chaffetz: rep. chaffetz: is it wrong to have a foreign national in close proximity to a dea agent close to their guns, personal effects, computers, smart phones? leonhart: of course it poses a security risk which is why these are serious allegations. rep. chaffetz: if you do any investigations into the age of the women involved? leonhart: the investigation although 10 years later, the investigation -- rep. chaffetz: don't try to paint a picture that this is an incident 10 years ago. there was an instance in july 2009, where a dea agent in bogota was accused of physically assaulting a prostitute over a payment dispute. as security guards witnessed this agent throwing a glass and hitting the woman. this agent then claimed the woman had a seizure while she was in the bathroom and cut herself on a candlestick. it was later admitted that he did engage with a prostitute. deal with the punishment was? 14 days unpaid leave. go on vacation for two weeks. you can sit here and cry a pretty picture about how de

chaffetz: wow.nd under sexual misconduct, do you think improper association is one of the proper charges? do you think this person was properly -- i guess the word is charged? based on that case and everything you know this person was suspended without pay for 14 days for conduct unbecoming and improper association. do you believe that was the proper charge for that person? ms. leonhart: i believe those are two proper charges. the deciding official had a number of other charges they could have looked at as well. mr. chaffetz: i'm asking what you personally believe they should have been charged with. or do you believe that was the proper conclusion? ms. leonhart: i think it would be conduct unbecoming. it is improper association. i would have concerns about false statements. i have a number of concerns with those cases. mr. chaffetz: any other, in your professional opinion it your experience, you worked with the opr, you've been at the agency for 30 plus years. you've been the acting are deputy or ad

chairman chaffetz: why? you told the ranking member, you told the world, he said at a saying he was being transferred. but he still works for the secret service, doesn't he? mr. clancy: he gets a secret service paycheck. chairman chaffetz: how long as he detailed for? mr. clancy: it has not been defined. chairman chaffetz: it's been since february. mr. clancy: yes or. -- yes, sir. rep. cummings: is he actually working for the secret service in this detail type of position? mr. clancy: no sir, i have had no contact with mr. smith. rep. cummings: we have details appear -- up here too. they have limited time there with us. can you tell is with the limitations are with wherever he is? mr. clancy: i will have to get back to you. chairman chaffetz: you have done a very good job, mr. clancy, of building trust and confidence. it is flushed down the toilet when i hear these things. you said to me personally multiple times, white house did, homeland security did, that you were implement and fundamental changes. mr. cl

miss chaffetz: i thank the gentlewoman -- mr. chaffetz: i thank the gentlewoman. mr. mica: let me follow up on some of the questioning that's taken place as to whether or not there was a full investigation of this whole matter. you claim administrator, there was a full investigation of the matter. all of these sexual harassment, sexual issues that have been raised, that were part of the inspector general's review. you claim -- again, just tell us. you believe they were fully investigated. ms. leonhart: i believe they were investigated. i have concerns about the completeness thoroughness of a couple of the investigations. mr. mica: you agree with mr. horowitz, the o.i.g., there was not a thorough investigation of all of the incidents. ms. leonhart: i agree that. so incidents were not fully investigated, yes. mr. mica: that was your position too, the assumption i have from your report. >> that's correct. mr. mica: that in itself raises great questions. when the inspector general says that the -- these incidents were not fully investigated. so that to me is a big issue r

we'll discuss that with the chair of the house oversight committee jason chaffetz. we want to begin with politics and race for the white house rapidly ramping up, almost two dozen candidates were in new hampshire this weekend to win support for first primary and carl cameron is there. carl? >> thanks, chris, 21 potential white house hopefuls took the stage in the two-day first in the nation summit. it is a wide open race and it was a huge roster the biggest ever for new hampshire and every one of the leading candidates came with something to accomplish. >> for jeb bush, it was trying to reassure conservatives he's one of them. >> a lot of us are not looking for a republican in name only. i don't want a corpsanation on -- our side. >> i would match my record with anybody that's thinking about running or any governor that during the last 20 years. >> florida senator marco rubio who called bush his mentor, make a break at the summit. >> i don't care what anybody tells you those standards will be used to force on states policies the federal government wants or you won't

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chaffetz: mr. speaker i'd like to close but i have no additional speakers. i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: we will close having no other speakers. let me say this. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: i'd just like to reiterate that i fully support the legislation. it's imperative that we ensure that all contractors that are doing business with the government have complied with their tax obligations. i believe this bill does just that and i urge all of our members to support the legislation. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz

good morning, chairman chaffetz, ranking member cummings and members of the committee.thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss issues raised an inspector general's audit entitled the handling of sexual harassment and misconduct allegations by the departments law enforcement components. the fbi's policy on sexual harassment and sexual misconduct is very simple. the fbi does not told with sexual harassment or sexual misconduct within the ranks. the fbi has a robust disciplinary process guided by well established policies procedures and practices. it consists of trained special agents in the inspection division, integral investigations section who conduct thorough investigations of employee misconduct. when the investigation is completed a team of experienced lawyers in the fbi's office of professional responsibility takeover. review and investigate materials and determine whether applicable policies, rules, regulations laws or other legal standards have been violated, and if so what penalties should be imposed on employees in question up to and

joining us is the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz.sman, going back to the astop iraning video from this week which we have been look at repeatedly of a postal worker fly down the national mall highly restricted area 56 and landing on the west lawn of the united states capitol norad the f.a.a., the secret service, the capitol police, they all have jurisdiction. who do you hold responsible for the security breach sir? >> one of the problems you have a 32 federal agencies or 32 law enforcement agencies that say in washington with some degree of jurisdiction, so you worry about coordination and the communication but, certainly the capitol hill police the united states secret service which were ever departmentally notified well in advance this person had for shadowed they were going to come in and do this and you need to have visibility. you look at norad and just the bake flight control coming out of reagan of whether you can see what is coming toward the airport and toward the national mall. >> your staff is drafting a letter to the secr

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. >> reporter: house oversight committee jason chaffetz of utah and ranking member elijah cummings of maryland spoke to reporters after an hour-long classified briefing by those in charge of security at the u.s. capitol and the white house. the two expressed concern that gyrocopter pilot doug hughes was able to travel undetected through 30 miles of the most restricted airspace in the united states. they confirmed law enforcement officers were poised to use deadly force on hughes, who says his flight was a protest to draw attention to campaign finance reform.ere briefed that there were multiple weapons trained on this gyrocopter and they elected not to fire on the gyrocopter. >> reporter: cummings and chaffetz were concerned at the lack of what they call interagency communication. >> where the two entities were working together and that's human error. they admitted it was human error. >> totally unacceptable. they're sitting literally shoulder to shoulder and did not do the job they were supposed to do. >> reporter: house leaders have scheduled a hearing on this matter for next wednesd

congressman jason chaffetz chairs the committee. congressman elijah cummings serves as ranking member. >> good morning. the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we're here today to talk about some alarming problems that our country's premier law enforcement agencies. the latest report from the department of justice inspector general outlines a number of problems with the conduct of law enforcement officers and the agencies that manage them. that report outlined a number of key problems. first law enforcement personnel at home and abroad engaged in reprehensible sexual harassment and misconduct that jeopardized our national security. second the agencies where they work mishandled their responses to those incidents by failing to properly report them leading to insufficient punishment and third, the fbi and the d.e.a. tried to hide these incidents from the inspector general by improperly withholding information and encouraging employe

chairman chaffetz, ranging member couple ins am. i'd like to thank you for addressing the role of secure the air space of washington, d.c. i'd like to acknowledge that aspects of this issue are sensitive to the department of defense from a national security standpoint. i look forward to continuing this can discussion in a classified setting. because i know there is much to discuss i will be brief. to this end there are four points i would like to emphasize today. number one the defending united states as the department of dense's highest priority. number two, the department of defense is well postured to defend the united states. number three the department works very closely with its federal partners and law enforcement to protect the national capitol air space. and last the department continually pursues opportunities to enhance our homeland defense capabilities. the national security strategy makes it clear the united states government has no greater responsibility than protecting the american people. our national defense strateg

wow, jason chaffetz a tough customer.e oversight customer, jason chaffetz, and the problem he wanted to shut down was florida mailman, doug hughes. hughes piloted his homemade gyrocopter on to the lawn of u.s. capitol. he said he's fed up with fat cats pouring billions of dollars into american politics with no traceability. the 61-year-old flew literally under the radar with letters to every member of congress who said this, secretary of state john kerry saying, then ending chase for money threatens to steal our democracy itself. joining me right now from his home in ruskin, florida, where he's currently there is doug hughes. first of all, mr. hughes, congratulations for your message. without getting into big trouble, i completely support your message. let me ask you, what's the condition right now of your detention? are you allowed to walk around, go to the store, go to starbucks, whatever? can you do that? >> no, no, i'm under house arrest. i can't leave the inside of my home. >> the inside of your home. show me your an

house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz had harsh words for hughes. >> he's lucky to be alive because he should have been blown out of the air. >> congress will hold hearings to determine why he wasn't stopped. he remains under house arrest in florida. if convicted he faces up to four years in prison and fines. >>> right now police have a man in custody who could have the crucial answers that folks need and want. he could explain what happened to freddie gray the moment before he died in baltimore police custody. we are now learning that man was inside the police van with the 25-year-old. this new information comes out as tensions boil over on the streets. let's take a look. after some people protests for several days, protesters got a little ugly. spit on police, tried to tear down a barricade. a woman who was standing on the barricade had actually gotten arrested. tensions boiling over. several days after the death of freddie gray, still no ans though five of the six arresting police officers have now released statements to investigators. >> we have someone who before their

chairman chaffetz ranking member cummings and members of the committee this concludes my testimony and i welcome any questions you may have. >> thanks. director. chief mcclain you are now recognized. >> mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and member of the committee, hugh for the opportunity to discuss the united states park police involvement in the april 15th 2015 gyrocopter incident in washington, d.c. my name is robert mclain, i am the leave of the united states park police. united states park police established in 1791 is the oldest uniform federal law enforcement agency in the it united states. the park police which is primarily responsible for safety and prime revenge this park lands administered by the national park service has enjoyed a long history of partnership and koord nation with the numerous public safety protection aviation and defense agencies within the national capitol region. in the district of columbia the park police has primary jurisdiction over federal park land which comprises approximately 22% of the district of columbia. including the national mall east an

on march 27 chairman chaffetz and i wrote a bipartisan letter to the d.e.a. announcing our investigation, and we are fully committed to working together to investigate these incidents. how the agency responded and whether additional steps are needed to help prevent this misconduct from ever happening again. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we hold the record open for five legislative days for any member who'd like to submit a written statement. we now recognize our first and only panel of witnesses. we're pleased to welcome the honorable michele leonhart, administrator of the drug enforcement agency, the honorable michael horowitz, inspector general of the united states department of justice, and mr. kevin perkins, associate deputy director of the fbi, the federal bureau of investigation. we welcome all of you and thank you all for being here. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you'll please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're abo

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the chairman of the house oversight committee jason chaffetz, moments ago issued a subpoena to two secretervice agents. those agents allegedly on the scene in an early march incident in which two of their colleagues allegedly drove drunk and disrupted an active bomb investigation taking place outside the white house. secret service director joe clancy has refused to make the agents available to testify before the oversight committee so chairman jason chaffetz issuing the subpoenas. >>> joining us tonight democratic strategist, fox news political analyst jerry roginski and pulitzer prize winning columnist, michael goodwin. this indiana law what is motivating this? you've got 19 other states that have the same law. >> well the only other state that i believe has this exact same law i believe is south carolina. the problem with this law is it's different from the other states you mentioned and the federal law, this law treats, thanks to the hobby lobby decision, treats companies as they would individuals. so it says that while you may have a religious view and now it says lou dobbs inc. can

and you have him saying not to talk to chaffetz. is that scooby-doo and the scooby-doo van are going to take over what should be a very important issue for the american people to understand. >> and i'll tell you, judge, that i think the american people are fully engaged because they have really high expectations of their public officials. if we can carry the burden of persuasion, which is an easy burden. that america should have access to the entire public record of anyone who has been secretary of state, whether secretary clinton, powell or rice, those document belong to us. and she doesn't get to be the sole arbiter of what's public and personal. i think the public will wind up being on our side and they expect her to come and answer some pretty he squllegitimate questions. >> from your lips to god's ears and the public does understand how important this is. i want to thank you, congressman trey gowdy for being with us today. >> yes, ma'am, thank you. >>> an amazing story of survival. how one vet's fight to adopt his military dog

committee chairman jasontz chaffetz was furious that agents haven't been fired. >> you allow this person who engages a prostitute, throws glass at her, breaking the skin-th - there's blood all over the place-- and they're still employed at the d.e.a.? >> reporter: leonhart noted there was little she could do because of civil service protections for federal workers. >> i assure you that i was quite disappointed in the penalties imposed.ep >> reporter: last week, attorney general eric holder put out amo memo reminding department employees that paying a prostitute for sex is aof violation of department policy. well, today, scott, some members of congress said it's a sad state of affairs when federal law enforcement agents need toin be reminded of that. >> pelley: chip reid on capitol hill for us tonight. chip, thanks very much. in the presidential race hillary clinton's campaign reached iowa today, the site of the first-in-the-nation caucuses which will occur early nextex year.. nancy cordes is with her. >> reporter: clinton's road trip ended at a one-building community college surrounded b

>> reporter: congressman jason chaffetz put that question to top brass from the secret service, capitol police and especially northern command, which tracks aircraft on radar. >> you've got a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air crossing 30-plus miles of restricted air space. >> sir, as a commander at norad, that's my responsibility and i'm accountable for that. >> why didn't it happen? >> because we're working against physics, sir. >> reporter: admiral william gortney explained the 250-pound gyrocopter was indistinguishable on radar from flocks of birds or even kites as it flew in from gettysburg, pennsylvania. still, 61-year-old douglas hughes had shared his plans with the "tampa bay times." capitol police chief kim dine testified today that someone from the paper called his command center 23 minutes before hughes landed to inform them hughes was live streaming his flight. >> why weren't you able to see it when so many others were? >> yes, sir, clearly the media knew about this ahead of time. >> reporter: secret service director joseph clancy pointed the finger at the newspaper. >

the agency officially apologizing to utah jason chaffetz.e old job applications went public. he had applied to the secret service but didn't get the job. homeland security secretary jay johnson says he is investigating that leak. and forget sneaking across the border. the government is now flying immigrant children from central america to the united states on, you guessed it, your dime. the new program aims to stop children crossing the border by letting parents register to have their kids picked up for free. parents with legal status and those covered by the president's amnesty program can apply. the state department won't say how much each plane ticket costs. new survey finding d.c. area democrats want the conservative's name removed from the title. survey asked area residents what they prefer to call the busy airport. while younger people tend to have a problem using reagan national. the results found older liberal commuters refused to use the name. some participants said they are still mad about the way the name got passed saying it was

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joining us is congressman jason chaffetz chaffetz. have done some other things a she could have allowed the inspector general to go in and look deeper. they with held that. they pushed that. >> that could have been her henchman. >> it could have helped. they could have revoked security clearances. you can't have a job at the dea if you don't have that if you're having sex parties -- you can't revoke their security clearance? nobody bought that. >> this is the first time you've been exposed to this at this level since you've became chairman. you didn't have idea how deep this went? >> thanks to those who spent a lot of time going deep in that. we worked with elijah comummings. we had no confidence in the attorney general did the right thing to push her out the door. >> one of the craziest things i saw was the flying bike that penetrates into washington airspace ask was able to land in a dangerous location with a bunch of letters. some postman thought it was a good idea. it exposed something. was this an anomaly or something that has no

. >> jason chaffetz of utah said the man was lucky he was not blown out of the sky.t guy, the pilot, 64-year-old doug hughes of florida, charged with flying in restricted airspace and operating an unlicensed aircraft. >>> let talk football. roger goodell making a huge move. announcing that the league is going to drop its tax exempt status after widespread criticism. what does this mean for ordinary fans? trace gallagher has been looking into this. what did you find out? >> well gretchen if you're worried that it's going to raise your ticket prices for the jets or giants, rest assured that it will. here's the deal the league office has been tax exempt since 1966. over the decades, it's been taking pressure from congress and others to give up that tax exempt status. even though the league office had had revenue of $327 million it ended up losing $13.5 million. so you don't pay taxes when you don't make money. so the league would have ended up not paying anything to the federal government. even in good years, the relative tax bill would be relatively small. what's big i

chairman chaffetz: thank the gentleman. we hold the record open for any ledge slateor that would like to submit a written statement. we are played to welcome the honorable michelle leonhart. the honorable michael horowitz. and mr. kevin perkins associate deputy director of the f.b.i. the federal bureau of investigation. we welcome all of you and thank you all for being here. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you will rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. h this order to allow time for discussionion we would appreciate limiting your testimony to five-mile-per-hours. five minutes. your entire written statement will be may part of the record. ms. leonhart we will recognize you, first. director leon hart: thank you for the opportunity to discuss the department of justice off

jason chaffetz, what has been proven from what was happening outside the country?> you had more than a dew -- ea agents that engaged in prostitution paid for by drug cartels. they had access to computers to guns in personal residences. the problem is once they found out about it, there was one part where an agent has assaulted one of these women not onngaged in prostitution but he threw a glass at her on a dispute how much money he owed. the punishment was between 2-10 days unpaid leave. it seemed more like a vacation. the administrator who has been in the lead position for more than a decade, is the number one or number two pen has done nothing fundamentally to change -- the number two person has done nothing fundamentally to change this. bill: they are in another country using access from those they are supposed to be policing. money, access, guns, prostitutes. who thick this is okay --th thinks this is okay? >> she says she is outraged but she hasn't done anything about it. she just claims there is nothing i can do because it's up to this board. i don't buy that

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protections for government workers but house oversight and government reform committee chairman jason chaffetzoubts that is true. >> i do think the law needs to change so there is more absolute discretion for administrators there but she could have done some other things. a, she could have allowed the inspector general to go in look deeper. they withheld than a pushed that back. if you're having sex parties funded by drug cartels you can't revoke their security clearance? are you kidding me? nobody bought that. >> sounds crazy to most people. charlie you have friend close to it you know what? maybe that is how it is? >> this is very difficult job for these guys. sometimes they need to blow off steam. >> stop. >> no, you did not. >> i'm only kidding. >> who hasn't been to a sex party by a drug cartel? >> might not see a change anytime soon? >> i don't think so. >> okay. so having you drop the mic on that point, i want to bring up a little thing i like to call journalistic context or the real skinny. >> right. >> timing comes this after miss leonhart, 59 years old parted with the white house of

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the justice department uncovered the indiscretions and chairman of the oversight committee jason chaffetzing of the scandal. >> is it wrong for prostitutes to be in government housing? >> well, first of all, it's deplorable behavior by those agents. >> is it a violation of policy. >> absolutely a violation of policy. >> the report found that dea supervisors did not discipline all the agents involved. as a local issue for a supervisor to handle one agent suspended 14 days for allowing his apartment to be used in the parties. wow. >>> well thank you so much for watching "legal view." wolf starts now. have a great day. >>> hello i'm wolf blitzer, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in riyadh, 9:30 in tehran. wherever you're watching from around the world thanks for joining us. the fate of the iran nuclear deal could depend on what happens next hour right here in washington on capitol hill. the senate foreign relations committee is taking up a bipartisan bill that forces the white house to let congress review the deal. the white house opposes the bill. earlier the secretary of state john kerry pai

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capitol last week according to congressman jason chaffetz.ys the 60-year-old mailman, doug hughes should have been shot down out of the sky for flying his personal aircraft over the washington, d.c. no-fly zone. >> he is lucky to be alive because he should have been blown out of the air and very well could have been. if it was up to me, i would have taken care of the problem. >> hughes is now under house arrest back home in florida and faces a potential three-year prison sentence for operating an unregistered aircraft and violating national air space. he says he intended to send a message to congress about the corrupting influence of money in politics. >>> and baltimore demanding justice for the death of freddie gray. demonstrators calling for answers how he end up with a -- answers after he wound up with a serious spinal cord injury after being taken into police custody. the police union saying gray wasn't wearing a seat belt while riding in the police van and what needs to be figured out is what happened inside the van. a spokesman says the

in his opening statement chairman jason chaffetz scolded head of dea for this behavior in her departmentand on and on, multiple reports of sex parties, of loud parties, to the point that the landlord was actually complaining back to our government about out of control our own federal employees were serving overseas. >> reporter: there are also allegations that agents were provided money, gifts, even weapons from drug cartel members. the report goes on to say this high-risk behavior threatened to expose agents to coercion extortion and blackmail. agents had commute computers and smartphones and in government paid residence where prostitutes partied. no reports that any of those were compromised, martha. martha: just perfect. the whole thing. has anybody been penalized for all of this, doug so far? >> reporter: only most cursory ways. penalties from two-day suspension and 10-day suspension. one of the line agents was cleared. prostitution is considered part of local culture. it is tolerated in certain tolerance zones. the report also found is common for prostitutes to be present at busines

system and working closely with colleagues on the other side of the aisle like trey gowdy and jason chaffetz and others who are interested in trying to figure out collectively, how we can make america a fairer, more efficient place in terms of our criminal justice system and so let me now yield to the distinguished gentleman from the great state of louisiana who represents the wonderful city of new orleans, we refer to him, of course, as the franchise because of his prolific baseball abilities, but he's also one of the most talented legislators here in the capitol. i yield to my good friend, the honorable cedric richmond. mr. richmond: thank you, representative jeffries thank you mr. speaker, for allowing us to address this most important issue. as we talk about it today and members of the black caucus address this country and address this chamber, let me just start with this is not a black problem. it's not an african-american problem. it's not a hispanic problem. it's not a minority problem. this is an american problem that's eroding the fabric and the core of who we are and what makes us

we thank congress and this committee particularly chairman chaffetz for last year's passage of the border patrol agent pay reform act. this legislation is an excellent example of finding a better way to do business as it replaces the administratively uncontrollable overtime model with a new and sound process for ensuring our border patrol personnel are properly paid for their work. we are leaning forward to implement actions that we believe will make a lasting and valuable difference to our employees. in the words of secretary johnson, we must inject a new energy into dhs and we are working diligently to do just that. through our efforts we hope to enhance the work experience and honor the contributions of our hard-working and dedicated workforce. thank you again for supporting our employees who are protecting all of us, each and every day. i look forward to your questions. >> miss emerson, thank you for your testimony and i will say thank you for the energy i witnessed just in the meeting prior to this and i look forward to working with you. in the months, and years to come. mr. goldenko