In selling it for marketing purposes. The Senate Commerce committee recently held a hearing on the issue. The committees chairman, West Virginia democrat jay rockefeller, called the practice, quote, revolting. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. There are, at this point, two people sitting at the dais, and theyre two wonderful people, but id be pleased if there were more. Senator blumenthal and senator pryor. Senator markey, senator fischer, senator warner will be here. But this is the day that we almost vote on the budget actually. We dont quite. We always find ways to do it. You have a motion to proceed, then off motion to whatever, and then tomorrow at some point we vote on the budget. Just be grateful youre in private life. [laughter] okay. Youre all welcome. The disclosures about u. S. Intelligence activities over the past few months have sparked a very public debate in this country about what kinds of information the government should be gathering and how
Did exactly the right things, and man in many ways managed it as best they could under the circumstances. Would a more dramatic move like that be helpful in iran, or not . Of course areas we should recognize that without direct talks between iran and the u. S. We would never have reached a deal. Progress progress with direct talks, again, it would fail. However, we should not limit talks to nuclear. We need to enter a broader dialogue. We have a crisis in afghanistan. The u. S. Is a big player. Iran is a big player. We have many common interests. We have a crisis in iraq. The u. S. Is a big player. Iran is a big later. To it is really interesting and the u. S. ,iran in spite of all hostilities, they are supporting the same government. Allies are opposing these governments. In syria, the major threat is really extremism and terrorism spilling over. Iran and the u. S. Can play a big role in controlling extremism and terrorism. They have good experience already in afghanistan, 2005, 2001.
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That makes my day. I like radio. Three hours is an abundance of time. I can do so many different things. More with the radio talkshow host on sunday night. The Senate Congress Committee Hears testimony on data brokers and the marketing of Consumer Information. This can include medical, financial history, and more. The hearing is two hours. This hearing will come to order. At this point there are two people sitting at the dais, but two more wonderful people, will be here. This is the day we almost vote on the budget. Not quite. We always find a way to do it. You have a motion to proceed . To whatever . And tomorrow at some point we vote on a budget. Just be grateful you are in private life. [laughter] ok, you are all welcome. The disclosures about u. S. Intelligence activities over the past few months have sparked a very public bait in this country debate in this country about about the kinds of information the government should be gathering and how we protect the privacy of the america
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