lawmaker chuck grassley he wants nights' award for his stance on a law called the violence against women act which provides funding for investigations prosecutions of domestic violence against women i know it's one of those rare occurrences where the name of bill actually adds up to what it does but the bill was originally introduced by then senator joe biden and was passed into law under president clinton in one thousand nine hundred four since then it's been reauthorized twice by congress once in two thousand again in two thousand and five both times there were no objections plenty of bipartisan support a no brainer and the bill hasn't faced objections because it's been pretty successful that's for thus far according to the huffington post the reporting of domestic violence has increased by fifty one percent that's not saying that domestic violence is necessarily up or rather a sign that women are feeling more comfortable coming forward to police about the abuse well now the a.w.a. as it's called is up for reauthorization again with a few modifications designed to place an emphasis on

. >>> senate judiciary committee member chuck grassley of iowa one of the cosponsors of legislation that would require televising supreme court proceedings, this ahead of a major court case in march, the health caremedi organizations including c-span have asked the court to cover all five and a half hours of that court case, looking at the president's health care law. the bill, again, s-1945, sponsored by senator dick durbin of illinois and senator grassley of iowa. this committee hearing markup session should last until about 11:30 eastern this morning. there's senator durbin. later this morning we'll bring you live coverage from the conservative political action conference here in washington. >>> that is judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy addressing his chair getting ready to gavel in this markup hearing on legislation requiring televising supreme court proceedings. >> senator grassley, senator blumenthal, senator feinstein. senator schumer moment ago. we have six in the room, a couple others out in the anteroom so i think we'll check if you have no objection and get started. >

led in part by former senator arlen spector and now senator chuck grassley and now jerry connelly. >> that is right. the proponents of the bill are careful to point out it is not a partisan issue or ideological issue. it boils down to whether or not you think the congress should have the authority to, you know, mandate its will on the supreme court obviously under the separation of powers. there are some people who feel like that is not proper. diane feinstein, the democrat, is one of those people. she voted against the bill in the senate judiciary committee. the issue is making that statement of why are we telling them their business. if they don't want cameras, they shouldn't have cameras. why not let them make that decision? >> if this passes by the house and senate, it doesn't force the supreme court to place cameras inside the chamber. >> what it would do is allow the supreme court to decide. first of all, this would only be for proceedings that are open to the public. oral arguments where, you

and not just chuck grassley, but the whole delegation. my second point would be to read a statement and not have you comment. because i gave awe letter that's going to have the basis of what i want to talk about. but just so you know, that this isn't something that i give little concern to. for the last three years, we have in my office, we have read each year, 120 audits, done by the inspector general and you want to remember, we pay about $100 million a year in this area. so my letter is about just 16 of the 120 audits in the last year, we've uncovered egregious waste and misconduct at dod. these reports were issued by the office of inspector general last year. i discovered them during my ongoing process of oversight and review. if i had to use two words to characterize what i found in these 16 reports, these words would be scandalous and disgraceful this is some of the worst that i've ever seen. these 16 reports tell me two things -- first, all the waste and money needs to be recovered. and secondly, responsible persons held accountabl

senator chuck grassley. >> thank you. jon: republican of iowa.on on preparations to end u.s. involvement in afghanistan. we have jennifer griffin at the pentagon where plan something apparently underway to end combat operations sometime next year and in washington, catherine herridge on efforts to broker a peace deal with the taliban by moving some of their leaders held at gitmo somewhere else. we'll begin with plans to wind down the combat operation. obviously the stories are not mutually exclusive. that's why we wanted to bring jennifer and catherine on together. jennifer, what are you hearing in the halls of pentagon? >> reporter: there is no good explanation from the pentagon why defense secretary leon panetta decided to make proannouncement on route to brussels, about the end of nato's combat role in afghanistan when he did. the announcement was supposed to be made in may at a brussels meeting in chicago. the white house and panetta were on the same page about this announcement we're told you about nato leaders such as secretary-general, the

homicides but this time around some people are objecting to the the authorization efforts and senator chuck grassley is leading the charge the republican from iowa says that he has problems with three of the provisions for stars he's opposed to the part of the would give protections to abuse victims which is designated to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation he said quote the substitute creates so many new programs for undeserved populations that are risk losing focus on helping victims of every group is a priority no group is a priority so chuck is one of those conservatives who thinks of the community as undeserving of being protected from violence and would seriously but chuck doesn't just have a problem with the provision he's also upset about expanding the availability of visas for abuse victims who are also undocumented immigrants see according to the pop politician the way is meant to protect victims of violence it shouldn't be an avenue to expand immigration law or give additional benefits to people here unlawfully and another insane comment from chuck and i'm just goin

legislation that easily passed the legislation last week including criticism of a fellow republican chuck grassley saying that it slashed his amendment which tracks action on capitol hill, and then sells the information to investors an instead the house bill requires a study of the industry's activities within 12 months. now, senator grassley calling this an astonishingly and deeply disappointing move by the house of representatives, and eric cantor's spokesperson saying that the provision was slashed because it was quote extremely broad and added to the unintended consequences of the provision would have on the first amendment rights. democrats critical and asking for more inpla nation of what the house republicans were doing, and louise slaughter is former chairman and now ranking democratic committee, and she says that the things that she feared greatly to come upon us are coming about because this bill, she says has been totally weakened. she spoke to the reporters on capitol hill about this, and also some of the provisions that she wants in this stock act. >> when writing their own version of

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ranking member on the commerce committee, lisa murkowski, ranking them on the energy emitted, and chuck grassley on ranking member of the finance committee, which is to senator reid, which we have asked that the legislation go through the regular process with the committees of jurisdiction having a say in this process. so, trendy i think you and i killed the balance of my time. >> no balance. [laughter] senator mccain, i returned -- [inaudible] i return -- know it's not. [laughter] >> looked, with the same fondness and respect you expressed to senator collins and even a starter, i cannot conceal the fact that i'm disappointed by your statement. we have conducted, this bill is essentially the windows market by the committee, but that's not the point. the point is that we've reached out, not only to everybody who was possibly interested in this bill outside of the congress, but opened the process to every member of the senate who wanted to be involved. we pleaded for involvement. and a lot of people, including yourself, have not come to the table. the encouraging part of your statement is that you

on finances, ranking member on the commerce committee, ranking member on energy committee, and chuck grassley, the ranking member of the finance committee, which is too senator reid, which we have asked that the legislation go through the regular process with the committees of jurisdiction having a say in this process. so, mr. chairman, i thank you and i yield the balance of my time. >> no balance. [laughter] >> senator mccain, i would turn -- i would turn the -- no, it's not. [laughter] >> look, with the same fondness and respect you expressed for senator collins and me when you started, i cannot conceal the fact that i am disappointed by your statement. this bill is essentially the one that was marked um by the commitee. but that's not the point. the opinion is we have reached out not only to everybody who was possibly interested in this bill outside of the congress, but opened the process to every member of the senate who wanted to be involved. we pleaded for involvement. and a lot of people, including yourself, have not come to the table. the most encouraging part of your statement is tha

never this come and we are having a hard time getting it and we would like to have it, not just chuck grassley the the whole delegation to meet my second point would be to read a statement and not have you comment because i gave you a letter that's going to have the basis of what i want to talk about, but just so you know this isn't something that i give little concern to. for the last three years, we have in my office we have read each year 120 audits done by the inspector general, and you want to remember we paid about $100 million a year in this area. so my letter is about 16 of the 120 of its of the last year. we have uncovered a egregious waste and misconduct at the dod. these reports were issued by the office of inspector general last year. i discovered them during the course of my ongoing oversight review of the audit quality where i'm about to issue my third annual report. if i had to use two words to characterize what i found in these 16 reports, these would be scandalous and disgraceful. this is some of the worst i've ever seen. the 16 reports tell me two things: first all the waste

on finances, ranking member on the commerce committee, ranking member on energy committee, and chuck grassley, the ranking member of the finance committee, which is too senator reid, which we have asked that the legislation go through the regular process with the committees of jurisdiction having a say in this process. so, mr. chairman, i thank you and i yield the balance of my time. >> no balance. [laughter] >> senator mccain, i would turn -- i would turn the -- no, it's not. [laughter] >> look, with the same fondness and respect you expressed for senator collins and me when you started, i cannot conceal the fact that i am disappointed by your statement. this bill is essentially the one that was marked um by the commitee. but that's not the point. the opinion is we have reached out not only to everybody who was possibly interested in this bill outside of the congress, but opened the process to every member of the senate who wanted to be involved. we pleaded for involvement. and a lot of people, including yourself, have not come to the table. the most encouraging part of your statement is tha

we got a demonstrably false letter sent to a united states senator chuck grassley. later, you still haven't been punished. there hasn't been a frown. a letter of reprimand put in someone's file and you have a dead border patrol agent and hundreds of dead mexican citizens and it's been a year. there have been continents that have shifted in less time than it's taken this inspector general to answer some pretty simple questions. >> let me ask you this thing, congressman, there was a report released by the democrats the other day that completely differs with the republican report. how could that be? >> well, welcome to washington. and if your ambien prescription runs out, i would recommend that you read the minority report. it's short on facts. it's 60 something pages long. this is why people don't like congress or the institutions of government. this really is a fact justice matter. i was a prosecutor. i take no delight in criticizing the department of justice but the democrat minority report is a political document. it's not a factual document. >> very interesting. n

whatever it is, and we are having a hard time getting it, and we would like to get it, not just chuck grassley, uphold delegation. my second point is to read a statement and not have you comment, because i gave you a letter that will have the basis of what i am going to talk about. just so you know, this is something i give a little concern to. for the last three years, we have come in my office, read each year 120 audits done by the inspector general. you want to remember, we pay about $100 million a year in this area. my letter is about just 16 of the 120 audits of the last year. we have uncovered egregious waste and misconduct. these reports were issued by the office of inspector general last year. i discovered them during the course of my ongoing oversight review of quality, where i am about to issue by third annual report. if i had to use two words to characterize what i found in these 16 reports, these would-be "scandalous" and "disgraceful." some of the worst i've ever seen. they tell me two things. first, all the wasted money needs to be recovered, and second, responsible persons held