culberson: mr. chairman, i yield as much time as he may consume to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the 2015 military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill. i'm very happy to be on the floor with this bill today, mr. chairman, both because it kicks off the 2015 appropriations cycle at a very early date. in fact, we know that this is the earliest in the year that our committee has presented a bill to the floor at least since 1974, the date of the budget -- present budget act and perhaps even more so beyond that. we just don't have the records for that. so nevertheless, it's a very early date, and because it does the important work of providing funding for our military, infrastructure and for the care of our veterans. this bill provides $7 is.5 $71.5 billion to meet those needs. it provides $6.5 billion for military

culberson: mr. chairman, i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in pertinent part, mr. chairman, an amendment to a general appropriations bill shall not be in order if changing existing law and the amendment, in this case, requires a new determination. i would ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any member wish to address the point of order? seeing none, the chair is prepared to rule. the chair finds this amendment includes language requiring a new determination as to whether curricula proprietary institutions satisfy various requirements. the amendment, therefore, constitutes violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the point of order is sustained and the amendment is not in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment.

culberson: yes, i have. documents get any telling what their costs are but we'll continue to work with you to ensure our tax dollars are spent wisely. mr. hudson: i thank the gentleman for his commitment, share his frustration. i've had a difficult time as well trying to understand how the v.a. deals with its overhead. i've got a story i just heard from a veteran in my district that's probably not unique this gentleman went to the v.a. cent for the winston-salem for an appeals hearing. veterans service officer, one of the hardworking veterans service officers around the country, accompanied him, sat down with the v.a. employee and said, do you have my file? i don't see it on your desk. the employee said, we've computerized the files, i've got it all here. the veteran said which page are you looking at? sheepishly, he said, i don't know how to access the files in the computer. outrageous. but it got worse from there. they went forward with the hearing. at the conclusion of the hearing the employee turned off

then charly culberson on a day that eight rockies went down on strikes.ried to rally in the 8th offer colorado's fifth prismer. crawford with the drive oleft that gonzalez can't track down. giants loaded the bases with two outs. and the inning was ov, one hit for sandoval who continues to struggle with the .152 arth. six rockie pitchers see action, but the result is a 3-hit combe shot of theout as colorado wins 1-0. the same two teams to wrap up this series tomorrow. >>> the second game in a row. the diamondbacks with no answer for gonzalez. who got into that pitch with a runner aboard. the opposite field homer gives gonzalez seven rbi's, 8-5 win puts l.a. on top of the nl west. >>> phillies and marlins, jimmy rollins to the plate and here is what he did with the jennings pitch. a walk-off home run, the 201st homer of rollins' career and sent the phillies and their fans home winners. >>> a roller coaster road for bubba watson in the 2014 masters. he looked to be in pretty good shape here. this approach at no. 2, the ball will roll and roll some more to th

culberson: mr. chairman, i move the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill is -- bill as amended do pass. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee do rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house of the union directs me to report the same back to the house with sundry amendments and recommendations that amendments be agreed to and that the bill do pass. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4486 and reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill as amended do pass. under

culberson. >> thank you mr. chair. thank you mr.attorney general for being with us and i want to ask if i could to talk about a nationally prosecutorial discretion and the responsibilities of the president and he was the chief law enforcement officer the united states. they are frankly many responsibility set out in the constitution for the president. of course he is the chief executive officer and he is the responsibility of commander-in-chief to make sure he nominate ambassadors and public ministers and consular judges other offices created by congress, fill vacancies give congress information of the state of the union and then what when i wanted to zero in on the critical one of of course this chief executive officers to take care of the laws of the united states and make sure they are executed faithfully. in your opinion could you talk to us about in your opinion talk to us about case law precedent. what is the scope when it comes to criminal cases in particular, your prosecutorial discretion? what's the scope of prosecutorial d