building with a handgun, according to fox news he cally. knowing that there are over 4,000 staffers and interns at risk here on theç house side o the capital and are and recalling the horrible gabby giffords strategy and the loss of zimmerman, i would ask that members refrain from making statements that could even possible approximately be misconstrued by the public as an invitation to do anything like that. it s obvious that representative lomas meant no such thing and i think it behooves all of us to be careful about the way we phrase things because there are people out there ready and able to misconstrue things. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. gentleman yields back and the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins. thank you, mr. chair, appreciate it. here we go again. i told the story last time. i wish i could sit here and say what was not plausible then has gotten a little more plausible? it seems not to have gotten any more plausible. we stil
the president: everybody, please have a seat. thank you so much. welcome to the white house. six months ago today, a big part of the affordable care act kicked in as healthcare.gov and state insurance marketplaces went live. and millions of americans finally had the same chance to buy quality, affordable health care and the peace of mind that comes with it as everybody else. last night, the first open-enrollment period under this law came to an end. and despite several lost weeks out of the gate because of problems with the website, 7.1 million americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces 7.1. (applause.) the truth is, even more folks want to sign up. so anybody who so anybody who was stuck in line because of the huge surge in demand over the past few days can still go back and finish your enrollment 7.1 million, that s on top of the more than 3 million young adults who have gained insurance under this law by staying on their fam
caterpillar had been reporting most of the income from the sale of its replacement parts outside of the u.s. on its u.s. tax return. is that correct? that is correct. that is when it sold parts to caterpillar s non-u.s. dealers. is that correct? yes. 85% or more of its non-u.s. income is included on caterpillar s u.s. tax return. is that correct? that is correct. after caterpillar executed csarl transaction starting in 1999 is the correct that caterpillar basically reversed those percentages and allocated 15% or less of the non-u.s. parts and come to itself in the united states and 85% or more to csarl in switzerland which had an effective tax rate between four and 6%. is that correct? that s correct. in terms of their arrangement that caterpillar had with respect to his relationship with caterpillar csarl that was in fact a business arrangement that included a license for more than just the parts activities themselves and included the entire business activities
pension committee be granted floor privileges for today s session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, i want to take a time this morning to talk about an issue that has been brewing for a long time, is going to be coming to a head here in the senate sometime in the next several days, i hope, and it s one which compels us, compels us to do something. and that is to raise the minimum wage in the united states of america. mr. president, we have waited too long to do this, and so we have to act on it as soon as possible. so i d just like to point out some of the data and some of the statistics confronting us right now. first of all, why should anyone be afraid of voting to raise the minimum wage? the american people are way ahead of us on this. you look at the polling data. to increase raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, all voters, 73% democrats 90%, independents 71%, and ev
and india and other major countries that have increasing levels of aleutian of pollution. suffered manyas forms of climate change. this ending sequence shows what would happen if all the icecaps melted. of theexample, one things of this happen right now is an increase in sea level rise. that will have an impact all around the coastlines of the united states. of climate change could be disastrous. we delay any longer, there might not be enough of the world left to say. to learn more about a competition, go to c-span.org and quick on student cam. tell us what you think about the issues these students want congress to consider. post your comment on student cam s facebook page or tweet us. next, a senate hearing on attack strategies of caterpillar incorporated. 7:00 a.m., live at your calls on washington journal. bend is a timber town. it was a timber town to begin with. timberheight of the industry, if you were to drop 1928, youin, say, would have smelled the mills, you