29;27] REPUBLICANS WHO FOUND THAT
[000:12:32;04] PROPPING UP THE LINE THEY HAD TO
[000:12:32;27] QUESTION ANY INDEPENDENT
[000:12:34;06] AUTHORITY THAT MIGHT CONTRADICT
[000:12:37;03] IT SO THEY STARTED ROUTINELY
[000:12:39;24] QUESTIONING SCIENCE OR ANY OTHER
[000:12:40;16] RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTED THE
[000:12:41;20] DEMOCRATIC POLICIES.
[000:12:50;01] IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC
[000:12:55;23] CONSENSUS I DON'T BELIEVE THE
[000:12:56;17] SCIENCE AND PREVENTING GUN
[000:12:57;23] VIOLENCE IN THE EPIDEMIC OF MASS
[000:13:00;10] SHOOTING THEY REJECT COMMONSENSE
[000:13:01;25] SOLUTIONS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
[000:13:04;13] REPUBLICANS CLAIM THAT MORE GUNS
[000:13:06;01] ARE THE ANSWER.
[000:13:09;13] THEY'VE EVEN PUT OBJECTIVE FACTS
[000:13:11;00] ABOUT THE BASIC ECONOMY AND THE
[000:13:15;25] RECENT POLL SHOWED 53% OF
[000:13:17;06] REPUBLICANS THINK THE
[000:13:18;16] UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHER NOW
[000:13:21;25] THAN WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
[000:13:22;16] OFFICE.
[000:13:23;13] THIS STATISTIC IS SAD BUT IT'S
[000:13:28;14] NOT SHOCKING.
[000:13:29;26] DESPITE 72 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF
[000:13:31;23] JOB GROWTH AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
[000:13:33;07] RATE BELOW 5% THEY ARE STILL
[000:13:37;12] TELLING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
[000:13:38;04] PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN A
[000:13:39;08] DISASTER FOR THE ECONOMY.
[000:13:42;14] ONE AFTER ANOTHER COMMONSENSE
[000:13:44;16] FACTS ARE BROUGHT DOWN BY
[000:13:46;00] REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE TOSSED
[000:13:48;09] ASIDE AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR
[000:13:50;00] THEIR ONE BIG LIE IS NOT WONDER
[000:13:52;03] LAND'S FEEL POWERLESS
[000:13:55;13] REPUBLICANS SPENT EIGHT YEARS TO
[000:13:59;01] HELP THEM FACE THE CHALLENGES.
[000:14:02;00] INSTEAD OF ENGAGING ON POLICY
[000:14:04;02] THEY SIMPLY TOLD AMERICANS
[000:14:05;23] THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE SO
[000:14:10;26] WHAT HAVE THE REPUBLICANS
[000:14:13;17] CREATED?
[000:14:15;23] PRESENTIMENT, HATRED THAT THEY
[000:14:17;05] WERE TOO COWARD TO RENOUNCE.
[000:14:19;21] THE GROUPS LIKE THE TEA PARTY
[000:14:22;18] WERE FIRST WITH MONEY FROM THE
[000:14:25;03] COMPETITORS.
[000:14:26;05] THE IDEOLOGIES AND OBJECTIVES OF
[000:14:27;13] THE GROUP VARIED BUT THEY ALL
[000:14:30;01] HAD ONE THING IN COMMON WHO WAS
[000:14:34;19] CONSIDERED AN ILLEGITIMATE
[000:14:36;13] PRESIDENT IT'S OBVIOUS EVEN THE
[000:14:37;22] MOST CASUAL OBSERVER WAS DRIVEN
[000:14:40;14] FORWARD BY SOME OF THE DARKEST
[000:14:41;26] FORCES IN THE CULTURE BUT
[000:14:45;12] REPUBLICAN LEADERS TRIED.
[000:14:49;05] THIS RESENTMENT AND HATRED TOOK
[000:14:51;11] THREE FORMS FIRST, IT RENDERED
[000:14:55;14] PRESIDENT OBAMA ILLEGITIMATE AND
[000:14:58;03] SECOND, FEAR MONGERING, THIRD,
[000:14:59;15] HATRED AMONG LATINOS.
[000:15:01;21] THE FORCES THAT ARE NOW
[000:15:03;00] SYNONYMOUS IN THE CANDIDACY OR
[000:15:06;06] BY REPUBLICAN LEADERS THE PAST
[000:15:08;13] EIGHT YEARS.
[000:15:10;07] THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE ATTEMPT TO
[000:15:13;02] DECLARE PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS THE
[000:15:14;14] MOVEMENT.
[000:15:16;05] IT ALL STARTED ON A WEBSITE THAT
[000:15:19;24] ASKED WHERE IS THE BIRTH
[000:15:22;16] CERTIFICATE.
[000:15:22;28] BEFORE LONG MORE AND MORE
[000:15:24;07] OUTLETS WERE DISCUSSING THIS
[000:15:26;28] ABSURD CONSPIRACY THEORY.
[000:15:30;01] REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS DID
[000:15:33;00] NOTHING.
[000:15:33;24] REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND
[000:15:35;01] LEGISLATURE WERE SUGGESTING THE
[000:15:36;27] PRESIDENT WASN'T WARNING AMERICA
[000:15:38;06] AND WHO WAS THE MOST PROMINENT
[000:15:41;04] TO GIVE THE MOVEMENT A PLATFORM?
[000:15:45;01] DONALD TRUMP.
[000:15:46;13] I FIND IT IRONIC MITT ROMNEY
[000:15:48;02] THAT ROMNEY IS SPEAKING OUT IN
[000:15:50;05] HIS EXTREMISM.
[000:15:51;21] HE KNEW HOW RIDICULOUS THE
[000:15:53;00] CLAIMS WERE AND GET WHAT DID HE
[000:15:56;03] DO XPS FOR DONALD TRUMP'S
[000:15:56;22] ENDORSEMENT.
[000:15:57;21] THAT ROMNEY HELPED FAN THE
[000:16:00;16] FLAMES OF RESENTMENT.
[000:16:01;28] HOWEVER MORE INSIDIOUS TO RENDER
[000:16:05;02] HIM WAS WAGED BY THE COUNTERPART
[000:16:07;09] MITCH MCCONNELL AS WAS REPORTED
[000:16:11;21] IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ONLY SIX
[000:16:14;13] YEARS AGO AND HERE'S WHAT IT
[000:16:17;19] SAID.
[000:16:18;16] BEFORE THE HEALTH CARE FIGHT
[000:16:19;06] HEALTHCARE FIGHT AND THE
[000:16:20;13] ECONOMICS TO ME WAS PACKAGE
[000:16:22;22] BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
[000:16:25;06] OFFICE, SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL
[000:16:28;00] HAD A STRATEGY FOR THE PARTY
[000:16:31;25] PRETTY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE TO
[000:16:33;02] SLOW THINGS DOWN AND TAKE
[000:16:34;22] ADVANTAGE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE
[000:16:36;10] BEEN GOVERNING ENTITY NIGHT AND
[000:16:39;22] HE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, THE
[000:16:42;00] LEGISLATION.
[000:16:46;25] NO PRESIDENT IN HISTORY TASTE
[000:16:47;16] THE NUMBER OF FILIBUSTERS
[000:16:48;14] PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BASED.
[000:16:53;10] TODAY SOME ARE WAGING MORE THAN
[000:16:54;19] 500 FILIBUSTERS DESPITE THE FACT
[000:16:57;13] MANY ARE AGAINST THINGS THEY
[000:16:58;23] THOUGHT WERE A GOOD IDEA.
[000:17:04;21] DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS THAT
[000:17:08;16] LBJ SERVED AS THE MAJORITY
[000:17:12;13] LEADER BY SIX YEARS IN THE
[000:17:18;09] HUNDREDS IT GOT WORSE AFTER MY
[000:17:21;15] FIRST SIX YEARS IT IS BLIND
[000:17:22;17] OPPOSITION TO THE CONSENT THAT
[000:17:23;24] THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS IDEAS ARE
[000:17:26;17] ILLEGITIMATE.
[000:17:27;24] INDEED THE BLIND REJECTION OF
[000:17:30;17] ANY POLICY REGARDLESS OF THE
[000:17:34;29] MERIT.
[000:17:37;22] THE NO HOLDS BARRED POLITICS WAS
[000:17:40;07] IN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND NO
[000:17:44;10] PEOPLE HAVE THE DEBATE OVER THE
[000:17:45;19] SUPREME COURT.
[000:17:46;29] MOMENTS AFTER THE DEATH OF
[000:17:49;26] REPUBLICAN LEADER LEADERS
[000:17:51;08] DECIDED TO ABANDON THE
[000:17:53;02] CONSTITUTION AND BIPARTISANSHIP
[000:17:54;11] TO APPEASE THE RADICAL BASE.
[000:17:58;06] THAT NIGHT HE FOLLOWED IN THIS
[000:18:01;15] REPUBLICANS MUST DELAY.
[000:18:08;20] THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE NOMINEE
[000:18:10;20] WOULD BE YET REPUBLICANS WERE
[000:18:15;22] UNDERMINED AGAIN.
[000:18:23;14] IF SENATOR MCCONNELL WONDERS
[000:18:24;23] WHERE DONALD TRUMP CAME HE
[000:18:27;15] SHOULD TAKE A LOOK IN THE
[000:18:30;02] MIRROR.
[000:18:31;21] NO ONE IS WORKING HARDER TO
[000:18:33;15] SUPPORT HIM MCCONNELL WHO
[000:18:34;24] SACRIFICED THE MAJORITY AND
[000:18:37;24] ALLOWED HIM TO PICK THE NOMINEE.
[000:18:41;17] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ANOTHER.
[000:18:47;11] THE OUTLETS LIKE FOX NEWS BEGAN
[000:18:49;10] EFFORTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
[000:18:50;24] A SECRET MUSLIM.
[000:18:56;08] THEY WOULD STOKE THE FLAMES OF
[000:18:58;00] HATE TRADE.
[000:19:01;14] SOME WERE WORKING THE OBAMA
[000:19:02;23] ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS
[000:19:05;02] SUGGESTED SHARIA LAW WAS TAKING
[000:19:06;24] OVER AMERICA AND ONCE WE AGAIN
[000:19:10;06] THEY DID NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE
[000:19:12;13] HATE COMING FROM THE PARTY.
[000:19:15;07] NOW BECAUSE OF THE REACTION THEY
[000:19:19;02] ARE LEAVING THE CANDIDACY OF
[000:19:22;24] STOPS ON THE HATE SPEECH AND
[000:19:24;07] WANTS TO BLOCK ALL IN THE
[000:19:28;07] COUNTRY.
[000:19:30;01] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S
[000:19:31;18] ANTI-IMMIGRANT UNDERBELLY IS THE
[000:19:33;27] MOST SALIENT EXAMPLE.
[000:19:54;10] THEY USE REPUGNANCE LANGUAGE.
[000:20:07;01] THE DEPORTATION AS JEB BUSH
[000:20:10;10] SPOKE AND MARCO RUBIO CALLED FOR
[000:20:11;22] DEPORTING ALL THE DREAMERS NOW
[000:20:15;02] THEY SAY NOTHING IS DONALD TRUMP
[000:20:16;26] SAYS THEY WANT TO WIND UP
[000:20:20;24] 11 MILLION WITH A MILITARISTIC
[000:20:22;04] MASSIVE DEPORTATION FORCE.
[000:20:33;21] THEY WALK OUTSIDE WITHOUT THEIR
[000:20:35;21] IMMIGRATION PAPERS.
[000:20:38;00] IN THIS HATRED THE LEADERS
[000:20:38;21] ADOPTED THESE POSITIONS AS PART
[000:20:40;04] OF THEIR PLATFORM.
[000:20:45;04] THE HATE WITH THE POLICY AND IN
[000:20:47;10] THE SENATE DEMOCRATS WERE WORK
[000:20:48;23] WITH A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS TO
[000:20:49;15] CRAFT A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE
[000:20:50;14] IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL BUT THEN
[000:20:54;03] WE WATCH AS THE SPEAKER
[000:20:55;18] CAPITULATED TO KEEP READY
[000:20:56;27] RADICALS AND REFUSED THE VOTE TO
[000:21:00;09] THIS DAY INSERT AFTER
[000:21:08;02] OVERWHELMINGLY.
[000:21:26;15] THEY CAME WITHIN MINUTES OF
[000:21:28;03] THAT.
[000:21:29;15] THE DONALD TRUMP WAS WATCHING HE
[000:21:31;28] SAW THE EXTREMISM COMES OWNED BY
[000:21:33;09] THE LEADERS OF TOO COWARDLY TO
[000:21:36;15] DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO WHEN HE
[000:21:41;13] GOES THAN RAPISTS AND MURDERS
[000:21:42;04] HE'S DOING WHAT HE LEARNED FROM
[000:21:43;08] GENERATIONS OF CONSERVATIVES.
[000:21:47;09] THE PARTY HAS BECOME WITHOUT
[000:21:48;24] QUESTION THE PARTY OF TRUMP.
[000:21:52;12] THE QUESTION NOW IS THIS WHAT DO
[000:21:56;22] THEY SAY THAT THE STATE OF THE
[000:21:57;13] PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE AND HOW
[000:21:58;26] SHOULD AMERICA RESPOND.
[000:22:00;25] THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE THEY HAVE
[000:22:04;00] THE SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP AND
[000:22:05;29] DO IT NOW.
[000:22:10;20] FOR FOR TOO LONG THEY WILL SPEAK
[000:22:11;12] THE LANGUAGE OF TRYING TO HAVE
[000:22:12;13] IT BOTH WAYS.
[000:22:30;00] AFTER YEARS THEY ARE NOT
[000:22:32;02] SPLITTING THE MOST PROMINENT IN
[000:22:34;07] THE NATION'S.
[000:22:43;03] HE IS INSULTED VETERANS,
[000:22:45;03] IMMIGRANTS WITH DISABILITIES.
[000:22:48;15] AMERICANS ARE BEING ASSAULTED AS
[000:22:49;29] RACIAL SLURS IN THE RALLIES.
[000:22:58;09] THERE IS NO GREAT AREA HERE IT
[000:22:59;22] IS TIME FOR SOME TO FIND THE
[000:23:02;26] BACKGROUND TO SAY ENOUGH.
[000:23:08;29] IF THEY THINK DONALD CHUMP IS
[000:23:13;17] RACIST, THEY SHOULDN'T SUPPORT
[000:23:14;08] HIM, PERIOD.
[000:23:16;09] IF THEY REFUSE TO SUPPORT THEY
[000:23:19;27] SHOULD PUT SHOULD'VE PUT ON MAKE
[000:23:21;06] AMERICA GREAT AGAIN HAS IN STAND
[000:23:24;28] BY HIM AT HIS NEXT PRESS
[000:23:26;26] CONFERENCE.
[000:23:30;02] THE NATION CANNOT RELY ON
[000:23:31;26] CONSERVATIVES.
[000:23:37;21] WE SHOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR
[000:23:39;07] IDEAS TO RECTIFY THE DAMAGE THAT
[000:23:43;11] THE DONALD TRUMP IS DOING WE
[000:23:44;26] MUST CHALLENGE HIM BOLDLY WITH
[000:23:46;14] THE STRENGTH OF THE IDEAS THAT
[000:23:47;05] WE SHOULD DO IT NOW AND WE
[000:23:48;14] SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE AGENTS
[000:23:49;26] OF CHANGE.
[000:23:52;06] WE SHOULD REMEMBER THE LIE IS
[000:23:55;21] TRUST THAT AND THE TRUTH IS THAT
[000:24:00;15] SOLUTIONS HELP ALL OF THOSE HIT
[000:24:02;16] HARDEST IN THE DISLOCATION
[000:24:03;25] CAUSED BY THE GREAT RECESSION
[000:24:08;02] REQUIRING THEM TO OFFER PAID
[000:24:08;22] SICK LEAVE WILL HELP MILLIONS OF
[000:24:10;03] FAMILIES MAKE THE BUSINESSES
[000:24:12;07] STRONGER AND MAKING COLLEGE MORE
[000:24:14;13] AFFORDABLE.
[000:24:19;29] RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
[000:24:20;21] AN HOUR WILL PUT MORE IN THE
[000:24:21;29] POCKETS OF WORKERS AND TO
[000:24:23;05] STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
[000:24:25;05] FIXING THE NATION'S ROADS AND
[000:24:26;24] BRIDGES WILL CREATE JOBS.
[000:24:35;06] THEY WERE CREATED IN OTHER JOBS
[000:24:36;18] WERE SPENT OFF FROM THAT.
[000:24:39;13] ENSURING THAT THE WOMEN ARE
[000:24:41;01] BEING FAIRLY COMPENSATED IN THE
[000:24:41;26] WORKPLACE AND RECEIVING EQUAL
[000:24:43;05] PAY FOR THE WORK THAT MEN DO.
[000:24:44;28] IF THEY DO THE WORK THEY SHOULD
[000:24:47;25] GET PAID THE SAME WE SHOULD
[000:24:49;28] RESTORE THE FAITH IN THE
[000:24:50;28] DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
[000:24:52;29] WE CAN DO THAT BY FIGHTING FOR
[000:24:54;14] THE SUPREME SUPREME COURT TO
[000:24:55;04] OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED AND GET
[000:24:56;05] THAT MONEY OUT OF THE POLITICAL
[000:25:00;11] SYSTEM YOU THIS IS WHAT THE
[000:25:12;06] DEMOCRATS DID WITH THE NUCLEAR
[000:25:13;15] OPTION AND WHEN WE BROKE THE
[000:25:14;25] MOLD JIM OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS
[000:25:17;04] AND ENABLED THE TRADITIONAL
[000:25:18;28] NOMINEES AND THE EMERGENCIES
[000:25:20;08] ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY WANTED
[000:25:22;11] TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE OF
[000:25:26;22] CHANGING THE RULE AND THE
[000:25:27;21] PRINCIPLE WOULD BE RESPONDING TO
[000:25:29;08] THE DEPARTING AMERICANS.
[000:25:38;08] WE WOULD INSPIRE A NEW
[000:25:39;21] GENERATION TO GET INVOLVED IN
[000:25:42;00] PUBLIC SERVICE.
[000:25:43;09] WE CAN ONLY AFFECT THEM TO SHOW
[000:25:46;15] NEW IDEAS DELIVERY NEW RESULTS
[000:25:47;27] TO NEW PEOPLE.
[000:25:49;28] MOST OF ALL WE SHOULD RESIST THE
[000:25:51;07] URGE TO WATER DOWN THE WATERWAY
[000:25:55;16] FOREIGN-POLICY.
[000:25:56;00] WE SHOULD RESIST THE URGE TO
[000:25:57;04] MOVE TO THE RIGHT.
[000:26:00;01] A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET WITH THE
[000:26:01;10] NEW GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
[000:26:25;25] I SAID YES.
[000:26:27;14] HE ADDED IF YOU ARE A
[000:26:29;08] PROGRESSIVE AND THEN PEOPLE JUST
[000:26:33;28] THINK YOU ARE A LIBERAL THEY
[000:26:35;10] THINK YOU ARE A LIAR.
[000:26:39;04] SO LET'S BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE
[000:26:41;26] AND LET'S NOT BE SHY ABOUT WHAT
[000:26:43;05] THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH.
[000:26:46;20] THEY ARE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
[000:26:48;11] CREATED 14 MILLION JOBS IN THE
[000:26:49;23] DROP DOWN TO LESS THAN 5%.
[000:27:01;29] DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO
[000:27:03;20] MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN THEY
[000:27:10;04] OBTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS OR BEFORE
[000:27:12;16] THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE
[000:27:13;27] BEFORE THE CHILD LABOR LAWS MAY
[000:27:18;11] BE AT ONCE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE
[000:27:19;03] TIME OF MEDICARE OR SOCIAL
[000:27:20;14] SECURITY OR THE LABOUR RELATIONS
[000:27:22;05] ACT OR THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
[000:27:29;06] UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP WE KNOW WHAT
[000:27:30;21] NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT EVEN
[000:27:32;25] GREATER AND FINALLY THE ANGER
[000:27:34;04] WITH THE IDEAS WOULD MOVE THE
[000:27:36;17] POWER IDEAS FOR TRUMP.
[000:27:55;23] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
[000:27:57;29] REMARKS ON THE WHOLE RANGE OF
[000:28:01;27] TOPICS.
[000:28:06;10] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT THE
[000:28:10;26] ACTION.
[000:28:15;05] I WANTED TO ASK YOU ONE
[000:28:15;23] PARTICULAR QUESTION ABOUT THE
[000:28:16;26] SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
[000:28:18;24] PROCESS.
[000:28:20;12] THE MAJORITY LEADER SAID
[000:28:24;12] YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING HE
[000:28:27;03] WANTS TO LET THE PUBLIC DECIDE
[000:28:31;11] ABOUT THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
[000:28:35;14] JUSTICE.
[000:28:36;27] WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS?
[000:28:42;06] >> HERE'S WHAT HE SAID
[000:28:42;23] YESTERDAY, THIS IS A QUOTE THAT
[000:28:43;22] IT'S ALL ABOUT.
[000:28:46;04] THE REPORTER SAID IF YOUR GOAL
[000:28:47;08] IS TO ALLOW TO HAVE INPUT INTO
[000:28:51;11] THIS PAPER TO NOMINATION WHY NOT
[000:28:53;14] HOLD HEARINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THESE
[000:28:55;18] ISSUES AND HERE IS WHAT HE SAID
[000:29:00;27] THE GOAL IS TO LET THE AMERICAN
[000:29:02;05] PEOPLE PICK THE NEXT PRESIDENT
[000:29:05;23] TO MAKE THE DECISIONS OF THAT IS
[000:29:06;15] WHAT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL
[000:29:07;11] ABOUT FOR THEM.
[000:29:15;25] IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE DONE
[000:29:20;25] THIS WE PICKED THE SUPREME COURT
[000:29:22;20] JUSTICES IN THE LAME-DUCK
[000:29:24;05] SESSION IN THE PRESIDENCY.
[000:29:36;06] IT IS UNFAIR TO THE COUNTRY AND
[000:29:37;18] TO THE LITIGANTS TO GET THE
[000:29:41;21] SUPREME COURT.
[000:29:42;28] NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT
[000:29:44;19] ANOTHER FEW DECADES.
[000:29:51;06] >> WE DID A REPORT THIS WEEK
[000:29:51;26] THAT SHOWS LITERALLY TENS OF
[000:29:53;10] MILLIONS WITH THE EFFECT THAT BY
[000:29:55;17] THE COURT BEING STUCK FOR SO
[000:29:59;05] LONG FROM IMMIGRATION CASES TO
[000:30:00;14] WOMEN'S HEALTH CASES AND VOTING
[000:30:03;08] RIGHTS CASES NOT JUST A HANDFUL
[000:30:04;24] OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON
[000:30:08;12] EVERYONE.
[000:30:09;06] JUST TO FOLLOW-UP FOLLOW UP ON
[000:30:10;12] THAT, WHERE DO YOU SEE THE
[000:30:13;22] DEBATE GOING ON THE SUPREME
[000:30:15;06] COURT?
[000:30:15;15] WE HEARD SOME REPUBLICAN
[000:30:16;24] SENATORS WILL ACTUALLY MEET WITH
[000:30:19;20] THE NOMINEES.
[000:30:20;03] IS THAT THE A BREAKTHROUGH BUT
[000:30:21;11] NEVERTHELESS IT IS?
[000:30:27;07] HELL DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING
[000:30:28;13] OUT, AND TO FOLLOW UP IN YOUR
[000:30:32;29] REMARKS, YOU SAID MCCONNELL WAS
[000:30:34;14] THREATENING HIS MAJORITY IN
[000:30:37;29] ORDER TO TAKE THIS INTRANSIGENT
[000:30:40;15] POSITION.
[000:30:41;15] WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HE IS
[000:30:42;24] DOING WHAT HE IS DOING?
[000:30:44;29] >> I THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING
[000:30:45;27] THIS TO SATISFY THE VERY LOUD
[000:30:50;22] AND RICH RIGHT-WING PEOPLE.
[000:30:54;08] I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO
[000:30:55;00] DO.
[000:30:55;29] THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THEM
[000:30:58;19] AND I THINK THAT TIM WILL ONLY
[000:31:01;06] TELL THAT BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE
[000:31:02;16] HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE
[000:31:05;19] REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR THE
[000:31:09;20] SENATE TO HAVE A STRAIGHT FACE
[000:31:12;05] TO SAY WE WERE GOING TO MEET
[000:31:14;10] WITH THIS PERSON, WE ARE NOT
[000:31:15;24] GOING TO HOLD HEARINGS OR HAVE A
[000:31:17;10] VOTE.
[000:31:19;03] IT'S HARD FOR ME.
[000:31:21;00] WHO CAME UP WITH THIS AND THEY
[000:31:22;12] DID IT QUICKLY.
[000:31:29;11] SCALIA HAD JUST DIED WITHIN
[000:31:33;01] HOURS.
[000:31:34;12] >> WHAT IMPACT DO YOU SEE TO
[000:31:39;22] HAVE ON THE SENATE FINANCE
[000:31:43;01] COMMITTEE?
[000:31:49;10] >> WHILE MY STAFF TOLD ME NOT
[000:31:53;00] TO SAY THIS BUT I CAN'T RESIST.
[000:31:54;09] [LAUGHTER]
[000:31:55;15] >> I'VE BEEN THERE.
[000:31:56;21] [LAUGHTER]
[000:31:58;24] HE MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS
[000:32:04;23] BECAUSE THEY WILL BUILD ONE TO
[000:32:06;06] KEEP US FROM GOING INTO MEXICO.
[000:32:10;07] THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
[000:32:14;12] >> DO YOU SEE HIM HAVING A
[000:32:15;19] PARTICULAR IMPACT IN THE SENATE
[000:32:20;05] RACES?
[000:32:20;16] >> I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME OF
[000:32:21;23] THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING WHILE
[000:32:29;12] PORTMAN COME I DON'T GET HOW
[000:32:35;27] THEY COULD RUN AND SAY WHY ARE
[000:32:38;29] WE SUPPORTING HIM FOR PRESIDENT
[000:32:39;25] HE CAN'T PRESIDENT HE CAN'T RUN
[000:32:41;09] AWAY FROM IT, HE'S THE NOMINEE.
[000:32:46;01] I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET MUCH
[000:32:48;19] BETTER.
[000:32:50;00] >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
[000:32:52;28] YOUR REMARKS FOCUSED ON DONALD
[000:32:57;20] TRUMP BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
[000:32:58;29] ON TED CRUZ?
[000:33:09;18] >> AS I HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC
[000:33:13;08] SERVICE, I DISAGREED WITH HIM ON
[000:33:14;27] EVERYTHING POLITICALLY BUT I
[000:33:18;20] ALWAYS APPRECIATED HE TOLD
[000:33:24;13] EVERYBODY HOW HE FELT.
[000:33:27;24] THERE WAS NO SURPRISE.
[000:33:28;11] HE WROTE A BOOK AND TALKED ABOUT
[000:33:29;14] WHAT HE WANTED TO BE AND I HAVE
[000:33:31;23] TO SAY THIS ABOUT HIM HE AT
[000:33:34;17] LEAST HAS SOME PRINCIPLES.
[000:33:37;21] I DON'T LIKE WHAT HE STANDS FOR
[000:33:38;27] THE P. STANDS FOR SOMETHING VERY
[000:33:42;19] LITTLE OF WHICH I AGREE WITH
[000:33:46;11] ABOUT A GUY AND NOT AS TURNED
[000:33:47;17] OFF BY HIM.
[000:33:50;24] DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR NOTHING
[000:33:54;23] AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO UPSET FOR
[000:33:56;04] MARCO RUBIO, HE DIDN'T STAND FOR
[000:33:58;01] ANYTHING.
[000:33:59;24] >> I THINK THAT YOU REALLY LAY
[000:34:01;22] OUT THE LEVEL OF DISTRACTION AND
[000:34:03;10] THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
[000:34:07;17] INSTRUCTION AND THE RISE OF
[000:34:08;19] DONALD TRUMP.
[000:34:09;26] DO YOU EXPECT OR HEAR OF ANY
[000:34:14;05] REPUBLICANS EVALUATING THE
[000:34:15;19] STANCE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AND IS
[000:34:18;01] THERE A CHANCE THAT THIS PAST
[000:34:22;23] NOVEMBER DEMOCRATS WIN THE WHITE
[000:34:24;20] HOUSE AND TAKE THE SENATE WE
[000:34:26;26] COULD SEE SOME REEVALUATION?
[000:34:30;21] >> I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WRITING
[000:34:33;19] BOOKS ABOUT WHO HAD BEEN MEMBERS
[000:34:34;28] OF THE SENATE AND LEADERSHIP AND
[000:34:36;19] THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE TO
[000:34:38;02] CORRECT THE SENATE.
[000:34:41;17] I HAD A NICE CONVERSATION WITH
[000:34:42;26] TOM DASCHLE THIS WEEK.
[000:34:49;10] HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED
[000:34:50;00] SINCE HE LEFT.
[000:34:50;28] HE HAS NO IDEA.
[000:34:53;04] THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE I SAID AND
[000:34:56;02] IT'S TRUE A FILIBUSTER OF MOST
[000:34:58;14] TO PROCEED THE THINGS THEY
[000:34:59;08] WANTED TO GET IT DONE TO STALL
[000:35:00;14] FOR TIME AND EACH FILIBUSTER
[000:35:03;17] TAKES A LONG TIME.
[000:35:04;26] YOU HAVE TO FILE IT FOR TWO DAYS
[000:35:06;08] AND THEN HAVE A VOTE AND THEN
[000:35:08;21] HAVE A VOTE FOR THREE HOURS
[000:35:11;16] WASTED THEN YOU ARE ONLY ON THE
[000:35:14;08] LEGISLATION AND TO GET GET OFF
[000:35:15;08] OF IT YOU OF THAT UNITY CLOTURE
[000:35:16;20] AGAIN FOR TWO MORE DAYS AND
[000:35:17;17] DEVOTE.
[000:35:19;03] IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE TIME THAT
[000:35:24;19] WE HAVE WASTED SO PEOPLE DO NOT
[000:35:26;28] UNDERSTAND THE ENDS TO WHICH
[000:35:29;22] THEY'VE GONE TO STOP OBAMA SPEAK
[000:35:35;02] TO
[000:35:35;13] >> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN'T
[000:35:36;29] SAY THESE THINGS PUBLICLY BUT IF
[000:35:39;14] YOU HAVE A CANDIDACY THAT IS
[000:35:44;25] VERY INEFFECTIVE, DO YOU THINK
[000:35:46;04] WE COULD HAVE THE HOPE WE COULD
[000:35:53;00] RETURN TO A PERIOD EVEN 15 YEARS
[000:35:54;03] AGO WHERE WERE TEN YEARS AGO
[000:35:55;15] NINE YEARS AT A THERE WERE
[000:36:00;25] FILIBUSTERS OCCASIONALLY BUT NOT
[000:36:03;02] THOSE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
[000:36:04;13] NOW.
[000:36:07;06] >> I WOULD LOOK BACK WITH
[000:36:10;11] NOSTALGIA HAVING WORKED WITH
[000:36:11;05] TRENT LOTT HE WAS EXTREMELY
[000:36:12;14] CONSERVATIVE BUT PRAGMATIC.
[000:36:14;05] HE KNEW THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN FOR
[000:36:15;17] THE COUNTRY.
[000:36:20;16] BILL FRIST WAS THE ONLY
[000:36:21;04] PRESIDENT I KNOW THAT WAS CHOSEN
[000:36:22;00] BY THE PRESIDENT RATHER THAN FOR
[000:36:26;00] THE CAUCUS BUT HE WAS A SUPER
[000:36:27;12] NICE GUY THAT WANTED TO DO
[000:36:29;23] THINGS FOR THE COUNTRY.
[000:36:30;17] I LAMENT NOT HAVING PEOPLE TO
[000:36:32;06] WORK WITH IN THAT REGARD.
[000:36:35;03] I DON'T DISLIKE MITCH MCCONNELL.
[000:36:43;22] I'M JUST TERRIBLY AWARE AS I
[000:36:46;23] TRIED TO OUTLINE IN THESE
[000:36:49;17] REMARKS WHAT HE HAS BEEN A PART
[000:36:52;03] OF TO ALLOW PEOPLE LIKE DONALD
[000:36:57;08] TRUMP TO BE AROUND AND BECAUSE
[000:36:58;18] OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, THERE'S
[000:37:05;06] TREMENDOUS CONCERN BY THE
[000:37:06;21] AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[000:37:08;09] THEY THINK THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
[000:37:10;19] SO, I HAVE HOPE THAT THE NEXT
[000:37:13;25] CONGRESS CAN BE BETTER THAT IT
[000:37:16;28] WILL ONLY COME ABOUT IF THERE'S
[000:37:18;04] A RETURN TO COLLEGIALITY AND AS
[000:37:21;26] WE SEE IN THE HOUSE SO WE CAN
[000:37:27;17] GET THINGS DONE.
[000:37:29;28] RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE PATH OF
[000:37:31;19] GETTING NOTHING DONE AND I CAN'T
[000:37:34;01] CONTINUE THAT.
[000:37:35;16] IT'S GOING TO CHANGE REMARKABLY.
[000:37:38;11] >> DO YOU THINK THERE IS A PLACE
[000:37:39;08] FOR THE MODERATES IN THE
[000:37:40;18] REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY?
[000:37:47;00] >> WELL, DAVE PRIMARY -- THEM.
[000:37:50;10] BUT THE MODERATES WE DID PLENTY
[000:37:55;17] YESTERDAY FOR THE BIRTHDAY AND
[000:38:03;20] HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A
[000:38:06;16] LONG TIME AND SAID I'M GOING TO
[000:38:07;08] START A HISPANIC CAUCUS AND HE
[000:38:08;07] SAID TO YOU TO BE TRUE TO HIM
[000:38:12;09] ARE YOU GOING TO MEET IN A PHONE
[000:38:13;15] BOOTH AND THAT'S WHAT I SAY THAT
[000:38:14;07] THE MODERATES IN THE SENATE ARE
[000:38:15;18] THEY GOING TO NEED A PHONE BOOTH
[000:38:16;27] CLICKS IT BETTER BE SMALL
[000:38:19;11] BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE MANY
[000:38:20;01] RIGHT NOW.
[000:38:20;12] THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO GET A
[000:38:21;25] FEW THINGS DONE WITH ALL THEIR
[000:38:24;16] OBSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST
[000:38:26;10] CONGRESS I WOULD SEE A FEW
[000:38:27;28] THINGS WE GOT A LOT DONE.
[000:38:31;27] >> IN THE FIRST CONGRESS MOST OF
[000:38:36;08] THEM IT WAS THE BEST EVER.
[000:38:37;11] AND WE GET PEOPLE TO HAVE PEOPLE
[000:38:38;03] TO WORK WITH.
[000:38:39;01] WE HAD SUSAN COLLINS, OLYMPIA
[000:38:42;10] SNOWE AND ARLEN SPECTER.
[000:38:43;25] THOSE WERE THE THREE SUSPECTS WE
[000:38:48;00] USED MOST OFTEN BECAUSE THE 57
[000:38:50;21] 58, 59.
[000:38:52;15] BUT KENNEDY WAS SICK AS WE
[000:38:54;18] LEARNED LATER SO THAT'S HOW WE
[000:38:56;10] WOULD GET THINGS DONE.
[000:39:02;10] RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE SUSAN
[000:39:07;17] COLLINS.
[000:39:11;22] >> WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS IF
[000:39:12;14] YOU COULD PLEASE IDENTIFY
[000:39:13;25] YOURSELF AND PEOPLE GIVE YOU THE
[000:39:15;25] MICROPHONE.
[000:39:21;18] >> I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES
[000:39:22;09] AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO WHATEVER
[000:39:23;01] YOU WANT.
[000:39:23;27] [LAUGHTER]
[000:39:27;24] SPINET IN 2013 YOU BROKE THE
[000:39:32;07] LOGJAM FOR THE APPELLATE COURTS
[000:39:33;17] BUT YOU DIDN'T TRIGGER THE
[000:39:37;25] FILIBUSTER FOR THE NOMINEE.
[000:39:39;07] DO YOU REGRET NOT DOING THAT AND
[000:39:41;11] GOING FORWARD SEEING THERE IS A
[000:39:43;17] NEW PRECEDENT BEING SET IT LOOKS
[000:39:46;00] LIKE THERE WILL BE A HIGH BAR.
[000:39:48;24] DO YOU THINK THAT THE CHANGE OF
[000:39:50;04] RULE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR
[000:39:53;19] THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE?
[000:39:55;27] >> I DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
[000:39:57;04] I LOOK BACK ON MY EXPERIENCE.
[000:40:01;15] FOR EXAMPLE, CLARENCE THOMAS.
[000:40:05;26] IF YOU LOOK BACK, HE HAD A LOT
[000:40:09;25] OF SUPPORT FOR HIM.
[000:40:13;07] AND I DECIDED -- I WILL BE AS
[000:40:16;20] QUICK AS I CAN, I CALLED HOME TO
[000:40:19;12] SEE HOW THE KIDS WERE DOING IT
[000:40:21;06] TALK TO MY WIFE AT FIVE OR 6:00
[000:40:22;12] IN THE EVENING AND I HAD TO GO
[000:40:26;12] VOTE FOR SOMEBODY I DIDN'T WANT
[000:40:28;25] TO VOTE FOR SHE SAID THEN WHY
[000:40:29;16] ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR THEM
[000:40:30;25] AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF SHE'S
[000:40:33;19] RIGHT BY SHOULD I VOTE FOR
[000:40:35;16] CLARENCE THOMAS, THERE'S A
[000:40:38;06] COUNTERPART FROM NEVADA AND I
[000:40:41;12] SAID I'M NOT ACQUAINTED WITH FOR
[000:40:42;24] THOMAS.
[000:40:44;07] HE SAID COME ON OVER AND WE WILL
[000:40:45;04] TALK.
[000:40:46;22] SO I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.
[000:40:49;13] THOMAS GOT 52 VOTES.
[000:40:52;22] THERE WASN'T A SUGGESTION OR
[000:40:54;03] WHISPER IN CONGRESS THAT HE
[000:40:55;18] WOULD VOTE AGAINST HIM.
[000:40:58;18] NOW REMEMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
[000:41:06;22] PEOPLE WHO COME TO HIM AS AN
[000:41:07;12] EXAMPLE, DIDN'T GET A MAJORITY
[000:41:08;07] OF THE VOTES IN THE JUDICIARY
[000:41:14;00] COMMITTEE.
[000:41:15;12] HE DIDN'T GET TO VOTE IN THE
[000:41:18;02] COMMITTEE SO I SAVED THE SUPER
[000:41:21;04] MAJORITY SUPREME COURT ON
[000:41:23;19] PURPOSE TO RETURN TO THOSE DAYS
[000:41:28;18] WHERE WE DO WHAT'S THE RIGHT
[000:41:31;21] THING.
[000:41:33;06] TO BE A BETTER COUNTRY TO ANSWER
[000:41:35;12] IF WE FILIBUSTERED THOMAS BUT
[000:41:38;16] THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO AND
[000:41:40;01] THE TIME WAS RIGHT.
[000:41:49;11] >> YOU SAID REPEATEDLY THINK
[000:41:50;21] SENATOR MCCONNELL IS GOING TO
[000:41:54;12] CAVE ON THE SECOND PART.
[000:41:55;00] SEVERAL SENATORS YESTERDAY
[000:41:56;10] INCLUDING SENATOR HATCH SAID
[000:42:00;14] THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO
[000:42:01;23] CONSIDERING THE NOMINATION AFTER
[000:42:02;15] THE ELECTION IN THE EVENT A
[000:42:03;11] DEMOCRAT WOULD WIN.
[000:42:05;24] DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE MOST
[000:42:07;12] LIKELY OPTION FOR THIS?
[000:42:10;20] >> YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT IN ANY
[000:42:13;19] WAY THAT WE FEEL APPROPRIATE.
[000:42:16;25] HERE'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
[000:42:22;18] IT'S ALREADY STARTED AND THIS
[000:42:24;00] MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A GREAT
[000:42:25;24] BREAKTHROUGH BUT WE HAVE A
[000:42:27;06] SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT THEY ALL
[000:42:29;09] MEET WITH.
[000:42:33;02] MAYBE THEY WILL BE BROWBEATEN BY
[000:42:34;11] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE AND
[000:42:37;26] BACK OFF BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IT
[000:42:38;18] IS A BREAKTHROUGH THAT THEY WILL
[000:42:39;15] SIT DOWN AND TALK BUT THAT IS A
[000:42:42;12] BREAKTHROUGH.
[000:42:43;27] NOW I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CUT
[000:42:47;21] ANY SLACK TO ANYBODY'S SAYING
[000:42:49;19] LET'S WAIT.
[000:42:50;22] I DON'T AGREE.
[000:42:52;07] I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT NOW.
[000:42:53;16] IT IS UNFAIR TO HAVE THIS THE
[000:42:59;02] SPAM TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN
[000:43:00;26] ANYBODY ELSE.
[000:43:02;02] LET'S HAVE HIM COME TO THE
[000:43:03;11] SENATE FLOOR AND HAVE A DEBATE
[000:43:06;02] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN WATCH ON
[000:43:07;05] THE COMMITTEE AND ON THE FLOOR.
[000:43:12;07] >> [INAUDIBLE]
[000:43:13;25] >> OF COURSE IT IS POSSIBLE.
[000:43:19;00] THAT'S WHY IT IS A GOOD
[000:43:19;24] PRECEDENT THAT WE RUN FOR THE
[000:43:21;12] SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
[000:43:39;10] >> EVERYBODY KEEPS TALKING ABOUT
[000:43:41;06] THE -- EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE
[000:43:51;06] COURT SEAT BEING VACATED FOR A
[000:43:53;18] YEAR.
[000:43:55;03] >> ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT.
[000:43:58;15] THE REALITY IS THAT WOULD MEAN
[000:44:01;13] THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT WOULD BE
[000:44:03;10] COMING IN WHO WOULD HAVE
[000:44:04;16] HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CABINET
[000:44:07;25] APPOINTMENTS AND SUBCABINET
[000:44:09;14] APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE AND EVERY
[000:44:13;00] TIME THE NEW PRESIDENT COMES IN
[000:44:14;06] THERE IS A NEW BACKLOG OF THESE
[000:44:16;15] APPOINTMENTS.
[000:44:17;15] IF YOU ADD A SUPREME HAVE A
[000:44:18;05] SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ON TOP OF
[000:44:19;11] ALL OF THAT, IT COULD GO A YEAR
[000:44:22;16] AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS AND
[000:44:25;08] BLOCK THE NOMINATIONS OF OTHER
[000:44:28;12] CABINET.
[000:44:32;23] >> YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN
[000:44:34;00] THE FEDERAL BEER WALKER C. IS
[000:44:35;15] VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS ISSUE WE
[000:44:36;25] HAVE BEFORE US.
[000:44:43;11] WE HAVE HAD SCORES AND SCORES OF
[000:44:44;20] NOMINATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD
[000:44:48;00] UP.
[000:44:52;00] IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPREHEND.
[000:44:55;23] AMBASSADORS EVEN HELD UP BY
[000:45:00;13] SERVICE OFFICERS, THE MOST
[000:45:02;20] NONPOLITICAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
[000:45:04;00] AND ALL WE HAD TO DO UNDER THE
[000:45:07;27] STATUTE IS PASS AN APPROVED A
[000:45:11;28] PAY RAISE.
[000:45:15;07] THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN
[000:45:15;28] SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE AND
[000:45:16;29] DIFFICULT PLACES IN THE WORLD
[000:45:19;20] AND THEY'VE HELD UP PAST THEIR
[000:45:21;21] PAY RAISE.
[000:45:24;09] SO HE'S HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
[000:45:25;27] WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
[000:45:29;01] THAT SHOULD BE WORKING IN THE
[000:45:34;04] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT AREN'T.
[000:45:35;16] A LOT OF THEM GO BACK TO THEIR
[000:45:38;16] REGULAR JOBS, SO YOUR POINT IS
[000:45:40;00] VERY WELL TAKEN.
[000:45:46;21] >> MY NAME IS JEFF AND I'M WITH
[000:45:50;25] IB CAPITAL.
[000:45:52;12] >> I COULDN'T HEAR THAT.
[000:45:55;29] >> IB CAPITAL.
[000:45:57;18] LAST WEEK THERE WAS A PRESS
[000:45:59;18] CONFERENCE WITH THE PRE-
[000:46:00;24] MINISTERS OF CANADA AND
[000:46:04;19] PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THIS POINT
[000:46:06;25] WAS TALKING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS
[000:46:09;25] AND SAID AT TIMES YOU ONLY GET
[000:46:13;17] ABOUT 60% OF WHAT YOU LIKE AND
[000:46:14;27] IF YOU GET 60% OF WHAT YOU LIKE
[000:46:19;09] YOU SORT OF HOLD YOUR NOSE BUT
[000:46:20;21] THE OTHER PARTY HOLDS THEIRS AS
[000:46:23;28] WELL THAT YOU GET A NEGOTIATION
[000:46:25;10] OUT OF IT SO I AM KIND OF
[000:46:27;14] CURIOUS RATHER THAN CREATING
[000:46:30;12] THIS ADVERSARIAL APPROACH IF YOU
[000:46:32;15] COULD SOMEHOW TAKE A STEP, BE
[000:46:37;03] MAGNANIMOUS, TAKE THAT ACROSS
[000:46:39;19] THE RUBICON IN SOME RESPECTS BY
[000:46:43;10] HAVING AN ISSUE THAT LET'S SAY
[000:46:48;05] ABOUT THE LEADER THAT HE
[000:46:51;03] SPECIFICALLY WANTS AND NEGOTIATE
[000:46:51;25] WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR
[000:46:54;05] ISSUES SUCH AS STANDING BACK
[000:46:56;02] FROM GUANTÁNAMO BAY FOR INSTANT
[000:46:58;22] GIVEN A PARTICULAR ISSUE TO HIM
[000:47:02;04] WITH RESPECT TO THE AGREEMENT
[000:47:05;03] THE SUPREME COURT'S --
[000:47:06;17] >> HERE'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.
[000:47:12;03] I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE
[000:47:13;03] SENSE BUT IN THE PAST THAT'S THE
[000:47:14;25] WAY TO DO THINGS.
[000:47:28;20] I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO GET A
[000:47:29;10] NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE WALL BUT
[000:47:30;08] I LAW BUT I NEVER GOT WHAT I
[000:47:32;03] WANTED.
[000:47:32;13] WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS
[000:47:33;20] AND COMPROMISE THINGS.
[000:47:48;05] >> THEY THE FELLA START THINGS
[000:47:50;07] THEY WANTED.
[000:47:54;27] >> I THINK SOMETHING WE WORKED
[000:47:56;07] ON HERE A GREAT DEAL ON
[000:47:58;20] INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE
[000:47:59;07] REPUBLICANS IN THE
[000:48:00;11] INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN 2007 AND
[000:48:02;15] THEN 20 OF EIGHT AND 2009.
[000:48:08;07] WE COULDN'T GET THE BILL PASSED
[000:48:09;20] AGAIN AND ALL THAT WOULD CHANGE
[000:48:12;02] IS THAT HE HAD A DIFFERENT
[000:48:12;21] PRESIDENT.
[000:48:13;24] >> THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE FOR
[000:48:16;09] EXAMPLE WE LOST A MILLION
[000:48:17;24] TEACHERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND
[000:48:22;12] FIREFIGHTERS DURING THE FIRST
[000:48:23;21] YEAR OF THE MELTDOWN SO IT WAS
[000:48:27;01] OFFERED ON THE SENATE FLOOR
[000:48:31;10] SAYING LET'S GET ALL THOSE
[000:48:31;29] PEOPLE BACK.
[000:48:33;07] WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY
[000:48:35;06] AND THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY
[000:48:35;27] AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO
[000:48:37;02] PAY FOR IT.
[000:48:42;00] THEY WOULD PAY EXCESS OF TWO
[000:48:44;29] TENTHS OF 1% WHICH PEOPLE DIDN'T
[000:48:47;20] CARE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY
[000:48:49;01] TO DO THAT.
[000:49:07;10] I RAN THE FLOOR FOR SIX YEARS.
[000:49:11;20] I DID THE FLOOR AND HE DID THE
[000:49:12;26] POLITICAL STUFF AND THAT'S WHERE
[000:49:14;15] I GOT TO KNOW TRENT LOTT IS A
[000:49:16;00] WELL.
[000:49:16;09] I WAS ON THE FLOOR FROM THE
[000:49:17;25] MOMENT THEY CAME IN AND I TOOK
[000:49:21;11] CARE OF THE REPUBLICANS AND I
[000:49:22;28] WOULD MAKE SURE THERE WAS A
[000:49:25;00] UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST.
[000:49:34;18] BUT IF THEY DID NOTHING THERE IS
[000:49:35;10] NO ONE TO WORK WITH ANYMORE.
[000:49:36;18] THEY ARE AFRAID.
[000:49:39;13] WHAT THEY WILL DO IS DEMOCRATS
[000:49:43;01] AND REPUBLICANS WILL INTRODUCE A
[000:49:44;19] BILL KNOWING THAT IT IS GOING
[000:49:46;25] NOWHERE SO THE ISSUE A PRESS
[000:49:49;16] RELEASE.COM.
[000:49:51;03] >> ONE LAST QUESTION.
[000:49:55;19] >> SENATOR, I WANTED TO SEE HOW
[000:49:56;29] CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT
[000:49:59;29] DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT IN THE
[000:50:02;08] PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HAS BEEN
[000:50:03;05] BEEN LOWER THAN THE REPUBLICAN
[000:50:03;26] TURNOUT?
[000:50:04;23] YOU TALKED ABOUT DOUBLING DOWN
[000:50:07;09] ON IDEAS IDEAS BUT HOW DOES THAT
[000:50:08;24] TRANSLATE INTO VOTES?
[000:50:13;24] >> IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T
[000:50:16;13] IGNORE THAT MOST PUNDITS AND
[000:50:20;09] POLITICAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
[000:50:21;26] THAT THE MASSIVE TURNOUTS HAVE
[000:50:24;00] BEEN AS A RESULT OF THE RIVALRY
[000:50:29;03] WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[000:50:31;13] WITH THE DEMOCRATS WE'VE HAD
[000:50:33;02] THIS GOING WITH HILLARY AND
[000:50:35;29] BERNIE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT
[000:50:38;20] WAS KIND OF A LOVEFEST IN THE
[000:50:42;03] LAST MONTH OR SO THEY HAD A
[000:50:47;21] LITTLE NEGATIVE STUFF BACK AND
[000:50:49;03] FORTH SO NOT AS MUCH INTEREST IN
[000:50:50;25] THE DEMOCRATS AS REPUBLICANS.
[000:50:54;02] I THINK DONALD TRUMP BROUGHT
[000:50:56;08] PEOPLE OUT