lou: the powerful chairman of the house judiciary committee congressman bob goodlatte seems to be at nexus of nearly every major issue with which this nation is contending, and we welcome him now to the broadcast. congressman, great to see you. let me turn to first and you senator grassley sending the department of homeland security, secretary jeh johnson a letter calling for action on sanctuary cities. many people in this country, i think, thought some action was being taken. your letter makes it clear that that isn't the case? >> no, it is very definitely not the case, and it's very unfortunate because i thought that what happened in san francisco would be a wake-up call to this administration that tolerating sanctuary city policies in a few hundred cities across the country is very detrimental to the safety of american citizens, but now we have seen murder after murder after murder by people who are not lawfully president of the united states taking place since kate steinle's tragic death in san francisco a few months ago. lou: if i may interject with the dates and victims that yo

bob goodlatte, i want to start in our conversation in understanding the role of your committee and the supreme court. what is your responsibility? rep. goodlatte: the judiciary committee was established in 1813. a couple years ago, we celebrated the 200th anniversary. it deals with an array of issues, but one of the things i love most is it deals with the u.s. constitution, the amendments to the constitution. any new amendments that are introduced are referred to the judiciary committee. in other areas, we are constantly trying to refer back to the constitution for guidance on what is appropriate legislation and what is not. when i became chairman of the we had a rule in the house of representatives that required you introduced a bill, you had to cite constitutional authority for legislation. that continues an existing congress. bill, member introduces a they have to point to a section of the constitution that justifies that. of course, every member gets to look at it. the committee suggested to leadership it would be good to read the constitution. we did that for the very first of the

findings come in a letter to democratic congressman john conyers, junior and republican congressman bob goodlatt. at every turn president obama and administration officials have undermined the investigation into irs targeting of conservative groups. today's announcement from the justice department is still very disturbing. this letter also includes an irs explanation about why conservative and tea party groups were getting so much unwanted attention from the tax man between 2009-2013. it's because there were just a lot of them. 70% of the 500 applications for tax-exempt status review belonged to right-leaning organizationsments on top of that the fed found evidence of mismanagement and poor judgment. but they write that quote poor management is not a crime. further, the feds are also letting lerner off the hook for the mysterious disappearance of her email archives. saying the irs back-up system was set up poorly so they can't prove she actively tried to conceal her electronic records and she's been cleared of using expletives when writing about conservatives and demeaning them. like this, we do

the people that are -- well, what a particular, bob goodlatte who is the chairman of the house judiciary committee that has got over 100 bills elated to gun legislation that have been sitting on his desk. he is the gatekeeper and will not hold hearings on this. ironically, he is the congressman that covers the area where alison lived. and i have met with this guy. his comment to me and chris -- chris and i both met with him. his comment to me was, well, we really need to enforce the laws that we have on the books. and i said, really, commerce meant? so the laws on the books are working? he said, oh, we have all these laws on the books and we cannot prosecute. the irony of it is, and he has been atf -- former atf agent on his staff. the irony is, he has cut back -- he and his colleagues have helped cut back funding for the atf. they have the same staff that they had 40 years ago. they have less enforcement officers within the d.c. police do, and he is telling me that we need to enforce these laws. meanwhile, he cuts funding for the atf. it is hypocrisy. it is duplicity. and frankly, he ha

host: bob goodlatte, i want to start in our conversation in understanding the role of your committee and the supreme court. what is your responsibility? rep. goodlatte: the judiciary committee was established in 1813. just a couple years ago, we celebrated the 200th anniversary. it deals with a wide array of issues, but one of the things i love most is it deals with the u.s. constitution, the amendments to the constitution. any new amendments that are introduced are referred to the judiciary committee. in other areas, we are constantly trying to refer back to the constitution for guidance on what is appropriate legislation and what is not. when i became chairman of the committee, we had a rule in the house of representatives that required you introduced a bill, you had to cite constitutional authority for legislation. that continues an existing congress. -- that continues in the existing congress. when a member introduces a bill, they have to point to a section of the constitution that justifies that. of course, every member gets to look at it. the committee suggested to -- i suggeste

findings come in a letter to democratic congressman john conyers, junior and republican congressman bob goodlatt. at every turn president obama and administration officials have undermined the investigation into irs targeting of conservative groups. today's announcement from the justice department is still very disturbing. this letter also includes an irs explanation about why conservative and tea party groups were getting so much unwanted attention from the tax man between 2009-2013. it's because there were just a lot of them. 70% of the 500 applications for tax-exempt status review belonged to right-leaning organizationsments on top of that the fed found evidence of mismanagement and poor judgment. but they write that quote poor management is not a crime. further, the feds are also letting lerner off the hook for the mysterious disappearance of her email archives. saying the irs back-up system was set up poorly so they can't prove she actively tried to conceal her electronic records and she's been cleared of using expletives when writing about conservatives and demeaning them. like this, we do

host: that was congressman bob goodlatte there are cases that have cited marbury as president. by the courtited over 200 times, but there are a number of key cases in which marbury v. madison was cited, and that includes baker versus car in 1962, saying that the supreme court could hear reapportionment cases, griswold versus connecticut, which became fundamental in the roe v wade decision, and u.s. versus nixon, which said executive privilege in the nixon case is not absolute. u.s. versus windsor, the ofensive marriage act 2013 is unconstitutional, and the most recent, the health care law. marbury v. madison has long tentacles in the court. amy mulligan asks, should we as americans be concerned about judicial review becoming judicial activism? >> judicial review is a essential cornerstone of our system. chief justice rehnquist said it was the greatest give americans gave to the science of government and it is a very or to sensible. -- and it is a very important principle. there should be healthy disagreements about that. frequently, if somebody does not like the outcome of a de

the cochairs are representatives bob goodlatte and anna eshoo on the house side, and on the senate side, senators john thune and patrick leahy. we thank them for their support of educationallal events like this. and just a little bit of housekeeping before we get started, the twitter hashtag is e.u. safe harbor, and all of our twitter accounts, the panelists' information is on your program. we also have a few upcoming events, both of which are listed. on october 21st, there'll be a happy hour with the facebook team and october 22nd the second annual congressional app challenge will kick off. for more information about how to get your office involved, visit our web site or talk to our executive director. i'm now going to turn it over to mary ellen call a hand -- callahan, former chief privacy officer for the department of homeland security. >> thank you very much, rachel. thanks for coming. i want to thank my panelists who i'll degreely introduce. -- briefly introduce. from my far right, damian levy is the head of the trade section of the european union to the united states. adam. >> los

virginia congressman bob goodlatte charter fishing. three hours and 10 minutes. -- cheered this hearing. >> good afternoon the judiciary committee will come t to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on planned parenthood exposed them examining abortion procedures and medical ethics at the nation's largest abortion provider. i will begin by recognizing a sovereign opening statement. before i go to the statement on that i would like to take a moment to remember the life of former congressman william edward sai who passed away this month at the age of 100. donna edwards was first elected to congress in 1963 we had a distinguished career worthy of the voting rights act, civil rights act answered on the house judiciary committee during the investigation of the watergate scandal. during this time on the judiciary committee john edwards over former congressman caldwell butler whom i worked for at thae time. when donna edwards left offic

congressman bob goodlatte it is about two hours and 45 minutes and we will show as much as we can untilled it is scheduled for 12:30. >>> good morning. the committee will come to order it without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time terri and we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on the oversight of the federal bureau of investigations. and i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. welcome, director, to the second appearance before the house judiciary committee since the confirmation as the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigations. we are happy to have you here with us today. once again i commend your distinguished service to the nation and i'm confident he will continue to serve honorably at the helm of the fbi. today the fbi continues to face the effects of one of the worst national security leaks in the nations history by edward snowden. they spearheaded the passage of the act a bipartisan law that ended the controversial national security program and provided expanded oversight and transparency of

and as the hearing today chairman bob goodlatte and congressman john conyers paid tribute to congressman edwards who n california who has died. while recess is in place, we'll show their opening statements. they include, of course, comments about planned parenthood. >>> good afternoon. we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on planned parenthood exposed, examining abortion procedures and medical iktings at the nation's largest abortion provider. and i'll begin with my openings statement. before i go to the statement on that i'd like to take a moment to remember the life of former congressman william donelan don edwards who passed away this month at the age of 100. don edwards was first elected to congress in 1963 where he had a discontintinguishes career work the voting rights act, civil rights act and served on the housing committee during the investigation of the watt e gait scandal. during this time on the judiciary committee he served with former congressman caldwell butler who i worked for at the time. when don edwards left office in 1995 after 32 years of congressional servi

people like congressman bob goodlatte, who runs the judiciary committee, where these bills in theoryould go and be debated, have done nothing, right? they need to understand that they can no longer do nothing, that the american people are going to demand that something happens and a conversation and work is done. and so, people agree, they need to join us in every time. text "now" to 877877 and join us in demanding that our elected officials no longer remain silent and actively do something so we are not having the same conversation over again the next time this happens. >> reporter: colin goddard. colin, thanks for joining me today. i do appreciate it. we're going to have much more live, our team coverage, as we continue to follow the developments from the umpqua community college campus, where they suffered a major tragedy less than 24 hours ago after a gunman opened fire, taking the lives of nine people and injuring at least seven more. we'll have updates from the hospital and also an update from investigators when we come back. surprise!!!!! we heard you got a job as a developer!

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the committee is chaired by representative bob goodlatte. >> as the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigation. we're happy to have you here with us today. i once again commend your distinguished service to our nation and i'm confident you will continue to serve honorably at the helm of the fbi. today the fbi continues to face the effects of one of the worst national security leaks in our nation's history by edward snowden two years ago. over the past year the house judiciary committee spearheaded an act that ended the controversial national security program and provided expanded oversight and transparency in america's intelligence gathering. it ensures that federal law appropriately respects civil liberties while providing the necessary tools to preserve collection capabilities and thereby meet our responsibilities. i want to thank those who worked to ensure passage and enactment of the usa freedom act. events in the middle east have deeply violated the world's moral compass with scenes of unimaginable brutality at the hands of isis, in particular the appalling and indiscrimi

. >> c-span resort sat down with the chair of the judiciary committee, bob goodlatte, to put your upcominglandmark cases" series. here's our interview. >> house to share chairman of good luck, i wanted to start in our conversation about the supreme court and its history with understanding the role of your committee and the federal court specifically, the supreme court. what is your responsibility? >> the judiciary committee was established in 1813 years bash the 1813 to a couple years ago. we celebrate our 200th anniversary and it deals with a wide array of issues but one of the things that i love most about it is a deals with the isis constitution and the amendments. any new commitments that are introduced into congress to amend the constitution are referred to the judiciary committee. even in the other areas that we work we are constantly trying to refer back to the constitution for guidance on what is appropriate legislation and what is not. when i became chairman of the committee we also had instituted a rule that house of representatives that required and when introduced to build unit

. >> that's /oÑ a congressman bob goodlat goodlatte.ke to show you a number of decisions over the years that have cited marbury as precedent and as they made the decision. in fact, we found that marbury cited by the court over 200 times but there are a number of key cases some of them very recent in which marbury versus madison was cited and they include baker versus carr in 1962. saying that the supreme court can hear reapportionment cases and featured in the series.pv griswold v. connecticut 1965 recognizing the right of privacy. our guests mentioned earlier, u.s. v. nixon which said that executive privilege in the case of the nixon tapes is not absolute. u.s. v. windsor, defensive marriage act in 2013 is count constitutional. last year, most recently. king v. burrwell the health care law review. long tentacles in the court. amy mulligan asks, should we as americans be concerned about judicial review becoming judicial activism? >> well, the very important point is that judicial review is an essential cornerstone of our system. former