i'm going to yield my time to mr. pinto. >> i think the senator for being here this morning. two points for the record. i think he is here first because he asked to speak on the subject under. we want to hear what he has to say. secondly he's got a rather unique perspective of these issues with this background having opportunities with the circuit court as well as the supreme court has manders pending. i think your comments -- for your comments. i want to be clear. i will support what the president did. i looked at this issue. i spent quite a bit of time and i think this president in this circumstance overstep his authority. my understanding and please correct me if i'm wrong is that the senate and only the senate, not the president of the united states that has the capability to determine when the senate is in recess or disaster understanding click >> that's my understanding based on the history of the constitutional and on custom and practice as it's evolved over the last two centuries. we are expressly given the power to determine the rules for a procedure in internal gove

i'm going to yield my time to mr. pinto. >> i think the senator for being here this morning. two points for the record. i think he is here first because he asked to speak on the subject under. we want to hear what he has to say. secondly he's got a rather unique perspective of these issues with this background having opportunities with the circuit court as well as the supreme court has manders pending. i think your comments -- for your comments. i want to be clear. i will support what the president did. i looked at this issue. i spent quite a bit of time and i think this president in this circumstance overstep his authority. my understanding and please correct me if i'm wrong is that the senate and only the senate, not the president of the united states that has the capability to determine when the senate is in recess or disaster understanding click >> that's my understanding based on the history of the constitutional and on custom and practice as it's evolved over the last two centuries. we are expressly given the power to determine the rules for a procedure in internal gove