Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their votes . If not, the ayes are 89, the nays are 11, and the motion is agreed to. Under the previous order, h. Con. Res. 121 and h. Con. Res. 123 are considered and agreed to en bloc and the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table en bloc. The republican leader. Mr. Mcconnell could we have attention the attention of the senate. The presiding officer the senate will be in order. Mr. Mcconnell i want to take just a moment to speak on something that is an overwhelming bipartisan desire to achieve and this is to finish tonight. And theres no good reason not to. Were working to clear an agreement on our side to process the c. R. omnibus, the extenders bill, and tria tonight. Tonight. And as for right now, i can tell you were prepared to go forward on the extenders bill and therefore i would ask unanimous consent at the time determined by the majority leader after consultation
For representative government. When people at the bottom of the economic ladder feel that the government is not helping them, and in fact may be stacked against them, they will cease to vote or they will turn to the siren song of extreme elements in our society. History proves this to be true. Now, i dont have a cookie cutter answer or solution, but it must include more fair tax laws and trade laws, more job training and restraining, rebuilding our physical infrastructure and manufacturing. And i believe it must include some things seemingly unrelated like quality, free Early Education for every child in america. The answer to closing the inequality gap must include rebuilding labor unions and collective bargaining. If you trace the line over the last 40 years of the growing economic quality in america and also put that over another line showing the loss in the number of union workers, they are almost identical. I do not believe it is a stretch to say that organized labor, unions, buil
Committee, answering questions on the targeted killing program and his role as counterterrorism advisor to president bush. The confirmation hearing was interrupted several times by protesters. They were forced to reset for several minutes to clear the room. [captions Copyright Nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed bynational captioning institute] police. Will the Capitol Police now come in and clear the room. All signs out. [indiscernible] if the Capitol Police will clear the room, please. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] please clear the room. [indiscernible] please clear the room. [indiscernible] all right, i think we should clear the entire room and then let people back in. What do you think . We need more capital police. Yeah, lets [indiscernible] ok, we will try and start. [indiscernible] i am going to began this hearing, and let me say right up front that the process is that people are respectful, that they do not share, they do not have this, they do not show
Neighbor or Family Member is hearing next week i will ask you killed in the course of the about syria and also the operations. Do you agree with general iranian threat. I do not think those are mcchrystal and director hayden corporate in open session. Just two final questions about the backlash of strikes from the targeted killings at one has to do with priories that this point . I am not talking about the. Ou have said initial strikes. That is something that we need to be mindful of in terms of reaction, any type of u. S. In recent years paramilitary operations had consumed a lot of counterterrorism activities resources, expertise, time, that involve the dropping of energy, and efforts at the cia. Ordnance. Whether it is a remotely piloted do you believe this has been at aircraft or man, we need to take the expense of traditional cia that into account, but i would not agree with those statements responsibility collection, because what we have found in analysis, all sorts . Many areas
I am not a lawyer. I have come to learn of the term sui generis. The olc memos released after the president came into office were released because the program was terminated. Olc will counsel opinions, and those opinions were looked at in a different way because of the sui generis circumstances. Both are essential for the ability of congress to carry its oversight responsibilities. Finally, the intelligence reform act and terrorist prevention act of 2004, with which you are very familiar and which i was a coauthor, requires the director of National Intelligence to recommend who the cia director should be to the president of the United States. I am aware of general clapper the dnis letter, endorsing your nomination, which is different from his actually recommending to the president that you be chosen. To your knowledge, did general clapper recommend to the president that he be nominated for this position . I know for certain that he made a recommendation, but i would defer to general cl