these services and programs. thank you. >> thank you. mr. chairman shepherd. >> thank you. i agree that it would be devastating to our tribe, to our region, to indian country as a whole and again, i agree that across the board cuts aren't the way to go. historically, tribes have been underfunded for -- since the beginning. and also, in the beginning, too, tribes were predominant lit self-sufficient prior to the everything that's been happening and us assimilating to the new way of life that we're attempting to still live. and to cut budgets even further,

i mean, the treaties, the treaties have been around for a long time. the trust responsibility has been around a long time. and it's never been fully met financially. and -- the services i guess is what it comes back to, the services from the government. we're trying to run our own tribal governments. we have our own services. we provide the best we can, and you start cutting the dollars, it's going to take away from the people and it will be devastating for us to continue to cut over the years. thank you. >> well, i want to thank you very much for your patience here and we, i thank you very much for your responses through the questions and your testimony. and i want to again express mahalo, thank you to the

witnesses at today's hearing. >> mahalo. >> the testimony we have heard today makes it evident that the president's budget request for native programs reflects a concerted effort to fulfill the trust responsibility. however, we heard significant concerns about the potential impacts of streamlining sequestration and balancing fiscal responsibility wind-chill the trust responsibility. i look forward to continuing these conversations with administration, tribal leaders, like you and tribal organizations. finally, i would like to once again express the importance of hearing from all interested

stakeholders on these matters. the hearing record will remain open for written testimony for two weeks from today. so mahalo, thank you very much. and thank you for being here to help us work together with you to help indian country and the indigenous people of our country. so thank you very much. this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you, chairman. >> thank you. >> mahalo. just over 30 years ago, president reagan elected sandra day o'connor to be on the supreme court. today, justice day o'connor spoke to the three women who followed her in the court. it will be live on c-span2

starting at 6:30 eastern. indiana's senator richard luger is running for his seventh determine, and he's being challenged in the republican primary by state treasurer richard murdoch. you can see the two debate live from indianapolis today on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, american history dv takes a look at the presidency of richard nixon. at 8:00 eastern, an oral history of elizabeth holtzman, who considered impeachment charge against nixon. and at 9:30, david gergen who, as a speech writ writer for president nixon, wrote the president's resignation letter. april 15, 1912, nearly 1,500

perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they shouted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. but ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what object. then he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you say? the response was iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and myths of that night this weekend on c-span3.

earlier today, president obama continued to make his case on raising taxes for the wealthiest americans. his proposal would require anyone making $1 million a year to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. speaking in front of several millionaires, the president also said his rule could be renamed the reagan rule, since the former president had called for a simpler and more fair tax code. the senate is expected to take a role on the rule when they return from break next week.

[ no audio ] or we can build an economy where we're rewarding hard work and responsibility, an economy from everybody has a fair shot, and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same set of rules. the people who joined me here today are extremely successful. they created jobs and opportunities for thousands of americans. they're rightly proud of their success. they love the country that made their success possible, and most importantly, they want to make sure that the next generation, people coming up behind them have the same opportunities that they had.

they understand for some time now that when compared to the middle class, they haven't been asked to do their fair share and they're here because they believe there's something wrong and irresponsible about that. at a time when the share of national income belonging to the top 1% of people in this country has climbed to levels we haven't seen since the 1920s, they're paying taxes at one of the lowest rates in 50 years. in fact, 1 in 4 millionaires pays a lower tax rates than millions of hard-working middle class households. and while many millionaires do pay their fair share, some take advantage of loopholes and shelters that let them get away with no income taxes whatsoever. my friend lower buffet noted that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. because he's the one who's been pointing that out and said we

should fix it. the executives who are with me here today, not just behind me, but in the audience agree with him. they agree with warren, this should be fixed. they, in fact, have brought some of their own assistants to prove that same point. it's just plain wrong that middle class americans pay a higher share of their income in taxes than some millionaires and billionaires. i have yet to meet people who just love taxes. nobody loves paying taxes. in a perfect world, none of us would have to pay any taxes. we would have no deficits to pay down and schools and bridges and roads and national defense and caring if you are our veterans would all happen magically. we would all have the money we need to make investments in the things that help us grow. investments, by the i what, that

have always been essential to the private sector success as well. not just -- they're not just important terms of the people that directly benefit from these program, but historically, those investments that we've made in infrastructure, education and science and technology and transportation. that's part of what has made us an economic superpower. and it would be nice if we didn't have to pay for them. we have real choices and real consequences. right now, we've got significant deficits. that are going to have to be closed. right now we have significant needs if we want to continue to grow this economy and compete in this 21st century hyper competitive technologically integrated economy. that means we can't afford to keep spending more money on tax

cuts for wealthy americans who won't need them and weren't even asking for them. it's time we did something about it. this is not simply an issue of redistributing wealth. that's what you'll hear from those who object to a tax plan that is fair. this is not just about fairness, this is also about growth. this is also about being able to make the investments we need to success. we need to pay for those deficits. congress is going to have a chance to vote on the buffet rule. it's simple. if you make more than $1 million a year, not if you have $1 million, fbut if you make more than $1 million, you should pay

at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families do. if, on the other hand, if you make less than $250,000 a year, like 98% of american families do, your taxes shouldn't go up. that's all there is to it. most americans agree with me. so do most millionaires. one survey found that 2/3 of millionaires support this idea. so did nearly half of all republicans across america. so we just need some of the republican 34rigss here in washington to get onboard with where the country is. what they won't tell you the truth, i've cut taxes for middle class families each year i've been in office. i cut taxes for small business owners not once or twice but 17 finals. as i said to most folks in this

room, taxes are lower than they've been or as low as they've been in 50 years. there are others who are saying well, this is just a gimmick. just taxing millionaires and billionaires, just imposing the buffet rule won't do enough to close the deficit. well, i agree. that's not all we have to do to deficit. but the notion it doesn't solve the entire problem doesn't mean we shouldn't do it at all. there are enough excuses for inaction in washington. we certainly don't need more excuses. it will help us close our deficit and it's more specific than anything the other side have proposed so far. and if the republicans in congress were truly concerned for deficits and debts then i'm assuming they wouldn't have just proposed to spend an additional

$4.6 trillion on lower tax rates including a tax cut of $150,000 for every millionaire in america. they want to go in the opposite direction. they want to double down on some of the inequities that already exist in the tax code. either you have to borrow more money to pay down a deeper deficit, or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices from the middle class and cut investments that help us grow as an dmi. -- economy. you have to tell seniors to pay a little bit more for their medicare. you tell the college student, we're going to have to charge you higher interest rates on your student loan or you're going to have to get smaller student loans.

you're going to have to tell that working family who's scraping by, you're going to have to do more because the wealthiest of americans are doing less. that's not right. we shouldn't let that happen. we're not going to stop investing in things that create wealth for this country just so folks like me can get an additional tax cut. we're not going to stop building first class cools and make sure they have science labs in them. we're not going to fail to make investments in science and research that could cure diseases that harm people or create the new technology that ends up creating entire jobs and industries that we haven't seen before. prosperity isn't trickled down from a wealthy few.

it's all been built from the bottom up and the heart of the middle class outward. it's time for congress to stand up for the middle class and make our tax system fair bypassing this buffet rule. i'm not the first to suggest that the rich should do their fair share. one of my predecessors said he got a letter from a wealthy individual who said paid less on his taxes than his secretary and wanted that to change. my predecessor said it was crazy that a millionaire is paying nothing while a bus driver is paying 10% of his family. and wild-eyed socialist tax hiking class warrior was ronald reagan.

he thought in america the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so. i know that might disqualify him from the republican primaries these dpas, but what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for now, a return to basic fairness and responsibility. everybody doing their part. if it help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we can call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. but the choice is clear, this vote is coming up, i'm asking every american who a i gree with with me to call your member of congress, write them an e-mail, stweet them, tell them stop giving tax breaks to the wealthiest americans who don't need them and aren't asking for them. tell them to start asking everybody to do their fair share and play by the same rules so that every american who is

willing to work hard has a chance at similar success. so that we're making the investments to help this economy gr gr grow. tell them to pass the buffet rule. i'm going to keep making in case across the country because i think this rule is consistent with those principles and those values that have helped make us this remarkable place where everybody has opportunity. there's a responsibility to us to future generations. now it's our turn to be is similarly responsible. i want to thank those of you who are with me here today.

i want to thank everybody in the audience. i want to appeal to the american people, let's make sure that we keep the pressure on congress stood the right thing. thank you very much, everybody. tonight, american history tv looks at the presidency of richard nixon. at 8:00 eastern, elizabeth holtzman, a member of the congressional committee that considered imimpeachment charge against president nirks son. at 8:30, a friend of elvis presley describes the 1970 oval office meeting between elvis and the president. and at 9:30, david gergen who as

a speech writer for president nixon wrote the president's resignation letter. >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and same game on. i know a lot of folks are going to write, maybe even those at the white house, game over. but this game is a long, long, long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight and make sure we defeat president barack obama that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate and we stand for the values that make us american, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world to be a beacon for everybody? for freedom around the world. . >> even with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid. follow the steps he took to the white house online and with the

c-span library. the obama administration's budget request for the justice department is $27 billion. that's a slight decrease over the current year. attorney general eric holder testified about the budget last month on capitol hill. much of the questioning focused on the corruption prosecution of former senator ted stevens.

>> morning, everybody. the appropriations subcommittee will come to order. this morning we -- this morning we welcome the attorney general of the united states, and as is

the usual and customary way, senator hutchison and i will make opening statements. we'll go to you, mr. attorney general, for yours, and you may summarize with unanimous consent that all statements be included in the record. senator shelby, our colleague and former ranking member on this subcommittee has a banking hearing. with senator hutchison's concurrence, we'll go right to senator shelby for the first question. does that sound okay? we'll observe senators in their order of arrival. we expect robust participation. we're going to strictly adhere to the five-minute rule. so having laid the groundwork, i just want to say good morning

and welcome to our first cjs subcommittee hearing. the attorney general of the united states, in which we will hear his presentation on the department of justice budget. we have a very positive relationship with the attorney general. he's brought to the justice department the experience of a career prosecutor. he's been dedicated to fighting violent crime and terrorism. he knows he is pioneering work, now working with our administration on how to deal with the new and emerging threat of cyber security which is how do we protect our citizens? and his views and recommendations on protecting our civil liberties. well, mr. attorney general, before we get into the numbers about the money, i would just like to thank you and in thanking you, want to thank all the hard working men and women who do work at the department of justice. there are 119,000 employees who work there, 25,000 are federal agents and people work at fbi, dea, the u.s. marshals, the alcohol and firearms. we have 20,000 prison guards and

correctional staff and 10,000 prosecutors and investigators. they've done some amazing accomplishments which i'll talk about in -- when i get to my question period. but we want to thank them because every day in every way they stand sentry, either to do prevention and intervention, to make sure they're out on the street doing traditional violent crime work, to really being all over the world. and fighting issues related to white collar crime. as the chair of the cjs subcommittee, i have three priorities when examining the budget, community security, how does the budget support the mission of keeping our communities safe; national security, what resources are needed to keep america safe; and oversight and accountability, no boondoggles on the watch of this subcommittee.

and i want to make sure the justice department has what it needs to do its mission. there's only -- as i looked at the president's budget, i saw noted that there was only one new initiative, and that's the expansion of mortgage and financial fraud. that request is $611 million. it's a modest $5 million targeted increase. we're going to want to hear more about that because we in our own state of maryland have seen such a rising number of scams and schemes and predator predatory lending practices, and we need to know what you want to do with the money. we can't have a strong economically vibrant community unless they're safe, whether it's in our neighborhoods, whether it's protecting small

business on main street. so i want to know how the budget will keep america safe at home on main street. the request for $2 billion for grants to state and local law enforcement, i wonder if it's sufficient. this is $32 million below the 2012. we would have to consider reorganizing priorities. the state and local funding seems to have born the brunt of budget cuts. since 2010, grants have been cut by a billion dollars in local funding. now, part of this was the ax and acts of the congress itself. many of my colleagues don't realize that cuts have consequences in discretionary spending. we need to hear your view on what we can do.

we know the gao has recommended that you should conduct a review and eliminate unnecessary duplication. we support that. we also want to look in community security at the protecting of our children. one of the areas of bipartisan support is in the money to catch predators who use the internet to talk children, break up children's pornography rings and track down and arrest these child molesters. we understand you're requesting $328 million. we'll look forward to seeing how you will allocate that and what to do. the southwest border, my colleague, senator hutchison has worked acidulously in that area. i want to know that this is not only a bipartisan support, we

think it ought to be nonpartisan to support our border. i'll let her raise those questions in there. in the area of cyber threats, our nation faces a growing and pervasive threat overseas from hacker, cyber spies and cyber terrorists. we need safe and resilient networks. we worry about online banking and commerce, the safety of our power grids, air traffic control systems, digitized records. yesterday the congress held, with the administration -- the senate held a cyber exercise. the majority of the senators were there to listen to an exercise on an attack on a major city's power grid. it was chilling. it was terrifying to know what happened there and what we could do to protect it. so we need to know about cyber. finally i want to know how the justice department is improving its accountability to taxpayers. you know you've gotten a bad rap, some of them about lavish banquets, cost overruns, the ig doing its audits, and if should. we want to know how we stand sentry over the money we do spend. we have very specific questions. with the number of people here, i'm shortening my statement. i'll turn now to senator hutchison and then to you. >> well, thank you, madam chairman, very much, not only r