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WAS, AND OUT OF THE HEARING, I FELT A SIGNIFICANT LESS SUPPORT FOR THE FEINSTEIN BUILD AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING INTO IT. THAT COULD CHANGE. WE'RE...
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YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT GAVE YOU THE SENSE THAT THE PORTIONS OF THE FEINSTEIN 3 GB SUPPORT ON THE FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT HAD DIMINISHED? >> I THINK
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THERE WAS INFORMATION CAME OUT IN THE MEETING THAT WOULD MAKE IT LESS SUPPORTED. LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. I WILL BE VERY CLEAR WITH YOU. I FEEL...
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| 00:02:51 |
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PEOPLE THINK THIS REACTION TO NEWTOWN FOR CONGRESS TO TAKE, SOME GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES BELIEVE THAT YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE THIS PROBLEM AWAY. ANY LEGISLATION...
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| 00:03:17 |
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I SPOKE ABOUT SOME THINGS THATS GOT TO BE DONE. YOUR QUESTION DEALS WITH THE BANNING OF CERTAIN GUNS. FIRST OF ALL , OFQUOTEI QUOTED A JUSTICE REPORT...
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| 00:04:43 |
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THE MENTIONED MENTAL ILLNESS. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A BROADER BACKGROUND CHECK GIVEN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY GUNS AND GUN SHOWS ARE PRIVATELY...
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IS NOT ENOUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS. WHEN YOU GET INTO A ONE-ON-ONE SALE AS OPPOSED TO A BUSINESS AND SOME FRIEND WAS TO SELL TO ANOTHER FRIEND, I DO NOT...
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SHOWS A? DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A BACKGROUND CHECK AT GUN SHOWS? >>
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NO. >>
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WHY NOT? >> I GO
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| 00:05:56 |
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BACK TO WHAT I PREVIOUSLY SAID. THOSE ARE USUALLY ONE-ON-ONE SALES. A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY...
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| 00:06:33 |
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SORT OF PRESENCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THESE GUN SHOWS? IS THERE A WAY TO ADD THAT TO THE DEBATE? >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF
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| 00:06:45 |
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YOUR PRESENCE QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE FACT THERE IS SOMEONE AT THE FEDERAL GUN SHOW UP -- A FEDERAL PRISON AT THE GUN SHOW THAT CAN GET THE INFORMATION...
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| 00:07:19 |
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THE POLITICAL ASPECT. I KNOW WE ARE 21 MONTHS OUT FROM THE NOVEMBER 2014 ELECTION. YOUR STATE WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN SENATE SEAT....
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| 00:07:45 |
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THINK IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL. I CAN TELL YOU IN 11 MEETINGS I HAD THAT INCLUDED FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE COLLEGE, AN OPEN TOWN MEETING AND THREE BUSINESSES...
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| 00:09:06 |
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HARKIN HAS BEEN REELECTED FIVE TIMES. HOW DOES THAT FIT? GUYS YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION THAT GOES WAY BEYOND GUNS. IN MOST OF THESE RACES GUN COMPANIES...
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| 00:10:09 |
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GUNS, IMMIGRATION, FEDERAL DEBT/DEFICIT, WHICH OF THOSE THREE ISSUES WILL BE PARAMOUNT IN THAT SENATE CAMPAIGN? >> UNLESS THERE
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| 00:10:24 |
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ECONOMY IMPROVES, IT WILL BE THE ECONOMY. IF IT IS BEYOND THE ECONOMY, I THINK HEALTH CARE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. WHATEVER DEMOCRAT RUNS PROBABLY VOTED FOR...
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| 00:11:02 |
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THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM. A GROUP OF EIGHT SENATORS ARE TRYING TO DRAFT LEGISLATION AND TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS ISSUE. WERE YOU ASKED TO...
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| 00:12:57 |
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I THINK THE WORDS SECURING THE BORDER, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WILL DEFINE IT, TO ME IT WOULD BE MAKING SURE YOU CANNOT CROSS THE BORDER WITHOUT PAPERS....
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YOU MAKE OF MARCO RUBIO'S PROPOSAL ON CITIZENSHIP? DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM BEING OUT FRONT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THIS ISSUE? >> IS THE PERFECT
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PERSON TO BE OUT FRONT. HE HAS GONE THROUGH IT. HE REPRESENTS A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE. HE'S AN OUTSTANDING SPOKESMAN. THE ISSUE HE BRINGS UP HAS NOT BEEN...
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| 00:14:38 |
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ONE OR TWO PRECISE EXAMPLES ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THE 1986 A BILL YOU LIKE TO FIX? >> FIRST OF ALL, WE DO NOT
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| 00:14:49 |
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NEED TO FIX THIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY IT WAS MADE ILLEGAL FOR AN IMPORTER TO HIRE SOMEONE WITHOUT PAPERS. THEN THAT WAS...
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| 00:16:33 |
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SAME WORD AMNESTY TO REFER TO THE PROPOSAL PUT OUT BY THESE EIGHT SENATORS AT? >>
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| 00:16:40 |
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LISTEN. WHEN YOU LEGALIZE ANYBODY THAT DID ANYTHING ILLEGALLY, I GUESS I WOULD SAY HE HAD GIVEN A PERSON AMNESTY. WE DO NOT USE THE WORD AMNESTY JUST...
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| 00:17:07 |
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OR EIGHT MONTHS. WHAT WILL BE THE BIG STICKING POINT AND IMMIGRATION? GIVE ME THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE STORY ABOUT WHY THE TWO SIDES APPEAR STEP? >>...
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| 00:17:25 |
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LEADS TO IMMIGRATION. THAT WAY TO CITIZENSHIP. >> THE SIMPLE
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| 00:17:29 |
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CONCEPT OF METHODOLOGY? >> THE METHODOLOGY
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AND DETERMINATION OF WHEN THE BORDER IS IT HERE. >> WHAT
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ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY? WILL IT BE A FIGHT OVER A TRIGGER? >>
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| 00:17:44 |
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THAT IS THE BASIS FOR IT. I THINK I HAVE SPOKEN TO ITS. COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE BORDER IS SECURE AND IN THE PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP...
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| 00:18:07 |
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THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF IMMIGRATION, SENATOR MCCAIN SAID IF IT IS NOT TAKING CARE OF RELATIVELY SOON REPUBLICANS COULD PAY A PRICE IN FUTURE ELECTIONS....
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SENATOR MCCAIN IS RIGHT. I THINK HE'S A LITTLE NAIVE TO THINK THAT HISPANIC PEOPLE, WE PASSED A BILL AND THEN THEY WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN. I THINK THAT...
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| 00:20:26 |
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DO YOU PUT AT SUCCESS FOR THIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR? >> I THINK
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| 00:20:30 |
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THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS IT THE SECURE BORDER ISSUE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THAT THERE IS A FAST RULE THAT THE PAP WAY TO CITIZENSHIP WILL ONLY...
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THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE BEEN
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| 00:20:58 |
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LISTENING TO THIS FOR 30 YEARS ABOUT TIGHTENING THE BORDER. WILL YOU EVER FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO SAY THE BORDER IS SECURE? >> RIGHT NOW THE
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| 00:21:09 |
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ANSWER IS NO. LET'S SEE WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES. IT HAS TO BE A KEYSTONE OF THIS LEGISLATION OR THE WHOLE ARCH WILL THROW -- FALL THROUGH. >> BUDGET
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| 00:21:21 |
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INCREASES, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW THAT BORDER. IT IS THOUSANDS OF MILES LONG. IT IS POROUS. YOU COULD SEE A POINT OR YOU COULD SAY I'M CONFIDENT THE BORDER...
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| 00:21:35 |
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IT IS A HOPE. I BELIEVE IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED STATES. ISN'T CONTROLLING BORDERS VERY BASIC TO SOVEREIGNTY? >>
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| 00:21:45 |
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ABSOLUTELY. ARE YOU CONFIDENT IT CAN HAPPEN? >> WE WILL
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| 00:21:49 |
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WORK TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. >> WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
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| 00:21:56 |
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AND IN 2016? ARE YOU PLANNING RE-ELECTION? >> MY PLANS RIGHT
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| 00:22:00 |
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NOW ARE TO DO THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES TO BE REELECTED, RAISE MONEY, AND TO POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN MY STATE. MY NAME BASIS FOR ANY HELP OF REELECTION IN...
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| 00:22:36 |
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THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>
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| 00:22:38 |
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THANK YOU. LET ME TURN TO OUR TO REPORTERS. LET'S BEGIN WITH GUN CONTROL. THAT IS WHERE WE BEGAN. WHAT DID YOU HEAR? WHAT IS THE PROSPECT FOR A DEAL THAT'S...
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| 00:22:57 |
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I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED WHEN HE SAID THE SUPPORT FOR SENATOR FEINSTEIN'S BILL DOES NOT SEEM AS STRONG AS IT MIGHT. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE. I DO NOT...
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| 00:23:54 |
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RUNNING INTO SENATOR REID'S REMARKS THAT IS GOING TO PUT A BILL ON THE FLOOR. ADOBE CYNOSURE LEAHY'S BILL WHETHER HE TAKES ON THE CLAUSE -- ITS WILL BE...
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| 00:24:13 |
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THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, PATRICK LEAHY, WHETHER OR NOT HE SUPPORTS THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN. IMMIGRATION REFORM IS ANOTHER BIG ISSUE. >> POLITICAL
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| 00:24:29 |
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MOMENTUM IS CERTAINLY THERE. WE HAVE TO THINK THEY WILL GET TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING. THIS BORDER SECURITY THING, IF THAT IS THE DEAL MAKE OR BREAKER,...
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| 00:25:16 |
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AMNESTY, IT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE. >> ALSO QUALIFIED IT TO
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| 00:25:24 |
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INDICATE IT MAY NOT BE A BAD THING. THE PROBLEM IN 2007 WAS THE 2008 ELECTION CYCLE HAD A GUN. THAT WAS A PRESIDENTIAL REGION HAVE BEGUN. THAT IS...
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| 00:25:42 |
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HIGH AMONGST LEADERSHIP ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. I EXPECT THEM TO REALLY PUT FORWARD A BIG EFFORT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND IT ANY HAS MADE IT A TOP...
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| 00:26:05 |
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ABOUT ON THAT? HOW WOULD IT WORK? WATER THE TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS? >>MAYBE THERE
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| 00:26:15 |
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ARE MORE THAN TWO. >> ANYONE ELIGIBLE
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| 00:26:18 |
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WOULD HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO QUALIFY TO GET IN LINE. TO PAY TAXES, LEARN ENGLISH, PROFICIENT IN HISTORY. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS. DID THIS...
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| 00:26:52 |
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THIS ISSUE THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE THE ONE THAT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT THE BORDER IS SECURE? HOW THE OF THE CONGRESS TO AGREE TO THAT? >> WE HAVE
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| 00:27:04 |
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TO REMEMBER THE EMOTIONS THAT ARE WRAPPED UP IN THIS. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BORDER SECURITY ALL DAY. IF YOU REPRESENT A DISTRICT WHERE CONSTITUENTS ARE UPSET...
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VERY MUCH. -- YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING
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