and then a couple of weeks later he was particularly talking about christopher kelly, christopher kelly threatened to sue and so dick mel took it back but it was too late. you know, the genie was out of the bottle. the attorney general started the first investigations and that eventually morphed into patrick fitzgerald's investigations and we've seen what happened with that. so it was that -- dick mel created his son-in-law and, in essence, planted the seeds that destroyed him. >> let's talk a little bit about why rod blagojevich had dreams of becoming the president and why they were actually somewhat plausible? if you rewind seven years or so in illinois and you were to say there's a young politician, the young democratic politician who's going to become president of the united states before the year 2010, everyone would have thought you were talking about rod blagojevich. and, you know, wait we've been talking about him, it sounds like he's just this mope. he's like the character you see on the "saturday night live" impression. but, in fact, blagojevich had a great deal i believe of p

they elected a governor and rod blagojevich saw his name on the 33rd ward stationary and had christopher kelly call up dick mel and arrange a meeting with him to tell him that his son-in-law wanted him to take his name off the 33rd ward stationary and the meeting was with kelly and not blagojevich. >> right, right. >> suddenly, blagojevich working to work with dick mel and which most could be a phone call, this is rod this is awkward for me can you take the name off and instead he's going through these channels and when we get to this other incident that i would like you to describe, the landfill. it's not that rod had a problem with dick mel but the way he handled that problem which was so telling. >> exactly. and that is exactly what he said about the incident on the stationary. dick mel, you know, why didn't he call me up. he's my son-in-law for heaven's sake. there was an incident. it was on a christmas eve. it was about a year -- in the first year of rod blagojevich's first term. and a family christmas party. and suddenly there's a nephew of marge mel, dick mel's wife is talking about a l

one of the issues that repeatedly comes up is members' second jobs, and it is right that sir christopher kelly looks at this matter. i see that there is some murmuring on the opposition benches. me thinks that they protest too much. >> will the prime minister find time today to meet the pension action group, which is outside lobbying parliament on occupational pensions? is he aware that although many of my constituents or offer to 90%, the reality is that many will probably get less than 70%? why is that? changes he made when he was chancellor have destroyed what was once the best private pension sector in the world. >> mr. speaker, i already had a lo debate in this house some time ago when i showed that the pension funds doubled in the 10- year period, and despite what he is saying, all of the changes we made made it possible for the pension funds to a large sums of money. the issue, however, as he knows perfectly well, is that pension funds income depends on weapons on the stock exchange, and imo's noted that is what has affected most of the pension funds recently. >> i am sure my right hono

clearly sir christopher kelly's recommendations must be accepted unless they are inappropriate, which frankly i don't expect to be the case. the next speaker must ensure that honorable members and taxpayers alike aren't treated unfairly. this is a difficult balance to strike but it is one that i can both accomplish and communicate. secondly, the taste for strengthening back benches to revive parliament as a whole is incontra vertible. the true story for the past 30 to 50 years is not one, frankly, of petty claims on the one hand and extravagant claims on the other, but rather of the relentless erosion of this chamber's former strength. the prime minister recently asserted his desire to restore authority to parliament and, if a elected, i would seek to hold him and any successor to that pledge. this house must seize back control of its own core functions by, amongst other changes, a business committee which it really runs, urgent questions more readly granted, and enhanced scrutiny of budgets and legislation both domestic and european. and once and for all, ministers must be obliged to

this process, the new regulators should scrutinize efficiency on policy expenditure and as sir christopher kelly said that policy cost less. second the house will have a statutory code of conduct for all mps qualifying their role, detailing what the electorate can expect and the consequences from those who fail to deliver. it will codify much more clearly the potential offenses that must be addressed and the options available to sanction. these measures will be included in a short self-standing bill on the conduct of members in the commons which will be introduced and debated before the summer adjournment. mr. speaker, this will address the most immediate issues about which we know the public are most upset. but it will only be the first stage of our legislation on the constitution. the current system of sanctions for misconduct by members is not fit for purpose. it does not give the public the confidence they need that will be dealt with an appropriate way. the last person to be expelled from the house was 55 years ago in 1954. it remains the case that members can be sentenced to up to one year

christopher r. kelly is the chief privacy officer at facebook. mr. jeffrey chester now is the executive director of the center for digital democracy. mr. charles d.corran is. that how you pronounce that? is executive director of network advertising initiative. and mr. scott cleland is the president of the precursor, llc. again we want to thank the witnesses for their patience and for their appearance before the subcommittee this morning. it is the practice of this subcommittee now that we will swear in all the witnesses. so will you please stand and raise your right hand? >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> let the record reflect that all the witnesses have in the affirmative. -- have responded in the affirmative. and now we ask the witnesses to enter into opening statements. and mr. felten, you are recognized for five minutes or thereabouts, ok? so hold the mic in front of you, turn it on and let her rip. thank you. >> thank you, chairman rush, chairman boucher for the opportunity to testify toda