he must respect the judiciary, grassley said.i've seen statistics that he won over 400 cases and only lost 30." close quote. how about that? i find it curious that the chairman doesn't have time to read merrick garland's questionnaire or give him a hearing but has time to study donald trump tofs -- donald trump's success rate in the courtroom. he is says a lot a lot and whufm is what senator grassley priorities are. according to an iowa newspaper senator grassley told constituents on friday -- quote -- "-- inflammatory rhetoric coming from the trump campaign." i'm a little disappointed but not surprised. i believe no member of the senate has done more for trump than the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. in january many republicans were still trying to distance themselves from donald trump. senator grassley introduced trump at an iowa campaign event. since then despite pressure from his constituents, senator grassley has done everything in his power to hold open the supreme court seat for trump to fill but i'm surprised

thank you, senator grassley. senator grassley: senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal: thank you, mr. chairman and the ranking member for having this important hearing. i had your job in connecticut for four and a half years, and it is the best job in the world -- >> yes, it is. maybe onlymenthal: second to being attorney general in the state, but one of the things i did was to actually try drug cases as a united states lessons froming my the then u.s. attorney from the southern district of new york bob fiske a number of the cases we did with the da. i was grateful and amaze but -- and amazed the wife the extreme eric urgent heroism of the dea agents. granted thate for walk into situations where gunfire is as likely as somebody opening the door area they often operate in hostile environments where they are held accountable, but no one else is. i just want to thank all of the law enforcement agents -- federal, state, local, who do this work, because it is challenging and demanding and they are on the lines. but of course, we are not going arrest or ja

reif you i will cans for the win. >> grassley amendment.wo words. >> the grassley amendment would provide fundings for the nics. background checks and share mental health records. >> trevor: this is big one. are the democrats going to allow the republicans to do anything. >> look, trevor, that grassley bill maybe better than nothing, but if the republicans got it, they could say they did something. so, we're going to not do anything. >> trevor: well, unfortunately this game and the nation are out of time. both democrats and reif you ires have zero points. you did nothing. >> the nra just gave me a ton of cash. >> trevor: oh, wow. >> yes. trevor: wow. i guess it's just the democrats who didn't win. >> no we won big too. we are using this discussion to get talking points for our new campaign add. check it out. >> jordan says he's on your side. when it comes to guns who does he really listen to? when we needed jordan to help, he chose instead to take a giant check from the nra. so vote for the guy who views your version of nothing. >> i'm row

senator grassley: thank you. go ahead. thank you, chairman grassley, senator feinstein, members of the committee. on behalf of attorney general lynch and my colleagues at the department of justice i thank you for the opportunity to testify about synthetic drugs. despite our significant efforts, synthetic drug's flourish with horrible human cost, including hallucinations, violence, hospitalization, and worse. many are produced in china by chemists who bury the formulas to stay ahead of the scheduling ross s. there are no quality concerns. the potency of unknown mixes of danger topose a users. police officers and counter users who are delusional -- -- police officers and counter users who are delusional. it garnered worldwide attention a 5012 involving four-year-old utica man under a influence who is seen naked in the street waving a tree branch. when the man told the police that they would have to kill him to stop him, the officers deployed a taser gun. the man pulled the probes out of his chest and continued walking until

where i'm going with this and senator grassley and i have many hearings, there's no drug activity that's important than this one to get a and be able to move and deal with this mutations and changes and if you have to depend on the change of the law every time this changes slightly, we are way behind. it seems to me we do need some mechanism of experts like those at this table to sit down and look at a drug, make a decision and move on. could anybody comment on what i have just said. you don't have to agree with it, but i'd like very much to listen. let me go this reverse way. why don't we start with you. >> first, thank you, i agree with the importance of identifying a way a way to speed the decision-making in terms of the sheer number of products as others have said. the specific action that you're suggesting, changes to the analogue and decisions, this is something the decision has a large role in at present. i don't know that i would be able to comment a great deal about our particular agency's view on it other than to say we are interested in doing whatever we can. our role on a sch

and senator grassley in between for how many minutes? mr. grassley: we had 20 minutes for me, right? [inaudible] mrs. boxer: i didn't say that, no, sir. madam president, i think we'll let everyone work it out, but i know i have ten minutes, so i'm going to take that time at this time. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: thank you, madam president. first i want to thank my colleague, senator feinstein, for her decades of work to address gun violence, and then i want to thank also senators murphy, blumenthal and booker for standing on their feet for almost 15 hours to force the republican leadership to at least allow some votes on gun safety. six months after we joined the senate, senator feinstein and i -- this was in 1963 -- a deranged person entered an office in san francisco. when you lose someone you know to gun violence, it's really hard to get that out of your soul. and one of those killed in that attack in a law office with an assault weapon was one of my son's best friends. and, yes, the soul of our family

chairman grassley and members of the committee, i am in the center for drug evaluation which is part of the department of health and human services. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important role in the assessment of new drugs whether illicit or illicit. let me begin by saying i agree with all of the comments that the three comments made dealing with the seriousness of the issue. they pose significant health risk. we appreciate the efforts the committee is doing and the fda is committed to doing our part while the drug enforcement administration is the lead federal agency responsible for regulating controlled substances and enforcing the control substances, hhs has a number of responsibilities, many of which are performed by fda in this area. my testimony today will focus on the role we have in the drug scheduling process including the emergency control of new and dangerous drugs. as a part of our work, fda conducts the medical evaluation, sometimes sometimes referred to as factor analysis which is the basis for the recommendation to the dea ab

the grassley amendment is political stunts that are meaningless to stop gun violence. these are amendments that divert attention from real legislation. why? so republicans say hey look, we tried. and all the time they are cheerleaders of the bosses of the n.r.a. our republican colleagues are again stuck in the same rut, the same warp giving in to the demands of the n.r.a. government leaders always find an excuse to say no. democrats look at any reasonable proposal when it comes to gun safety. right now there are democrats like senator heinrich that are working with republicans to find a solution. provided the legislation really does keep guns and explosives away from suspected terrorists, criminals and people with mental illness. we know the n.r.a. will never support any of those proposals. that's why we need senate republicans to take a stand against gun violence and against the n.r.a. as i stand here, the n.r.a. is sending a lot of direct mail. they are even getting better now and putting stuff on the internet, saying we need more money. they're trying to take your g

grassley's amendment calling 53-47 and murphy's falling. each needed 60 to advance and none of them got them. they are dealing with background checks and as rick talked about the no-fly list. the corman amendment, 53-47 that fell. and senator fienstein's amendment failed 47-53. but there is word there may be a compromised coming from senator colins. here is jeff flake is his tweet. we expect to get a vote this week on bipartisan no fly no buy legislation have i have been writing with senator colins. here is democrats line, connecticut, kendrick, good even. >> caller: there is ninetime it exempt from buying a gun. how do you prove someone is a strug addict? i am curious how they get the exemptions passed but they can't pass a common sense -- okay. of course, if you are not going to be able to fly what do you need with a gun? if you cannot get on a plane, what do you need with a gun? why do you need to buy one? and they cannot pass that. i am curious as to how they come up with those exemptions? specifically how many drug addicts have they st

two of those are on background checks and by senator grassley of iowa. bill is theurphys sweeping one, trying to get something bigger done. he has been a big proponent of this. what democrats call the gun show loophole. if you bike on gun from a seller that is not authorized, and they say that the terrorist groups have been telling people how to get weapons and they say this really means to be close to that with background checks from all gun purchases. then you have the grassley amendment that is going to go at the same time. that one is about notifying the fbi or the department of justice . >> the other two that are coming up, senator feinstein's amendment, deal with those on the fbi watch list. there has been the term groundhog day used a couple of times. because those two measures came up before. >> they came up after the san bernardino california shootings that left more than one dozen dead. there was an outrage on capitol hill. it only got 405i believe. the senator offered his amendment at that time. actually stopn't terrorists from getting weapons

i am pleased that chairman grassley has joined us. a. chairman, it is always pleasure to have you with us and for your leadership on these issues. and give you any time you have now to make a statement. senator grassley: i am going to put my statement in the wreckage using it to the witnesses. senator sessions: all right. senator grassley: sometimes our statements taken much time. senator sessions: ok. witnessesrt with our and introduce you one at a time. mr. cunningham, mr. michael cunningham is the executive director and secretary-treasurer of a texas building and construction trade council. he followed his father's footsteps into the heat and frost insulated asbestos workers local number 113 in corpus christi, texas, back in 1972. hean apprentice insulator, has over four decades of experience and has served in a variety of positions, in addition to his other responsibilities, he has worked on issues related to guestworker visa since 2006, fighting to end fraud and abuses in that guestworker program. mr. cunningham, we would be glad to

for instance, senator chuck grassley introduced an amendment during debate on the obamacare bill thatwould have changed this final language regarding how obamacare impacts congress. the grassley amendment clearly described which federal employees were subject to the law and must enroll on the new exchanges. that wasn't different. it included the president, the vice president, each member of congress, each political appointee, and each congressional employee. but it also permitted federal employees to continue receiving the employer government contributions like those received under fehbp. however, the senate never voted on that language, on that grassley amendment before obamacare became law. even more telling, even more significant, after obamacare became law, senator grassley again offered that language. he got a vote then and that language was defeated here in the senate 56-43. so the final obamacare language very clearly states that members of congress must purchase their health insurance on a state-based or federal exchange and it has absolutely no provision for a rich taxpayer f

[laughter] [applause] my friends mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley now they try another track to say what difference does it make whether there are eight or nine members of the court? [laughter] at one point we did have eight members. there hasn't always been nine. but i believe in and i am sure you do that it makes a great deal of difference. we although the supreme court's ruling make a significant difference in the everyday lives of the american people. more than two centuries ago john marshall to clear the court '' has the duty, not the right, to say what the law is. not an opinion, a duty they have a solemn duty. disabling the court, which is so clearly ideological divided at this time more than any other time in history, by keeping a seat vacant for hundreds of days is that is what will end up being if we don't get a vote this year, not just the uncertainty in a park -- perpetuates but because of the way of fractures our country. none other than justice scalia wrote to have the justices erases the possibility that by reason of a tie vote the court will find itself unable to res

would not have prevailed gun walking operations like "fast & furious" and a mike senator grassley is proposal the alternative not not require the department of justice to explain where it has not been using the gun laws already on the books we know weapons related convictions with the obama administration are down 30% able compared to a decade ago. as an no one wants terrorists to be able to buy guns or explosives. no one.pa instead of using this as an opportunity to push a partisan agenda i will craft the next 32nd campaign ad but they are pursuing real solutions to keep america safer from the threat of terrorism this is a serious and constitutional way to understand the most important way to prevent a military strategy at home is by defeating terrorism overseas. serious solutions is what the american people now demand more than ever mondadori should keep our focus. epidemic >> mr. president we have an epidemic of gun violence and it is getting worse everyn day last week's attack in a popular nightclub in orlando florida did deadliest shooting in modern american history to see as an

senator grassley's full written statement will be added to the record without objection. and we will keep the hearing record open for an additional five business days which means the record will be closed at the end of the business day on tuesday, june 14th, 2016. i would still invite any of the witnesses to submit any additional materials for the record. with that, the hearing is adjourned. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, new jersey republican congressman scott garrett will join us to discuss an effort by the house financial services committee to change elements of the 2010 dodd-frank act which placed additional regulation on wall street institutions. then ohio democratic representative marci capture will be on to talk about u.s. trade policy. including the debate over the transpacific partnership and other trade agreements. congresswoman capture will also discuss the ongoing impacts of nafta. and in our spotlight on magazine segment, we'll highlight the boston globe with a staff wr

by the house for a conference and the presiding officer appoint the following conferees: senators grassley, alexander, hatch, sessions, leahy, murray, and wyden. the presiding officer: the motion is now pending. mr. mcconnell: i understand is a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on on the motion to disagree to the house amendments, agree to the request from the house for a conference, and the presiding officer a point the following conferees: you senators grassley -- mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the reading phs names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. pursuant to rule 28, there will now be up to two hours of debate equally divided in the usual form. mr. portman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: madam president, i want to start by commending the majority leader, who just

senator grassley was pretty blunt about it.is is a bit of a hobby horse of mine but it is hard to take seriously claims from republicans that actually care about enhancing mental health care in this country. they have voted more than 50 times to repeal the affordable care act, which has done more than any other single piece of legislation in american history to expand health care coverage in this country. .. and she agreed with chris murphy that republicans have decided to sell weapons to isis. you think that's a good line? >> well, i didn't see the tweet but what i would say about this is simply the situation that is created by republicans blocking the feinstein amendment is simply that individuals were suspected of having ties to terrorism are able to buy a gun with impunity. because republicans are protecting that loophole at the simple request of the nra. those are the facts of the situation. and again, i'll leave it to republicans to try to defend that position. i don't think it's a position that many americans are going t

they start with principles and claims that grassley put forward when lincoln was president. idea that this was sharply to the left, a plan that in the end didn't have a public option, doesn't comport with reality. al: sure the democrats have some fault for this dysfunction. norman: there are no angels here. polarization,just tribalism, that has developed on both sides. but if you look at the behavior of congress, of the parties especially since barack obama became president, the blame is asymmetric. one we had was a conscious effort by republicans starting on the day of obama's inaugural, that was reported very deeply and confirmed by the participants by rob draper, a very good reporter, that they determined before obama took office that they were going to unite in opposition to him. in our political system, that brings chaos, not clarity. al: switching to the house, over 80% of the seats are noncompetitive. we know five months before the election is going to win those seats. is that because of gerrymandering, where each party carves out safe seats? norman: i'm all for chang

>> ranking member grassley, chairman grassley, ranking member klobuchar, and members of the committee, i am pleased to be here to discuss doj's recent reports on human trafficking. human trafficking is the exploitation of a person through force, fraud and coercion for such purposes as forced labor, involuntary servitude or commercial sex. trafficking victims span all age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, citizenship, and nationality categories. human trafficking takes place throughout the country, and often involves victims who are already vulnerable such as missing and runaway youth, or persons with substance abuse addictions. as we mark the one-year anniversary of the justice for victims of trafficking act, i'm here to talk with you about actions federal agencies have taken to implement related statutory provisions, challenges faced by law enforcement when combatting human trafficking, and grant programs intended to combat trafficking and assist victims, as well as efforts to reduce the potential for duplication across programs. we reviewed 105 provisions across six human traffic

the amendments offered by senator grassley is not even a half measure senator grassley amendment would take people off the background check list those who are leaving a psychiatric institution allow them to buy a weapon the next day's the other bill you'd have to go to court they are just thee shield for members who don't want to stand up to do the right thing the reason il came down to the floor for 15 hours because i noted deep personal level what orlando was going through i don't with the families are a going through by now with the community is going through in my belief for all of the psychological harm that comes with losing a run loved one or a neighbor more harm is piled on when you find out that people that they just don't care if heard something awful when you lose someone but it is worse when you're leaders are silent totally silent in the face of your personal horror. long after the moms and dads had left the firehouse at sandy hook after their boys and girls were lying dead there was one father left and would not leave andca could not leave he came to this congress to tell

i want to thank senator grassley for his willingness to work with us as well. i think the witnesses for lending your voice is just important issue and i hope we can pass this bill as soon as possible. >> senator cruz. thank you, mr. chairman. american british and canadian troops have fought through a 10 miles inland. it is the day after d-day which launched the allied forces to free europe and the third right. as troops swept across europe and into germany, what they found was shocked and appalled the world. deliberative places like and buchenwald, concentration camps where the nazis sent unspeakable numbers to forced labor in many today. they also discovered hidden away in churches and underground mines countless works of art and the had taken from victims. they stolen treasures were not simply dispose of or. they are the first of a policy that stretched back well before the words in 1933 when hitler in the party took power. this policy called for the systematic discrimination and oppression of other groups who the nazis regarded as unacceptable according to t

the agencies have not yet responded to senator grassley's requests. >>> we are getting a better idea of just how many people turned out to vote for the california primary on tuesday. as of last night, slightly more than 6 million ballots were counted. but the secretary of state says about 2.6 million ballots still need to be counted. the outstanding ballots are not likely to change presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton's wi in the state. >>> hillary clinton is picking up key endorsements. elizabeth warren is backing clinton. but the most notable endorsement was from president obama yesterday. he threw his support behind his former secretary of state citing her grit and experience during a three-minute online video released yesterday. >> look, i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. >> president obama's first campaign appearance with clinton will be in green bay, wisconsin, next week. >>> time now is 5:07. still ahead a final farewell to the greatest. a live report from louisville as people get ready to say good- bye to boxing legend

of the es, the chairman finance committee joins with his deer friend and counterpart chuck grassley. they create a gang of six. they start with the principles and the plans that grassley had put forward when bill clinton was president. all of those ideas came out of republican quarters. so the idea that this was sharply to the left a plan that didn't have a public option, i think doesn't comport with reality. al: surely the democrats have some fall for this dysfunction. >> there are no angels here. i think we have to definitely say that. and we've got not just polarization, tribalism that's developed on both sides. but i think if you look at the behavior of congress and the behavior of the parties especially since barack obama became president, the blame is asymmetric. what we have a conscious effort by republicans starting on the day of obama inaugural that it was reported very deeply and confirmed by robert draper a very good reporter that they determined before obama actually took office that they were going to unite in opposition like a parliamentary minority party but in our pol

the four amendments are sponsored by these four senators, grassley, murphy, corp anyone and feinsteinw at what is involved in the four amendments. senator grassley's amendment would provide funding for the national instant background check and give incentive to shares' mental health records. senator chris murphy's amendment increases brown checks and closes the so-called gun show loophole. senator john corn nip of texas, his proposal would allow the department of justice to delay suspected terrorist from get ago gun for up to 72 hours and if the feds can't approve the suspect is a threat the ban would expire. and that senator feinstein, allows denial of firearms to any terrorism suspect. some doubt that any of these amendments have any chance of passage. the last time the senate passed serious gun control measure was in the clinton administration and, frankly, things have changed big-time around here since then. >> back then, you had 38 republicans that voted for it in the house, 77 democrats voting against it. that era doesn't exist miami. this idea you can have moderate republicans,

another bill put forward by chuck grassley in iowa to try to steer more money into mental health screeningcheck system but gun advocates say that amendment would weaken the laws on exi existing books for a variety of reason es. all that being said, the things to watch for are two, where do the vulnerable blue state and purple states go, kelly ayottes and mark kirks of illinois, ron johnson of wisconsin and patrick toomey of pennsylvania, and if both republicans and democrats agree if you're on the terrorist watchlist you should not be able to purchase a weapon, is there room for compromise in the future? senator collins of maine has reached out to allies and like-minded republican senators to find out a way to mesh the john cornyn and feinstein proposal to say there should be judicial review if you're on the terrorist watchlist and are f g flagged, you may not have needed to be on that and you should also be flagged if you're in fact a terrorist. there is room to work there and the will. congress is gone for the summer july 15th and not much gets done ahead of the november election. reed a

senator grassley is a workhorse. he gets things done.ets out before the cameras when he wants to promote something. there was real concern that this would change the nature of the senate over time. on they realize they were used to the television cameras. allen, one senator, john glenn, who went to the floor that day when the cameras first arrived, doing a bit of a display about how he thought the senate would change. about makeup, cameras, resurgence of blue shirts and ties. did you see that in the chamber? were people changing their attire? guest: yes. i think senators realize that this was a time for them to look their best. this is not really a question of showing up for an interview. this is where they want to work on a daily basis, and the cameras would be there and the cameras on them. looks important that they their best. i believe there was a proliferation of lou shirts and red ties back then. and i think to an extent that remains the case. senator glenn may have made light of the incoming era of senate television. the senate al

grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection grass madam president, i rise today to speak about the changing nature of globalization. everyone is aware that globalizatioglobalization has cw economies work. some people have embraced globalization while others are fighting to slow its effects. in america most people are familiar with the modern multinational corporation. these corporations are privately owned by shareholders and operate in countries around the world. however, there is a new trend that is becoming increasingly evident in commerce today. we're now seeing entities that are owned by governments competing with private companies in the automotive, food and airline industries that represent more traditional commerce. over the last several decades, governments through entities called state-owned enterprises have become highly involved in international commerce. we have seen state-owned companies and enterprises buy the assets of private companies, such as smithfield food and start

i can do whatever i want without chairman grassley here. but with that, the hearing is adj adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight on c-span2, a debate about british membership and the april union with prime minister david cameron. then a meeting on russia and human rights violations and later we look at synthetic drugs and the legal loopholes that allow them to be bought and sold. two congressional hearings tomorrow teal you about. at 9 a.m., a look at terrorism in south america and how it is funded through the drug chain. at 2:30 eastern, a senate hearing on the fast act. a five year transportation and highway bill. the transportation secretary anthony fox testifies about u.s. transportation needs before the senate commerce committee. watch live on c-span3 and cspan.org. >> c-span2's washington journal live every day. coming up wednesday morning, new jersey republican congressman scott garret joins us to discuss an effort by the house financial service committee to change element

when i looked at the list one of them that surprised me is senator chuck grassley. he voted against the initial trial period and the permanent. he is very camera friendly. do you have any sense of what his concerns were back then? mr. frumin: people were afraid if you gave senators unlimited television time, they would take it and that nothing would get done. there is a sense about grandstanding. the senate talks about workhorses and show horses. senator grassley had been a workhorse. he spends time in the committees and gets things done. although he does get up in front of the cameras when he does want to promote something. there are some people who spend more of their time in front of the cameras and microphones than they do in the committees, and there was real concern that this would change the nature of the senate over time. i think, pretty quickly on, they realized they were used to tv cameras. tv were in the committee rooms, in their home states. it was not that big of a deal to have it in the chamber. >> one senator was john glenn who went to the floor that

cornyn: i ask consent that the committee reported amendments be agreed to, the grassley amendment be agreed to, and that the bill as amended be read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: i know of no further debate on the measure, mr. president. the presiding officer: is there any further debate? hearing none, all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mr. cornyn: i ask consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, by way of explanation, that final piece of legislation represents the passage of the justice for all reauthorization act. this is legislation the judiciary committee has considered, as the presiding officer knows, and which senator pat leahy, the ranking member, and i have been working on for some time. it would improve victims' rights by increasing access to restitution. it would reauthorize programs and support crime victims in court and it would increas

iowa senator grassley wants to know why eastern european men were granted visas to build a paint shophat would be banned by immigration law because it could have been done by united states workers. the tesla workers testified they were paid as legal as $5 an hour while working 70 hour weeks. tesla said it is "looking into it." all the sharks are coming up with a chance to win the stanley cup. >> down throw games to one the sharks had better offend this game. the goalie jones had 44 saves, a lay off records for a sharks goalie. necessity won 4-2. >> a good job. a lot of action around the net and everyone did a good job an the net. >> we needed wig game performances from the key guys and jonesy is one those guys and gave us a chance in a tough environment. >> game six is sunday at 5:00 people on sunday. there is a you having party at the square. >> that was the place to be to watch the win. we were in downtown for a view party and sharky fired up the crowd watching the sharks tear up the penguins. >> unbelievable season, a wild ride, no one expected them to get this far. >> bring 'em ba

. >> ranking member grassley, chairman grassley, ranking member clobe char and members of the committee i am pleased to be here today to discuss the report on human trafficking. the exploitation of a person .or force, fraud and coercion trafficking victims span all age gender race ethnicity sexuality citizenship and nationality categories. human trafficking takes place throughout the country and often involved victims who are already vulnerable such as youth or persons with substance abuse victims. as we mark the one-year anniversary, i'm here to talk with you about actions, federal agencies taken to implement provisions, challenges faced by law enforcement, and grant programs intended to combat trafficking and assist victims as well as efforts to reduce duplication across programs. we reviewed 105 provisions across six statutes that called for the establishment of a program or an initiative. the provisions cover various types of activities to address trafficking among others and include grants, victims services, criminal justice and public awareness. for many of these more than one age

. >> and senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley is walking back his statement in which he compared trump's attack on judge curiel to comments made by sonia sotomayor years before she became the high court's first hispanic judge. quote, i think you don't have any more trouble with what trump said that when sotomayor said a wise latino woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male. i don't hear criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of supreme court. her wise latino remark was raised multiple times during his hearings. he later clarified to hallie jackson. >> you just can't equate the two and i wasn't meant to equate the two. i think i said several times that i wouldn't say what trump said. i disagree with what he said. >>> well, four people are dead and several others seriously injured in israel after two palestinian gunmen opened fire at a popular market. the two men are now in police custody following the attack in tel aviv yesterday. which took place outside israel's ministry of defense. officials say the two are from the west bank. israeli prime minist

>> thank you, senator grassley. >> i think -- push the button. >> turn my microphone on. thank you for that. the department shares the perspective of this committee that anti-trafficking efforts need to be all encompassing, that is attacking the problem through prosecuting trafficker and also buyers, individuals who feel the demand for commercial sex. and to that end, the department has prosecuted a number of cases. some of those are included in the testimony, but there is -- there are many more. both before and after the jvta. with respect to guidance, the date after the jvta was passed, doj sent guidance out to prosecutors with respect to the criminal changes in that bill. in addition to that guidance, we sent out memorandum to all united states attorneys, first assistants, criminal chiefs and prosecutors on the changes to the jvta including the changes with respect to demand issues. in addition to those guidance memos, we have done a significant amount of training on the prosecutor side. we have done training international advocacy center, two times, at least, through

martha: senator grassley of the judicial committee is getting involved.ne? reporter: this letter obtained by fox news was sent to the justice department and fbi by republican senator chuck grassley who has a powerful senate judiciary committee, sing the reporting of fox news and the government has notified clinton after the romanian hacker known as lucifer publicly claimed he breached her server with ease. the government struck a pre-deal with him for his cooperation and other the law the justice department is required to notify victims of hacking also based on new court documents, the fbi has asked a federal court judge to file a second secret declaration about the status of the clinton email investigation. these findings are part of a separate suit brought which it also includes emails between the state department and the fbi about clinton's use of that personal server. martha: more to the story, thank you very much. bill: as the primary season comes to an end, donald trump and hillary clinton are in for five grueling months . but how would this matchup

so far we have two bills just coming by senator chuck grassley and chris murphy.oth of those are failed. what are they all about? and will any of them ever pass? let's help break it down. heather, you know, after all these big highly publicized mass shootings and/or terror attacks, we had these bills come up. with somewhat public support in some polls, but they have been dead on arrival. >>an since hook there have been 0 moments of -- been 30 moments of silence over a shooting on the senate floor. it's something loretta lynch and the nra can get behind. why can't they just take baby steps? i don't understand. charles: the red flag for the left would be the due process part. you are a lawyer. could we jam in this many cases? can judges handle that's cases in a three-day window? >> it's possible, and it's something we should try. there has to be some sort of steps. to continue to allow these thing to happen is unacceptable and unnecessary. small steps are better than no steps. >> you have knee-jerk legislation proposals that come across the senate floor every time t

. >> republican chuck grassley wanted to enhance gun background checks. and close the gun show loophole. >> but in the end, democrats called the gop proposals too weak and too restrictive. murphy who filibustered for 14 hours blamed the votes on the gun lobby. >> i'm mortified by the vote, but not surprised by it. we learned in the months after sandy hook that the nra has a vice-like grip on this place, even when 90% of the american public wants c change. >>> san francisco supervisor wants the city to divest itself from companies that make guns an ammunition. he'll ask the board to divest their retirement fund from three companies that make g guns. >> the california state teacherrers retirement system and the public employees have voted to divest from companies that make guns. >> now to oakland, the mayor is defending her decision to place the police department under civilian oversight. on friday, she put city administrator in charge. the peace officer standards called the arrangement illegal but it does comply with state police regulations. >>> the mayor

>> that woman stood up after chuck grassley asked jey johnson, homeland security administration, aboutracking down on so-called sanctuary cities, which offer shelter to undocumented immigrants. >>> a major step forward for efforts to renovate a school in loudoun county. foundation work was completed at the ashford color school which was at the center of that area's black community between 1892 and 1959. eighth graders from loudoun school for the leading the restoration. they are trying to raise $100,000 to do it. the next scheduled work is repairing and painting the side. >> when d.c.'s southwest water front announced several new editions and among them district hardware and bike which will join with vigilante cafe. there will be a craft beer and wine shop with 9,000 square foot cvs. they will also launch a new water front spot called la-vi which will have french and mediterranean cuisine. >>> a furniture store that couldn't get it right, a woman tells us the company delivered the wrong stuff not once but twice. how our susan hogan was able to get her some help. >>> and apple's new pat

when i looked at the list one of them that surprised me is senator chuck grassley voted dgainst the initial trial an the permanent. he is very camera friendly. people were afraid if you gave senators unlimited television time they would take it and that nothing would get done. there is a sense about grandstand. the senate talks about workhorses and show horses. he spends time in the committees and get this -- gets things done. there are some people that spend more of their time in front of the cameras and microphones instead of committees and there was real concern that this would change the nature of the senate overtime. i think, pretty quickly on the realized they were used to tv cameras. they were in the committee rooms, the home state and was not that big of a difference to have it in the chamber. glenn senator was john who went to the floor that day when the cameras first arrived doing a bit of display about how he thought the senate which change, makeup, cameras, resurgence of blue shirts and ties and in fact, did you see that in the chamber? where people changing their attire and how

grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr.grassley: i want to share with my colleagues my concerns about the puerto rico legislation that we're considering. i've been involved with this issue for quite awhile now. just this past december i chaired a hearing in the judiciary committee to examine the root cause of puerto rico's fiscal problems. at the hearing we learned that even when puerto rico's economy took a downturn, government spending did not take the same downturn. instead of making difficult decisions to cut spending and to balance its budget, the government kept borrowing to finance its operations. and what did they borrow? they used tax-exempt bonds to roll over debt. as a result, puerto rico now has one of the largest government deficits in the united states, and debt, we're told, isn't payable and must be restructured. as many of you have know, a wide array of investors own puerto rico bonds, which are issued by roughly 17 different entities in puerto rico. according to bloomberg, puerto ricans themselves hold $20

from each other, as distant from each other on the political poles as senator leahy and senator grassley coming together with other democrats and republicans from the most liberal to the most conservative in this body to come together to craft a measured bill that would begin to fix our deeply broken criminal justice system. this result, the sentencing reform and correction act, would enable prosecutors and judges to maintain critical tools for prosecuting violent offenders and high-level drug traffickers while reducing mandatory minimums and life without parole sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. in addition, it actually includes a provision related to fentanyl, not one that i necessarily believe in or believe that's most effective, but it was included in the bill as a compromise measure. so this critical legislation has the support of dozens and dozens of civil rights groups and faith groups, christian evangelicals and law enforcement and prosecutor groups including well-respected organizations such as major county sheriffs, the international association of chiefs of police, the n

my friend, and they are my friends, mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley.y ask what difference does it make whether there is eight or nine members of the court. by the way, at one point he had eight members in our history. one point there were eight. there has not always been nine. but i believe, and i am sure you do, that it makes a great deal of difference. we all know the supreme court's rulings make a significant difference in the lives of everday people. more than two centuries ago, justice john marshall declared the court, quote has the duty to say what the law is. not the right but the duty. not an opinion but a duty. the supreme court has a solemn duty. disabling the court which is so divided at this moment as it has been at other times in our history, by keeping a seek vacant for hundreds of days because that is what it will end up being if we don't get a vote this year, matters not because the uncertainty perpetuates but the way it affects the country. justice scalia said if you have eight justice in the case it raises the possibility that by reas

i want to thank chairman grassley for his willingness to work with us as well. and i thank the witnesses for lending your voices to this important issue. and i hope we can pass this bill as soon as possible. >> senator cruz? >> thank you, mr. chairman. on this day 72 years ago, american british and canadian troops had fought their way ten miles inland of normandy. the coast of france. it was the day after d-day. which launched the allies forces invasion to free europe from the grip of the third reich. as our troops swept into germany what they found would shock and appall the world. they liberated places like dachau, concentration camps where the nazis sent unspeakable number of jews to forced labor and many to their death. they also discovered hidden away in churches and underground mines countless works of art and other valuable cultural property the nazis had taken from their victims. they were not simply the spoils of war, they were the fruits of a policy that stretched before the war in 1933 when hitler and the nazi party took power. this policy called for