. >> when it comes to telecommunications and policy, representative bob goodlatte with two hats -- chairman of the subcommittee on intellectual property, competition, and the internet, and co-chair of the congressional internet caucus. he is our guest this week. representative, let's start with something that your committee worked on earlier this year -- the privacy issue. is there any chance of this legislation coming back up this year, and if not, do you see it coming back next year? >> well, sopa and pipa are dead. i think that is pretty clear, that the effort that was undertaken there ran into a lot of controversy, a lot of miscommunication. i think those bills are not coming back again this year or any year, for that matter. the issue, however, is very much still a problem. that is, various types of crime on the internet. the theft not only a movie and music and software, but really putting up web sites that look identical to the company's website and selling their products, tangible goods. in my district, i have rosetta stone, and they have the language programs knocked off. you can g

thank you for listening and goodlatte. -- and good luck. >> i have known terri for about 15 years. i sell all of trees. -- olive trees. his scooter store has a very large parking lot. he is a businessman, so i told him, how about if we put a few olive trees outside of the parking lot? he said, i cannot do it. i said, what you mean? we would just put a nice tree for landscaping and nobody will know. and then we can still do it. he said, i just cannot do it. that shows you that he follows rules. i think that is very positive. on top of that, i have known him and his family about 15 years to. they are a family that is very creative. very respectful. i think there would be the right people to take whatever exists already and take it to a better level for the people to enjoy the tower anyway. >> grazie mille. >> good morning grit i am here today representing two different groups and urging your support for mr. grimm. i am associated with his wife as part of the oyster bar. i am also asking your support for the underlying plan to operate coit tower concession and the related activities i

goodlatte had to say with respect to the stevens case. i realize you reassigned people after that. i realize it was an investigation and indictment that came before you were attorney general. that's not the point. the point is if you have no real consequences now, you'll have no real choices in the future. that was conduct stated by the judge to be outrageous. he held a hearing as to whether a new trial ought to be called before he made a ruling. you did come forward with the motion to dismiss, recognizing the problems. internally, the investigations showed widespread misconduct among the whole team. and, yet, i am unaware of anybody that was fired. and senator stevens lost his election, but more importantly, lost his reputation. and i happen to think that in the absence of serious action taken against employees of either the department of justice, prosecutorial court, or the fbi, that frankly the message is not seriously received. so i would just like to state that for the record. and now, mr. attorney general, if i were lucky enough to be invited down to meet you, see you at your

goodlatte is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in relation to the "fast and furious" scandal, in a prior operation, when they reviewed that every four, 2011, letter that falsely denied the afp the sale of transport of weapons to mexico, do you think it is a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress? >> with regard to the question, i think you have it a little off there. the two individuals you talk about, mr. brewer, and the other, they did know about the tactics of the "fast and furious" in the beginning of last year's. >> but they did acknowledge that atf let a bunch of dems walk. and they were somewhere recovered in mexico. that was in connection, i believe with operation wide receiver. >> correct. >> correct. >> but they did not acknowledge that in their connection to the congress. you think it is an offense for an individual to mislead the congress? >> they said it was a mistake on their part not to share with the leadership of the department that prior knowledge, it also indicated it was an mistake on their p

and furious, whether you were john ashcroft, whether you were dan lungren, whether you were bob goodlatte. i don't care about the political ideology of the u.s. attorney or the attorney general. >> all i will say is this. the decisions i have been in connections with anything i've done in the justice department don't reflect my political ideology. they reflect my view of the facts, the law and what my responsibility is as attorney general of the united states. >> well, why did your department say that? why did your department in december say that you were a target because you consistently take progressive stands? do you think that's why i'm asking you about fast and furious? because of your political ideology? >> i have -- i will accept that your question to me is one that is based in good faith. i'm not going to say, i'm not going to ignore reality and say that all of the attacks that have been directed at me have been those that are nonpolitical in nature or that have come in good faith. >> can i be motivated by good faith? can i be motivated by good faith and still believe that you oug

goodlatte, for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: i rise today along with representatives morgueian griffith and robert hurt to honor a world war ii constituent. a community leader and freand, john robert "bob" slaughter. on may 29, 2012, southwest virginia lost one of its great american heroes, a passionate advocate for veterans and a driving force behind the national d-day memorial in bedford. it is only fitting we honor his memory as we mark the 68th anniversary of d-day this week. born on february 3, 1925, in bristol, tennessee, bob's family later moved to roanoke, virginia. in 1941 at the age of 15 he joined the virginia army national guard, company d, 160th infantry 29th division. a short time later the united states was attacked at pearl harbor and entered the war. on september 27, 1942, the 29th division set sail for england. on d-day, june 6, 1944, bob waded ashore to battle the foes of democrat state omaha beach. he was just 19 years old. his life was forever impact

goodlatte. it is well-known that you dismissed the charges that were placed against senator stevens following your investigation that indicated that certain exculpatory evidence had been withheld. now, was that one thing or were there several things that were done that you disagreed with that cost you to do this? >> be the thing would was the main motivator for my decision was i felt this solid evidence we had uncovered the braiding material. the exculpatory material had not been shared with defense and that was the main motivation for my deciding to dismiss the case. >> and it seems that, i think his name is pronounced subthree subthree -- agreed with you basically but the punishment now does not seem to match the crime. prosecutorial misconduct and a lot of people are wondering how does the office of professional runs the -- responsibility literally dispute the seriousness of the withholding of the exculpatory evidence? how do you account for that? i wouldn't agree that they don't take it seri

goodlatte. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. leonhart, welcome.wanted to ask you about reports that dea field agents in southern arizona were unaware of the gun walking being done by atf. tony coulson, the dea agent in charge of southern arizona during fast and furious said that many dea field agents knew that the atf was walking guns to mexico, but their supervisors told them to back off when they objected. have you investigated who within the dea knew what about fast and furious, and why they did so little to stop gun walking to mexico? >> thank you, sir. as i mentioned earlier, those statements, as i understand from mr. coulson, were actually recanted. he said he was misquoted and he has recanted that. we are very excited, and we are waiting on these results from oig. because prior to mr. coulson's statements, we were not aware that, that dea was aware -- dea agents in arizona were unaware of the tactics that atf was using. so the investigation is being done by oig. that should answer. we have made all our people available. that should answer t

goodlatte, had to say with respect to the case. i realize you reassign people after that. i realize it was an investigation and indictment came before you were attorney general. that's not the point. the point is if you have no real consequences now, you will have no real changes in the future. that was conduct that was stated by the judge to be outrageous. he hailed a hearing as to whether trial ought to be called before he made a ruling. you did come forward with a motion to dismiss, recognizing the problems internally. the investigations showed widespread misconduct among the whole team. and yet i am unaware of anybody that was fired. and senator stevens lost his election, but more important, lost his reputation. and i happen to think that in the absence of serious action taken against employees of either the department of justice prosecutorial core or the fbi, that frankly the message was not seriously received. so i would just like to state that for the record. and now, mr. attorney general, if are lucky enough to be invited down and see you at your office at the just

goodlatte. specs before mr. chairman, welcome. i wanted to ask you about reports that the dea field agents in arizona were aware of the gun walking being done by atf. the dea agent in charge of southern arizona and fast and furious said that many field agents knew that the atf was walking guns to mexico but the supervisors told them to back off when they objected. have you investigated who knew what about cost and furious and why they did so little to stop the unlocking to mexico? >> thank you. as i mentioned earlier, the statement as i ever stand were actually recanted. he studied and has recanted that. we are very excited and waiting on these results from oig because prior to mr. with colson's steegmans, we were not aware that the dea was aware of the agents in arizona were aware of the tactics that the atf was using when he said the investigation is being done by oig with that have made all our people available that should answer the question about who knew what from my agency. >> did he explain why he would recant -- why he ma

bob goodlatte lost to a straight ticket vote coming out of these college towns.that is not there for him this time. where are the young people? they're looking for jobs. they're back in school. they're having to reregister other places. the enthusiasm gap is way down, and, in fact, among young registrants in iowa and colorado where we've tracked it, republicans are outregistering democrats in young voters under 23. so that is out the window. they're trying to do the student loan thing and stir things up. if you look at their strategy, it's not geared toward swing voters, it's a strategy geared toward his pan bics here -- hispanics here, young people here, and finally let's get to hispanics which you can't just lump together. puerto ricans are citizens. cubans behave differently than mexican-americans. and my district was chock full of salvadore yangs, but there is an enthusiasm gap here. it's a tough group to get out anyway and, charlie, i think you are right, i don't think they'll be able to replicate that. it's going to be how romney handles this, who he picks

goodlatte. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. leonhart, welcome. i wanted to ask you about reports that d.e.a. field agents in southern arizona were aware of the gun walking being done by a.t.f. tony coleson, the d.e.a. agents in charge during fast and furious, said many d.e.a. agents knew the a.t.f. was walking guns to mexico, but their supervisors told them to back off when they objected. have you investigated who within the d.e.a. knew what about fast and furious and why they did so little to stop gun walking to mexico? >> thank you, sir. as i mentioned earlier those statements as i understand it from mr. coleson were actually recanted. he said he was misquoted and he's recanted that. we are very excited and -- we are waiting on these results from the o.i.g. because prior to mr. coleson's statements, we were not aware that d.e.a. was aware -- d.e.a. agents in arizona were aware of the tactics that a.t.f. was using. so the investigation is being done by o.i.g. that should answer, we have made all our people available. that should answer the quest

goodlatte you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you both mr. white and mr. gornstein on your further thoughts on the market tax credit, and i share your view on keeping the program as is and growing it in terms of the amount of allocations available over longer period of time. i think it does a pretty terrific thing in a lot of communities with these projects. mr. white if i can however go back to your testimony or your gal report, that gets into again the criteria for good tax policy, and i am interested very much in the terminology you use, criteria including equity, economic efficiency, simplicity, transparency and administrative ability as well as relationship to other policy tools. interestingly, as we are talking about what you say and what should be taken out of the tax code as we go through this process and hopefully simplifying it, you would think and most of the conversations we have had center around job growth, making it more easy to grow capital and it makes itself available than for investment in the economy, but you term it as ec