further the overreaching by the justice department impacts us here in congress, republican and democrat. for example, legislation addressing online infringement hits a road block on the fore, in part because the public doesn't trust the currejustice department to do the right thing and i heard -- the american people are worried that the justice department will use power for political sensor ship in the case of that law. even though all of us here probably know that there's a need for us to do something to stop the stealing of property. that's the kind of impact the distrust has had and affects us all. the stevens prosecution and these other examples are all serious problems that i hope will be addressed. not to mention the fact that the failed prosecution costs the taxpayers threefold. the cost to investigate and prosecute the special investigators and third the dea dea deaf-defense attorneys, the cost alone is reason enough for us to discuss the cases in the committee here in their oversight capacity and even hold hearings to get to the bottom of what's going on. the public and the --

further, the over reaching by the justice department impacts us here in congress republican democrat. for example legislation addressing online infringement hits a road block on the floor in part because of the public doesn't trust the current justice department to do the right thing and instead i heard from many constituents on this point during my 36 town meetings in january the american people are worried that the justice department will use power for political censorship in the case of that law. even though all of us probably here know that there is a need for us to do something to stop stealing of property. that's the kind of impact that distrust has had and affects us all. the stevens prosecution and these other examples are serious problems that i hope will be addressed not to mention the fact that the failed prosecution cost the taxpayers threefold. first the cost to investigate and prosecute. second the cost of the special investigators and third the defense attorneys paid to defend the prosecutors from contempt charges. the defense attorneys alone cost taxpayers 1.8 million.

us. >> reporter: in rick santorum first year in the private sector after leaving the senate he quadrupled his salary. he used his defeat here in congressortunity. on the stump rick santorum sells himself as a candidate from coal mining country, champion of the working class. >> i'm not an oil man from texas. i'm the grandson of a coal miner. >> reporter: these days rick santorum is hardly working class. four years of newly released tax returns he raked in a total of $3.6 million. made nearly $667,000 in 2007 his first year in the private sector and nearly doubled that by 2009 earning $1.12. he earned less than mitt romney and beginning. in 2010 his income was $21.7 million. gingrich 3.1. santorum 90,000. most of santorum's income came from work from media contracts. romney's campaign says santorum cashed in as a washington insider. he describes it this way. >> really great opportunity to give a whole bunch of different life experiences in the private-sector and i think that's made me a better candidate coming forward here for president. >> reporter: bigger paychecks allowed santorum to move his seven children he bought in suburban wash

further, the overreaching by the justice department impacts us here in congress. legislation addressing online infringement hits a roadblock on the floor in part because of the public not trusting your current justice department to do the right thing. instead, i heard from many constituents on this point during my 36 town meetings in january, the american people are worried that the justice department will use power for political censorship in the case of that law, even though all of us probably know there is a need for us to do something to stop stealing a property. that is the kind of impact that this trust has had and it affects of us all. these are all examples of serious problems that i hope will be addressed, not to mention the fact that the failed prosecution costs taxpayers threefold -- the cost to investigate and prosecute, the cost of the special investigators, and third, the defense attorneys paid to defend the prosecutors from contempt charges. the defense attorneys cost $10 million alone. the public's confidence in the department is questioned. the bes

on february eighth initiated non-binding resolution here in the us congress stands in calls for the independence and separation of the most province from pakistan despite the best efforts from the white house and the state department to disavow the us congressman initiative the irreparable damage to their bio lateral relations between pakistan and the united states has been done and that is to face a clear and present danger from the us policy of both can ization in pakistan which is the hidden agenda aims splitting federalizing pakistan in the same fish as iraq almost five years ago if the us policy of balcon i.z. various federalizing iraq didn't succeed it doesn't mean the u.s. policymakers wouldn't give it yet another shock these stime in pakistan. well to some other stories from around the world now this hour a suicide car bomber has hit about the airport in eastern afghanistan killing nine people in a huge blast an explosion went off near the entrance gates destroying several cars parked in the area the taliban claimed responsibility saying attack was revenge for the burning of copies of th

particular administration or congress my understanding, that's it's structure in place to try to give you that independence. am i missing something here? >> set up that way. congress set us up to try to create independence in making monetary policy decisions. we have a role a number of roles including supervisory ole roles on so on, bringing us in cabinet with housing mortgages and so on. i want to be clear to this committee, our intention, try to provide useful background and in all cases looked at both sides of the issue, and we recognize we had no doubt whatsoever that it's congress that has to make those decisions. >> and i appreciate that, and i am of -- having been here through some of the stormy weather, i think there are lessons to be learned by all of us. you and governors looking, congress looking at what we did or didn't do, hopefully people in the private sector. the notion that somehow we might ask the fed to come up with a report on the recovery act. i mean, there is an independent agency. it's called the cbo, which we set up to give us that. who produced such a report that said that it raised real inflation adjusted gdp between 0.3% and 1.9 and lower unemp

i know all of us are concerned not just the people here in the congress but mr. beers and others in the administration, we have a stark and troubling picture but perhaps there's a silver lining, it seems that the department is taking the situation clearly. but i want to talk about congress's role, it's easy at a hearing like this after we get a report of a failure to beat up on the people running the program. but congress has a responsibility as well. this program was established at an appropriations bill, not a bill that came out of this committee, it was rider on

obama and those in congress if they cared at all about our civil liberties as we've been saying for months there are quite a few concerns raised by fast tracking domestic drone use here in the u.s. and it's hardly giger of the policy counsel at the center for democracy and technology explain to us there wasn't really an outcry when congress had its hands on this legislation. bipartisan effort and passed overwhelmingly in the republican controlled house and also in the democratic controlled senate there were no hearings the bill passed the house and three years later power.

use spectrum. >> two of the issues that we worry about here in the united states, the congress, piracy and privacy, what is ericcson doing about those issues? >> you have to be careful. huge massive networks that are going to be used and people get the local developments. you have to remember the benefits. on the other hand, you need to understand the privacy issues and see that people really understand what people are getting into. and the privacy has been the price of wine. it is clear that piracy is not a way to do business. people are investing quite a bit of money and piracy is not fair. we work very hard. we see more and more of that and given that a society wants to be connected, these will be important challenges in a society. >> has ericcson suffered from pier asy issues? >> as world leader, of course there are people who want to -- it's quite difficult because we are in the r&d sector. but that's not my main concern. we share our technologies. we standard ardize the technologies. you can use it and then it's a little bit from our industry that we are sharing between each other to get the

obama and those in congress if they cared at all about our civil liberties as we've been saying for months there are quite a few concerns raised by fast tracking domestic drone use here in the u.s. and it's hardly giger of the policy council at the center for democracy and technology explain to us there wasn't really an outcry when congress had its hands on this legislation. a bipartisan effort and passed overwhelmingly in the republican controlled house and then also in the democratic controlled senate there were no hearings the bill passed the house and three years later passed the senate so the thing was fast tracked no hearings on privacy the bill mentioned nothing about the civil liberties implications of filling the sky with flying robots. that's right they just fast track to bill with no chance of privacy advocates to explain why they're against robots tracking your every move and how we should properly prepare and adjust the rules on this kind of thing now an article from the republic report might explain why that is lobbyists so you turns out of the association for unmanned vehicle systems international which is the drone trade group has doubled its lobbying

. >>> privacy advocates are worried now that congress has authorized the increased use of unman aerial drone here in the united states. these eyes in the skies have been instrumental in the fight against terrorists abroad, but do we want them spying on american citizens at home? gary nurenberg has that. >> reporter: they can look really little , especially way up in the sky. essentially invisible. >> the thing that allows observation of people by the government in public places. but this is to an entirely new unprecedented degree. >> reporter: the bigger ones, predators and global hawks, have helped track and with bombs kill american military enemies abroad. and police see law enforcement uses at home scoping out a street demo like those we see so often in dc. following suspects say in an illegal gun case. seeing who is illegally crossing the border and wear or taking over the duties now filled by more expensive helicopters with their pilots. >> you can give law enforcement the ability to have some sort of aerial asset at a much cheaper cost. >> reporter: fighting wildfires. any type of fire for tha

in a place that really isn't even good enough to give away. i know the law may require us to do this environmental clean-up, but we think we make the laws here in the congress and we could change that law. if the local community doesn't want the facility, we'll plant some trees, loing the gate, come back and cut the trees and whatever the environmental problem was it will undoubtedly be much less. clearly this impacts what you can do in personnel and modernization and in r&d. would you tell us for the record how much more you could do in personnel, modernization and res a dndd if we could close these facilities without the obligatory clean-up? i have a question, general dempsey. if you ask our combatant commanders what they would like more of, it's always isr. so it's appropriate that the new defense strategy crites intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of the one of the capabilities, and i quote, critickri critical to our future success. yet the d.o.d. budget request is approximately $1 billion, or 25% less than fiscal year '12 for isr programs. each of the services is terminating at major isr program in the fiscal '13 budget request. the army reco

is the type of compromise and governing our constituents and all of america wants to see us do here in congress. i want to encourage the leadership on both sides of the aisle to get this deal done, move forward, and create jobs in this great country. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. connolly: madam speaker there's nothing more important in a democracy than sunshine. this march among the most historic momentous occasions ever to come before the supreme court will be health care. many americans supported health care reform. many opposed it. it was the product of hundreds of hours of debate on this very floor and in committees over many months. and while there's a limited number of seats for the public here in the house, thanks to c-span, millions of americans have the opportunity to view those proceedings. unfortunately, when the case comes before the supreme court just 50 americans wil

in whether there is a challenge to conventional wisdom before us today. i can tell when you oil prices peaked at $147 per barrel in 2008, we here in congress talked a lot about it. you didn't see much in terms of policy changes. we should take a lesson from that experience and recognize that times of relative stability are an opportunity to recall what we said in times of crisis. it's times like now when we're able to have a more reasoned discussion that i believe we should seek to develop a coherent policy and then act on it. i'm particularly interested in whether the u.s. can hold it together and truly see through this natural gas revolution that's risen to the top of our energy discussion. technology developed here at home has allowed us to tap the abundant resources that we have and we're faced with some pretty good problems, actually. what to do with all the gas? how to handle the rapidly expanding development in a sustainable way? and how to keep growing in this space without self destructing throughout the regulatory or fiscal policy reactions? so for obvious reasons, i'm going to be asking this morning where alaska fits into this picture. our very un

the young man spy plane military uses in afghanistan in iraq to keep murderers from doing more murdering, they may soon be here at home over us. that congress the president is expected to sign into law. it orders the federal aviation administration that come up with new regulations to test and license drone aircraft for use in american airspace by the year 2015. the agency officials say guess how many. 30,000 of them could be ready to launch by 2020. 30,000. critics say the drones do pose risks to public safety and personal privacy. catherine herridge is live in washington with the details. catherine, support ires argue this technology will help them a lot of ways but immean can anybody see a downside here. >> some people do, shepard. just to give you some context, most drones are unarmed and they can be used for surveillance to establish a suspect's daily routine or what law enforcement calls a pattern of life in iraq, for instance, we used them to track down bomb factories this that case you would basically backtrack the people who placed the bomb to the factory that it came from. >> well, homeland security currently uses drones on the bo

in 1997. our gracious host for that day was congress member sonny bono. dozens of us have come here for generatio generations. we lay problems at your feet. snap photos and return home. the ritual has become an industry in and of itself. people share their problems with me, too. we can articulate problems very easily, but crafting solutions requires more effort. america's illegal immigration program has reached a fevered pitch. some argue that it is a drain on resources. others insist that so woven, it would kill the industry. those of legal and illegal status maintain landscapes and harvest crops. we know solutions have lingered on the horizon much like a cloud bank producing lightning and thunder and wind, but no rain. it's time that we work together to break this drought. i salute you, mr. chairman, and other members who demonstrated courage in the 21st century solutions in the guest worker program. legal service reform and vouchers and transferring to usda are ideas that warrant immediate consideration. these proposals and others, though must not compete with, but be complimente

we have made progress on ending discriminatory practices here in congress, like ending don't ask, don't tell, but it is up to us in maine to allow same-sex marriage. i am confident we will do the right thing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from delaware seek recognition? mr. carney: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carney: i rise today to talk about the scription drug shortage crisis we have today in america. our across the country, patients are being forced to go out the critical medication they need to battle diseases and stay healthy this crisis is hitting cancer patients especially hard. with serious shortages of chemotherapy drugs. that's why this week, i introduced the drug shortage prevention act with larry but shon -- bucshon, my colleague from indiana. we work to fix regulatory problems causing these shortages. it also improves communication so doctors and patients have the information they need to make smart treatment decisions. this is not a partisan issue. drug shortages affect all of us and so i urge my

us here. it was about making sure that there was no perception or reality as far as members of congress or those in washington 's ability to use ousts bill. this is outside of who we are and what we do. the bipartisan consensus was to make sure we stand up and abide by that trust. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i said it has to do with the possibility that there would be an opportunity for anyone to take advantage of non-public information. that was the purpose of this bill. it was dealing with the perception and if there was any chance or fact of using non-public information for personal profit, we were not going to allow it. and that's now produced the coming together to require disclosure upon transacting any stock. >> [ inaudible ]. >> you know, i think there was a lot of input. again, i'd indicated, working with mr. walz. i've been working with many members about concerns on this issue. to act with dispatch on tant this very straightforward issue. the issue is -- are members of congress going to be willing to be transparent in their actions as far as trading stock is concerned? because we are privy to n

here in san francisco to use it. supervisor avalos: for it to be expanded and you say it is in flux, does it mean that the fcc or congress has to approve what the new definitions would be to make it more specific? how would that be settled? >> congress could change the definition. they're written in federal law. in the absence of congressional action, it is up to the fcc to define those definitions and interpret more clearly for us to can and cannot use the system. there really is the fcc at this point making those decisions. >supervisor avalos: for our purposes, who are the people, city workers who are considered first responders? >> it is the public safety agencies. we have looked at this and find it for purposes of county, 875 devices as the agencies to sit in the eoc when it is activated in an emergency. there are 19 agencies that currently are called to be part of the eeoc -- eoc when it is activated. that is when we have drawn our line right now in terms of who can and cannot be an fallujah -- user on the system. that does include mta. it does include dpw, i believe and some of the other agencies that you would not

in the payroll tax through the end of this year. nbc's tracy pots joins us from washington with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. here's why that was such a big deal. if congressoes nothing then that payroll tax cut that put extra money in worker's paychecks this year expires at the end of this month and no one here on capitol hill wants to deal with the political fallout of that. >> reporter: negotiators announced a tentative deal last night to keep the 2% payroll tax cut in place the rest of this year for 160 million working americans. >> at the end of the day the more that americans can keep their own money in their own pocket, i think that's better long term. >> reporter: the deal happened after the obama administration went on the offensive and republicans agreed to add the $100 billion cost to america's red ink. tea party republicans insisted this tax break be paid for. >> this is the bottom line. i'm concerned about the pay for raising the fees but its a he a good deal for the american people. >> reporter: the deal also keeps unemployment benefits rolling though the maximum 99 will drop to 73 by year's end. and it prevents a 27% cut in payments to medic

experience tez state level offer really importance insight to this committee in congress and we appreciate having you here with us. and i just talked to both of you before the hearing. and thank you. i want to thank you again. it's always very special for us when we have leaders here who can bring their experiences to us. a year ago the committee met to examine the state of the workforce. it was our first hearing of the 112th congress. and flekted our commitment to make job creation an american competitiveness top priorities. much has happened since we met in january of 2011. unemployment was 9.1%. today, it stands at 8.5%. nearly 14 million workers were unemployed, now one million fewer workers are unemployed. the number of long term unemployed, those out of work for 27 weeks or more, also declined from 6.2 million to 5.6 million. these facts may demonstrate modest progress, but far too many americans continue to face significant hardship in this tough economy. the number of americans participates in labor force is at its lowest level in 28 years. more than eight million individuals are working part time because

privacy advocates are concerned now that congress has authorized the increased use of unmanned aerial drones here in the u.s. >> these are the eyes in the sky that have been instrumental in fighting terrorists abroad. gary nurenberg examines the future of policing in america. >> reporter: they can look really little. essentially invisible. >> the fourth amendment allows observation by the government of people in public places but this is to a new degree, unprecedented. >> reporter: the bigger ones, predators and global hawks have tracked and helped kill terrorists abroad. following suspects say in an illegal gun case, seeing who's illegally crossing the border and where or taking over the duties normally filled by more expensive helicopters and their pilots. >> you can give law enforcement the ability to have aerial assets cheaper. >> reporter: fighting wildfires or any type of fire for that malter. >> give situational awareness to the firefighters on the ground where the hot spots are, where people might be trapped. >> reporter: but some see dangers. >> we have this really weird inconsistency with

are using public service for their own benefit and restore public trust in public officials from the courthouse to congress. further, it makes clear that nobody can be using their inside information here to be making money in the stock market and other places. all of which destroys the public trust which we hold. this congress is so, so, so much better than the ratings the public gives it. some of us because of a few bad apples and some of us a misunderstanding of what we do. this bill will go a long way to cleaning up congress and the impurities of impropriety which is important as impropriety. we need to be like caesar's wife, beyond reproach, and this bill will do a lot towards it. i take my hat, again, to ms. slaughter and mr. walz, and i'm proud to be one of the original nine. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, the majority leader, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from texas. madam speaker, our government was founde

are using public service for their own benefit and restore public trust in public officials from the courthouse to congress. further, it makes clear that nobody can be using their inside information hereo be making money in the stock market and other places. all of which destroys the public trust which we hold. this congress is so, so, so much better than the ratings the public gives it. some of us because of a few bad apples and some of us a misunderstanding of what we do. this bill will go a long way to cleaning up congress and the impurities of impropriety which is important as impropriety. we need to be like caesar's wife, beyond reproach, and this bill will do a lot towards it. i take my hat, again, to ms. slaughter and mr. walz, and i'm proud to be one of the original nine. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, the majority leader, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from texas. madam speaker, our government was founded

obviously we have people on a fixed income in this environment where gasoline us up 100% in the last here to years, they're saying, someone listen to our plea. congress did this on purpose. you can argue whether it was nefarious. >> are you going to go over the line and say it was conspiracy? >> i'm saying it was done on purpose because no politician wants to have an environment where people are screaming and yelling at inflation, and also unless the federal reserve wants to print more money they can argue, there's no inflation. we want to print more money. what they probably should be looking at or comedy come mod diprices. >> you can go 50% higher. depending on circumstances. >> 5 or 6% real number to you. >> absolutely. look at the numbers you ticked off coming into the show. i think everyone out there knows it, and unfortunately this gets news trouble. this is when you flood the economy with money and other things like that. >> charles, thank you very much. >> you should get your own show, you know? >> happy anniversary? maybe not because exactly three years after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus into law, the nation's experiencing

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normal in the communications or for the regulators to talk about the latest development and how they can use spectrum. >> to of the issues we worry about here in the united states, the congresse fcc, piracy and privacy. what is ericsson doing about those issues? >> first of all, your honor absolutely right. we need to be careful because everything is and be open and networks will be used and then people are going to get a lot of benefit from it. on the one hand you need the benefits of getting in an effort society. on the other hand, you also need to understand the privacy issues and people to understand what they are getting into. the piracy has been there for quite a while and we have been very clear it is not fair there are many people investing quite a lot in order to do this product and piracy. so i think that we need as an industry to come together to work very hard and see we are not accepting that and we see more and more of that and given that the network would have more and more connected this will be important challenge in that society. >> has ericsson suffered from piracy issues? >> i think that as a world leader in the communication from a long time of course th

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in congress representing florida's 12th district in the u.s. house of representatives. thank you, commissioner putnam, for being here. last but certainly not leers, secretary spellings is with us. the eighth u.s. secretary of education, currently she's president and ceo of margaret spellings and company and a strategic adviser to the united states chamber of commerce where she's president for the u.s. forum for policy innovation. as secretary of education, she led the implementation of the historic no child left behind. of course, our moderator and chief, the extraordinary dr. doug is back. doug, the floor is all yours. enjoy the panel. >> all right. thank you. welcome to the panel on immigration in the work force, dispelling the myths. as we did this morning, i thought we'd let the panelists open with a few introductory remarks. in an effort to avoid boredom i defer to local politics and let the floridian open the remarks plchl put numb. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be part of this panel and talk about an issue that has become one of the hottest, most emotional, most passionate issues. it's generated an awful lot of heat but not a whole lot of light. hopefully i

us for fy12, and -- >> well, here's the story. the budget before us actually investments only half as much in weatherization for 2013 as we did in 2008. that was last year of the bush administration. 2012, congress approved huge cuts to weatherization, dropping funding to $68 million in 2012 down from $227 million in 2008. now, you're right. you went up from last year, but significantly below where we were in 2008. would you agree with me that investing in weatherization is a win-win-win situation? >> oh, i agree, and so we've asked for an increase. not quite double, but a big increase from what we were authorized, but -- and i think programs that with not only the federal dollars but also programs -- because i really think if done right, weatherization can actually savo borrow, whether you're a business or homeowner, if paid back in moderate interest loans can actually decrease your bills. >> right. no. we certainly agree. i hope that you will work with us, because i don't know that there's any, much partisan disagreement on that. it's common sense. if i lower your fuel bill by 30%, why not? right? >> right. >> and if we create jobs as part of that process, that's a winner. let me ask you this

us here today. >>> good afternoon. today the department of defense submitted the report to congress. the department in coordination with the military department's reviewed laws, policies and regulations as required to determine if any changes were needed to ensure female members have an equitable opportunity to compete and excel in the u.s. armed forces. while the services have opened additional positions to women over the years with this report, congress provided us an opportunity to review all gender restrictive policies from a broad departmentwide perspective with all services senior leaders at the table. the report was anticipated to be delivered to congress in october. however, the department required additional time to ensure this important issue receive the fullest consideration within the department of defense, military departments and chiefs of staff. i will provide a brief overview of the report which reflects the provisions of preventing members from hizing to the highest levels that their talents an capabilities warrant. the reports' findings represent the concerted efforts of all the mili

us here. you know the conversations happening within members of congress in the states about arming the rebelsria. they are making a comparison to what we saw in libya to what's happening in syria. is that fair and accurate to do that? >> it is a very different conflict. in libya, in many ways libya didn't matter. it's an oil-rich country with a tiny population, just 6 million people surrounded by desert practically on the mediterranean. and this is a country that has deep international ties. it is connected to iran. it is connected to hezbollah. there is an ethnic division within the country with a shiite minority ruling the country and a sunni majority trying to under seat the government. so a very different dynamic, much more complicated. there was a belief that a quick intervention in libya would betom the government and that a new regime would come in even libya, which is far more simple than syria, has proven to be difficult. the syrian opposition here like in libya is also quite mysterious. a lot of u.s. officials don't know exactly who they would be arming. there's not a clear leadersh