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live coverage on c-span and the ranking republican kay bailey hutchison of texas. >>> good morning everyone. good morning everybody t. commerce justice appropriations subcommittee will come to order. this morning we -- this morning we welcome the attorney general of the united states, and as is the usual and customary way, senator hutch i son and i will make opening statements. we'll go to you, mr. attorney general, for yours, and you may summarize with unanimous consent that all statements be included in the record. senator shelby, our colleague and former ranking member on this subcommittee has a banking hearing with senator hutch i son's concurrence, we'll go right to senator shelby for the first question. does that sound okay? we'll observe senators in their order of arrival. we expect robust participation. we're going to strictly adhere to the five-minute rule. so having laid the groundwork, i just want to say good morning and welcome to our first cjs subcommittee hearing. the attorney general of the united states, in which we will hear his presentation on the department of justice bud

>> opponents of the bill like kay bailey hutchison are hopeful. >> i thought it was pretty clear that most of the justices thought if you throw out the heart of the bill, you should throw out the whole bill. >> this afternoon the supreme court heard debate about whether or not the medicaid provision was too broadly expanded at the expense of the states. again the debates are along largely a ideological lines. opponents are predicting victory. the justices will make their rulings on all of these issues in june during the heat of the presidential campaign. >> rebecca cooper will be live back at 6:00 with reaction to what went on inside and outside of the core. >> -- outside of the court. >> the airline says that he is undergoing examinations after his own crew members locked him out of the cockpit and began yelling about al qaeda and running down the aisle. >> we just now learned that the pilot has also been charged with obstructing and interfering with a flight crew. you cannot underscore how terrifyingly must of been for the passengers or how impressive their reactions were. however,

there is texas representative kay bailey hutchison and talked about what a mistake it was to de-fundre-planned program and she voted for it three weeks ago and now lecturing rick perry. there is no real hope of republicans getting away from this issue this year. at least there is no hope of it as long as the stuff the republicans are doing in the states continues to be so eye popping. >>> in wisconsin this week, the state's largest medical society is asking governor scott walker to please veto the latest radical abortion bill and they say the bill would infringe on the physician-patient relationship and signing a bill requiring a 72 hour waiting period in the country, civil rights group say it is likely unconstitutional burden on women seeking abortion services. and indefinitelily postponed debate on a forced ultrasound bill for pennsylvanians, a bill that would require vaginal ultra sound and placed in the woman's sightline. that bill is on hold in the house after the state medical society that doesn't take a position on abortion raised objections to the bill. that has not stopped r

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thank you and i will turn to senator kay bailey hutchison. >> thank you pretty much, mr. mueller for coming before a committee. i'm happy to say that last year we thought it would be the last time that you appear before our committee. and it was very pleased that the president offered and you accepted an extension of your term because i think what has happened at the fbi during your turn is exponential. i think the changes that have taken place in the responsibilities he had have been more transformational than probably any time since the beginning of the fbi. i do want to start by remarks just very briefly by recognizing also the chairwoman of the committee, who on saturday becalmed the longest-serving woman to serve in congress and the history of the united states congress. we are going to make a big deal of that because we are really proud of this little pint-size nighty night who has outlasted them all. so, mr. fbi direct care -- director, let me point out a few things. director mikulski has really outlined the big picture. they're a couple of areas of interest that i

senator kay bailey hutchison the latest in a string of lawmakers, very prominent lawmaker of course whotions about this issue, telling the daler caller, quote, there are serious questions about several of the programs that he is implementing, like fast and furious and other areas where i don't think is making the right priorities in the administration. now, as you may know, more than a hundred house republicans, a hundred, have demanded eric holder's resignation. kay bailey hutchinson stopped sort of demanding resignation although she did point out that she did not vote for his con fir nation in the first place. we are joined now by byron. is this increased pressure having impact on mr. holder's situation, byron. >> first of all as far as the attorney general keeping his job, he's okay so far. he serves at the pleasure of the president, no democrat has come out and called for him to be -- to remove him from office, although joe lieberman the independent who caucuses with the democrats has issues with the way holder is conducting his job. so far you have 123 house republicans calling for

here is paul begala and the senior counselor -- former senior counselor to kay bailey hutchison are you to anyone right now. >> camp counselor. >> the c.i. tissuess are awful. >>> the super pacs are gearing up, next tuesday illinois, and they're really hammering, the pro-santorum super pac. here's a little flavor of the ads. you're not in the illinois -- i'll play it for you. >> who has the right experience? mitt romney helped create thousands of jobs. >> req santorum is called the ultimate washington insider. >> romney rescued the olympics. >> santorum was in washington voting to raise the debt limit five times. >> meet the real mitt romney. supported the bailout, raise the jobs killing taxes and fees by 700 million. his health care takeover, the blueprint for obama-care. >> you get flavor of what's going on, rich. a lot of people in illinois will be seeing these ads. what do you think? is it effectively a two-man race right now, santorum, romney, forget about newt gingrich or ron paul? >> it's a two-man race for romney. he only has to fight a one-front war. santorum has a two-front so

nebraska senator mike johanns and texas senator kay bailey hutchison suggested the law took a beating but are they right? >> i would say the today the government had a tough day. >> justice roberts certainly know if it is a tax that makes congress have the capability to do it. but basically said if looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck which means it is a mandate. it is an unconstitutional mandate that will make this whole law unconstitutional. martha: interesting takes on the action yesterday. senator johanns went on to say the burden is on the government he believes to justify its actions. so we take it from there. bill: there is a much different story though, as you expect from senate democrats. they say it is a clear-cut case in their favor. here is patrick leahy first and senate majority leader harry reid following him. >> very obvious if this law is unconstitutional then tomorrow somebody could come in and attack social security for the same reason. that would be unconstitutional. >> there's a significant school of thought that the administr

the system and i'm pleased to say it includes the legislation that i introduced with senator kay bailey hutchison to address high tech stalking where stalkers use the internet, video surveillance and bugging to stalk their victims. the bill will give law enforcement better tools for cracking down on stalkers. just as with physical stalk, high-tech stalking may foreshadow more serious behavior down the road. we need our tools for our law enforcement to be as sophisticated as those who are breaking the law. now, i can tell you i want to end with this, i snow senator feinstein is coming -- i know senator feinstein is coming soon and a number of women who will be speaking today but i want to remind everybody in this chamber that domestic violence takes its toll. one of the most memorable cases i had in our office when our office prosecuted a case of a woman dmild eden prairie, minnesota. she was a russian immigrant, her husband was a russian immigrant, didn't have many friends in the communities. she was most likely a domestic violence victim for many, many years. one day this man killed his wife. he

different way to raise money through user fees to pay for this, and other senators, led by kay bailey hutchisonf texas said no more tolls. historically, only highways that were in existence before eisenhower started building the interstate system, like the new jersey turnpike, where the turnpike in delaware, that already had tolls, they were grandfathered in when the system was created, and are allowed to continue to levy tolls on motorists. other states do not have the power to put up eight toll booths and charge people for using the federal highway -- put up a toll booth and charge people for using the federal highway. some senators wanted to increase the power of states to experiment with this. there is a pilot program in which three states are experimenting with polling, and there are mixed reviews. host: the interstate system is approximately 47,000 miles in total. north carolina, frank. go ahead. caller: i am an avid c-span watcher. i enjoy your show. i have been following this transportation bill, and my experience it is i do not think america needs a very expensive- to-build high-speed

the system and i'm pleased to say it includes the legislation that i introduced with senator kay bailey hutchisonto address high tech stalking where stalkers use the internet, video surveillance and bugging to stalk their victims. the bill will give law enforcement better tools for cracking down on stalkers. just as with physical stalk, high-tech stalking may foreshadow more serious behavior down the road. we need our tools for our law enforcement to be as sophisticated as those who are breaking the law. now, i can tell you i want to end with this, i snow senator feinstein is coming -- i know senator feinstein is coming soon and a number of women who will be speaking today but i want to remind everybody in this chamber that domestic violence takes its toll. one of the most memorable cases i had in our office when our office prosecuted a case of a woman dmild eden prairie, minnesota. she was a russian immigrant, her husband was a russian immigrant, didn't have many friends in the communities. she was most likely a domestic violence victim for many, many years. one day this man killed his wife. he

the system and i'm pleased to say it includes the legislation that i introduced with senator kay bailey hutchison to address high tech stalking where stalkers use the internet, video surveillance and bugging to stalk their victims. the bill will give law enforcement better tools for cracking down on stalkers. just as with physical stalk, high-tech stalking may foreshadow more serious behavior down the road. we need our tools for our law enforcement to be as sophisticated as those who are breaking the law. now, i can tell you i want to end with this, i snow senator feinstein is coming -- i know senator feinstein is coming soon and a number of women who will be speaking today but i want to remind everybody in this chamber that domestic violence takes its toll. one of the most memorable cases i had in our office when our office prosecuted a case of a woman dmild eden prairie, minnesota. she was a russian immigrant, her husband was a russian immigrant, didn't have many friends in the communities. she was most likely a domestic violence victim for many, many years. one day this man killed his wife. he

senator kay bailey hutchison has been here before anybody else. following senator cardin, i would ask that she be recognized. after senator boxer? okay. that's fine. senator gillibrand, are you seeking recognition? okay. how much time do you need? three minutes. we have gone through this. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. cardin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, i just want to make sure that -- i know there are a lot of us who want to pay our tribute and respect to the senior senator from maryland, senator mikulski. i just want to make sure that the order is -- that everybody -- we have a lot of people on the floor. make sure everybody has their opportunity. are we operating under a consent order? the presiding officer: the consent order to this has senator cardin followed by senator boxer and then senator hutchison. senator kerry is asking to be recognized, yes. mr. kerry: senator reid included my name in that list for ten minutes. the presiding officer: withou