in congress and across america. i urge all my colleagues to support this good resolution and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers. i need to inquire if my colleague, the ranking member, is prepared to close. mr. brady: i have one additional speaker. mr. harper: ok. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: i thank ranking member brady for his leadership and chairman harper for moving so swiftly on this issue. and my colleague, jackie speier, who has selflessly worked on this issue for many years, along with barbara comstock. i rise in strong support of this bill. too

they do that while congress -- did not want congress to consider the petition. is a tried and failed to substitute the original report with the statement that congress should once again refused to consider the petition. then, a majority of george's into south carolina's representatives unsuccessfully opposed to the unprecedented step of having a final report recorded in the house journal, believing that doing so would give voice to a topic they wished to silence altogether and act as a president for future if -- future anti-slavery agitators. most unsatisfying way from the perspective of those such as james jackson and smith, despite the southerners long monologues, not one congressman outside of georgia or south carolina acquiesced in pronouncing human bondage a just institution. in fact, several representatives expressed shock that any dignified statesman could dare to argue for the moral legitimacy of human bondage, and it is in this way the petitioners triumphed in the battle of anti-slavery and proslavery principles, broadcasting on a national level. the un

congress to regulate in the way it has chosen, in that case, instead of directly regulating congress as impermissibly, directed the state to regulate. that is new york versus united states, the prince case. that same language appears in earlier language that goes back to 1911. >> mr. olson, is this a commercial activity by the state? if it is licensing casinos and horseracing, isn't it involved in a commercial activity? >> certainly, it is a commercial state individuals are engaged in betting on sports. >> why isn't it when the state is licensing that? it's making money from the licensing. >> it doesn't change the character of the underlying activity. the constitution ordains who may regulate that commercial activity, presuming that it is interstate commerce. >> i've never understood it. you just have to watch the lines on the highways coming from all different directions and states going to gambling casinos. >> yes. >> so if it is a commercial activity by the state, haven't we already said that the federal government can regulate that activity by the state? >> yes. >> so why isn't t

looks back on his 20 years in congress. served in thet house of representatives as a republican representative from florida, and he is the author of the book "life in the marble palace." this is cliff stearns. good morning. guest: thank you for having me. good morning. host: what was the goal of the book? guest: the goal of the book was to show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the tumultuous times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we were doing. my book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, and try to move forward to a rebirth of democracy. host: i'm interested in your thoughts on the title. follybtitle "in praise of ," what are you trying to accomplish their? guest: a restless wrote a book in -- "in pursuit of folly," highly political, but it was moving toward the protestant reformation, and talking about how much reform was needed

we're going to rate this current session of congress. >> it is good to rate a congress compared to others. let's take the first year of the obama administration. in the first two years the affordable care act passed eventually, this one had some problems, the pastor tax bill and there's a lot of things that are important but they failed in repealing the affordable care act, yes they they have not done very well, they had some oversight hearings that we have not seen those with russia, if they're in my class, i would give them a d. >> because of what they did not accomplish? >> the have not pass the budget or the appropriation bills. these poor kids out there that live below the poverty line that cannot get insurance and those bipartisan support for it but haven't dealt with the debt one point they were very concerned about it. >> molly? >> i largely agree, i think for me this idea of what today leave undone is really important. we can point to the tax bill and talk about judges putting justice gorsuch on the supreme court is a major achievement that has the potential to do that and in doi

congress didn't want the branch enforcing these civil rights and labor laws on ongress, so congress set up in this law, its own office, the office of compliance to set behavior.s for host: the law, congressional accountability act. is t: that is what it called, set up the office of compliance, it should be noted majority from what we know in office of compliance entirely detailed in this forthcoming, but what is that in the last 15 years, they've paid out settlements, i have the numbers here, $13 256lion in settlements, some cases, but only a couple have by lved sexual harassment members of congress, we only know of one at the moment, congressman, a republican from texas. so the way it is supposed to aggrieved employee this, is criticism, too an ensome process, if you aggrieved employee, you are required to spend 90 days in called mediation, at least 90 days, trying to work out an agreement with your boss, ofts of compliance, if you have exhausted lengthy rocess of mediation and internal negotiations, if you are still dissatisfied, you have the right to take your complaint public, to go

that means in the end we stall the congress. you ever find yourself in a situation where compromise was not possible, and what was the end result of it. guest: there were times. i am pro-life, so that is an area that is difficult to compromise. also, there are areas, when you come to congress, you have strong feelings. i am a conservative publican. if i am doing with someone that is a strong liberal from new york city, it will be difficult to compromise. an african-american from new , a democrat from the bronx, from yonkers, we passed a bill that shortened clinical trials. there is a good example where he and i came together and he was a liberal from new york city, and i was a conservative from ocala, florida. our guest with us for the hour. if you want to ask him questions about his time in congress, -- host: you write in the book "from the first moment you get elected as a member of congress, you must decide what you want to do with that office. host: can you expand on that? guest: sure. if you stand -- stay in congress to lon

eliminated from congress, booted out by the congress, and they went back to their home state, they be re-elected? guest: yes, they could. they could. okay, so the people decide, in the end, the people decide? uest: in the end, the people decide, yes. it doesn't happen often, i can't somebody lly think of who has been driven out by come back, a has couple have tried, a congressman traficat was m onvicted of bribery and corruption. he refused to resign, the custom is that when you are convicted crime, you resign rather than force your colleagues to kick you out. went through the motion of requiring his colleagues to kick federal nd went to prison and filed for re-election vote.t 12% of the host: david hawkings cover its newspaper, ll >> subcommittee will now come to order. before i begin my opening statement i want to make a general announcement to member about the

by congress. george washington read the constitution and thought, i have the executive power. i have interstitial power over foreign affairs and now i am in charge of the government including all the executive officers. that means john jay reports to me and that means support of treasury reports to me. so, john jay continue to report on foreign affairs but he switched his allegiance is so to speak from the continental congress to the president. that all made sense under the constitution. the problem was john jay was just a private citizen at that point, no longer secretary of foreign affairs because the statute that created him was no longer valid. they did not seem terribly bothered by this. in fact, john jay sort of functioned as a quasi-secretary of foreign affairs for one year under the constitution. he did this from the beginning of 1790 until thomas jefferson came back from france and agreed to serve for secretary of foreign affairs and the senate consented to the nomination and president wa

clement: congress did not want there to be sports schemes operating -- >> congress could have prohibited sports gambling it felt. so, what federal policy is served by this statute that would not of been served by the former? clement: two things, justice alito. congress good of her limited all sports gambling but it would've required it to regulate individuals as sports gambling as opposed to entities, businesses, that were providing sports gambling. havengress could prohibited gambling enterprises in itself. no question it could've done that. what policy does the statutes are that that would not? clement: and actually furthers federalism values by saying common set of having a one-size-fits-all policy which says as a matter of federal law, everybody who operates a sports gambling scheme is gone to face two years and a federal penitentiary and a fine up to thousand dollars, the statute says, look, 46 dates are more or less doing what we want it they are doing it in 46 different ways -- >> how would it serve the interest of making it cheap by allowing congress to not have to expend any fun

guest: it is good to rate a congress compared to other congresses. let's take the first year of the obama administration. -- andls passed within within a few weeks, stimulus package passed. dodd frank and the affordable care act passed eventually. this one has had problems. the tax bill did a lot of things that are important, but one tax bill failed in repealing the affordable care act. 12 --hey improved approved 12 district judges. that is good. but they have not done very well. they have some oversight hearings, but we have not seen anything from the oversight hearings on russia and the election. so i would give them, if they were in my class, i would give them a d. host: a d? because of what they did not accomplish? guest: right, they have not had -- has the budget or appropriation bills. they have done nothing with ship, the children's health insurance program, these court kids that lived below the poverty line that cannot get insurance. there is bipartisan support for it, but they have not passed it. they have not dealt with the debt or the defi

or beholden to congress? >> there's a built-in conflict of interest. sharyl: serious dysnfuction dates back to the late 1980's, when the ethics committees figured into an all-out partisan war. speaker wright: all of us, in both political parties, must resolve to bring this period of mindless cannibalism to an end. there has been enough of it. scott: in whatever form it of jerusalem's story. 70 years ago, the state of israel was formed, but not accepted by all of its arab neighbors. in september of 2000, ariel sharon made a visit to the temple mount that inflamed the palestinians. it was called the second intifada. now, some believe, president trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem might trigger the third. is that the biggest fear? tzipi livni: there is no excuse for terror, there is no excuse for violence. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ sharyl: welcome to "full measure." i'm sharyl attki

congress must act now. thank you. ron. thank you, our next speaker will be professor taub of vermont law school. good afternoon. my name is jennifer taub. i am a professor at vermont law school where i teach business law courses, often focused on white-collar crime. the famous phrase from watergate -- follow the money -- is my mantra. i opt for my remarks solely on my own behalf as an academic and on behalf of -- and not on behalf of my law school or any other association. today i will discuss whether congress needs to investigate whether the president has been violating the constitutional emoluments ban since he took office. before i do that, i need to address an issue that must be at the forefront of your minds. why now? an should the house begin impeachment investigation now? why shouldn't we wait until special counsel robert mueller finishes his work? my colleagues have begun mandate is quite broad, it is not unlimited. he is investigating whether donald trump's presidential campaign coordinated with the russian govern

>> if congress is concerned the president is violating its statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. the supreme court has said repeatedly -- >> don't we have a problem with the charter case they talk about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the arbitrator. are you saying they could do that? delegate to it the president and then they're the ones who decide whether or not -- >> chavitt did not apply to the exclusion of alien is a broad. it's a very narrow set of circumstances unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review. part of the reason for that, unlike in chada, there is not a delegation issue because the president has inherent executive authority with the respect to exclusion of aliens abroad. >> it comes exclusively from congressional power, does it not? >> that is not correct. this exact argument was made that the congress had improperly delegated authority to the president to exclude aliens. the superiorireme court said th not true and the president has the executive order authority to restrict a

it is congress's statute to begin with, and if congress hasn't provided a remedy that's up to congress to do. there is no concern for that, and no one has thought that's a problem when it comes to individual chancellor officers. individual chancellor officers can misinterpret the ina and they're not subject to judicial review. i would point this court to the romero decision from the eastern district of virginia. it's cited in the dc circuit's opinion. it makes exactly this point. even statutory violations are not subject to review under the doctrine of chancellor nonreviewability. cites a case holding including a case from the fifth circuit. there's no explanation they can provide for why an individual chancellor officer can misinterpret the ina but not be subject to review, but that the president of the united states is subject to judicial review turns everything on its head because the apa and equity don't provide greater relief against the president than the chancellor officers, exactly the opposite. the president's not subject to the apa at all and he's not supposed to be subject t

if congress is concerned that the present is violating the statute congress can authorize a review.congress has not to write it in the supreme court has said. >> do we have the power in the shaw case to talk about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the one to be arbitrary to that? you are saying they can do that? they are the ones who decide? >> shauna did not exclude aliens abroad exclusion of aliens abroad are a very narrow set of circumstances where the supreme court offers a must congress provides otherwise there will be no review in part of the reason for that your honor unlike in shauna if there's not an out delegation issued the president has inherent executive authority with respect to the exclusion of aliens abroad. >> the power comes exclusively from congressional power does it not? >> that is not correct your honor. if you look at shauna the argument was made the congress had improperly delegated authority to the president to exclude aliens in the supreme court said that is not true that the president has inherent executive authority to res

congress, i was the only one that knew that. here is the thing though, it is ridiculous though, right? they're doing the people's work except they never go to work and now as we get to crunch time critical times real important moments in this country it's okay. i mean, something really should be done about this, should be a greater sense of urgency to get these things done and we won't end up with laws and bills that we regret later on. >> neil: danielle? >> i agree there's a reason leadership has a 22% rating but people are horrified about what's happened in this first year of the trump administration , healthcare reform became healthcare sabotage and the tax bill is meant to go into if we can get it through committee and back to the house is meant to go on january 1 but we don't have any regulations that will implement it. there are some problems here. >> neil: i'll put you down as a maybe. ben stein what do you make of this? you know, that's the way its been for as long as we remember they always had these budgets on the brin

the way to do this is for congress to act. it is more than time that congress step up and modernize the statutes that control how the internet is regulated. a vast number of my constituents and small businesses are concerned about the future of the internet. they worry that large corporations will win out and deprive them of their ability to be competitive. as a congress, we can give them the protection that they need. it has been more than 20 years since congress last reformed our national telecommunications laws, it is my hope we will come together in a bipartisan to update this outdated regulatory framework and ensure the internet is fair, open and free so it continues to benefit customers and add advance innovation and unhinnered by government regulations. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. gallego for five minutes. mr. gallego: there they go again, donald trump and paul rand dusting off a familiar republican playbook. step one, slash taxes for millionaires and billionaires. step

congress writes the wall and they must follow. congress gave them the power to suspend the entry of noncitizens. but he subject to restrictions and he subject to the constitution the supreme court reached and considered on the merit statutory claim about 1182. i contrary to what the government said they just said that the president was acting pursuant to the powers that be. >> they basically said that the president's prerogative. >> what it was about was whether the president was looking at the statues passed by congress. they said we construe and the refugees to which the u.s. >> along these lines little bit more particular, what is the right of your plaintiffs are exercising and coming to court? i understand you relying on the apa, is there anything else you rely on to get into court? >> were relying on the apa and a large number of cases including. >> what is the substance? are you looking for freestanding constitutional claim? >> the government doesn't contest that they can review. >> answer my question. >> and chamber of comm

it is important that congress acts. i hope people will contact their congress members to overturn this. steve: both gentlemen today veterans of the fcc. we want to thank christopher lewis and randy may. we appreciate your time, and your perspective. thank you for being with us. >> next, c-span's profile interview with mercedes schlapp. then, president trump's comments on the at the i. after that, the united nations security council meeting on north korea's nuclear weapons program and missile test. senior white house adviser discusses herpp personal and national life, the state of discourse in the united

why be uncomfortable telling congress?suggests there is something else going right. >> you're absolutely right. the only way to sanitize this is exposure to sunlight. they are resisting this exposure. some of these texts are deeply disturbing. some are just stupid. major justice officials going to the campaign party of one of the two major candidates. it's stupid. >> tucker: a lot of these people have political opinions. that doesn't mean they can't do their jobs. if you are an independent counsel and under public scrutiny and you hire 9 out of 15 people who are donors to the other candidate. is it impossible to find competent investigators who did not just donate to the other candidate's campaign? >> there is no lead to come up with a list that can be challenged. i thought mueller's appointment was a mistake. i think he will do a good job. but his connection to comey and his interview for comey's job baffled me he would be on the list. you would think after that start, he would sanitize this team. >> tucker: public faith

congress has a right of this information. it's our government, and these are very serious allegations. you talk about someone involved in this core investigation, we are spending millions. more importantly, we all have a lot at stake here. there are people there who are partisan or biased, we have a righte to know about it. >> tucker: in this case, it looks like mueller did the right thing. it turns out he has this high-level fbi official, strzok, who stepped outside the lines pretty dramatically and he demoted him. why would he be uncomfortable telling congress that? it shakes your faith. it suggests there is something else going on. >> that exactly right. they fueled a lot of this narrative, these concerns. the only way to sanitize this is exposure to sunlight and they are resisting the disclosures. some of these texts are deeply disturbing. some are just stupid. major justice officials going to the campaign party of one of the two major candidates. it's just stupid. >> tucker: it is especially weird. the congressman made a

the library of congress -- bill's passage. the library of congress cohosted this 50 minute event. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming and welcome to the library of congress. i am carla hayden, the 14th librarian of congress. [applause] thank you. we are looking forward to a very, very exciting afternoon celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing by president lyndon johnson of the public broadcasting act of 1967. four star-studded panelists in store for you, featuring many great names of public broadcasting in -- on radio and in television. i want to take this opportunity to single out one of our guests today. is mr. henry morgan fall -- morganthall ii. i. he is 100 years old. [applause] and he was working at wgbh 50 years ago with the act was passed. his grandfather was fdr's treasury secretary. i am proud to say the library of congress has the papers of his grandfather. sir, we are truly honored you are here with us today. thank you. [applause] carla: many of you may know that the library of congress is the largest a

john: consistency has never been a hallmark of members of, -- congress. -- members of congress.han a far larger problem any single member of congress. it is a problem with the institution, it is a problem with it presidency. like i said, it is a problem that for 200 years, these forces that are operating on our congress, on our elected official, just powerful forces for what you are seeing, what we saw with paul ryan, and what we sow it harry reid are just examples of how individuals react to those pressures, pressures to be reelected. host: go back to your government experience. what were the first years that you are there? in 1982.1 i was assistant secretary at the labor department. host: what was your big take from that experience? john: it was just how difficult lay in these entitlement programs. 1981 and 1982 were years of a very, very deep economic the federal reserve and administration tried to ring administration out of the economy. the recession that we had was a deep recession that we had had since the end of world war ii. so, immediately, that recession caused congres

rate this current session of congress. we are coming to the close, the year of the irst 115th congress. how would you rate them? has it been a success? rate to the good to compared it other congresses. let's take the first year of the administration. in the first actually two years, few ills passed within a weeks a stimulus bill passed. dodd dodd-frank, the affordable care act pass the. this one will problems. a tax bill. there are a lot of things in the tax bill that are important but bill.x it failed in repealing the affordable care act. they have approved 12 district judges. that is good. the f course that is supreme court justice but they have not done very well. oversight ad some hearings but we have not seen anything from them on russia and election. so i would say i would give them, if they were in my class, give them a d. host: a d? guest: a d. they did use whatever not accomplish? . guest: right. budget.e not passed the not appropriations bills. they have done nothing with chip. children's health insurance program

because within the congress party itself. many leaders who we accepted by all sections within the party so the whole was the only person around the entire party as early but raul gone these dynastic journey into politics has been on the easy one and he was general secretary of the congress party ten years ago and the pushed for revamp and more transparency. but it was often hard to pin down his political leanings he was accused of flitting from cost to costs and seemed reluctant to take responsibility when asked to join the government analysts say he was always in his mother's shadow and his efforts in authority were never truly recognized four years ago raul gandhi became vice president of the party and chief campaigner for the general election but poor results and did ten years of congress rule the congress party suffered a humiliating defeat to the b j p led by now prime minister narendra modi. gandhi was no longer perceived era parents and instead often ridiculed for political mistakes or gaffes in his speeches but his po

congress eventually acquiesces. eligibility expands.start always with a very small group and it spreads outwards. to a point where the original purposes of these entitlements is no longer recognizable. so for the civil war program, the original entitlement program for disabled revolutionary war veteran was confined just to members of the continental army and navy. they were a federal responsibility. but then 20 years later they wanted to include members of the state militia. volunteers, these individuals were no less deserving of the systems as those in the continental army. -- of assistance as those in the continental army. by the 1830's, congress had extended the program to include anyone who had served in a revolutionary war for at least nine months. the next entitlement program, large entitlement program was the disability program for union veterans during the civil war. that program followed almost exactly the same path. first then were confined to -- first benefits were confined to those that had been disabled during wartime servi

fortunately congress has a say. i'm proud to support congressman mike doyle's resolution to overturn the f.c.c.'s decision and restore our net neutrality protections. i also believe the house oversight and government reform committee should investigate the reports and allegations of fraudulent public comments. repealing net neutrality will inhibit innovation, stifle competition, and threaten free speech. it's time for congress to overturn this decision. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor amy wright, the co-founder of a coffee shop in wilmington, north carolina, on being named cnn hero of the year. when amy and her husband, ben, found out that 70% of adults living with disabilities do not have jobs, they opened the doors of biddy and bo's in january, 2016, with the goal of having these individuals to interact, contribute, grow and succeed in the workplace

congress must act now. thank you. >> thank you, ron. next figure will professor todd of vermont law school spirit. >> good afternoon. my name is jennifer todd and i'm a professor at vermont law school. i teach business loss courses including white-collar crimes. my work often focuses on the importance of full and fair disclosure and efforts to combat fraud and corruption. the famous phrase from watergate follow the money is my mantra. i offer my remarks solely on my own behalf as an academic and on behalf of my law school or any other association. today i will discuss why congress needs to investigate whether the president has been violating the constitution emolument banned from the moment he took office. but before i do that i want to address an issue that must be at the forefront of your minds. why now? why should the house begin in impeachment investigation now? why shouldn't we wait until special counsel robert mueller finishes his work? my colleagues here have begun to address this and i will also try to begin answering this quest

we have had investigation for people who work the congress or in the congress. they go the ethics committee. the president has never been subjected to any investigative even though upwards of 12 or 16 women have accused him of sexual arrest forward. those who say the american people knew he was accused and elected him, are not cognizant, we never heard from his women. herelector processes and to hear fromed such accusers. even with the free press, they didn't come forward. they have come forward now because women have found strength in numbers. having seen others come forward, these women are coming forward now to. are we supposed to sit on our hands? were not going to examine these ssues? we will be held accountable for letting this one pass by. there isn't any ethics committee for the president e kensignton to so what is the next test thing? next best thing is to have investigation in the house of this and it. guest: -- host: iraqis -- you are asking for an investigation of the house will 10. can you explain? guest: why was it addressed to this committee? it's

remember, we're talking about statutory claims, if congress-- >> how does congress do that? >> if concern is concerned that the president is violating its statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. and the supreme court has said repeatedly-- >> don't we have a problem on the charter case to talk about charter, it talks about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the ones to arbiter that. are you saying they can do that? they delegated to the president and then they're the ones that decide whether or not. >> so charter did not exclude aliens abroad. the exclusion of aliens abroad is a narrow set of circumstances where the supreme court in noff versus shaughnessy recognizes unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review and part of the reason for that, unlike enchadda, the president has executive authority with respect to the exclusion of aliens abroad. >> well, no, the power under ina comes exclusively from congressional power, does it not? >> it does not, your honor. if you look at shaughnessy, the arg

we in congress are facing a critical point in history. many are calling it a watershed moment. for too long, accountability has not been the priority and bad behavior has gone unchecked. for too long we have expected copouts like locker room talk. for too long courageous voices have fallen upon deaf eerms and now that time is over. and i'm sorry, mr. president, ou do not live under a different set of rules. so as a vice chair of the democratic women's working group and as a member of the oversight committee, i stand here to support their right to a voice and to seek justice. i stand here demanding accountability, a full investigation from congress when the white house will not provide its own. i stand here in support of over 100 of my colleagues and i'm sure millions across america asking for this fair and transparents investigation. elijah couple, ranking member of our oversight committee, has already gone out in strong support moving forward with this investigation. we hope that chairman gowdy will recognize the need and surge -- urgency of this matter. as a member of the ove

to begin proceedings, thanks again to the library of congress. [applause] >> unfortunately carla had to leave so it is me. i am the senior director of the wgbh archive and the project director for the american archive for public broadcasting. alan my esteemed colleague is in , the back managing our audiovisual materials. he is a special assistant to the chief of the library of national audiovisual conservation center at culpepper for the library of congress, and project rector for -- and project director for the american library of congress. thank you for being here celebrate our 50th anniversary. our first panel is what the origins of public broadcasting. we will start up with a clip , the minogue ftc chairman during 1961 to 19 six e3 and instrumental in getting the public broadcasting act launch. >> how could something happening this week that is really revolutionary and the passing of this bill for educational television? >> the president this week signed a bill which for the first time will commit federal funds for the construction of educati

yes, sexual harassment occurs in congress like other workpieces. while the more serious allegation of sexual harassment and borderline criminal behavior in some instances tends to receive the most attention from the media, those types of allegations are not the normal on capitol hill and not in my office of experience and i recognize this behavior does go in-- unreported and that may account for some of that. i went to answer the question of what has worked to address the concern about sexual harassment. i wish there was an easyh answe, but there is not. although it is not a panacea, i believe mandatory in person training is helpful. i have tried quite a few members on this issue lately and the response has been encouraging. i'm hopeful the training has meant members are talking directly with their employees and telling them they should come forward with concerns without fear of retaliation. employees won't always believe it, but this is a positive step and might help to change the perception held by some h that these issues should not be reported.

if congress is concerned that the president is violating statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. >> don't we have a problem to talk about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the ones that -- are you saying they can do that. >> delegate it to the president and they decide whether or not -- >> so did not involve the exclusion of aliens abroad. the exclusions of aliens abroad is a very narrow set of circumstances where the supreme court recognized unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review. part of the reason for that is there is not a delegation issue because president has inherent executive authority with respect to exclusion of aliens abroad. >> the power comes exclusively from congressional power. >> that is not correct. if you look at this exact argument was made. the argument was made that the congress improperly delegated authority of the president to exclude aliens and the supreme court said that is not true, that the president has inherent executive authority to restrict the entry of aliens a

that he has to make deals through congress. >> chris: of course he has to make deals through congress reagan had to, bill clinton did. >> i'm not sure he recognized that when he started. >> chris: do you agree that he now does understand that? >> no, even in the tax bill, it's not that he put forward with marc short's help, some legislative agenda or structure that allow them to act. it was that they came up with their own prescriptions to their conservative -- i think he knows no some members of the congress and understands he's got to work with congress. but for example, marc short said to you we want to do something on infrastructure. and what you hear from the democrats in the senate as we heard this morning's we want to do something on infrastructure, but where's the revenue? you just passed a tax bill that took away the money. >> chris: that's true, that was a trillion dollars that they wanted to get that they were going to put into infrastructur infrastructure. casting a shadow over everything is the continuing investigation of russia. senate democratic leader chuck schumer put

gets to come in and cover congress after basically directing my question to congress she played the russian card as a representative of the russian government in fact the fact that you are here as a representative of the russian government is a perfect example of how we do not not restrict any type of freedom of the press this all comes after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent stripped of their capitol hill press credentials only after russia was accused of meddling in the us presidential election after washington's measures russia actually designated several media outlets funded by the us government as foreign agents but it seems after this whole exchange that the state department is unwilling to keep its word and is now trying to just shift blame it to avoid taking responsibility samir khan reporting will media and legal on this line all things that are so he was targeted as part of a blame game against russia. what does that mean well it wasn't necessarily revoked by congress or members of congress but the association selected by the members of congress to det

i think it is in congress's purview. both republicans in charge and democrats in charge, they did not do what the issue. daca is not new, but neither democrats or republicans dealt with the issue. the president kicked it to us because i think he is correct, there were legal challenges that would've forced it anyway. i also agree with the president that we should have a deal that gets more security and disincentives for further immigration, illegal immigration, but further deals with this population. there has been a lot of talk about merit-based immigration and i agree with that. but when you look at this population, they speak english, in general they are working and they are educated, not criminals by definition, said this is a and some of these folks are as american as you and i, they just do not have the citizenship. i agree with the president pushing it to congress and i agree there should be a deal that gets further disincentives for that you legal immigration and it deals with this population. what ultimately happ

, then congress will continue acting the way it does.haryl: this week, representatives buck and kathleen rice launched the bipartisan congre reformers caucus in the house. they were joined by 17 others, pledging to work across the aisle for common sense reforms to congress and the legislative process. the failure to pass those appropriations bills, as congressman buck said, has real consequences. the secretary of the navy backed that up just this week. navy secretary richard spencer says the navy has wasted $4 billion in taxpayer money since 2011. that's because of inefficiencies caused by those temporary spending bills when the regular budget doesn't get passed. spencer says the wasted money could have bought a squadron of f-35 fighter jets, two of the best guided missile destroyer ships, 3000 harpoon missiles, and 2000 tactical tomahawk cruise missiles. according to secretary spencer, "we have put $4 billion in a trash can, poured lighter fluid on it, and burned it because of sharyl: the county fair is still one of the best places to s

i think he knows now some members of congress and understands he's got to work with congress.ething on infrastructure. and what you hear from the democrats in the senate, as we heard this morning, yeah, we want to do something on infrastructure, but where's the revenue? you just passed a tax bill that took away the money. chris: no, that's true. that was a trillion dollars they wanted to get that they were going to put into -- you've gotç another trillion dollars. [laughter] over the ten years. anyway, casting a shadow over everything is the continuing investigation of russia. senate democratic leader chuck schumer put the president on notice this week. >> if the president were to fire special counsel mueller, our country would face a constitutional crisis. chris: bob, as a veteran of covering watergate, of covering iran contra, of covering the monica lewinsky, where are we headed in 2018? you hear white house lawyers saying that this is going to be wrapped up quickly, that the president -- at least as far as the president's concerned, maybe not paul manafort -- that he's goin

congress have not -- has not provided a remedy. >> there would be no remedy unless congress enacted.ut congress could at. >> of course, congress could provide a course of action for the denial of entry to aliens abroad in violation of the ina. congress has not done so and has never done so and that is why when officers restrict the aliens abroad even in violation of the statute, there is no review. >> i am afraid your time even with the extra five minutes is more than exceeded. >> thank you, your honor. -- theto comment advocacy on both sides was exceptionally helpful and we really appreciate it. accordingly, the case shall now be submitted and we will try to get an opinion out as soon as practical. the supreme court has asked us to do that. so we shall comply. thank you. court is adjourned. >> all rise. this court [indiscernible] [gavel] >> a c-span history series about the supreme court returns in february. we hear about the stories and constitutional drama about 12 cases heard by the high court. landmark cases beginning in february. friday on c-span. at 8:00 eastern, this week's s

this is one that, as you see, congress called for it. it hasn't been put into place yet and that doesn't do a lot for the famil ies of those who were killed or injured, not just there, but philadelphia and other accidents on the rails over the last couple of years. today the justice department rolling out two violent task forces. shar lolt, north carolina, one of two areas where the task forces will be working, they will work on , kidnappings, extortion they'll work with the fbi and local law enforcement. the fact is some people just have to be prosecuted. i wish it weren't so. i wish we had better solutions for the problem than jail you but we don't. my experience tells me and so i appreciate your work. >> now the justice department also announced 40 new assistant us attorney positions to prosecute violent crime. one position here in d.c. three are in maryland. up next on the final five, the president honing on his first big legislative accomplishment. we're talking about that coming up here next on the final five. let's talk a little b

or do you hope congress comes up with the money sooner rather than later? some folks say fcc has more money now and congress should come forward with the little ways down the time frame? >> sooner than better, congress in my opinion is not able to do things not fast. this is lands in congressional office, if television stations start being pushed off the air because of something beyond their control. they don't have the money to do it or tower crews to make the repacking possible. so both the same and money allocated with as many stations, 1000 stations have to be repacked, eventually congress is going to be very mindful of this because their local news, weather, sports and news about them won't be available if they get pushed off the air. so we're, we have friend on both sides of the aisle on this. they understand it. we hope sooner than later that they address both the time, particularly the money. whole predicate of the spectrum auction it was voluntary and those who chose not to sell out and remain in business were to be negatively impacted in terms of

he came to congress, this is his statement again, i came to congress in 1964. since then i have devoted my entire career to improving the lives of my constituents in detroit on the behalf of justice everywhere. these years witnessed a profound evolution in civil rights led by millions in the streets who marched for justice and people of conscience in the congress. both democrats and republicans who heard them and enacted the civil rights act, the voting rights act and other land mark reforms. i've been at the forefront of the civil rights movement, i've been a champion of justice for the oppressed and disenfranchised. i never wavered in my commitment to justice and democracy. i am proud to have been part of that rich history. i have been privileged to be a founder of the congressional black caucus and to represent the united states congress by being dean. i passed, as indicated, the law dealing with martin luther king jr. holiday, the violence against women act, the hate crimes act, the usa freedom and the extension of the voting rights act. i have led the figh