mr. desantis. mr. desantis: last week you said that there were three clips of the woman with the suspicious package, but only two clips of the agents in the vehicle. why is there one more clip of the woman than of the agents? director clancy: the female was positioned it's outside of that gate area. just outside. that is specific to that incident with the suspicious package and the confrontation between the officer and the lady. there is very very short clips of that and her actions. the other two clips are more -- although it captures the package, suspicious package, but it also captures the agents nudging that barrel and coming through a secure zone. mr. desantis: the third angle would not have captured the vehicle, is that why? director clancy: the first one would not -- there are two different time frames. i can't answer that question. mr. desantis: mr. gowdy's questions about allowing congress -- you do not want to provide congress with any of its own versions or copies that we could then look, rev

mr. desantis of florida the chairman of the subcommittee on national security. mr. desantis. >> thank you mr. chairman. web site secret service lays out the vision called the tradition of greatness to protective mission. highly trained workforce that employs progressive technology and promotes professionalism. notwithstanding a statement the secret service has been falling short of that standard and i think the chairman did a good job of enumerating some of the problems we have seen in recent years. we are here to examine this most recent incident and i've got to say i join the chairman in expressing my disappointment for the lack of cooperation. we wanted to speak with witnesses. we wanted to have information sooner and i think that is not the way that this is going to be productive. this is a very important role that the agency plays not only in protecting our leaders against threats foreign and domestic but that's part of a larger mission to protect the integrity of our government to make sure that elections are honored and the people who are elected to those high

mr. desantis and mr.uest to the government accountability office, gao, requesting a report to ensure that our aid is reaching its intended recipients. and to get a better understanding regarding our visibility into the large sums of money that we send through the u.n. the syrian humanitarian crisis is not a problem, that is going away any time soon. not until we defeat isil and assad, and assad is removed from power. the u.s. cannot afford to continue to provide billions indefinitely. it is imperative that we have confidence that what we are providing is not subject to waste, fraud abuse or diversion to terror groups so that we can continue playing a key role in responding to this crisis and maximize our effectiveness. and with that i'm proud to yield to the ranking member of our subcommittee mr. deutch. >> thank you, madam chairman. i too would like to associate myself with the chairman's remarks about the tragic death of kayla mueller at the hands of the barbaric isis terrorists. our thoughts and prayer

mr. desantos -- desantis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized tore two minutes. mr. desantis: i hear we need to let the courts work their will to defend the constitution. as if we don't have an independent obligation to do that. we took the oath that we would support it. we didn't say we would be in congress pass bills, and let the courts support and defend the constitution. here's the problem beyond just that basic insight. if i were representing the department of justice in front of the fifth circuit to get this injunction overturned the first sentence in my brief would be, that the united states congress has voted knowing this program was in existence to fully fund all operations. court, you should step out of this dispute. it's between the political branches and they have settled it. so it's not just waiting for the courts. and in fact the action today if this bill were to pass i believe it would actually harm the case in the courts. i think it makes it more difficult for thos

mr. desantis of florida. >> thank you mr. chairman. the website secret service lays out the vision, that's to uphold the tradition of excellence and investigative and protective mission through a dedicated highly trained, diverse workforce that employs progressive technology and promotes professionalism. notwithstanding that statement, the secret service has been falling short of that standard. and i think the chairman did a good job of enumerating some of the problems we've seen in recent years. we are here to examine this most recent incident. and i got to say, i join the chairman and-n expressing my disappointment of the lack of cooperation. we wanted to speak with witnesses. we wanted to have information sooner. and i think that's not the way this is going to be productive. this is a very important role that the agency plays. not only in protecting our leaders against threats, foreign and domestic, but that's part of a larger mission to protect the integrity of our government and to make sure that elections are honored and that the

mr. clancy: specifically with this incident. representative desantis: with the witnesses who were invited we had four witnesses we were asked to attend. what is the reason for not bringing those witnesses today? mr. clancy: there are a couple of reasons, rather right or wrong -- whether right or wrong. they are rank-and-file citizens. they did not sign up for coming to an open hearing with cameras and lights. representative desantis: your're not interviewing them behind the scenes? mr. clancy: every time you interview someone you get slightly different stories. it might be a slight difference, not intentional, but it would be perceived to differ in run-throughs. if there are gaps certainly others can follow up. representative desantis: i think that is problematic. we have our own duty to conduct oversight and the questions that we may ask from a congressional perspective may be different than what the ig is looking and at . i think we're all interested in accountability but how that would be done within the executive branch's staff prevail and we as a

mr. desantis. >> director, i'm trying to figure out with this video policy. last week you said that there were three clips of the woman with the suspicious package but only two clips of the agents in the vehicle. why is there one more clip of the woman than of the agents? >> where the female was positioned, it is outside of that gate area, just outside. so that is specific to that incident with the suspicious package and the confrontation between the officer and the lady. so there are three very short, very short clips of that and her actions. the other two clips are more -- all throw it captures the package -- suspicion package but it also captures the agents nudging that barrel and coming through a secure zone. >> but the third angle just would not have captured the vehicle? is that why? >> the first one would not have -- well, there are two different time frames. yeah. i can't answer that question, sir. >> okay. so because mr. gowdy's questions about allowing congress access. you do not want to provide congress with any of its own versions or copies that w

mr. desantis, the fact you were not notified of this incident for five days concerning your two agents is totally unacceptable. and it shows a deep problem within the organization that we have to deal with. at the outset, i'd like to notice that the purpose that we're having this hearing today is not to disparage our dedicated secret service workforce. rather, this bipartisan investigation into recent security incidents at the white house and other secret service protected locations and events is founded in our genuine concern over the safety of the presidents, his wife, his daughters, his mother-in-law and white house personnel. regrettably, systemic challenges antiquated security protocols and entrenched agency culture have given rise to glaring gaps in the security and the critical protection mission of the secret service demands we make every effort to address them. on the heels of the white house fence-jumping incident that occurred on september -- in september of 2014 and reported gunshots near the delaware residence of the vice president in january 2015, we've now learned about two

mr. desantis is recognized. >> thank you. i want to make sure i have it right, professor.obama's statement 22 times that said he didn't have the authority, you meant he just didn't know -- >> he said his authority is limited, he doesn't have the authority to spend all deport deportations deportations. >> right. you deny he has claimed the authority to do what he did in november. right? >> correct. >> i think the best -- at variance with the facts. february 14 2013, president of the united states "i'm not the emperor of the united states. my job is to execute the laws that have passed. congress has not changed what i consider to be a broken immigration system. that means we have certain obligations to enforce the laws that are in place even though if we think in many cases the results may be tragic. we've kind of stretched our administrative flexibility as much as we can." september 17th, 2013. he said "what we can do is then carve out the dream folks saying young people have basically grown up here as americans that we should welcome but if we start broadening that, then e

mr. desantos -- desantis.he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized tore two minutes. mr. desantis: i hear we need to let the courts work their will to defend the constitution. as if we don't have an independent obligation to do that. we took the oath that we would support it. we didn't say we would be in congress pass bills, and let the courts support and defend the constitution. here's the problem beyond just that basic insight. if i were representing the department of justice in front of the fifth circuit to get this injunction overturned the first sentence in my brief would be, that the united states congress has voted knowing this program was in existence to fully fund all operations. court, you should step out of this dispute. it's between the political branches and they have settled it. so it's not just waiting for the courts. and in fact the action today if this bill were to pass i believe it would actually harm the case in the courts. i think it makes it more difficult for those

mr. jordan, the day following that journal article. reporting that there were -- representative desantisi understand that. but the transparency, though. chairman wheeler: mr. conley and i engaged in this. i did not release the draft order because it was the draft underlined, order. i did take pains to have fact sheets and other outreach so that people understood what was in it. representative desantis: let me clarify this. you are saying it is a draft order until the commission approved it? chairman wheeler: yes, sir. that is the way things work. representative desantis: actually, you could have released it. i think that a particularly in this town, this idea that we are just passing things to find out what is in things about the public having access to it, i don't think that that works. let me ask you this. can you guarantee to the american taxpayer people who use broadband service that if this goes into effect, that they will not see taxes show up as contributions to the universal service fund? chairman wheeler: we have carefully drafted this with two specific things in mind. -- i'm go