[000:00:02;235] WE TRIED TO GIVE THEM CHOICES
[000:00:04;738] FOR HOW THEY CAN MAKE A
[000:00:05;839] CONTRIBUTION AND LEAD THEM IN
[000:00:06;539] THAT DIRECTION THAT WE NEED
[000:00:07;440] PEOPLE TO FOLLOW AND IT'S AN
[000:00:15;982] IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB TO TALK
[000:00:18;184] TO THE COUNTERPARTS AND SAY WE
[000:00:20;620] NEED EVERYBODY IN THE GAME IF WE
[000:00:22;122] ARE GOING TO HAVE A PEACEFUL
[000:00:25;125] WORLD.
[000:00:26;426] YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE GAME.
[000:00:30;897] LET ME ASK THE CHAIRMAN.
[000:00:31;965] >> I CHAIR MAN.
[000:00:32;499] >> I WOULD EMPHASIZE WHAT THE
[000:00:33;199] SECRETARY SAID.
[000:00:33;700] THE KEY PART I WENT TO THE
[000:00:37;737] REGION AND MATCH WITH 30 OF THE
[000:00:38;638] CHIEFS OF DEFENSE FROM THE
[000:00:39;939] COALITION PARTNERS AND
[000:00:41;841] ENCOURAGED PARTICIPATION THAT
[000:00:43;043] ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO HARD IS
[000:00:45;545] LOOK AT WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE
[000:00:47;380] CONTRIBUTION AND THAT IS AN
[000:00:48;581] ONGOING PROCESS WHERE WE ARE
[000:00:51;384] SATISFIED WITH WHERE WE ARE,
[000:00:55;488] NEVER.
[000:01:01;394] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
[000:01:02;095] AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR MAN
[000:01:03;329] LET ME DECLARE THE HEARING
[000:01:07;500] ADJOURNED.
[000:01:19;479] >> [INAUDIBLE]
[000:01:22;148] [LAUGHTER]
[000:02:44;731] READ TIDE ARRIVES AT DONALD
[000:02:45;498] TRUMP TO THE REPUBLICAN
[000:02:46;833] LEADERSHIP IN A SPEECH AT THE
[000:02:48;835] CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS IN
[000:02:50;170] WASHINGTON, D.C..
[000:02:53;039] HE SAID REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:02:54;407] CREATED THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
[000:02:56;910] DONALD TRUMP SIMPLY STRUCK THE
[000:02:57;610] MATCH.
[000:02:58;711] THIS IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
[000:03:10;523] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
[000:03:12;392] HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
[000:03:16;196] WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE
[000:03:17;497] FOR AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR WHAT
[000:03:21;601] IS HAPPENING IN THE POLITICS
[000:03:22;268] TODAY.
[000:03:23;136] JUST BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[000:03:26;539] SECOND INAUGURATION, AND THE
[000:03:29;909] BERLITZ PUBLISHED THIS FITTING
[000:03:31;911] HEADLINE, QUOTE, REPUBLICANS
[000:03:32;579] ACCUSE OBAMA OF USING POSITIONED
[000:03:33;513] TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.
[000:03:36;282] AND THIS SUMS UP WHERE WE'VE
[000:03:37;750] BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
[000:03:41;154] WE HAVE HAD A YEAR AFTER HIS
[000:03:41;821] YEAR IN WHICH REPUBLICAN
[000:03:42;855] POLITICS HAS BEEN A CONTEST FOR
[000:03:45;458] WHO CAN SEE NO THE SAY NO THE
[000:03:46;559] FASTEST, THE LOUDEST AND THE
[000:03:47;760] LONGEST WITH NO REGARD TO REASON
[000:03:50;964] OR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
[000:03:53;800] COUNTRY PARTICULARLY OVER THE
[000:03:55;001] PAST 24 HOURS IN RESPONSE TO THE
[000:03:57;136] SUPREME COURT.
[000:03:58;972] TRUTHFULLY, WE'VE SEEN THAT THE
[000:04:02;141] MOMENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[000:04:03;543] ELECTED BARACK OBAMA THEY MADE
[000:04:07;413] IT THERE REASON FOR EVERYTHING
[000:04:10;516] THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED FOR YOU
[000:04:11;918] TO BE MISLED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[000:04:13;620] ABOUT THE POLICIES AND OVER THE
[000:04:14;354] LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
[000:04:15;154] INCREDIBLY HEATED RHETORIC
[000:04:17;757] AROUND THE PRESIDENT AND THE
[000:04:20;660] COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[000:04:21;261] TODAY DONALD TRUMP IS THE
[000:04:22;662] REPUBLICAN PARTY FRONTRUNNER
[000:04:25;598] COMING AND PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED
[000:04:28;101] THAT THE HATEFUL DIVISIVE
[000:04:29;602] RHETORIC HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A
[000:04:32;972] CANDIDACY THAT MIRRORS ALL OF
[000:04:36;142] THOSE.
[000:04:36;442] WE ARE PARTICULARLY HONORED TO
[000:04:37;844] HAVE THE SENATOR HERE.
[000:04:45;685] HE'S BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THE
[000:04:47;220] AMERICAN PEOPLE CITING THE
[000:04:50;957] AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS WORKING TO
[000:04:51;758] HELP ALL AMERICANS ON ALMOST
[000:04:53;159] EVERY ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON
[000:04:55;762] OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES
[000:04:58;865] BUT HE'S WORKING TO HELP
[000:05:00;266] FAMILIES ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN
[000:05:02;702] DREAM, CITING HIS HEART OUT AND
[000:05:06;172] PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
[000:05:07;307] FUTURE GENERATIONS HAS BEEN AN
[000:05:12;345] INCREDIBLE VOICE FOR ALL OF US
[000:05:13;046] SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE
[000:05:13;946] TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
[000:05:17;617] WITH THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE AND
[000:05:18;918] WHAT'S HAPPENING IN POLITICS,
[000:05:21;621] WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
[000:05:25;425] GOING.
[000:05:27;660] PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
[000:05:29;062] SENATOR HARRY REID.
[000:05:34;167] [APPLAUSE]
[000:05:44;544] SORRY I WAS A LITTLE LATE THERE
[000:05:45;945] WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT HELD US UP.
[000:05:50;850] I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
[000:05:52;285] PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE JOHN
[000:05:56;122] PODESTA.
[000:05:57;490] WHEN JOHN PODESTA CAME TO ME
[000:06:00;326] WITH THIS IDEA I WAS
[000:06:04;864] UNDERWHELMED.
[000:06:06;666] I COULDN'T BELIEF THAT HE SAID
[000:06:08;568] WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
[000:06:09;969] I WAS RIGHT -- HE WAS RIGHT AND
[000:06:13;039] I WAS WRONG.
[000:06:22;081] YOU ARE STEPPING INTO THOSE
[000:06:24;183] SHOES AND YOU'VE DONE AN
[000:06:25;251] OUTSTANDING JOB.
[000:06:27;053] THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
[000:06:27;787] HERE TODAY.
[000:06:28;988] >> MANY AMERICANS ARE SCRATCHING
[000:06:30;823] THEIR HEADS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
[000:06:34;727] I KNOW THAT I HAVE ON MORE THAN
[000:06:35;461] ONE OCCASION.
[000:06:36;362] MOST OF US CANNOT HAVE THEM HOW
[000:06:38;865] HE ROSE SO FAR AND SO FAST.
[000:06:42;268] HIS VILE RHETORIC AS
[000:06:45;371] EMBARRASSING, HIS PROPOSALS ARE
[000:06:48;307] DANGEROUS.
[000:06:49;776] REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT ACTS
[000:06:52;311] BEWILDERED THAT BUT THEY SHOULD
[000:06:53;713] NOT BE BEWILDERED AS MUCH AS I
[000:06:56;849] TRY TO DISTANCE FROM TRUMP NOW
[000:07:01;087] FOR EIGHT YEARS THEY DREAMED OF
[000:07:04;123] THE POLICY DEBATE BY REPLACING
[000:07:07;427] ENGAGEMENT WITH RESENTMENT AND
[000:07:09;328] HATRED.
[000:07:10;696] WE ARE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW.
[000:07:22;909] THEY ALREADY TREAT HIM OR HER
[000:07:24;210] LIKE A PIÑATA AND THAT'S THE
[000:07:26;913] KIND OF MINDLESS BEHAVIOR THAT
[000:07:28;314] HAS HOLLOWED OUT THE POLITICAL
[000:07:31;150] DEBATE AND CREATED THE
[000:07:32;552] CONDITIONS FOR DONALD TRUMP TO
[000:07:35;855] RISE.
[000:07:36;155] THEY CREATED THE DROUGHT
[000:07:37;290] CONDITIONS DONALD TRUMP'S TURN
[000:07:38;691] TO BE -- SIMPLY STRUCK THE MATCH
[000:07:45;031] FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO.
[000:07:47;867] THE NATIONS AT THE END OF 2008.
[000:07:52;472] PRESIDENT BUSH WAS ON HIS WAY
[000:07:53;773] OUT OF OFFICE AFTER A FAILED
[000:07:55;808] PRESIDENCY TEETERING ON THE
[000:07:57;910] BRINK OF DISASTER.
[000:07:59;812] PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME TO OFFICE
[000:08:00;947] WITH A BROAD MANDATE PROMISING
[000:08:04;016] THE NATION REALLY NEEDED.
[000:08:12;859] SADLY THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:08:14;727] CHOSE THE OPPOSITE PATH INSTEAD
[000:08:15;995] OF COOPERATING ON COMMONSENSE
[000:08:18;130] SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE STILL
[000:08:19;532] SUFFERING IN THE GREAT RECESSION
[000:08:22;068] THEY CHOSE OBSTRUCTION AND
[000:08:26;172] POLICIES.
[000:08:27;673] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST
[000:08:29;775] INAUGURATION.
[000:08:38;618] THEY'VE DECIDED ON THE MISSION
[000:08:41;854] FIRST THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING IN
[000:08:42;588] THEIR POWER TO KEEP PRESIDENT
[000:08:43;856] OBAMA FROM BEING ELECTED AND
[000:08:46;659] SECOND THEY WOULD PREVENT HIM
[000:08:47;360] FROM ACHIEVING ANY OF THE
[000:08:48;261] LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS.
[000:08:52;732] THE REJECTION OF PRESIDENT
[000:08:53;900] OBAMA'S MANIFESTED ITSELF IN ONE
[000:08:55;968] BIG LIE.
[000:08:56;769] THEY REPEATED IT IN DIFFERENT
[000:08:58;471] WAYS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
[000:09:04;977] THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS COULD BE
[000:09:07;113] ADDRESSED BY SMART POLICY
[000:09:08;614] SOLUTIONS IF THE SOLUTIONS WERE
[000:09:11;317] PULLED BY OBAMA.
[000:09:24;564] WE HAVE SEEN THIS LIE IN THE
[000:09:26;699] LAST 24 HOURS NOMINATED TO THE
[000:09:30;403] SUPREME COURT AND THE CIRCUIT
[000:09:31;804] COURT OVERWHELMINGLY MOVED
[000:09:36;576] SOMEWHERE IN THE SENATE WITH A
[000:09:38;578] LARGE VOTE APPOINTED HIM INTO
[000:09:40;379] SELECTED HIM AS THE COURT OF
[000:09:41;814] APPEALS TO THE DC CIRCUIT FOR
[000:09:44;317] THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND.
[000:09:58;864] HERE'S WHAT THE SENATORS HAVE
[000:10:03;502] GARLAND.
[000:10:10;376] SHE SAID VERY COMPLIANT RATINGS.
[000:10:13;779] THEY SLAM THE DOOR ON A GOOD MAN
[000:10:16;515] SIMPLY WHY?
[000:10:17;817] BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA
[000:10:19;819] NOMINATED HIM.
[000:10:21;120] THAT'S HOW THEY TREATED HIM OVER
[000:10:24;557] HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY FOR SEVEN
[000:10:27;460] AND A HALF YEARS.
[000:10:30;363] IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE THESE
[000:10:31;864] IDEAS CAME FROM A.
[000:10:39;405] IT WAS OVER AND OVER IN MANY
[000:10:41;607] DIFFERENT WAYS THEY SAID IT
[000:10:45;878] CANNOT HELP YOU AND IT WILL HURT
[000:10:49;682] YOU.
[000:10:51;250] LOOK AT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[000:10:53;519] 50 MILLION WERE SUFFERING
[000:10:54;920] WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE.
[000:10:57;623] THE CENTERPIECE PERFORMED BY
[000:10:58;924] DEMOCRATS AS THE INDIVIDUAL
[000:11:01;060] MANDATE.
[000:11:02;962] IT CAME FROM THE CONSERVATIVE
[000:11:07;967] HERITAGE.
[000:11:09;969] ESSENTIALLY BECAME SOCIALISM IN
[000:11:11;604] THEIR EYES BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE
[000:11:13;105] AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[000:11:16;409] IT WAS ONE POLICY AFTER ANOTHER
[000:11:17;710] TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC
[000:11:19;645] HARDSHIPS.
[000:11:21;247] MANY IDEAS ORIGINATED WITH
[000:11:22;915] REPUBLICANS AND ENJOYED
[000:11:26;819] BIPARTISAN SUPPORT YET ONE BY
[000:11:30;923] ONE THEY REPEATED THE BIG BLIND
[000:11:34;126] OBAMA SUPPORTS IT, IT WON'T HELP
[000:11:35;428] YOU.
[000:11:36;829] THE LIST IS VERY LONG.
[000:11:42;368] UNEMPLOYMENT, REFORM, ISSUE
[000:11:44;470] AFTER ISSUE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
[000:11:46;072] FACED A CHOICE AND THEY PUT FOOD
[000:11:49;442] ON THE TABLE EARLY.
[000:11:53;412] REPUBLICANS CHOSE TO STICK IT TO
[000:11:56;015] PRESIDENT OBAMA INSTEAD OF
[000:11:57;349] HELPING THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS.
[000:11:59;685] THE EXAMPLES CONTINUE THE
[000:12:01;287] PAYROLL TAX CUTS WITH STUDENT
[000:12:04;857] LOANS, IMMIGRATION REFORM,
[000:12:07;193] AUTOMOBILE BAILOUTS.
[000:12:08;794] ALL THE POLICIES USED TO ENJOY
[000:12:11;163] BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
[000:12:18;771] PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTS IT AT
[000:12:21;574] HOME HELP YOU.
[000:12:25;211] LIKE ANY, MAINTAINING THIS ONE
[000:12:25;911] THAT REPUBLICANS ARE DEEPER AND
[000:12:26;846] DEEPER INTO THIS HONESTY.
[000:12:29;915] REPUBLICANS WHO FOUND THAT
[000:12:32;118] PROPPING UP THE LINE THEY HAD TO
[000:12:32;885] QUESTION ANY INDEPENDENT
[000:12:34;186] AUTHORITY THAT MIGHT CONTRADICT
[000:12:37;089] IT SO THEY STARTED ROUTINELY
[000:12:39;792] QUESTIONING SCIENCE OR ANY OTHER
[000:12:40;526] RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTED THE
[000:12:41;660] DEMOCRATIC POLICIES.
[000:12:50;035] IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC
[000:12:55;775] CONSENSUS I DON'T BELIEVE THE
[000:12:56;575] SCIENCE AND PREVENTING GUN
[000:12:57;777] VIOLENCE IN THE EPIDEMIC OF MASS
[000:13:00;346] SHOOTING THEY REJECT COMMONSENSE
[000:13:01;847] SOLUTIONS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
[000:13:04;450] REPUBLICANS CLAIM THAT MORE GUNS
[000:13:06;018] ARE THE ANSWER.
[000:13:09;421] THEY'VE EVEN PUT OBJECTIVE FACTS
[000:13:10;990] ABOUT THE BASIC ECONOMY AND THE
[000:13:15;828] RECENT POLL SHOWED 53% OF
[000:13:17;196] REPUBLICANS THINK THE
[000:13:18;531] UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHER NOW
[000:13:21;834] THAN WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
[000:13:22;535] OFFICE.
[000:13:23;435] THIS STATISTIC IS SAD BUT IT'S
[000:13:28;474] NOT SHOCKING.
[000:13:29;875] DESPITE 72 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF
[000:13:31;777] JOB GROWTH AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
[000:13:33;245] RATE BELOW 5% THEY ARE STILL
[000:13:37;416] TELLING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
[000:13:38;117] PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN A
[000:13:39;251] DISASTER FOR THE ECONOMY.
[000:13:42;454] ONE AFTER ANOTHER COMMONSENSE
[000:13:44;523] FACTS ARE BROUGHT DOWN BY
[000:13:45;991] REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE TOSSED
[000:13:48;294] ASIDE AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR
[000:13:49;995] THEIR ONE BIG LIE IS NOT WONDER
[000:13:52;097] LAND'S FEEL POWERLESS
[000:13:55;434] REPUBLICANS SPENT EIGHT YEARS TO
[000:13:59;038] HELP THEM FACE THE CHALLENGES.
[000:14:02;007] INSTEAD OF ENGAGING ON POLICY
[000:14:04;076] THEY SIMPLY TOLD AMERICANS
[000:14:05;778] THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE SO
[000:14:10;883] WHAT HAVE THE REPUBLICANS
[000:14:13;552] CREATED?
[000:14:15;754] PRESENTIMENT, HATRED THAT THEY
[000:14:17;156] WERE TOO COWARD TO RENOUNCE.
[000:14:19;692] THE GROUPS LIKE THE TEA PARTY
[000:14:22;595] WERE FIRST WITH MONEY FROM THE
[000:14:25;097] COMPETITORS.
[000:14:26;165] THE IDEOLOGIES AND OBJECTIVES OF
[000:14:27;433] THE GROUP VARIED BUT THEY ALL
[000:14:30;035] HAD ONE THING IN COMMON WHO WAS
[000:14:34;640] CONSIDERED AN ILLEGITIMATE
[000:14:36;442] PRESIDENT IT'S OBVIOUS EVEN THE
[000:14:37;743] MOST CASUAL OBSERVER WAS DRIVEN
[000:14:40;479] FORWARD BY SOME OF THE DARKEST
[000:14:41;881] FORCES IN THE CULTURE BUT
[000:14:45;384] REPUBLICAN LEADERS TRIED.
[000:14:49;154] THIS RESENTMENT AND HATRED TOOK
[000:14:51;357] THREE FORMS FIRST, IT RENDERED
[000:14:55;461] PRESIDENT OBAMA ILLEGITIMATE AND
[000:14:58;097] SECOND, FEAR MONGERING, THIRD,
[000:14:59;498] HATRED AMONG LATINOS.
[000:15:01;700] THE FORCES THAT ARE NOW
[000:15:03;002] SYNONYMOUS IN THE CANDIDACY OR
[000:15:06;205] BY REPUBLICAN LEADERS THE PAST
[000:15:08;440] EIGHT YEARS.
[000:15:10;242] THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE ATTEMPT TO
[000:15:13;078] DECLARE PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS THE
[000:15:14;480] MOVEMENT.
[000:15:16;181] IT ALL STARTED ON A WEBSITE THAT
[000:15:19;785] ASKED WHERE IS THE BIRTH
[000:15:22;521] CERTIFICATE.
[000:15:22;922] BEFORE LONG MORE AND MORE
[000:15:24;223] OUTLETS WERE DISCUSSING THIS
[000:15:26;926] ABSURD CONSPIRACY THEORY.
[000:15:30;029] REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS DID
[000:15:32;998] NOTHING.
[000:15:33;799] REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND
[000:15:35;034] LEGISLATURE WERE SUGGESTING THE
[000:15:36;902] PRESIDENT WASN'T WARNING AMERICA
[000:15:38;203] AND WHO WAS THE MOST PROMINENT
[000:15:41;140] TO GIVE THE MOVEMENT A PLATFORM?
[000:15:45;044] DONALD TRUMP.
[000:15:46;445] I FIND IT IRONIC MITT ROMNEY
[000:15:48;080] THAT ROMNEY IS SPEAKING OUT IN
[000:15:50;182] HIS EXTREMISM.
[000:15:51;684] HE KNEW HOW RIDICULOUS THE
[000:15:52;985] CLAIMS WERE AND GET WHAT DID HE
[000:15:56;088] DO XPS FOR DONALD TRUMP'S
[000:15:56;722] ENDORSEMENT.
[000:15:57;690] THAT ROMNEY HELPED FAN THE
[000:16:00;526] FLAMES OF RESENTMENT.
[000:16:01;927] HOWEVER MORE INSIDIOUS TO RENDER
[000:16:05;064] HIM WAS WAGED BY THE COUNTERPART
[000:16:07;299] MITCH MCCONNELL AS WAS REPORTED
[000:16:11;704] IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ONLY SIX
[000:16:14;440] YEARS AGO AND HERE'S WHAT IT
[000:16:17;643] SAID.
[000:16:18;544] BEFORE THE HEALTH CARE FIGHT
[000:16:19;211] HEALTHCARE FIGHT AND THE
[000:16:20;446] ECONOMICS TO ME WAS PACKAGE
[000:16:22;748] BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
[000:16:25;184] OFFICE, SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL
[000:16:27;987] HAD A STRATEGY FOR THE PARTY
[000:16:31;824] PRETTY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE TO
[000:16:33;058] SLOW THINGS DOWN AND TAKE
[000:16:34;727] ADVANTAGE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE
[000:16:36;328] BEEN GOVERNING ENTITY NIGHT AND
[000:16:39;732] HE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, THE
[000:16:42;001] LEGISLATION.
[000:16:46;839] NO PRESIDENT IN HISTORY TASTE
[000:16:47;539] THE NUMBER OF FILIBUSTERS
[000:16:48;474] PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BASED.
[000:16:53;345] TODAY SOME ARE WAGING MORE THAN
[000:16:54;646] 500 FILIBUSTERS DESPITE THE FACT
[000:16:57;449] MANY ARE AGAINST THINGS THEY
[000:16:58;751] THOUGHT WERE A GOOD IDEA.
[000:17:04;690] DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS THAT
[000:17:08;527] LBJ SERVED AS THE MAJORITY
[000:17:12;431] LEADER BY SIX YEARS IN THE
[000:17:18;303] HUNDREDS IT GOT WORSE AFTER MY
[000:17:21;507] FIRST SIX YEARS IT IS BLIND
[000:17:22;574] OPPOSITION TO THE CONSENT THAT
[000:17:23;809] THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS IDEAS ARE
[000:17:26;578] ILLEGITIMATE.
[000:17:27;813] INDEED THE BLIND REJECTION OF
[000:17:30;582] ANY POLICY REGARDLESS OF THE
[000:17:34;953] MERIT.
[000:17:37;723] THE NO HOLDS BARRED POLITICS WAS
[000:17:40;225] IN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND NO
[000:17:44;329] PEOPLE HAVE THE DEBATE OVER THE
[000:17:45;631] SUPREME COURT.
[000:17:46;965] MOMENTS AFTER THE DEATH OF
[000:17:49;868] REPUBLICAN LEADER LEADERS
[000:17:51;270] DECIDED TO ABANDON THE
[000:17:53;072] CONSTITUTION AND BIPARTISANSHIP
[000:17:54;373] TO APPEASE THE RADICAL BASE.
[000:17:58;210] THAT NIGHT HE FOLLOWED IN THIS
[000:18:01;513] REPUBLICANS MUST DELAY.
[000:18:08;654] THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE NOMINEE
[000:18:10;656] WOULD BE YET REPUBLICANS WERE
[000:18:15;727] UNDERMINED AGAIN.
[000:18:23;469] IF SENATOR MCCONNELL WONDERS
[000:18:24;770] WHERE DONALD TRUMP CAME HE
[000:18:27;506] SHOULD TAKE A LOOK IN THE
[000:18:30;075] MIRROR.
[000:18:31;710] NO ONE IS WORKING HARDER TO
[000:18:33;512] SUPPORT HIM MCCONNELL WHO
[000:18:34;813] SACRIFICED THE MAJORITY AND
[000:18:37;816] ALLOWED HIM TO PICK THE NOMINEE.
[000:18:41;553] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ANOTHER.
[000:18:47;359] THE OUTLETS LIKE FOX NEWS BEGAN
[000:18:49;328] EFFORTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
[000:18:50;796] A SECRET MUSLIM.
[000:18:56;268] THEY WOULD STOKE THE FLAMES OF
[000:18:58;003] HATE TRADE.
[000:19:01;473] SOME WERE WORKING THE OBAMA
[000:19:02;774] ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS
[000:19:05;077] SUGGESTED SHARIA LAW WAS TAKING
[000:19:06;812] OVER AMERICA AND ONCE WE AGAIN
[000:19:10;215] THEY DID NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE
[000:19:12;417] HATE COMING FROM THE PARTY.
[000:19:15;220] NOW BECAUSE OF THE REACTION THEY
[000:19:19;057] ARE LEAVING THE CANDIDACY OF
[000:19:22;794] STOPS ON THE HATE SPEECH AND
[000:19:24;229] WANTS TO BLOCK ALL IN THE
[000:19:28;233] COUNTRY.
[000:19:30;035] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S
[000:19:31;603] ANTI-IMMIGRANT UNDERBELLY IS THE
[000:19:33;906] MOST SALIENT EXAMPLE.
[000:19:54;326] THEY USE REPUGNANCE LANGUAGE.
[000:20:07;039] THE DEPORTATION AS JEB BUSH
[000:20:10;342] SPOKE AND MARCO RUBIO CALLED FOR
[000:20:11;743] DEPORTING ALL THE DREAMERS NOW
[000:20:15;080] THEY SAY NOTHING IS DONALD TRUMP
[000:20:16;882] SAYS THEY WANT TO WIND UP
[000:20:20;786] 11 MILLION WITH A MILITARISTIC
[000:20:22;120] MASSIVE DEPORTATION FORCE.
[000:20:33;699] THEY WALK OUTSIDE WITHOUT THEIR
[000:20:35;701] IMMIGRATION PAPERS.
[000:20:38;003] IN THIS HATRED THE LEADERS
[000:20:38;704] ADOPTED THESE POSITIONS AS PART
[000:20:40;138] OF THEIR PLATFORM.
[000:20:45;143] THE HATE WITH THE POLICY AND IN
[000:20:47;346] THE SENATE DEMOCRATS WERE WORK
[000:20:48;780] WITH A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS TO
[000:20:49;514] CRAFT A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE
[000:20:50;482] IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL BUT THEN
[000:20:54;086] WE WATCH AS THE SPEAKER
[000:20:55;587] CAPITULATED TO KEEP READY
[000:20:56;888] RADICALS AND REFUSED THE VOTE TO
[000:21:00;292] THIS DAY INSERT AFTER
[000:21:08;066] OVERWHELMINGLY.
[000:21:26;485] THEY CAME WITHIN MINUTES OF
[000:21:28;086] THAT.
[000:21:29;488] THE DONALD TRUMP WAS WATCHING HE
[000:21:31;923] SAW THE EXTREMISM COMES OWNED BY
[000:21:33;292] THE LEADERS OF TOO COWARDLY TO
[000:21:36;495] DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO WHEN HE
[000:21:41;433] GOES THAN RAPISTS AND MURDERS
[000:21:42;134] HE'S DOING WHAT HE LEARNED FROM
[000:21:43;268] GENERATIONS OF CONSERVATIVES.
[000:21:47;306] THE PARTY HAS BECOME WITHOUT
[000:21:48;807] QUESTION THE PARTY OF TRUMP.
[000:21:52;411] THE QUESTION NOW IS THIS WHAT DO
[000:21:56;748] THEY SAY THAT THE STATE OF THE
[000:21:57;449] PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE AND HOW
[000:21:58;850] SHOULD AMERICA RESPOND.
[000:22:00;819] THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE THEY HAVE
[000:22:03;989] THE SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP AND
[000:22:05;957] DO IT NOW.
[000:22:10;662] FOR FOR TOO LONG THEY WILL SPEAK
[000:22:11;396] THE LANGUAGE OF TRYING TO HAVE
[000:22:12;431] IT BOTH WAYS.
[000:22:30;015] AFTER YEARS THEY ARE NOT
[000:22:32;050] SPLITTING THE MOST PROMINENT IN
[000:22:34;219] THE NATION'S.
[000:22:43;095] HE IS INSULTED VETERANS,
[000:22:45;097] IMMIGRANTS WITH DISABILITIES.
[000:22:48;500] AMERICANS ARE BEING ASSAULTED AS
[000:22:49;968] RACIAL SLURS IN THE RALLIES.
[000:22:58;310] THERE IS NO GREAT AREA HERE IT
[000:22:59;745] IS TIME FOR SOME TO FIND THE
[000:23:02;881] BACKGROUND TO SAY ENOUGH.
[000:23:08;954] IF THEY THINK DONALD CHUMP IS
[000:23:13;558] RACIST, THEY SHOULDN'T SUPPORT
[000:23:14;259] HIM, PERIOD.
[000:23:16;294] IF THEY REFUSE TO SUPPORT THEY
[000:23:19;898] SHOULD PUT SHOULD'VE PUT ON MAKE
[000:23:21;199] AMERICA GREAT AGAIN HAS IN STAND
[000:23:24;936] BY HIM AT HIS NEXT PRESS
[000:23:26;872] CONFERENCE.
[000:23:30;075] THE NATION CANNOT RELY ON
[000:23:31;877] CONSERVATIVES.
[000:23:37;716] WE SHOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR
[000:23:39;217] IDEAS TO RECTIFY THE DAMAGE THAT
[000:23:43;355] THE DONALD TRUMP IS DOING WE
[000:23:44;856] MUST CHALLENGE HIM BOLDLY WITH
[000:23:46;458] THE STRENGTH OF THE IDEAS THAT
[000:23:47;159] WE SHOULD DO IT NOW AND WE
[000:23:48;460] SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE AGENTS
[000:23:49;861] OF CHANGE.
[000:23:52;197] WE SHOULD REMEMBER THE LIE IS
[000:23:55;700] TRUST THAT AND THE TRUTH IS THAT
[000:24:00;505] SOLUTIONS HELP ALL OF THOSE HIT
[000:24:02;541] HARDEST IN THE DISLOCATION
[000:24:03;842] CAUSED BY THE GREAT RECESSION
[000:24:08;079] REQUIRING THEM TO OFFER PAID
[000:24:08;747] SICK LEAVE WILL HELP MILLIONS OF
[000:24:10;115] FAMILIES MAKE THE BUSINESSES
[000:24:12;217] STRONGER AND MAKING COLLEGE MORE
[000:24:14;419] AFFORDABLE.
[000:24:19;958] RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
[000:24:20;692] AN HOUR WILL PUT MORE IN THE
[000:24:21;960] POCKETS OF WORKERS AND TO
[000:24:23;161] STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
[000:24:25;163] FIXING THE NATION'S ROADS AND
[000:24:26;798] BRIDGES WILL CREATE JOBS.
[000:24:35;207] THEY WERE CREATED IN OTHER JOBS
[000:24:36;608] WERE SPENT OFF FROM THAT.
[000:24:39;444] ENSURING THAT THE WOMEN ARE
[000:24:41;046] BEING FAIRLY COMPENSATED IN THE
[000:24:41;880] WORKPLACE AND RECEIVING EQUAL
[000:24:43;181] PAY FOR THE WORK THAT MEN DO.
[000:24:44;950] IF THEY DO THE WORK THEY SHOULD
[000:24:47;819] GET PAID THE SAME WE SHOULD
[000:24:49;921] RESTORE THE FAITH IN THE
[000:24:50;922] DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
[000:24:52;958] WE CAN DO THAT BY FIGHTING FOR
[000:24:54;459] THE SUPREME SUPREME COURT TO
[000:24:55;126] OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED AND GET
[000:24:56;161] THAT MONEY OUT OF THE POLITICAL
[000:25:00;365] SYSTEM YOU THIS IS WHAT THE
[000:25:12;210] DEMOCRATS DID WITH THE NUCLEAR
[000:25:13;512] OPTION AND WHEN WE BROKE THE
[000:25:14;846] MOLD JIM OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS
[000:25:17;148] AND ENABLED THE TRADITIONAL
[000:25:18;950] NOMINEES AND THE EMERGENCIES
[000:25:20;252] ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY WANTED
[000:25:22;354] TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE OF
[000:25:26;725] CHANGING THE RULE AND THE
[000:25:27;692] PRINCIPLE WOULD BE RESPONDING TO
[000:25:29;261] THE DEPARTING AMERICANS.
[000:25:38;270] WE WOULD INSPIRE A NEW
[000:25:39;704] GENERATION TO GET INVOLVED IN
[000:25:42;007] PUBLIC SERVICE.
[000:25:43;308] WE CAN ONLY AFFECT THEM TO SHOW
[000:25:46;511] NEW IDEAS DELIVERY NEW RESULTS
[000:25:47;913] TO NEW PEOPLE.
[000:25:49;948] MOST OF ALL WE SHOULD RESIST THE
[000:25:51;249] URGE TO WATER DOWN THE WATERWAY
[000:25:55;520] FOREIGN-POLICY.
[000:25:55;987] WE SHOULD RESIST THE URGE TO
[000:25:57;122] MOVE TO THE RIGHT.
[000:26:00;025] A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET WITH THE
[000:26:01;326] NEW GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
[000:26:25;817] I SAID YES.
[000:26:27;452] HE ADDED IF YOU ARE A
[000:26:29;254] PROGRESSIVE AND THEN PEOPLE JUST
[000:26:33;925] THINK YOU ARE A LIBERAL THEY
[000:26:35;327] THINK YOU ARE A LIAR.
[000:26:39;130] SO LET'S BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE
[000:26:41;866] AND LET'S NOT BE SHY ABOUT WHAT
[000:26:43;168] THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH.
[000:26:46;671] THEY ARE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
[000:26:48;373] CREATED 14 MILLION JOBS IN THE
[000:26:49;774] DROP DOWN TO LESS THAN 5%.
[000:27:01;953] DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO
[000:27:03;655] MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN THEY
[000:27:10;128] OBTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS OR BEFORE
[000:27:12;530] THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE
[000:27:13;898] BEFORE THE CHILD LABOR LAWS MAY
[000:27:18;370] BE AT ONCE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE
[000:27:19;104] TIME OF MEDICARE OR SOCIAL
[000:27:20;472] SECURITY OR THE LABOUR RELATIONS
[000:27:22;173] ACT OR THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
[000:27:29;214] UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP WE KNOW WHAT
[000:27:30;715] NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT EVEN
[000:27:32;817] GREATER AND FINALLY THE ANGER
[000:27:34;119] WITH THE IDEAS WOULD MOVE THE
[000:27:36;554] POWER IDEAS FOR TRUMP.
[000:27:55;774] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
[000:27:57;976] REMARKS ON THE WHOLE RANGE OF
[000:28:01;913] TOPICS.
[000:28:06;317] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT THE
[000:28:10;855] ACTION.
[000:28:15;160] I WANTED TO ASK YOU ONE
[000:28:15;760] PARTICULAR QUESTION ABOUT THE
[000:28:16;861] SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
[000:28:18;797] PROCESS.
[000:28:20;398] THE MAJORITY LEADER SAID
[000:28:24;402] YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING HE
[000:28:27;105] WANTS TO LET THE PUBLIC DECIDE
[000:28:31;376] ABOUT THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
[000:28:35;480] JUSTICE.
[000:28:36;915] WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS?
[000:28:42;187] >> HERE'S WHAT HE SAID
[000:28:42;754] YESTERDAY, THIS IS A QUOTE THAT
[000:28:43;722] IT'S ALL ABOUT.
[000:28:46;124] THE REPORTER SAID IF YOUR GOAL
[000:28:47;258] IS TO ALLOW TO HAVE INPUT INTO
[000:28:51;362] THIS PAPER TO NOMINATION WHY NOT
[000:28:53;465] HOLD HEARINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THESE
[000:28:55;600] ISSUES AND HERE IS WHAT HE SAID
[000:29:00;905] THE GOAL IS TO LET THE AMERICAN
[000:29:02;173] PEOPLE PICK THE NEXT PRESIDENT
[000:29:05;777] TO MAKE THE DECISIONS OF THAT IS
[000:29:06;511] WHAT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL
[000:29:07;378] ABOUT FOR THEM.
[000:29:15;820] IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE DONE
[000:29:20;825] THIS WE PICKED THE SUPREME COURT
[000:29:22;660] JUSTICES IN THE LAME-DUCK
[000:29:24;162] SESSION IN THE PRESIDENCY.
[000:29:36;207] IT IS UNFAIR TO THE COUNTRY AND
[000:29:37;609] TO THE LITIGANTS TO GET THE
[000:29:41;713] SUPREME COURT.
[000:29:42;947] NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT
[000:29:44;649] ANOTHER FEW DECADES.
[000:29:51;189] >> WE DID A REPORT THIS WEEK
[000:29:51;856] THAT SHOWS LITERALLY TENS OF
[000:29:53;324] MILLIONS WITH THE EFFECT THAT BY
[000:29:55;560] THE COURT BEING STUCK FOR SO
[000:29:59;164] LONG FROM IMMIGRATION CASES TO
[000:30:00;465] WOMEN'S HEALTH CASES AND VOTING
[000:30:03;268] RIGHTS CASES NOT JUST A HANDFUL
[000:30:04;803] OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON
[000:30:08;406] EVERYONE.
[000:30:09;207] JUST TO FOLLOW-UP FOLLOW UP ON
[000:30:10;408] THAT, WHERE DO YOU SEE THE
[000:30:13;745] DEBATE GOING ON THE SUPREME
[000:30:15;213] COURT?
[000:30:15;513] WE HEARD SOME REPUBLICAN
[000:30:16;815] SENATORS WILL ACTUALLY MEET WITH
[000:30:19;651] THE NOMINEES.
[000:30:20;084] IS THAT THE A BREAKTHROUGH BUT
[000:30:21;352] NEVERTHELESS IT IS?
[000:30:27;225] HELL DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING
[000:30:28;426] OUT, AND TO FOLLOW UP IN YOUR
[000:30:32;964] REMARKS, YOU SAID MCCONNELL WAS
[000:30:34;465] THREATENING HIS MAJORITY IN
[000:30:37;969] ORDER TO TAKE THIS INTRANSIGENT
[000:30:40;505] POSITION.
[000:30:41;506] WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HE IS
[000:30:42;807] DOING WHAT HE IS DOING?
[000:30:44;976] >> I THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING
[000:30:45;910] THIS TO SATISFY THE VERY LOUD
[000:30:50;748] AND RICH RIGHT-WING PEOPLE.
[000:30:54;252] I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO
[000:30:54;986] DO.
[000:30:55;954] THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THEM
[000:30:58;623] AND I THINK THAT TIM WILL ONLY
[000:31:01;192] TELL THAT BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE
[000:31:02;527] HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE
[000:31:05;630] REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR THE
[000:31:09;667] SENATE TO HAVE A STRAIGHT FACE
[000:31:12;170] TO SAY WE WERE GOING TO MEET
[000:31:14;339] WITH THIS PERSON, WE ARE NOT
[000:31:15;807] GOING TO HOLD HEARINGS OR HAVE A
[000:31:17;342] VOTE.
[000:31:19;110] IT'S HARD FOR ME.
[000:31:21;012] WHO CAME UP WITH THIS AND THEY
[000:31:22;413] DID IT QUICKLY.
[000:31:29;354] SCALIA HAD JUST DIED WITHIN
[000:31:33;024] HOURS.
[000:31:34;392] >> WHAT IMPACT DO YOU SEE TO
[000:31:39;731] HAVE ON THE SENATE FINANCE
[000:31:43;034] COMMITTEE?
[000:31:49;340] >> WHILE, MY STAFF TOLD ME NOT
[000:31:53;011] TO SAY THIS BUT I CAN'T RESIST.
[000:31:54;312] [LAUGHTER]
[000:31:55;513] >> I'VE BEEN THERE.
[000:31:56;714] [LAUGHTER]
[000:31:58;816] HE MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS
[000:32:04;756] BECAUSE THEY WILL BUILD ONE TO
[000:32:06;190] KEEP US FROM GOING INTO MEXICO.
[000:32:10;228] THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
[000:32:14;399] >> DO YOU SEE HIM HAVING A
[000:32:15;633] PARTICULAR IMPACT IN THE SENATE
[000:32:20;171] RACES?
[000:32:20;538] >> I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME OF
[000:32:21;773] THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING WHILE
[000:32:29;414] PORTMAN COME I DON'T GET HOW
[000:32:35;887] THEY COULD RUN AND SAY WHY ARE
[000:32:38;957] WE SUPPORTING HIM FOR PRESIDENT
[000:32:39;824] HE CAN'T PRESIDENT HE CAN'T RUN
[000:32:41;292] AWAY FROM IT, HE'S THE NOMINEE.
[000:32:46;030] I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET MUCH
[000:32:48;633] BETTER.
[000:32:50;001] >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
[000:32:52;937] YOUR REMARKS FOCUSED ON DONALD
[000:32:57;675] TRUMP BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
[000:32:58;977] ON TED CRUZ?
[000:33:09;587] >> AS I HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC
[000:33:13;257] SERVICE, I DISAGREED WITH HIM ON
[000:33:14;892] EVERYTHING POLITICALLY BUT I
[000:33:18;663] ALWAYS APPRECIATED HE TOLD
[000:33:24;435] EVERYBODY HOW HE FELT.
[000:33:27;805] THERE WAS NO SURPRISE.
[000:33:28;373] HE WROTE A BOOK AND TALKED ABOUT
[000:33:29;474] WHAT HE WANTED TO BE AND I HAVE
[000:33:31;776] TO SAY THIS ABOUT HIM HE AT
[000:33:34;579] LEAST HAS SOME PRINCIPLES.
[000:33:37;715] I DON'T LIKE WHAT HE STANDS FOR
[000:33:38;916] THE P. STANDS FOR SOMETHING VERY
[000:33:42;620] LITTLE OF WHICH I AGREE WITH
[000:33:46;357] ABOUT A GUY AND NOT AS TURNED
[000:33:47;558] OFF BY HIM.
[000:33:50;795] DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR NOTHING
[000:33:54;766] AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO UPSET FOR
[000:33:56;134] MARCO RUBIO, HE DIDN'T STAND FOR
[000:33:58;036] ANYTHING.
[000:33:59;804] >> I THINK THAT YOU REALLY LAY
[000:34:01;739] OUT THE LEVEL OF DISTRACTION AND
[000:34:03;341] THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
[000:34:07;578] INSTRUCTION AND THE RISE OF
[000:34:08;646] DONALD TRUMP.
[000:34:09;881] DO YOU EXPECT OR HEAR OF ANY
[000:34:14;152] REPUBLICANS EVALUATING THE
[000:34:15;620] STANCE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AND IS
[000:34:18;022] THERE A CHANCE THAT THIS PAST
[000:34:22;760] NOVEMBER DEMOCRATS WIN THE WHITE
[000:34:24;662] HOUSE AND TAKE THE SENATE WE
[000:34:26;864] COULD SEE SOME REEVALUATION?
[000:34:30;701] >> I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WRITING
[000:34:33;638] BOOKS ABOUT WHO HAD BEEN MEMBERS
[000:34:34;939] OF THE SENATE AND LEADERSHIP AND
[000:34:36;641] THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE TO
[000:34:38;076] CORRECT THE SENATE.
[000:34:41;579] I HAD A NICE CONVERSATION WITH
[000:34:42;880] TOM DASCHLE THIS WEEK.
[000:34:49;320] HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED
[000:34:49;987] SINCE HE LEFT.
[000:34:50;922] HE HAS NO IDEA.
[000:34:53;124] THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE I SAID AND
[000:34:56;060] IT'S TRUE A FILIBUSTER OF MOST
[000:34:58;463] TO PROCEED THE THINGS THEY
[000:34:59;263] WANTED TO GET IT DONE TO STALL
[000:35:00;465] FOR TIME AND EACH FILIBUSTER
[000:35:03;568] TAKES A LONG TIME.
[000:35:04;869] YOU HAVE TO FILE IT FOR TWO DAYS
[000:35:06;270] AND THEN HAVE A VOTE AND THEN
[000:35:08;706] HAVE A VOTE FOR THREE HOURS
[000:35:11;542] WASTED THEN YOU ARE ONLY ON THE
[000:35:14;278] LEGISLATION AND TO GET GET OFF
[000:35:15;279] OF IT YOU OF THAT UNITY CLOTURE
[000:35:16;681] AGAIN FOR TWO MORE DAYS AND
[000:35:17;582] DEVOTE.
[000:35:19;083] IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE TIME THAT
[000:35:24;622] WE HAVE WASTED SO PEOPLE DO NOT
[000:35:26;924] UNDERSTAND THE ENDS TO WHICH
[000:35:29;727] THEY'VE GONE TO STOP OBAMA SPEAK
[000:35:35;066] TO
[000:35:35;433] >> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN'T
[000:35:36;968] SAY THESE THINGS PUBLICLY BUT IF
[000:35:39;470] YOU HAVE A CANDIDACY THAT IS
[000:35:44;842] VERY INEFFECTIVE, DO YOU THINK
[000:35:46;144] WE COULD HAVE THE HOPE WE COULD
[000:35:52;984] RETURN TO A PERIOD EVEN 15 YEARS
[000:35:54;085] AGO WHERE WERE TEN YEARS AGO,
[000:35:55;486] NINE YEARS AT A THERE WERE
[000:36:00;825] FILIBUSTERS OCCASIONALLY BUT NOT
[000:36:03;060] THOSE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
[000:36:04;428] NOW.
[000:36:07;198] >> I WOULD LOOK BACK WITH
[000:36:10;368] NOSTALGIA HAVING WORKED WITH
[000:36:11;169] TRENT LOTT HE WAS EXTREMELY
[000:36:12;470] CONSERVATIVE BUT PRAGMATIC.
[000:36:14;172] HE KNEW THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN FOR
[000:36:15;573] THE COUNTRY.
[000:36:20;545] BILL FRIST WAS THE ONLY
[000:36:21;145] PRESIDENT I KNOW THAT WAS CHOSEN
[000:36:22;013] BY THE PRESIDENT RATHER THAN FOR
[000:36:25;983] THE CAUCUS BUT HE WAS A SUPER
[000:36:27;385] NICE GUY THAT WANTED TO DO
[000:36:29;754] THINGS FOR THE COUNTRY.
[000:36:30;555] I LAMENT NOT HAVING PEOPLE TO
[000:36:32;190] WORK WITH IN THAT REGARD.
[000:36:35;092] I DON'T DISLIKE MITCH MCCONNELL.
[000:36:43;734] I'M JUST TERRIBLY AWARE AS I
[000:36:46;771] TRIED TO OUTLINE IN THESE
[000:36:49;574] REMARKS WHAT HE HAS BEEN A PART
[000:36:52;109] OF TO ALLOW PEOPLE LIKE DONALD
[000:36:57;281] TRUMP TO BE AROUND AND BECAUSE
[000:36:58;616] OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, THERE'S
[000:37:05;189] TREMENDOUS CONCERN BY THE
[000:37:06;691] AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[000:37:08;292] THEY THINK THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
[000:37:10;628] SO, I HAVE HOPE THAT THE NEXT
[000:37:13;831] CONGRESS CAN BE BETTER THAT IT
[000:37:16;934] WILL ONLY COME ABOUT IF THERE'S
[000:37:18;135] A RETURN TO COLLEGIALITY AND AS
[000:37:21;872] WE SEE IN THE HOUSE SO WE CAN
[000:37:27;578] GET THINGS DONE.
[000:37:29;947] RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE PATH OF
[000:37:31;649] GETTING NOTHING DONE AND I CAN'T
[000:37:34;018] CONTINUE THAT.
[000:37:35;519] IT'S GOING TO CHANGE REMARKABLY.
[000:37:38;356] >> DO YOU THINK THERE IS A PLACE
[000:37:39;257] FOR THE MODERATES IN THE
[000:37:40;591] REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY?
[000:37:46;998] >> WELL, DAVE PRIMARY -- THEM.
[000:37:50;334] BUT THE MODERATES WE DID PLENTY
[000:37:55;573] YESTERDAY FOR THE BIRTHDAY AND
[000:38:03;681] HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A
[000:38:06;517] LONG TIME AND SAID I'M GOING TO
[000:38:07;251] START A HISPANIC CAUCUS AND HE
[000:38:08;219] SAID TO YOU TO BE TRUE TO HIM
[000:38:12;290] ARE YOU GOING TO MEET IN A PHONE
[000:38:13;491] BOOTH AND THAT'S WHAT I SAY THAT
[000:38:14;225] THE MODERATES IN THE SENATE ARE
[000:38:15;593] THEY GOING TO NEED A PHONE BOOTH
[000:38:16;894] CLICKS IT BETTER BE SMALL
[000:38:19;363] BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE MANY
[000:38:20;031] RIGHT NOW.
[000:38:20;398] THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO GET A
[000:38:21;832] FEW THINGS DONE WITH ALL THEIR
[000:38:24;535] OBSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST
[000:38:26;337] CONGRESS I WOULD SEE A FEW
[000:38:27;938] THINGS WE GOT A LOT DONE.
[000:38:31;909] >> IN THE FIRST CONGRESS MOST OF
[000:38:36;280] THEM IT WAS THE BEST EVER.
[000:38:37;381] AND WE GET PEOPLE TO HAVE PEOPLE
[000:38:38;115] TO WORK WITH.
[000:38:39;016] WE HAD SUSAN COLLINS, OLYMPIA
[000:38:42;320] SNOWE AND ARLEN SPECTER.
[000:38:43;821] THOSE WERE THE THREE SUSPECTS WE
[000:38:47;992] USED MOST OFTEN BECAUSE THE 57,
[000:38:50;695] 58, 59.
[000:38:52;496] BUT KENNEDY WAS SICK AS WE
[000:38:54;598] LEARNED LATER SO THAT'S HOW WE
[000:38:56;334] WOULD GET THINGS DONE.
[000:39:02;340] RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE SUSAN
[000:39:07;578] COLLINS.
[000:39:11;749] >> WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS IF
[000:39:12;483] YOU COULD PLEASE IDENTIFY
[000:39:13;818] YOURSELF AND PEOPLE GIVE YOU THE
[000:39:15;820] MICROPHONE.
[000:39:21;592] >> I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES
[000:39:22;293] AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO WHATEVER
[000:39:23;027] YOU WANT.
[000:39:23;894] [LAUGHTER]
[000:39:27;798] SPINET IN 2013 YOU BROKE THE
[000:39:32;236] LOGJAM FOR THE APPELLATE COURTS
[000:39:33;571] BUT YOU DIDN'T TRIGGER THE
[000:39:37;842] FILIBUSTER FOR THE NOMINEE.
[000:39:39;243] DO YOU REGRET NOT DOING THAT AND
[000:39:41;379] GOING FORWARD SEEING THERE IS A
[000:39:43;581] NEW PRECEDENT BEING SET IT LOOKS
[000:39:45;983] LIKE THERE WILL BE A HIGH BAR.
[000:39:48;786] DO YOU THINK THAT THE CHANGE OF
[000:39:50;121] RULE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR
[000:39:53;624] THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE?
[000:39:55;893] >> I DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
[000:39:57;128] I LOOK BACK ON MY EXPERIENCE.
[000:40:01;499] FOR EXAMPLE, CLARENCE THOMAS.
[000:40:05;870] IF YOU LOOK BACK, HE HAD A LOT
[000:40:09;840] OF SUPPORT FOR HIM.
[000:40:13;244] AND I DECIDED -- I WILL BE AS
[000:40:16;680] QUICK AS I CAN, I CALLED HOME TO
[000:40:19;417] SEE HOW THE KIDS WERE DOING IT
[000:40:21;185] TALK TO MY WIFE AT FIVE OR 6:00
[000:40:22;386] IN THE EVENING AND I HAD TO GO
[000:40:26;390] VOTE FOR SOMEBODY I DIDN'T WANT
[000:40:28;826] TO VOTE FOR SHE SAID THEN WHY
[000:40:29;527] ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR THEM
[000:40:30;828] AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF SHE'S
[000:40:33;631] RIGHT BY SHOULD I VOTE FOR
[000:40:35;533] CLARENCE THOMAS, THERE'S A
[000:40:38;202] COUNTERPART FROM NEVADA AND I
[000:40:41;405] SAID I'M NOT ACQUAINTED WITH FOR
[000:40:42;807] THOMAS.
[000:40:44;241] HE SAID COME ON OVER AND WE WILL
[000:40:45;142] TALK.
[000:40:46;744] SO I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.
[000:40:49;447] THOMAS GOT 52 VOTES.
[000:40:52;750] THERE WASN'T A SUGGESTION OR
[000:40:54;084] WHISPER IN CONGRESS THAT HE
[000:40:55;586] WOULD VOTE AGAINST HIM.
[000:40:58;589] NOW REMEMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
[000:41:06;730] PEOPLE WHO COME TO HIM AS AN
[000:41:07;398] EXAMPLE, DIDN'T GET A MAJORITY
[000:41:08;232] OF THE VOTES IN THE JUDICIARY
[000:41:14;004] COMMITTEE.
[000:41:15;406] HE DIDN'T GET TO VOTE IN THE
[000:41:18;075] COMMITTEE SO I SAVED THE SUPER
[000:41:21;145] MAJORITY SUPREME COURT ON
[000:41:23;647] PURPOSE TO RETURN TO THOSE DAYS
[000:41:28;586] WHERE WE DO WHAT'S THE RIGHT
[000:41:31;689] THING.
[000:41:33;190] TO BE A BETTER COUNTRY TO ANSWER
[000:41:35;392] IF WE FILIBUSTERED THOMAS BUT
[000:41:38;529] THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO AND
[000:41:40;030] THE TIME WAS RIGHT.
[000:41:49;373] >> YOU SAID REPEATEDLY THINK
[000:41:50;708] SENATOR MCCONNELL IS GOING TO
[000:41:54;411] CAVE ON THE SECOND PART.
[000:41:55;012] SEVERAL SENATORS YESTERDAY
[000:41:56;347] INCLUDING SENATOR HATCH SAID
[000:42:00;451] THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO
[000:42:01;752] CONSIDERING THE NOMINATION AFTER
[000:42:02;486] THE ELECTION IN THE EVENT A
[000:42:03;354] DEMOCRAT WOULD WIN.
[000:42:05;789] DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE MOST
[000:42:07;391] LIKELY OPTION FOR THIS?
[000:42:10;661] >> YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT IN ANY
[000:42:13;631] WAY THAT WE FEEL APPROPRIATE.
[000:42:16;834] HERE'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
[000:42:22;606] IT'S ALREADY STARTED AND THIS
[000:42:24;008] MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A GREAT
[000:42:25;809] BREAKTHROUGH BUT WE HAVE A
[000:42:27;211] SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT THEY ALL
[000:42:29;313] MEET WITH.
[000:42:33;050] MAYBE THEY WILL BE BROWBEATEN BY
[000:42:34;351] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE AND
[000:42:37;855] BACK OFF BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IT
[000:42:38;589] IS A BREAKTHROUGH THAT THEY WILL
[000:42:39;490] SIT DOWN AND TALK BUT THAT IS A
[000:42:42;393] BREAKTHROUGH.
[000:42:43;894] NOW I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CUT
[000:42:47;698] ANY SLACK TO ANYBODY'S SAYING
[000:42:49;633] LET'S WAIT.
[000:42:50;734] I DON'T AGREE.
[000:42:52;236] I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT NOW.
[000:42:53;537] IT IS UNFAIR TO HAVE THIS THE
[000:42:59;076] SPAM TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN
[000:43:00;878] ANYBODY ELSE.
[000:43:02;079] LET'S HAVE HIM COME TO THE
[000:43:03;380] SENATE FLOOR AND HAVE A DEBATE
[000:43:06;050] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN WATCH ON
[000:43:07;151] THE COMMITTEE AND ON THE FLOOR.
[000:43:12;222] >> [INAUDIBLE]
[000:43:13;824] >> OF COURSE IT IS POSSIBLE.
[000:43:18;996] THAT'S WHY IT IS A GOOD
[000:43:19;797] PRECEDENT THAT WE RUN FOR THE
[000:43:21;398] SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
[000:43:39;350] >> EVERYBODY KEEPS TALKING ABOUT
[000:43:41;185] THE -- EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE
[000:43:51;195] COURT SEAT BEING VACATED FOR A
[000:43:53;597] YEAR.
[000:43:55;099] >> ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT.
[000:43:58;502] THE REALITY IS THAT WOULD MEAN
[000:44:01;438] THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT WOULD BE
[000:44:03;340] COMING IN WHO WOULD HAVE
[000:44:04;541] HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CABINET
[000:44:07;845] APPOINTMENTS AND SUBCABINET
[000:44:09;480] APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE AND EVERY
[000:44:12;983] TIME THE NEW PRESIDENT COMES IN
[000:44:14;184] THERE IS A NEW BACKLOG OF THESE
[000:44:16;487] APPOINTMENTS.
[000:44:17;488] IF YOU ADD A SUPREME HAVE A
[000:44:18;155] SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ON TOP OF
[000:44:19;356] ALL OF THAT, IT COULD GO A YEAR
[000:44:22;526] AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS AND
[000:44:25;262] BLOCK THE NOMINATIONS OF OTHER
[000:44:28;399] CABINET.
[000:44:32;770] >> YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN
[000:44:34;004] THE FEDERAL BEER WALKER C. IS
[000:44:35;506] VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS ISSUE WE
[000:44:36;840] HAVE BEFORE US.
[000:44:43;380] WE HAVE HAD SCORES AND SCORES OF
[000:44:44;682] NOMINATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD
[000:44:47;985] UP.
[000:44:51;989] IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPREHEND.
[000:44:55;759] AMBASSADORS EVEN HELD UP BY
[000:45:00;431] SERVICE OFFICERS, THE MOST
[000:45:02;666] NONPOLITICAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
[000:45:04;001] AND ALL WE HAD TO DO UNDER THE
[000:45:07;905] STATUTE IS PASS AN APPROVED A
[000:45:11;942] PAY RAISE.
[000:45:15;245] THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN
[000:45:15;946] SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE AND
[000:45:16;980] DIFFICULT PLACES IN THE WORLD
[000:45:19;683] AND THEY'VE HELD UP PAST THEIR
[000:45:21;685] PAY RAISE.
[000:45:24;288] SO HE'S HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
[000:45:25;889] WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
[000:45:29;026] THAT SHOULD BE WORKING IN THE
[000:45:34;131] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT AREN'T.
[000:45:35;532] A LOT OF THEM GO BACK TO THEIR
[000:45:38;535] REGULAR JOBS, SO YOUR POINT IS
[000:45:40;003] VERY WELL TAKEN.
[000:45:46;710] >> MY NAME IS JEFF AND I'M WITH
[000:45:50;848] IB CAPITAL.
[000:45:52;416] >> I COULDN'T HEAR THAT.
[000:45:55;953] >> IB CAPITAL.
[000:45:57;588] LAST WEEK THERE WAS A PRESS
[000:45:59;590] CONFERENCE WITH THE PRE-
[000:46:00;791] MINISTERS OF CANADA AND
[000:46:04;628] PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THIS POINT
[000:46:06;830] WAS TALKING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS
[000:46:09;833] AND SAID AT TIMES YOU ONLY GET
[000:46:13;570] ABOUT 60% OF WHAT YOU LIKE AND
[000:46:14;905] IF YOU GET 60% OF WHAT YOU LIKE
[000:46:19;309] YOU SORT OF HOLD YOUR NOSE BUT
[000:46:20;711] THE OTHER PARTY HOLDS THEIRS AS
[000:46:23;947] WELL THAT YOU GET A NEGOTIATION
[000:46:25;349] OUT OF IT SO I AM KIND OF
[000:46:27;451] CURIOUS RATHER THAN CREATING
[000:46:30;387] THIS ADVERSARIAL APPROACH IF YOU
[000:46:32;489] COULD SOMEHOW TAKE A STEP, BE
[000:46:37;094] MAGNANIMOUS, TAKE THAT ACROSS
[000:46:39;630] THE RUBICON IN SOME RESPECTS BY
[000:46:43;333] HAVING AN ISSUE THAT LET'S SAY
[000:46:48;172] ABOUT THE LEADER THAT HE
[000:46:51;108] SPECIFICALLY WANTS AND NEGOTIATE
[000:46:51;842] WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR
[000:46:54;178] ISSUES SUCH AS STANDING BACK
[000:46:56;079] FROM GUANTÁNAMO BAY FOR INSTANT,
[000:46:58;749] GIVEN A PARTICULAR ISSUE TO HIM
[000:47:02;119] WITH RESPECT TO THE AGREEMENT
[000:47:05;088] THE SUPREME COURT'S --
[000:47:06;557] >> HERE'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.
[000:47:12;095] I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE
[000:47:13;096] SENSE BUT IN THE PAST THAT'S THE
[000:47:14;832] WAY TO DO THINGS.
[000:47:28;679] I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO GET A
[000:47:29;346] NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE WALL BUT
[000:47:30;280] I LAW BUT I NEVER GOT WHAT I
[000:47:32;115] WANTED.
[000:47:32;449] WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS
[000:47:33;650] AND COMPROMISE THINGS.
[000:47:48;165] >> THEY THE FELLA START THINGS
[000:47:50;234] THEY WANTED.
[000:47:54;905] >> I THINK SOMETHING WE WORKED
[000:47:56;240] ON HERE A GREAT DEAL ON
[000:47:58;675] INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE
[000:47:59;243] REPUBLICANS IN THE
[000:48:00;377] INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN 2007 AND
[000:48:02;512] THEN 20 OF EIGHT AND 2009.
[000:48:08;218] WE COULDN'T GET THE BILL PASSED
[000:48:09;653] AGAIN AND ALL THAT WOULD CHANGE
[000:48:12;055] IS THAT HE HAD A DIFFERENT
[000:48:12;689] PRESIDENT.
[000:48:13;790] >> THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE FOR
[000:48:16;293] EXAMPLE WE LOST A MILLION
[000:48:17;794] TEACHERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND
[000:48:22;399] FIREFIGHTERS DURING THE FIRST
[000:48:23;700] YEAR OF THE MELTDOWN SO IT WAS
[000:48:27;037] OFFERED ON THE SENATE FLOOR
[000:48:31;341] SAYING LET'S GET ALL THOSE
[000:48:31;975] PEOPLE BACK.
[000:48:33;243] WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY
[000:48:35;212] AND THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY
[000:48:35;913] AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO
[000:48:37;080] PAY FOR IT.
[000:48:41;985] THEY WOULD PAY EXCESS OF TWO
[000:48:44;955] TENTHS OF 1% WHICH PEOPLE DIDN'T
[000:48:47;658] CARE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY
[000:48:49;026] TO DO THAT.
[000:49:07;344] I RAN THE FLOOR FOR SIX YEARS.
[000:49:11;682] I DID THE FLOOR AND HE DID THE
[000:49:12;883] POLITICAL STUFF AND THAT'S WHERE
[000:49:14;484] I GOT TO KNOW TRENT LOTT IS A
[000:49:15;986] WELL.
[000:49:16;286] I WAS ON THE FLOOR FROM THE
[000:49:17;821] MOMENT THEY CAME IN AND I TOOK
[000:49:21;358] CARE OF THE REPUBLICANS AND I
[000:49:22;926] WOULD MAKE SURE THERE WAS A
[000:49:24;995] UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST.
[000:49:34;604] BUT IF THEY DID NOTHING THERE IS
[000:49:35;339] NO ONE TO WORK WITH ANYMORE.
[000:49:36;606] THEY ARE AFRAID.
[000:49:39;443] WHAT THEY WILL DO IS DEMOCRATS
[000:49:43;046] AND REPUBLICANS WILL INTRODUCE A
[000:49:44;648] BILL KNOWING THAT IT IS GOING
[000:49:46;850] NOWHERE SO THE ISSUE A PRESS
[000:49:49;519] RELEASE.COM.
[000:49:51;088] >> ONE LAST QUESTION.
[000:49:55;625] >> SENATOR, I WANTED TO SEE HOW
[000:49:56;960] CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT
[000:49:59;963] DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT IN THE
[000:50:02;265] PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HAS BEEN
[000:50:03;166] BEEN LOWER THAN THE REPUBLICAN
[000:50:03;867] TURNOUT?
[000:50:04;768] YOU TALKED ABOUT DOUBLING DOWN
[000:50:07;304] ON IDEAS IDEAS BUT HOW DOES THAT
[000:50:08;805] TRANSLATE INTO VOTES?
[000:50:13;810] >> IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T
[000:50:16;446] IGNORE THAT MOST PUNDITS AND
[000:50:20;283] POLITICAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
[000:50:21;852] THAT THE MASSIVE TURNOUTS HAVE
[000:50:23;987] BEEN AS A RESULT OF THE RIVALRY
[000:50:29;092] WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[000:50:31;428] WITH THE DEMOCRATS WE'VE HAD
[000:50:33;063] THIS GOING WITH HILLARY AND
[000:50:35;966] BERNIE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT
[000:50:38;668] WAS KIND OF A LOVEFEST IN THE
[000:50:42;105] LAST MONTH OR SO THEY HAD A
[000:50:47;711] LITTLE NEGATIVE STUFF BACK AND
[000:50:49;112] FORTH SO NOT AS MUCH INTEREST IN
[000:50:50;847] THE DEMOCRATS AS REPUBLICANS.
[000:50:54;051] I THINK DONALD TRUMP BROUGHT
[000:50:56;253] PEOPLE OUT