issa: mr. speaker, it's now my honor to yield time to the author of this bill, the gentleman from texas, the man who understands that not knowing should never be an answer, mr. paul. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. issa: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: for two minutes. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise obviously in strong support of this legislation. i don't know how anybody could be against transparency and they want secrecy, especially when the secrecy is to protect individuals who deal in trillions of dollars, much bigger than what the congress does, and these trillions of dollars bail out all the wealthy , rich people, the banks and the big corporations, international, overseas banks, bailing out europe, dealing with central banks around europe, around europe, and different places. and so say that we should have secrecy and say that it's political to have transparency, well, it's very political when you have a federal reserve tha

issa. mr. issa: mr. chairman, hopefully the gentleman would note that the language you just quoted is from the president's executive order and it's not some sort of pocket information, but in fact something the president of the united states felt was a reasonable set of language. with that i recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold, for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. farenthold: thank you, chairman issa. most congressmen call their district and staff workers case workers. i call my district workers red tape cutters. that's what -- because that's what they do. unfortunately we have to have a job like that because government red tape is so thick. a lot of what our case workers do is for veterans and social security recipients but they also help our small businesses. when i'm back home i hear time and time again from businesses, how the government is getting in the way of creating jobs. and if we'd just tell them what to do and let them do it and quit changing the rules midst

what did issa put in the congressional record.t so our viewers know the doj says it was an atf operation. the question is did the atf allow guns to walk, how high up in the doj did it go if at all. you can't get wiretaps without their approval. he says he's got the goods from some doj mole that disproffers a claim. >> i call him a when iser blower. this guy is a hero within the department who says that there inconsistencies in what the attorney general has testified to and i have proof. he brings to darrell issa the proof, the affidavits, which were the basis for the warrants, which clearly show that the purpose of their operation was to walk guns into mexico, guns without tracking devices. the timeline by which the guns and the operation with us to take place. and it's praofr positive. it's not as if the congressman took the leak and made it a leak and gave it to "the new york times" and "the washington post." he disclosed this in the congressional record for all to see. the administration that claims to be transparent and open i

before he was congressman darrell issa, he was extremely rich businessman darrell issa. alarm company called viper. if you had a viper car alarm and somebody tried to mess with your car, they were warned eed expliy to cut it out by a loud voice. the voice, in fact of darrell issa himself. >> protected by viper. stand back. >> which means that congressman darrell issa's proposal for the waters off our coastline comes with the possibility of extra security for our great nation. >> protected by reagan power, stand back. stand back. [ humming ] [ humming ] [ male announcer ] kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? unlike randy. those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be

issa described this accomplished young woman. "a college student who appears to have become energized over this issue, who is not appropriate or qualified to testify about contraceptive coverage, who does not have, quote, the appropriate credentials to speak at a committee hearing on birth control." [ booing ] because according to mr. issa, the issue of contraceptive coverage and health insurance plans is not about women. it's about the religious freedom of the united states conference of catholic bishops. now, as we all know, a firestorm of protests erupted over this. minority leader nancy pelosi arranged a forum in which sandra would be able to present her testimony, and at that forum, representative elijah cummings asked her directly, he said, "ms. fluke, what can you tell us, what is it that makes you qualified to speak to the issue of contraceptive coverage?" and sandra -- i saw the video of this, sandra looks directly at the panel, and she says, "i am an american woman who uses birth control." [ applause ] and that said it

i'm not fighting with chairman issa or senator grassley. what i am looking at is the evidence of the justice department complying with the freedom of reformation act, sending back blank pages, not responding to e-mails about inquiries, sending reporters to sources like media matters for information about twitter.com/booktv, rather than submitting their own information and so that is where it comes down to, where we getting our information from. it's not really chairman issa and senator c-span2. we have the documentation. i talked to some many people in arizona, travel back to arizona, talked to many different was a low-risk who are participating in "fast and furious" while it was going on. it's about the evidence, not partisan politics. >> if there is no content, if the leaders decide we're not going to proceed with the contempt citation and the justice department continues to slow walk this from your vantage point, where does this go? what is the terminus? where is the story and in your estimation? >> well -- >> does it come to any resotio

because of that, darrell issa wants to name water after ronald reagan. turns out i say darrell tries to sell the country on the reagan water bill at various intervals, having passed it at various times in congress. the process of renaming the ocean waters reagan land is virtually impossible. for instance, i went to the beach this weekend. >> how was the romney coldness? >> when that wasn't his title, if you would have vipred your cara larm and they were warned ex clis itly by a loud voice, the voice, in fact, of darrell issa itself. which means that congressman darrell issa's proposal comes with the possibility of extra security for our great nation. >>> protected by reagan power. stand back! stand back! >>> meet the star of tonight's geeks, tony roberts. he is really tall and will be speaking really loudly into a headset microphone while pacing energetically on a stage for hours at a time. he'll be inspiring his listeners >>> meet the star of tonight's geeks, tony roberts. he is really tall and will be speaking really loudly into a headset microphone wh

issa. mr. speaker, it's on that note that i urge my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i'd like to address just very briefly and that is that when we began this session of congress, we were advised by our republican colleagues that we were going to bring up each measure individually and discuss them. this is a structured rule that does contemplate the opportunity for many members to participate, but it isn't an open rule and what it is is it's a measure as the base bill that has cobbled six distinctly different measures, evidenced by the number of thanks that had to come from dr. foxx to the various committees. i do agree with the one, dr. foxx, whe

because of that, darrell issa wants to name water after ronald reagan.arrell tries to sell the country on the reagan water bill at various intervals, having passed it at various times in congress. the process of renaming the ocean waters reagan land is virtually impossible. for instance, i went to the beach this weekend. >> how was the romney coldness? >> when that wasn't his title, if you would have vipred your cara larm and they were warned ex clis itly by a loud voice, the voice, in fact, of darrell issa itself. which means that congressman darrell issa's proposal comes with the possibility of extra security for our great nation. >>> protected by reagan power. stand back! stand back! [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! with tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. ♪ tum...tu

we have no clear answer to chairman issa's allegation tonight. nor for this allegation levelled by issa and republican senator charles grassley. they say the atf has now put these two fast and furious whistleblowers, special agent shawn dodson and pete fraselli under a boss who threatened to take them down. in a letter, issa and grassley say their supervisor had it in for the pair. quote, we stated we need to get whatever dirt we can on these guys, the whistleblowers, and take them down. the letter also crites another incident in which it was allegedly said that atf needs to f these guys. with us now are brian terry's mom josephine and his cousin robert hire. josephine, our condolences for the loess of your son, i can't imagine what this last two years having like, more than two years now. i wanted first of all to get your reaction to the recent indoomi indictments the u.s. attorney announced in san diego. >> i think it's a good thing. i'm pleased the way everything is going and i think laura duffy and her team are really doing an excellent job.

did congressman issa go too far, and as the professor is saying, sort of show too much of his hand inder? >> precisely as he said, not unlike the fireworks in san diego, congress issa has shot his wad already. the peculiar and most interesting thing about this contempt vote to me was that the nra has made it one of its checklist votes for congress people on the basis of this looney conspiracy theory that it was all part of the administration's plan to outlaw assault weapons. now, that to me -- and chairman issa is on board with that idea. >> i do want to say, the administration i don't think is completely without fault here. this is not a totally blind witch hunt. they did tell this committeeç that they were not involved in this and had no knowledge of it in february, and that since has turned out not to be the case. that was exactly the opposite of the truth. that raised this committee's tackles here. >> do you think that's grounds for the first contempt against -- >> i don't. that's where this committee gets into trouble. of everything that's ever happened in washington, this is th

and we're counting. >> congressman issa, darrell issa from san diego, welcome. >> i'm with her, our bestahead of us. >> why? >> first of all, understand there's assets and liabilities. our nation's liability is minimal really when you look at our assets. great low-cost energy and tremendous natural resources. we do have a highly educated workforce. yes, we could do better, and we know how to do it, but we do -- we're still the envy of the world. ask yourself why more people immigrate here than all the rest of the world combined. is in fact, as you said, are we slipping? yes, we're slipping in our lead, but we're still in the lead. we still have the ability to lead the world for 100 years to come, but the decision's ours. >> let me ask you this question. you're a dissenter of just about every investigation that's going on. we talk about the role of freedom and liberty and independence. what about the role of accountability? >> well, i think that's the nature of the committee that i'm honored to lead, is that people ask the question, well, what's the most important committee? is it the app

the documents are being sought by congressman issa. his name is at the top of the new report. a lawyer for one of the atf agents named by investigators is quoted by the "wall street journal" as calling it a witch hunt. >>> james holmes, the suspect in the colorado shooting massacre faces 142 felony counts, including two first-degree murder charges for each of the 12 people he's accused of killing. prosecutors are still deciding whether to pursue the death penalty. john blackstone has our report. >> reporter: this was holmes in court last week, the last time we saw him on camera. this time, the judge barred cameras from the courtroom. some of those still healing from wounds suffered in the theater shooting came to the court to see him formally charged. ali garby, whose 16-year-old son suffered a head wound, came in search of an answer. >> i want to ask him why he did this. i mean, you know, they were -- you know, why he did it. >> reporter: but holmes said just one word. the judge asked if he agreed to waive his right to a preliminary hearing in 35 days. holmes replied, "yes."

attorney general eric holder has refused to turn over some 80,000 documents that chairman darrell issa has demanded siting as grounds that they need the papers to gift wrap other weapons for an exciting new prison program christmas guns for convicts. (laughter) you know, i'm sure there's a lot of bull (bleep) partisan type investigations that go on on capitol hill, many of them designed to merely tie up or damage the administration, but here's the thing: the a.t.f. did send a bunch of guns to mexican drug gangs. one of those guns was used to kill a u.s. border agent. so you know if holder didn't turn over the documents this was coming. >> the committee meets today to consider reporting a resolution to the house of representatives finding the attorney general eric holder, jr., in contempt of congress. >> jon: ow. that's got to sting. congress holding something else in contempt. (laughter) it's like when you give a dog a banana and they go "i don't eat that." and you're like "you lick your balls but a banana is beneath you?" (laughter) seriously, why won't dogs eat bananas? is that just

issa hasn't endorsed the idea but says it's a bad idea to give someone incentive to live outside the city and commute into work. okay, a commuter tax, it's an old idea and brins up a lot of passions -- brings up a lot of passions, but the city does lose out on a lot of income from those commuters. is it time to at least look at the idea? send your idea to mcginty's mailbag. >> anny will be back to tell us when will the sun be back. >> but first two days of storms have folks bracing for the rising water. we'll show you how to prepare up next. >>> last night's storms triggering flash floods all over the place. down in alton high water still at south joy street between columbia pike and army navy drive shut down this morning. the work crews working to clear out the water and the lanes reopened by midday. >>> flooding has become a way of life for the folks in the bloomingdale neighbor in northwest d.c. for the third time in eight days summer storms have flooded their streets and water has backed up in their basements and this is smelly nasty water. >> we're talking about raw sewage comin

house republican darrel issa says she wants to hold a hearing on the possibility of a commuter tax.says because of home rule, d.c. is the only place in the country that can't levee that kind of tax. issa says he isn't necessarily supporting the idea but says that he thinks it's a bad idea to give workers an incentive to work or live in maryland or virginia but quork in d.c. >>> the worst drought in decades is not ending any time soon. grain prices pushed to record highs yesterday. wheat for september rose 4% at $9.35. the relentless heat and dry conditions are decimating corn supplies in the midwest. the price of corn is skyrocketing, that means we will be paying more for most items we get at supermarkets. agriculture secretary tom vilsack says the price hike will probably take effect later this year and early next year. >>> in an exclusive interview a virginia woman says that it is a miracle she's alive after a close call with a huge oak tree. cynthia sam was walking to her car yesterday morning in spotsylvania. that's when a huge oak treeing look at that, just fell and crushed her

i thought chairman issa, did he go after the attorney general? absolutely. was he tough on him? absolutely. because this is important issue. it is very serious and american people demand to know and they should know what happened in this case with the "fast and furious". the attorney general's blocking it. just absolutely unbelievable he is not turning these documents over. i have a lot of respect for donna but i think her memory is little short in fact during the bush years this committee was very active in going after everything in the bush administration that moved. and think makes this case the republicans have been very serious about what issues they're going after and i think one is incredibly serious because took the death of one of our citizens on our border to bring this to light. jon: we'll continue to watch as these committee hearings and the battle over the documents goes on. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. jenna: commuters in detroit hope their public transportation nightmare is over. for years they had to deal with a system so broken many buses never ma

. >>> house republican darrell issa is talking about taxing people that live in d.c. but live outside the city. according to the washington post issa wants to examine challenging an act with a restriction on this. the idea of a commuter tax has people fired up talking about it on our facebook page. caylee wrote i think this is totally not a good idea for others like us who already spend a fortune in gas to get back and forth to work. marcel wrote it's enough just to get to and from work between metro fares and gas prices. stop robbing us. weave received dozens of responses, but -- we've received dozens of responses, but only one was in favor of opening up the commuter tax. >>> the trouble for the gsa continues, first lavish spending in vegas, tonight new spending causing more embarrassment for the general services administration. laura evans with the information. >> this second incident was an award ceremony at the crystal gateway marriott in november of 2010. the gsa reportedly spent $269,000 on this one day event which featured a drum band exercise, a special vip re

i think some of the supporters of issa's bill would agree with you. they are trying to set up this commission that would have oversight 0 -- over management tips. they would have power in approving changes. they would be in charge of approving everything being -- the postal service would be in charge of. most people do not want to see polls go -- postal services being limited to 1 or 2 people. host: bruce, you are on "washington journal." caller: i am 71 years old. we had a post office on miracle mile and they closed it. i had to go to santa bell to buy stamps. back in the early 1970's, they tried to close down saturday delivery. that was stupid. did not fly. the postal service works. thank you. bye. host: burce -- bruce? guest: saturday delivery is a big thing. eventually, we will see it disappeared. -- disappear. i think that is something we will see because postal management wants that. that is where you see the postal work. they have been losing billions of dollars every year. this year, they will be losing $14 billion. last year, they lost $5 bil

their leader, abu issa, is an islamic scholar. for security reasons, he asked that we not show any part of his command center outside of this room. "thanks to god," he said, "we currently have between 6,000 and 7,000 fighters." from this stronghold they have spread out to towns and villages across the country. it has not been easy. the stark landscape is pockmarked with the scars of heavy fighting. but there are no syrian army troops left in this area. to opposition members it is known as free syria. the men fought inch by inch to hold this territory using rocket-propelled grenades to stop heavily armored investigation but holding territory is no longer enough. now, they want to take their battle forward. the commander told us he has sent 1500 fighters north to aleppo, the area's largest city and the engine of its economy, where a key battle is under way between rebel and government forces. "the regime tried to send its army to aleppo but less than a third managed to reach it" he said. yet yesterday alone we destroyed more than 30

[inaudible conversations] >> host: congressman darrell issa is ear at the consumer electronics show on the hill. congressman, what are you doing down here in the rayburn cafeteria? >> guest: i'm seeing some products that were not yet available at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. it's an exciting, large show. this gives members of congress, most of whom will never go to that show, to get an idea of where consumer electronics is doing. a robot over here that's going to be use inside the hospital, give people video access to their doctor remotely or in the home. obviously, dish network, pandora, the very -- the 3-d screens that are going to be used at the democratic and republican conventions, hundreds of them, are here today. all of those kinds of items i think are excited to members of congress who are not necessarily tech-savvy. >> host: what are the policy implications? >> guest: well, one is available spectrum, whether it's for the wi-fi you use in your home or the cellular network that you rely on as you drive down the road. and even beyond that, a lot of other white spac

darycongressman issa firing ofa letter to find out. chairman issa joins us. what do you think of the video? >> i don't think the viewers can reach any other conclusion except this is a thinly veiled threat telling people don't go to the press, don't go to congress even if the chain of command isn't working which is really what happened in fast and furious. it wasn't that atf people weren't screaming bloody murder. it is they weren't being listened to by justice or some of their leaders. >> greta: were your whistle blowers atf? >> yes. >> greta: i guess you drought conclusion this video was a statement to other whistle blowers within atf? >> when law enforcement closes ranks even when things are wrong that is exactly what the american people are concerned about. and especially when you have a u.s. attorney who helps cover it up and then an attorney general who ultimately won't turn over the facts related to it, of course, you are worried about it. if not for the whistle blowers senator grassley and our investigation would have never gotten started. whistle blo

i have to say what is wrong with darrell issa? what is wrong with that guy? [ applause ] >> i just don't get it. sandra comes along. when rush limbaugh attacked her on day one i'm ashamed to say his bar of obnoxiousness is set so low, i thought typical rush. it was on day two when he called for sandra's sex tapes to be posted online for the himself. i said we can't stand for this any longer. it's a funny thing how this started. i'm lucky to have a relationship with msnbc and have a new show. at that time i was doing a guest appearance on martin bashir show. our segment was supposed to be about something else and it ended up being about sandra and rush. after the segment, martin said you're really passionate about this, and you should write something about this. i said that's a good idea. i think i will. i went home and i started writing. as i was writing and digging up all these old horrific, unbelievable quotes from rush limbaugh, i kept getting more and more upset. in the middle of writing, i took a break and went online to twitter. i started talking to som

then, of course, you had the contempt charges with where chairman of the oversight committee darrell issa kept saying all you have to do is turn over 300 documents $1300 documents out of the 240,000 that exist, and we'll stop the contempt vote from going forward, we'll continue with our investigation, but we'll see that as cooperation. they showed up to a the last-minute meeting with 30 documents, decided not to turn them over. they proceeded with contempt charges, and right before the first vote -- and i was sitting in the hearing room at in this point -- 15 minutes before the first vote came off the committee to hold eric holder in contempt, president obama asserted executive privilege. now, what's important here is from the beginning of this scandal more than a year ago the justice department and the white house have said they knew nothing about this, that this was a low-level, rogue operation, that the whistleblowers' whose claims have been proven and backed up by fact and documentation, they were crazy to even, you know, bring up the idea of gun walking into mexico. that was their ar

>> you know, i saw chairman issa's comments.you know, when he accuses career law enforcement, career law enforcement agents, career prosecutors taking politics into account and is really reprehensible and he doesn't show how law enforcement works. bill: if you were a member the terry family would be satisfied with a pace of this investigation? >> if i'm a member of the terry family i won't be is thefied until every person responsible for the death of brian terry is brought to justice. i can tell you that is how everybody in federal law enforcement feels as well. there is brotherhood in federal law enforcement among agents and prosecutors. when one of them falls in the line of duty as brian terry has everyone works together to make it top priority to bring their killers to justice. for issa is trying to politicize to that is really beneath a member of congress. bill: what he has been saying for some time to trying to get answers. the question ultimately whether or not "fast and furious" was a good idea. was it? >> i don't think t

darrell issa is here on that. paper or plastic is a frequent question when you check out at the grocery store, so you can choose which bag you put your food in. martha: a ban on bans. how about this. many cities in the state of illinois have banned the plastic bags at the grocery store. the governor is considering a law that would prohibit cities from doing that. it's already passed the legislature, just waiting for his signature now. critics of the bill say that cities have the right to make their own decisions. paper or plastic, or no plastic at all or you're supposed to bring a reusable bag that is always left in the car. bill: it's all too much for a guy like hemmer. martha: never mind. bill: one state considering amending insurance constitution in november making it harder for the government to get its hands-on private land. douglas ken dies on that story. he's live here in new york. what did you find out, good morning. >> reporter: some in virginia say the government's use of eminent domain is out of control