at the federal level, we did observe win case in which one federal organization in d.c. was not aware of how much property had been transferred to that agency or to its respective activities in the field. that was quickly remedied. they were able to obtain a list and temporarily halted any approval at that time. at this local and state sites themselves, that actually went pretty well because they had a state coordinator, a lot of the processes were being double checked and so unlike the federal level, there were mow checks and balances at the state and local level. >> thank you very much. yield back. >> thank you, councilwoman. we now proceed to austin scott of georgia. >> thank you. my questions for the dla you said are you recognized the problem prior to gao examination, is that correct? >> , that. >> when did you fir recognize the problem? >> we first started our efforts to improve the federal program in september of 2015. we began by bringing in federal agencies for more training to ensure they knew how to properly work with the program, and that quickly lid to the b

i'm curious about the cost of healthcare in federal prison. i believe the sixth largest healthy insurer in the nation provides their party administration and manages the healthcare system in state and federal prisons, what do their premiums and administrative fees look like? guest: well, i don't know their premiums or administrative fees, but i do know that largely the medical care and at least the federal prison system is provided by the public health service, the agency i referred to earlier, borrows quasi military group provides medical care across the federal government to various agencies. these folks are working along with civil service workers across the system and in an effort to provide medical care. but again in many places, these folks are being picked off to work other jobs. and as i mentioned earlier, they're being deployed to security positions. there was one office of physical therapy nofs one of the major medical prisons in texas that had to be shuttered because their therapists were all working security. so i think you're goin

first of all, federal land under production amounts to less than 47% of the federal land that is under lease. and in 2016 the industry did not even bid on two-thirds of the leases that were offered by the blm. i should note, by the way, in 2015 they bid on only 15% of the leases that were offered. right now we have 7,500 apds that have been approved and that are not being drilled upon, and that's the most that has ever -- we've ever had at the blm. if you just look at 2016, the blm issued 2,184 drilling permits, but industry drilled on fewer than 39% of these permits. by the way, that contrasts with most other years when the number of drilling permits that were drilled upon was in the 70% and 80% range. so what's going on here? well, that takes me to my second point which regards market conditions, and here i just want to make two observations. one, when i last looked at the market price for oil on monday, the price was at a very low level. on monday west texas intermediate was at $42.46 a barrel. that obviously has an impact on the interest of the oil and gas industry. but there's ano

i'm sure they work closely with the new federal. the office of american innovation. -- why in some agencies when f-14 people - the issue of efficiency and having results driven operation within this space is something important for the administration as well. >> and this is the cybersecurity information sharing act 2015. you have talked recently about some shortcomings that you have seen with the information sharing that happened between the private sector and government. how do you fix those problems? >> the way you fix those problems is make sure that you figure out what the private sector is kneading and helping to defend those with infrastructure. we have to understand the talent we have in the private sector. at the federal government, they can be led bridging. i also say the financial services industry, those folks know when the next level of malware is going to come from. and so, let's take those assumptions and turn those into collection priorities and talk. collectors like the nsa and cia and get information on what the hac

space across the federal government. so we got to make sure we're focused on growing people into those, into those jobs. guess what? we need our sons and daughters and nieces and nephews to go into this industry because that is what is going to protect us in the future. and we got to make sure they're prepared for jobs that don't exist today. >> do you have a timetable for introducing that legislation? >> guest: i want to get mgt to bed and we're starting to put pencil to paper and working on this. i don't have an exact time frame, trust me, tim, you well be one of the first to know. >> host: government hurd, you talked about moving the government to the cloud, that is a he default position. are there extra security position to that? >> guest: talking to folks that are resistant to moving into the cloud they think there is. they think they can do a better job defending a database than someone who does this every second of the day. this is why with have a cloud-first strategy within the federal government, and we should b

federal land under production amounts to less than 47% of the federal land under lease. and in 2016, the industry did not even bid on two thirds of the leases offered by the blm. i should note that by 2015 they did on 15% of the leases offered. right now, we have 7500 apd's approved and it are not being drilled upon and that is the most we've ever had at the blm. if you look at 2016, the blm permits butdrilling industry drills on fewer than 39% of these permits. by the way, that contrasts with other years when the number of drills, the drilling permits were in the 70% and 80% range. what is going on? it takes me to my second point with regard to market conditions . i want to make two observations. when i last looked at the market price for oil on monday, the price was at a very low level. west texas intermediate was at $42 and $.43. the obviously has an impact on the interest of the oil and gas industry. there is another important point, which the committee must recognize. the major place for oil and gas, which has really driven development, happened not to be found on f

federalism distributes power along a vertical axis meaning it organizes the balance of federal power and the states/the people. >> those identified as federal are invested in congress. so it articulates those enumerated power that are federal. those that are not found in article one and are not linked to that are not necessary and proper to the accomplishment of one of those. by that, i am referring to powers like it provides clearly for congress to have the power to provide for our national defense through various clauses of the law. it doesn't specifically identity what we call the veterans affairs department. but it conte pp techcontemplate. everything else that is not properly allocated is supposed to be reserved to the states or the people. >> let's take it concrete for everyone. a lots of states are legalizing marijuana. is that something that the founders would have said is something that should be left to states and there people? >> yes. most certainly it would have been. as a matter of first principle, i think deciding whether or not you will allow a particular treatment, es

merritt: at the federal level, we did observe one case in which one federal organization in d.c. was not aware of how much property had been transferred to that agency or to its respective activities in the field. that was quickly remedied when they contacted them, they were able to obtain a list and halt -- temporarily halted any approvals at that time. at the local and state sites themselves, that actually went pretty well because they have a state coordinator. all of the processes were being double checked. unlike the federal level, there were more checks and balances. >> i yield back. >> we now proceed to councilman austin scott of georgia. >> you said that you recognize -- recognized the problem prior to the examination. >> correct. >> when did you recognize the problem? >> we started our efforts in september 2015. we began by bringing in federal agencies for more training to ensure they knew how to work with the program. that quickly led to the development of the memorandum of understanding. at the point when we heard in march of 2017, the investigative, what had happened a

the federal government is spending $90 billion. year on purchasing it goods and services in 75% of that is on old, outdated legacy systems. we need to be using a taxpayer dollar wiser. by being able to have the authority to introduce new technology, that will help their defend our digital infrastructure and help make these agencies more efficient. >> is it possible to standardize how the government purchases information technology? >> i think we could standardize the process. we should be thinking about outcomes. we should be giving the authority to the cio. one of the problems you have in the federal government is the person usually buying the service is not the person that using the service. that creates a disconnect. that's why you have procurement officers that don't have experience in the technology that they are trying to purchas purchase, and that's when you create problems. we have problems where the cio doesn't report directly to the agency had or the deputy agency head. that just doesn't fly in the private sector. private

space across the federal government. we have to make sure we are focused on growing people into those jobs. our sons ande need daughters and nieces and nephews to go into this industry, because that is what is going to protect us in the future, and we've got to make sure they are prepared for jobs that don't exist today. tim: do you have a timetable for that? rep. hurd: we are working on starting to put pencil to paper. i don't have an exact time frame, but trust me, tim, you will be one of the first to know. peter: you talked about moving the government to the cloud. jury --e extra should extra security issues with that? rep. hurd: when you talk to folks resisting, they think there is. they think they can do a better job of defending a database than someone who does this every second of the day. this is why we have a cloud-strategy within the federal government, and we should be transitioning into the cloud. some people act like the cloud is new technology. it is not. this is something where it can save us money and als

spent 26 years with federal bureau of prisons. lot of this has to do with complexes, federal bureau of '90s ns built in the late and starting in 2000. they would build three or four in one area, whereas hey used to just have one main penitentiary and one camp in one location, now they've got three prison necessary one location and when you have three necessary one location, you are going to have understaffing, you just cannot enough people, qualified man these positions. hat may be one reason they are having the problem they are having now. -- : larry, quick question he's gone? guest: just because he's had so system, iience in the think what he's saying is absolutely right. larger ome of these prison systems, especially in -- well, the largest system is in florida. there are three facilities, if correctly, in complex. so the job of staffing that system system, it becomes much larger requires many more people. spring, g in palm california, good morning. caller: good morning. yes. all.morning to you i just, this is my opinion, one c

merritt: at the federal level, we observed one case in which one federal organization was not aware of how much property had been transferred to that agency or to its respective activities in the field. whenwas quickly remedied they contacted them, they were able to obtain a list and halt any sites, that went pretty well because they have a state coordinator. unlike the federal level, there were more checks and balances. >> i yield back. >> we now proceed to austin scott. said that you recognize the problem prior to the examination. >> correct. >> lane did you recognize the problem? started our efforts in september 2015. we brought in federal agencies for more training to ensure they knew how to work with the program. that led to the development of the memorandum of understanding. investigativethe what had happened as you heard we quickly moved to implement procedures. -- when did you recognize you had a problem? >> we recognize that the control measures in place for the federal agencies were not as robust for the state agencies as we discussed. you recognize the problem in 2015. you d

first of all, federal land under production amounts to less than 47% of the federal land and was under lease. in 2016, the industry did not even bid on two thirds of the leases offered by the blm. i should note in 2015 they've been only 15% of the leases offered. right now we have 7500 apb's approved and are not being drilled upon and that is the most others i've heard -- that we've ever had. they offer 2180 for drilling permit on fewer than 39% of these permit. either way, by contrast when a number of the 70% and 80% range. so what is going on here? that takes me to my second point with market conditions. i want to make two observations. when i last looked at the market price for oil on monday, the price is at a low level. on monday west texas is up $42.46 a barrel. that obviously has an impact on the interest for the oil and gas industry. as another important point they need to recognize. the place for oil and gas which have driven development in recent years have been not to be found on federal land. the permian basin, which mr. flynn talked about is one of them. are the most part,

it's large as a percentage of federal aid. but federal aid is only about 10% of total funding. that means that even a substantial cut to federal aid doesn't make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things so that's where the action is when it comes to funding as well. so it will be interesting to see the extent to which those state and local races do become nationalized. so there was cleelly an effort to do that in l.a. recently. to sort of attack the reformist school board candidates who were supportive of expansion of reformist school board candidates who were supportive of expansion of charter schools to betsy devos, to trump himself. there is an effort to do that in montana. it doesn't seem that those efforts have gained a lot of traction at this point but it's clearly something that opponents of the policies that the trump administration has embraced will try to use. >> let's talk a little bit for a second about the people who are still in congress who have the decision-making authority over education issues. i am thinking of lamar alexander, congresswoman vir

they checked with several federal district courts droos country in one particular federal district court, they were told that in a two-year period, a certain percentage of the individuals called for jury duty have been excused for being non citizens. now, the federal court clerks get their jury lists from the voter, local state voter registration lists. well, we need to get that data, i think, from all the federal district courts around the country, that will give us an idea of how many potential noncitizens are being called for jury duty for federal courts who have been taken from the voter registration lists. we united to find out, and i think the answer is no, they do not do it. do the federal court clerks, when someone is excused of jury duty, because they are not a citizen, do they send that information back to the state and local voting officials. so they can investigate if that is someone that needs to be taken off the roll. and second, do they forward that information to the u.s. attorney in that district because it is a felony under federal law for a noncitizen to register to vo

on the basis of this confirmation of the need for federal participation by federal troops, and pursuant to the official request made by the governor of the state of michigan, in which mayor cavanaugh of detroit by forth issued theith necessary proclamation and executive order as provided by the constitution. i advised mr. vance and general throckmorton to proceed immediately with the transportation -- to places of deployment within detroit a movement they have done pursuant. i'm sure the american people will realize that i take this action with the greatest room. -- greatest regret. and only because of the clear, the unmistakable, and undisputed evidence that governor romney of michigan and the local officials of detroit have been unable to bring the situation under control. law enforcement is a local matter. it is the responsibility of local officials and the governor's of the respective states. the federal government should not intervene except in the most extraordinary circumstances. the fact of the matter is that law and order has broken down in detroit, michigan. looting, murder, a

but the argument in the other direction, if it is not federal, not made federal by the constitution itnaturally belongs to the people to be decided at the the state level. >> host: decided at no level,, there is a third option, right? i'm curious, how do you decide? you are a can constitutional scholar. how do you decide when it is that third box? we understand state versus federal, that allocation pretty well but what about the stuff that is the bill of rights and no governments can do, no searches and seizures, no establishment of religion, but what about something like marriage? why should, how do we figure out whether or not the constitution principles prevent the government at all dealing with that, particularly a qualityalit concern?y >> guest: this by the way federalism and substantive protections by the bill of rights intersect. when you diffuse that power, make a single decision that here affects the entire country. bundle of arrows, it is strong bundle, more difficult to break. when power is more diffuse,ki decision making authority left at local level people can break throug

an eighth title for federer means as much as the first. holding the trophy and winning today, i guess, is just trophy and winning today, i guess, isjust being trophy and winning today, i guess, is just being healthy. trophy and winning today, i guess, isjust being healthy. it trophy and winning today, i guess, is just being healthy. it feels great and it's means the world to me, we worked hard last year, so to be back here, i am just feeling great, holding the trophy, the tournament that i please, not dropping a set, it is magical, i cannot believe it, really, yet. eight wimbledon title, the only man in the history of wimbledon to ever wind it eight times. i guess it is disbelief that i can achieve such heights. i was not sure if i was ever going to be here again in another final after last year. i have had some tough frontier, losing to novak djokovic in 2014 and 2015, but i always believed that i would maybe come back and do it again and if you believe you can go really far in your life, if you believe you can go really far in yourlife,

leveraging federal money to serve 240,000 patients. in many parts rural eastern oregon, a health center can serve as the main primary care provider in a community that faces a shortage of private practice doctors. in three of my counties, there are no physicians and there are no hospitals. the student loan repayment incentive also helps staff those centers and ensure patients in those communities can see a provider in a timely manner. so i'm glad to be here, and join my colleagues hopefully on both sides of the aisle in moving this process forward. we're united in our desire to support patient centered solutions at state and local levels. as a result there is strong bipartisan recognition that c.h.i.p. and the health center program play key roles in our nation's health care delivery system by providing medical care for millions of low income americans. both programs have demonstrated successes in helping reduce costs for patients and families, improve health outcomes and deliver cost effective care. we view our state and local partners

and those identified as federal, are vested in, scripture has those enumerated powers that are federal. most are found in article 1, section 8 of the constitution. -- i referred to powers like it provides clearly for congress to have the power to provide for the national defense. through various areas. there is a specific identifiable enough, veterans affairs department but it contemplates that. because it is necessary and proper. you cannot really have an effective armed forces unless you have to take care of your veterans. everything else it is not properly allocated to the federal government through the constitution is supposed to be reserved for the state and the people. >> f let's make this concrete for everyone. mike 11 states are now legalizing marijuana. is that something that the founders would have said that is you know something should be left to states and the people? >> yes! most certainly would have been. as a matter of first principles. i think deciding whether or not you're going to allow particular treatment. a particular pharmaceutical product for example. especially

federer alwaysjust seemed to have more.e this. the first two sets both went to tie—breaks. when he wants to, federer can just turn a rally with a flick of his wrist. commentator: it's just delicious, isn't it? berdych had beaten federer here before, reached the final here before. he was trying. it was 6—4 in the third, and the number of sets federer has lost at this yea r‘s wimbledon? none. so, roger federer, through, and that is popular on the hill. but there is still a man standing between federer and that record eighth title — a big man. marin cilic of croatia, who overcame sam querrey today — six feet six versus six feet six. and cilic is an opponent in the final federer respects. he's a lovely guy, so i'm happy for him. he's in his first wimbledon finals, and after he crushed me at the us open a few years back, where he played lights—out, i hope he's not going to play that good. at 35, could federer really be getting better? well, so far, here, he's been too good for everyone else. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. that

the tribe's federally recognized status was eventually restored. but the reservation lands were not. as a result, with the exception of a small parcel of land that congress provided for gaming in san pablo, the tribe has been left essentially landless. and without a reservation since it was terminated. this bill will take approximately 511 acres in sonoma county into trust as part of the reservation of lytton rancheria. by directing these lands into trust, the united states will ensure that the lytton rancheria will finally have a permanently protected homeland on which they can once again live communaly and plan for future generations. i commend representative denham, my neighbor to the east, for this bipartisan legislation. and urge quick adoption of the legislation. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. lahood: mr. speaker, we would urge adoption of the legislation and yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro t

they decide on the majority of federal cases. they can change and shape the lives of generations to come. and so it is the responsibility -- and so it is a responsibility i do not take lightly. mr. president, there are so many troubling aspects of this nominee's record -- previous statements, writings, legal views -- that should alarm every american from his views on lgbtq rights, about race, about campaign finance reform, to his vision of the environment and for our election laws. but i'd like to start with one aspect of his record that is especially important to me as a woman, as a mother, and a grandmother and united states senator. that is what this nomination would mean for women. for nearly a decade, bush has made countless inflammatory, offensive, and troubling comments on a number of issues important to women. now, it's not possible to go through them all, and frankly most should not be repeated on the senate floor, but i do want to make clear just what kind of nominee this is. bush has likened a woman's constitutionally

on the basis of this confirmation of the need for federal participation by federal troops, and pursuant to the official request made by the governor of the state of michigan, in which mayor cavanaugh of detroit by forth with heat the necessary proclamation and executive order as provided by the constitution. generald mr. vance and throckmorton to proceed immediately with the places oftion -- to deployment within detroit a movement they have done pursuant . i'm sure the american people will realize that i take this action with the greatest room. clear,y because of the the unmistakable, and undisputed evidence that governor romney of michigan and the local officials todetroit have been unable bring the situation under control. law enforcement is a local matter. it is the responsibility of local officials and the the respective states. the federal government should not intervene except in the most extraordinary circumstances. the fact of the matter is that law and order has broken down in detroit, michigan. arson haverder, and nothing to do with civil rights. conduct in theal theral govern

lost its exciting 3—d roger federer.marin cilic looked inconsolable. he was in tears on the court and called for his documentary on to come on. we did not not that point what the specific injury was. because of his poor service game to that point, we thought it might have been a problem with his shoulder. we subsequently saw him receiving treatment to his left foot. you're struggling, two sets down to roger federer. who we know so well at wimbledon on centre court. he is going to differ and eight singles title. that would be a record to go one ahead of pete sampras. at the moment, marin cilic looks like he has no answer. his 2—0 sets down at the moment on centre court. we're not sure if he can muster any threat from here on. it isa from here on. it is a grim prospect if this match between two such dark performance redound as a result of injury. —— such star performers should end. it would be a bit of a downer. it would be the first retirement by a player during the finalfor over be the first retirement by a player during

right now we'll go back to this morning's hearing with federal reserve chair janet yellin appearing for a second day on capitol hill. as she speaks to the senate banking committee about the country's economy. >> promoting economic growth remains a top priority for this committee and congress. i've been encouraged to see federal agencies and stakeholders evaluating current laws and regulations. since the last humphries hawkins hearing in february, there have been numerous developments that will impact economic growth legislation. senator brown and i have solicited the public for economic growth proposals and more than 100 submissions from stakeholders have come in. they are listed on the committee's website for those who may be interested and we're working together now to put together legislation dealing with it. the committee has held numerous hearings focused on economic growth with financial companies and regulators. federal financial regulators issued their second report and the treasury department issued it first report on core principles of financial regulation. in addition, member

hoping swiss roger federer could make itan hoping swiss roger federer could make it an eight wimbledonatian marin cilic. it was not the match we would have hoped for. the two players played five sets last year but today it was not to be and marin cilic was really not serving well in the opening set for stop at 3—0 down in the second, having been broken twice, he was very emotional indeed. he called on the trainer and doctor. he called on the trainer and doctor. he was in floods of tears. we do not know if it was the occasion overcoming him of the injury, but he was not playing to his full capacity at that point. he then went on to lose 6—1 in that set, and the final set 6—4. it was the result many people hoped for. roger federer making history at wimbledon. he goes one ahead of eight sam —— pete sampras. his 19th grand slam and all. fantastic performance over two weeks. he did not drop a single set. it was a great moment for him. he was in tears, very emotional. it has been five years and see won the title. he was beaten finalist in 2014 and 2015, losing to novak djokovic twice. it was

but roger federer did have an easy day at the office. and mark cavendish has pulled out of the tour de france after a crash on stage four. hi there, wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. some australian fans are calling for bernard tomic to be deported after saying he was bored playing at wimbledon. 1987 champion pat cash says tomic should go and work in a factory to understand what real work is like. martina navratiolva says tomic should go and find another sport. it's the controversy which has taken the focus off the on—court action, or lack thereof, in the case of roger federer and novak djokovic. here'sjohn watson to explain. day two of wimbledon. novak djokovic and roger federer, both in action. they did not perhaps get to work out they were expecting. those opponents retired injured in the second set. they were both leading at the time. they were both leading at the time. they are conserving energy for the latter pa rt they are conserving energy for the latter part of the tournament. angelique kerber, interesti

federal supporting a policy like this. host: jason says i'm sitting wondering why the government needs to be so deeply involved with our lives. in great falls, good morning. caller: hello. kudos for c-span, i love your show. and being a democrat i'm seldom find myself in alliance with the cato institute, but this is one of those instances. -- know about ld if i didn't know states could practice. this and i guess you have answered my about that, i would because of federal forfeiture or this civil that i re type action, have never carried more than a couple hundred dollars when i travel a lot because i'm a contractor and over the united states. for that reason, i've never $300 with me than at any time while traveling. this: i'm mortified to say as a fellow american, that is a wise policy. at quick story when i was institute for justice. there was a christian rock band the united states to raise money, their manager was returning to dallas from one of concerts, he had $53,000 in cash raised through concerts thailand for orpha

the adopting federal agency must then send notice to interested parties of the seizure. this treme lined process will ensure people receive speedy -- rightful owners will get their property back as soon as possible. in addition to these safeguards on federal adoptions, i'm asking our department of attorneys to proceed with caution when handling forfeitures involving vehicles and residences special if they are in different names. we just need to be careful how we handle that. some of the complaints have resolved around those kind of cases. i think that the department of attorneys should think hard before they handle these kind of cases, and we're directing them to do just that. just like with the cash seizures, if we operate this program in a careful and responsible way, something i believe the american people expect and deserve, a -- with a program like this, the department's federal asset forfeiture program will be a effective tool while at the same time protecting the rights of property owners. finally, i'm directing agencies and components adopting seized property to

it's critical to the function og they have federal government because it moves more than 40% of the federal work force every day. to and from work. and also during the day for various missions that people go on during the normal work day. it is essential to national security. if we didn't have the metro system what is already one of the most traffic plagued and congested regions in the country would be absolutely paralyzed. it's also the mechanism that moves millions of americans who come from all over the united states. all of our constituent here's in congress, to visit us. and that's how people get to the white house and the capitol and to go to the pentagon and to go see n.i.h. and to visit the museums and the battlefields and so on. so the metro is critical, not just for the people who hi and work here every day and make the federal government go, but also to all american citizens who rely on efficiency of the federal government and come to washington to petition for a redress of grievances and to partake in the processes of government. i'm thrilled that this legislation is moving forw

he, quote, lacks the independence and temperament necessary for a federal judgeship. the issue of a woman's right to make decisions about when she becomes pregnant and whether she has an abortion is a constitutionally guaranteed protected right of every woman, regardless of where she lives and what her background is, and any other circumstances. she has that right, and i need to know that any person i vote to confirm to the federal bench will approach cases that involve reproductive rights with the utmost care and respect for decades of hard-won precedent. in coming years, judges will have to determine what constitutes an undue burden, and that is a term of law undue burden as states continue to pass new laws that try to restrict women's reproductive rights, they will have to probe the boundaries of the court's hobby lobby decision on how religious and reproductive freedom might conflict. these issues are far from easy, and the supreme court has spoken to them in many respects incompletely or unclearly. so when a nominee will not tell me how he plans to approach const

next, attorney general jeff sessions outlines plans to reinstate the federal asset forfeiture program and at a justice department meeting with state and local law enforcement officials, the program was shut down ounce -- it allows police to seize property of those suspect have had a crime even if they are never charged or convicted. attorney general sessions -- >> hello there. good, please have a seat. we'll get started. maybe we can chat a little afterwards, too. glasses. i want to thank all of you for attending. i see many faces that i've gotten to know over the years and in the last few months in particularly and i want to thank our law enforcement partners, the major city chiefs of police association, international chiefs of police group, and to many other officers from all over the country that are here today. i know this issue of forfeiture is probably your top issue, the thing that you've talked to me the most about, and the thing that president trump has indicated that he understands and supports you in. so, thaunk for your service to the country, and all you do to make this a

are they consulting federal databases? for example, are they, are they doing data comparisons with the social security master index of death records? not just are they doing it but how often are they doing it? if they're only doing once every five years that is obviously inadequate. if they're doing it on more frequent basis, it may be adequate. there are also other databases i know many states are not consulting. even those that are, have been apparently, have run into huge problems with red tape. by that i mean, for example, the databases at the department of homeland security that have information on all non-citizens who are legally in the united states and information on all individuals who are illegally in the united states who have been detained, and a record has been created. that's obviously an important issue to know, whether one, they are accesses those databases. whether, they're able to do it easily. or whether they are running into red tape, with the federal government. we also i think need to gather data from

i have sent letters to you and other federal regulators. they have asked you about the requirement that custody bank old supplementary leverage ratio against deposits and at the federal, presumably because of worries that in some future universe, the fed deposits may become less safe and available than cash, which is a universe i do not enjoy contemplating. i believe that the federal reserve deposits are checking the sort of safe place where these large immediately: cash positions that we should be encouraging because of the strength and reliability of the federal reserve of a counterparty. we have bipartisan legislation to require that credential regulators provide relief for institutions that place cash with the fed. at the same time as providing significant flexibility for the regulators to deal with unusual circumstances. so, do you see any safety and soundness difficulties with this legislation if it were to go forward? chair yellen: i'm not going to comment on the legislation, but we are looking at the supplementary leverage ratio bec

in the 1980's, a federal commission determined that the federal government should apologize. ronald reagan sent letters to every surviving member of the can't, and a restitution payment was made. by having the ability to be academically honest, to be intellectually rigorous and the way we are investigating this legacy, we have given great creek. we are saying -- given great credence. he made great strides in changing our politics. brian: in this room there are a lot of books. in this library there are a tremendous number of books. how many books did sbr -- did fdr have in his collection? >> there were 22,000 books in his personal collection. we have about 50,000 books here total in the library, many of which were acquired after he died, and our research or reference books about roosevelt. every book in here was selected by fdr to be in this room. it was almost identical that the way it was on the day fdr died. nothing has changed. some furniture was moved, but this is basically as it was on the day fronting roosevelt died. he served quite for years in this room as it is. the

we want a federal bench that welcomes independent and impartial thinkers. mr. bush's federalist society membership shouldn't be his ticket to the federal bench. in conclusion, this vote, when it comes to his nomination, is really in the a close call. it is a clear that mr. bush has friends in high places, but he's demonstrated a temperament and a judgment which we should not put in a lifetime position on the federal courts of appeal. urge my colleagues to o ms. hirono: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator hawaii. ms. hirono: mr. president, today the senate is considering the nomination of john k. bush to the sixth circuit, someone who should have no place on the federal bench. mr. bush is one of the most outspoken and blindly ideological judicial nominees i have seen in my time in the