of federal regulatory offenses. after that this task force as the congressional resource service to conduct a count from 2008-2013 which is where my last count left off. they came up with a number of 103 new federal crimes. that is not counting regulatory offenses. that is just from the u.s. code. is important to say that the counts from c r s, my count and the department of justice count have used fundamental these the same methodology and that is important for consistency costs. what is significant, second point, about where we are going, it seems to me, is what this says about the average number of crimes and the total number of crimes. when i did the count in 2008. there were 4,450 crimes and least. crs noted we have an additional 4 and did 3 crimes. that brings us to 3,854 crimes, almost 5,000 crimes. it means that the essentially congress is passing 500 new crimes a decade. task force i served on back in the 90s, the notation was since the civil war, 40% of all federal crimes since the civil war have been pass

federalism. it is the conference's longstanding position that federal prosecutions should be limited to charges that cannot or should not be prosecuted in state courts. to this end, the conference has identified five types of crimes that are appropriate for federal prosecution. first, offenses against the federal government are inherent interest. second, criminal interest with substantial multi-state or international aspects. third, criminal activity involving complex commercial or institutional enterprises most effectively prosecuted using federal resources or expertise. fourth, serious high-level or widespread state or local government corruption. and fifth, criminal cases raising highly sensitive local issues. the conference also recommends that congress review existing federal criminal statutes with the goal of eliminating provisions that no longer serve an essential federal purpose, an idea that i know has been discussed at past hearings of this task force. another pressing problem related t

this is what you fill out to get a federal grant for a loan to go to college. it takes three or four hours and you fill it out every year. somebody august if it you probably made a mistake so they don't send you money for the first semester until the second semester. in tennessee i would guess we have about 400,000 tennesseans, families who goes out. hold this opinion he grew. i was at an editorial board meeting in knoxville the other day and the editor of the business manager and the other person any meaning at all fill this out for the own kids. everybody who fills out the application for governor haslam's promise program. is promise you can go to community college free. they all have to fill that out. everyone who gets a hope a scholarship based on merit in tennessee, they all have to fill that out. the testimony we have had is that all you need to know in order to know 90% of what you need to know to get this money out is the answer to questions. what is what's the size of your family and what was your income last year? senator bennet of colorado, a democra

federalism. it is the conference's longstanding position that federal prosecutions should be limited to charges that cannot or should not be prosecuted in state courts. to this end, the conference has identified five types of crimes that are appropriate for federal prosecution. first, offenses against the federal government are inherent interest. second, criminal interest with substantial multi-state or international aspects. third, criminal activity involving complex commercial or institutional enterprises most effectively prosecuted using federal resources or expertise. fourth serious high-level or widespread state or local government corruption. and fifth criminal cases raising highly sensitive local issues. the conference also recommends that congress review existing federal criminal statutes with the goal of eliminating provisions that no longer serve an essential federal purpose, an idea that i know has been discussed at past hearings of this task force. another pressing problem related to

he took in federal prisoners because the federal rate was much higher than the state rate.ere is a connection in terms of the growth of prisons but on the conservative side, especially in texas and louisiana, they are understanding this is bankrupting the states. so you have some conservatives flipping and calling for a reducti reduction in state criminal penalties even because they realize the growth of and the expenses are unsustainable. >> mr. chairman -- >> the gentlemen has expired. >> can i make one last statement? i would imagine we will see a rise in lobbying cost that are incurred by the private prison industry. >> the gentlemen from new york mr. jeffries. >> thank you, mr. chairman and let me thank the witnesses for your presence and continued contributions to the efforts of this panel. attorney benjamin you mentioned something that was troubling and dr. baker you agreeed. federal criminal defense has simply become negotiations efforts toward resolution. that seems inconsistent with the notions that have served to underguard our criminal justest system with the pr

attorney, federal judges, the chair of the sentencing commission and federal public defender. this is about 90 minutes. >> the task force will come to order and without objection we are authorized to declare at any time. we welcome our witnesses here today and at this time i will turn to the chair of the full committee mr. goodlatte to introduce the first witness. thank you for holding this hearing allowing me the honor to introduce the united states attorney that has represented us well in the district in virginia for the past several years. someone that is interested in the enforcement of the law that the criminal law and public policy i'm delighted to have him here today to testify. welcome. in the u.s. district judge khe received her undergraduate degree from the college of notre virg in maryland and baltimore and her master's degree from western university. und who will be playing westernom te maabama in its first game. before attendingry law school, e was employed as a secondaryty of education teacher and received was her doctorate from westerneducao university college l

do you agree or disagree with his characterization of federal reserve independence? >> i see federal reserve independence -- of course, i mean we are a creature of congress. we have responsibility to report to congress, and you use the term executive branch, i any in the material. >> i use the term that larry summers used in his paper, yes. >> so i see us as needing to report regularly to congress about our conduct of monetary policy in the economy. >> let me ask you this question, chair yellen. i think it's well established -- i'm under the impression again you're required to appear before our committee and senate banking on a semiannual basis. is it true that there's a weekly meeting between you and the secretary of treasury? >> many weeks. >> most weeks. >> many weeks we get together and confer about matters of mutual concern, but we're completely independent from the executive branch -- >> speak being of matters of mutual concern and independence, i'm certainly not interested in a transcript of a private luncheon, but would you be willing to report to this commit

with that limited jurisdiction of federalism. added is the conference's longstanding position that could ignite portion not be prosecuted in the state courts but to this end the conference has identified five types of crimes that are appropriate for federal prosecution. . .read state or local government corruption. and fifth, criminal cases raising highly sensitive local issues. the conference also recommends that congress review existing federal criminal statutes with the goal of eliminating provisions that no longer serve an essential federal purpose, an idea that i know has been discussed at past hearings of this task force. another pressing problem related to overcriminalization is the best of your knowled burgeoning problem of overpopulation, especially of crimes carrying a mandatory sentence. mandatory opinions are wasteful of tax dollars by unnecessarily increasing costs which are burdened by the department of prisons which is within the judiciary. for 60 years, the judicial conference has consistently and vigorously oppos

federalism. it is the conference's longstanding position that federal prosecutions should be limited to charges that cannot or should not be prosecuted in state courts. to this end, the conference has identified five types of crimes that are appropriate for federal prosecution. first, offenses against the federal government are inherent interest. second, criminal interest with substantial multi-state or international aspects. third, criminal activity involving complex commercial or institutional enterprises most effectively prosecuted using federal resources or expertise. fourth, serious high-level or widespread state or local government corruption. and fifth, criminal cases raising highly sensitive local issues. the conference also recommends that congress review existing federal criminal statutes with the goal of eliminating provisions that no longer serve an essential federal purpose, an idea that i know has been discussed at past hearings of this task force. another pressing problem related t

let me start with the federal income tax. there's different ways to boost the take-home pay of america's workers. one is through federal minimum wage, which is pretax income and we are having a debate about that right now with obama suggested we go up to $10.10 an hour. he is now that's an executive order which requires all businesses that contract with the federal government to go through congress if we didn't increase to $10.10. on the minimum wage there's a number of provisions that allow people some tax relief in the two i talk most about in the book or the earned income tax credit, which does the most for the working poor and also the child tax credit, which extends well beyond middle-income americans as well. but the focus is on tools that reward and support work. >> when you go back in the history of the federal income tax, what was its original bold purpose? >> the original purpose was to raise revenue for all the government -- >> for a myriad -- >> of activities. we saw big increases during world wars to help finance

in the federal system, in 1980 there were 20,000 prisons in the united states federal system to it is up to 218,000. not one year since 1980 has there ever been a reduction in the bed space in the federal prison system. it has increased every year to date right up until this year. the federal government prints money. they keep putting money into it. and at some point the american people have to realize it is an economic cost that is burdening them, the american taxpayer, and i don't see this being sustained. i think at some point in time it has to be addressed and i give the attorney general and the president credit in trying to do something about it. i just hope that the members of congress will get on board, cut the polarization, cross party lines and do what has to be done. right now you have senator booker from new jersey, my home state of new jersey, rand paul and a number of others looking at criminal justice and prison reform. i hopeju others jump on board a do what has to be done to get the laws changed. >> host: at 9 a.m. c-span is covering a hearing on criminalization task f

the bank seekry is he act and federal anti--- seeksy act and federal anti-money -- secrecy act and federal anti-money laundering acts are clear that they may not engage in marijuana-related transactions. despite trending state laws, federal law remains unchanged. the controlled substances act prohibits the manufacture, possession and distribution of marijuana. anything but compliance with this, the law of the land, will trigger criminal dane money laundering penalty -- criminal anti-money laundering penalties for perpetrators. instead of issues guidance to reinforce federal pro prohibitions, the memo offers banks ways to report suspicious activities as required under federal law. while blatantly ignoring the fact that the banks are not allowed to participate in any marijuana transactions without xceptions. that means instead of fornsing the law there's an alert sent out. the very act of depositting drug money runs you a to -- afoul of federal law. it's important to note that the department of justice also issued a memo in 2014. quote, guidance regarding marijuana-related financial crimes,

the problem, however, is the federal statutory crimes in the 10,000 to 300,000 federal regulations that can be enforced criminally are statered throughout 50 titles of the code. nacdl does not have a position on whether all criminal statutes should be organized into single title of the code. common sense would dictate that most should reside that single title unless clear evidence exists that a particular criminal division belongs elsewhere. it also includes clarity in drafting precise definition and specificity in scope. with rare exception the government should not be permitted to punish a person without having to prove that she acted with a wrongful intent. criminal law should be understandable. when the average citizen that is unfairness in its most basic form. unfortunately congress has failed to speak clearly. has failed to determine the necessity of new criminal divisions and has failed to assess whether targeted conduct is already prohibited or better addressed by state law. while the cause of these failures is not clear, the solutions are. moving forward congress should approac

by the way, he helped found the federal reserve. i had no idea it was going to be like the universe and keep expanding as it went along all the way from his hometown in illinois to washington, chicago, new york, europe, and japan. i work in my home office and look out on my backyard where some days i have 20 peacocks, which were imported to palos verdes to run wild by frank vanderlip. i never thought i would be standing here on this rainy day directly across the street from frank vanderlip's bank, which is standing in front of right here. that was in probably about 1930 when that picture was taken. because we are across from his bank, i would like for us to forget this modern world for a minute or two and forget all of the traffic outside and go back to this time 100 years ago. here we are on wall street in 1907. electricity is new. telephones, radio, they are all brand-new inventions. there are no televisions. no computers. nothing like an atm has been imagined. at the end of everyday banking, each bank would gather together all of

the past several years, we've estimated that there were that 00 federal cri 45 pea 4500 federal crimes and now there are 5,000. there are approximately 300,000 federal regulations enforced with criminal penalties. several testified many lack adequate criminal intent or mens rea requirement to protect those who do not intend to commit wrongful or criminal acts from prosecution. witnesses have suggested enacted default mens rea as an appropriate fix for existing statutes and regulations. we've also heard concerns about promulgation of regulations that carry criminal sanctions. it's time it for congress to put an end to that practice, reclaim that authority and retain sole discretion in determining which sanctions are appropriate. regulations can still be enforced with civil penalties, but when criminal penalties are considered, congress should be involved. it has resulted in growth of policen on p for lags from 25,000 to this 19 # 0 to over 200,000 today, making the united states the world's leader in encars race. pew center estimates incarceration right over 350 per 100,000, crime reduc

>> under current law, federal defense spending and federal nondefense discretionary spending will be smaller shares of the economy by the end of this decade. at any point in more than 50 years as far back as those data are reported that way. those cuts will -- the exact impact will depend how congress will meet those caps. the actual appropriations happen on a year on year basis. we would be devoting a smaller share of our resources to a very large collection of federal services. if, for example, if federal investment stayed the same share of nondefense discretionary spending as historically, which has been half, it would be falling to the smallest share of gdp we've seen in more than 50 years. that would slow economic growth, we think. federal investments in infrastructure, education, research and development we think would contribute to economic growth and reductions and those amount was slow growth. >> very good. your discussion on the aging of america. a good point was made that we need to remember a lot of our problems are the social safety net programs which are very, very real

funds rate, to improve our control over the federal funds rate. i think it's a very useful and effective tool. we have gleaned that from the initial testing that we have done. but as you mention, we do have concerns about allowing that facility to become too large or to play too prominent a role, and for precisely the reason that you gave. if stresses were to develop in the market, in effect it provides a safe haven that could cause flight from lending to other participants in the money markets. so two tools that we can use and are discussing to control those risks, one would be to maintain a relatively large spread between the interest rate we pay on overnight reverse rrps and the interest rate on excess reserves, the larger that spread, the less used that facility will be. also, we can contemplate limits on the extent to which it can be used either aggregate limits or limits that would apply to individual participants and all of that is figuring into our discussions. >> thank you. >> senator reed? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you,

while the federal funds rate becomes less important. at the fomc meeting, some raised concerns that the fed's overnight repo facility could increase problems during adverse market conditions, potentially causing counter parties to shift funds away from making loans and opting for the fed's safety net instead. how will the fed balance the need for open communication with the ability to preserve flexibility should unintended consequences arise in this important market? i'm also interested in your recent comments on the use of macro prudential tools by the fed. you specifically recognize that experience with these tools is limited, and that many central banks will still have much to learn to use these measures effectively. introducing the concept of managing u.s. monetary policy by regulations and prudential oversight is untested, and perhaps more theoretical than real. i agree with those who are concerned that regulators may not be able to get the timing right. many economists including those at the fed have not been very good judges of i

the federal government. so the kurds argue in holding a referendum on the status of the disputed territories they are merely. the iraqi constitution there is no comparable way in which there was no embedded referendum for the status of inside ukraine's constitution the difference between the two cases but the constitution of both ukraine and iraq has been have been breached several times so you cannot argue for a total. you know i tear into the constitution on one side of fishes and you know ignoring it on the other. the presence of. air force on the ground in kirkuk could also implied allegations of people being cursed into voting which was again some of the allegations by the west in the case of crimea i agree with you that in both cases you can point to violations of the constitution. and indeed. the number of constitutional violations that one can add up in the case of maliki exceeds the number of constitutional obligations that he's actually been fulfilling so you write. these cases wholly with respect

the federal government of information technology. section 616, no fer officer or employee of regulatory commission may accept on behalf of that agency, payment or reimbursement for travel or related expenses for the purpose of enabling an for to .articipate in an official zute section 618, not later than 45 days after the end of each quarter the department shall provide the committees the quarterly accountinging of the consumetive balances of any unobligated funds. section 619, an executive agency covered by this act authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the construction of real property may consult with a general services administration before issuing a solicitation for offers. section 620, none of the faunds may be used by the federal trade commission to complete a draft report unless the interagency working group on food marketed to children complies with an executive order number 13563. section 621, none of the funds may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the following, director, white house office of

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federal reg lor tory offenses. and then the task force asked the congressional research service to conduct the count from 2008-2013. they came up with 403 new federal crimes and that is not counting reglortory offenses. that is just from the united states code. it is important to say the counts from crs, my count, and the department of justice counts used the same methodology and that is important for consistency. what is significant about where we are going is what this says about the average number of crimes and the total number of crimes. when i did the count in 2008, as of 2008, there were 454 crimes at least. crs noted we have an additional 403 crimes. that is 4, 850 crimes. almost 5,000 crimes. it means that congress is passing 500 new crimes a decade. in the aba task force i served on back in the '90s, the notation was that since the civil war 40% of all federal crimes since the civil war had been passed since 1970. from 1970 until 1996. when you add what is going on since 1996, we are approaching 50% of all

but the federal government only counts those dogs living on federal lands, about 442 of them. in 203, there were almost 5,000 of these prairie dogs living on private land that went uncovered. earlier this year, i introduced h.r. 425 of, the endangered species improvement recovery act, something that would help in this effort as well tavepls commonsense approach. i urge my colleagues to support it. the chair: the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, a very active member on this issue, the gentleman from california, mr. valadao, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. valadao: this bill brings a lot of common sense to washington. in my district today, they have basically shut down agriculture because of this tiny fish there. we've seen products, food products coming in from over countries and we see a group of people standing in a food line. what's caused all of this? an endangered species act, a species was added to the endangered species act list and do we know if tha

federal bureaucracy. but it doesn't have to be this way. there is a better way. mr. president, the interstate highway system is one of the greatest achievements not only in the history of the federal government, but in all of american history. it unified a sprawling continental nation by investing in our common destiny. it simultaneously met the economic, social, cultural and security needs of an emerging super power. it was and it remains a wonder of american innovation and self-government. more than that, the interstate highway system was the daring, audacious work of a young nation literally on the move, brings -- bristling with confidence in its future and people. with the federal aid highway act of 1956, congress threw off the yoke of the status quo and it met the emerging needs of a new generation. yet today some 58 years later, in a new century with new needs and new technologies and a new economy, congress anxiously clings to that exact same policy like some kind of a tattered security blanket. si

quote between 2,002,000 of the federal federal government recorded the largest deficit relative to the size of the economy since 1946 causing debt to soar" math. later it says quote with deficits as big as the one cbo projects federal debt will be growing faster than gdp at path that will be ultimately unsustainable" math. that pretty much says it right there. it's unsustainable. the national debt is already bigger than our economy. yet it's going to get even larger air economy is going to get weaker. people already can't find work and yet there will be even less opportunity. the average numbers of hours worked is shrinking. we know what the problem is. spending keeps growing. our economy can't keep up. that debt is weighing down working families in over the next 20 years were spending will grow by 27%. i would like to point something out. we'll be taking plan the attacks is frankly a lot more taxes and an even greater share than the historical average but still that's not going to be enough. we will still be spending more than we take in, a lot more. the reason that spending is going

>> no. >> so we have a federal law that is being ignored by the irs. i'll yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. recognize the gentleman from missouri, mr. clay, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and let me provide is recent history lesson to my colleagues. during the administration of president bush, government officials lost millions of e-mails, including significant numbers of white house e-mails in the midst of congressional and criminal investigations. in one instance the bush administration lost nearly 5 million e-mails. at the time a white house spokesman stated, quote, we screwed up and we're trying to fix it. mr. ferriero, your predecessor, alan weinstein, write to the white house counsel and said this, it is essential that the white house move with the utmost dispatch both in assessing any problems that may exist with preserving e-mail and in taking whatever action may be necessary to restore any missing e-mail. those bush era documents were also pertinent to criminal and congressional investigation. in '06, special prosecutor patr

with that federalization. with that limited jurisdiction of federalism.dded is the conference's longstanding position that could ignite portion not be prosecuted in the state courts but to this end the conference has identified five types of crimes that are appropriate for federal prosecution. . .

economy and reduce federal borrowing. passede voted on and comprehensive immigration reform which a president says he was signed today, these numbers in this report would be much better. he would have lower deficits and higher growth. if this report included the action the house is taken in the last six weeks in providing unpaid for tax breaks on a permanent basis, this report would look a lot worse. we hope everyone will join together in a bipartisan way to do the right thing for the country, reduce the deficit and boost economic growth. thank you, mr. chairman. you back to welcome the committee. i want to thank you and your group for the work that you have done on this long-term budget outlook. latch on to the comments made by the gentleman from maryland about the halcyon days when we balanced the budget and remind him that it was a republican house and a republican senate and the democratic resident that we could actually work with. he was interested in solving problems, like the one that we currently have. theso want

federally preferred tax deduction. again looking at virginia, last year the virginia general assembly, a republican house of delegates, a democrat senate, and a republican governor came together for the first time in over 27 years and actually funded transportation long term, a multibillion dollar effort. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. connolly: if the virginia general assembly can do it on a bipartisan basis. so can we. the speaker pro tempore: choir. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we must achieve stronger economic growth. we must train and educate americans to succeed in a modern economy. last year the house advanced with the supporting knowledge and investing in lifelong skills or skills act. another house passed jobs bill which reforms our federal work force development programs and would help america acquire the skills and education, the training that they need to climb the ladde

it's predicated on the idea some will be getting tax subsidies under the federal exchanges. the entire premise of the statute, the central portion of community rating and the guarantied provisions are all premised on the idea that everybody participates, including if you have to go through the federal system. there's a central provision that everybody learns in law school called the chevron principle. if an agency has to interpret a congressional statute and there's something ambiguous, the federal agency basically can make the determination and that's what the fourth circuit said. the d.c. circuit, when it comes up for a review, they're almost assuredly going to go the same way. the bottom line is, i don't think the circuit also be in conflict with this. and i don't think this -- >> this was -- the d.c. decision was a decision of three judges. what that means is it now goes to the full appeals court, and your prediction on the full appeals court -- >> seven democratic appointed judges, four republican appointed judges. i think it's almost certain the law will be upheld ther

role in combating poverty. >> in my view the federal government is the guard. it protects the supply lines. it's the people on the ground that are the vanguard. they fight poverty on the front lines. >> reporter: the heart of the plan is what ryan calls opportunity grants. the money from 11 federal programs including food stamps, housing assistance, and cash welfare, would be given directly to participating states. before the state got the money, it would have to submit a plan to the federal government for approval. there would also be four caveats to the cash. the people receiving money must work if they're able to. the state welfare agency can't be the only one receiving the money. there must be multiple providers such as local charities, and there must be a third-party watch dog to monitor the programs. the funds condition be diverted to other state priorities like roads and bridges. >> the idea would be let states try different ways of providing aid and then test the results. in short, more flexibility in exchange for more accountabil y accountability. my t

the federal army should also focus on federal functions such as protecting borders and rarely deploy inside cities while providing overwatched support when necessary. fourth principle, there must be close cooperation between local, regional and national security services to gradually reduce operational space for isl, particularly in the province. the government through the new parliament and cabinet must work on package of reforms that can address legitimate grievances from all communities and ensure adequate resources. these five principles can begin to address many of the core grievances in the sunni majority areas of iraq and also importantly denying space for isl to operate and there by protect the shia majority and other groups from isl attacks. iraqi leaders from all communities have asked for assistance in implementing this program, and general austin our commander is on the ground today to further assess the situation and discuss concrete ways in which our assistance might be effective. this model of a functioning federalism is achievable, and it is essential if we hope to de

it is federal prison.laughter] >> whenever i said with clients, i am obligated to say, what you are doing is an unambiguous violation of federal law. we smile and move on. but i would not be a competent lawyer if i did not warn them every time. the pendulum swung sharply from the 1970's to the 1980's. there's a major distinction today. since the 1980's, 30 years, the grassroots have taken hold. the people have been heard. a statutory and constitutional, in colorado, framework has been established. it was not just cultural and personal references. we have established an infrastructure that is going to be very difficult to dismantle. it is also based on rationality, which is not necessarily what drives politics. i do not think we are going back. we will have bumps in the road for economic reasons. reasons of public safety. reduced alcohol consumption, duis. teens reporting it is harder to get. teen use down, from what i understand in colorado. we will have some incidences. the rapid response on the edible is

of federal programs. mr. gregg recognized that the operations -- that operations could be improved if treasury consolidateed two complementary treasury agencies into one. by merging the financial management service which makes government payments with treasury's bureau of public debt which borrows the money to fund government, taxpayers will save tens of millions over the next decade. this isn't going to clear up our $17 billion in debt that goes up $3 billion a night but these are the commonsense steps in the right direction we need to see more of. i'm also proud that mr. gregg is not only an inspiring public servant but he's also a virginian. and resides in springfield, virginia. i want to thank mr. richard l. gregg for his leadership at the department of treasury and for being a tireless advocate for the american people. his work and support of a more efficient, responsive, and accountable government will continue to make government work better for all americans for many years to come. with that, mr. p

federal health officials are cracking down on safety. the cdc is temporarily shuttling two atlanta research labs after a series of accidents. one lab deals with a strain of bird flu, the other involves anthrax. in that incident, dozens of cdc workers may have been exposed to live bacteria because of improper handling. the cdc is halting shipments of all infectious agents. >>> the last surviving member of the ramones. tommy ramone died last night. he started in 1974. the band members weren't related, had different last names, all went by the name ramone. tommy was 62. i am kevin wright, see you at 1:00 for america's news headquarters. >>> welcome back. the drone debate, taking off this week after a couple of incidents raising safety concerns, like this one, a drone flying directly into fireworks, and another drone almost hitting a police helicopter near the george washington bridge in new york city. both of these involved recreational drones which the federal government allows for now, while it continues to ban drones for commercial use.

>> the federal reserve is the fiscal agent of the government? and in that sense, that's correct. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm over here in the yellen. i would like to just take us briefly in another direction because we don't operate in a vacuum in the united states. and to what extent are the developments in various parts of the world taking place now in ukraine, you got the situation in iraq, possible caliphate there, the israeli-palestinian situation, syria. i mean, the world is aflame. and i'm wondering what extent this would have on our global economic growth and especially united states economic outlook. but something that's going a little bit unnoticed is another situation, and that situation is iran. and by sunday is the deadline, and the decision and agreement is supposed to come out. and collaboration with all of these other hot spots that's happening around the world, what would be the global impact in terms of economic growth and wher

and anyone who would want a federal -- a contract with the federal government should be a contractor who is willing to uphold the best, most ethical business standards. we as a body should appropriate our money to those businesses that believe in paying their workers on time, no matter what that agreed amount of money is so with that, i just want to urge support of this amendment and i will reserve for now. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota reserves. does any member seek time in opposition? the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. ellison: let me just conclude by saying that i think this is an important amendment, i urge adoption, and as we as a body work hard to provide opportunity for all americans, particularly those who work with federal contractors, i think one thing we can do is support this amendment today and send an important signal that a penny worked for is a penny that should be paid, must be paid. thank you. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in fa

we are way overstepping bounds as federal legislators. so, bottom line, no, we should not be passing laws as federal legislators, senators or congressmen that the states would even consider nullifying. bottom line. >> in that video she references the tenth amendment which says generally powers not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved to the state. that's a popular amendment on the far right. in iowa democrats hope republicans may have another sharon angle or todd aiken. joining me is msnbc analyst joan walsh and republican strategist john braybender. we reached out for her campaign's reaction and got this reaction from a campaign spokesperson. bruce b are raley is so desperate that he's once again waging a dirty and false campaign. joni has not and does not endorse or support nullification. she said in a couple of references in the tape that she does believe states can nullify a federal law. now she's put out the word that her opponent leaked it when we have it on tape. what do we make of her position on nullifica

a federal exchange is not an exchange established by the state. and the bill does not authorize the irs to provide tax credits for insurance purchased on the federal exchanges. but the fourth circuit court of appeals, virginia facing the same questions unanimously agreed that regardless of what congress actually wrote in one particular line of the legislation, lawmakers clearly intended for people in every state to be eligible for the subsidies. with only 16 state-run ex-change currently in place, the economic frame work supporting the act would crumble if credits were unavailable. further more, without an exception to the individual mandate, millions more americans unable to purchase insurance without the credits would be forced to pay a penalty that congress never envisioned imposing on them. the irs rule avoids both these unforeseen and undesirable consequences and there by advances the true purpose and means of the act. today, the white house answered the question of the health care law's intent. the law was designed to make health care afford

most tend to advocate integrated federations that is to say federations in which there will be significant decentralization but there is no express recognition of cultural. difference most americans indeed. multinational or multi-ethnic federations it seems to me that one should should be consistent that in places like ukraine which are characterized by serious difference and indeed difference as well as places like iraq the only prospect of holding those places together successfully in a democratic fashion. or indeed in the case of iraq. arrangements now one interesting point i heard the make about iraq was that despite professing its support for federal legislation americans also way air favor of centralization of power in baghdad because they saw that as a way of sort of making sure that back that can stand up to you and i wonder if the lack of support to federalize ational for ukraine is motivated by the same calculation. needs to be able to quote unquote stand up to moscow and therefore while i guess remain under western umbrella i think the. american thinking after all it's a very st

deficit woulds grow as would gr accumulation would push up federal debt. federal debt held by the public in 2039 would reach 106% of gdp without factoring the harmful economic effects of that debt and the 111% of gdp including those effects beyond the next 25 years, the pressures caused by rising deficits in debt would become even greater. to put the federal budget on a sustainable path for the long term, lawmakers and the public will have to accept significant changes. either reducing spending for large benefit programs below the projected levels or letting revenues rise more than they would under current law or some combination of the approaches. the size would depend on the amount of debt considered appropriate and the timing of the changes that would be made. for example, you might set a goal of bringing debt back down in 25 years to the average%age of gdp seen during the past 40 years which is 39%. one way to meet that particular goal would be to phase in deficit reduction such that deficits excludeing interest payments were $4 trillion lower over the

state, local, federal. we have a tendency of kicking the can into the future and kicking costs into the future. with a robust retirement program and tricare for life. some of the benefit that's are shown here on the last page of this chart. all of those things lead us to this issue where maybe in fact if we don't solve sequestration, readiness, whatever that means, it's going to start to be effected, whatever readiness means. >> the bottom line to me on this issue is we have a very small segment of the american population that are willing to surf. they are willing to sacrifice their lives. they are willing to endure long periods of family separation. they adhere to a strict code of conduct that most of us in the civil society don't have to adhere to. they deserve to be compensated. i thi we need to make sure we're taking care of the men and women who are in fact willing to serve to protect the rest of us. so -- >> yeah. charlie makes a lot of really interesting points there. one thing i'd like to highlight

. >> just this week, federal agents should be pointing out their guns at immigrants. >> those federaley're pointing their backs against the line to mexico and pointing their guns at we the people on this side of the line. that's exactly what's happening in the bundy case. get your butts turned around and point the guns at the enemy, the enemy is the encroacher that's illegally coming in here, not we the people. >> he doesn't know the negro, and he doesn't know the constitution. there's absolutely an element of racism and fear coming from the anti-government right on the immigration crisis. the same person who jammed up support for cliven bundy is now supporting the murrieta protesters. on tuesday sean hannity put an activist on his show who claimed immigrants were spreading diseases. >> we're not out here for some racist reason. we're trying to protect our community. in the last load, a third of them had skabys. we've had had one report of a border patrol agent being tested positive for tube earn lowsis and we have these poor people who are coming across the border and they're still i

people can help better than many cases the federal government. just going another direction real quick. i want to thank you for the work you're doing on the border. i know what you're doing down there and i want to thank you with the challenges we have there. ms. turner, thank you for your testimony. i appreciate that. what i heard you say earlier was that actually government delivers negative incentives to you. in other words, the government's rude, government says don't have a savings account. government says don't make any more money than what you're making. do you think with that being said that actually we should be more like the private sector where it allows for growth and unlimited success? >> i don't -- did i say government or did i say caseworkers? >> i assume you're talking about government programs and so forth. >> i was talking about the caseworkers that work for the government. >> well, that's the government. >> no, i don't think we should go with the private sector. i don't feel like i need someone else to tell me how i should be s

how indianirst one, polity -- federal indian policy figure into san creek. i am writing a book about that right now. that is a really obnoxious history and answer -- you have to read the next book. which probably will not come out for another 10 years because i'm very slow. but i will give you the very short answer and just say that i think the civil war, as i indicated in the talk, was both -- or i should say became both a war of liberation, but emerged from the get-go as a war of empire. the 1860 election, which tends to be remembered popularly, and also to some extent by historians, as an election that was fought over the fate of slavery was an election that was fought over the fate of slavery in the american west. the question was whether or not slavery would move into territory that had been conquered in the united states-mexican war. -- i'm going to speak in the past tense. two happened is there are competing visions for how to settle the west. the 1860 election was, in addition to a referendum on the fate of slavery, it was also a referendum on the --

it is federal prison.laughter] clients,er i said with i am obligated to say, what you are doing is an unambiguous violation of federal law. we smile and move on. but i would not be a competent lawyer if i did not warn them every time. swung sharply from the 1970's to the 1980's. there's a major distinction today. since the 1980's, 30 years, the grassroots have taken hold. the people have been heard. constitutional, in colorado, framework has been established. it was not just cultural and personal references. we have established an infrastructure that is going to be very difficult to dismantle. it is also based on rationality, which is not necessarily what drives politics. i do not think we are going back. we will have bumps in the road for economic reasons. reasons of public safety. reduced alcohol consumption, duis. teens reporting it is harder to get. teen use down, from what i understand in colorado. we will have some incidences. the rapid response on the edible issue is a good example of addressing an

the federal government says it has a piece of the answer. in an extremely rare show of unit union minutety, washington wants to match today's people with today's jobs. >> look at everybody smiling. we could do this all the time. >> with people unemployed across the united states. lawmakers moved last week to close the skills gap. >> our work can make a real difference in the lives of real americans. that's why we're here. we'll have more job satisfaction. the american people are customers, they'll feel better about the product that we produced. >> the produced the workforce innovation and opportunity act. an update to workforce investment act. the new bill was signed by the president last week. it outlines a path towards more accessible and industry specific training centers, more budget flexibility for local programs and common ways to measure performance. it all aims to grow middle class job opportunities in sectors such as manufacturing. some 600,000 positions remain unfilled because employers say they can't find the people with the right