james brown is --" >> mr. brown. >> jimmy: yeah, they told me mr. james brown. >> mr. james brown. >> jimmy: they said, "don't call him james. don't call him mr. brown. don't call him --" >> call him mr. james brown? >> jimmy: yeah, like i'm going to call him jimmy. i mean, like, why would i do that? [ laughter ] i'm not crazy. so i said, "okay." and i'm so nervous to meet james brown. i meet james brown, and i'm like, "hello, mr. james brown." and he goes, "call me james. call me james." [ laughter ] i go, oh, my gosh. like, he's just that cool right back there. >> he told me to bury my money in the woods. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a little weird. that makes no sense. >> i went to go see him -- >> jimmy: come on. >> i went to go see him, and he was backstage. he had curls in the head. turned around and he said, "eddie murphy." he said, "when you going to start working clean?" [ laughter ] i said, "what?" he said, "you got to stop doing all that cursing, you know? and you got to make sure you get your money, any money you've got, and bury it in the woods." [ laught

mr. brown: thank you. our economy is, as the presiding officer and others know, demands two priorities from congress right now: to reduce spending and to foster job creation. equally importantly, you can't really do one without the other. you can't only cut our way -- you can only cut our way to prosperity. they cannot be mutually specific goals. we can make sensible reforms to reduce our deficit while promoting job creation. that's what -- here's what we should be talking about. first, closing tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas and encourage american job creation. that saves $19 billion over ten years. it will mean companies choosing to manufacture in the u.s. instead of china and mexico in many cases. my state, ohio, is the third-leading manufacturing state in the country. we produce more than any other state, except for california, three times our population, than text, twice the population. second, let's give faster access to generic drugs that dreet breast cancer and rheumatoid arnlar

we like that about mr. brown. first of all, let's thank the u.s. navy for bringing this beautiful ship to san francisco and once again participating in fleet week. a tradition that i can remember, having been born and raised in san francisco, having the opportunity to be around the navy and the personnel that make this work, also allowing this intimate setting for this particular group. let me introduce, very briefly, our panel. we have a long day. first of all, on my far left, we have a young woman who was recently on television with me. the vice president of the san mateo board of supervisors. baez to have you here, adrian. thank you very much. next, capt. cynthia stone is here. she is captain of the port. i would say that that is a vitally important part of our community. no question about it. next, mayor quam, of oakland. congratulations to you, mayor, for your current operation. also, oakland has been involved in a number of different activities. the oakland hills fire was a local disaster that i am sure we remember with regret. myself, i walk

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. this week marks the 90th anniversary of american education week where we honor our teachers, education, support professionals, parents and substitute teachers for their dedication and service to our children and to our schools. my mother was a high school english teacher born in mansfield, ohio, a town of about 500 people. she taught in the area -- in the era of segregation in central florida. raising my two older brothers and me in mansfield, ohio, she taught in an era of growing american middle class. like teachers throughout our history, she taught her students and her sons that education is a gateway to opportunity, that it can integrate a divided and segregated nation and in the process create a more prosperous nation. now, when our nation needs our teachers the most, at a time when our economy needs our schools to succeed

brown: mr. president, thank you. i just want to remind everybody that this is on the 3% withholding, something that i know i've been working on and others have been working on for some time. it's part of the president's jobs bill. who said we can't get together and do something? by working together, we're going to do something that the american people want: get rid of the stealth tax. it's basically hurting job creation in my state and in your states and throughout the country. i want to thank the leadership on both sides for working through this. i encourage everyone to vote for it. i hope we can have a nice signing ceremony when it's done to show that there is truly bipartisan work. because one good deed equals another good deed, and so on and so forth. remember, we're americans first, and we need to start doing things that the american people want us to do. thank you. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there

mr. brown: thank you. mr. president, i, first of all, appreciate senator reed's comments about the state of this economy and what the super committee is doing and the direction we need to go on all of these tax issues and all of these spending issues. he's so right. mr. president, we know -- we know several things about social security. we know it's been around for 75 years. we know that if we do things right here, it will be around for another 75 years. we know that it makes a huge difference in the lives of our citizens and our constituents in oregon, ohio, rhode island and all over this country. we know that about more than half of people in my state get more than half of their income -- or more than half of seniors in my state who are on social security get more than half their income from social security. and it plays such an important role in their lives. we also know, mr. president, that until recently there was not a cost-of-living adjustment for seniors. we know that over the last two years, even thou

brown. couldn't because you could just say anything and bill by then they'll believe you know if we had invaded libya and if we had decided to intervene in all these other countries under a different president under under republican of under mccain this country was ready to go up in flames over the fact that we have been dragged into the wars that people thought was necessary that this economic system had collapsed the trillions of dollars have been given so when he came in he came in with the idea that he was going to reform things and when that was not met with the criteria that he set up himself for what the reform wouldn't sail was not completed i don't think that created the occupy wall street movement but it definitely added fuel to the fire what see you see the biggest broken promise from albano moring you know what makes me the most disappointing in anything anything but sort of disappointed omar him. breaking up promise that you know emotionally scarred be something out i think when

i said before and showed before how it seems that mr. brown's supporters have overreacted. let me show you one heckler that went after miss warren and how she handled it. >> i think i saw you on television taking credit for the occupy wall street movement. >> i'm very sorry to hear that you got out of work. i'm also very sorry that the recent jobs bill that would have brought 22,000 jobs to massachusetts did not pass in the senate. i'm so sorry. i've been protesting what's been going on on wall street for a very long time. >> well, if you're the intellectual creator of that so-called party, you're a socialist whore. >> this kind of language, this kind of outrage only shows in many ways that maybe somebody is being successful up there, congressman, wouldn't you think? >> well, sure. in fact, her whole campaign is a reaction to stupidity and selfishness on the part of the right wing because she wouldn't be running for senate right now if they had given her the job so richly she deserved which is head of the agency she went and the created. she had the concept for a consumer f

to see mr brown. or to build facilities try to send some really clear to me and it's all came towards us financial troubles the reason to me to put it to kids and don't want to be seen trade imbalances recession looks to be the nation's close to collapsing it's like looking for close. to fails whipple a banks again sealevel i think is a us question there was a. change just like in the closet in st the are still just programs increase the total economy. i welcome back to the kaiser report imax kaiser so i've got to go to iceland and speak with brigade jones don't care if he's a member of parliament in iceland brigade to welcome back to the kaiser report well thank you very much sam happy to be back again last week the icelandic government and the i.m.f. co-host of the conference iceland's recovery lessons and challenges before we discussed the conference give the audience a brief outline of the collapse in iceland oh wow so in two thousand and eight you know third. down in the history of humankind. we

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. yesterday in cleveland the largest metropolitan area, the second largest city in my state, i was part of a -- for want of a better term, a celebration of a public health victory for our country. i met on halloween with jeffrey widenhall of famer who is chairman of -- widenhammer, on consumer safety issues. that name may ring a bell with my colleagues because i mentioned his work on the floor of the senate, i mentioned on the floor of the senate his work in addressing the very real public health disaster in some cases afflicting our children because of lead-based paint on many toys imported especially from china. back in 2007, dr. widenhamer both in the fall of that year and the spring of 2008 identified a number of products contaminated with highly leaded paint as part of an ashland university freshman chemistry class project he sent some of his students to dollar stores and -- to buy inexpensive halloween toys in the fall of 2007 and inexpensive easter kind of toys and ornaments in t

i'd like now to recognize senator sherrod brown of owe. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: madam president, thank you. i rise in opposition to the coburn amendment, the 41% over $1 billion cut to do's rural development mission. everyone togs about job growth, as we should. some of us want to do more specific things than others. but you've got to ask your question we're going to consider a 41% cut, how does a small town support entrepreneurs when the best it can offer is dial-up internet access? how does a rural village in allen county, ohio, finance a $2.r5 million water system without some kinds of grants or loans? do rural development is the -- you do rural development is the only -- >> i ask my completion to vote no on the amendments. the presiding officer: the gentleman's time is yielded back. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there anyone th

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to speak briefly about the fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization act. as a member of the committee on armed services and as the ranking member of the subcommittee on air land, i can say it's one of the most, if not the most bipartisan committees in the senate. as i've said many times before, mr. president, we're americans first. and it's fitting that the senate still works that way when it comes to providing the tools and resources for our men and women serving in uniform. we proved it when we passed the tax credit for unemployed veterans, something i was proud to sponsor and was also proud to be at the white house for the signing ceremony just a little over a week ago. i'm proud of this bill as well which represents a year's worth of hard work and devotion by senators levin and mccain and all the committee

let's turn to nathan brown, an english professor at the university. mr. brown, good to you with us. you've called on the chancellor to resign. are you upset that she hasn't? >> well, i think that she should. >> why should she resign? >> because i think that what we're facing here is not just an issue related to one rogue police chief or one rogue police officer, but rather a systemic use by senior administrators in the uc system of police brutality to terrorize student and faculty protesters, to repress free speech and to repress the right for peaceful assembly. >> we saw the video of the students silently protesting the chancellor. are you proud of your students? >> those are not all my students, but they're all students at uc davis and perhaps from other campuses as well. i'm tremendously proud of their action that night. i think the most impressive thing that has come out of this sequence has been the evidence of the incredible collective political intelligence on this campus. these students are my heroes. they are a tremendous inspiration to me. >> how is it possible for a campu

let's turn to nathan brown, an english professor at the university. mr. brown, good to you with us. you've called on the chancellor to resign. are you upset that she hasn't? >> well, i think that she should. >> why should she resign? >> because i think that what we're facing here is not just an issue related to one rogue police chief or one rogue police officer, but rather a systemic use by senior administrators in the uc system of police brutality to terrorize student and faculty protesters, to repress free speech and to repress the right for peaceful assembly. >> we saw the video of the students silently protesting the chancellor. are you froproud of your studen? >> those are not all my students, but they're all students at uc davis and perhaps from other campuses as well. i'm tremendously proud of their action that night. i think the most impressive thing that has come out of this sequence has been the evidence of the incredible collective political intelligence on this campus. these students are my heroes. they are a tremendous inspiration to me. >> how is it possible for a camp

. >> brown: mr. alterman, is there a legal argument opposed to that? that's exactly what the judge says. i'll just quote from it. the court is mindful of movements' first amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. however, and he's quoting from the supreme court, even protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times. >> well i think that the judge had it wrong. i think that sleeping and occupying in the 21th century of protest causes allows people to have, to sleep there or to erect strek tours. you've been at the park on multiple times. there is no public health issue. there was no issue regarding health or safety issues. it was well run. the people had a good neighbor policy that protected the residents of both t rismt ibeca where wall street is located afternoon also the members of the community. as well as visitors and other protestors. so i think that the mayor, the mayor's attempt to send a phalanx of police in riot gear at 1:00 in the morning and have the sanitation people throw out and destroy the pr

. >> brown: mr. alterman, is there a legal argument opposed to that? that's exactly what the judge says. i'll just quote from it. the court is mindful of movements' first amendment rights of freedom of speech nd peaceable assembly. however, and he's quoting from the supreme court, even protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times. >> well i think that the judge had it wrong. i think that sleeping and occupying in the 21th century of protest causes allows people to have, to sleep there or to erect strek tours. you've been at the park on multiple times. there is no public health issue. there was no issue regarding health or safety issues. it was well run. the people had a good neighbor policy that protected the residents of both t rismt ibeca where wall street is located afternoon also the members of the community. as well as visitors and other protestors. so i think that the mayor, the mayor's attempt to send a phalanx of police in riot gear at 1:00 in the morning and have the sanitation people throw out and destroy the pro

. >> it is an honor to have -- obviously, we have mr. harris and mr. brown on stage with us. we have other members of the black senators association with the sun and the audience. i would like it if you would stand up and take a well- deserved about. thank you for being with us. [applause] all right. i would like to continue our discussion. there's a lot of ground to cover. obviously, i am all is -- i find it very compelling. i would be here until midnight. @ like to go back to mr. belafonte, and i would like to ask you the same question. what you consider your first big break? >> i came from a neighborhood right after the depression. we did not have a lot of money, but we did have one another. uighur up pretty homogeneous. we had -- we grew up pretty homage genius. we had stickball. we had home runs. our heroes were all white except for sugar ray robinson and people like that. but it did not matter during those particular days. if my parents did not get home at 5:00, i had a choice -- give the defense, lasagna, corned beef and cabbage. that is the kind of neighborhood that s

and to make a comment here in response to congressman brown, mr. chairman, we were close with epa on a number of different issues. they have their own legal authority but i will give you two examples where we have worked very closely. i mentioned one in utah where we are moving forward with natural gas developments in a place that had been stalled because of litigation because of best practices programs we have put together. with respect to many other issues including the issue of hydraulic fracturing, we have continued dialogue with epa. we're doing what their doing pics of there's a tremendous amount of coordination that doesn't doctor kerr. >> the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, as you know i worked at louisiana northwest louisiana, the area, just to give you an idea of the impact that had on us, we've had an increase of close to 58,000 jobs just since 2009 alone, and from 2008-2009, exploration companies invested over $11.5 billion, and generated 642.3 million in state tax revenue. tremendous j

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we know that investments in our infrastructure mean jobs and economic development, now and in the future. we know as a country that in the 1950's and 1960's and 1970's and 1980's, we built highways and bridges, sewer, modernizing high schools, all the things we did in the post-war years for five decades -- in the 1940's, 19 sighs, 1--19 50's, 19 60's. wheeling and across to bellmont county in ohio. we know that the infrastructure of building community colleges like jeff tec and billing branch campuses at o.u. and now building broadband but then building -- doing -- funding medical care. all of those things created long-term prosperity for the country. all of these things benefit our nation, our small businesses, our twoarks for generations. history tells us that our nation's infrastructure has been critical to our nation's economic competitive and industrial strength. look back a knew years. abraham lincoln created the transcontinental railroad. thousands of jobs were creat

mrs. brown, which was the band teacher at that tierges saw the talent in him. what she did was have him direct the orchestra. have him in front warming up the band. he got to the eighth grade, that was his first performance with southwest decalb high school. he marched and went to the very first game performance with southwest decalb. that boy came home and he said, momma, i'm going to be the youngest drum major at the high school. >> you're listening to the parents of robert champion talking about just the shock of their son dieing tragically. suddenly through an alleged hazing incident and also from the attorney who says they're now going to be filing a lawsuit against the university, florida a&m's marching band who has a 4is history of hazing problems. according to the tallahassee democrat, the police chief says his agency is investigating at least two other possible hazing incidents that occurred this semester. now 30 band members were suspended as a result of those allegations. the paper says in 2004 a band member was awarded $1.8 million for the beating t

about the thing has improved since the time of gordon brown. >> mr. speaker, i understand the prime minister is having trouble connecting with women and is seeking advice. given that unemployment has increased the toshiba 22nd given that women have been hard hit by public sector cuts and given that they have benefited the least from its tax give wickham was not a great sign for a plan b and ensure benefits increased n light of inflation? >> i don't agree with the honorable lady. of course, everything in britain is facing a difficult time with rising inflation, tight household budget in fact there's been a pay sector, public sector pay freeze. but actually if you look at what we're doing in terms of try to help women, the million people were lifted out of tax of the lowest in, many of those are women. look at what we do in terms of traditional childcare, that is helping women. look at the extra hours we're geing for two three and four year old that is open women pics i don't accept what she says it is a difficult economic environment. but for instance,

about the thing has improved since the time of gordon brown. >> mr. speaker, i understand the prime minister is having trouble connecting with women and is seeking advice. given that unemployment has increased the toshiba 22nd given that women have been hard hit by public sector cuts, and given that they have benefited the least from its tax give wickham was not a great sign for a plan b and ensure benefits increased in light of inflation? >> i don't agree with the honorable lady. of course, everything in britain is facing a difficult time with rising inflation, tight household budget in fact there's been a pay sector, public sector pay freeze. but actually if you look at what we're doing in terms of try to help women, the million people were lifted out of tax of the lowest in, many of those are women. look at what we do in terms of traditional childcare, that is helping women. look at the extra hours we're getting for two, three and four year old that is open women pics i don't accept what she says it is a difficult economic environment. but for inst

about the thing has improved since the time of gordon brown. >> mr. speaker, i understand the prime minister is having trouble connecting with women and is seeking advice. given that unemployment has increased the toshiba 22nd given that women have been hard hit by public sector cuts and given that they have benefited the least from its tax give wickham was not a great sign for a plan b and ensure benefits increased in light of inflation? >> i don't agree with the honorable lady. of course, everything in britain is facing a difficult time with rising inflation, tight household budget in fact there's been a pay sector, public sector pay freeze. but actually if you look at what we're doing in terms of try to help women, the million people were lifted out of tax of the lowest in, many of those are women. look at what we do in terms of traditional childcare, that is helping women. look at the extra hours we're getting for two three and four year old that is open women pics i don't accept what she says it is a difficult economic environment. but for instan

>> brown: mr. bryce, why wouldn't we? if china is in the game and it's a global comp dispigz they get backing from the government. >> absolutely. i'll respond, and i respect miss claussen's position, but what's the most admired company now in the united states or even around the world? i think it's clearly apple. what does apple do? they design their products here in the united states and they assemble them and manufacture them in china. where's the outrage in the green left about the fact that all of these cell phones, all of these exurktz all of our iphones, ipads, all these other technologies are being made in chine is that what i hear in terms of this clean energy and solar panels and all these other things that we have to make those here in the united states. to me the rote rick is remarkably similar to what we have heard in the past from the corn-et cetera noel scam bers the evils of foreign oil. i don't see much difference. why is it okay for apple to manufacture all their products overseas and that's okay but some