second-year curriculum required accounting, administrative law, commercial law constitutional law taxation and trust. ithough the courts got contained in the following generous exception, the law of international transactions and relations were labor law maybe substituted for commercial law a second years who did. so selecting the substitution will normally be required to take commercial law in the third year. even the third year was not entirely a let it. of course he said third-year students are required to take the course and property to come unless they have taken it previously. iness they have taken it second year of commercial law. now there was a faculty. i had firm views of what it took to become learned in the law. contrast that curriculum with the current scene. it is something of an open secret now that the second and third years of law school offers students a track -- chance to --ike whatever serves him his or her fancy. it is also well-known that many of the courses from which the student may choose have a distinct nonlegal flavor to say from real courses. effective and susta

which are you going to enforce, the district law or federal law? if i have this little old joint here, and it's just possession, what are you going to do? and i am on federal property, park service, you told me, all the area that you cover, what law are you going to enforce if this goes into effect in a few more weeks to? >> the current law over national park service land in district of columbia is titled 36 code of federal regulations. >> you will enforce the federal law in conflict, and deference to what the district has passed, right? >> that is correct. we also have available to five. >> and he would prosecute, i guess the prosecutorial agency would either be -- well, the district has a different law, so it would end up in the federal courts, is that right? >> the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia has authority in the district for prosecuting cases or offenses under the d.c. code. and so to the extent it was -- an arrest was made under d.c. go that would be prosecuted in superior court. if the case was brought to us in violati

the second-year curriculum required accounting, administrative law, commercial law, constitutional law, corporations i, taxation, and trusts, although the course catalog contained the following generous exception: the law of international transactions and relations or labor law may be substituted for commercial law by second year students. isn't that nice? [laughter] those electing this substitution will normally be required to take commercial law in the third year. [laughter] even the third-year was not entirely elected. it said third-year students were required to take the course in property ii unless they have taken it previously. students who took any course in the second year in lieu of commercial law are required, in the absence of special permission, to take commercial law. now there was a faculty that had some firm views about what it took to become "learned in the law." contrast that curriculum with the current scene. it is something of an open secret now that the second and third years of school offer a student the chance to study whatever strikes his or her fancy, so long as

not helped by the law, but suffering as victims of the president's law. so today i want to talk about another costly side effect of the law, the massive amount of taxpayer dollars that continue to be waste under the law. for example kmov television station in st. louis recently reported about a call center in missouri that processes paper applications for insurance in the state exchanges. remember the applications were supposed to be handled on a web site, so they shouldn't really need a call center handling their many paper applications. it doesn't seem to matter. the company got a contract for $1.2 billion. according to the report, there are about 1,800 employees. what are these people doing who are taking all of this money? turns out a lot of them aren't doing very much. these are taxpayer dollars and they're not doing very much. one employee said, "there are some weeks that a dataen try person would not -- a data entry person would not process a single application." weeks, not a single application. "they are just sitting there looking at their compute

law in new zealand is a $25 law. they can have a jail term of up to six months here at there are 26 agencies that are responsible for law enforcement. i have this joint here. ok. do not get too excited. this is not a real one. it is a mock one. i am told by staff that this that the penalty is, let's see, you have up to one ounce or less. is 28 grams. is that correct? eat joint has about one gram. over 20 joints you could be in possession of and the district of columbia. here is the list of penalties which i am submitting to the record. for the record, i will submit this. like did you roll that? staff do it. they have more experience. [laughter] aside, there are very serious implications to what the district has taken. honest an open and airing of what is going to happen. this is why we brought in other officials to discuss this in an open and honest manner. i welcome our delicate. >> i want to thank you very much. opportunity tohe testify. under the policy, i think you're safe with that joint. enforcecy is not to mar

the new law in new zealand is a $25 law. they can have a jail term of up to six months here at there are 26 agencies that are responsible for law enforcement. i have this joint here. ok. do not get too excited. this is not a real one. it is a mock one. i am told by staff that this joint, that the penalty is, let's see, you have up to one ounce or less. one ounce is 28 grams. is that correct? eat joint has about one gram. over 20 joints you could be in possession of and the district of columbia. here is the list of penalties which i am submitting to the record. for the record, i will submit this. like did you roll that? >>, i had staff do it. they have more experience. [laughter] all kidding aside, there are very serious implications to what the district has taken. we want an open and honest airing of what is going to happen. this is why we brought in other officials to discuss this in an open and honest manner. i welcome our delicate. >> i want to thank you very much. thank you for the opportunity to testify. under the polic

, intellectual property, commercial law, environmental law, et cetera. despite harvard's extensive core curriculum that i described earlier, and despite the fact that i took the frequently taught electives, i came out with some gaps, some blindsides, that i've always regretted. intellectual property, for example, and the bankruptcy. i never studied them systematically. whenever i've cases involving those, i'm pulling a thread, i don't know what's on the other end of that thread, except what the lawyers tell me. and what is the use of having a bar learned in the law? what is wrong with a conglomeration of skills-based experts? there are some pragmatic reasons. for one thing the skills overlap, and even specialized practice in one field requires basic knowledge of another. one cannot write a contract or settle a case in utter ignorance of antitrust law or, for that matter, the law of evidence. one cannot write a will without knowledge of tax law and trust law, or litigate a case without knowledge of the substantive fields that are involved in the case. sec

in that circumstance have a duty under the law now or should she have a duty under the law to report it? >> they need to create a policy encouraging a policy of reporting when the victim is unable to do so. being intoxicated or passed out, the victim may not even know it occurred and i think that is a different circumstance. it doesn't mandate reporting but it does say colleges are supposed to encourage that type of reporting. >> but does this r.a. need to talk to the victim first? >> i don't think so because the victim may not know it happened. >> what if the victim feels not incapacitated and saw the video and clearly it still looked to this r.a. as if this was nonconsensual. does this r.a. have a duty to report that? >> my advice there as a c.s.a. is good faith so there is that piece for good faith. if the director for a rape crisis center report this it is clear they are not to investigate. the last thing you want to have the r.a. do is go to the victim and say listen, there is what -- you should not have, to me it sets up a bad example -- it is the start -- it has already been a

mayor ed lee and supervisor farrell said a little bit about the law but basically laura's law allows parents and others to contact their mental health director to seek a court order to engage the client or patient and assaulted outpatient treatment. it's very interesting how laura's law works it has no real teeth to it there's no really compulsion but laura's law does work laura's law is implemented or something similar to it in this state's and rests on the assumes that most people are law-abiding citizens and will stay engaged in treatment. it's been in nevada county mayor ed lee i think talked about the results in new york state ken raze law and laura's law is modeled after that and the results have been similar to what new york state has seen. laura's law way fully implemented in nevada county in 2008, it wasn't implemented out of the kindness of a supervisors heart it was implemented as a result of a court settlement that we made with the nevada county. but since it's implementation there's been an enormous buy in but all facts and circumstances in nevada county they've been enc

. >> we'll have to follow the law. >> i have to follow the law at the time. >> thank you. commissioner borden >> so right now it's at the mandatory discretionary review but the applicant has to file a new application it's a different process now. >> so there's no cu on file. >> if we continue it will they have to file a new cu and they wouldn't be heard that date anyway. >> the department will have to take it in and review it as a conditional use. >> so continuing it basically is definite for all intents and purposes so they'll have to file a new application. >> i believe that's right it requires a 20 day notification period as well. if the new legislation requires this facility to be a conditional use there's a new applications that needs to be made >> commissioner hillis. >> just another question procedural the public health department has made a ruling, you know, and agreed to for the change of ownership is it appealable. >> yes. to the board of appeals and from the ryan health inspector the respondent plans on appealing the decision saw that's also pending, you know, s

grayson: laws have consequences. the scenario we're describing here is one where a female prisoner is the victim of incest. if this law passes as currently written, that female prisoner will be forced to carry to term the child of an incestuous relationship. i regard this as absolutely ndefensible. mr. burgess: if i could ask the gentleman if to the reserve their remarks to if his law. ent changes existing mr. grayson: i encourage the gentleman to consider the consequences of his action and withdraw the point of order. i yield back my time. the chair: are there further members who wish to be heard on the point of order? if not, the chair will rule. the gentleman from texas makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida proposes to change existing law in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. under settled precedent where legislative language is permitted to remain in a general appropriation bill a germane amendment merely perfecting that language and not adding further language is in order

proven incredible results and new york state a law called the tender law was enacted 74 percent fewer experienced homeless additional others psych hospitalized and 80 percent fewer were embarrassed and 87 percent fewer were arrested and laura's law will help to reduce the burdens on our san and our emergency officers and personnel and a positive resource for our officers. today, we'll hear from a number of individuals that that will speak in favor the laura's i wanted to recognize a number of people frail the if i that are not here my colleagues and co-sponsors of this legislation supervisor london breed. is supervisor tang and supervisor wiener. i want to thank mayor ed lee for his support i want to thank the wilcox family the parents of laura that this law was named off after and our district attorney mr. george and our excessively enclosing our fire chief chief joanne haynes-white and countless others that are standing behind me barbara garcia and other colleagues that have provide shelters for the homeless. people from our labor and business organizations from across town this is

. >> this law is a disaster. in my opinion, obama care is on borrowed time. >> we need to repeal every single word of obamacare. >> if i had my wie about it, we would repeal obamacare and start all over and get it right. >> we could repeal obamacare and get this monkey off the backs of the american people. >> it was going to be all repeal all the time. and yet after four years of dragging their feet, eric cantor said the house would finally vote on a health care alternative in 2014. but that was then. what are the republicans saying now? speaker boehner, take it away. nothing? how about eric cantor who promised that vote. [ contradicts chicrickets chirp] >> awww, the sounds of silence. the hill reports that republicans don't have any health care hearings scheduled. no one going after the law and no folks trying to repeal it. gez it's going to be a quiet summer. and remember that other gop talking point that the health care law was going to sink democrats in the midterm elections? it's clear obama care is still th

law firm. iyer the finest professionals have ever met and are dedicated to their cases and their client. i cannot thank them enough for all of the support. anything i have accomplished, i owed to them. >> i think it should be a smooth transition. i will go for the positive parts. most of the cases are cases that i have handled. we issue a lot of opinions. opinion writing is what judges do and i am familiar with that. the difference will be the process by which the opinions are issued. write. right you operate in panels of three. opinion writing is a collaborative process and you have to work with other people. i think i will master this. relationshipdial and i hope that that will be an easy transition. was there a time as a yourict court judge when disagreed with the opinion of the court of appeals? >> stanch would be strong. reversedlikes to be and sometimes, you think there is a point there. sometimes, you read it and disagree. you see it both ways. i do not think i have ever had stanch disag

in that circumstance have a duty under the law now or should she have a duty under the law to report it? >> they need to create a policy encouraging a policy of reporting when the victim is unable to do so. they may not even know it occurred and i think that is a different circumstance. it doesn't mandate reporting but it does say colleges are supposed to encourage that type of reporting. >> but does this r.a. need to talk to the victim first? >> i don't think so because the victim may not know it happened. >> what if the victim feels not incapacitate and saw the video and clearly it still looked to this r.a. as if this was nonconsensual. does this r.a. have a duty to report that? >> my advice there as a c.s.a. is good faith so there is that piece for good faith. if the director for a rape crisis center report this it is clear they are not to investigate. the last thing you want to have the r.a. do is go to the victim and say listen, there is what -- you should not have, to me it sets up a bad example -- it is the start -- it has already been a bad situation but it is a start of a ba

you want to talk about law and order, law and order and law and order, and i'm for law and order, buti'm also for compassion and justice. and we can find a way where you can have your law and order, and i think we can find a way where we can have justice and compassion too. people make mistakes. there's a broken immigration system. we should find a way. i get -- the day before that i was, last friday, last saturday i was in riverside, and the day before that i was at loretta sanchez on friday, that's how i spent my memorial weekend, going and visiting. and everywhere there was the cry, mr. secretary, from people being deported, from families being devastated, from a community saying get the work done. so i wanted to simply say to my colleagues, look, we don't have to do it the way the senate says. but i think we have to do it. and let me just say this to you, mr. secretary, while i'm disillusioned, i'm conflicted, too, because i think it's a pretty grand gesture on the part of the president of the united states -- i think, in my opinion -- it's a pretty grand gesture on his part to sa

the worst is to shorten law school to two years. that will produce or should a one third reduction of faculty. but if law school is to remain three years, cost somehow have to make up. this is not sustainable. graduation into a shrunken with hundreds of thousands of student debt nondischargeable in bankruptcy cannot continue. the most prestigious law school, and i include william and mary among them cannot continue the way they are. that is not certain. the vast majority of law schools will have to lower tuitions. probably means smaller law school faculties. not a one third cut. that is not the end of the world. is not the way it was when i went there. harvard had a faculty of 65 professors, nine teaching fellows and for collectors. a total of 78. 119ow has a faculty of full-time professors. 115s adding professors and lecture versed in law. versus 287 now. not the end of the world to cut that back. teachingans higher loans. which again but not be the end of the world. when i got out of law schools average teaching load is almost eig

law school in 1982. the secretary reminded me this morning that he has a connection to this committee as well that many members will find of interest. in the early 1990s, he worked briefly for then house republican ranking member of the judiciary committee, and fish of new york. spent it was actually the 1970s. >> well, way before my time. i thank you for that information, as was the information that many members of the committee may find of interest that there are 10,000 military and civilian lawyers in the department of defense. whether that's a good thing or bad thing, we will leave for a future discussion. in any event, we look forward to your testimony. your written statement will be entered into the record in its entirety, and would ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. to help you stay within that time, there is a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow you will have one minute to conclude your testimony. we welcome you to the committee. >> thank y

laws are good. laws do help. but criminals do not obey laws. so my question is simple, and i know you've all heard it a million time, do criminals obey laws? they do not. >> sure. i'd love to take that one. >> actually i've been told we only have three minutes left, so let's each address the question, one minute apiece. here we go. >> well, i've heard that speeders don't obey the speed limit, so i think we should do away with speed limits. i mean, that logic that why have a law because someone's going to break it, i just don't buy. >> that's not what she said. >> that's precisely what she said. you said criminals don't obey gun laws, so why should we have them? no. the laws -- >> what she was saying -- >> all right, all right. >> let me just finish my sentence. >> two more sentences from daniel, and then we'll move on. >> sure. the policies are designed to hold people accountable so they don't put guns in the hands of prohibited people. so if there's no accountability, it will be very easy for them to get a gun. if -- >> all right, emily, we re

under current law u.s. corporations are taxed on their worldwide income but foreign corporations are subject to tax only on income arising from the u.s. itself. in other words, we subject our own corporations to a worldwide tax system while subjecting foreign corporations to a territorial tax system. it's strange that the u.s. government treats foreign corporations more favorably than american corporations but that's nonetheless what we do. there is a danger if the relatively unfavorable treatment of american companies is ratcheted up which seems to be the effect of some of these anti-inversion proposals that american companies will become even more attractive targets for takeover by foreign corporations. i don't know when my liberal friends will catch on and realize that some of their approaches are just downright i idiotic. as important as it is to get the corporate tax rate down no matter how low we get the rate we need to replace our antiquated worldwide tax system. instead of imposing inversions restri

black hood laws. ancient practice of putting a black hood over the face of an executioner, a person whose job it is to chop off someone's head, carry out execution for the state. black hood laws are meant to ensure no one finds out the identity of the person literally or figuratively under the black hood. those prevent we the public from knowing who works as an executioner for the state. the laws make it illegal to disclose the name of anyone that works on an execution team. people involved in executions are doing a very sensitive government job. it may be hard to get anyone to do that job, if everybody knew who it was that did it. legally, constitutionally, the effort to keep secret those people's identities is in conflict with the right that the public has to be able to see and report on the way the government kills people. the public through the media has to be able to witness executions. they can't be secret. they're done in our name so there have to be reporters there to witness what happens and

>> our enforcement of marijuana laws on federal property would be the same regardless of the state law to recognize mr. jordan. >> tomorrow will be one year since lois lerner went to a bar association to say irs is targeting conservative groups. four days later the attorney general announced after saying this was outrageous and unacceptable that there would be a criminal investigation. one month later we have fbi director asked three questions to was the lead agent? how many agents have you assigned it had to interview any of the victims? the response was i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. but i will get back to so now we should know that basic information. so i would like to know we know miss boston and one dash is interviewed because we have interviewed the same witnesses but the attorney general told us the public integrity section is involved in make is that accurate? >> both the criminal division has our career agents and the treasury inspector general. >> can you tell me the basic information about the questions i asked almost one year ago? who was the lead agent on this i

we must strengthen criminal laws and the law enforcement agencies stopping trade secret theft before it occurs. and investigate and prosecute when it does occur. i would add there remains an urgent need for us to pass broader cyber security legislation. i appreciate working with senator graham on that effort. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. and to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to address this critical issue. our first witness is randall c. coleman, assistant director of the counter intelligence division at the federal bureau of investigation. mr. coleman is responsible for ensuring the fbi carries out the mission to defeat foreign intelligence threats. mr. cole man began his career as a special agent with the fbi in 1997. he's previously served as assistant special agent in charge of the san antonio division, chief of the counter espionage section and special agent in charge of the little rock division. prior to his appointment to the fbi mr. coleman served as an officer in the united states army for nine years. we are delighteded that he c

and were never held responsible. >> broke the law, what laws did they break?me one law they broke. >> how about the mortgage laws that said they were supposed to follow certain rules when they foreclosed against people's homes. and what they did in texas, they said we could save a lot of money if we didn't follow the law. they have admitted to that but here is the key part. nobody went to jail for any part of this. the only people in america today without go to jail are regular folks. big financial institutions get out there, they launder drug money, they violate the law and still no one is held accountable. i think that's fundamentally wrong, every one should-- (applause) >> ladies and gentlemen, i will ask you, just out of politeness, out of politeness do not cheer for me in the middle of her answer. (laughter) >> you cannot-- the reason why you cannot send these people to jail is as have you ever heard of the invisible hand of the market, have you heard of that. >> yeah. >> you can't put handcuffs on an invisible hand. the cops can't find it so the invisibl

we now know that the practice commission found it they she violated the laws in which he under penalty of perjury had said he got nothing from the public library he got 5 thousand dollars or more of trips and hotel consumptions and other benefits all of which he knew because he was the librarian since 2006 and took the ethics training knew he was required to report he was only able to do that because the city attorney refused to do what the law said get and provide the document and if not require it to this city attorney or the attorney general so basically you're going to sit there as at the city attorney help people not get records and the law requires you to do that this is the same thing as acting as council no difference. now are you going to listen to any of this that's said today. it's difficult to get a man to listen when a man similarly is in a position not to understand. >> good evening, commissioners dr. derrick occurring. in 2009 mr. sin country had to say he had no basis for withholding documents and this city ended up paying $25,000 no city attorney fees now mr. syncountr

our laws must keep pace. the eea as a criminal statute necessarily has limitations and what we're very much appreciating the cooperation we get from federal law enforcement and fbi and department of justice have limited resources at the time and never be in a position to bring charges in all cases of trade secret theft. state laws provide an important right for trade secret owners to give a civil action for relief. state trade secret laws develop and make sense at a time when misappropriation was largely a local matter. for companies that operate across state lines and have trade secrets threatened by competitors across the globe, the state laws are inefficient and often inadequate and consistent with how other forms are protected. trade secret theft is likely to involve the secret across state lines and swift action to protect the trade secret from being divulged. this is true when the theft is by an individual looking to flee the country. once the trade secret has been divulged, it may be lost forever and t

up next we have the new jersey senator who helped craft that law, who voted for that law and i'll askhether she agrees with me that it's time to repeal that law. don't go away. >>> so, the people of new jersey, my apologies. you got nothing to worry about from me. >> in 2002 then new jersey governor mcgreevey signed the nation's first smart gun law. it mandated once a smart gun goes on sale anywhere in the united states, within three years of that date, all handguns in the state of new jersey must be smart guns. over a decade ago when the law was signed there was no such thing as a smart gun. today there is the armatix and that new jersey law is is the heart of the pushback against it. they argue the sale of any smart gun anywhere is the first step on the road to government control of gun ownership. joining me is senator loretta weinberg. first i want to ask you your reaction to what you've seen in our report tonight. >> well, not surprising. i've been involved with the gun safety movement for probably the last 12 or 15 years of my public life, so i'm kind of used to the vitriol that

our current state law is outdated. while the cost of living adjustments are offered yearlyedth reimbursement rates have not kept up with the rising costs of child care. in fact, they haven't changed since 2007. assembly bill 21 25 proposes that the standard reimbursement rate reflects the actual cost of child care facility. in san francisco we consistently hear that the affordability crisis is driving our families out. now we have an opportunity to support our families by ensuring more access. i urge the california state assembly to pass assembly bill 21 25 to avoid the consequences of having more children being turned away from early care in education programs ~. currently ab 21 25 is being held at the assembly budget committee suspense file which is really unfortunate. they have until friday to remove the bill. i hope that our state representative will move this bill off suspense so it can be considered this budget year. we have so many families that are counting on our subdiesed early care and education programs. co

my in-laws are here. they also have both retired from public education, and i'm happy to have them here today. i have my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephews, stephen julie, here from alabama. i also have my law partner and a daughter of one of my other law partners here for me today. i really have appreciated the support of my law firm and the partners and the other staff have given me. i am happy to have troll here today. thank you very much. >> thanks very much, ms. may. >> thank you, chairman, ranking member, i would like to thank the entire committee. thank you to senators champus and isaacson for the warm introduction as well as the by partisan efforts for this process. thank you also, president barack obama, for the honor of dissemination. i do have some special people with me. first, my husband of 13 years, fellow attorney brian ross, seated behind me. he is my rock and source of inspiration in all of my professional and personal endeavors. our two daughters, brianna and leighann. they made t

law >> mr. chairman, i think you uescribed it to a tee.iously wyo obviously when you get outside there borders of the united states where there is a foreign nexis, our ability to conductnvi effective investigations has diminished greatly and i will tell you that we dove have ongog investigations that i would havg foresee as having a logical conclusion that i think that you would agree, as you described and in fact the fbi actually has res placed cyberassets and resources working at our national cyberintrusion test scores that are working hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder on a spit take investigations and i think that technology plays a critical role in the advancement of the technology and makes the threat remenduch more complicated. but i think that there has been tremendous progress made by the fbi, along with our partners anp investigating these types of crimes and so i'm hopeful as we go forward that we will be abe to todemonstrate that we have bn affected and will be affected in this ar

, not under the ew law? mr. chairman, this is not the right place for this the memorandum from this administration clearly states the department of justice does not prioritize prosecution for medical marijuana. clearly states it. they don't do it. this is a solution in search of a problem that opens many other doors to the dangers of marijuana. i yield back. mr. wolf: i yield the balance of my time to dr. fleming of louisiana. the chair: the gentleman isres. recognized. the gentleman has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. fleming: i thank my friend, mr. wolf. first of all, let's be clear. marijuana is an addicting substance. it's schedule 1, it's against federal law, it was passed that y into the c.s. namplet 1970 and what this amendment would do is, it wouldn't change the law, it would just make it difficult, if not impossible for the d.e.a. and department of justice to enforce the law. now members on my side have been criticizing president obama for selective enforcement of obamacare. and for immigration and other laws li

we have had new laws and ways to evade those laws. we have never before seen what is happening today. as we will learn this morning, the perfect storm of new forces, court opinions, clever political operatives -- have created a qualitatively new political landscape, where candidates are compelled to raise more and more money and have tothe same time, contend with virtually unlimited ethodees by shadowy m and shameless donors. what has occurred represents revolutionary, not evolutionary, change in the way campaigns are financed in america. these are changes i view as a threat to undermine the principles of american democracy. one person, one vote. their well-intentioned people that i respect. they believe that restrictions on who can give to campaigns and how much they can give trespass on cherished first amendment protections. them, areamong worried that the recent decision to put limits on campaign contributions, combined with a system that in too many cases sure of who allows dark money into the process, has a very real potential to

but many farmers in the us are against changing the old child labor laws. we're going to meet one, a member of the farm bureua and a cattle rancher in montana. >> dennis rehberg, he's a former congressman who today works as a lobbyist here in washington dc. >> he served in congress for 12 years and sat on a house committee for us agriculture. he was given an award by the farm bureau for representing its interests while in office. >> we were in texas watching the onion picking process, and i just want to show you what that looked like, they're sharpening the sheers. gabriella, she's 9. so what's your reaction to seeing kids like that out in the field working on a... >> see i have no context. i could tell you that i have had my son or daughter out. >> so they're working on a farm. >> again i. >> it belongs to somebody who has no, it's a subcontractor that pays them is hired by the farmer. >> it can't speak to it because it just don't' know it. you've been there. i can speak to my own place, i wasn't necessarily a stay at home dad but i was the primary caretak

from the school of law. the witnesses' written statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. i will ask them to summarize each testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that time, there is a light in front of you. the light will switch from green to yellow indicating you have one minute to complete your testimony. when the light turns red, it indicates the witness' five minutes have expired. at this time unless there is objection, i want to offer a statement of our chairman, james sensenbrenner, for the over-criminalization task force. know that our thoughts and prayers are for jim and his wife with the health issues that she has had for a week or so. our hearts and prayers go out for both of them. i have a statement here that i have entered into the record. hearing no objection, that will be so ordered. with that -- did you want to -- we will turn to the ranking member, mr. scott, for his statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. even though the united states represents only 5%

law. if mr. abbas definitely opens the door to hamas, exercising influence of the palestinian authority, i will encourage my colleagues to stand with me in exercising the existing legal authority to halt assistance to a government that includes parties that rejects israel's right to exist as a jewish state and continues to support terrorism. for those reasons, mr. president, i must object to the senator's >>> well, good morning. good morning. the hearing will come to order. welcome members of the subcommittee and to our witness, jack lew, from department of treasury. mr. secretary, glad you're here to consider the president's 2015 budget request. we also welcome yesterday's announcement about the many new treasury sanctions against individuals and businesses undermining ukraine's stability and sovereignty. we expect the department to use its power to both fully and forcibly against those who threaten ukraine's security. mr. secretary, i know you're pleased that the deficit dropped to 4.1% of gdp

this doesn't change any laws. this doesn't affect one law. just lists the states that have already legalized it through medical -- only for meldcal purposes, only medical purposes, and says the federal government, in those states, in those places, you can't bust people. it seems to me a practical, reasonable amendment in this time and age. mr. fattah: i want to offer an opportunity to speak to the gentlelady, ms. titus. ms. titus: thank you. for the district of columbia and 22 states, including nevada, with laws in place allowing the legal use of some form of marijuana for medical purposes, this commonsense amendment simply ensures that patients do not have to live in fear when following the laws of their states and the recommendations of their doctors. physicians in those states will not be prosecuted for prescribing the substance and local businesses will not be shut down for dispensing the same. i urge you vote in favor. mr. fattah: finally, i know the gentleman from virginia, i'm going to allow him to close, because he's at somewhat of a

this is a law that was enacted in 1986. there are some interesting ramifications that this law has. it is something of anachronism in our legal system. it allows the government to access the contents of e-mail, once a particular e-mail has ripened to the age of 180 days. this was in 1986. i was in ninth grade at the time. idle the guy had ever even heard the year -- word e-mail. it was not a means by which anyone stored information at the time. people primarily communicated and then deleted. or they would print it if they wanted to keep it. the paper record would have been treated differently. the electronic remnants of the e-mail would be subject to subpoena by the government and could be obtained without a warrant once it ripened to 180 days old. i don't think too many people raised or even imagined too many concerns at the time. partly because most people had never heard of e-mail. there was no such thing as cloud computing. at least now we know now. nowadays, people communicate a lot of information by e-mail. they transmit a lot of information into the cloud. we live in a differ

i have practice both in federal court, civil law as well as criminal law. in that capacity i've had a strong motions practice both written and oral, and appellate practice. in my last almost four years at his attorney's office i have handled criminal cases from the very inception for sentencing including trial, both jury trials and the civil and defense drones but i also handle my own habeas emotions and to argue before the 11th circuit court of appeals. in addition, after graduating from yale law school i served as a clerk registered judge and the belief that firsthand experience has made me, helped me understand what the day-to-day obligations of a district court judge. while i understand the will, in fact, be a steep learning curve, i have spoken to all of the judges of the middle district of georgia who i will work with if i am so fortunate as to be confirmed and i know that they will support me in getting up to speed. and i think my ability to study, and i have studied all of the rules and the beige book, and the hard work, my hard work ethic, will hel

we have had new laws and new ways to abade those laws. but we have never seen what is happening today. court poins, clever political up operatives have created a new political landscape where candidates are compelled to raise more and more money and have to contend with unlimited spending by shadow entities representing nameles donors. what has occurred in the last five years is revolutionary not evolutionary change in the way campaigns are financeed in america. these are changed i view as a threat to undermine the fundamental principle of democracy. one person, one vote. they are well-intentioned people that believe restrictions on who can give to campaigns and how much they give trespass on freedom of speech protections. others, and i am among them, are worried the elimination of modest limits on campaign contributions combine would a byzantine system that says who is giving and allows the so-called dark money into the process has the very real potential to corrode the integirity of the system itself. it rest on three pillars. regulatio

and i'm fairly familiar with the case law, and in my opinion, the case law is not great, or particularly on point about this. and i think that the... >> let's back up and as far as my question, so, you know, the staff, and the city attorney have appointed us to the administrative code 12 and in 2 a which does appear to be to me at least a statute that is specifically provides the right for the information that was redacted here, >> except for two things, this is the first time that i have heard 12 m raised in the context of sunshine and i am certainly aware tf and it was a voter passed measure sxets. and i would point you to section, 67.26 of the ordinance, and the sunshine ordinance supercedes other local laws and the provisions of the sunshine ordinance supercede other laws and whenever a conflict in the local law is identified and the require thament would result in the greater public access to the public information shall apply, i understand the analysis that the staff provided and particularly, and lat

the law. i want to see where the people are now coming to the floor to forcefully defend and be proud of this health care law. i ask the president, is he proud that these obamacare exchanges are failing all across the country? are democrats who voted for this health care law ready to forcefully defend all the taxpayer dollars that we now know have been wasted? democrats don't want to talk about the law's expensive side effects or about the americans harmed by the law. republicans have been offering solutions. today senator hatch and i are introducing legislation that would address these state failures and protect taxpayers. after all, that's what americans want. they want accountability for their hard-earned taxpayer dollars. this bill, called the state exchange accountability act, says that if a state got federal money to set up its own exchange and later decided to give up and move back on to the federal exchange, that it would have to pay back the money. it's that simple. taxpayers shouldn'

. >> a sult tant imposing brutal sharia law. he owns this hotel. >> does it seem that far off from what happened in the holocaust? >> will that stop the as you will tant. >> break up a classroom fight. it's a must see "on the record." >> up first, murders, drunk drivers, and sex offender, they are all among the illegal immigrants released back on to the streets by the u.s. immigration officials in 2013. so, what about the obama administration's claim that it is cracking down on the most serious criminals in immigration enforcement? washington examiner chief political correspondent byron york joins us. byron, so, what's the story? why are these people getting out? >> this is a huge bait and switch why by the obama administration. i don't think there is any other way to describe it. if you listen to the president. the president says our immigration system is broken. there is no way to go after people in this country whose only misdeed is coming into the country illegally if they are following the laws, they shouldn't be harassed b

she's also been an outspoken critic of ohio's voter id laws and laws restricting early voting. so much for being here. >> thank you, joy. >> all right. senator turner, let's just start with ohio's voting restrictions. these are the laws that -- things that have already been signed in by the current governor. will that impacted voting today in ohio? >> absolutely, joy. we've already started to see evidence of that. in 2010 in cuyahoga county, for example, about 230,000 voters voted pre-primary. 60% of those voters were absentee ballots. in the absentee ballot opportunities that we've had in 2014, less than that, less than half had come in by last saturday, which was the last day to early vote. we're definitely seeing the impacts of not only the cuts to golden week, but the cuts to mailing out unsolicited absentee ballots of which the jern assembly changed that at the behest of the current secretary of state. they are trying to suppress the vote every chance they get because they don't have better ideas, and it really is wrong for our democracy, joy, because voters need to come o

, immigration law, employment law, and a variety of other areas. mr. chuang also has told us that from approximately 2002 to 2003, as president of the asian-american lawyers association of mass marks he oversaw and promoted a project of the organization's community service committee in which attorneys provide general information about immigration and employment law. he is committed to helping his community and he has demonstrated that during his entire professional career. mr. chuang's parents e parents d from taiwan. mr. chuang would not only be the first asian-american federal judge in maryland but also the first asian-american federal judge in the first circuit. #*s president obama has nominated these two individuals in september of 2013. the judiciary committee held their confirmation hearings in december 12013. the judiciary committee then favorably reported both nominations in january of this year. i urge the senate to confirm these very well-qualified nominees and fill these important vacancies to better serve the people of maryland. mr. pre