mr. nadler, you spoke about the need to have international rules. mr. ler raised the question of what would happen if the action were taken by the of their country's. and i had to excuse myself to attend another meeting. if you a elaborated, this conversation that we are having about the constitutional protections and how this program against al qaeda sanctions under our constitution is obviously of the greatest importance to this committee. but the issue that you raised is a good one. what are the international rules, who sets them and what standards would be in place. islamic let me let you elaborate a bit and then i will ask the question. >> i am delighted that you asked that question. the judiciary committee is concerned about the protection of americans in this hearing. but as it has been diluted to cut 3,000 to 4,000 people who are dead or not americans and so in those cases they don't have constitutional rights. the rules that would apply to them with the international law and both the bush and obama administration has tried hard to clarify that t

mr. nadler. i will probably agree with him. do not make me nervous.and the big scheme of things, when this came to light, myself and the gentleman from south carolina wrote a letter to eric holder asking for specific constitutional authority and tracking it to the activities of drone strikes against americans overseas. he did not get an answer. we have sent a letter subsequent to that when we got more information on february 8. we still have not received an answer from eric holder. there is no one from the justice department here with their battery of lawyers. we have not gotten one that would tell us the constitutional authority for killing americans overseas that fit these criteria. i would like to introduce those of these letters into the record. >> they will be made part of the record. >> my background is a judge. i believe in judicial review. i do not buy the argument there is not enough time to get some judicial review. 22 years of experience. judges working with law enforcement can move fast under all of the serious examples you have talked abo

mr. nadler of new york for today and tuesday of march 19. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair is prepared to entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. this weekend i had the honor of joining hundreds of fellow americans at an open carry walk in brookville, pennsylvania, which is located in the fifth district of pennsylvania. as a responsible gun owner i was proud to join this peaceful gathering among citizens to reaffirm the fundamental significance of an individual's constitution and protected right to bear arms. the right to own firearms has nothing to do with hunting. the second amendment was adopted as part of our constitution to assure the safety and security of our nation, our states, as wel

mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today to oppose the radical republican budget that will increase unemployment and savage medicare, medicaid, and other programs that families depend on. mostly to finance tax cuts for the rich and partly to fix a deficit crisis that we have already tamed. in 2009 the deficit was 10.1% of g.d.p. next year it will be down to 5.3%. this is the largest and fastest reduction in deficits since the demobilization after world war ii. to add insult to injury, the republican budget would make sweeping regressive changes to the tax code by would raise taxes on middle class families by up to $3,000. millionaires would see a tax cut averaging $245,000 a year. this is just wrong. working families should never have to pay more just so the rich can pay less. we no longer have a deficit crisis. we do have a jobs crisis. with 12 million people searching for employment, and almost five million americans out of a job for more than six months. according to economic policy institute, the net effect