mr. deans?uest: there is no question that every member of congress will look at this. i am willing to bet every member of congress will make a statement on it and we will have a good conversation and the debate, as we always do, on whether it is a treaty, agreement or what and how, but let's be clear, pedro. the american people understand the stakes in this. lls,ave seen the po and they all showed that roughly seven in 10 people what action, but that is not the issue. the issue is we have a fossil fuel industry, oil and gas, that takes about eight cents out of every dollar for american output and the stakes are huge. that industry, $720 billion into campaigns -- $720 million into campaigns to support their righttes and their agenda up your capitol hill. that is of the problem and that is why we hear people in one party saying, there was no such thing as climate change, it is a hoax, and that is the problem. the american people know better. we need to stand up for what is good for our future, our

>> you're aware, mr. deans you've made under oath against the highest official of our land, the president of the united states? >> yes, i am. >> and being so aware, do you still stand on your statement? >> yes, i do. when i'm finishing my testimony for the senate, i read it, and i said, you know, it's my word against haldeman, ehrlichson, mitchell and the president. >> all of us watching this is surmising that there is another witness someplace in the building. >> a witness will be called, and as to who it will be we'll have to wait and see. >> are you aware of any installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> when he answered yes, everybody in america just froze. like uh-oh, tapes? what tapes? >> as far as you know, did mr. ehrlichman or mr. dean know about the presence of those devices? >> that would be unlikely. my assumption is that they didn't know. >> the story of watergate takes on a whole different complexion. and the happie

mr. smith's roster of democratic includedents has hillary clinton, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, jerry brown and howard dean. in california, mr. smith successfully directed los underdogayor's campaign and was instrumental in the election of the san francisco district attorney as california's attorney general. san francisco mayor given new some as the lieutenant governor. the new york times has called him legendary. that sounds like the end of your career, rather than the beginning. [laughter] ben ginsberg served as national the new york times has called him legendary. younsel to the bush/chene presidential campaigns in the 2000 and 2004 election cycle and played a central role in the 2000 florida recount. 2008, he served as national counsel to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals and corporations specializing in election law issues. also serves as counsel to the republican governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university law school, a fellow at harvard institute for politics and a professor of law at georgetown. befo

mr. deanou. >> thank you. >> so thompson's question and butterfield's answer precipitated president nixon's resignation that happened a year later. how important was thompson to the investigation and how did nixon view fred thompson? >> well, a lot of impact in that question. first of all, on the issue of discovering the tapes and the question he asked, that was actually as scripted as any television show he ever did years later. the hard work and the heavy lifting was done at the staff level. that's where butterfield revealed several days before he appeared before thompson that there was such a system, in an effort to undercut my testimony where i said i thought i had been recorded. so that was all very scripted when they put him on to try to nail it down and get a public statement of it, and they used the minority because there had been a minority staffer who actually asked butterfield the question. it turned out to be politically very savvy. as for nixon's take on thompson, a number of tape

mr. smith's roster of democratic party client has included hillary clinton, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, jerry brown, richard daley, and howard dean. in california, mr. smith successfully directed los angeles mayor antonio's underdog campaign and was instrumental in the election of san francisco district attorney kamala harris as california's attorney general. and san francisco mayor gavin newsom as california's lieutenant governor. he also ran san francisco mayor eddie lee's first campaign. times" has called him "legendary." it sounds like the end of your career rather than the beginning of it. mr. smith: i certainly can't run in the republican party. mr. hanson: ben ginsberg -- in 2004 election cycles, and played a central role in the 2000 florida recount. 2008, he served as national counsel to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals, and corporations specializing in election law issues. mr. ginsburg also serves as counsel to the republican governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university law school, a fellow at harvard's institute for polic

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mr. trump's idea flies, dean, that might mean you would have to register even though you were born in new. your thoughts? >> i'm just going to be going on my italian half right now. i'm italian, most middle easterns, we're not latino dominican or puerto rican. these are the most alarming words i've heard. the idea of closing down mosques or somehow depriving us of our liberties is something i've seen white supremacists online say, anti-muslim bigots say. when a person like donald trump says it, we should pause. he's said despicable things about latinos. he will demonize minorities. it should be a wake-up call for all of us. donald trump is worrisome. >> you're a naturalized u.s. citizen. your thoughts? >> i completely agree with dean. i don't know whether to be depressed or incredibly angry. i'm somewhere -- or scared. i'm terrified about the backlash. what trump is doing is, his rhetoric is so dangerous. i mean, there could be no bigger boon to isis than having everybody, the collective punishment of world 1.7 billion muslims. that would be a boon for isis. i think trump, he wants to bui

i thought i would start with the dean of the panel, mr. arnett. peter: thank you very much. it is my pleasure to be here in your community. my daughter lives nearby, so i am a visitor to this area and i will be back in this bookstore again. next week, i will be staying another week. having said that, i was one of those who spent a lot of time in vietnam. i went there at age 26, 1962. i stayed for nine years, living there, i got married there and had two children there and kept going back until the fall of saigon. and i stayed with two other ap colleagues. that was until after the communists took over. you might say, that sounds crazy, but in the era i started being a journalist, in the 1950's, it was not uncommon for american correspondents to be away from home for three years, i would be based in tokyo, be based in afghanistan, or delhi, and he tried to run by ships in the 1950's. this was an era, the vietnam era, you have to think of it as a former period of time. the pictures that were taken in vietnam were simple film processed in a dark room and sent by radio photo, and

mr. julian coup who is the professor of constitutional law and faculty director of international programs nap is one long title. at the maurice a. deanschool of law at hofstra university. next we will hear from mr. oren cass at the manhattan institute for policy research incorporated. next we have mr. steven uley vice president of climate and technology, u.s. chamber of commerce for energy. and we have mr. david woskow of the world research institute. again, thank you all. we'll have five-minute statements. your full statements have been submitted to the record. >> thank you, madam chairman. i want to thank the chairman, the ranking member, the members of this committee for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. as you just said my name is julian koo and my academic research focuses on the relationship between international law, international agreements and the u.s. constitution. my testimony today will consider the requirements and limitations under the constitution for an agreement relating to climate change. in my written testimony i review each -- the legal status of each kind of agreement. a treaty, a sole executive agre

deans. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is really intriguing subject today.i spent a number of years with a cloud computing customer experience solution, we were a b to c business selling to organizations that touched hundreds of thousands, if not be millions, of consumers. and it's an overused cliche to suggest that the customer is in charge. we all know that, now people are starting to wake up. second, i think feedback is a gift. and i think it's insecure companies like bullies on a playground are insecure that have these anti-disparagement clauses. and, you know, welcome to the free markets and the internet. let's compete and let the consumer have its voice. and i think, frankly, it tends to be a bit condescending to consumers to suggest that the consumer -- i think consumers can weed through. they kind of see that folks are a bit unhinged, perhaps things that are true and not false, let the consumers sort that out is, i guess, my view on it. recognizing there still is a problem with some companies posting false claims to prop it up and competitors posting

dean. >> in california mr. smith successfully directed los angeles mayor and tonio underdog campaign and was instrumental in the election of san francisco district attorney attorney general. in san francisco mayor gavin newson as california lieutenant governor. he also ran san francisco and lease campaign. the new york times has called him legendary. sounds like the end of your career rather than the beginning of it. then ginsberg served as national council to the bush, cheney presidential campaign in 2,024 election cycle in 2,012 and 2,008, he served as national council to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals and corporations specializing in election law issues. mr. ginsberg also serves as counsel to the republic governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university loft law school, a fellow at harvard institute, and an adjunct professor of law at georgetown. before law school he spent five years as a journalist. please welc

mr. thanksgiving's dinner is something many are thankful for... (zackary albers/volunteer) "all the people come in and it's just an oppurtunity for people to help" (dean dolieslager/attende e) "as long as he has it we'll keep on coming to it." (bob voglebaugh) "i'm just thankful for wonderful friends and everybody that's been apart of this dinner weather they've been a volunteer a diner or a supporter" for 45 years mr. thanksgiving has been helping make sure no one spendsds the hohoday alone and d plans to ep dodog it as long as he can. . sarah greene local 4 news.s. welcome back. the high tempeture in sioux city today was 38 early this morning and the low is 26. let's get a look outside in sioux city on the port neal welding company skycam hd. let's also get a check of conditions outside on the king's pointe skycam hd. snow continues to move out of the region. but there is some tricky travel with ice and snow locally so be cautious if travel is necessary tonight. visibilities remain somewhat limited in southern and eastern siouand. temperatures are in the teens and 20s for most of the area and we have a breezy north wind gusting near 30 miles per hou

deans -- >> that's a little verbose. my question first one is to trump. okay mr. trump.t you would defeat isis by taking their oil which means you'd have to put american troops on the ground back in iraq. a lot of them to retake oil fields. do you have any other strategy to defeat isis? please be specific. good question? >> yeah. yeah. >> then you marginalize the oil thing. because if he is indeed going to seize oil fields that's 5,000, 6,000 infantry troops. >> i have a question for donald trump, also. and the reason i want to ask him this is because i don't think he's ever given this question a second's worth of thought. and it is as pithy as yours. the demographics are heavily weighted against republicans. the electoral college is heavily weighted against republicans. add to that the fact that the democrats want to expand the size of government and spend more and more money on more and more entitlements. given the fact that republicans can never outspend democrats, given all those obstacles, how do you or any other gop candidate expect to win next year? >> any candida

mr. thanksgiving's dinner is something many are thankful for... (zackary albers/volunteer) "all the people come in and it's just an oppurtunity for people to help" (dean dolieslager/attende e) "as long as he has it we'll keep on coming to it." (bob voglebaugh) "i'm just thankful for wonderful friends and everybody that's been apart of this dinner weather they've been a volunteer a diner or a supporter" for 45 years mr. thanksgiving has been helping make sure no one spends the holiday alone and he plans to keep doing it as long as he can. . sarah greene local 4 news. jessica rae: if you need some spirit now that thanksgiving is over, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the ho-chunk centre atrium. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. proceeds this year will go to the siouxland autism support group. and speaking of christmas trees... they again fill the south dakota state capitol in pierre. the 20-15 grand lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season at the capitol. the capitol christmas display includes nearl

mr. volpe: i think a lot of -- i learned them from 2004 with howard dean before social media, with the idea of empowering regular citizens to share couple of dollars here and there. wasof the best uses of that to shut down people who commented on blogs during that campaign. the organizers would say for every native comment, i want our community to raise x number of dollars. and take a look at the other side of the campus. he is using social media to organize his campaign. he is the one that has the highest portion of his tweets responding to people. he is working, talking to people, raising a decent amount of money with small donors to get there. >> mandy? ms. finn: the great promise of the internet was that it was going to re-democratize the process. we talked today about the ways it has and hasn't. with fundraising, it is another one of those stories that has two sides. it deftly has in some regard. you look at bernie sanders right now, and the fact that he was able to raise almost as much as hillary clinton in the last quarter. the great majority of that was social media and online. you

mr. volpe: i think a lot of -- i learned them from 2004 with howard dean before social media, with the ideaof empowering regular citizens to share couple of dollars here and there. wasof the best uses of that to shut down people who commented on blogs during that campaign. the organizers would say for every native comment, i want our community to raise x number of dollars. and take a look at the other side of the campus. he is using social media to organize his campaign. he is the one that has the highest portion of his tweets responding to people. he is working, talking to people, raising a decent amount of money with small donors to get there. >> mandy? ms. finn: the great promise of the internet was that it was going to re-democratize the process. we talked today about the ways it has and hasn't. with fundraising, it is another one of those stories that has two sides. it deftly has in some regard. you look at bernie sanders right now, and the fact that he was able to raise almost as much as hillary clinton in the last quarter. the great majority of that was social media and online. you s

mr. julian coo who is the maurice a. deantinguished professor of constitutional law and faculty director of international programs that's one long title. at the maurice a. dean school of law at hofstra university. next we will hear from mr. oran cass who is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research incorporated and next mr. stevely ulich vice president of climate and technology u.s. chamber of commerce institute for 21st century energy and we have mr. david wasco director of international climate initiative world resources institute and then we have ms. lisa jacobson president business council for sustainable energy. thank you, all, we'll have five-minute statements and your full sumbits have been submitted to the record. >> thank you, madam chairman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member and the members of this committee for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. as you just noted, i'm a professor of law at hofstra university in new york and my academic research focuses on the relat

i ask that the dean of the house of representatives, the honorable john conyers jr. of michigan, to administer the oath of office. mr. conyers: if the gentleman from wisconsin would please raise his right hand. do you, sir, solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? r. ryan: i do. the speaker: thank you. thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? mr. mccarthy: i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk will first number the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 503. resolved, that the clerk be instructed to inform the president of the united states that the house of representatives has elected paul d. ryan, a r

mr. julian ku, the distinguished professor of constitution law and faculty director of international programs. that is one long title. at the maurice a. deanschool of law. next we will hear from mr. oren cass for policy research incorporated. next, mr.'s stephen eule. policy research incorporated. chamber of commerce institute for 21st century energy. mr. david waskow, world resources institute. and then ms. lisa jacobson. again, thank you all. five-minute statements. your full statements have been submitted to the record. mr. ku? >> thank you, madam chairwoman. i want to thank the ranking members for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. i am professor of law at hofstra university in new york. my testimony will consider the requirements and limitations under the institution for an -- under the constitution for an agreement leading to a climate change. in my written testimony i review each -- the legal status of each. a sole executive agreement. and i explained in my testimony why i believe the paris agreement should be submitted to the senate for its approval. if that agreement contains legally binding emissions reduction targets

brigady, dean of the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university and former u.s. representative to the african union and the u.n. economic commission of africa. mr, good morning. >> good morning. >> as these things go, africa has been an important sector of concentration for the united states government. but as we really look at this map and see these various groups that seem to be going on unchecked, is that an accurate sense or is there some notion that there is influence that can be exerted against them that could bring them under control. >> it is obvious that they clearly are exerting more and more attacks across the region from east africa and somalia all the way across the continent. it is not entirely accurate to say they are going unchecked. these various attacks have put terrorism at the top of the security agenda for africa. just last september african heads of state gathered in nairobi to declare a joint policy towards counterterrorism. and also increasingly the united states and other allies are working closely with a variety of countries whether kenya to counteral shabaab or in the basin to counterboko haram. challenge is two fold.

mr. julian cue, distinguished professor of constitution law and faculty director of international programs. that is one long title. at the maurice a. deanool of law. next we will hear from mr. oren cass for policy research incorporated. next we have mr. steven uhlich chamber of commerce institute for 21st century energy. and mr. david woskow, world resources institute. and then ms. lisa jacobson. again, thank you all. five-minute statements. your full statements have been submitted to the record. mr. can cue. >> i want to thank the ranking members for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. i am professor of law at hofstra university in new york. my testimony will consider the requirements and limitations under the institution for an agreement lead to go climate change. in my written testimony i review each -- the legal status of each. a sole executive agreement. and i explained in my testimony why the paris agreement if that contains legally binding emissions reduction targets and timetables. and i'm happy to take questions on that issue in particular if members of the committee are interested. for the purposes of my oral remark

mr. defazio, for not supporting the amendment and for recognizing that this is not an amendment that enjoys the full support of all the four smaller territories. i would also like to thank the dean, congresswoman bordello, of the territories of guam, for her efforts and engagement on this very born issue. i look forward to working with staff and fellow delegates from the areas on working together on resolving our problems. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the eaker pro tempore: gentlelady from arizona is recognized. ms. mcsally: mr. speaker, next week we celebrate veterans day, a time to honor the men and women who served our country in the military. today i want to recognize a standout veteran from my district. daniel standich. he served 10 years in the u.s. marine corps until a neurological condition he suffered from eventually rendered him completely blind. he received 100% service connected disabled, but that hasn't held him back. daniel completed a blind rehabilitation program at

mr. president i've heard people talking about including from this floor for many years robert byrd, former majority leader the deanof the -- the dean of the senate, i think maybe may have been the longest serving person in the house and senate in history of our country. but he was a big champion of clean-coal technology. and we have pursued in this country, mr. president, since i -- i want to say since 1997, clean coal carbon capture and sequestration technology since 1997. we have spent i'm told, about just in this last decade we've spent about $20 billion since 20 -- maybe since 2005, something like that in the last decade. and we've got a success story. we've had a lot of disappointments but now we have a success story. i just want to share that with our colleagues today. and the success story on u.s. clean coal and a project down in southwest texas in houston where there's an n.r.g. -- n.r.g. is a big utility company company -- and that project is a clean coal project generating electricity. it's going to come on-line sometime late next year. there are other projects underway and we're continuing to invest a l

dean of humphreys school of public affairs. previously served as u.s. assistance secretary of state for refugees and migration. second highest-ranking official in the office of the united nations commission of human rights. mr. swartz. >> thank you mr. chairman. the committee asked that witnesses discuss any vulnerabilities in the program for resettlement of syrians. this is an important issue. it's only relevant first if we believe we have a national interest in resettling syrians. second, if are confident that we are asking the correct security-related questions. i will talk about our national interests. nobody disputes the critical national unity importance of issues surrounding the syrian conflict, stemming the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, supporting our friends and allies, sustaining economic relationships, defeating isis and others that export campaign september, and providing students for people in need. -- export campaign's of terrors. all campaigns that need u.s. leadership. we need the support of our friends and our allies. how does refugee resettlement of syrians address these concerns? more particularly, how might obstacles to the continuation of this program threaten our nation

dean notable greater miami, florida pioneers of african descent. it. it gives me great pleasure to introduce the links and incorporated national president and her husband, mrand mrs. ron fraser. [applause]. good morning and welcome. we are excited to present to a major participant in the civil rights history of this nation. united states representative john lewis from georgia's fifth congressional district. congressman lewis is a man of integrity. one of the most courageous leaders, the civil rights leader movement has ever produced. >> on a sharecropping son of the viewer 21st, 1940 outside of rural troy, alabama. he lived on lived on the family farm and attended segregated public schools in alabama. inspired by the activism surrounding the montgomery boycott and the words of reverend martin luther king jr. that he heard on the radio, he decided to join the movement. ever since he has remained a vanguard of professional social movement and the human rights of voting struggles. congressman lewis is a subject, co-author of numerous texts, most notably he has co-authored the number one new york times best-selling graphic novel series, march. >> book one was

dean of hum sfree school of public affairs. he served as assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and any gration. the second highest position at the united nations. mr schwartz. mr. schwartz: thank you. you ask about our vulnerabilities about our resettlement for syrians. it's really only relevant, first, if we believe if we have a national interest of resettling syrians. second, if we're confident we're asking the correct security-related questions. i'll talk about our national interest, in fact our national security interests in this program first. nobody disputes the critical national security importance of issues surrounding the syria conflict, stemming the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, supporting our friends and allies, sustaining economic relationships, defeating isis and others and providing assistance to desperate people n demand u.s. leadership in highly uncertain times and more -- in need, all objectives that demand u.s. leadership in highly uncertain times. so how does resettlement of syrians address these concerns an how might obstacles to the continuation of this program threat -- threaten our national interests. first t

mr. edwards, we've been looking for him for quite some time. we have photographs that we are going to distribute to you. i'm going to turn it over to the chief of detectives, deane'll take your questions, okay? dean? >> so, one of the things we're going to do and provide for you today is kind of a recap and a timeline of the investigation and what got us here today. before we do that, i want to thank the detectives, the supervisors involved, and everyone that worked on this case. their service, their professionalism, their integrity was just exemplary. they worked literally 24 hours, seven days a week, never wavered, and all of our cases are important, extremely important to us. this one was a little bit different. it's truly an act of barbarism. it's a 9-year-old boy that was targeted and executed. police officers have families as well. they have feelings as well, and this one was a little bit different, and i just -- i truly want to highlight their professionalism, their integrity, their dedication, and i mean, they went days and days and days without sleep. so, with that, actually, i'm going to introduce sergeant wills velar to provide a timeline and recap o