that was not authorized by congress. nothing is more basic to the constitution that you cannot send money unless it is authorized by congress. this wasn't. it was an $80 billion oversight. i don't know if you remember the protests about that, because i can't remember. in short, congress went along with it. if you want to blame the system, blame everybody in it. republicans,e for in water flat, michigan. caller: yes, can you hear me? host: we can. caller: i'm so glad to hear this whole conversation because i'm just horrified of this oversight that is going on in the white house right now. i wish congress would be strong and take the power of the purse. i would love to read your book because i think it would be something that would be helpful for me to campaign and spread the word to everybody that we all have to take part and say this has got to stop, this tyranny. guest: now, there is a caller i like. [laughter] i couldn't agree more with the caller. it requires a change, not just the institution, but a recognition that

this is what congress is doing. will become a lame duck and the longer they can keep the ball away from him, whether it is immigration or unemployment insurance, they do not want to advance anything, they just want to dribble around in circles and run down the clock. guest: which is why the president is trying to use executive action to prioritize -- advance his priorities. we saw something on climate change, and we should see more in the next few months. the epa will be setting new standards for existing power plants, a missions of the carbon dioxide emissions, the main greenhouse gas, and that, as we think about his legacy, will be a big chunk, despite the fact that he cannot get much done in congress. host: next phone call is al in pennsylvania. caller: a couple of points about immigration. 7.5 million illegal immigrants are holding jobs in our country. over half of them got the jobs by presentation to their employers of forged social security cards, and then by perjurious as a station on the immigration form tha

they split the congress from the president. they feared the tyranny of congress. one foot is on the proverbial break and one foot is on the proverbial accelerator at all times. for our system to work, it requires good faith, working together compromise that trent and the other folks engaged in for a long time. when you can get things done and say, i produced results for the people at home, that is the greatest thing you can do. >> it is hard to come up -- i spent all eight years of the bush 43 white house in the white house. i also served in the bush 41 administration. i have had fantastic experiences in all of those. it is hard to pick out a favorite experience. except to say it was an enormous privilege to have a chance to serve. it is very common these days to disparage public service and have people say how awful it is dealing with congress, and so on. we lose sight that public service is a great privilege. that is something that, as chief of staff, andy card reminded the staff almost every day. in fact, he created rumors that andy was on his way out when, in

>> they answer to congress. they are congress' arm to look at everything. four years ago i put in one of the debt limit increases a mandate that the gao had to study and identify duplication. this month, the report will come out and they show all of these different areas where we have multitude of programs doing exactly the same thing. layered over, job training is one where we have 47 programs spending $18 billion and all but three do exactly the same thing. they overlap with no metrics to measure whether or not they're effective. gao built up this list. you got $200 billion worth of duplicating programs, that congress hasn't acted on. there is the skills at where they put job training programs and put them into one and sent it back to the states. states run job training programs far better than the federal government. and much more effectively. we have not done one major thing in congress to address what gao has raised. which goes back to our first conversation, why not. if there's $200 billion there and we're borrowing every year from our kids, why don't

is there one reform that could improve congress's standing?> i don't think it is one reform but a combination of reforms. i want to comment on those 2, 2 started off with about term limits and congress not doing anything. i disagree with both of them. hldy used to love to quote mencken. for every context problem, there is an easy answer and it's wrong. and i think those comments said in that description. i personally am opposed to term limits because legislation takes time. it takes knowledge. it takes getting an expertise about an issue. the truth is we have elections. over half of the united states senate is in his first term. over half of the house of representatives i think are in their first few couple of terms. so we have an enormous amount of turnover with our election. so i don't think term limits are the answer. feels safecomment when congress is in gridlock and doing nothing i think is a simple easy answer. that, ignores the reality in this country, we need to have a functional government. we have serious issues facing us. we need a

dell's help it wants us to work with congress before entering the negotiation and what procedures congresspprove or disapprove any trade agreement we bring back. we very much think that having authority over time helps open markets and increase exports which helps drive job greece in the united states. >> you and i previously discussed this. it's very important for commerce and particularly this committee to know the details of negotiations to we can consult any meaningful way. we can provide or guidance to you and administration as we move forward because consultation without the appropriate information really cannot be consultation. our level of access to information with prior administrations has always been complete and thorough. do you commit to working with this committee to provide us the most updated information including access to all the text anytime and completely? >> idea. >> thank you very much for that. i very much appreciate your tireless efforts on the hill, a meeting with both republicans and democrats to talk about trade in tpa. we do need strong support from the white ho

congress needs to act. the heartbleed bug reminds us that we are interconnected in so many of our economy in activities are dependent upon the internet and it is exposed. and often unknown ways. this was essentially unknown until it was discovered recently. it is being patched as we speak. a grim reminder what could've happened if it was exposed by more nefarious forces. on the public policy site, we need a number of things. we need companies have security clearances so as problems arise or they are able to access information and act upon it. if your ceo happens to travel, it is good to have them have a security clearance and be able to weigh into the information sharing. best to weigh in. -- to weigh in. we need better information sharing. you think about the organizations with information about cyber threats, including the nsa the department of , homeland security. the cia. the treasury and more. being able to work with and without fear of legal liability is important. that kind of protection and the thin

this is what congress is doing. will become a lame duck and the longer they can keep the ball away from him, whether it is immigration or unemployment insurance, they do not want to advance anything, they just want to dribble around in circles and run down the clock. guest: which is why the president is trying to use executive action to prioritize -- advance his priorities. we saw something on climate change, and we should see more in the next few months. the epa will be setting new standards for existing power plants, a missions of the carbon dioxide emissions, the main greenhouse gas, and that, as we think about his legacy, will be a big chunk, despite the fact that he cannot get much done in congress. host: next phone call is al in pennsylvania. caller: a couple of points about immigration. 7.5 million illegal immigrants are holding jobs in our country. over half of them got the jobs by presentation to their employers of forged social security cards, and then by perjurious as a station on the immigration form tha

they have had legislation in congress, and congress said no to net neutrality rules. then they decided they would do a rulemaking, and give a net neutrality order, which they did. 21,can look at december 2010, and when they published it in november of 2011. after they did that, a lawsuit was filed. it ends up in the d.c. court of appeals, federal courts. fcccourt rules against the in making these net neutrality rules. now they are saying, we will go at it another way and try to implement these rules again. it's time for congress to step in and disallow the ability of the fcc to do net neutrality rules. that's what my legislation does. >> what do you think of todd wheeler so far? he is someone who will be interesting and active. >> marsha blackburn, you have introduced an fcc reporting bill. iswhat we are wanting to do make certain the fcc releases their information in a timely manner. we think the agency should be more transparent, they should focus on what they are doing with spectrum and licensing. that is their core mission. we do not want them getting off into net

i think congress said that. but to be as responsive as i can to your question, the parade of horribles that the government offers you ought to sound familiar, because if you look at that parade of horribles -- social security, minimum wage, discrimination laws, compelled vaccinations -- every item on that list was included in justice scalia's opinion for the court in smith. and justice o'connor responded to that in her separate opinion and she said, look, you've got to trust the courts, just because free exercise claims are being brought doesn't mean that the courts can't separate the sheep from the goats. now, whatever -- >> well, she had an understanding of how the court worked pre-smith that was a kind of sherbert v. verner yoder understanding, which was we did a balancing, we looked at the government's interests, we took those very seriously, especially to the extent that there was harm to identifiable third parties and that it fell on an identifiable third party. that was basically -- you could not get an a

the biggest problem with congress is the den -- denial of reality. you can still be a good person and deny reality. we all have flaws and deny realities in some sense in our lives every day because we do not want to face them. the fact is we have not had the leadership in this country in a long time to stand up and tell the truth to the american public about the situation we find ourselves in. you can debate what caused it. on his career,rn politics and reason for retirement from the senate at the end of the session. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> president omar -- obama marks equal payday by speaking about the paycheck fairness act. he will be introducing the white house east room by the advocates and author, lilly ledbetter. \[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by mrs. lilly ledbetter. \[applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. \[applause] thank you and good morning. my name is lilly ledbetter and i am honored to stand here today on behalf of women everywhere who are strugglin

congress and for part of that course, i have the students play a member of congress, and they try to get a bill enacted through the house of representatives, and that is a great experience for the student and for myself, if for no other reason i get to play speaker. i have a gavel i get to use, and i also teach a course call power in american politics, learning of aspects in power in the united states, power of interest group, power of congress, paver of the president, power of the people, power of the voters, those are some i teach. >> host: why don't speakers vote on legislation? >> guest: they traditionally do not vote because it's a legacy of the hybrid position of speaker as i mentioned before. they are seen as both a partisan leader and nonpartisan leader, and if you're nonpartisan, that means you're not supposed to be taking part in issues of the day that puts you on one side of the question of the other, and the speaker is to be presiding over the house and ensuring everything's done fairly. people might question their ability to do that if they are also with the vote, and tr

congress should consider in 2014." s are prize winner sophomores from montgomery blair high school in silver spring maryland. they want congress to take action against water pollution. >> water is the most vital substance to a human body. it is because of us humans are unsuitable for use to to pollution. in the u.s., we have learned to take water for granted. flusht, bottled water and toilets reinforce the same idea. water is an unlimited resource. diminishing and the condition totally different story. water pollution kills marine and, destroys ecosystems, disrupts a fragile food chain. the muslim not the only ones that suffer the negative effects animals are not the only ones that suffer the negative effects. towe are getting children roll up the floors. if we cannot protect the rivers and bays. >> it is time to take charge of the situation. it will protect one of our most vital resources. >> one of the most polluted rivers. it was once full of life and ecological diversity, a symbol of prosperity in the d c area. it

you know, i would say first and foremost, we engage with congress, and congress is the people's representatives we look to, and particularly in our committees of jurisdiction to provide input on every proposal we table. and to give us feedback throughout that process. we have a group of cleared advisers that represent not just different businesses, but every major labor union, environmental groups, consumer groups. and as i mentioned in my testimony, we're launching a new advisory committee to be able to bring this other public interest up intos into the process. we want to make sure we've got their input. we've exapartmented with putting out -- experimented with putting out to the public summaries of our ttpi objectives to try and be as transparent as possible while at the same time insuring we can negotiate the best deal for the american people. >> all right, thank you. time's expired. >> thank you for being here, ambassador. japan's unwillingness to meaningfully open up its market to agriculture products like pork, beef, dairy as well as processed products containing these products, i believ

as you noted congress in to 2000 did act to enhance disclosure. there was a significant amount of the bipartisan game campaign reform act of 2002. we have the supreme court rulings that the federal election commission has issued regulations that basically have narrowed disclosure to a level that is almost certainly impossible to meet and that is people giving money specifically for an advertisement. now i know that you sued as well the federal election commission. you're a very litigious guide when it comes to disclosure and in repeated instances you have and judges have rebuffed those regulations. in this particular case a district court judge did so and the panel the d.c. circuit senate back. could you talk for a couple of minutes about the dysfunction of the federal election commission and its role in the problems that we have but also the state of play in that particular area? >> let me start with the latter the state of play in that case because you are right we essentially won the case in the federal district court level on appeal. the court

if you look over the history of congress, about every 20 years congress goes back and looks at these laws again because technology changes so much. and, of course, in the last 20 plus years even when you go back to the 1992 cable act, the laws have been on the books for a system that just doesn't exist anymore. when you look at all of the revolution that's happened for people that not just watch tv on big screen tvs instead of consoles that they used to watch in the 1990s, but i think the brick phone was the smartphone of the day back in 1992, and yet today on your smartphone you can watch live streaming of certain broadcasts, a tv show that was on any major network last night. and yet the laws are still built for a 1990s technology that didn't even include satellite or fiber options. you literally had one cable provider in every market with your rabbit ears, and that was the way that people watched tv back in the 1990s when these laws were on the books, and yet today it's dramatically different. in fact, there's some people that don't even have a tv in their house because they watch

congress should consider in 2014? second prize-winning sophomores fromanna and paul are montgomery blair high school in silver spring, maryland. they believe congress should make filibuster reform their most important issue. >> many of us recognize the iconic image of a talking filibuster. one senator standing up and talking what he or she believes in for as long as they can stand. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. >> i am not going to leave this body until i do get them, sir. >> many people don't know there have been hundreds and hundreds of filibusters in the past few years alone. there is an invisible filibuster that has bought the senate to complete halt requiring every bill to have 60 votes to pass. this is the silent filibuster. >> 60 votes to get him confirmed. >> the necessary 60 votes. >> in 2014, congress must enact serious filibuster reform in order to return the senate to its democratic roots. before talking about the filibuster today, we have to look into the senate's past. the filibuster was b

instead of with congress. i'm extending to work with you to help pass the smarter sentencing act. could you please help me try to pass the smarter sentencing act by not going around the law and by trying not to work through executive action only, but working with congress. could you do have from a? it is making my job much more difficult. >> we certainly want to work with you, as indicated to congressman gaudi. i think the policy and the raising of this issue in this pizza i gave atin the speech i the aba in seven cisco is what generated the conversation that we are now having. -- in san francisco is what generated the conversation that we are now having. what is an appropriate charging decision. as opposed to a previous policy that existed that required every assistant u.s. attorney to charge the most serious offense that could be proven almost regardless of what other factors were in existence. >> you're telling them not to charge certain crimes. exhibitinge you're faith, you're actually telling them don't c

and they have legislation in congress and congress on the bipartisan bases said no to net neutrality rules. so then they decided they would do a rule-making and give a net neutrality order which they did. and you can look at december 21st 2010 and they published that in november of 2011. a lawsuit was filled and ended up in the washington, d.c. federal court of appeals and the court rules against the fcc making these net neutrality rules. now they are saying we will go at it another way and try to implement these rules again. so it is time for congress to step in and disallow the ability of the fcc to do net neutrality rules and that is what my legislation does. >> host: overall what do you think of chairman wheeler as chairman? >> guest: i think he is going to be interesting and active. >> host: marsha blackburn, you introduced on fcc reporting bill. what is that? >> guest: we want to make sure the fcc releases therapy information in a firearmly m-- timely manner. we think they should be more transparent and focus on what they are doing with spectrum and licensing -- that is their c

leave congress. that should not even be allowed because what are they lobbying for? for the industries that many of these members of congress had responsibilities for overseeing. >> it is really, really troubling. thank you for that overview. stay with us. just ahead on the show, we're going to open the books on a controversial new budget released by congressman paul ryan. just hours ago, stay with us for that. ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good about the future of our company. ♪ with the quicksilver cash back card from capital one, it means unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase, every day. it doesn't mean, "everything... as long as you buy it at the gas station." it doesn't

and yet here republicans in the congress are dead set against it. blocking pay raises for millions of americans. the ma'am jorty of them, women. this isn't just about treating women fairly, it is about opposing even efforts to even the playing field for working american families. i was up in michigan last week, and i said i don't understand fully the theory behind this. i don't know why you would resist the idea that women should be paid the same as men. and then deny that that's not always happening out there. if republicans in congress want to prove me wrong, if they want to show that they in fact do care about women being paid the same as men, then show me. they can start tomorrow. they can join us in this, the 21st century, and vote yes on the paycheck fairness act. [ cheers and applause ] >> vote yes. [ applause ] >> and if anybody is watching or listening, and you care about this issue, then let your senators know where you standing because americans deserve equal pay for equal work. this is not something we're going to achieve in a day. there

to have a long career in congress. definitely something that is worthy of discussion. host: tweet from senator david vader, who by the way he running for governor of louisiana next year -- any number of congress who wants a pay raise would have to publicly explain it to their constituents and then vote on it. host: i think that is a fair point. i don't expect that many members of congress will support anytime soon a pay increase given the politics of that, and this is an election year, and interestingly during mr. moran's remarks before the committee, he did not ask his colleagues to do a roll call votes, which would have put them on the record for voting for or against the amendment which i'm sure many of them appreciated. host: let's go to your phone calls. jo from new bern, north carolina, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you very much for having me. our senators and congressmen are some of the most corrupt people in this nation, and their salaries of $174,000 is just the beginning. the lobbyists give them

congress consider in 2014? henry kraddock, maggie mallison daniel gotkowitz are in 8th grade in portland. they want to make gun control issue.ost important henry kraddock. malison.ggie >> and i'm daniel got -- the past year there have been numerous mass shootings. are. >> these shootings have left frightened and unsettled. we think the biggest issue congress should address in 2014 control. >> we first talked to a criminal opiniongist about his on gun control. >> well, being a criminal psychologist, has caused me both be involved in criminal cases involving firearms and has caused me, maybe more importantly, to study very carefully the literature that crimes to violent involving firearms. in the course of all that investigation and study what i found is this. several things. our society regulates fine.ms just in much the same way that we regulate mother vehicles. so even though there isn't a constitutional amendmentment stating that you have a right to and there is one that says you have the right to treatedirea

has relied on. >> i think we are seeing the end of the congress party. >> the politics keeps the congress surviving. it doesn't have -- there's no better handout. you're losing workers on the ground. then now you have dynasty succession by gandhi which doesn't have possibility to win election. >> the gandhi family has dominated politicpolitics. many predict that era is coming to an end. the party is hoping by putting rahul gandhi forward as the new younger face, that will save it from defeat. the party has survived dire predictions before. the congress party is starting to look like it's stuck in the past. bbc news delhi. >> reporter: tomorrow we'll be profiling the third force in this 2014 election of the common man party, the new force we're seeing come into play in this election. we won't know the outcome another five weeks, at least another five weeks. that could be the moment the process of coalition building in india begins. a coalition is the most likely outcome of an indian election. it's been that way several elections now, the way elections have taken place in this country for s

this is not a do-nothing congress. this is a congress that's worked very hard. this is a congress that's done monumental work to get our fellow americans back to work. the problem is, when you walk it down the halls and into the senate it gets lost. it gets tabled. it doesn't get amended, it doesn't get discussed, it doesn't get debated. in fact, it doesn't do anything. it just collects dust. so i welcome this opportunity to speak not just to this house but also to the people of america and at this time i'd like my colleague and my good friend, mr. moreno from pennsylvania, to also weigh in on this. mr. moreno: thank you, congressman kelly. appreciate this. it's an honor to be here with you and it's an honor to be setting the record straight. i hear my colleagues, i spent a couple of minute here's listening to my colleagues about what we are not doing and what they are doing. the facts and figures they're throwing out are coming from the white house. they change on a regular basis. mr. marino: will get into that stuff a little more. i want to hold up something a

congress handmade that decision. as far as congress is concerned, marijuana is illegal in federal law. that has not changed. and your role is supposed to be, among the roles to enforce that federal law, and not only is it illegal, but it's a scheduled one controlled substance. you have made, i guess prosecution discretion to allow to not go after certain individuals, certain entities in colorado and washington for that violation of federal law. so again it's not congress because we haven't changed anything. what has changed is the policy of this administration verb sus previous administrations as to how to enforce that federal law. so based on the whangs that you have all made, shouldn't that come to congress and say, look, we believe that the law is wrong, this is how we're enforcing it now. we believe this is why, and we think that the law should reflect the enforcement. >> well, i would sigh if you look at -- at the end of the day if you look at the kinds of marijuana cases that we will bring, or that we are bring

it was passed by congress back in 1996. a bipartisan congress. democrats supported the idea. they thought that able-bodied adults had to be working 20 hours a week in order to get benefits. they had to be looking for work or going to job training. or even volunteering 20 hours a week. when i talk to people about this, they say, that is common sense. that is reasonable. by them doing that, child poverty rates fell. welfare caseloads fell. workers' wages increase. this is a good plan and it has been some ordered in the past. it works. the best way to get people off of food stamps is to give them a good job. my colleagues across the aisle will support this budget. it provides tax reform. it provides a place in the hollow -- presidents health care law. it consolidates federal job training programs. it embraces american energy. those things create jobs and people need -- do not need to be on food stamps. i urge you to oppose this amendment and promote the job training programs. >> you have a minute to close. the gentlelady is recognized. in a moment we will cut $137 billion of foo

the pentagon and congress.we have reached a point where everybody agrees that the system not only costs more money but is too slow. we have information that china's economic ravish it every six months. that think there is an imperative given the budget issues we have been talking about and the state of play to do better. i t is a terrific example. if you think about how quickly technology changes it is inevitable that by the time the government procure something it is out of date. so part of our challenge is listening to ideas about what we can do. maybe we need pilot programs. there are a number of ideas coming in. if we can identify up to about would be next year : 01 that says start in that a 2000 page bill when. a lot of it is not necessarily legislation. working with the pentagon him through the regulations which is going. there are a number of aspects. we don't need another oversight office or law. we have to look deeper at the incentives. >> it is true why and our country feel relatively safe you worry m

she has appeared a couple of times in front of congress. once she asserted her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. another time she did something different. she gave a statement about her background. she then vociferously proclaimed her innocence of any wrongdoing, and then she asserted her fifth amendment right. in the house has taken the position that by asserting her innocence and by making certain statements that she had waived her right to a few -- to refuse to answer questions. another thing that has happened of some significance as her own attorney who is seasoned council has made statements that she has given extensive statements to the u.s. government's and it is the house majority's opinion that by making misstatements of the government, at least with respect to the statement she has made to the government she has waived the privilege and has to answer questions about that. >> host: for our viewers who might not be familiar, explain how we got to this point. >> guest: well, there is an investigation going on. it is a

when i came into the congress -- when i came into congress, the elder bush was the president. relationships were much better and while he was there, one of the things he did he was in the gym at best, exercise in the gym and with the members. the connection between people makes the difference and that connection somehow got lost somewhere between the start of the earth and finished in one of the things agreed to the table is an understanding of how you do with people, how you make people work. i was dean of the chapel for eight years. if you can deal with that many young people, helping them to understand the things that are difficult to plan, i learned in that environment that it is always possible to help people bring them to a level of understanding about that which they have difficulties and problems with and i do believe that much of that could work in a political environment, but it takes a person who has the ability to help people understand not only who you are, but help them to understand who they are. .. and biweekly leadership dinners at the white house with preside

i think we would all agree that we need more women in congress. [applause] fewer than 20% of congressional seats are held by women. clearly, congress would get more done if the ratio is evened out a little bit. we need to work on that. we've all got to do more to make the work face more welcoming to women because the numbers show that even when men and women are in the same profession with the same education, there are still a wage gap that widens over time. we will keep making the case for why these policies are the right ones for working families and businesses. this will all meet up to this first-ever white house summit for working families on june 23. ultimately, equal pay is not just an economic issue. it's ultimately about whether we are willing to build an economy that works for everybody, whether we will do our part to make sure our daughters have the same chances to pursue their dreams as our sons and whether or not we are willing to restore at the heart of this country the basic idea that you can make it no matter who you are if you try.

we can't even do that in congress. of thet don't get rid money. it is going to find its way in one way or the other. >> i think it is an important issue for us at the bipartisan policy sector, as well, and looking at recommendations, given the supreme court highern, which is a hurdle now, in citizens united, which did release the fourth of the super pacs. my issue in mccain-feingold was trying to draw a distinction between ads that were electioneering ads that influenced the outcome of an election. those were purely advocating a position on an issue. the first supreme court challenge. it did not survive the second, which was citizens united. then the court to get another 100 years back and said that corporations were people. that ultimately led to the super pacs. i think it is important to demand accountability and disclosure of donors to these organizations. that is one way of having transparency. many of these organizations that have one donor or thousands -- i think that would help to some degree. short of a constitutional amendment, getting ar

congress should consider in 2014? second prize winner frank boudon is a junior at troy high school in troy, michigan. he believes congress should make education their most important issue. ♪ >> i want to be a ballerina teacher. >> i want to be a professional soccer player. >> when i grow up i want to be a model, and i want to be a dresser. >> from a young age, many of us are introduced to the american dream, this idea that with hard work and the right education we can become anything we want to be. however, even as our schools have generally been improving in recent years, before methods have been anything but equal, and poorer students are not keeping up with their wealthier peers, facts which undermine our nation's cherished ideal of social mobility. to reverse these trends, america obviously has to deal with broader economic and social questions. >> but we can't use the brutal reality of poverty as a catch-all excuse to avoid responsibility for educating children at risk and helping them beat the odds, as thousands

he first won his seat in congress back in 2010. part of why he pulled that off was because he raised way more money than anyone expected. a federal grand jury was convened in the summer of 2012 to consider allegations that maybe he raised some of that money illegally. the fbi's public corruption unit interviewed several grimm campaign workers. this past january the fbi arrested a former grimm fundraiser on charges that he illegally funneled thousands of dollars into that campaign. another key figure in the michael grimm fundraising world pled guilty, as i said last year, to visa fraud. one of the things that federal investigations reportedly has looked into is whether or not michael grimm or his campaign donors illegally got money for michael grimm's campaign from people who are not legally allowed to donate to a campaign because they are not u.s. citizens. because they are foreign citizens. but the news of his pending indictment tonight comes with conflicting reports about the possible charges. "politico".com broke the story origi

so we will be pressing congress to act. and we will also be asking the president to also take a look and act within his authority. but at the end of the day, they will have to make a decision -- congress will have to make a decision whether they want to take a vote or not. if they decide not to, we know there's an election coming in november 2014 in which we get to vote. we, the people who care about this issue, and there are millions and millions and millions of us. we will be holding congress accountable for their actions or inactions as it pertains to immigration reform. if they won't vote for us today, why should we vote for them tomorrow? >> today we host a debate on what the next of should be in the push for humane immigration reform. in los angeles, we're joined by pablo alvarado, president of the national day laborers organizing network, calling for president obama to take executive action to medially stop deportations. in cleveland, we're joined by david leopold, past president of the american immigration lawyers a

party. >> translator: i've always voted for congress and gandhi family. inflation is an issue for us, but it's not the fault of the congress party. >> others said it was time for a change and were backing bjp candidate. >> translator: modi has clean politics. people say all sorts of things in elections and say he's against muslims. i say he should get a chance.

congress never intended to do that. in fact, there was a move to levy copyright taxes on the vcr's and tapes. that was rejected. why? it is the intent of congress and constitutionally sound for club and providers to increase the opportunity of copyrighted materials to get to consumers better, and faster with technology that does that. that is what aereo is. antennareo is an service, why can i not buy the antenna and attach it to my tablet? they are small. why must i read one and provide a service the to you -- fee to you? >> there are plenty of antennas you can plug into your ipad. there is no restriction. i have a picture on my iphone from staples, there is an antennae you can buy and put on your device. absolutely, that exists. for this to be about how long the wire is does not make sense. the reason you are paying aereo is because we are integrating the entire technology, providing anddvr, consuming power bandwidth on your behalf, which are ongoing expenses, so it makes sense for us to charge you on an ongoing basis

going back to the congress issue. congress has oversight of the state department, right? and so where with the oversight that would have protected us from the 6 billion loss that's been going on for six years? >> one problem here is that the state department hasn't had anything but an acting enemier general for six years. so, this. >> so it's been open season to steal and rip and rip off and hide. >> i'm sort of mist find as to how major government agency could have gone on for six years without essentially somebody watching it. >> i didn't believe that anyone could steal that amount of money. you know, what's even more annoying is that the way that the inspector general describes it significant vulnerabilities in the management of contract filed documentation. that's what they call stealing from the american people. what's wrong with stealing? >> we lost your money. >> no. we have -- fraud or stealing or lost or whatever but significant vulnerabilities? >> and washington has a very very skewed idea of what money really is $6 billion is still a lot of money. it is the ent

in 2009, congress mandated that ice fill 34,000 beds in detention centers every day. and that's the quota driving record deportations. >> arizona democratic congressman raul grijalva says the pace of deportations is a political strategy. >> i think there was a belief once that if we were really hard on the issue of enforcement that that would bring the more conservative members, republicans, of congress around because they would see that you're being strong on security therefore we can do family unification, path to legalization. unfortunately, that strategy of being tough, hasn't really swayed a significant amount of votes. >> congressman david valadao is one of just three house republicans who support comprehensive immigration reform -- including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. >> you're one of a handful of who support hr-15, right? why do you think your party doesn't support that? >> some people are concerned with the comprehensive approach because it's one bill that covers all bases and when they think comprehensive it always brings thoughts

since 2008, the congress has laws on the books that require the v.a. and the department of defense to have a transparent, interoperable medical record that would be easily and quickly readable when a service member leaves the active service and goes into the v.a. system. but they're still not there, so we have in this bill a mechanism that says you're only going to get 25% of your money upfront on implementing electronic health record until you come back to the committee and show us that you're meeting your obligation under the law to provide an immediate, seamless and transparent transfer of your medical records for the department of defense to the v.a. -- from the department of defense to the v.a. chairman rogers in particular, i want to thank him for his support in this effort because he had a constituent that i mentioned -- i'll mention in a minute in his district that struck a chord with me. it's a tragic example how unacceptable this is. one agency can't read the medical records of another. one man was injured, lost his eyesight, i believe, mr. c

congress just won't do. probably because some in congress feel it will cause america some of its influence and it marches to its own beat. whatever its influence , lagarde says it, i began my discussion by asking christine lagarde to explain what's at stake if congress doesn't do that. >> well, first of all the imf are brings together 188 members. they are all represented around a table of 24 chairs. so some chairs have one member. like the united states for instance. like china for instance. and a few others. and other chairs are more bulky with about you know 20, 30 constituencies. but they are all at the table. the imf is an institution like very few other institutions around the world, that is based on a weighted vote. so the bigger the economy, and we can discuss forever about how you measure the economy but to put it simply, the bigger the economy, the bigger the voice. but the founding fathers again in their wisdom knew that that would evolve over time. so there is a mechanism that actually decides th

congress should consider in 2014? second-prize home-schooled seniors taylor parker, david bingham, and cliff white are from new waverly, texas. they would like congress to change the way the federal reserve drives the economy. >> unfortunately, today we face a manufactured political crisis that is beginning to deliver an unnecessary blow to our economy. >> the economy. if you've paid any attention at all to to the news, or even just to everyday life in the past six years, you probably know that our nation's economy has had some rough times recently. some might ignore this fact, thinking it has nothing to do with their individual lives. this somewhat ignorant view of economics may even be held by the majority of the population. unfortunately, many people only think of the here and now when it comes to a healthy economy. as three home-schooled teens, however, we are nowhere near as concerned about the present as we are about the future and what it holds for us and our children. if the federal reserve continues with many

that's a failure of the recall system and recall on congress -- we call on congress to amend the law to change that recall system because we cannot afford another ignition switch. we said this years ago in ford explorer. we said it again in toyota. there has been a failure of the recall system in this country and only changing the law will change that system and save lives. thank you. >> thank you very much, everybody. if any of the families want to be interviewed, you can either interview them here as -- after we finish or you can talk to beth weaver whose telephone number is 301-814-4088. she is trying to handle the ress for us on all of this, or beth underscore verizon.net. thank everybody for coming. we're intent to get legislation passed so this doesn't happen again. i believe there needs to be criminal penalties in this statute so the failure to do a recall is on a knowing and willful basis is a criminal violation and that any executive who is responsible for that could go to jail. and i think until the corporations know that they can go to jail if they harm people, this issue