lofgren: mr. speaker, i would yield now to our friend and colleague from santa barbara, congresswoman capps, 2 1/2 minutes. mrs. capps: i thank our dean of the california delegation for yielding me time and, mr. speaker, it is with such great pride, also mixed with a heavy heart at our pending loss, as we gagget err here this evening -- gather here this evening to honor two of the giants of the house of representatives. and their friends -- they're friends, friendses to me, friends to us all, henry miller, henry -- george miller and henry waxman. henry and george are two of america's greatest public servants. each serving their california constituents and serving the nation for almost 40 years. but it's not just their longevity that makes them so notable. they have been incredibly effective. they've used each of their days here in this institution to improve the lives of all americans. they've taught us who served with them. by their example to do the same. they've made their footprint their inpri

lofgren: mr. speaker, i'm honored now to yield one minute to the democratic leader, nancy elosi. ms. pelosi: thank you to the leader of our california democratic delegation, zoe lofgren, thank you for bringing us together for a very bittersweet circumstance. that is to say how proud we are to honor the leadership of two great giants of the congress, henry waxman and george miller, how sad we are that they are leaving us. i come to the floor, mr. speaker today to join in celebrating two of the most accomplished members of this great body. when i say most accomplished, i'm not just speaking in the context of the present congress. i'm talking about two of the most accomplished members of this great body of all time. a pair of californians with 80 years between them, 80 years of service in the house, retiring with an unparalleled record, certainly an unsurpassed record of legislative achievements to their name, congressman henry waxman and congressman george miller. i'm proud to do that as a californi

in addition, to representatives king and lofgren, we have two additional witnesses who will testify on a second panel. they're the honorable julie robinson, united states judge for the district of kansas, who will appear on behalf of the judicial conference of the united states, and mr. mickey ostereicher, the general counsel of the national press photographer's association on nppa. the principle authority contained in hr917 is in section 2b, which provides, subject to certain exceptions, the presiding judge, which is defined in the bill of each federal appellate court and district or trial level court, is authorized to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting or televising to the public any proceedings over which the judge provides. provisions would apply this authority to the supreme court of the united states as well as united states circuit courts of appeals and district courts. the purpose of hr917 as with similar bills introduced in prior congresses is meant to address the long-standing practice of the federal courts, which with few exceptions, prohibits the l

lofgren: mr. speaker, before saying anything else, let me ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this special order, our honoring our etiring members, congressman henry waxman and congressman george miller. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lofgren: i am the chair of the california democratic delegation and we are losing from our membership two spectacular members who have served with tremendous distinction for 40 years each, representative miller and representative waxman werele final two remaining member -- were the final two remaining members of the house selected as part of the historic watergate class of 1974. both were instrumental in passing the affordable care act of 2010, which is the culmination of a nearly surgery-long struggle to guarantee that -- century-long struggle to guarantee that every american have access to quality and affordable health are. re

lofgren: mr. speaker, the legal authority for the president's immigration actions derives in part from his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. in heckler v. cheney, the supreme court explained this duty does not require the president to act against every technical violation of the law. the court said, quote, an agency's decision not to prosecute or enforce, whether through civil or criminal process, is a decision generally committed to the agency's absolute discretion. two years ago, the supreme court in arizona vs. the united states, struck down most of arizona's sb-1070 law. the court said then the broad discretion exercised by federal immigration officials extends to -- and here's a quote -- whether it makes sense to pursue removal at all. the arizona courts said discretion in the enforcement of immigration law embraces immediate human concerns and can turn on factors including whether the alien has children born in the united states, long ties to the communit

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and then i also need to give credit to zoe lofgren who is one of the cosponsors and they did probably more work on this amendment than i did but we felt like a republican had to introduce it and i was the only republican that was willing to introduce this bill, this amendment we had all worked on. i want to give you an overview really of three different legislative efforts. that would be the amendment, the dod appropriations bill in 2013, the freedom act in the house -- i will not get into the senate version -- but what happened in the house and then that massey-lofgren amendment in the house. let me give you a bit of my background and tell you where i am ideologically. in 1993, when i was finishing my thesis at m.i.t., i looked up at the television and saw something happening in waco, texas that disturbed me. what i saw was there was a group of people that was easy to vilify. the left did not like them because they were clinging to guns and religion. the right did not like them because they were not clinging to a religion they recognized. the individuals probably a polygamist at waco

lofgren: mr. speaker, the legal authority for the president's immigration actions derives in part from his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. in heckler v. cheney, the supreme court explained this duty does not require the president to act against every technical violation of the law. the court said, quote, an agency's decision not to prosecute or enforce, whether through civil or criminal process, is a decision generally committed to the agency's absolute discretion. two years ago, the supreme court in arizona vs. the united states, struck down most of arizona's sb-1070 law. the court said then the broad discretion exercised by federal immigration officials extends to -- and here's a quote -- whether it makes sense to pursue removal at all. the arizona courts said discretion in the enforcement of immigration law embraces immediate human concerns and can turn on factors including whether the alien has children born in the united states, long ties to the communit

i would differ whether would have a better chance of passing. >> the lofgren lofted pass the house over the summer. then was stripped from the larger bill as it proceeded as we speak. so i think that's instructive and interesting. i think there has been a lot more focus on this issue since then. it's interesting that passed in the house before apple and some of the recent discussions in the think is going to lead to a lot more discussion and how that debate will end it will not predict at this point. >> there's another challenge was saying that people have to provide week encryption and these were the battles we had in the 1990s over whether you could publish strong encryption. the end result of that was the courts realize that code is speech and is protected by the first amendment. if somebody wanted to publish a strong encryption program they could do so and then somebody could download it and use it. so if you try to set up a system where it is unlawful to have strong encryption without backdoors is going to run up against some serious constitutional problems. >> i want to move on to

lofgren, along with several of our house colleagues.ur amendment blocks government bureaucrats from performing backdoor warrantless searches through the private -- of the private email content and telephone calls of u.s. citizens. the amendment also prohibits the n.s.a. and c.i.a. from requiring technology companies to place back doors in their products. our amendment passed the house by an overwhelming bipartisan and veto-proof majority, 293-123. now, some that didn't vote for the amendment said the appropriate place was in the ndaa, not in an appropriations act. i tend to agree with them. i'd like to see that in the -- we could only only put it in the ndaa. recent talk, if you will, this amendment will be stripped from the omnibus. if that is the case, i think it does belong in the ndaa this year, because this is the bill that authorizes these programs that we've heard so much about. you know, americans were horrified to learn that the government was spying on them without even bothering to get a warrant. and the overwhelming number o

lofgren: mr. speaker, i in my opening remarks did note the uncanny similarity between the action that president reagan and the first president bush took and the action that president obama has now taken. i would hope -- i don't know. i use the official record as a source of information instead of chat in articles and i submitted for the record the memorandum, the internal decision memorandum in the i.n.s. dated february 8, 1990, indicating that 1.5 million, 40% of the undocumented population in controvention to the orders of congress were going to be given deferred action. the commissioner of the i.n.s. under oath testified that 40% of the undocumented population were going to be in contradiction to the congress' explicit decision were going to be given deferred action. i also have the draft processing plan that says millions of people would be given in controvention to the act of congress deferred action. they even had the amount of money that they were going to make off the estimated filing fee.

shack bow for their work -- chabot for their work and congresswoman lofgren and congressmann deutch for their work. this deserves careful consideration by the committee. i yield back. >> thank you. i would now like to recognize the full committee ranking members, the distinguished gentleman from michigan, congressman conyers. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i wanted to begin by mentioning that our colleague from new york, mr. indiana nadler, wanted to be here today but he is at the supreme court where there is oral argument going on in a very important case, and i wanted his absence to be noted and that he is very concerned about the proceedings taking place here in the judiciary committee. the sunshine in courtroom act, of course, would authorize photography, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any court proceeding held in the federal district court. and in the circuit court of appeals, and even the supreme court of the united states. subject to some exceptions. as many of you may recall, the committee on the judiciary considered legislation substantially identic

and then i also need to give lofgren who is one of the cosponsors and they did probably more work on this amendment than i did but we felt like a republican had to introduce it and i was the only republican that was willing to introduce this bill, this amendment we had all worked on. to give you an overview really of three different legislative efforts. themash amendment, the dod appropriations bill in 2013, the freedom act in the house -- i will not get into the senate version -- but what happened in the house and then that massey-lofgren amendment and the house. let me give you a bit of my background and tell you where i am ideologically. in 1993, when i was finishing my thesis at m.i.t., i looked up at the television and saw something happening in waco, texas that disturbed me. what i saw was there was a group of people that was easy to vilify. the left did not like them because they were clinging to guns and religion. the right did not like them because they were not clinging to a religion they recognized. the individuals probably a polygamist at waco. that did not justify what i

lofgren: mr. speaker, we are through with an hour, we could have fill maryland hours, but we say good-bye to these two colleagues' 80 years of experience and expertise -- good-bye to these two colleagues. 80 years of experience and expertise will be leaving

lofgren: mr. speaker, we are through with an hour, we could have fill maryland hours, but we say good-bye to these two colleagues' 80 years of experience and expertise -- good-bye to these two colleagues. 80 years of experience and expertise will be leaving this congress. top of the charts the year they were elected was a song coming up edward snowden talks about government surveillance at a cato institute conference. then the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers and former former attorney general alberto gonzalez. in the senate tonight members are debating a $1.1 trillion spending bill designed to avert a government shutdown. a live look here on the senate floor. today house republicans earlier passed a stop-gap measure to keep the government open until at least wednesday if need be. senator barbara mick ullstromky who chairs the appropriations committee speaking now about the spending bill, the $1.1 trillion measure, on the senate floor while leaders are negotiating behind the s

as my colleague, congresswoman lofgren, noted in her testimony, trials has been open to the public and enactment of this legislation would expand upon that promise of transparency. and it's very hard for me to understand the argument that the quality of our system of justice or the fairness of our courts is impaired by -- is improved by limiting public access. and judge robinson, i want to start with you, because, you know, if you look at the history of the right to a public trial, of course grounded in the angelo saxon history in the 17th century and the idea of it was the public proceedings would have a check against ma nevada lent prosecution, corrupt attorneys or judges or witnesses. the public trial would encourage citizens to come forward and speak truthfully, culpatory roviding evidence. the greatest threat to underlying media exposure in the courtroom is to the search for the truth seems to turn the right to public trial on its head. i mean, the whole idea was it would be a check it would provide assurances that people would be truthful because it would be exposed broadly to th