if federal workers are not americans, as if federal workers are not people, as if federal workers are just a cost to be minimized. the administration has issued executive order after executive order to restrict those workers' freedom to advocate for themselves and for taxpayers in the workplace. they made it easier for short-term political appointees to retaliate against nonpartisan career public servants. think of that. this president has brought in lots of very ideologically charged political appointees who have retaliated against nonpartisan career public service, people that make sure that social security checks go out, that serve veterans that make sure our -- that make sure we do public health the way we should as a nation. these decisions create an atmosphere where whistle-blowers who report fraud, fear of being punished, fear of being fired for shining a light on abuse. in the past workers have had flexibility to use their time to benefit taxpayers, but these executive orders severely limit workers' ability to discuss problems in the workplace, including ways of improving effi

my state has historically sent more federal dollars to the government, more dollars to the federal government than these parasite states up with, including alaska. because i am paying for this, i don't care if i live in alaska. i should be heard in my opinion should carry more weight than these people that are sitting there that have contributed nothing to this. every water project out west was funded by eastern money. my state and new york and a few others. so i'm tired of hearing this, want those animals protected. i want people to be taught to be humane. they can help. i know jeff to control the population, but you do it like a human being, not some kind of immediate. and i'm tired of these congressman who i'm actually subsidizing their payroll because their people get more money from the federal government and that comes out of my pocket. go to the koch brothers and whatever they are living, ask them because you might live next door to one of their properties, ask them, tell them that you should have control over it. it's a specious argument and this needs to be put on track. it's majorit

-- for federal data? the national defense authorization act a few years ago directed to transfer of 70% to the department of the events -- defense. the d.o.d. is g.s.a. 's largest customer. we partner with almost every agency in providing assistance. >> i think this is fascinating. i think this will be one of those introductory meetings. want just, again, do not to be in that spot where i have responsibilityhe gets passed along. where i would be completely comfortable that you two are collaborating and there will not be finger-pointing, i don't know what that will look like in five years, i don't know what that will look like in eight years. so we have to design the system's not based on the personalities of the people in front of us, but based on clear lines of delineation and responsibilities we better understand. this is an area that i think needs reform. i think anyone who has examined this, and we have talked about this, jeff, in my office and in this hearing room. i look forward to continuing to wor

the federal government and the federal government takes care of them. if it is something about the insurance company that goes to the state. we have good coordination there. so what are some of the state options? first option is who is going to enforce? you can be a state that says i will not enforce these and force the federal government to do it. that happened with hippa, too. two states said i'm not going to enforce. who were they? california and missouri. type of exchange, states can be a state-based exchange like these two states here. that gives you a lot more flexibility. you can kind of keep the money in your state and run your things but most states aren't doing that. instead of using a federal exchange. some now are doing the state-based exchange with a federal platform. those are some of the options that the states can make. they have a larger role in things like quality. most states are saying i will do the filing and network adequacy and those kinds of things. then we have section 1332 waivers. the a.c.a. from the beginning recognized state

and there is a commensurate resentment over the federal hold. for instance, last year in the tax bill, senator murkowski, and senator sullivan got a provision that would mandate the bureau of land management to open up oil and gas leasing on the arctic national wildlife refuge. that is something that had been opposed in washington, d.c. for years, and it had been sought by the state. there has been for years, resentment by state officials that the efforts to develop state resources have been stymied. anytime you have more than half of your state owned by the federal government you are going to have a complicated relationship which speaks to the significance of the alaskan delegation because of the role the government plays. host: how has it changed under the trump administration? guest: the president will sign the bills that the congress passes. the obama administration, consistent with democratic environmental positions, the arctic national wildlife refuge drilling had been opposed. and the president would have the don't provisions. president t

of federal benefits programs. the personal policy manager and chief human resource agency for the federal government. the congres congress charged wiy responsibilities pertaining to the federal workforce including administrative retirement and healthcare services and beneficiaries. the gsa manages federal real estate and aims to provide efficient and effective acquisitions across agencies and supply federal purchasers of products and services from commercial verse. these three services can be transferred into the gsa to improve services to our federal workforce and provide efficiencies from what many many would equate as a merger. in the beginning of the conversation we need more details on how the proposals can achieve the goals and i hope today we can begin to hear some of the details i wil that will e necessary for congress as consideration and implementation and with that i will recognize the ranking member for remarks. >> thank you for holding the hearing and for joining us today. i think everyone in this roo

outreach and federal power. that is interesting, i think. prof. sinha: an excellent point. andrew johnson presents a big problem for us. he is a states rights democrat before the war. because of an assassin's bullet, he becomes president and he is clearly not on board with the republican program. of black rights. he is clearly not on board with the expansion of the federal government in order to ensure black rights and the rule of law and the south. that would create one of the biggest constitutional crises in the united states. it is the first time a president is brought up on articles of impeachment. but we are getting ahead of ourselves. but i'm glad you brought up johnson because we will be talking about that today. we will be talking about the issues raised by reconstruction, about johnson and presidential reconstruction, and eventually how congress implements a program of reconstruction based on the idea of black citizenship, and comes close to impeaching andrew johnson. now, as i said, this is a very frau

not federal. in 1974 a law passed that brought the federal government into group insurance. with those benefits including health was brought into that. but if that grows -- goes and buys insurance it is regulated by the states but if they self insure it is regulated by the federal government. so to get into that insurance area but with hipaa they stepped in further with portability to the individuals but and then to stuffing it into the area with that preemption standard to prevent the application of and then to prevent the application of the federal law that is preempted. that takes precedent. so this is where the federal government in many different areas the individual market as well as a large group market where you now have federal standards for benefit for access or rates in those kinds of things but the standard was still the same. the state still regulates ass long as their laws do not prevent the application of the federal law so that is where we are at right now. states had to make some real key decisions when he came to how they were going to regulate. just lookin

the federal bar association's membership includes more than 18,000 federal lawyers, including 1,500 federal judges who, as the association states, quote, work together to promote the sound administration of justice and integrity, quality, and independence of the judiciary. the f.b.a. received a charter in 1954. steve chabot has introduced h.r. 4100, the foundation of the federal bar association charter amendments act. the foundation wrote to the judiciary committee stating that, and i quote, we wholeheartedly endorse h.r. 4100, which wee provide for technical changes -- which would provide for technical changes. the technical amendments embodied in h.r. 4100 would provide reasonable and necessary flexibility for the foundation to assist in the governance and management of the foundation's affairs. under the legislation, the mission of the foundation of the federal bar association will remain unchanged in the promotion and support of legal research and education concerning the federal administration of justice. the advancement of the science of jps and the foster improvement -- jeurys pruden

agencies, by federal first. and so, this legislation creates a new task force to look at innovative financing, to look at new funding streams, to look at how we can do a better job innovating the funding streams to achieve this objective that we share on a bipartisan basis to reduce the amount of pollutants and trash that get into our waterways. this is an important step forward. mr. speaker, i managed a large infrastructure program where we built tens of billions of dollars in fracturing. one of the first things i realized how important it was to look at the funding streams that were available. pulling those together to make sure they are being used in a complementary manner, not managed in silos and not in a conflicting manner. the gentleman's legislation looks at the revenue streams that are available today, whether they are federal, state or local funds or perhaps even private or not-for-profit. looking at the regulatory structures out there and looking at opportunities to achieve this bipartisan goal of red

federal reserve notes as the world reserve currency. with greater use of electronic payments with digital currency to think the demand for federal reserve notes will decrease and what implications does that have for the u.s. dollar? >> if you look at why the dollar is as strong as it is and demand you have to look beyond the federal refractive of the federal but the economy was strong property rights especially relative to other countries and incredibly well developed industrialized infrastructure and as long as you combine those things, the assets of that economy will be sought after so that is what we should focus on if you want people to use our money but there is a downside that basically we can continue the fiction and frankly that's not a good idea. that's just not the way i would think of those things. >> another way to think about that is the united states does have and continues to have a competitive advantage of wealth storage services that arises out of social infrastructure and rule of law and enforcement of contracts and a

what state and federal work can be done? you have to have an opportunity to say we are concerned, here are the steps you can take. whether it is climate change, if you say it is listed and based upon review of a 100 year foreseeable future, how do you look away -- motivate the local rancher, fisherman or concerned environmentalist to have a voluntary effort? i think we have to be careful about that. that is something western governors and staff are saying we need to be careful with, the term foreseeable future. >> there is bipartisan discussion? >> there is lots. i don't know that we came to a helpful resolution, but that was part of the concern. >> we are heading to senator carter. >> this letter of support is signed by the governor of hawaii . there has been a submission by the democratic senator requesting earlier. additionally, i have a number of letters with over 100 stakeholders writing support of the draft of the endangered species act amendment of 2019 . -- 2018. they represent every state, including wildlife agencie

federal reserve. he said absolutely could hold back economic growth in america. the student loan crisis. we need to take action on it, and we rarely even try. today i am going to try. earlier this year in march, i tried to offer an amendment on the senate floor here to help student borrowers. the senate at that time had a bill up to provide regulatory relief, breaks to banks. i thought it was only fair the senate would also consider taking a look at the student debt crisis. i was blocked from getting a vote on my amendment. i'm not giving up. i'm filing an amendment today to the financial services and general government bill that is part of this appropriation package pending on the floor of the senate. my amendment deals with an important part of the student loan problem. the treatment of staopbt -- student loans in bankruptcy. if you borrow money for a house, lose your job and have no money, you file bankruptcy, and your mortgage is discharged. if you borrow money for a car and you can't pay off the

and the federal reinsurance could be revisited. jeanette: it is interesting what wisconsin ended up doing, the governor supporting the reinsurance program in the state and how we funded it was because of the savings from a health insurer tax moratorium and how it is passed through medicaid managed care programs. he used that savings come a very creative approach, because the moratorium had been passed after it had gone through the assessment process, and he is those savings to fund the waiver. so grieve way to find the rainy day fund and use that to jumpstart the program in the state. >> thank you. sara: ok, so i have a two questions that have come -- a few questions that have come in. do you have a question? i think you might need a microphone. sarah with a bloomberg law. anybody can respond. the point alex is our has made is that healthy people in the exchanges are not likely to leave because they are getting subsidies, so i would like to get response about that, because you are saying the healthy people will go to the cheaper ma

one is increasing the communication between the federal government and states. there wasn't enough between the federal government and the states leading up to the time period and there also wasn't security clearance for individuals in the states so when the issues were discovered there was no one to communicate that with that already had clearance. across the nation they do not have auditable there was no way to audit at the end to determine did everything go correctly. it was a best guess of yes there was no way to really know and there are many states that do limit the then after it is overt some states do not. when it's a federal election is difficult if there is a threat to any one entity state that affects every other state hospitalstate aswell so there ac things that can be done and could be done to ou allow the states to control their structure and have flexibility on the type of machines. it should be completely up to the states to be able to run that. we worked very hard to find the secure elections act and had a tremendous amount of feedback as mention

federal landshelp nearby. there's strong local support from the county and selected -- and elected officials for this conveyance. by ensure theffing the emergency response resources they need, h.r. 3777 furthers the important local federal partnership that's critical to restoring the federal government as a good neighbor to the communities it impacts. i urge adoption of the measure and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: at the markup of h.r. 3777 we voiced our concerns that conveyance authorized by this bill does not include any standard requirements such as if it's sold, fair market value, if it's conveyed, origination clause. the majority rejected our amendment to include a reversionary clause. we recognize that this property was identified as suitable for administrative disposal but that doesn't mean it's worthless. we are not being greedy or unreasonable, just mindful of history as precedent. with t

for the federal reserve system. after leading the federal reserve bank, he consulted for payments can do and r3 on project jasper, a proof of concept for a wholesale interbank payment system. mr. garratt received his phd from cornell. dr. norbert michel, of the heritage foundation, where he studies and writes about financial markets, cryptocurrency and financial policy. before rejoining heritage, michel was a tenured professor at nicholls state university's college of business, teaching finance, economics and statistics. he has a doctoral degree in economics from the university of new orleans. is professor of economics at cornell university, also a senior fellow at the brookings institution, where he holds the new century chair in international trade and economics, and a research associate at the national bureau of economic research. he's a former head of the imf's china division. his extensive publication record includes top academic journals. he has co-authored an edited numerous books on financial regulation and

this was different for lajovic, federer a setup different for lajovic, federer a setu p after differentr a setup after 20 minutes. important to c0 nse rve setup after 20 minutes. important to conserve energy in the heat, federer wasn't in the kind of mood to hang around. masterful performance, could be over in an hour and 20 minutes. in fact, it took a minute less. federer said he felt at home on centre court, something of an overstatement, come the statement. drew savage reporting. novichok roger federer is true but we've had our first upset on day one in the form of sloane stevens, the us open champion, beaten earlier in straight sets by deneuve wreckage of croatian. disappointing for the young american. after making it to the finals of the french open just last month. no disappointment for fa ns last month. no disappointment for fans of serena williams, lots of people talking about her return, a huge buildup giving her seeding here, very controversial that she was here in herfirst game since giving birth to herfirst was here in herfirst game since giving birth to her first child toge

unfunded federal mandates strain state and local governments and subvert the principles of american federalism. federal agencies treat states as servants to their regulatory whims rather than as partners to consult before imposing new burdensome mandates. in an april, 2017 hearing, a county executive testified that federal agencies treat their responsibilities under umra as an exercise to quote check a box, end quote, rather than an opportunity to engage in a meaningful intergovernmental partnership. h.r. 50, the unfunded mandates information and transparency act is designed to solve these problems. this will improve the quality of regulatory and legislative analysis and close the current loophole which allows an agency to bypass. according to the nonpartisan government accountability office, 35% of major rules are issued without a notice of proposed rulemaking. that means more than one-third of the regulations with the greatest impact on the economy are excluded from the cost benefit and other analyses and h.r. 50 expand the definition of direct costs to ensure economic analysis considers pro

reports of 25 federal agencies making up more than 80% of all federal spending from the second quarter of 2017. at least 55% of the spending data equal to roughly $240 billion those agencies submitted to usaspending.gov was found to be incomplete, inaccurate or both. the i.g.'s report on the department of defense and department of energy determined that 100% of those department's spending data was not being a rat. according to the inspector general, some agencies such as the department of education and agency for national development did well. they reported accurate data. unbelievably about 96% of the spending data that the treasury department submitted for its own department was not accurate. so the treasury department which the data access is supposed to monitor other department spending data for accuracy overwhelmingly submitted inaccurate data itself. we found just last month o.m.b. and the department of treasury updated the agency guidance that appears to weak data standards which could lead to less accurate submissions in the future. we should be doing more to ensure this law is

for the federal reserve system. after leavine ing the federal reserve bank, he consulted for payments canada, a proof of concept for a wholesale interbank payment system. he received his ph.d from cornell. dr. norbert michelle, the director at the center for data analysis at the heritage foundation, where he studies and writes about financial markets, cryptocurrencies, and monetary policies. before rejoining heritage in 2013, michelle was a tenured professor at nicholas state university's college of business, teaching finance, economics, and statistics. dr. michelle holds a doctoral degree in financial economics from the university of new orleans. dr. aswar is the senior professor of trade policy and professor of economics at cornell university. he is also a senior fellow at the brookings institution, where he holds the new century chair in international trade in economics and a research associate at the national bureau of economic research. he is a former head of the imf's china division. his extensive publication

at the federal level, at dhs. if they cannot involve and engage with anyone on the local level. you're going blind. i think there are 2 pieces, first is equipment and the next is human resources. >> we talked a little bit about this, what is occurring, give us your opinion on how you see it, pro or con in terms of the sector. >> thank you, this one is clear, the homeland security act of 2003 provided the secretary of homeland security authority to lead the critical infrastructure activity across the federal government. in coordination with sector specific agencies the intelligent community and law enforcement. i think to the extent that we are creating duplicative, liability protection, or information sharing, or integration centers. it is having a negative effect. in some cases they could put us into, something along the lines of a pre-9/11 position. we do not have that integration. which is why in my opening statement i said several times, the dhs is a information and operation integrator. that is our role. >> i

. —— federer. the time for training is done.bours belgium and france get ready for their semi—final showdown at the world cup. business as usual at wimbledon. federer, djokovic, nadalanne williams all won with very little trouble. the only blip perhaps, discover, knocked out by kiki bertens —— nadal and. that means all top ten women's seeds are out. —— this,. many have tried to stop roger federer on the grass at wimbledon, mannarino will add to that list —— pliskova. roger federer gets to his 16th wimbledon quarter—final. rafa nadal is there, he showed no signs of the lack of form and fitness that hampered his run at wimbledon in recent yea rs, hampered his run at wimbledon in recent years, he's into the quarter—finals. as is serena williams, who is looking hugely impressive on her return after giving birth to herfirst impressive on her return after giving birth to her first child, impressive on her return after giving birth to herfirst child, her second grand slam, remember. it wouldn't be manic monday without a shock or two, a

we're not saying, "get rid of the federal government's effort." federal government should not be the front line. >> you're not trying to cut spending at all on poverty? >> no. the federal government should be the supply lines. >> people should hear that. >> yeah. >> really, paul ryan, deficit hawk, is not trying to cut a dime from poverty programs? >> we'll save money in the back end when people are out of poverty. that's where the money will be saved, so what we're saying is, this is like our food-stamp reforms that we're pushing right now, where this is not about a big money-saving exercise. this is about saving souls, not dollars, so the federal government should mind its supply lines, provide resources, but they shouldn't micromanage the front lines in fighting poverty. the people in the groups and on the grounds, eye to eye, soul to soul, person to person, they're the ones best equipped to actually solve these problems and help people, and that's why we want society to get re-engaged in getting involved in these groups and mediating instituti

we mistrust the federal government but we try to work with the federal government. and, yet, really, in these elections, the issue is trust. if you wake up wednesday morning and somebody pried your software system and there is question of the validity of those election results, we're going to have major challenges to our democracy in this country. and i'm trying to -- in my mind, i'm trying to figure out what can we do to help you to make sure that that is not a reality one of these wednesday mornings? >> sir, if i may, from the state level, i think that there is this risk mitigation, satellite we can't just rely on we're going to put a wall around our system and will protect us against everything. >> that comes back to the issue of coming back to paper ballots. >> paper ballots are absolutely critical in my opinion. people ask me all the time. do you think that online voting should happen? i say, no, not really. i for one -- >> most of the folks i know that show up in california to vote actually vote electronically: so i know that california is a very large state w

>>> there are people in this country who are furious at the federal government. >> they have a right to believe whatever they want. they do not have the right to kill americans. >> there has been a massive explosion in oklahoma city, oklahoma. >> police are descending upon columbine high right now. >> we shouldn't lose vigilancy. the terrorists often takes the path of least resistance and strikes when and where we least expect them to. >> what are your future plans? >> translator: you'll see them and hear about them in the media. god willing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> terry anderson is free. he was the last of the american hostages held by pro-iranian terrorists in beirut, lebanon. >> in the beginning of the '90s terrorism was thought to be done. people who were likely to use terrorism to achieve political objectives were dead, in jail or part of a new peace process. >> a syrian delegation is in washington today, ready to meet with israel to talk about middle east peace. >> we thought the '90s would be a time of peace. not only was the cold war over, we had won. >> we have before us the opportunit

or with the federal government? >> that is something we have dealt with on a case-by-case basis but to work with the government coordination council and we are working together to have a comprehensive way in which we approach and collectively discuss things that may occur around election time. >> the gentleman from illinois. >> mr. chairman we appreciate it. tee9 dhs secretary nielsen had this to say about interference that tumors the russian government launched a brazen multifaceted campaign to undermine public faith in the democratic process generally in the elections physically you stand by that statement. >> we stand by the secretary in the intelligence community assessment. >> and you do the same? >> on january 6, 2017 the office office had this to say about russia. we also assessed putin and the russian government to help president-elect chances. but on july 19 of this year the secretary tweeted the following quote unquote i agree with the intel community's assessment. and i assume you stand with that statemen

it was the federal reserve bank of new york and federal employees, as well. it's easier for me to say but they were not complying with two at they were say not complying with because the gap to do is so big. it's very difficult to find things they were doing right. it's an embarrassment of what they were doing wrong. >> could you give us an example? >> yes, one of the examples i talk about early on in the book is when i was sitting down with the federal reserve bank of america employees whose stoop pass on knowledge and the anti- money laundering program is simply, is that the employees are supposed to follow to patch anybody, customer, that is trying to use the banks to launder money, and other words to make dirty money clean. talking to me as i sat there and took on this information from the new york employee is how this particularly employee was telling me at the same time they're doing all of these things that are wrong and they're not just doing the wrong in the us but doing the wrong in all sorts around the world and at the same time was trying to convi

public federal 1966 through the -teens. this from business insider story on the rising federal debt. guest: one of the things, the c aller mentioned international dishes, but one thing to keep in mind is over the $20 trillion of that, about 1.7 chilean dollars of that is debt held by the public. what that is is that held primarily by international investors, the message investors, the record is of that is the two categories, and some held by the federal reserve and state and local governments. of the $14 trillion, a large and growing share is held by international investors. in fact, in about 2001, about public debtebt was being held by international investors, now it is around 39% and it continues to grow. host: explained debt held by government accounts. guest: that is primarily intergovernmental, intro governmental accounts. ans that the government is making to itself. it gets repaid, so it is not a subsidy on that. it is a concern and is legitimate to talk about the entire 20 drilled -- the entire ire $20- ent trillion.

when the federal government enacts a policy, it should not be pouring federal dollars into lobbying and support. requirements that continue be measured is an abuse of trust and it is vital we fix this. this will limit their water quality standards that preempt washington state. this amendment will allow flexibility and reasonable guidelines for states to move forward with water quality standards that can be measured and met. i urge support. i reserve my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from washington reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota? ms. mccollum: this amendment would prohibit the implement of washington state's revised water quality criteria which protects communities from toxic contaminant such as arsenic and mercury and being from minnesota, i understand fish advisories very well. i see signs that limit fish consumption for pregnant women and children in particular. this action would ignore court decisions and the voices of native american tribes and pacific island communities and fishing interests which agree that seafood consumption standards are nece

i will start with the federal music project.here's a factoid -- in the united states in 1935 there were 11 recognized symphony orchestras. the wpa added 34 more. they also created work for thousands of other kinds of musicians from cowboy balladeer's two gospel singers to jazz bands. here is the best part. the project director told its workers they should never turn down an invitation to perform and you could hear the wpa musicians play just about anywhere. in parks and playgrounds in schools and hospitals in orphanages in prisons and skating rink's and baseball parks even train stations. this was happening at a time when a lot of people thought that the rise of radio and records in movies and the death of live performance but the response to the federal music program made it clear that americans would turn out in droves for live music if it was easy to get to an easy to pay for. now i wanted to tell you about the federal writers program. among its many publications the most ambitious was a series of travel guides, one for each

government and federal employees of the federal government. all that my republican friends have done is raise the fighting spirit, which has already shown that our chances of taking back the house of representatives have grown every single day. the second issue i want to say a word about are -- has to do with indiscriminate raids of the kind we have never had in the united states of america before. these are raids on citizens. i have seen their effect here so i'll talk about these residents of the district of columbia. as when you hear of such raids and indiscriminate arrests, perhaps you will understand why cities like the district of columbia have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities. who are out to protect particularly their immigrants from arbitrary action recognizing that they will not be able and do not wish to protect them when in fact there to right to take them back where they came from. but that's not what i am talking about. in the district of columbia, at least a dozen individuals were where it is week clear that they would n

in any substantial federal funding adding quote cutting other already underfunded transportation programs to fund a new program is not going to happen experts believe the likelihood of congress spoke acing on infrastructure this year is slam to none and washington actually banks art. time for a brief post but hang here because when we return we'll look at the all important electrical grid and as we go to break here's a quiz question for you how many cars trucks buses motorcycles and other vehicles are there in the united states is it one hundred sixty eight million two hundred eighteen two hundred sixty eight million or three hundred eighteen the answer straight ahead when we return. the democratic party's in big trouble the party has not come to terms with the outcome of the two thousand and sixteen election they have a leadership out of touch with its base millennialist barfly so is their slogan no no party like men. that i would have that how can i better manage and not out of the budget that i'm not out of the mouth of the money that they let examine. this was a good time to. try to m

eac's work during the 2016 federal election set a fundamental effort for this. at that time, prior to critical infrastructure designation, we worked with the fbi to distribute security alerts and threat indicators the state territories to help protect election systems from specific cyber security threats. with ouret this goal federal partner agencies by meeting with the white house to discuss these threats of election systems, security protocols, and the election 8000ms in the jurisdictions nationwide. secretaryformer johnson's critical infrastructure announcement, we actively worked to provide state and local election authorities with a seat at the table during is a section -- at the table during this discussion. an organization was formed faster than any other counsel today, and the eac takes great pride in this role, one that we play to make that happen. of how local, state, federal government can effectively work together towards a common goal of protecting our nation's infrastructure. i serve as -- i serve on this committee that has worked thatently to ensu

it was the federal bureaucracy that was destroying jobs. this bill will give us a commonsense regime that will restore jobs. so far from being a job-destroying bill, this bill is going to create jobs. the gentleman also referred to a bottoms-up approach. i've been working on this issue for over four years. i can tell you, the bottom, which is us recreational fishermen, we haven't been listened to one single time by the federal bureaucracy. they closed their doors in our face. if you want to have a bottoms-up approach to this sort of thing, this bill supplies it. what we've got right now certainly doesn't do it. one of the most important things that's involved here is who does the science. do you let a bunch of federal scientists far away from where the fisheries are make these decisions? or do you let scientists that are in the areas where the fisheries exist, let them do the science? i'm not talking about just any tom, dick or harry out there calls himself a scientist. i'm talking about ph.d. scientist with accredited universities who know

that's the fastest growing component of the federal budget. under current path within three years we will exceed what we spend on the entire military establishment of this country. because we carry so much debt to 1% increase in interest rates will cost us $200 billion more in annual interest payments. during eight of those 10 years our party has controlled the house and this government cannot spend a dollar unless the house as they can. every year we have been told the budget is visionary and we are also told the real coproduced the mandatory spending big dated by statute that is beyond our control. these are lies. they are lies we tell ourselves and an excuse for avoiding the tough decisions that are getting tougher every year we delay them. the budget is not a wish list. it's the most powerful operational fiscal control that we have on federal spending. the budget committee is supposed to set limits on discretionary and mandatory spending. these limits are real and they are enforceable. the appropriations committees cannot exceed the levels

all of the patent cases are going to the federal circuit and government, the federal circuit makes a mistake. all of the agency review prince the d.c. circuit then those judges have a lot of power. one of the hallmarks of our federal judiciary is that circuits can learn from one another but considering the same issues in different cases. then, the supreme court finally has to get involved in the supreme court has in front of it a number of different takes on the same question. we think this improves the same -- supreme court decision-making ability. there is a lot of diversity of opinion that they control from. will we put it all in one court of appeals, we are missing out on all of this percolation. circuits toy two weigh in on this issue, we should wait before we take the case for more courts to wait and. -- weigh in. we miss out on all of that learning. it is a hallmark of the process. different courts considering different issues and hopefully, consensus builds towards the best answer. when we put all of her heads in the basket, we miss out. even if, we get more expertise develop

federer wasn't in the kind of mood to hang around. he's in masterful form.hour and 20 minutes. having missed out the clay court season seemed like a good decision. what a touch. his fans clearly pleased to see him back in the game. there was a freshness to federer. victory wrapped up in an hour and 19 minutes. he said he felt at home out on centre court. surely that's something of an understatement. a lot of fans very happy that he is through and i am joined by former british number one sam smith. watching roger federer in action, he is definitely the fans' choice but incredible to see him in action. he makes it look so easy and it's not, his been here a week since his last tournament so he has had plenty of practice time and especially on centre court, i don't think anyone has played on that court more than roger in the last 20 years. an ideal opponent to get under way and conserving energy, he wants to rule through this first week because it will be a tough second week. everybody wants to see him go through to the finals. ten years ago that incredible fina