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mr. morelle: thank you, sir. mr. chair, i yield back. >> the hatch act prohibits employees -- when the house was considering legislation to reform and re-authorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act, did you or anyone in your office make phone calls to members of congress urging them to oppose the biggs amendment to require the government to obtain a warrant prior to spying on american citizens through fisa section 702? yes or no will suffice. mr. garland: the hatch act in the constitution permit members of the president's administration to speak with members who are interested in questions about the effect of legislation just like you are asking me today about -- mr. clyde: if we asked, that's one thing. if you we don't ask and you reach out, that's a different thing. mr. garland: it doesn't violate any law of any kind. >> so will you answer my question? ag garland: yes i discussed the , vital united states' interests in extending 702 with members -- mr. clyde: how many members did you call? mr. garland: i'm
mr. morelle: thank you, sir. mr. chair, i yield back. >> the hatch act prohibits employees -- when the house was considering legislation to reform and re-authorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act, did you or anyone in your office make phone calls to members of congress urging them to oppose the biggs amendment to require the government to obtain a warrant prior to spying on american citizens through fisa section 702? yes or no will suffice. mr. garland: the hatch act in the...
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thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rogers: mr. morelle. mr. morelle: i'd like to give the attorney general a chance to respond to what he just heard. mr. garland: i didn't hear a question in that at all. and i disagree with almost everything that you've said. but i want to be clear that the border responsibility, you're talking to the wrong department here. the department of homeland security is the department responsible for preventing things from coming across the border. the president and the secretary of homeland security have proposed a bipartisan bill to protect the border and reduce the number of people who come across and to increase the money spent to prevent fentanyl from coming across the border. so that would be my recommendation in that respect. mr. morelle: thank you. i'll just editorialize, this is the second hearing i've been at, both with the director of the f.b.i. and the attorney general, they've been personally attacked. i want to underscore, there was a bipartisan deal on the table. as i understand it, the former president
thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rogers: mr. morelle. mr. morelle: i'd like to give the attorney general a chance to respond to what he just heard. mr. garland: i didn't hear a question in that at all. and i disagree with almost everything that you've said. but i want to be clear that the border responsibility, you're talking to the wrong department here. the department of homeland security is the department responsible for preventing things from coming across the border. the president and the...
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i now recognize the full committee ranking member mr. morelle. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i will admit, i'm a simple guy and i do want to do some follow-ups and want to recognize that general walker was held in such high esteem by members on the other side of the aisle, so i think we have as much faith in him and had as much faith in him as all of you did during that time. the way i see this and maybe i'm wrong, i'm the president of the united states, the commander in chief, even though i've delegated authority, i think at some period at 3:00 o'clock when i see that there doesn't seem to be much movement i'm going pick up the phone and call the secretary of the defense and secretary army and say exactly what is going on, issue orders are or there's confusion. i would have had chief of staff call general walker and say exactly what is happening. my only point is it would not have taken me, i'm not sophisticated, it wouldn't have taken me 3 and a half hours sitting in the white house watching this unfold confident in my view that while i've signed the necessary pap
i now recognize the full committee ranking member mr. morelle. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i will admit, i'm a simple guy and i do want to do some follow-ups and want to recognize that general walker was held in such high esteem by members on the other side of the aisle, so i think we have as much faith in him and had as much faith in him as all of you did during that time. the way i see this and maybe i'm wrong, i'm the president of the united states, the commander in chief, even though...
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. >> i am out of time, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. morelle?fbi's perspective, that emanate from the border. >> i am out of time, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. morales? >> thank you, mr. chairman. always, for your leadership, and thanks to the ranking member. director, i want to say that i do trust you, and i, for one, and very, very, very grateful for your service on behalf of this entire country and the people that put their faith in you come up and frankly i find it somewhat astonishing that in this day and age that we live, that the american leadership here at times questions the role of the fbi. i don't question it. i know you have a tough job and i appreciate all the incredible work that you do. if i may, i just want to -- i think you mentioned in your testimony, decreasing rates of homicide, nonfatal shootings in my community of rochester, new york, upstate new york, we remain in a gun violence state of emergency. as you know, the passage of the 2022 bipartisan safer communities act implemented changes in the national criminal backg
. >> i am out of time, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. morelle?fbi's perspective, that emanate from the border. >> i am out of time, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. morales? >> thank you, mr. chairman. always, for your leadership, and thanks to the ranking member. director, i want to say that i do trust you, and i, for one, and very, very, very grateful for your service on behalf of this entire country and the people that put their faith in you come up and...
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mr. morelle: i'll just ask one other question. last week i was very pleased to see the department finalize a new rule to update the definition of engaged in business as a firearms dealer. as you know, unlicensed dealers who do not conduct background checks are the largest source of firearms that are illegally brought into our communities. if you could just talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers and the ability for the department to make sure that that new rule is carried out. atty. gen. garland: this is the implementation of the bipartisan safer communities act. and we have asked for money in the a.t.f. budget for that purpose. the money we asked for should be sufficient for that role into the other work that atf does. >> i will yield back. >> the gentleman and i have similar questions today. by the way, let's work on that reauthorization. i will send over a proposal. i may have a few changes to propose. atty. gen. garland: that's a good idea for us not to be thinking about that. >> given atf claim
mr. morelle: i'll just ask one other question. last week i was very pleased to see the department finalize a new rule to update the definition of engaged in business as a firearms dealer. as you know, unlicensed dealers who do not conduct background checks are the largest source of firearms that are illegally brought into our communities. if you could just talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers and the ability for the department to make sure that that new rule...
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i believe mr. morel is right. it is the wild west out there in terms of sensitive information on americans and the government can buy it up. unlike normal intelligence collection, there are apparently, virtually no rules here. to take one public example, i want to go to you, general cruz, not to be going after you especially, but you said that the defense intelligence agency has acknowledged it obtains and purchases actual u.s. location data. so my question for you and any other members who would like to add to it, are there any constitutional, or statutory limits on your agency's purchasing of the location information of americans? constitutional or statutory limits, any? >> thank you for the question, senator widen. i would say yes, there are absolute and very clear guidelines for all of us, and when we purchase the bulk data, the first thing we do is exclude all the data on u.s. territory as the very first step. our teams have been here with the congress talking through our attorney general guidelines, and have
i believe mr. morel is right. it is the wild west out there in terms of sensitive information on americans and the government can buy it up. unlike normal intelligence collection, there are apparently, virtually no rules here. to take one public example, i want to go to you, general cruz, not to be going after you especially, but you said that the defense intelligence agency has acknowledged it obtains and purchases actual u.s. location data. so my question for you and any other members who...
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mr. morelle: thank you, sir.i have a number of questions which i may submit in writing but one thing i did want to get >> you mentioned in your testimony. in addition to my role as an appropriator, i'm proud to serve as the ranking democrat on the committee of house administration, elections reforms. in july, launching a task force the rise in threats against election workers and election officials. in addition to threats of violence and intimidation, our countries election workers face new and unique pressures due to misinformation by extremists, less than eight months before the general election, can you update the task force and department's plans to make sure that election workers are protected from threats. >> yes, thank you. in my opening remarks, threats to election workers, particularly volunteer election workers, but also secretaries of state and the appointed administrators, this is a real threat to our democracy to have the people who are running our elections afraid to continue their work. and so, we
mr. morelle: thank you, sir.i have a number of questions which i may submit in writing but one thing i did want to get >> you mentioned in your testimony. in addition to my role as an appropriator, i'm proud to serve as the ranking democrat on the committee of house administration, elections reforms. in july, launching a task force the rise in threats against election workers and election officials. in addition to threats of violence and intimidation, our countries election workers face...
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josep morel, borel.i will remember how in the 21st year, in february of the 21st year, he visited russia, moscow, and, i'm sorry, he barely snagged his jacket there, right? and now borel takes a completely different position. and this is the position, by the way, of the european people's party, this is the position of borel, ursula funderlajen, this is the position of many other leading politicians, but we also have to understand that there are others, and in this sense it is necessary that the issue of confiscation of russian property, russian capital, it still gradually put into practice, we need to look for opportunities in order to... receive new and new resources to counter the russian federation. we need ukraine to be a full-fledged partner of the west. by the way, we have to show ourselves that we are the vanguard in the fight between good and evil. this is, in my opinion, the most understandable analogy for the western world, where it rules for the most part. christian morality in terms of policy
josep morel, borel.i will remember how in the 21st year, in february of the 21st year, he visited russia, moscow, and, i'm sorry, he barely snagged his jacket there, right? and now borel takes a completely different position. and this is the position, by the way, of the european people's party, this is the position of borel, ursula funderlajen, this is the position of many other leading politicians, but we also have to understand that there are others, and in this sense it is necessary that the...
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i urge the chairman of the committee anti-ranking member, mr. -- and the ranking member, mr. morel -- morelle, to support this bill as soon as possible. i'm confident it would pass with a large bipartisan vote when it comes to the floor of the house. this bill is critical because it is so often said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. alarmingly, it felt as if history were repeating itself last september when azerbaijan perpetuated an ethnic cleansing campaign against the armenians that bore a disturbing resemblance of the mass displacements committed by ottoman forces a century ago. this atrocity was preceded by a grueling blockade that deprived civilians of food, medicine, and other essentials for over nine months. bringing them to their knees. we must not wait another century to hold azerbaijan accountable for the crimes it has committed against the armenian people. that's why i once again call on the state department to end u.s. military aid to azerbaijan, sanctions the officials for human rights abuses, and provide desperately needed aid for the 120,00
i urge the chairman of the committee anti-ranking member, mr. -- and the ranking member, mr. morel -- morelle, to support this bill as soon as possible. i'm confident it would pass with a large bipartisan vote when it comes to the floor of the house. this bill is critical because it is so often said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. alarmingly, it felt as if history were repeating itself last september when azerbaijan perpetuated an ethnic cleansing campaign against the...
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mr. morelle: i'll just ask one other question. last week i was very pleased to see the department finalize a new rule to update the definition of engaged in business as a firearms dealer. as you know unlicensed dealers who do not conduct background checks are the largest source of firearms that are illegally brought into our communities. if you could just talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers and the ability for the department to make sure that that new rule is carried out. atty. gen. garland: this is the implementation of the bipartisan safer communities act. and we have asked for money in the a.t.f. budget for that purpose. >> we will leave this here to take you live now to the u.s. house. where today members are continuing their work on several pieces of iran-related legislation. also a bill to combat drug trafficking from syria. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chap labor -- chaplain kibben. chaplain k
mr. morelle: i'll just ask one other question. last week i was very pleased to see the department finalize a new rule to update the definition of engaged in business as a firearms dealer. as you know unlicensed dealers who do not conduct background checks are the largest source of firearms that are illegally brought into our communities. if you could just talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers and the ability for the department to make sure that that new rule is...
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mr. morelle: thank you. first of all, thank you to my good friend, the gentlelady from new mexico, who is also playful but serious, and i want to thank the gentlelady from wyoming for her support of the bill. i rise, mr. speaker, today to voice my strong support for h.r. 3250, the national museum of play recognition act. this bipartisan bill will designate the margaret woodbury strong museum in rochester, new york, where i'm grateful and privileged to represent, as the national museum of play. as has been described by my colleagues, the museum was founded by margaret woodbury strong in 1968. it is the only museum of its kind that exists for the exclusive purpose of exploring the ways in which play encourages learning, creativity and discovery and how it illuminates cultural history. children in the hopes of each and every community across this country, we must continue to inspire future generations to learn, grow and innovate and we know the best way to do that is through play. in 2023 the strong museum comp
mr. morelle: thank you. first of all, thank you to my good friend, the gentlelady from new mexico, who is also playful but serious, and i want to thank the gentlelady from wyoming for her support of the bill. i rise, mr. speaker, today to voice my strong support for h.r. 3250, the national museum of play recognition act. this bipartisan bill will designate the margaret woodbury strong museum in rochester, new york, where i'm grateful and privileged to represent, as the national museum of play....
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over a decade ago, as my friend mr. nadler said a moment ago, a group of intelligence experts unanimously recommended requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of section 702 data that group included michael morel, former acting director of the c.i.a., and richard a. clark, former chief counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. bipartisan. recommended the same thing that we have in our warrant today with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. turner: i want to thank mr. biggs, he participated in the working group between the jew dish committee and other committees to put together this bill working directly with the speaker's office and the second working group that drafted the specific bill we disagree about his amendment though which is why we're here on the debate. this amendment is not about americans inboxes
over a decade ago, as my friend mr. nadler said a moment ago, a group of intelligence experts unanimously recommended requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of section 702 data that group included michael morel, former acting director of the c.i.a., and richard a. clark, former chief counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. bipartisan. recommended the same thing that we have in our warrant today with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the...
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mr speaker, the prime minister ofjapan.ngress in washington — the first by a japanese leader in nine years. he called on america to overcome what he called its self—doubt and warned that, without american leadership, ukraine could collapse under the current russian invasion. the world needs the united states to continue playing this pivotal role in the affairs of nations. today, i detect an undercurrent of self—doubt amongst some americans about what your role in the world should be. this self—doubt is arising at a time when our world is at history's turning point. after his address before congress, the japanese pm attended a lunch hosted by vice president kamala harris and the us secretary of state, antony blinken. the event was meant to celebrate the us—japanese alliance. the vice president also paid tribute to japanese prime ministers past and present. prime minister abe was the author, of course, of the principle of a free and open indo—pacific, and he invested in the us—japan alliance and setjapan on a course of global
mr speaker, the prime minister ofjapan.ngress in washington — the first by a japanese leader in nine years. he called on america to overcome what he called its self—doubt and warned that, without american leadership, ukraine could collapse under the current russian invasion. the world needs the united states to continue playing this pivotal role in the affairs of nations. today, i detect an undercurrent of self—doubt amongst some americans about what your role in the world should be. this...
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over a decade ago, as my friend mr.r said a moment ago, a group of intelligence experts unanimously recommended requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of section 702 data that group included michael morel, former acting director of the c.i.a., and richard a. clark, former chief counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. bipartisan. recommended the same thing that we have in our warrant today with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. turner: i want to thank mr. biggs, he participated in the working group between the jew dish committee and other committees to put together this bill working directly with the speaker's office and the second working group that drafted the specific bill we disagree about his amendment though which is why we're here on the debate. this amendment is not about americans inboxes and o
over a decade ago, as my friend mr.r said a moment ago, a group of intelligence experts unanimously recommended requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of section 702 data that group included michael morel, former acting director of the c.i.a., and richard a. clark, former chief counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. bipartisan. recommended the same thing that we have in our warrant today with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the...