mr. duffy: thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. cordray. as you know, i've expressed some of my frustration with regard to the lack of compliance with the document requests that this committee has made to the cfpb. that's with a back drop of barack obama telling us this would be the most transparent and open administration ever. that's with elizabeth warren indicating that sunshine would flow into the cfpb. that's in regard to the backdrop that you've given with regard to openness and transparency. it gives us great concern that for a number of our subpoenas, they go back several years, and there's been a lack of compliance, as you know, there's been a recent subpoena three months ago that have compiled all of our document requests. and we get limited compliance from you. i want to -- mr. cordray: do you me to speak -- want me to speak to that? mr. duffy: in a you're aware second. that a report came out from this committee in regard to indirect auto lending. and you would note that there was s

mr. duffy: thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. cordray. as you know, i've expressed some of my frustration with regard to the lack of compliance with the document requests that this committee has made to the cfpb. that's with a back drop of barack obama telling us this would be the most transparent and open administration ever. that's with elizabeth warren indicating that sunshine would flow into the cfpb. that's in regard to the backdrop that you've given with regard to openness and transparency. it gives us great concern that for a number of our subpoenas, they go back several years, and there's been a lack of complains, as you know, there's been a recent subpoena three months ago that have compiled all of our document requests. and we get limited compliance from you. i want to -- mr. cordray: do you me to speak to that? mr. duffy: in a secretary. you're aware that a report came out from this committee in regard to indirect auto lending. and you would note that there was some documents that

. >> well, when i first saw mr. duffy, he had a blue substance all over his face and all over his mouth. nobody knew what it was. we walked him outside of the garage where he started throwing up. and he obviously appeared to be intoxicated of some sort. >> because he is vomiting, officer white takes duffy back to the hospital. after receiving the all clear, duffy is placed in the back of officer white's police car, heading for the jail. >> the first thing i did is roll down my window when he got into the car because i knew he would be vomiting. it would be a long trip to jail. it's fresh air for him to help him out and help me out as well. >> with his seat belt on and his hands shackled behind his back, duffy seems secured in the back seat for the trip. >> he wasn't complaining. it was just his actions. he was vomiting. you know, incoherent. he appeared to be intoxicated. >> but then -- >> as i'm driving down the freeway, freeway speed, out of the corner of my eye, i caught him already halfway out my window. instant react

mr. duffy you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. welcome panel. i want to be clear. in your testimony, there is a compelling public interest in research on fetal tissue. ms. charo: yes. i said that. >> this is about saving lives. ms. charo: that is what i said. >> i think i heard you when you were asked whether there were ethical violations in regard to using fetal tissue for cosmetics, or human and animal dna testing. mr. donovan and ms. cunningham expressed concern that you did -- but you did not. could you explain the public interest in the life-saving research that takes place when we use research for taste tests and cosmetics? ms. charo: i'm referring to the full range of uses. that includes the basic science research. >> this was very specific. ms. charo: the question was whether i thought there was a public interest. i am talking full range. >> the question came from the chair about taste tests and cosmetics and human and animal dna testing. you didn't express concern. do you

. >> mr. duffy please. through the chair. >> yes.lease. >> good morning commissioner, i want to make that comment there was a permit filed with dbi by the owner of the bakery to address both sheds so dbi at a point thought they were the owner now this gentleman that shows up today, we may very well own the shed but who owns the shed and cite this gentleman we did write the notice of violations for 3 condos i believe for the commercial and two other condos those are substantially closes by dbi by the way, not part of that meeting with the director duffy and senior inspector tom that has left the department i'm not sure what happened at the time he know we wrote the s n nov for self block lots substantially pulled a cough back because of the wrong address but if we write anyone one and they'll come back and say a it's not my shed yesterday at a meeting the property at the city hall here with other city departments someone told me there were 3 condos that share this other shed so it is very, very difficult for us as the department to go

i think that congress has better its time.do with mr. duffy: we should take on faith. we get a specimen. how much do you pay? we goldstein: the material get from neural stem is provided under collaboration. duffy: how much do you pay? we don't pay: anything. we pick up the cost in the surgery. they pick up the cost and cells. the mr. duffy: there's no financial incentive. they are the middleman. goldstein: i would be surprised if they don't have a financial incentive. they are a publicly held company. you just said you agree they shouldn't make a are.t, but i think they dr. goldstein: it is not the fetal tissue itself. recognizes the establish between established cell lines and fetal tissue itself. duffy: we have an incentive androcure more specimens get more money for the specimens. that calls into question the need to look deeper. do you think, dr. goldstein, we research asing the miss charo could for testing cosmetics? dr. goldstein: i think the of cosmetics was adequately addressed by representative speier a few ago where treatment for burns is an adequate and cosme

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sanchez or mr. duffy commissioners no questions otherwise commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> commissioner vice president fung. and well, i think we always understand the desire in a dense area in the city that roof decks added enjoyment but value the past i've indicated on a number of those types of cases that the utilization of the entire roof is going overboard i feel that in this case that the extent of the - walkway decades other things on this roof exceeds what the normal rights of the property owner the sense that it offers potential irritations and to the adjacent neighbors i'll - i'm not fully supportive of the permit as currently passed >> how much of the roop radio roof is usable now through. >> we only have two drawings ambassador may i director that question to the permit holder. >> it is probably 12 hundred square feet to the rooftop and the deck is 75 a over-the-counter authorized 12 hundred. >> the question is the roof currently is it just roofing materials you have any improvements

. >> thank you mr. duffy. >> commissioners the building permit on appeal was issued offended if with plans not normally require plans rechl the sheetrock for cottage the kitchen and bathroom no remolding and fix of that election as i said no plans required for that and the b b m that is referenced a block notification as you may know that on applies to work with requires the planning department to review so that those don't apply inform 90 no planning department for the scope of work the lower level is a story, however, not considered a habitable storage but i'll agree with mr. patterson on his analysis that changed years ago we used to call them basement now a better depiction definition for basements versus a story in today's code as far as the dbi is concerned the permit was issued correctly i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you mr. duffy. >> i said thank you. >> all right. so then we'll take public comment any public comment on this item? >> commissioners joe don how as commissi

sanchez or mr. duffy commissioners no questions otherwise commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> commissioner vice president fung. and well, i think we always understand the desire in a dense area in the city that roof decks added enjoyment but value the past i've indicated on a number of those types of cases that the utilization of the entire roof is going overboard i feel that in this case that the extent of the - walkway decades other things on this roof exceeds what the normal rights of the property owner the sense that it offers potential irritations and to the adjacent neighbors i'll - i'm not fully supportive of the permit as currently passed >> how much of the roop radio roof is usable now through. >> we only have two drawings ambassador may i director that question to the permit holder. >> it is probably 12 hundred square feet to the rooftop and the deck is 75 a over-the-counter authorized 12 hundred. >> the question is the roof currently is it just roofing materials you have any improvements

. >> mr. duffy and mr. sanchez. >> mr. sanchez >> thank you scott sanchez planning department so the planning department didn't review this permit and didn't review the interior alterations to this was not up for review the issue was raised the planning code 311 are requires the neighborhood notification in the event that 75 percent or more of the fraem felt entire building is roach that transitions the neighborhood notification this permit before you on appeal in and of itself didn't do that and come first or possibly comprise 35 percent of the framing of the building but provided the copies of the plans for the other units and covet just looking at and doing rough calculations less than 75 percent of the building removed that is before you the reduceed plans we didn't review the whole plans not the whole calculations but an initial review it is less than 75 percent will not trigger the neighborhood notification that is what i wanted report to you i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> in reviewing the sma

mr. duffy, good to see you. >> how are you, conduct? >> help me clear up confusion today on what governor kasich tweeted about mitt romney, then saying he hadn't heard the speech, then sounding critical here. can you clear this up? >> sure, chuck. he was agreeing with mitt romney when mitt romney said that john kasich should win ohio because kate's going to win ohio but he also was doing what he's done throughout the campaign saying we can't insult our way to the presidency. i think one thing john kasich has been saying, we better get a seat belt and buckle up because it's a wild ride. we might need a crash helmet by the time this is over. john kasich will lay out his message, there's only four conditions left. he's going to have a bigger platform to talk about his record and distinguish that for the other candidates that don't have a record. >> do you agree with bob vander plaat who said one of the flaws to romney's speech it didn't provide a solution? >> well, i'm not going to critique governor romney's speech. i think what the number

mr. be shown. duffy. mr. harris. ms. love. mr. caskey. nadler. mr. gatt. mrs. spear. mrs. coleman. blackburn. >> clerk will report. on that vote, there were ayes and six nays. i would ask our panel moved to the table as they are called forward. first, mrs. cunningham who is the director for bioethics and human dignity. she is a fellow at the institute for biotechnology and the human future and a trustee of taylor university. dr. donovan is senior clinical scholar at the kennedy institute of ethics at georgetown university. he is also director of the pellegrino center for clinical bioethics and professor of pediatrics at georgetown. haro is the law professor of bioethics at the university of wisconsin where she is on the department of medical history and bioethics at the medical school. i want to welcome each of you, and at this point, i would like to make certain that you are here and you are aware this is a selective investigative panel and is holding a hearing and will take testimony undergrowth. -- under oath. the chair advises you that under the rules of house committee on ener

i want to get to something else here, if i could, please, mr. duffy.his morning, donald trump attacked john kasich on twitter, saying "absentee governor kasich voted for nafta, and nafta devastated ohio, a disaster from which it never recovered. kasich is good for mexico." what's your response? >> well, it's not surprising that donald trump would do that. the fact of the matter is, john kasich was in dayton, ohio, yesterday, celebrating a brand-new factory opening up with 1,000 new u.s. jobs for ohioans. he brought auto working jobs back from mexico to the state of ohio. he's got a great regacord to ta about. of course, donald trump doesn't want to talk about that. but i think we need to step back and look at what governor kasich said today, because enough is enough, we deserve better than this. fortunately, we have a candidate who can unite america and get us moving forward today in the future the way he has done in ohio. we cannot have this divisive politics anymore. and frankly, a donald trump or even a hillary clinton is not going to do anything to

the chair now recognizes the chairman from wisconsin mr. duffy chairman of the investigation oversight subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. cordray. as you know, i've expressed some of my frustration with regard to the lack of compliance with the document request that this committee has made to the cfpb. that's with the backdrop of barack obama telling us this would be the most transparent and open administration ever. that's with elizabeth warren indicating that sunshine would flow into the cfpb. that's with regard to the backdrop you've given with regard to openness and transparency. it gives us great concern that for a number of our subpoenas they go back several years and there's been a lack of compliance. as you know, there's been a recent subpoena three months ago that have compiled all of our document requests, and we get limited compliance from you. >> do you want me to speak to that? >> in a second. you'll have plenty of time. i want to direct your attention. you're aware a report came out from this committee in regard

mr. duffy, aye. mr. harris. aye. ms. hartslur. >> aye. >> ms. love. >> aye. >> ms. jutowski. >> no. >> mr. nadler. >> no. >> mr. get. >> no. >> ms. spire. >> no. >> ms. dobene. >> no. >> ms. watts man-cole man. >> no. >> ms. black burn. >> aye. >> report. >> ms. chairman, on that vote this were eight ayes and six nays. >> the motion is tabled. at this time we will introduce our first panel. i will ask that our panelists please move to the table as they are. -- called forward. first, ms. page come stock-cunningham, the executive director of the center for bioethics and human dignity, ale fellow at the institute for biotechnology and the human future and a trustee of taylor university. dr. gerald donovan. senior clinical scholar at the kennedy institute of ethics at georgetown university. he is also director of the pelegrino center for clinical bioethics and professor at georgele township. professor alta sharo. professor sharo is the warren p. knowles, professor of bioethics at university of wisconsin madison where she is on the faculty of the law school and bioethics

. >> time as is expired in the chair recognizes the german from wisconsin, mr. duffy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. right over here. >> i can't see you. i'm sorry. >> i went to revisit if you questions asked by the chairman. again, you understand you have a legal obligation to provide the documents subpoenaed by this committee; correct? >> i asked that question already. we are working to respond and i will clarify one thing i said report. i say we did not get any response-- >> my time is-- i don't mean to be offensive, but do you have trouble hearing today? >> i hear you just find. >> okay. let's try again. do understand you have a legal obligation to provide documents-- >> as i said we have been responsive and we continue to work to be responsive. >> you are not answering my question. in regard to anyone directing you to not comply with our subpoena -- >> i responded already. >> what is the answer? >> are not aware of any instruction of what i'm saying today. >> as the secretary of the treasury have you asked anyone at treasury not to comply with document request? >> i

mr. duffy: i appreciate the gentleman yield gsing and i'm grateful -- yielding and i'm grateful for all of your work, congressman fortenberry, vargas and eshoo. sometimes people think that all we do is fight and disagree, not to talk about you two punching each oath to get a little more press. but it's a remarkable night when we all come together and stand together on such an important issue, such as this. where we all lend our voices to an incredibly important cause. we spent a lot of time tonight talking about the atrocities and i'm going to join in because i think we can't say it enough, all that's happened. two million christians called iraq home prior to 2013. fewer than 300,000 reside there today. many were victims of killing or kidnappings. otherses fored to leave their homes by radicals, al qaeda or isis. in syria, christians accounted for 10% of the population. but today their numbers have declined to less than one million. last summer, isis kidnapped nearly 300 christians in a syrian

mr. duffy, aye. mr. harris. aye. miss heaartsler. aye. miss love, aye. miss gentleman jakowski no.r. nadler, no. mr. gepp, no. miss spear, no. miss dovene, no. miss wattsman coleman. no. >> miss black billion bush. >> aye. >> miss blackburn, aye. >> clerk will report. miss chairman, on that vote there were eight ayes and six nays. >> the motion is tabled. at this time we will introduce our first panel. i will ask that our panelists please move to the table as they are called forward. first miss paige comstock cunningham. fellow at the institute for biotechnology and the human future and a trustee of taylor university. dr. gerald donovan. dr. gerald kevin donovan is senior clinical scholar at the kennedy institute of ethics at georgetown university. he is also director of the pellegrino center for clinical bioethics and professor of pediatrics at georgetown. professor alta sharo. warren p. knowles professor of bioethics at the university of wisconsin at madison where she is on the faq till of the law school and the department of medical history and bioethics at the medical school. i

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffychairman of the oversight and investigation subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman, welcome, mr. lew. right over here. i can't see you. i want to revisit a few of the questions that were asked by the chairman. again, you understand that you have a legal obligation to provide the documents requested and subpoenaed by this committee, to this committee, is that correct? >> congressman, i answered that question already. we are working to respond and i will clarify one thing i said before. i said we did not get any response to our offer to meet. after we received subpoenas last night -- there would have been a response that invited a meeting. >> i don't mean to be offensive. are you having any trouble hearing today? >> i'm hearing you just fine. >> let's try this one more time. do you understand you have a legal obligation to provide documents as -- >> as i said we've been responsive and we continue to work to be responsive. >> you're not answering my question. is anyone directing you not

. >> mr. duffy for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. i want to ask to have put exhibit a-1, 2, and 3 put up. and i want to go to exhibit a-2 for the panel and maybe before i get there, dr. goldstein, you have to imagine what an aborted baby looks like when it comes out. do you know how long it takes to carve out a little baby heart or a little baby lung or a little baby lung or to take a little baby head? do you know how long it takes? >> i have no knowledge of that. >> you're a doctor, though? >> i'm a ph.d.. sorry. i'm a scientist, not a physician. >> to the panel, do you guys -- anyone know how long that would take? no? from those i've asked it doesn't take very long. happens pretty quickly. and so on the moral, ethical conversation, usually as we look at economies, the more you produce, the cheaper something becomes. you become more proficient at it. but if you look at the pay scale -- and by the way, let's be clear what this is. we have the procurement business that sends in a technician, one of their employees, into the abortion f

mr. russell: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i would like to yield to my friend and colleague, sean duffy of wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for houk? mr. russell: as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: for such time as he may consume. mr. duffy: i appreciate the gentleman for yielding and thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to recognize sec lieutenant ellen ainsworth of the sect district of wisconsin for her bravery, sacrifice and service to her country in world war ii. second lieutenant ainsworth grew up in the wisconsin farming community of glenwood city, where she's still remembered for her service and sacrifice. she was well known around town as a caring young woman who loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. folks in town saw her as a leader and as a go-getter and when duty called, she selflessly answered that call of duty. in 1942, she entered the united states army nurse corps after graduating from nursing school at the minneapolis itel hospital. she was first deployed to due nia -- to tunisia an then to it will where she was a

laura write and mr. duffy everyone at the department mr. putting are was the one in charge of the planning department he has closed the case and not told we're getting very, very sick and we've been sent to the pulmonary doctor from ucsf because my neighbors mr. leon on montana massachusetts has taken the light and air from my house it is - the way is smells is disgusting you want to run out from there, there is no pictures that i can show you guys this is i don't know if you can see. >> here it is. >> that is the view i have from the bedroom they have enclosed every inch and taken away with an easement i presented every little document i had and none has done nothing they say i make no sense my pictures don't match with what may neighbors are presented so, please i need your help before we die it is criminal what my neighbors are doing and a lot of - people here employees and of the building department and planning department that will happen at this address no one is doing anything please help me. >> thank you thank you. >> any additional

mr. duffy, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. and welcome, panel. i just -- i want to be clear, ms. charo, on your testimony and that is that there is a -- there's -- i think you said there's a compelling public interest in research on fetal tissue, is that right? >> yes, i said that. >> and this is about saving lives, correct? >> that is what i said. >> okay. now, i think i heard you correctly when the chair asked you in the first round of questions about whether there's any ethical violations in regard to using feetal tissue for taste tests, cosmetics or human or animal dna testing and i think mr. donovan and ms. cunningham expressed concern, but you did not. so, could you explain to me the compelling public interest in the lifesaving research that takes place when we use fetal tissue for taste test in cosmetics. >> first, i'm referring to the full range of uses which includes all of the basic science research -- >> i'm going to reclaim my time. because this was very specific -- >> no, actually the question was whether i thought there was a compel

laura write and mr. duffy everyone at the department mr. putting are was the one in charge of the planning department he has closed the case and not told we're getting very, very sick and we've been sent to the pulmonary doctor from ucsf because my neighbors mr. leon on montana massachusetts has taken the light and air from my house it is - the way is smells is disgusting you want to run out from there, there is no pictures that i can show you guys this is i don't know if you can see. >> here it is. >> that is the view i have from the bedroom they have enclosed every inch and taken away with an easement i presented every little document i had and none has done nothing they say i make no sense my pictures don't match with what may neighbors are presented so, please i need your help before we die it is criminal what my neighbors are doing and a lot of - people here employees and of the building department and planning department that will happen at this address no one is doing anything please help me. >> thank you thank you. >> any additional

that was placed by chairman duffy on the monitors that showed that basically when we had requested documents, most of what we received were news clips and speeches, so yes, mr. secretary there is is a level of frustration here. a question that chairman duffy asked, which i do not believe you answered. if you did, forgive me. i wish to know, i am unaware, i am unaware that treasury has asserted any executive privilege with respect to any of the documents that have been subpoenaed. so i am unaware that treasury has invoked any executive privilege. are you aware, if executive privilege has been asserted with respect to any of the documents subpoenaed? and if so, do you have a list of those documents? >> congressman, we have, we have tried to reach out, to have conversations to clarify what's requested, to seek accommodation. to work in the spirit of president reagan's direction to executive agencies on how to deal with congressional oversight. in respectful and responsive way. we wrote in december, we wrote in january. we wrote, wrote again last week. it was only after four additional subpoenas were delivered that we got a call back to try to set up a -- >> mr

mr. trump. he is not my pick for president and you know, i want to have a more positive approach to the solutions of the country. >> trent duffygovernor there is saying if he does not win his home state, then he's out. >> yes, he said exactly that, craig. but he's going to win ohio. he's up -- well, he's tied right now and has a massive state-wide bus tour also through michigan as well as through ohio because he's got a strong record to stand on and i think that's what you are going to see in the debate which is a little different than last time. donald trump doesn't have a record. john kasich does. and he wants to bring that vision of jobs and prosperity and getting a state like ohio moving again to the united states. so he has a program whereas mr. trump has promises. that's the key difference. i think you are going to see the governor making those points a little bit more clearly tonight since there are only four left. >> trent, your candidate did well of course in new hampshire, but by and large, he's polled in single digits pretty much the entire race. there are a lot of folks wondering why he has stayed in so long. there