so lula's gone. lula was probably the most effective statesman from the developing world out there globally since mandela, right? lee kwan you. we haven't had that many. now that lieu that l.a. has passed the season, the new president is no lula. >> rose: she was lula's chief of staff. >> yes, she was. >> rose: she was in prison for early leftist activities in her life. >> she's utterly uncharismatic. she has health problems and she's generally unknown internationally. so i don't think she's lula. >> rose: but lula was unknown internationally until he became president. >> not by george soros. (laughs) >> rose: he bet against him, didn't he? >> that's right. but husband that that's because they thought he was powerful and charismatic and could be a problem. i think s.b.y. is the next lula. he's the guy who that has the potential. he's a g-20 state now and one of the biggest democracies in the world. muslim state. >> rose: huge muslim state. >> multicultural. obama spent a lot of his childhood there. t

ganÓ cimentando la imagen de lula da silva. liderar a un psÍque serÁ anfitriÓn de la copa mundial y los juegos olÍmpicos 2016. [♪mÚsica♪] >> casi cuatro mil millones de dÓlares gastados en centenares de campaÑas en todo el paÍs. las cartas parecen ya estar echadas. aseguran que pondrÁn de su lado la cÁmara de representantes. demÓcratas aseguran que no tanto. mÁs detalles: >> a dos dÍas de las elecciones de medio tÉrmino, las campaÑas se intensifican. porque es mucho lo o que estÁ en juego. tanto repubricanos como demÓcratas lo saben. por eso luchan a brazo partido por obtener el favor de los electores. >> aseguran que los republicanos tienen posibilidades reales de cambiar la composiciÓn por lo menos de la cÁmara de representantes. >> creo que eso va a representar es una mayorÍa en la cÁmara, sin discusiÓn. yo creo que las expectativas estÁn un poco altas. no creo que vamos a lograr 70 u 80 escaÑos, pero una mayorÍa entre 45 y 55. >> yo no estoy tan segura y todavÍa es demasiado temprano para decir

da silva rousseff from the ruling party has campaigned on the success of lula da silva who's credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty but he's moralise to reports from sao paulo right now where the gap between rich and poor continues to shrink. in brazil there are those who live tucked away behind barbed wire walls. and those who live behind shanty cinderblock ones but in this developing nation and one of the fastest growing major economies in the world where they are pioneering deep water oil research and ethanol production for example signs of human development to marked by a before and after before outgoing president lula da silva took office he woke up going to the people didn't recognise the poor today the rich are en route because the poor as poor as they were before people have the opportunity. he's increased the job market civil construction for me and for others he's giving jobs to people who didn't have it after lula's eight years in office is a brazil where jobs but really social policies are bringing inequality down were income from the poorest in the countr

da silva rousseff from the ruling party has campaigned on the success of lula da silva who's credited with lifting millions out of poverty artie's laurel easter reports from sao paulo now where the gap between rich and poor continues to shrink. in brazil there are those who live tucked away behind barbed wire walls. and those who live behind shanty cinderblock ones but in this developing nation in one of the fastest growing major economies in the world where they are pioneering deep water oil research and ethanol production for example signs of human development to marked by a before and after before outgoing president lula distil the took office he thought that the world our people didn't recognize the poor today the rich are angry because the poor and as poor as they were before people have opportunity have been saying he's increased the job market civil construction for me and for others he's giving jobs to people who didn't have it after live eight years in office is a brazil where jobs but really social policies are bringing inequality down were income from the poorest in the cou

market civil construction for me and for others he's giving jobs to people who didn't have it after lula's eight years in office is a brazil where jobs but really social policies are bringing inequality down were income from the poorest in the country has grown eight percent a year while the richest has grown only one and a half brazil is part of a trend in latin america of countries that are electing leftist governments that are essentially redistributing wealth to the poor in neighborhoods like this in brazil you see that most evidently and their program called both a familiar. janina and her two daughters live together in one shared room about one hundred square feet in this vella are slum she gets by on a few odd jobs and she gets the equivalent of twenty four u.s. dollars a month from the government through both the familia and helps with food or sometimes i use it to pay a bill in return for both of familia cash to naina has to show the government that her daughter samantha gets her vaccinations and is in school and intends at least eighty five percent of the time samantha's life is

market civil construction for me and for others he's giving jobs to people who didn't have it after lula's eight years in office is a brazil where jobs but really social policies are bringing inequality down were income from the poorest in the country has grown eight percent a year while the richest has grown only one and a half brazil is part of a trend in latin america of countries that are electing leftist governments that are essentially redistributing wealth to the poor in neighborhoods like this in brazil you see that most evidently and their program called both the familiar. janina and her two daughters live together in one shared room about one hundred square feet in this favela are slum she gets by on a few odd jobs and she gets the equivalent of twenty four u.s. dollars a month from the government through both the familia and helps with food or sometimes i use it to pay a bill in return for both of familia cash to naina has to show the government that her daughter samantha gets her vaccinations and is in school and intends at least eighty five percent of the time samantha's life

ruseff, ganó las elecciones grados con un 56% de los votos, la presidenta electa agradeció al presidente lula por su apoyo y empezará su nuevo puesto el 11 de enero de 2001 y a continuación pasamos a revisar las condiciones del tiempo . >> así es no hay lluvias para los próximos días, los sistema de tormentas se alejan y son buenas noticias para el pronóstico , así se ve el radar ,mañana estaremos en los 67 , parcialmente nublado , y los próximos días en los 70 y buen tiempo en general . >> gracias , terminamos y seguimos con acción deportiva extra , buenas noches [ mujer ] meg whitman apoya la ley de arizona contra los inmigrantes [ locutora ] no se dejen engañar por jerry brown. meg whitman está en contra de la ley de arizona. ella está con nosotros. ¿por que miente brown? para engañarnos. meg es la única candidata con un buen plan para crear trabajos. la única que puede arreglar nuestras escuelas públicas.

to be the country's first female president she will succeed at the highly popular outgoing president lula da silva rousseff from the ruling party has campaigned on the success of silver who is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty artie's one lister reports from sao paulo now where the gap between rich and poor continues to shrink. in brazil there are those who live tucked away behind barbed wire walls. and those who live behind shanty cinder block ones but in this developing nation in one of the fastest growing major economies in the world where they are pioneering deep water oil research and ethanol production for example signs of human development to mark by a before and after before outgoing president lula da silva took office he forgot the world our people didn't recognize the poor today the rich are angry with me because the poor and as poor as they were before people have opportunity have been saying he's increased the job market civil construction for me and for others he's giving jobs to people who didn't have it after live eight years in office is a brazil wher

. >> la presidenta de brasil dijo que daría el mismo camino que lula da silva , la mandataria recibió a los asesores , mañana tomara días de descanso , su gobierno controlara la inflación . >> adelanto de acción deportiva . >> en acción deportiva le diremos porque renteria tiene doble celebración en san francisco que lo hizo llorar ♪ m ú s i c a minutos cc1: >> ya estamos de vuelta en univisión noticias. >> ahora pasaremos a la siguiente noticia, rangers de texas recibieron a los gigantes de san francisco , que querían su primer titulo lee poncho a 6 , . >> ambos cometieron un error , miren la sñptima renteries , cruz se volo la baja , pero cerrando la puerta ponchando , así san francisco gana por primera vez en años , felicidades a todos los fanáticos de los gigantes de san francisco . >> ahora veamos el clima para salir a votar mañana . >> hola, ¿que tal? amigos, así están las cosas así esta el clima, , estupenda noche de lunes pero mejor mañana con los vientos que aleja cambios , si no sale a votar pues realmente las condiciones climáticas soy muy buenas , sal

. >> lula hizo muchas cosas por los pobres de brasil. >> lo que peso para mi fue la corrupcion. >> un tema presente en una campaÑa con acusaciones, las que involucraron a una cercana asesora de rouseff. los brasileÑos votaron gobernadores en ocho estados y en el distrito federal. en un comicio totalmente informatizado, con uno de los mayores Índices de desigualdad social del planeta, el desafÍo del prÓximo presidente de continuar combatiendo la pobreza. >> salud y educaciÓn es lo mÁs importante. >> salud y seguridad. >> para avanzar en los caminos de una modernidad pendiente. >> 98 colombianos han muerto debido a la temporada de lluvias en colombia. 1.050.000 personas han resultado damnificadas y miles de campesinos han perdido sus cosechas. el gobierno activÓ los planes de emergencia en 28 departamentos. >> un militante suicida estallÓ una bomba en la principal plaza de estabul. la explosion ocurriÓ cerca de un sitio donde la policÍas se estaciona en caso de protesta. >> thmoas sigue avanzando por Él mar caribe en una ruta que lo llevaria hacia haiti. thomas tiene vientos

rousseff ayer ganó las elecciones en brasil, su campaña se basa en la promesa de extender el legado de lula da silva los nietos del ex secuestrados la madre de laos niños acusa ha su esposo de haberla golpeado y utiliz utilizar. tras separarse por problemas conyugales fue por sus hijos a cozumel en quintana roa y me empujan y me rompen la boca y se meten personas en k puh shad que ni siquiera mostraron documentos. >>> ella obtuvo de un juez la custodia de sus hijos posteriormente a su esposo también le dieron la custodia. >>> abusa de influencias y el juez le de la custodia de los niños también >>> dijo que se vio obligado a hacer esto para cuidar la integridad de sus hijos y quienes participaron en el operativo estuvieron de identifica identificados en todo momento para la familia de ximena lo cuestionable lo que vivieron los niños. >>> viendo como los niños viven esto, como golpean a sus abuelos y a la mamá, el más chiquito pateaba que no lo llevaran. el padre de ximena dicen que junio t al jefe diego intentaron salvar el matrimonio pero el evento que vive el político se los impi

. >> si hay una cara que refleje el entusiasmo de voto latino es el de señora lula canto salió temprano con su familia para ejercer su derecho al voto. >> tengo calentura pero me levanté temprano para apoyar a toda california, a quienes acompañamos hoy lo vienen haciendo desde hace 20 años y estas elecciones no podrían faltar porque son una de las más importantes para ellas. >> el día de vamos a votar a preparar a ver qué candidato nos ofrece la mejor opción, lo que conviene. >> en esta familia donde republicanos cono viven con demócratas bajo el mismo techo. >> temas como la economía, quién deberá ser el próximo o la próxima gobernadora, o el representante en el congreso, son opacados por un tema candente y divide a dos generaciones si la marihuana debería ser legalizoada para huso re crea. >> tenemos tantos problemas con alcoholismo y la marihuana la van a vender a cualquier lado. >> el entusiasmo está motivando a sus vecinos, están votando este año para darle voz a sus padres. >> muchos no quieren votar pero los hijos que nacen aquí ellos sí quieren votar porque v

a career civil servant, she became energy minister when lula da silva came to power. they brought down a key government figures, and he made her his chief of staff. march 2010, she launched her campaign for the presidency as the worker party's candidate. with the blessing of him and they're waiting approval behind her, her chances of success despite a lackluster campaign. >> it certainly will not be an easy act to follow. bbc news, apollo. -- xcel apollo. -- sao paulo. >> with the midterm elections in the u.s., will it be a change that people did not want to see? and security has been toughened up in several european countries, following the discovery of two. the pope has condemned the siege of a roman catholic church in baghdad, which ended in the death of 52 worshipers. gunmen stormed into the church during mass on sunday evening, demanding the release of jailed al qaeda militants. here is our baghdad correspondent, jim muir. >> the carnage took place in the church of our lady the celebration on sunday night. some of the survivors describe how the gunmen opened fire

>> ok, but in fact, in brazil, a left government like lula's is a good government, reducing--with social programs, implementing programs with democratic ways, respecting opposition, respecting everyone, respecting civil society. civil society in venezuela has been under threat for the last 8 years because chavez from one day decided to begin an action against civil society. >> civil society also tried to overthrow the government and succeeded for 48 hours... >> when? what civil society was that? >> in 2002. the same people that your opposition, that you're talking about. >> i was opposed to the temporary government-- >> you were. you were. >> ...with respect to ngos, they were against that. and now they're under threat. the majority of ngos--[speaking spanish] that's a group of indios. and now some of the organizations have been facing also persecution from the government. >> let me bring roger in here. >> what mark is doing is what chavez does: this mccarthyite denunciation, tarring all of the ngos, because if you can say that they tried to overthrow the government in an illegal way, yo

brazil has elected its first female president dilma rousseff to succeed her tremendously popular mentor lula da silva rousseff who was never before held elected office is expected to continue her predecessors a left leaning policies however author and expert on south america nicholas calls off says brazil needs to find its place in the modern world she is going to continue to consolidate the economic achievements that she's going to consolidate the institutions of political institutions and you know that's all for the better. was able to. be increased or or to decrease poverty twenty million people left the ranks already under the administration so i think that dilma rousseff would probably continue along those lines and in that sense. it would be progressive unfortunately there are limits to what we'll do and i think that ultimately brazil is a pragmatic country doesn't really want to rock the boat too much just wants to preserve and consolidate the economic stability of recent years there raises the question ultimately of what does brazil stand for in the twenty first century. and out to s

elected brazilian president dilma rousseff is expected to continue her extremely popular predecessor lula da silva has left leaning policies some in the country believe she can go even further mark was brought co-director of the center for economic and policy research explains why rousseff election is important not only for brazil but for the whole of latin america. well i think you're likely to have continuity with the policies of the previous administration and that's pretty much what people voted for and i think that's why she won the mean unemployment is measured on points at a record low of six point two percent you had much better growth during these eight years twenty three and a half percent per person as compared to or twenty three percent as compared to three and a half percent in the previous eight years the big thing why so many other countries in the region we're watching this election in the world is that brazil is part of a group left of center governments in latin america that have really transformed the region this is something you've never seen before the region is much

brazil has elected its first female president dilma rousseff to succeed her tremendously popular mentor lula da silva a rousseff who has never before held elected office is expected to continue her predecessors left leaning policies well for more on this we're joined by paul knoff author and expert on south america thank you for joining us now brazil is a very young and budding democracy with political stability be only a recent phenomenon do you think rousseff can preserve the progressive atmosphere established by her predecessor. well i think that that depends on how you define progressive i think that she's going to continue to consolidate the economic achievements that she's going to consolidate the institutions of political institutions and you know that's all for the better. was able to. increase or to decrease poverty twenty million people left the ranks already under the administration so i think that the rousseff would probably continue along those lines and in that sense. it would be progressive however i think that and i think probably in the realm of foreign policy brazil will se

well brazil has elected its first female president dilma rousseff like the extremely popular ex leader lula da silva who nominated her she promises to tackle poverty and put gender equality as her number one priority now for more on this we can now talk to mark weiss. from the center for economic and policy research thank you very much for joining us mark now rousseff is expected to continue her outgoing pretty saucers left leaning policies now which is more important the fact that she's the country's first female president or that she's got big shoes to fill well i think the. shoes to fill are the more important thing well the growth important. thing is going to be going forward the economic. i think that's how she that's really why she was elected brazil had done enormously better in the last eight years under the bush. than he had in the previous eight years under phone on though in reeky cardoso who is of the same party as you all ran against still more so the economy grew. by per person about twenty three percent. during the early years is only as compared to just three and a half perc

brazil has elected its first female president dilma rousseff to succeed her tremendously popular mentor lula da silva rousseff who excuse me. rousseff who has never before held elected office is expected to continue her predecessors left leaning policies however author and expert on south america nicholas kozlov says brazil needs to find its place in the modern world. she's going to continue to consolidate the economic achievements that she's going to consolidate the institutions of political institutions and you know that's all for the better. was able to. increase or to decrease poverty twenty million people left the ranks. of the administration so i think that the rousseff would probably continue along those lines and in that sense. it would be progressive unfortunately there are limits to what rousseff will do and i think that ultimately brazil is a pragmatic country doesn't really want to rock the boat too much just wants to preserve and consolidate the economic stability of recent years but it raises the question also mentally of what does brazil stand for in the twenty first century.

rivals as they settled with fifty six percent of the votes during this election cycle route the ex under lula da silva who dominated her promises to tackle poverty and gender equality as her number one priority rousseff is expected to be sworn in as head of state on new year's day. a woman was wounded after a mail package exploded at a delivery company in greece two other packages found to be bombs were destroyed one of which was addressed to french president nicolas sarkozy two men were arrested over the attempted attacks which are thought to have. organized by a domestic terrorist group. of ok now in indonesia has erupted for the third time in a week prompting panic among thousands of living beneath it there robbie is one of the world's most active volcanoes and at least thirty eight people have been killed since it started spewing lava rescue workers have set up additional shelters for people who are living nearby. now the idea of eco friendly nuclear energy may have once seemed impossible but now scientists believe they found the fuel of the future for you is more abundant than your rainy

sef, forma parte del partido de trabajadores fue guerrillera y ministra de energía en el gobierno de lula da silva hacemos una pausa más adelante detuvieron al ex esposo de tatiana. >>> joan sebastian asegura que fue amenazado de muerte también con un sexy calendario williams levy promete derretir a sus admiradoras. y luego de la pausa estaré con parte del elenco de la novela eva luna, qué bien! arrestaron en méxico a andrés puentes, ex esposo de tatiana, pasó la noche en una cárcel en monterrey y fue presentado ante un juez. >>> vamos con elizabeth que está al frente de ese juzgado para que nos cuente. >>> así es, andrés puentes presentado en este juzgado pero cuál es el delito que enfrenta, abandono de familia por no pagar mantención de los hi carrjos qu tiene con la cantante tatiana, así llegó a monterrey es poco saz y escolto tad. >>> el delito es abandono de persona, que es no haber mantenido a mis hijos lo que considero que es exagerado, porque siempre se pudo llegar a un arreglo. >>> según el abogado de tatiana puentes adeuda 700 mil dólares de mantención. >>> 9 a

brant willoks is from the league of the united latin-american citizens or lula. >> we will be seeking review in the united states supreme court. the history of this is an interesting one. congress in 1996 pass ad law to say no state can give tuition to illegal aliens unless they want to give rates to every ugs citizens. they were looking at california and trying to prevent that from spreading to other states. a number of universities had started doing this. so we come to this position 14 years later where the california supreme court has misinterpreted the federal statute and says, oh, california can do this as long as they don't use the word residence in their statute. so we have a bizarre ruling yesterday where the california supreme court basically created a loophole so large in the federal statute that it swallows the entire statute. if the supreme court of the united states takes the case, i'm confident they will overturn the situation. >> chris sounds like he's got a really good case. why is that wrong. >> well, it's wrong because these students have worked hard in california. t

. >> rose: you know lula. you met the president of brazil. >> oh, sure. been going to brazil for 56 years. i go every year. we're shooting a film next year. >> rose: in rio. >> san pawo and it is in imaxxt is for the katrina. we're taking the musicians from mississippi and new orleans down. they are going to be in the carnival and have everything from the carnival to the problems with the fovelos. >>> in '56 there were 3,000 kids with no families. now there is 600,000. and the good news is up in el salvadore my friend has one that does not sell dope. no weapons with and they traded guns for drums and that is what we are trying to do in rio. because rio is ak-47th with nine-year-old kids with nine millimeters. it's really rough down there. >> rose: but you go every year. >> i come from the ghetto and i know it backwards. my father worked for gangsters as a carpenter, jones boys, toughest gangsters in the history of america. and i wanted to be a gangster until i was 11. >> rose: thank god you became a mussix. >> we had broke in an armory and after we ate al

rousseff ran with the promise she'd continue the policies of president lula da silva. during his tenure, brazil has reached new international, economic, and political heights. he was barred by law from seeking a third term. insurance giant a.i.g. will pay back nearly $37 billion to the u.s. government. it's part of the company's plan to repay more than $100 billion in federal assistance it received. a.i.g. got the largest of the government bailout packages. in return, the government took an 80% stake in the company. wall street had a flat day, as traders waited for election results and new policy moves by the federal reserve. the dow jones industrial average gained six points to close at 11,124. the nasdaq fell two points to close at 2504. there were opening arguments in the trial of former house majority leader tom delay in texas. he's accused of illegally funneling money to texas republican legislative races in 2002. delay has denied any wrongdoing. if convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison. the man who was president john f. kennedy's close adv

y el presidente de brasil, lula icad silva, dijo que la economÍa mundial puede quebrar si estados unidos no arregla sus mercados. >> una avioneta en despieviajab tres personas se incendiÓ y cayÓ desph@univisiondespierta ae rta amalas personas muertas mie que hay una herida gravemente. >> managua no acatÓ el plazo que le dio san josÉ retirar las tropas de la frontera. nicaragua rechazÓ el ultimatum de costa rica en cuanto al plazo de pronunciarse ante las recomendaciones de la ierta amen fronterizodespierta americaunivn >> despa americaunivisiondespiÁp generaish@despierta americauniv nÁvez. h@univisiondespierta amen ofrecerÍuniÁs nprotecciÓn ierta travestis y transexuales. podrÍan cambiar su univgÉnero e documentos oficiales. lo que facilitarÍa el trÁmite dae de adopciÓn de niÑos. ivisiodespien americaunivisiondespierta ro. Ó juego glorifica lo que son los actuales intentos de estados unidos de matar a fidel castro. >> asÍ amaneme mundo y se entera con nosotros. seguimos con mÁs noticias adelante, y mÁs de despierta amÉrica. >> continuamos con mÁs diversiÓn y mÁs a

la candidata del presidente lula da silva resultÓ vencedora. >> me produce una inmensa alegrÍa estar aquí, dijo, entre millones de mujeres y hombres brasileÑos la misiÓn mÁs importante de mi vida. aludÍ al hecho que como primera presidenta de brasil... cientos de simpatizantes salieron a las calles de rÍo de janeiro, brasilia y sao paulo. para celebrar este triunfo. los votantes de josÉ serra su oponente y ex gobernador de sau pablo votaron por un proyecto de eficiencia administrativa. >> lo que empezÓ para mÍ fue la corrupciÓn. deberÍa haber hecho las cosas de otra manera. >> rouseff sin embargo tendrÁ las manos llenas, todavÍa brasil tiene uno de los Índices de desigualdad mÁs alta del planeta. >> salud y educaciÓn es lo mÁs importante. >> salud y seguridad. >> por lo tanto, dijo la presidenta electa, ya registro mi primer compromiso despuÉs de las elecciones, elevar el nivel de la mujer para que lo que sucediÓ un dÍa nuevo se convierta en un evento natural. >>> muchas gracias, edna. el papa benedicto xvi calificÓ de brutal el ataque contra la iglesia catÓlica

atacada dijeron haber escuchado hoy nuevamente ruidos de artilleria en brasil, el presidente "luiz iÁcio lula da siva" autorizo el envio de 800 soldados a Ío de janeiro para ayudar en las operaciones contra el crimen organizado.el envio incluye tambÉn dos heliÓpteros y diez carros blindados.anoche la poliÍa aseguÓ haber retomado el control de una favela donde los enfrentamientos entre la policia y bandas de narcotraficantes han dejado al menos 30 muertos en los ultimos cinco dias. agentes de estados unidos descubrieron un sofisticado tunel de unos 800 metros utilizado para el trafico de drogas entre tijuana, en baja california... y el area de "otay-mesa" en san diego.se trata del segundo descubrimiento de este tipo en menos de un mes.los agentes tambien realizaron arrestos y decomisaron una cantidad no determinada de marihuana en suelo estadounidense. los migrantes abandonan sus paises en busca de mejores oportunidades... pero la organizacion de estados americanos, la oea, considera que todavia hay mucho por hacer para garantizar el futuro de los trabajadores... lourdes meluza nos habla

the secretary of the majority, where did she go, lula davis. for their many kindness and to thank the senate chaplain dr. barry black for his counsel and prayers during my time here. and i also want to acknowledge my fellow freshmen senators. senator begich, bennett, frankin, hagan, merkley, shaheen, mark udall, tom udall, mark warner, and senator kaufman from delaware. they are tremendous individuals possessing incredible talent and have been a very, very supportive -- supportive group for me. thank you, my freshmen colleagues. in a broader sense, i would also like to thank all of those who serve under this dome with dignity and duty. the senate floor staff, you all do a heck of a job. the maintenance crews, the elevator operators, the capitol police, the senate train drivers, the dining room servers and the sorts of others whose hard and important work ensures the smooth and constant operation of the business that take place in our nation's capital. madam president, as i stand to address this chamber for the last time, i cannot help but refle

, the secretary of the senate, nancy erickson, the secretary of the majority -- where did she go -- lula davis for their many kindnesses, and to thank the senate chaplain, dr. barry black, for his counsel and prayers during my time here. i also want to acknowledge my fellow freshmen senators: senator begich, bennet, gillibrand, you, shaheen, mark udall, tom udall, mark warner, and our just departed senator kaufman from delaware. they are tremendous individuals possessing incredible talents and have been a very, very supportive group for me. thank you, my freshmen colleagues. in a broader sense, i'd like to also thank all of those who serve under this hallowed dome with quiet, often unheralded duty, the senate floor staff -- you all do a heck of a job -- the maintenance crews, the elevator operators, the capitol police, the senate train drivers, the dining room servers and the scores of others whose hard and important work ensures the smooth and constant operation of the business that take place in our nation's capitol. madam president, as i stand to address this chamber for the last time