Republican and im now independent. I retired as both a soldier and a teacher. Watching the debate of the two strategists, it seems like the democrats are more willing to accept art of the blame part of the blame and be a little more open to discussing with the republicans they seem to be the old way, just straight ahead, not accepting any responsibility for whats going on. I think they are out of touch with about 80 of america. Host ok. Justice Antonin Scalia also in attendance. He is roman catholic. The traditional mass at Saint Matthews cathedral. We are live outside the cathedral. Al from texas is next, good morning. Caller yes, i would like to talk about no labels. It is getting to where everybody walks up and, it is either democrat or republican, not knowing the candidates. Ive seen this numerous times in my own local area. Where do i put the d or r . D. Ee more about the i think it is time we get to the no labels, to where we can they know the candidates instead of the party. Thi
Became the oldest serving member. In an interview with cspan, Congress Representative hall reflects on his years and the Space Program. This is about 35 minutes. Congressman ralph hall, you have been in the house of representatives since january of 1981. You had hoped to be here for one last term. The voters thought otherwise. How are you processing your departure . Havell, of everything i checked on during that race, i was 12 points ahead. And it taught me that you never depend on people who tell you you are ahead when you are not. Coming back that night at 3 00 in the morning, i had to think as i was driving out to my house, that happened. I pulled out some old elections and checked how i had done, and i finally figured it out. The other guy got more votes than i did i got beat that is all there is to it. It hurt me because it hurt so many of my close friends. How does it feel now when youre getting down to the wire when there is only a matter of weeks until you are leaving the insti
And we will end with a note of humility and thank the panel. They have been [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] clerks Gina Mccarthy framed the of eight to the groundlevel ozone standard as an imperative, bringing agency rules in line with the latest science with the agencys most burnable populations. Though law based on review of that science and based on the independent Science Advisors, experts the epa science , and my judgment as the epa administrator, i am proposing to strengthen the standards to within a range of 65 to 75 parts per billion to try to protect americans health. I am taking comment on setting the level to below 60 parts per billion. I am very mindful of the fact that my Science Advisors have indicated that it should be on the table as well as folks here at epa who have looked at this issue. So 60 is
That more accurately was able to define this program in an ongoing manner, what would that look like . Ideally, if every vehicle on the road or at least a large sample on an ongoing basis were equipped with sophisticated Data Collection equipment, including cameras, that would give us a great deal of insight into many of the intervening factors of crashes, including drowsiness. Short of that, i would really like to see in the National Data , which i believe is the only ongoing data system that has the means to make a reasonable determination of andher a driver was drowsy whether fatigue contributed to the crash, not in the same way but much better than simple investigation of police reports. Collection system and to be beefed up in size a number of investigations were to be done each year and of ,ittle more depth were added analogous perhaps to the Motor Vehicle Crash Causation survey, which was a one time ever done to 2007, with not only the drivers but their families, their employees
In an interview with cspan, senator harkin reflects on his time in washington. This is 35 minutes. Senator tom harkin of iowa, we are sitting in a room you spent a lot of time in over the years. And done a lot of important pieces of legislation. I am wondering what prompted you to make the decision to retire this year. There is still a lot to do. I guess what prompted me were long discussions with my wife. And thinking about the past and where i am. I came to the decision that 40 years here is long enough for anyone to be here. And, you know this whole concept i haveg to power all these offices and a great committee, all that stuff. I think a lot of people stay around too long. So i just started thinking about it. I thought, i am still relatively young. Healthy. I feel and contrary to what my political opponents say, my mental faculties are still recent. Decent. I just love the senate. I love my work here. Giveandtake. I look to legislate. I love politics. O i will miss the senate it i