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But back in adjustments that can be made over the twoyear process. We already know how bad the process is from the shutdown that occurred. We have not had a budget in the United States senate until this last agreement in december. But on the appropriations side, the 12 appropriations, we havent had 12 appropriations passed before the fiscal year of october 1 since 1996, which was under senator trent lotts leadership. And only 13 appropriation bills have passed since 2001. Only 13 total, not in one year but total. Just to give you the degree to which this current process has failed. So it would add significantly to improving it and getting them on a course of evaluating federal programs. So what are the odds of a twoyear budget process . I think they are very good, and we have an example. The murrayryan is a twoyear budget. We have actually done it. And lets see what happens in this twoyear period. Do you take this as a green shoot ....
hope we can get through today. well, mr. murdoch, i m concerned about it s up to you spend i m concerned over all of out the lens of this evidence, and if we plowed through these to the afternoon, how cogently my questions will be and how your answers might be. i know how much i ve got left. my preference would be to go just about 45 minutes in the afternoon, and then complete in about two or three hours in the morning. can i suggest that during the course of the next hour you have a word with those who are advising, have a word with them as well? i m conscious that i do not want to put excessive pressure on you, and i don t want to put excessive pressure on the minister. thank you. all right. you can return to that. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] practices and his company, news corp. international. to give you my recollection of him, quince, maybe even t ....
i have known the director from the time he was an agent. i knew him when president bush appointed him as director of the secret service. president obama reappointed him. i know he shares my view that the alleged conduct was unacceptable. i think he he s doing all he can to ensure a timely and thorough investigation, accountability for behavior that failed to meet the standards he expects and the standards that the american president in american people deserve. he has taken action on 12 agents that have been involved in this misconduct. last week, i raise my bipartisan briefing. the judiciary committee staff with the secret service and the department of homeland security office and inspector general. i asked the director to ensure he is available to this committee as the investigation continues. he assured me that he will be. he will make sure that we know exactly when they finish the investigation and everything they found. now, i have no doubt you are treating this sit ....
it s a highway bill a payroll tax cut extension or education assistance for middle class families gets sucked into, just, you know, partisan, you know, maelstrom in washington, d.c. and the fact of the matter is, there s 146 members on our side that have co-sponsored h.r. 3826 that are looking for a signal from the republican majority to say, you know what, it s time to look at our history, it s time to look at the genealogy of the stafford student loan program and the great bipartisan support to cut those rates five years ago, let s come up with a solution, let s move, let s help those families whose students are being accepted into college and those financial aid offices trying to help families budget and plan for the nt school year. . 67 days isn t enough, but we shouldn t compound it by letting a totally unacceptable increase for stafford loans go into effect. i look forward working with you to make sure that doesn t happen. thank you for joining me here. and i yiel ....