mr. cummings: ok. i only have a few minutes. i'm very concerned mr. horowitz, and in your report you made the following statement and i quote, we found a regional director, an acting assistant renal national director and groups failed to report through their chain of command or to d.e.a. o.p.r. repeated allegations of d.e.a. special agents getting prostitutes and frequenting a brothel in an overseas posting, treating these allegations as local management issues, is that correct? inspector general horowitz: that's correct. mr. cummings: so despite these facts, none of these employees, the special agent, the group supervisors, the regional director and the acting assistant regional director ever reported these allegations to the office of professional responsibility or to you, the i.g.'s office, is that right? inspector general horowitz: that's correct. mr. cummings: mr. horowitz, when these allegations came to light in 2014 the d.e.a. administrator counsel, the regional director for failing to report the allegations, is that correct? inspector general

mr. cummings and mr. hoyer and the 400-plus members of this body, the congress gave the ability and authority to the head of the i.r.s. to terminate the employment of one of their workers if they're not paying the federal taxes. now they have the best compliance rate in the federal government. let's give that same tool to the rest of the departments and agencies. you know what's a slap in the face to the federal workers? -- worker? when you don't get rid of the bad apples. when you get somebody who is thumbing their nose, not playing by the rules, not doing what they're supposed to be doing guess what? the seeds of -- it goes into the morale of the institution. and i think as a federal employee, being paid by the taxpayers, one of your fundamental responsibilities is to file and pay your federal taxes. a fact, we had last rear-year 24,833 people as federal employees who didn't even file a return. can we solve that? should we? absolutely, we can shove that. we should require it. when somebody goes to fill

mr. clancy: yes or. -- yes, sir. rep. cummings: is he actually working for the secret service in this detail type of position? mr. clancy: no sir, i have had no contact with mr. smith. rep. cummings: we have details appear -- up here too. they have limited time there with us. can you tell is with the limitations are with wherever he is? mr. clancy: i will have to get back to you. chairman chaffetz: you have done a very good job, mr. clancy, of building trust and confidence. it is flushed down the toilet when i hear these things. you said to me personally multiple times, white house did, homeland security did, that you were implement and fundamental changes. mr. clancy: yes, sir. chairman chaffetz: and this guy is still on the payroll. you send out a press release saying he was going to another department and agency, and yet he is on your payroll. don't ever come back here to congress and tell me that you have a financial problem when you have smith on your payroll and you say you don't have enough money. you shouldn't have to pay

mr. cummings let me -- one second. representative cummings? nbc we're live. do you have one second, please? he's having a discussion with some of the young men out here who are obviously very angry, very agitated, and he's trying to convince people to go home. he's been out here for the last hour or so. and there is a lot of intense discussions going on right now. let's see if we can try and get a word in here. mrs. cummings, we're live on nbc news. can you tell me -- can you tell us what it is that you're trying to say to these young men to convince them to go home? what is it that -- hey, hey, hey. wait, wait. >> calm down, calm down. everyone, calm down. the police are banging their batons against their shields. people are running in different directions. the police are advancing. they're moving forward very slowly trying to clear out this intersection. very slowly. they have not moved very far. we don't know how far this is going to go. are you still with us here? >> ron allen, the people near you scattered. kwhavs it that made them what was it that made

mrs. cummings we're live on nbc news. can you tell me -- can you tell us what it is that you're trying to say to these young men to convince them to go home? what is it that -- hey, hey, hey. wait, wait. >> calm down calm down. everyone, calm down. the police are banging their batons against their shields. people are running in different directions. the police are advancing. they're moving forward very slowly trying to clear out this intersection. very slowly. they have not moved very far. we don't know how far this is going to go. are you still with us here? >> ron allen, the people near you scattered. what was it that -- >> are you still with us? hang on. >> please get them out of here. >> what's made them scatter was that the police started banging their batons against their shields. there's a length of police up there under that red light that you can't quite see. and they started to move forward. and you can see over in this direction, right over here they're pushing forward and i just saw a big object go into the cr

mr. cummings for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's set forth, mr. chairman, at the beginning of the inspector general's report a well-known doctrine for law enforcement officers. it simply says, and i quote, "given the nature of their work, federal law enforcement employees are held to the highest standards of conduct and must be accountable for their actions both on and off duty. although this tenet should be obvious, it bears repeating here today and bears repeating every day. the inspector general's report details conduct that is simply deplorable for anyone. let alone law enforcement officials serving the united states of america. the report details allegations that a colombian police officer, and i quote, "arranged sex parties," end of quote, with prostitutes funded by the local drug cartels for these d.e.a. agents at their government-leased headquarters, end of quote. although inspector general's report describes activities between 2005 and 2008, last night our committee obtained new documents showing that some of these allegations were made f

cummings. the man you were talking to was mr. elijah cummings. you can see how personal this is for him as you were mentioning. he lives there. these are his neighbors. it's really revealing to see the personal connection and how he has a personal stake in making sure that things stay safe and that it doesn't happen again. great interview, john. we'll continue obviously all of our coverage on baltimore including this. a major league first in baltimore. due to security concerns in the city, this afternoon's game between the baltimore orioles and the chicago white sox is going to be closed to the public. no fans and almost 46,000 empty seats. the move by major league baseball comes after games on monday and tuesday were postponed but they need to pick back up with the schedule. this is how they're handling it. we'll talk about this extraordinary move later this hour from camden yards, the home of the orioles. >>> speaking of sports here and how it relates to this crisis, former baltimore raven ray lewis is making an impassioned plea to those who to

mr. cummings for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. unlike previous hearings our committee has held with the secret service and the dea which involved misconduct by individual agents, today's hearing presents a different question. how should our nation deal with the relatively new and evolving threat of unmanned or small manned aerial vehicles entering the airspace over our nation's capital? this is a question of technology and policy, both of which are rapidly evolving. in this case i do not personally believe the answers to condemn the capitol police for not shooting down the gyrocopter, i also do not believe we should rush to criticize federal agencies charged with responding to this threat. instead i believe the best course of action is to work collaboratively with both the capitol police and these federal agencies to understand the threat, understand it, and to strongly support their swron going efforts to enhance comment technologies, many of which are classified. so i thank the chairman for calling today's hearing on this very c

mr. cummings for five minutes. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. it is with great honor and anmoration that i talk about bishop walter scott thomas sr., recognition of his 40 years of service to god as a pastor mentor and community leader. i'm honored to rise today to share with my colleagues in the united states house of representatives the accomplishment of this remarkable man. for the last 40 years bishop walt irscott thomas sr. has faithfully served as pastor of the new baptist church located in the seventh congressional district of ballot maryland. bishop thomas is a baltimore native who was called to proclaim god's word to the world. he received a bachelor's of science degree from the university of maryland in economics, a master of divinity degree from howard university school of religion and a doctorate of ministry degree from st. mary's seminary and the university of maryland. in 1975 bishop thomas was called to pastor the new psalm baptist church. he's a spiritual lired who cares about his congregation and the world. under his dynamic lea

mr. cummings and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today.federal agents are held to the highest standards of conduct both on and off duty. as a former federal prosecutor and as an inspector general it has been my experience that the overwhelming majority of the department agents meet those high standards and perform the work with great integrity and honor. thereby helping keeping keep our communities safe and our country safe. nevertheless, we find instances where law enforcement agents in the cage in a series of conduct and even criminal violations affecting the agency's reputation, potentially compromising prosecutions, and possibly affecting the security of the agents and agency operation. furthermore, misconduct that involves sexual harassment affects employee morale and creates a hostile work environment. following the incidents during the president's trip to colombia in 2012, the oig conducted to reduce. one relating to department policies and training involving off to the conduct employees working in foreign countries and one relating

mr. cummings called for. not take a job where i had to keep employees that engage in this kind of conduct. and to your point, i think what you do is you fire them, then you let them carry the burden of per situation before whatever board they need to appear before, to say that they were unjustly terminated. but to give people paid vacation for doing what these agents did, then having to have the inspector general being the one to expose it because you didn't do it yourself, we all deserve better regardless of who is in charge of the administration. >> it wasn't just paid vacations. they got bonuses and promotions. let's talk about the dea. hillary clinton is supposed to give you an answer on whether she will appear before your committee. i won't even ask you if you'll subpoena her. >> our committee is not a standing committee, as you know. it's a select committee. we have to operate within the rules. i have the ability to subpoena people and documents. the house as a whole may get to where it subpoenas the se

elijah cummings: and mrs. leonhardt, is that correct? michelle leonhart: i counseled him. elijah cummings: was that the only discipline that he got? someone saying you were supposed to do your job. please. michelle leonhart: yes. elijah cummings: you mean to tell me that was discipline? that is not discipline, is it? michelle: the regional director was not aware of any allegations and tell it was brought to light a year, a year after an incident. when i counseled him -- elijah cummings: elijah cummings: just tell me what you said -- michelle leonhart: michelle: i talked to him because if that was the case, i would have been looking at significant discipline. it was not the case with him. i even looked at these letters sent. elijah cummings: what did he say? i wish i had a tape recording of that conversation. what was said? michelle leonhart: he said, when he was aware of it, he was notified by the indices, of what happened. he was told about the incident he called the agent in, told the agent, you are going home. he sent them back to the states and tell -- elijah cummings:

elijah cummings: and mrs. leonhardt, is that correct? michelle leonhart: i counseled him. elijah cummings: was that the only discipline that he got? someone saying you were supposed to do your job. please. michelle leonhart: yes. elijah cummings: you mean to tell me that was discipline? that is not discipline, is it? michelle: the regional director was not aware of any allegations and tell it was brought to light a year, a year after an incident. when i counseled him -- elijah cummings: elijah cummings: just tell me what you said -- michelle leonhart: michelle: i talked to him because if that was the case, i would have been looking at significant discipline. it was not the case with him. i even looked at these letters sent. elijah cummings: what did he say? i wish i had a tape recording of that conversation. what was said? michelle leonhart: he said, when he was aware of it, he was notified by the indices, of what happened. he was told about the incident, he called the agent in told the agent, you are going home. he sent them back to the elijah cummings: saiyou said you sen

mr. cummings and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant in arms and chief law enforcement officer of the house of representatives i'm fully dedicated to ensuring the safety of the entire capitol complex, a mission performed in close partnership and cooperation with the u.s. capitol police board and member and women of the united states capitol police. before i begin i'd like to extend my thanks to all the men and women of the u.s. capitol police for their capable and professional response to the incident on april 15th. us clog police officers and officials promptly responded to the west front and arrested the individual and ensured the craft was harmless. we are currently working closely with our partners in if he had wall law enforcement, the departments of defense, transportation and homeland security to maintain robust air space security within the confines of the urban environment of the national capitol region. in particular working with our partners to ensure the most efficient and robust early detection, tracking and war

mr. cummings for five minutes. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. unlike previous hearings our committee has held with the secret service and the dea which involves misconduct by individual agents. today's hearing presents a different question. how should our nations deal with the relatively new and evolving threat of unmanned or small manned aerial vehicles entering the air space over our nation's capitol. this is a question of technology and policy, both of which are rapidly evolveing. in this case, i do not personally believe the condemning the capitol police for not shooting down the gyrocopter. i also do not believe we should rush to criticize federal agencies charged with responding to this threat. instead, i believe the best course of action is to work collaboratively with both the capitol police and these federal agencies to understand the threat. understand it. and to strongly support the ongoing efforts to enhance current technologies, many of which are classified. so i thank you about this very critical issue. i completely understand the

mr. cummings for five minutes. senator cummings: thank you very much mr. chairman. and set forth mr. chairman at the beginning of the inspector general's report is a well known doctrine for law enforcement officers. it simply says and i "given the nature of their work, federal law enforcement many employees are held to the highest standard of conduct and must be accountable for their actions both on and off duty. although this should be obvious it bears repeating here today and bears repeating every day. the inspector general's report details conduct that is simply deplorable for anyone, let alone the law enforcement officials serving the united states of america. the report describes allegations allegations that a colombian police officer arranged sex parties with prostitutes funded by the local drug cartels for has to these d.e.a. agents at their government- lisa: ed leased headquarters. all who he it describes activities between 2005 and 2008 last night our committee obtained new documents showing that some of these allegations were made far earlier. some date back as early as 200

mr. cummings, and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant at arms and chief law enforcement officer of the house of representatives i am fully dedicated to ensuring the safety of the capitol complex, a mission performed in close cooperation with the u.s. capitol police and men and women. before i begin i would like to extend my thanks to all the men and women of the u.s. capitol police for their capable and professional response to the incident on april 15. police officers and officials promptly responded to the west front and arrested the individual and ensured the craft was harmless. we are currently working closely with our partners in federal law enforcement the department of defense transportation and homeland security to maintain robust air space security within the challenging confines of the urban environment of the national capital region. in particular working with our partner to make sure early detection tracking and warning systems ensuring there is consistent and constant interagency communication and early warning c

mr. murphy. you know congressman came in cummings who came in who was on the street. the clergy from every side of the community, who have come together been out in the streets, speaking all day long. so the seeds were planted today. and the police were doing an unbelievable job, but you've got to give it up to the communiy. if you remember when i spoke last night, i said unequivocally, you know this is not the baltimore i know. there are 600,000 residents in that city. and right now, you've seen two people arrested this evening. and what is there a scattering of a couple hundred people on the streets, who are going to be defiant no matter what was going on. so baltimore needs to get a lot of props. the leadership in baltimore needs a lot of props for step stepping up to the plate. so am i disappointed right now there are some people on the street who are choosing to make sure they paint the picture of what their future is going to look like tomorrow morning from behind a jail cell? yeah i'm disappointed. but am i really really pleased with and proud to say that i was

mrs. clinton or the administration. so this latest delay is inexcusable. today congressman elijah cummingsrepublicans' obsessive focus on hillary clinton and their now stated intention to drag out this political charade until just months before the 2016 election the select committee no longer bears any resemblance to its original purpose. joining me now is jonathan capehart of "the washington post." thank you for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> jonathan what a coincidence. 2016. >> yeah how coincidental is that? and a pollster up in new york asked the question, 2016 maybe in october? it would be the ultimate october surprise if committee comes back with the smoking gun or some sort of silver bullet that they think would end hillary clinton's candidacy or her chances of winning the white house. as you said in your opening, there have been seven inquiries into what happened in benghazi. and each of those inquiries has found nothing. in fact, the last inquiry from the -- i think it was the house intelligence committee headed by congressman rogers before he left, they unanimously approved their

cummings of the house oversight and government reform committee for passing this legislation and urge my colleagues to support h.r. 651 to honor sister ann's memory and extraordinary legacy. i reserve my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. hice: thank you. i'd like to make cicilline aware i have no speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from rhode island. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i have no additional witnesses but, again move passage of this legislation which honors a great woman that contributed so much to my great state and i thank the gentleman from georgia for his accommodation. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman yield back? mr. cicilline: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. hice: mr. speaker, i'm very much pleased to support this legislation honoring sister ann keefe lending her name to the elmwood avenue post office in poff dense, rhode island. with that, mr. speaker, i urge adoption of the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from