mr. sensenbrenner say the attorney general should stop down.oodlat is also calling for resignation. he did that two years ago over fast and furious. is this actually going to lead to something, do you think, or more of the same, more continuous caulls for the attorney general to step down? >> i think the attorney general should step down off the plateau where he represents on high principle and whip some heads. what he should understand is he's the chief law giver of the united states so to speak. he's the moses of our time and at least for this administration. yes, some people want to put him outside of the ark of the legal community. that's ridiculous. he is in one sense the whipping boy for so much of the frustration of the right wing. their inability to reconcile themselves to the fact they lost the election means they will be pursuing a person like an eric holder. in sense, they perceive him to be the most vulnerable. they attack him. i think what he has to do is continue to hold fast. i think the president has given strong indication that

mr. sensenbrenner, the bill's sponsor, as much time as he may consume. mr. sensenbrenner: i thank the gentleman from georgia for yielding. i sponsored this legislation to improve the ability to protect the united states from terrorist attacks, including a tax using weapons of mass destruction or attacks involving ships and maritime platforms. h.r. 1073 implements obligations to four multilateral counterterrorism treaties. full ratification of the underlying treaties will not be achieved until congress amends the existing criminal provisions of the united states code. this legislation was prepared in full cooperation with our democratic colleagues on the committee, following months of work by committee staff in consultation with the departments of justice and state. the importance of this bipartisan legislation is evidence by those who have joined me as original co-sponsors. the gentleman from virginia, the judiciary committee chairman, bob goodlatte, ranking member john conyers and crime subcommittee ranking member bobby scott. two of these treaties concern n

mr. sensenbrenner referred a little while ago to the truman's buck stops here reference. i'll conclude because i'm almost out of time. by saying i believe there's been a pattern by this administration in not taking responsibility for failures, avoiding blame, pointing the fingers in somebody else's direction. would you agree with that? >> no. >> i thought you might say that. i think a lot of people do, including myself, and i think a lot of members of this committee. we might be divided. but these are very significant things which have occurred here. i strongly encourage this administration to get out front, get all the facts out, let the chips fall where they may. i think that's in the best interest of the administration. i think it's in the best interest of the country. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i agree with the last part of your statement. it is one of the reasons why i ordered the investigation last friday because it seemed to me that there was the need for a review given the potential criminal investigations that exist that the justice department needed

mr. sensenbrenner referred to the the buck stops here quote in truman's office.ere has been a pattern by this administration in not taking responsibility for failures are a voiding blame, pointing the fingers in somebody else's direction would you agree with that? >> no. taking notes, sorry. that was more breaking news as congressman steve chabot of ohio questions the attorney general who was ultimately responsible for the irs targeting conservative groups for years. dragging out their applications, seeking tax exempt status for months and months and months and in some cases for three years. that has a chilling effect. that doesn't inspire you to keep pressing for your tax exempt status and in fact it did chill a lot of organizations and led 63% of them to either abandon applications for sit and wait for months and months and months. the doj is now in charge of investigating this controversy at the irs but already we are hearing suggestions that this may need a special prosecutor because if there is a link to the white house or elsewhere, can we trust the attorne

mr. grimm and chairman sensenbrenner of the subcommittee as well for their efforts and kynt think of a more appropriate time to honor police during national police week or a more appropriate way than by passage of this legislation which will not only allow law enforcement to more effectively communicate in these situations where police officerses are in jeopardy or have been harled but also in circumstances that will allow everyone in this country to become involved. with the availability of smart phones and other devices and social media like twitter and facebook and youtube, and other means that people now have of communicating that they didn't have just a few years ago, the word can get out to everyone to be on the lookout for people who are committing crimes and this will help us to apprehend criminals and prevent crimes and we very much urge our colleagues to support it and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules an pass h.r. 180 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair,

oath in a letter to holder congressman james sensenbrenner says quote the media reports and statements issued by the department regarding the search warrants for mr rosen's e-mail appear to be at odds with the earth testimony before the committee and today holder announced he will meet with some washington bureau chiefs to talk about the d.o.j. as guidelines. regarding the media ironically the meeting will be off the record amid the scandals there's renewed interest in an acting media shield laws these are laws designed to protect the press congress tends to focus on an emergency in front of it or something that's really politically and politically sensitive so they haven't been willing to focus on a shield law lately now that two incidents like this occurred it really does force them to focus on it the obama administration has voiced support for passing media shield laws to the extent this case has prompted renewed interest about how do we strike that balance properly and i think. now is the time for us to go ahead and revisit the legislation but even media shield laws have exceptions when it comes to national security investigations and the jus

mr. villasenor, you are first. >> good morning, chairman sensenbrenner, ranking member scott of members of the subcommittee.u for the opportunity to testify today on import topic of privacy and unmanned aircraft systems for ua asks. i'm a nonmetal center for knowledge innovation at the perkins is to shoot a professor at ucla in both electrical engineering department department of public policy. it is i express here are do not necessarily represent those at the brookings institution at the university of california. when discussing unmanned aircraft privacy, thoughtful to keep in mind the greater platforms made possible by this rapidly developing technology. some unmanned aircraft such as the global hawk used by the u.s. military are large and fast as this jazz. some say a lot for long periods of time. on december 2010, the airplane they wingspan of 74 feet to win over 110 pounds instead of offer to continuous mix of arizona. boeing is under contract with darpa to set up in the stratosphere for five continuous years. then in a hummingbird developed by california-based environment including unburned successful

sensenbrenner is co-author of the letter. >> it may lead to another contempt citation, it may lead to mr.stifying, and given a chance to clarify the record. the fact is is that he is behind the eight ball. he is the one that caused this problem, nobody else did, and he's the one that is going to have to fix it up. and if he won't tickets it up the president should fire him. >> reporter: the committee's top democrat congressman john conyers has a different view. he says i believe attorney general holder who answered questions posed to him for four hours with us forthright and did not mislead the commit tea. there is no need to turn it into allegation -gs of misconduct. the attorney general will meet with key washington bureau chefs for the major national news organizations over the next couple of days as part of an internal review of the department's policies. jenna. jenna: more on this story ahead, shannon, thank you. jon: the ahh calls are growing for attorney general eric holder to go. he is a hold over from the president's first term but now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are say

mr. baker. >> the key point is this is not a simple technology solution issue. you can't just fix this technology. it has to be a multipronged approach. many of us would use the term sensenbrenner echoes across all areas of his past. >> to interact, you can tell when it company has to did when they don't. effect is not a technological as a best practice solution out there. >> you've got to have the technology properly deployed and up-to-date in order to be your line of defense. in most cases, we will catch most of those sectors and threats. but to mr. mandia this point, we will not catch everything. in the face of a sophisticated attacker that is well resourced, that is very deep roots of sponsorship, we will not be able necessarily to address those kinds at a pta and threats. so it has to happen is really a mash or standard risk management approach. we've got to address this through, and risk management principles that includes technology, training of personnel, awareness of critical infrastructure owners and operators that this threat is real. they're starting to get that now that we have more high-profile conversations around this with events like the recent code issue with