conyers of michigan, mr. poe of texas, ms. gabbert, mr. jordan of ohio, mr. o'rourke, mr. amash, mr. massie, mr. holt, mr. nadler, mr. petri, mr. delbene, mr. farenthold, mr. sanford, mr. butterfield, this is all over this house of representatives, right to left, saying, yes, we need to protect our country but we also need to honor our constitution. and especially the fourth amendment. we started this congress by reading the constitution of the

conyers for years in trying to rectify that. but i think there's a bigger problem here today and i'd like you all to comment on that from your respective positions starting with ms. cash. if, in fact, the intent has always been exclusive right -- and i'll read that back words -- right to exclude -- belongs to the author or to the performer or to be honest to the many people that are part of that collective process that we'll just call a right, if that right were to be restored, wouldn't we essentially eliminate all of these court decisions, all these consent judgments and most of the laws that we've helped perpetuate, including the exclueses? and we'd be down to congress determining that there had to be a fair use under free speech and so on, we'd want to have that sampling but not sampling as a ring tone necessary, those kinds of things. and wouldn't we then empower all of you to come together, mr. williams, come together and decide collectively you're going to offer your right us there pooling or individually you're going to r

conyers. and without objection all other members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. we thank our only witness, the director for joining us today. if you will please rise, we'll begin by swearing you in. >> do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you very much and let the record reflect that director comey responded in the affirmative. on september 4th, 2013, james b. comey was sworn in as the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigation. director comey began his career in the united states attorney's office for the southern district of new york as an assistant united states attorney. later he became an assistant united states attorney in the eastern district of virginia. director comey returned to new york city after the 9/11 terror attacks and became the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. in late 2003, he is appointed to be the d

conyers: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, this endment, number 89, fights foreclosures by limiting payment of f.h.a. insurance claims in cases in which borrowers have not been through the full f.h.a. loss mitigation process. our nation's foreclosure crisis is not only an economic calamity, but it's also a social and public health calamity as well. while we all know that foreclosures cause downward spirals in property values and tax revenue, new research has shined a light on foreclosures as a cause of massive and debilitating anxiety and illness. according to a recent study in "the american journal of public health," foreclosures have even been a likely cause of an increase in suicides in america. i offer this amendment today to help end the terrible scourge of foreclosures. when the nation's largest banks , bank of america, wells fargo and chase, sell delinquent f.h.a.-insured loans as a distressed asset stabilization program, that pays them the outstanding balance of the loan. the only loans that have

conyers. >> thank you. as we have listened to this story unfold, many including some of the witnesses today say that we could only stop the migration flow by changing cost-benefit analysis made by these children. i wanted to start off with you deputy chief vitiello and ask you this question. might it not be clear that the possibility of coming to this country is motivated by a huge fear of violence and death that many of these children have in their home countries and as a matter of fact an attitude shared by frequently their parents as well. >> in the reporting i've seen there are several factors that the violence and conditions are among one of the top four, correct. >> and do you have any reason to believe that your organization and as well the enforcement and removal operations are all working in good faith with homeland security to do their best in terms of an incredibly dangerous situation? >> yeah we have done quite a bit to improve conditions on the ground with fema's help and help fro

conyers -- mr. nadler's district and that recently went out of business because they couldn't afford the royalty rates. certainly, if you look at the comments that came in from the copyright offices notice of inquiry from a large number of constituents including mr. freer. three some process improvements that need to be made in the copyright royalty board to improve the process and the potential outcome. >> i wish i had the opportunity to hear all your answers and i thank you for the extra time. >> the distinguished lady from california. >> thank you, mr. chair. my colleague, mr. i i sa asked a question so i want to ask it slightly different. he said if we were to scrap copyright and start over what would you like to see changed. my question is, could you briefly explain one provision that you would amend in the current law and i though that several of you didn't have a chance to respond. so those of you that didn't, maybe you'd like to take the opportunity now. >> from the radio -- i'm sorry. mr. c

conyers. >> thank you, chairman. let me ask paul williams this question. do you believe that the consent decree system severely limits members from achieving competitive market rates for their works? >> congressman, you absolutely go to the heart of the reason i'm here and to address something you just spoke about one of the things we're denied because of the consent decree the right to bundle rights. you go to all these different places for all these wonderful yous of our music. one of the things by changing the consent decree which hoped to give at some point is the right to bundle these rights. it's exhausting to go from one to another to another for these rights. we can handle this. there are two copyrights. there's a copy right for the original material, there's a copyright for the recorded material. i think that it's incredibly complicated what would be a great solution is to bring it back to us and let us control our future. let us control our copyright. the last thing we need is to throw more of this into the lab to it for us. >> so the decree hasn

conyers? >> thank you. as we've listened to this story unfold, many including some of the witnesses today say that we can only stop the migration flow by changing the cost benefit analysis made by these children. i wanted to start off with you, deputy chief patello, and ask you this question. might the not be clear that the possibility of coming to this country is motivated by a huge fear of violence and death that many of these children have in their home countries? as a matter of fact, an attitude shared by frequently their parents as well? >> in the reporting that i've seen there are several factors, violence and conditions at home is among one of the top four, correct. >> do you have any reason to believe that your organization and as well the enforcement and removal operations are all working in good faith with homeland security to do their best in terms of an incredibly dangerous situation? >> we have done quite a bit to improve conditions on the ground in rgv. with fema's help, with help from the coa

chairman, ranking member nadler, chairman goodlatte, ranking member conyers and other members of the committee. pandora appreciates this opportunity to testify at this important hearing. without question pandora is delivering tremendous value to listeners, artists, songwriters and the music industry. 77 million listeners tuned into pandora last month and listened for an average of 22 hours. every month pandora performs more than 1.5 million songs by more than 100,000 recording artists, 80% of home were not played on terrestrial radio. pab dora contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to a new royalty stream for artists that did not exist 20 years ago. just nine years after launching, pandora will celebrate a major milestone late they are summer. $1 billion in total royalties paid. as this committee considers opportunities to improve music licensing, pandora hopes the committee will appreciate the essential aspects of our current system of statutory blanket licenses including the consent decrees which encourage innovation through simplified licensing procedures, protect music users

conyers, the ranking member of the full committee, former chairman for his opening statements. >> thank you so much, chairman spencer bachus for holding what i consider an important hearing on net neutrality and the role of antitrust in ensuring a free and open internet. this should be a very interesting hearing to say the least. this committee has a central role in studying the issue of net neutrality and more generally competition on the internet and i appreciate the chairman's decision to assert our jurisdiction. turning to the specific question of whether antitrust is more effective than regulation in addressing net neutrality, we should keep in mind that we need a regulatory solution to address potential threats to net neutrality and must allow the federal communications commission to do its job congress created the fcc to develop expertise so that it can properly regulate the complex telecommunications industry. any fcc rules to address net neutrality would have the benefit of addressing some potential threats to net neutrality before they fully materialized. and it could do so in

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i thank ranking member conyers and congressman holding for derogatory the respect act to treat the work of legacy musicians fairly. for example, if my father were alive today he would receive no payment for digital performances of his song "i walk the line" written and recorded in 1956. but anyone who re-recorded that song today would receive a royalty. the injustice defies description. these are a few of the many challenges we face as performers and songwriters and i understand ranking member is considering legislation to comprehensively address these and additional concerns. thank you, congressman. bottom line copyright law should not discriminate among individual music creators. each should be fairly compensated for their role in the creation and delivery of music to audiences. i see young musicians give up their dreams every single day. because they cannot make a living doing the thing they most love, the thing they just might be on the planet to do. they deserve our encouragement and respect. musicians and artists of all kinds should be valued members of american society. compensat

conyers of michigan. at the end of the bill, before she short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be obligated or expended to manpads to any entity in sir yasm the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from michigan and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman from michigan is recognized for five minutes. mr. conyers: thank you, madam chair. there's one simple lesson we can take away from our involvement in conflict oversea ses, it's this. beware of unintended consequences. as was made vividly clear with u.s. involvement in afghanistan during the soviet invasion decades ago, overzealous military assistants -- assistance or hyper weaponization of a conflict can have destabilizing consequences and ultimately undercut our own national interests. it's for this reason they offer this bipartisan amendment with my colleague, the gentleman from florida, mr. yoho, and others, prevent funds in this bill from ing used to transfe

chairman conyers is over there, i knows well.i asked professor wu to answer the question and be succinct. now the fact is the pertinent question right now and i don't care how much time the chairman gives professor wu to go on and disagreeing with us but the pertinent question is is the antitrust relevant market question. i would appreciate all four witnesses answering it. >> we'll give them a short time to answer. as your time is up. we will allow each witness a couple of seconds to go in and we'll recognize the gentleman from michigan, if anybody wants to -- >> i hate to do it tiff point, can you repeat the question? >> no. >> it is short. the central florida haven't market, in other words, how we define competition, is competition entire state or competition what is available to you in your home, those kind of relevant markets we can set, which of course would make antitrust harder and harder to circumvent which would push for more antitrust control over entities that have 60, 70, or 100% market share in your particular rural

>> well, the mechanism, as i say in the article, the bill that john conyers introduces every year, saysshould study the issue. it's like saying we should study it is not very gratifying. you want a specific number, write the check... >> stephen: or just study and go no further. >> right, right, right. the idea of studying before you do it is not actually new. >> stephen: i go from the gut. too i want to give you any of my money? no. that's my gut. en that is my gut on that. >> there it is. there it is. [applause] that's good policy, but in the case of japanese-americans, we did the same thing. we had a study before we cut a check. >> stephen: well, it's a much smaller group of people. it is. it's smaller group of people, so the damage is less and the specific moment of hurting them is so contained in the... it starts with slavery and... >> what if we just took it from 1860. >> stephen: we get a mulligan on slavery. >> right. >> stephen: that's tempting. that's not bad idea. dutt your losses on slavery. >> we could do jim crow. steep we just do 20th century crimes. >> we'll just do lynch

conyers of michigan, mr. poe of texas, ms. gabbert, mr. jordan of ohio, mr. o'rourke, mr. amash, mr. massie, mr. holt, mr. nadler, mr. petri, mr. delbene, mr. farenthold, mr. sanford, mr. butterfield, this is all over this house of representatives, right to left, saying, yes, we need to protect our country but we also need to honor our constitution. and especially the fourth amendment. we started this congress by reading the constitution of the united states allowed -- aloud in these chambers. let's finish this bill by making sure that we honor that constitution by adopting this amendment. i would yield become to mr. massie so he may yield further to other members. mr. massie: thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman is recognized. mr. massie spb i ask unanimous consent to submit for the record the letter from the director of national intelligence that my colleague from california referred to. the chair: that question has been covered under general leave. mr. massie: at this point, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves his time. does a

chairman. >> thank you. >> chairman goodlatte, ranking members conyers and nadler and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today, my name is david frooer, i'm the executive vice president and chief financial officer of sirius xm. sirout xm is one of the largest radio providers in the united states, we have over 25 million subscribers. subscribers residing in every congressional district in the continental u.s. and we employ 2,100 people around the nati

conyers. at this time i would like to introduce our witnesses.have a very esteemed and qualified panel of witnesses. let me start by introducing mr. mike white who is president, chairman, and ceo. that pretty much covers everything. of direct tv. one of the world's lead progress viders of digital television entertainment services with more than 20 million customers in the united states and 15 million customers and latin america -- in latin america. on the worldview corporation board of directors. before joining directv, he was the ceo and vice chairman of pepsico international from 2003 through 2009. prior to that, he served as president and ceo of frito-lay's and asianafrican, division. --dl

conyers. hoped we could have a balanced discussion about the root causes of this humanitarian crisis we are seeing play out along the south was border and also begin to identify solutions to this pressing issue. some have already made their conclusions before even hearing the facts. about the surmises are made of. the name of the hearing seems to say it all. and administration made a disaster is to south texas border surge of unaccompanied alien minors. more strongly with the misleading titles such as this. by the arguments just presented. my concern is not just the title unfairly attacked the president of the united states or that it presupposes a conclusion without substantial evidence of but that it also dangerously mischaracterizes the issue at hand. the increase and unaccompanied children apprehended along our southwest border in recent years is evidence of a humanitarian crisis unfolding in our region. support simply do not the claim that this administration's actions have somehow led to

hoyt. >> good morning chairman goodlatte and coble ranking members conyers and nadler and members off the tml c.. and has on behalf of its members been involved in negotiations arbitration and litigation for decades with a performing rights collectives that represent composers and publishers to ascap bmi and c-span. based on decades of experience interacting with ascap and bmi and more recently with c. sack the distant decree restrictions must stay in place and considerations should be given to extending these types of restrictions to any entity that aggregator bundles the power rightfully vested in the individual copyright ownership by congress. local television stations broadcast network syndicated and locally produced programs. in most syndicated programs stations do not selector control the music used in these programs but are required to broadcast these programs precisely as produced and recorded by third-party producers and then required to license the public performances embedded in the program. the station's license these performance to ascap bmi or csac. because they have di

conyers. >> top of the morning, mr. chairman, our colleagues and our witnesses and our visitors that are here covering this potential transaction. now, last month in may, we had a hearing that covered time, warner and comcast. now this month we're looking at direct tv and at&t. may be even next month, depending on what happens in the intervening time, we may be looking at sprint and t-mobile. question, where does this end? i am looking at a transaction that highlights the concern that there may be too much and too rapid a consolidation in telecommunications, especially when viewed in the light of a flurry of deals even if they are rumored. one rationale in favor of the merger is that it would create a stronger competitor to large cable companies, may in fact spur further consolidation in the telecommunications industry as part of what might be viewed as a race to the bottom. the merger proposed may result in reduced competition for paid television services in many of our nation's largest markets. the sheer size of a com

senate candidate john conyers says the obama administration has explaining to do. we called mike pryor against whom he will be running. we're hoping to hear back. congressman, you are looking at this and saying a lot is not adding up. like what? >> well, neil, i was actually in the army on active duty in afghanistan when private bergdahl went missing. we now know almost to a certainty that he deserted his post. the soldiers in his unit have been saying that for days. in the last 24 hours, we have to ask the question, was he merely a deserter or is he maybe even a defector. he just heard his team leader saying he sought out the taliban. even though he had friends which is common in units there, but he went to seek out the taliban. given we must have known that in the united states government within days after his disappearance, the president needs to give a full accounting for what he knew and when he knew it, and why he sent susan rice on sunday shows to say he served with honor and distinction. american people need to know the truth that they're debating -- >> wha

chairman goodlatte chairman coble ranking members conyers and members of the committee -- so you might pull that microphone closer to you. >> my name is bill portnow and i'm presidency of according -- recording academy known for grammy awards. the academy is a trade association that represents a six creator songwriters and studio professionals. i thank you for the opportunity to address the subcommittee this morning and since i have the honor of being the first witness let me start at the beginning of the capri clause of the constitution. the framers gave authors the exclusive right to do works for a time in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts. as today's hearing is focused on music licensing we should at the outset remember who the authors of music are. they are the songwriters and composers who create the very dna of music. they feature that ground performers who performed the songs and bring them to life. they are the producers and engineers who create the overall sound and recordings that we loved. over the next few hearings i urge you to keep music creators fo

conyers. >> thank you, subcommittee, acting chairman. >> he looks good in that chair, though. >> i'm impressed with the fact that we have three very distinguished witnesses taking one position, and professor wu, i'd just like to go through a few things in the minutes that i have. would the fcc be regulating content as was suggested by our full committee chairman goodlap? and isn't antitrust regulation weak and slow and can't operate in a preventive way? >> the answer to the question is the fcc would not be regulating content, net neutrality is not a call for content regulation, it is a call for nondiscrimination norms on the internet. which everyone on this panel seems to agree with in one form or another. and my suggestion is that by having a neutral platform, it has served as an incredible platform for free and diverse speech, and that threats of that have intimately -- threats to the neutrality network ultimately threatens speech environment and the political process of the united states. how many political outsiders have come from nowhere from an internet campaign? i would sugges

chairman goodlatte, ranking members conyers and nadler and members of the subcommittee, my name is neil portnow and i'm president and ceo of the recording academy. known internationally for our grammy awards, academy is the trade association that represents performers and studio professionals. thank you for the opportunity to address the subcommittee this morning. since i have the honor of being the first witness, let me start at the beginning. with the copyright clause of the constitution. the framers gave authors the exclusive rights to their works for a time to promote the progress of science and useful arts. as today's hearing is focused on music licensing, we should at the outset remember who the authors of music are. they're the songwriters and composers who create the very dna of music. they are the featured and background performers who perform those songs and bring them to life. they are the producers and engineers who create the overall sound of the recordings that we love. over the next two hearings i urge you to keep music creators foremost in your mind. they are the authors

let's talk about the voting rights reboot act introduced by your colleagues, congressman john conyerstrick leahy and jim sensenbrenner of wisconsin. what chance does that bill have of even getting to the floor of the house? >> i think it has a really good chance. as you look at the bill today, there are more than 120 democrats on the bill. there are also republicans on the bill. mr. sensenbrenner says he's committed to making it happen. but i think the thing that's really going to make it happen is when the american people understand that democracy means doing the will of the people. they need to let their voices be heard as well as i think that just as you're doing this program today, the media needs to not give them a pass. they need to press them on bringing it to the floor. >> and congresswoman sanchez, i think one of the big compromises made in the bill was to take voter i.d. out of it and put it to the side. that was done, obviously, to get republicans on board. if more republicans are not coming on board and you don't feel that the bill is advancing as quickly as it needs to, d

last caller for the segment is in conyers, georgia, john. caller: good morning. he quit comment about some of the statements about socialism. few calls back is absolutely right. the distinction in terminology, whether it is total control or total ownership or have control or have ownership, it is, like, fascism and communism are basically two different sides of the same coin. in barack obama did give speeches in 2008 in support of a single-payer system. there is a quote from obama talking about employer health-care coverage. he said "we will not be able to eliminate employer health-care coverage immediately. there will be a transition period. it will be phased out over time." mine lives in germany, and he says their speechcare -- i read a by the president of german's version of our ama, a self-proclaimed liberal, president of the largest organization of its kind in germany. at the annual meeting in 2009, you would not believe what he said about the health care system. theust excoriated politicians, public officials, and media for covering all the rationing going

chairman goodlatte, chairman coble, ranking members conyers and nadler, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. on behalf of the americana music association. i want to interest a few obstacles to making a living as a songwriter and recording artist today. everything i say is guided by one principle -- all creative evil are entitled to fair market compensation when their work is used by others regardless of the platform. a professionalh musician and songwriter for 35 years. i grew up in the music industry in the age of major record labels and brick-and-mortar record stores. i have been signed to major labels since 1978, and am currently on the esteemed blue nile label. the climate among musicians at the moment is dispirited. we feel marginalized and devalued, although our passion for our work remains unchanged. every artist i know says, regarding their work vomit that they have no choice. we do not create out of whimsy, narcissism, or lack of ambition for more financially dependable professions. we are fueled by an artistic sensibility that can be

conyers. >> maybe future chairman. [laughter] >> you can leave it like that. i just want to ask about the comment anything mr. burgmayer shared. >> when it comes to the investment promises at&t is making, i would urge the subcommittee to put them in context. it is important to distinguish upgrades from new build outs. a lot of at&t's numbers consist of upgrades, adding a fixed wireless product to an existing wireless coverage area. that might be some amount of .nvestment it is important to put it into the context of the existing upgrade plans. they already have a fairly ambitious buildup plan that has something called project vip, which talks about a lot of the new buildup in coverage that at&t plans to do. it has an initiative where wants to upgrade and number of activities -- cities. , the not exactly clear scope of at&t's existing plans. we know that they are, but it is hard to quantify them. anys difficult to compare new commitments they are making today to those existing plans. when it comes to broadband coverage, i would make the point evolvingdband is a

conyers: mr. chair, ladies and gentlemen, this amendment seeks to increase funding for the national homeless data nalysis project by $2 million. this requested increase from $5 million to $7 million is consistent with both the president's budget request and the appropriations bill the senate reported out of the committee late last week. the level of funding provided for in this bill falls below not just requested amounts, but also below the current enacted amount for this program. my amendment amount would solve this discrepancy. mr. chairman, homelessness is not only could rose i have to individual lives but also to our national character. it's unthinkable that more than one million people routinely go homeless in the most prosperous nation this nation has ever known. the national homeless data analysis project is essential. in 2001, congress directed h.u.d. to take the lead on data collection on homelessness and the result was this project. it provides critical resources to communities to improv

conyers. i would like to introduce the witnesses. we have an esteemed and qualified panel. mike white is president, chairman and ceo, that covers everything doesn't it, of directv one of the leaders with 20 million in the united states and 15 million customers in latin america. i am not sure we realize there are that many customers in latin america. mr. white joined directv in january of 2010 and serves as the chairman of the board of directors. and mr. white serves on whirlpool corporation board of directors. before joining directv, mr. white was the ceo and vice chairman of pepsi-co. prior to that he was president and ceo of frito-lays and that was part of pepsi? or did they spin it out? he was ceo of the partnership with general mills. mr. white was the ceo and vice president for avon products and worked as a management consultme consultment. our next witness -- we are glad to have you and mr. randal stephenson is care >> each of the witnesses written statements will be entered in the record and we will ask each witness to summarize his testimony at this moment in five m

conyers. thisjust want you to know overcriminallization panel is one of the most important in the judiciary committee. ways to getg on the as much into legislative main stream as possible. welcome any thoughts that you have now or in the about this that is critical. morning, votes this and 2226 ray burn down the hall, going to have personal of witnesses that negativerienced some collateral consequences so we only you invite not two distinguished lawyers but to join us if you can. of yout question to both is, how can we ramp this subject up as effectively and responsibly as possible without overdoing it or creating a that?sh or anything like do you have any thoughts on gentleman? >> i do. thank you for the question. all, the project that n.h.i. andby the completed by the american bar association. we got because leahy.tor the american bar association and theof the immense project.the recognizing 45,000 collateral consequences. that congresss and the states use this database oft we have to identi

conyers. >> maybe future chairman. [laughter] >> you can leave it like that. i just want to ask about the comment anything mr. burgmayer shared. >> when it comes to the investment promises at&t is making, i would urge the subcommittee to put them in context. it is important to distinguish upgrades from new build outs. a lot of at&t's numbers consist of upgrades, adding a fixed wireless product to an existing wireless coverage area. that might be some amount of investment. but it is less than an initial it is important to put it into the context of the existing upgrade plans. they already have a fairly ambitious buildup plan that has something called project vip, which talks about a lot of the new buildup in coverage that at&t plans to do. it has an initiative where wants to upgrade and number of cities. it is not exactly clear, the scope of at&t's existing plans. we know that they are, but it is hard to quantify them. it is difficult to compare any new commitments they are making today to those existing plans. standard. if we expected at&t to provide a certain

pollinators now face and the important of the value in the pollination process, last year congressman conyers and i introduced h.r. 2692, saving america's pollinators act. the bill would direct the environmental protection agency to immediately suspend the use f the most bee toxic neonicinoids and review the affect on pollinators and on the entire food chain and make a new determination about their proper application and safe use. i hope my colleagues will consider joining the 65 bipartisan co-sponsors in this effort. while lots of major issues tie congress into partisan knots, being able to protect the pollenation process and impact on the environment is a small step to protect the environment and is one that can actually bring us together in a low cost, high impact way. i urge my colleagues to consider joining me in this effort. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from nevada, mr. amodei, for five minutes. mr. amodei: thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow in carson city, nevada, there will be a memorial service teixeira.

conyers of michigan joins me in this amendment. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the point of order is withdrawn. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. pose pez -- those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> i'm offering the second lamb born amendment, 052. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. lamb born of colorado, page 9, line , after the dollar amount, insert the following, reduced by $5 million. -- five, line 17, increase insert the following, increased by $5 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from colorado and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. chairman. when you look at press accounts on what's happening at our southwest border, we are being overwhelmed. and this amend

congressman john louis, an icon and leader of the american civil rights movement, congressman john conyersand republican congressman jim sensenbrenner to introduce a bill that would restore the core protections made possible in the original voting rights act. the bill we introduced doesn't look at discrimination through the lens of the past. it focuses on modern day violations, not the things that happened 50 years ago. it takes up the challenge laid down by the supreme court and comes up with a new formula and a new approach that makes voting rights and elections more transparent and has been carefully crafted to be both effective and to pass in this congress. it is, mr. president, a voting rights bill that is modern to confront modern voting rights challenges. as a country, we have come a long way since 1965, but we are not where we need to be yet. as much as we may at times not want to admit it or confront it, racial discrimination in voting is not a relic of the past, but a tragic reality of today. just yesterday, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on what to do to address t

conyers, for questions. >> thank you, sir. i wanted to ask -- >> ranking member. sorry. >> former chairman. >> the gentleman has good vision. >> maybe future chairman. >> you can leave it like that. that's all right. i just wanted to ask mr. bergmaier to comment about anything he's heard during the questioning period so far with our two distinguished witnesses. >> yes. thank you. i think when it comes to the investment promises that at&t's making, i would urge the subcommittee to basically put them in context. i think a lot of at&t's numbers consist of upgrades, adding a fixed wireless product to a fixed wireless coverage area. that might be some amount of investment, but it is less than an initial buildout. i think it's important to put it in context that way and also put it into the context of at&t's existing upgrade plans. at&t already has a fairly ambitious buildout plan that has something called project v.i.p. which talks about a lot of the new buildout and coverage that at&t plans to do. at&t has an initiative where it wants to upgrade a number of cities to

guest: it is important to note that even some of the backers like john conyers, junior and democratic congressman, and jerrold nadler, who are strong advocates, came out and said --t this build doesn't do this bill doesn't do everything we wanted to but it is a good rollback of government surveillance powers since 1978. what the critics are most excited about --upset about this point is that the series of compromise is, it added the emergency provision that would allow the government to query the information first. it contains a change in what are called specific selector terms. originally the legislation ,efined those very specifically saying that information like a , the number or an address government would be able to query information related to that. the revised version, critics say, would allow the government to clearly all the information related to an entire zip code or something as broad as an entire area code or, say, the address of a major phone company. forics say it would allow bulk -- it wouldn't allow for bulk collection, but bulky collection. one of the critics is the

. >> i want to read a statement from john conyers. >> over the past decade detroiters have seen their rates 119%. global financial crisis that left 1 in 5 residents in foreclosure and sent local unemployment rates skyrocketing. under cut detroiters' ability to pay agree or disagree. >> the strugglers you have got it look at the fact that detroit was an american embarrassment when it went bankrupt. we are trying to build that back easy to criticize detroit. the fact that detroit is saying pay for the services that you use. if you don't have the ability it to pay. there are prasms to take care of you. but if you simply refuse to pay, we're going to do something about that that's what detroit is doing. >> and then yesterday, front page story in the "new york times." people walking away from their homes in droves. aren't able to give these homes away. $500 a house at auction. really troubling times for detroit. >> nice to see you this morning. >> you as well. >> four star admiral with successful career in the navy. family says he was used scapegoat in the attack on pearl harbor. grandson

conyers, for questions. >> thank you, sir. i wanted to ask -- >> ranking member. sorry. >> former chairman. >> the gentleman has good vision. >> maybe future chairman. >> you can leave it like that. that's all right. i just