four of them had the last name of udall. six of them had the middle name of udall. but it was actually really neat. the extended family treated me very warmly which was totally unexpected on the tour. i actually stayed with stewart udall's 94-year-old surviving sister and her daughter in las cruces. it was a wonderful experience. thank you to the u.s. capitol historical society for having me here today. to get started of all things, i want to read a poem. once by the pacific. at sunrise near a city by a beach i heard the wash of surf the call of birds, the chiming of church bells, fog horn's far off single song, a dog's cry and a boy's. tender noise like this has soothed the waking mind since homer but sullen morning came and engines ripped the urban air, nulling all the subtle sounds. must all the soft chords go torn by a savage solarrity to caress us only at dawn and dusk or must we curse the sonic time, embrace our ears against the din. that was written in 1968 by stewart udall. it's not every day you get an interior secretary that's a poet, much less a poet writ

senator udall, to you. you called for putting a price on carbon pollution, enacting cap-and-trade legislation and you lauded recent epa proposals to slash carbon dioxide emissions, coal producing power plants. industry officials say such action would dramatically increase -- cost jobs. why shouldn't the epa and washington consider the economic burden on your home states energy industry when moving forward with these policies? udall: this is an exciting time because colorado is leading the way. with the best of the above energy community. everything from the clean burning coal in the northwestern part of the state to the natural gas we're producing here on the eastern plains to abundant wind and sun what you're saying today. we were ready. carbon pollution israel. coloradans know the climate science, a lot of which is generated here issuing as we have to act. coloradans see this as an opportunity. we are prepared to put a price on carbon to the last time we put a price on pollutants was under the leadership

host: what impact did working for senator udall have on you? ms. torres small: i got to come back -- i went away for college and chose to come back home. to come back and work with as a field representative was a great way to get to know the community, to learn from a different perspective. one thing i appreciated about senator udall, he told me i needed to reach out to everyone. i didn't just need to check in with people who voted for him or check in with democrat. he said go into every community and find the people who are already doing the work and find ways to support them. and that's a great model for how to best serve constituents. host: when did you decide that you, yourself would want to run or office? ms. torres small: it was not something i was planning. when this position became open i was excited about what that ould mean. growing up here i know how important it is to have people fighting to make it a place that you don't have to choose between the home you love and your best opportunities. so i was looking for someone to be that repres

udall. later, a conservative perspective on issues in the news. tomorrow on "washington journal," a preview on the new session of congress. and andrew biggs of the american enterprise institute. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. tomorrow on c-span, all six of the declared candidates for the republican national committee chairmanship will debate. the moderators will be grover norquist and tucker carlson. what live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the supreme court airing today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> the interior department building was giving the name of former interior department's secretary stewart udall. speakers at the ceremony include the parent interior secretary ken salazar and severaludall -- and several udall family members. this is one hour and 30 minutes. >> the it is and gentlemen, please stand for the color guard and remaine

morris udall was the brother of stewart udall. he took the congressional seat. morris udall represented arizona as a congressman for 30 years until 1991. he was known for many things -- his work in conservation, also known for his likability and sense of humor. his autobiography was titled "too funny to be president." morris udall did desperately want to be president. the closest was running for the nomination of the democratic party, where he was narrowly beat by jimmy carter. here we have some buttons representing the morris udall campaign. morris udall was very popular in arizona, as well as in congress. he was continuously reelected for 30 years, despite the fact that his civil views did not always represent the views of his constituents. morris udall was known from working with all kinds of people that did not represent his liberal views. we have a letter to him from barry goldwater, a famous conservative from arizona. also pictures of him shaking hands with jimmy carter, who as we know, beat him for the democratic nomination in 1976. we have pictures of ho

president, i want to thank senator coburn, senator udall, senator mccaskill and others who will support this amendment. and as i said 20-some years ago, we'll keep coming back and back and back to the floor of this body until we clean up this practice and restore the confidence and faith of the american people and the people that send us here to do their work, not our work. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: mr. president, i rise this evening -- a senator: i ask unanimous consent request? mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. coburn: i ask unanimous consent that after the chairman of the appropriation committee speaks, that we alternate back and forth. we are going to plan to turn in a bunch of our time -- to yield back a bunch of our time and i would suggest that senator udall be given eight minutes after the chairman of the appropriation committee and following him, senator lemieux with an intervening statement from the other side followed by senator mccaskill for 10 and senator inhofe for 15

again, to senator udall, you're welcome here anytime. you have been a guest a number of time. >>> did you hear the democrats worried about the morale of federal workers? anyone worrying about the morale of those people paying those workers, you know, us? huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know bad news doesn't always travel fast? (clears throat) hi mister tompkins. todd? you're fired. well, gotta run. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> how dumb? hear about this? they want a commission to study the declining morale of federal employees. they want to know why they're so bummed out. not to get to the bottom of our morale as the taxpayers funding this whole government and trying to fund a retirement. craig smith says that is what is taxing, what he self-serving politicians call prioritizing, craig? >> boo-hoo hoo. think about this. wore worried about the morale of the federal employees who mak more than the private sector. elijah cum

udall: and i know, mr. president, the presiding officer, he has also been a part of this rules reform effort, and we very, very much appreciate that. it was mentioned here about senator byrd dndz and i think within of the most interesting stories about senator byrd, senator harass can i and senator health care reformly, in 1979 when he came to the floor, he was talking about shall -- and we've use this before -- the dead hantsdz of the past, not be ruled by the dead hand of the past. what was he real lee talking about? he was talking about the idea that one senate could establish in a set of rules and bind future senates and he gave a passionate speech, and we're in the situation that he talked about right now. he said, "now we are at the beginning of congress. this congress is not obliged to be bound by the dead hand of the past. take rule 32," which is -- it is a different-numbered rule today. but, for example, the second paragraph thereof which says that the rules of this senate shall continue from congr

land now known as udall park. this agreement specifically outlined the terms and conditions of this land conveyance would include a legislative fix to remove any encumberanses. this never came to fruition due to staff changes and who knows what else. the city has been prevented from utilizing udall park to its full extent. recently the issue came to head on a small commercial lease located on udall park. federal red tape should not stand in the way of communities like mine. udall park is a beautiful place to gather, but this long standing land dispute has prevented the city of tucson from improving the park and growing it to its full potential for too long. when i'm out and about in my district and people come to me with issues like this i say, does it literally take an act to fix? let me say this again, does it literally take an act of congress to fix? in this case the answer is yes. i appreciate as we testified before the house natural resources federal lands subcommittee, the ranking member, ms. hanabusa, was s

stewart udall. mr. stewart udall was a friend to all native people, a friend to our sacred lands, a friend to those who needed their voices to be heard in the halls of power. as one of the most in need of -- significant figures in protecting america's natural environment, he was a friend to all americans. mr. udall was a long time, ardent advocate for mother earth and her children. he understood the earth is sacred, the waters are sacred, the sky is sacred. with his lifelong dedication to protecting our nation's wild plants, he preserve the sacred places for our children and our children's children. mr. udall broad conservation lists and concerns to the mind of american people. at a time when we must bear witness to the devastation in the gulf of mexico, where violent storms, fires and floods seemed to capture headlines almost weekly, we are grateful to the gift of one man's dedication to our nation's environmental and cultural heritage. on behalf of my religious leaders, like tribal council, and my peo

senator udall's a social issues warrior. he wants to talk about nothing else. it's something that they campaigned on four years ago when michael bennett was running in colorado. it won then. they did it again in 2012 and so they think that same playbook will win again in 2014. >> he's saying that i'm a social issues warrior. in fact he is, i'm an economic issues warrior. you talk to women, this is about economics, it's also about respect and colorado's fiercely independent. we're libertarians. and we respect our freedoms. and we think government, above all, should not be involved in these really private decisions. >> ifill: but the critical election day question may be: which women are they speaking to? are they speaking to women like cathy alderman, who's been campaigning against an anti abortion ballot initiative? >> they can vote for somebody who supports women and supports women's ability to access the healthcare services they need, versus somebody who has spent an entire political career trying to limit that access. >> ifill: or are they appealing to women

udall: thank you, mr. president. and i just want to rise like others in our class and many other senators have arisen to talk a little bit about mark begich and his service for alaska, and praise him for his service. because i think he's been, since i've been here the six years and i served with him, he was in my class, i have seen a remarkable senator who really cares about his state and has been an incredible advocate for his state. i wasn't here, mark, for your i wasn't here, mark, for your i wasn't here for your entire speech but i turned it on. a good thing about our offices is you can tune again, and i got the point where you got a little choked up about deborah and jacob. and i got choked up in the office. i could cry but not in public. in any event, the first thing i know about mark is how much he cares about his family and how much the toll of serving in the senate takes on that family. his travel, i'm a westerner and i have to travel out five hours, six hours, eight hours to get home. his flight is always c

>> i'm going to sit with tom udall and hopefully mark udall will be sitting where i usually sit. but this whole thing is a good idea. i think it's been a bit overblown, but the fact is it's a good thing to do. why not? the udalls, for example, have been close friends to me and their family for many many years. let's sit together. finally could i just mention it might be nice to cut back a little bit on all the jumping up and down which i think frankly distracts from any president's speech when it's interrupted every 0 seconds by people jumping up and down because the president isn't speaking to congress. he's speaking to the american people. >> schieffer: that's interesting that you should bring that up. because one house republican, paul brown of georgia, says this whole thing is a trap. he said what president obama is trying to do is just to keep the republicans from leaping up and making noise. >> well, in all due respect, i kind of thought we were there to get a message from the president. i frankly think the cheerleading side of it has detracted from the ability of any presi

on september 20, lady bird johnson and stewart udall set off on a four-day conservation tour of california,, arizona, and new mexico. the u.s. naval photographic center recorded the trip. the first lady dedicated several parks, traveled with governor of california and spoke about preserving, natural areas for future generations. this is about 20 minutes courtesy of the lbj presidential library. ♪ >> shortly before 1:00 p.m. on a rainy september 20, mrs. lyndon johnson departed washington airport for a four-day conservation tour, which would carry her across the length of the country for stopovers in california, arizona, and new mexico. ♪ her companions for the trip, secretary of the interior stewart udall, and his wife. johnson, who normally travels tourist class on commercial planes, the early portion of the flight was not only an unaccustomed luxury, but probably one of the most unusual having things in aviation history. arranged by american airlines, which charted the first lady 727 jet, the show featured the latest west coast original from san francisco. eventually however the deli

as an example, senator mccain's uncommon friendship with mo udall comes to mind congressman udall was a liberal icon yet he reached out to a young republican from his state as a friend and a mentor. the two men developed a close friendship that lasted until udall's death from parkinson's disease. although udall had one spin -- once been a month the most powerful leaders in washington almost none of his former colleagues came calling as he's laying ill at a veterans hospital not far from the capital. -- it was senator mcgrane mccain who visited them quite often. you would arrive at the hospital with newspaper clips and you would sit at your friend's bedside and read to him. you in he reached out to the beginning, you reached out to him in the and with empathy and withdrew compassion. story, it is once again so clear of the unique and unusual man we are speaking about, and what a dear friend he was to mo udall. but we must also see a man with a desire to embrace people's humanity regardless of their politics. this is no small feat in today's patriotic halls of our of ournce and quarters

before he was secretary udall, he was arizona's congressman udall. decades later, as i indicated, i served with his famous brother mo udall. now we serve with secretary udall's son and his nephew tom and mark. what a great legacy, two cousins serving in the senate. and, mr. president, a lot of people don't know their first cousin was gordon smith, the senator from oregon. it is an accomplished family. as a dedicated steward to our environment, stewart udall leaves a legacy. mr. president, the house of representatives deserves the appreciation of the entire nation for what they did last n.i.h. clearly, a majority of -- last night. clearly a majority voted to affirm what the senators passed on christmas eve. tomorrow the senate will begin to put the final touches on this enormous effort. last night's vote took courage and common sense. their votes were momentous. they were historic and they were right. after a century of working and waiting, going back to the days of theodore roosevelt, reform would become the law of the land not in a matter of years,

the two men developed a close friendship that lasted until udall's death from parkinson's disease. although udall had once been among the most powerful leaders in washington, almost none of his former colleagues came calling as he's laying ill at a veterans hospital not far from the capital. but it was senator mccain who visited them quite often. senator, you would arrive at the hospital with newspaper clips and you would sit at your friend's bedside, even when he was no longer conscious, and you would read to him. just as he reached out to you in the beginning, you reached out to him in the end with empathy and true compassion. hearing this story, it is once again so clear of the unique and unusual man we are speaking about, and what a dear friend he was to mo udall. but we must also see a man with a desire to embrace people's humanity, regardless of their politics. this is no small feat in today's vitriolic halls of our governance and the uncivil quarters of our country. senator mccain is a man of strong conviction, but he also embodies the spirit of amity that helped our foundin

representative from colorado's fourth congressional district before defeating democratic incumbent mark udall to become colorado's junior senator. senator gardner lost his reelection bid this year to democratic challenger, former colorado governor john hickenlooper. you to the people of colorado for this incredible honor that you have lent to me these last six years to serve you in the united states senate. thank you to my fame jamie, mom and dad and lisa who supported me this last decade of service with your love and sacrifice through missed ball games and lost teeth, school concerts and junior high dances. sore throats and first moments. thank you to my incredible staff, many in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. you leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature. -- signature, desk, and the floor. thank you to my colleagues and senator bennet. thank you for the honor of serving along your side and commitment to our nation, capitol police, the staff, support s

udall: thank you. with that, i'm going to yield the floor momentarily, and i may be back here in a minute or two. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? i ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: thank you, mr. president. as i reflect on the nomination of jeff sessions to be attorney general, one of the things that hits me is that when you look at the broad scope of how america has been moving forward in the last hundred years, the three big movements that have kind of changed america have been the civil rights movement. they've been the women's rights movement, women's suffrage, women's rights and women wanting freedom over their choices on reproductive rights. mr. udall: and then conservation and environmental rights which have kind of changed everything since teddy roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, and then my father and uncle mo udall who served in the congress. i grew up believing that civil

her companions for the trip, secretary of the interior stewart udall, and his wife. for mrs. johnson, who normally travels tourist class on commercial planes, the early portion of the flight was not only an unaccustomed luxury, but probably one of the most unusual having things in aviation history. arranged by american airlines, which charted the first lady 727 jet, the show featured the latest west coast original from san francisco. eventually however the delighted models and can relate and photographers all disappeared from the aisles and took to the windows to enjoy some of the comparable aerial views of the far west. including memorable moments from the high peaks of the legendary sierra nevada's, fresh with their first snowfall of the ear. by 3:30 the afternoon pacific time, mrs. johnson's jetliner touchdown at hamilton air force base near center jusco. on hand to meet her work mr. and mrs. brown of california. less than 15 minutes after her arrival in the golden state, mrs. johnson was airborne again. this time by helicopter, bound for the dedication ceremony that would

udall: that's -- that's correct. so -- so what we're doing here today -- and senator merkley, i know you have introduced a freestanding proposal on the talking filibuster. we have joined together and i have also signed onto that. we have senate res. 10 which was filed on january 5 that has these five solid provisions for reforming the rules. i think if you look at these in history, if you look at these in history, they have had broad bipartisan support. i would at this point recognize that our colleague in this rules debate, our partner and hard worker, more senior and experienced on these rules matters has joined us, senator tom harkin from iowa. we're in a colloquy situation. mr. harkin: would you yield for an observation? mr. udall: you bet. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: i want to thank my friends, my colleagues, senator udall and senator merkley, for their great relationship on this issue. they have brought a breath of fresh air to the senate in exposing, i think, what has become a gri

udall i believe senator udall saiden w this was an american citizen whn was captured in afghanistan and true, but the supreme court relied on the case which was an american citizen captured in rhode island and quoted thath case with approval when sayingto there is no bar to this nation-s holding one of its own citizens as an enemy combatant to readf the was the language american citizens captured in longs an island. if i have any time left i would yield eight and i yield the floor. >> rejected senator udall thank you atv to's amendment in the vote. we will have more live coverage of the debate over the defense program bill when the senate returns at 10 a.m. eastern time. for more details on this week's agenda in congress will talk with a capitol hill reporter. >> the national journal house leadership reporter the u.s. house returning to work with a lot on their plate what is at the top of the agenda? >> at the very top of the agenda is the to do with an outstanding unresolved in the appropriations bill so that we are not included >> what is the plan for getting the remaining spending bi

. >> for the information of senator ted cruz and udall. i am invite justice stevens to speak and each of you will be asked to provide a statement if you wish to do so. justice stevens if you would join us at the table. justice john paul stevens is a retired justice of the united states supreme court and was aopponented in 1975 by gerald ford. the third-longest sitting justice. my eye was caught by a headline in the paper over the weekend that says pope to move john paul for sainthood and i realized later it wasn't the same john paul. but in any case, we are delighted to have you here today. >> senator king, chairman schumer, ranking member roberts, and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important issue of campaign finance. when i last appeared before this body in december 1975 my confirmation hearing stretched over three days. today i shall spend only a few minutes making five brief points: first, campaign finance is not a partisan issue. for years the court's ca

johns and where the udall family comes from mostly democrats but they model behavior and as arra lawmaker yet to do that. when you grow up on a ranch as i did and i watched my father and his brothers around a ranch in my seven brothers and four sisters, you have to get along and if you don't do the work nobody does it. i think that's how city councils work all over the country and its house state legislators usually have to work because we can't borrow money and put off decisions that we have to make now. we haven't been able to do it here so i think we can get away sometimes in congress, we shouldn't but we do get away with behavior that wouldn't be tolerated at any other level of government but because we can paper over our differences by spending more money and having a bigger deficit and putting off decisions we should be making now is not the example that i grew up with. i mentioned my mother. on her fridge she had a phrase assume the best, look for the good and i think that's a good credo for many politicians when you are looking at the other side. assume the best and look for the g

udall: thank you. mr. president i ask consent to set aside the pending amendments so that i may call up my amendment number 77. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. mr. udall: i waive the reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from new mexico mr. udall proposes an amendment numbered 77 to amendment numbered 2. mr. udall: and let me just say to the two leaders on the floor that have participated in this open amendment process that i really appreciate the way chair chairwoman murkowski and ranking member, senator cantwell, have worked through this bill and really appreciate all your help. and i've heard at least on our side of the aisle over and over again, that this is the way the senate should be moving, this is the way we should be working. and so i think all of us are very appreciative in how the two of you have worked together. thank you and yield the floor. ms. murkowski: mr. president? the

when kennedy was elected, he appointed stewart udall to be that secretary of the interior. he served under lyndon johnson as well. right here is his exhibition case. here we have several things related to kennedy. as a member of the cabinet, he was invited to the funeral. as a member of the cabinet, stewart udall was on a chip to during the assassination of john f. kennedy -- on a trip to japan during the assassination of john f. kennedy . he found out about the assassination while on the plane on his way to japan. what we have in the case are his notes that he wrote himself on the plane. basically documenting his initial shock, dismay, and deep sorrow. here we have a best-selling book intten by stewart udall 1963. it's called the quiet crisis. it's about the history, the environment, and america, as well as the future. he was an early environmentalist and generally out of his time in the conservation movement. morris was the brother of stewart and he took to congress with his brother. he represented arizona as a years.sman for almost 60 he was known for his work and conser

udall's legacy of stewardship. i urge this congress to go beyond honoring his memory today by paying tribute to what he stood for by taking a proactive approach to ensuring all of our natural resources be safeguarded appropriately. secretary udall understood that our happiness and prosperity as a nation depended upon our wise stewardship of our natural resources. his vision should serve as an example not only to successors at the department of the interior but to all americans. i support passage of this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. teague: i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. martin heinrich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. heinrich: madam speaker, earlier this year we lost a national treasure and a personal hero of mine, former interior secretary stewart udall. though quiet and humble, his impact was that of a giant and his defense of

i first covered mo udall in 1972. so thank you for everything you and your family, your wife, have done over all these decades. just sorry to see you leaving the senate. >> well, thank you so much, andrea. i'm not giving up on public service so maybe you'll have me on later on other things that i'm doing. thank you. >> come back often. thank you very much. >> okay, thank you. >>> and coming up, on a grim note, mobile morgues are lining up outside a tennessee hospital, overwhelmed with victims of covid-19. just as concerning, the number of people who still think those morgues aren't real. d'shea: i live in south jamaica, queens, born and raised. i'm a doordasher, i'm a momma with a special needs child, she is the love of my life. doordash provides so much flexibility. if something happens with her, where i need to be home, i can just log out and just say "okay, my family needs me." i don't have to answer to nobody. i don't want to be nobody's employee. i do what i want, i'm independent. independent lady. that's what i

udall: mr. president, i have remarks with me here on each of those amendments, and i ask unanimous consent that they be inserted in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: let me thank the senator from new mexico first for his remarks. i agree with him, it was a lively debate. i also agree with him that it is to be desired that that kind of debate occurs more often in the u.s. senate. the senator from new mexico has been very active in the effort to have these kind of debates by rules changes which could make these kind of debates a lot more likely and by other mechanisms. i just would make an inquiry here. did the senator from new mexico restore the regular order to the levin-mccain amendment? i missed that. mr. udall: i did. mr. levin: i thank the senator. mr. udall: let me say to chairman levin, not only lively, robust, but very informativ

udall: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that senators hagan, kerry, begich and franken be added to my amendment, numbered 2985. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i believe we are reaching the end of our time designated to debate this amendment. the presiding officer: all the democratic time has expired. mr. udall: i would like to add a couple final remarks to the remarks i made earlier. i think we have heard a compelling reason to remove section 313 from the national defense authorization act, national security, energies security. let's stand with our military leadership, let's stand with our n.c.o.'s, let's stand with our enlisted personnel and ensure the military can continue to invest in this very important area of energy security which will save lives, create economic opportunity and make sure that we can project force abroad and protect the values we hold so dear. i urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. i think at 2:00 we have a tentati

when i say "senator udall," i mean the other senator udall, mr. president. before i get into the details of why i oppose these detainee provisions, i think it's important to recognize that september 11, irreis recognizably and unalterably, changed our lives. i was in minnesota that terrible day. a number of minnesotans died in the towers, in the air, and at the pentagon. in new york in the months following the attacks, i attend the funerals of those who sacrificed their lives to help rescue folks from the towers. i can't shake those images from my mind. i'm guessing, like many of you, i won't ever be able to erase the horrors of september 11 from my mind. september 11 reminded us that we are vulnerable and that we are fighting an unusual enemy that forces us to reassess our approach to counterterrorism and has forced us to redouble our forts to track down people -- forced us to track down people aiming to do us harm. but it is exactly in these difficult moments in these periods of war when our country is under attack when we must be doubly vigilant about pro

udall: mr. president, today is an historic day, as senator wyden has made clear and senator feinstein and senator rockefeller and many other senators that follow. before i talk about my involvement in the efforts that were put forth to reach this deal, i want to say to senator wyden, my good friend, you honor me with those comments, and i want to acknowledge that when you're in a fight it matters who you're in the fight with. it's been my privilege and honor to fight on the side of transparency, on the side of protecting the bill of rights. this has been a righteous cause. we're going to continue to work to find the right balance between privacy and security. and as ben franklin famously implied, we can have both, but we don't end up with both if we set aside the bill of rights and those fundamental principles that are enshrined in the bill of rights. so it's been my privilege to fight alongside you. i wish you all the best. yes, us westerners will stay in touch. turning back to the matter at ha

senator udall joins me now on the phone. senator, thank you for your time. >> tamron, good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon. if your letter that you september sent to democratic and republican leadership, you said the tenure surrounding the debates is corrosive. >> i like to make a habit of sitting on the republican side of the house and visiting with my colleagues, because the ideas aren't a republican or democratic idea, they're american ideas. then after this weekend we were all so stuns. the elected leadership in this country. it struck me as the best way to keep faith with the heros and heroins and those who lost their lives, particularly christina green, is to present a different face to the country. it's an idea whose time has come. a number of my colleagues, democrats and republicans alike seem to like the idea. i think you'll see it happen at the state of the union a week from tuesday. >> you have enough people expressing they could support this to make this a reality? >> i do. but i'm an optimist. i'm american,

i want to thank senator udall for his leadership on the for the people act. i want to thank senator merkley for his leadership on this bill. this bill contains many provisions that deal with the fundamental values of this country. i also am proud of my colleague in the house of representatives, congressman sarbanes, who is the lead sponsor of h.r. 1, which is the we the people act, which passed the house of representatives a year ago and no action on the floor of the senate as a result of the majority leader's decision not to bring these bills to the floor. as i said, it includes a lot of different bills but all deal with america's values. these are the values that are the strength of this nation -- free and fair elections. that's what we promote globally because we know that is key to a stable democratic society, and yet when you look at the way that we conduct elections in this country, we're not setting a very high example. look at how much money is involved in elections in this country, from the president to our local offices, too much money speaks to who

udall couldn't see, couldn't speak, but mccain hoped he could hear and he would read to him nnd tell him what was goi o and that became how he led his life. he worked with democrats, he worked with republicans who didn't always agree with him. on all kinds of things. i mean, one of the things we haven't talked about this week is the 9/11 commission investigating the events of the horrific events of that day and there were times when the commission couldn't get secret documents or couldn't get funding and john mccain was the person they came to and they worked with joe lieberman, his good friend who was then a democrat to make sure that it happened and you can go through issue after issue like that where he y get something done is you come together. >> and matthew dowd, not a man without flaws. >> no. >> rough, rough temper. he could -- he could -- i remember one of the first times that he encountered barack obama when he was just a senator. they had a huge fight over i think some kind of a campaign finance commission but he could always find a way both to overcome those grudges and t

he walked into a barbershop in d said hi, "i'm morris udall from arizona and i'm running for president of the united states, and the barber said yeah we were just laughing about that this morning." [ laughter ] good people. good people. that's my hometown right there you're talking about. so i know very well.saying is its anybody that says he can shoot somebody and still get elected, that's beyond any frame work of politics that i've ever seen.azy thing is that somebody can say that, it's any difference i >> right. you can say anything but it doesn't seem no matter what he says. for it. were, i feel like 20, 20 flubs back he said about you, he disparaged you as a >> mm-hmm. >> seth: everyone said this is the end of the trump express, lose. when someone like your old running mate like sarah palin supports trump what is your viewat? >> i respect sarah's view and obviously it gave "saturday night live" another boost. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: it's very wonderful. i do think there are slow weeks where lorne calls her up and says, "have you thought about endorsing trump?" [ light l