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mr. leahy: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: thank you. this is not the first time -- it is actually not going to be the last time -- that i'll speak in this chamber about the iran nuclear agreement but i listened to some of the hearings on the subject of both bodies, the house and senate last week, and i wanted to provide a bit of my own perspective on the challenge before us. i was a law student here in washington during the 1962 cuban missile crisis, and while my wife and i were living probably two miles from the white house we were paying very close attention to what might happen. and afterward as more of the history came out we realized that some of president kennedy's top advisors and members of congress pushed for a military attack on cuba actually a military attack against the then-soviet union. the war between the two nuclear superpowers would, at the very least, risk the annihilation of
mr. leahy: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: thank you. this is not the first time -- it is actually not going to be the last time -- that i'll speak in this chamber about the iran nuclear agreement but i listened to some of the hearings on the subject of both bodies, the house and senate last week, and i wanted to provide a bit of my own perspective on the challenge before us. i was a law...
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lautenberg, mr. leahy, mr. lee... >> ...and that's about all. i just... i'm sorry that i have such a... >> mr. reed of rhode island, mr. reid of nevada... >> you know, i think my psyche was just kind of letting in little bits at a time, it was just all so... such a whirlwind of craziness for me. >> mr. schumer, mr. scott, mr. sessions, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby... >> narrator: also watching in the gallery, tucson survivor pat maisch. >> i went from being sad to being mad. they're all down there in their good ol' boy stance, shaking hands, chatting. >> mr. wyden... (gavel banging) >> on this vote the amendment is not agreed to. >> like people's lives aren'tes in the balance on this, and i just thought they needed to be shamed. they should be ashamed of themselves. i stood up and said, "shame on you." shame on you! >> there will be order in the senate. >> because they needed to be shamed. shame on them. shame on me if after what i've gotten to witness i choose to be quiet. >> i'm surprised that she was the only one, actually, that burst out... because it was
lautenberg, mr. leahy, mr. lee... >> ...and that's about all. i just... i'm sorry that i have such a... >> mr. reed of rhode island, mr. reid of nevada... >> you know, i think my psyche was just kind of letting in little bits at a time, it was just all so... such a whirlwind of craziness for me. >> mr. schumer, mr. scott, mr. sessions, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby... >> narrator: also watching in the gallery, tucson survivor pat maisch. >> i went from being sad...
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mr. chairman, ranking member leahy, members of the committee.thank you for inviting me to testify today about the critical importance of inspector general access to information. and thank you for strong bipartisan support of the inspector general community. the problem of our access information is a relatively new one. prior to 2010 not at the justice department or the fbi questioned our legal authority to access all documents in its possession and we obtained grand jury wiretapped and credit information without legal objection and without the need for a legal opinion. indeed, it would be hard to imagine how we could conduct effective oversight of the fbi and dea and other law enforcement component if we were prohibited from revealing information like grand jury and wiretapped information that the agency's frequently used. the oig always handle such information with great care and we fully and completely comply with all statutes limiting the use and disclosure of such information to indeed we have been provided with access to some of the u.s. go
mr. chairman, ranking member leahy, members of the committee.thank you for inviting me to testify today about the critical importance of inspector general access to information. and thank you for strong bipartisan support of the inspector general community. the problem of our access information is a relatively new one. prior to 2010 not at the justice department or the fbi questioned our legal authority to access all documents in its possession and we obtained grand jury wiretapped and credit...
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leahy: i appreciate the statistics you gave us, but mathematically, all of those don't equal a - l - l. mr. uriarte. uriarte: good morning members of the committee. i am pleased to appear before you to discuss the department's commitment to ensuring the office of the inspector general has timely access to all records and can complete its audits and investigations. the department greatly appreciate your commitment to guaranteeing that the i.g. can effectively and efficiently fulfill its critical oversight functions. as attorney general lynch and deputy general yates have stated consistently and unequivocally, the department shares the that an effective and independent i.g. is critical to a functioning department of justice. notwithstanding they should be able to obtain all the information it believes necessary to perform its important oversight role. the department has grappled with two different and potentially conflicting statutory commands. on the one hand congress enacted , the inspector general act , which grants each inspector general to access all records. on the other hand, congress
leahy: i appreciate the statistics you gave us, but mathematically, all of those don't equal a - l - l. mr. uriarte. uriarte: good morning members of the committee. i am pleased to appear before you to discuss the department's commitment to ensuring the office of the inspector general has timely access to all records and can complete its audits and investigations. the department greatly appreciate your commitment to guaranteeing that the i.g. can effectively and efficiently fulfill its critical...
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mr. david smith? >> chairman grassley ranking member leahy and members of this committee, i appreciate the opportunityto appear before you today regarding the recent opinion issued by the office of legal council and their impact on the offices of inspect general to carry out our mission: in addition to the description mr. horowitz provided i want to provide you with specific examples of how the opinion impacted my office even before the opinion was released. this is not just a justice oig problem nor limited to law enforcement data. earlier this year we began an audit of the international trade administration enforcement and compliance business efforts. in april of 2015 the audit team determined the oig needed access to business proprietary information submitted to ita during proceedings and requested the data. both ita and the department of commerce, office of general council, raised concerns that providing the business proprietary information would be a violation along with the federal trade secrets act could expose the department to criminal litigation and penalties. the department's office of gene
mr. david smith? >> chairman grassley ranking member leahy and members of this committee, i appreciate the opportunityto appear before you today regarding the recent opinion issued by the office of legal council and their impact on the offices of inspect general to carry out our mission: in addition to the description mr. horowitz provided i want to provide you with specific examples of how the opinion impacted my office even before the opinion was released. this is not just a justice oig...
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mr. chair. grassley: before i have questions, i know senator leahy has questions for both panels. expect that. what is the normal time -- so, up to one week we will take questions for answer in writing. you have all had a chance to olc --e ol see opinion askolc opinion, i want to all of you, what is the weakest point of the olc opinion? the question of if congress all. it is similar in whistleblower protections with any. it is the same willful disregard of congress's intent. senator grassley: mr. light? professor light: it was in the order of presentation regarding the the linear nation of house provision, dealing with a blanket exemption for the inspector general from the privacy act. reads this and says, well, this is the blow that congress did not intend full access. they deleted the statute with this eloquent language for this provision in 1978. the olc actually reached that by --ing that deletion allows inside the deletion was a mundane effort to clean up the statute. the senate is looking at the house statute and says, you know, this provision is unnecessary. it is kind of insulting. the
mr. chair. grassley: before i have questions, i know senator leahy has questions for both panels. expect that. what is the normal time -- so, up to one week we will take questions for answer in writing. you have all had a chance to olc --e ol see opinion askolc opinion, i want to all of you, what is the weakest point of the olc opinion? the question of if congress all. it is similar in whistleblower protections with any. it is the same willful disregard of congress's intent. senator grassley:...
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mr. chair. >> before i ask questions, i know that senator leahy has questions for both panels looks back that maybe from the other members that aren't here. what's the normal time? so up to one week we will take questions in writing. you have all had a chance to read the olc opinion and hear the testimony on the first panel our first question to all three of you is what do you think the weakest link of the olc opinion is ms. brianne? >> at the risk repeating what was said many times they are ignoring the fact that the congress meant all. it's similar frankly as i know you have doubtless in whistleblower protections where there's a question does any mean any inner disclosure? the same willful disregard and what congress is intent was. >> mr. sub or? >> it was actually an order presentation regarding the deletion of the house provision so dealing with a blanket exemption for the inspector general from the privacy act. olc reads this and says well this is you know below that congress did not intend full access. they deleted the statute with this eloquent language or this provision in 1978. oh we
mr. chair. >> before i ask questions, i know that senator leahy has questions for both panels looks back that maybe from the other members that aren't here. what's the normal time? so up to one week we will take questions in writing. you have all had a chance to read the olc opinion and hear the testimony on the first panel our first question to all three of you is what do you think the weakest link of the olc opinion is ms. brianne? >> at the risk repeating what was said many times...
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mr. chair. >> before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. expect that, and maybe from the other members that aren't here. what's the normal time that we wait? up to one week we'll take questions for answer in writing. you've all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the testimony on the first panel. my first question to all three of you is, what do you think the weakest ling of estest link of the oic opinion is? mrs. bryan. >> they're ignoring the fact that the congress meant all. it's similar frankly, as i know you have dealt with in the whistle-blower protectionings where there is the question of any, did any mean any when congress meant any disclosure. it's a willful disregard of what congress's intent was. >> mr. light? >> it actually was in the order of presentation regarding the deletion of the house provision dealing with a blanket exemption from the privacy act. the oic reads this and says, well this is you know, the blow that congress did not intend full access. they deleted this statute with this eloquent language or or thi
mr. chair. >> before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. expect that, and maybe from the other members that aren't here. what's the normal time that we wait? up to one week we'll take questions for answer in writing. you've all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the testimony on the first panel. my first question to all three of you is, what do you think the weakest ling of estest link of the oic opinion is? mrs. bryan. >>...
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leahy mentioned the collection of phone records. millions of people's phone records are being collected. to my mind, when the fourth amendment says you need to name an individual, i don't know anybody named mrrizon. i think your records, when held by a third party -- this has never been fully adjudicated. but when your records are held by a third party and you have a privacy agreement with them, i think you do not give up your private property interest in your records and you still maintain an interest in those records. [ applause ] one unapologetic senator who i've had a few rounds with says if you're not talking to terrorists, why are you worried? he goes on to say he would sensor the mail if he could. really? this senator goes on to say that when you're an american citizen and they ask for a lawyer, you just tell them to shut up. really? have we stooped so low that that is our standard? have we fallen so low that that is our standard? if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. it's a long way from innocent until proven guilty. our founding fathers would be mortified. i think justice will predominate when the accused is always afforded a lawyer, always afforded due process and
leahy mentioned the collection of phone records. millions of people's phone records are being collected. to my mind, when the fourth amendment says you need to name an individual, i don't know anybody named mrrizon. i think your records, when held by a third party -- this has never been fully adjudicated. but when your records are held by a third party and you have a privacy agreement with them, i think you do not give up your private property interest in your records and you still maintain an...
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mr. reid: it would be carper 2627 coons 2552, franken 2612 leahy 2587, murphy 2589 whitehouse 2626, wyden 2621 wyden 2622, carper 2615. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further reading of the quorum call be dispensed with. officer without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that following leader remarks on tuesday september 8 the senate proceed to the consideration of h.j. res. 61 and that the majority leader or his designee be recognized to offer a substitute amendment related to coppingal disapproval of the proposed iran nuclear agreement. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to ork the debate we're going to have in a matter of weeks, i want it to be -- i think all of us do tsh dig dignified befitting the gravity of the issue of the day. so this is a step forward. i do not object. the presi
mr. reid: it would be carper 2627 coons 2552, franken 2612 leahy 2587, murphy 2589 whitehouse 2626, wyden 2621 wyden 2622, carper 2615. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further reading of the quorum call be dispensed with. officer without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that following leader remarks...