of intellectual property, equitable access to russian markets, and a requirement that russia not expropriate property. i want to ask a question of you, mr. williams, and you, mr. larsen because you've touched on it. so you've had some experience, mr. williams. this is not an abstract kind of question. you've had experience with respect to the intellectual property question and i just like to ask you about what happened when you brought your concerns about russia's lax enforcement of intellectual property to the u.s. trade representative. what did they do about it? >> you know, this is the greatest country in the world to be a song writer in. i had complete access to state, to commerce, i could sit down before the i.p. enforcement office and i got an immediate response. we've used the 301 and other areas in china and in the caribbean. what we're dealing with in russia that is unique, i think, is that it's -- the organization that we're dealing with is pretty straight ahead. this is not a fly by night organization. but they are constantly, you know, the russian government is completely unwilli

if they built a house that might be demolished or expropriated but basically because of the distinction between the national with citizen and the privileges are for the jewish. >> what is the taking of your book becoming american? >> they are hard to become american. the question is whether the society is whether to accept them and on what terms were and a sort of used to look good muslims as being except into the american society and mine was the catholics and the jews were to come and eventually if you look at the supreme court we have nine justices of the peace. all these people now tell us what america is about to but i don't know whether a muslim as grant be a member of the supreme court but is not the question. should be able to integrate in such a way that no one would ask a question about them participating in what america is. then i realized that the woman that we have to look at sort of from the purview of what america does with people that, you know, war against. i just looked at how the u.s.. they were put in internment camps in north carolina but i think research came up wi

. >> translator: problems concerning land expropriation, housing demolition, workplace safety, food and drug safety and income distribution are still very serious and the people are still very concerned about them. >> reporter: many chinese people are frustrated with corruption or local bureaucrats for neglecting their duties. the government seems to be trying to maintain social stability to ensure a smooth power transition this fall by placing priority on people over economic growths. the shifting policy is not the only thing attracting public interest. the conversation is alsoon occasion to speak on the leadership change that's expected at the community part's convention this fall. the nine-member standing committee effectively controls china. a country that's been ruled by one political party since 1949. the committee's getting an overhaul. several members will likely be replaced by younger leaders at this fall's convention. vice president gin jinping is expected to assume the post of general secretary. putting him on track to become president of china next year. the vice premier wil

of gallons of water that these communities had already paid for and depended upon were simply expropriated and cavalierly dumped into the pacific ocean turning much of california's fertile central valley into a dust bowl. this bill redeemed the promise made to the people of california and restores the allocations that were agreed to. we hear well, that was then and this is now and the science has changed. what they're referring to is not science. it is ideology masquerading as science. in 2010 their claims were thrown out of the federal court which cited ideological zealots to mislead and deceive the court into accepting what is not only the best science, it's not science. >> the comments of representative mcclintock, a republican from california. again, the house taking up this measure today. you can watch live coverage on our network at c-span and on the web on c-span.org. the house speaker making a rare appearance on the floor today urging for passage of this bill which essentially would reestablish water access for thousands of california residents along the san joaquin vally. you're l

investors in ukos oil whose investments were expropriated in 2004 through 2007. in the absence of an investment treaty, these investors do not have the opportunity to pursue dispute settlement through investment treaty arbitration mechanisms. fourth, the administration should vigorously work to ensure that all parties to the oecd anti-bribery convention, including russia fully carry out their commitments under the convention to prevent overseas business bribery by their nationals. fifth, russia and the united states should intensify work th administration, and judiciary are freer of corruption. sixth, russia and the united states should cooperate to expand the scope for civil society organizations such as transparency international to monitor, investigate, and report on suspected incidents of corruption. i believe the executive branch i would urge the execut presen plan to implement all of these measures to strengthen the rule of law. i would urge the congress to exert active and continuing oversight to make sure it implements the plan vigorously and makes progre

that treaty would prevent russia from expropriating businesses, an admittedly big problem in russia. this is a very basic economic right that isn't being protected. in addition, one of our witnesses will discuss russia's failure to remit royalties, which is also not directly covered by the wto agreements. and i submit the administration is missing a point on the repeal of jackson-vannic, which ties most-favored nation status to freedom of immigration. while immigration may no longer be an issue, russia's blatant disregard for human rights is every bit as relevant today as it was decades ago. human rights cannot be divorced from the discussion of our economic relationship with russia, particularly since some of the most egregious cases of abuse involve citizens exercising their economic and commercial rights. consider the case of sergei magninski, the young lawyer in prison who was tortured and died in prison because he sought to expose economic corruption at the highest levels of russian government. several of us have joined senator cardin in co-sponsoring legislation to send a clear

investors whose investments were expropriated in 2004 through 2007.in the absence of an assessment treaty these investors to not have the opportunity to pursue this settlement through investment treaty arbitration mechanisms. fourth, forth, the administration should vigorously work to ensure that all parties to the oecd antibribery convention including russia fully carry out their commitments under the convention to prevent overseas business bribery by their nationals. fifth, russia and the united states should intensify work to ensure that russia's customs tax administration and judiciary are freer of corruption. sixth, russia and the united states should cooperate to expand the scope for civil society organizations such as transparency international to monitor, investigate and report on suspected corruption. i believe the executive branch and the congress can be and should he the partners in this work. i would urge the executive branch to present to congress a plan to implement all of these measures to strengthen the rule of law. i would urge the co

investors whose investors were expropriated in 2004 through 2007. in the absence of an investment treaty, these investors do not have the opportunity to pursue dispute settlement through investment treaty arbitration mechanisms. fourth, the administration should vigorously work to ensure that all parties do the anti- bribery convention and. -- carry out their commitment to prevent overseas bribery by their nationals. fifth, russia and the u.s. should intensify work to ensure that russia's customs tax administration and judiciary or more free of corruption. 6, russia and the united states should cooperate to expand the scope for civil society organizations such as transparency international, to monitor investigate, and report on corruption. i believe the exact degree and in the congress can be and should be partners in this. -- did your -- the executive can be and should be partners in this. i would urge the congress to exert active and continuing oversight to ensure that the executive branch present a plan, implement it vigorously, and makes a prope

in the 1940's, the federal government expropriated lands for use by the navy. for over 60 years the navy conducted training operations in eastern viequez, including aerial bombing, and ground based exercises. the navy has reported that it dropped between three million and four million pounds of ordnance there each year between 1983 and 1998. training operations seized in 2003. in part due to concerns about the risk of safety, health, and environment posed by decades of weapons use. the navy is now administering the cleanup with support from other federal and local agencies. in 2005, the e.p.a. lifted -- listed it has one of the most hazardous sites in the u.s. to date over 35,000 new missions -- munitions have been recovered and destroyed, including at least 19,000 light munitions. unfortunately, numerous studies have shown the residents have higher rates of cancer and other illnesses than residents of mainland puerto rico. raising serious questions about whether there may be a link between those health problems and the island's military training. in december,