mr. smith: it is a long road. a lot of people ask how we get to marriage equality and the reality is we have been working hard for a long time. you want to have a starting point. that is bigger versus nelson in 1972, in which the court was asked to recognize the right of a same-sex couple to marry. they dismissed the appeal. it was a one line rejection of the claim. this was at a time when we were not in the stone age, at least the middle ages of constitutional law. but there was still no extra protection against gender discrimination. there was recognition of a fundamental right to marry but no one in 1970 two would have thought that was relevant to a same-sex couple. most states still criminalized same-sex relationships. this was not a surprising outcome. but it was a long struggle to get from there to here. which for much of that time focused not on recognition of relationships or marriage. simply getting rid of criminal laws that were a barrier to progress and a barrier to people leading op

roberts: mr. smith. mr. smith: we worked very closely within the executive branch to utilize the comments we receive from the industry and members of congress about how we could better change our regulations. we have worked with other agencies to actively promote our regulatory changes so people know what the new rules are. sen. roberts: this is for undersecretary scuse. i've traveled to cuba as many others have done. i went down, we didn't tell anybody, we just went down. for 18 hours, discovered the world according to fidel castro, and also with an ag group, trying to establish trade. i want to make sure we go about this change in the right way. after a long history of no engagement with cuba, many of these folks have met with people and been informed, yes you can trade, only to find out you can trade with hospitals schools, and what was the other 1 -- i'll think of it in a minute. three very limited situations. all of a sudden, you come up against this state owned enterprise. that is where it ended. all of

mr. smith: everybody concedes the necessary means that there will still be health problems after the program kicks in. the appropriate was intended to meet the claim made by the industry that these chemicals already are sufficiently carved -- sufficiently harm free and we don't need to regulate them. scalia: why isn't that part of the first one -- mr. smith that's the way the government : read them. they keeping his is the issues they were directed to study, the issues that were supposed to control the listing decision that come out of the power plants. if i can clarify one thing that happened at the listing stage. natural gas fire plans were not turned into a category. natural gas fire plans, seeing we are exempting them from regulation under this section because they simply don't inmate more -- emit more than trace amounts. natural gas plants get taken out at the listing stage. we then have coal-fired and oil fired plants that they applied the subsection d standards. standards which were desi

mr. smith acronym, ofac. prior to joining ofac, mr. smith served as an expert to the united nations taliban sanctions committee, was an attorney at the u.s. department of justice. welcome to your new job. thank you for joining us, mr. smith. i look forward to hearing from you. mr. smith: good morning, chairman roberts, ranking member stabenow, and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the amendments to the cuban assets control regulations and the implications for agricultural trade. on december 17, the president announced significant policy changes regarding our relationship with cuba. to implement the policy changes treasury's office of foreign assets control amended the cuban assets control regulations and our colleagues at the department of commerce amended the administration regulations on january 16. these amendments ease sanctions related to cuba in key areas including trade, financial services, travel, and remittances. these changes are intended

mr. smith: i could start out. at least one provision that is at issue is the statute that prohibits any financing of goods to go to cuba other than third country financing or payment by cash in advance. we are not allowed to offer any payment deals other than going through a third country to receive that financing, or to pay the cuban importer in advance of the goods being turned over. i think that is what my colleague has indicated is necessary to be able to extend credit. we would need to remove that prohibition. mr. borman: i would also add clarity on the provision that appears to require individual license for any ag export to cuba, to change that, or make it clear that we could facilitate ag exports to cuba. sen. stabenow: and undersecretary scuse, is that those two things specifically, or is there anything from the usda standpoint that we need to be changing to create opportunities? mr. scuse: i think those are the biggest changes that we need to have made so that we could use our marketi

listening to mr. smith speak i'm wondering if they were arrested the cops were arrested because the county district attorney wasn't getting any of the money. the chief of police's's rather on the tow service in the city so that was the loot. >> host: are you familiar with this issue? >> guest: no i wasn't. that's a great story. that just shows how rank the corruption can get and how what seemed like relatively small abuses if tolerated get worse and worse. i mean this is obviously criminal and that's why they were prosecuted, but the much more common scenario is police who are engaged in highway robberies but for the sake of their own police department they are not personally stealing the money although in some cases they do and that abuse unfortunately is very broadly tolerated by the political system and the legal system and adjust points out many weaknesses in the legal system. as i said earlier the fact is that the idea that we are a rule of law society is largely a myth in many parts of this country. >

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mr. smith serves as the acting director of foreign assets. control or ofac that is mr. smith's acronym for which he works. administering economic trade sanctions to advance u.s. national security and foreign policy goals. prior to joining ofac, mr. smith served as an expert to the united nations, al qaeda and taliban sanctions committee. as a trial attorney at the u.s. department of justice. welcome to your new job. thank you for joining us, mr. smith. i look forward to hearing from you, sir. please proceed. >> good morning, chairman roberts, ranking member, and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our recent amendments to the cuban assets control regulations. and the implications for agricultural trade with cuba. on december 17, the president announced a number of significant significant, treasury's office of assets control amended the control regulations. on january 16th. these amendments ease sanctions related to cuba and

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mr. smith. mr. smith: mr.er, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 1105, the at the time tax repeal act of 2015. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the opportunity to stand here today. i rise in support of repealing the estate tax. repealing this death tax is a top priority for nebraskans, farmers, ranchers, and small business owners. not just nebraska's farmers, ranchers, and small business owners but folks all around the country. agriculture, particularly raising cattle and crops such as corn, is a land and capital intensive process. these nebraskans aren't sitting on piles of cash. their assets are the land and the equipment they use to help feed our nation and feed the world. they pay income taxes on what they earn, and they pay high property t

mr. smith. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 1105, the at the time tax repeal act of 2015. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the opportunity to stand here today. i rise in support of repealing the estate tax. repealing this death tax is a top priority for nebraskans, farmers, ranchers, and small business owners. not just nebraska's farmers, ranchers, and small business owners but folks all around the country. agriculture, particularly raising cattle and crops such as corn, is a land and capital intensive process. these nebraskans aren't sitting on piles of cash. their assets are the land and the equipment they use to help feed our nation and feed the world. they pay income taxes on what they earn, and they pay high prop

amendment number 192 by mr. smithhat expresses concern with the army's decision not to field a joint ied analysis tool. number 197 by 197 by mr. waldrop address a briefing on the requirements achieving a pure fleet of m1 abrams tanks. number 215 r-1 by mr. law said that drexel report on the efforts to reduce noise from the engine for the use of chevron attachments. amendment number 250 by mr. peters address a briefing on all research and develop programs that can improve the range and to endurance of tactical vehicles. >> is there any further discussion on the en bloc package? if not the question is argument offered by the gentleman from ohio mr. turner. those in favor say aye. favor say aye. those opposed say no to anything of that your the ayes have it. the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. are there for the amendments to this section was mr. conaway? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment. >> the clerk will pass out the amendment. without objection the amendment is considered as read. the gentleman from texa

mr. smith> we work very closely within the executive branch to utilize some of the comments we received from industry and members of congress over the years about how we can better change our regulations and we have worked with commerce and other agencies since that time to actively promote our regulatory changes so people know what the new rules are. >> i've traveled to cuba as many people have. for 18 hours discovered the world according to fidel castro and with a group trying to establish trade. three very limited situations all of a sudden you come up against the state owned enterprise and that's where it ended. all of the talk and everything happened and nothing really happened. do you envision the reestablishment of diplomatic relations should be helpful to agriculture trade? are there any concerns regarding this renewed relationship, the process to establish these ties and interaction within cuba? >> i think normalizing relations and opening up trade will have a tremendous impact on agri

mr. smith felt that the rolling hills of the area reminded him of his home his ancestral home in england. and doing some research on the property, felt upon that name really loved that name and called it woddington. the house when it was first built in 1846, was a farmhouse. it had eight rooms four bedrooms, four downstairs rooms central staircase. it was a basic farmhouse a red brick farm house when he originally purchased it. mr. oglebee wanted to make it more filling of a summer home of an industrialist. at that time, a lot had beautiful summer else fatings. you think about the beltmore, which is the largest private home in america. this is nothing like that, but i think mr. ogelbee knew mr. vander built and wanted to have a summer estate that was kind of more befitting of his status. and so he added -- the first thing he did was hire a good friend of his who was the most prom innocent architect in wheeling at the time: nay decided to adds on to the house. a master bedroom. three bathrooms.

. >> mr. smith? >> mr. chief justice. and may it please the court. we agree with the government that the epa was not required to engage in a cost-benefit analysis before making the initial listing decision to regulate hazardous pollutants emitted by power plants from applying the appropriate and necessary standard. i certainly want to acknowledge the beginning. clearly congress did think that power plants needed to be treated differently. but what did they give them? they gave them a three-year pause in which the epa was instructed to take account of the health effects of the particular pollutants emitted by power plants. they did this under an appropriate and necessary standard. if i could address the issue of what those two words mean in the reading of the epa. i would refer the court to pages 226 and 227 of the national mining association petition appendix. i don't think it's necessary to read from, it but what the epa said consistently throughout this record is we looked at two things. there was a claim made in the legislative history that these

listening to mr. smith speak, i'm wondering if the cops were arrested because the county district attorney wasn't getting any of the money. the chief of police's brother owned the post service in the city, so that was the loop. host: are you familiar with this? guest: no, i wasn't. that's a great story. that just shows how rank the corruption can get. and how, what seemed like small abuses, if tolerated, get worse and worse. this is obviously criminal. that's why they were prosecuted. the much more common scenario is police who are engaged in highway robberies, but for the sake of their own police department, they are not personally stealing the money although in some cases they do. that abuse, for chile, is very broadly tolerated either the political system and legal system. a just points out many weaknesses in the legal system. as i said earlier, the fact is the idea that we are a rule of law society is largely a myth in many parts of this country. host: mike is in hyattsville maryland. we are on with mr.

mr. lomax, i wanted to ask a question but my time is expired. rep. smiththout objection, the gentleman is recognized. rep. perlmutter: oh. i am done. i will talk to mr. lomax. rep. smith: mr. lomax: i would like to add a little context. i think what you are seeing in colorado, on the whole, you see the oil and gas industry working constructively with state and local governments in order to support local regulations to make sure that the development is done responsibly, and is done with the support of the community. there have been some cases where there have been local bands and acted -- local bans enacted. in terms of local regulation, there is a lot of constructive work going on between the state and between local governments. that kind of stuff doesn't generate a lot of headlines because there isn't a lot of conflict associated with it. but during this whole task force the governor set up last year, you had the colorado municipal league and the colorado association of counties say we can work through these issues using the existing regulatory framework

mr. smith. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 1105, the at the time tax repeal act of 2015. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the opportunity to stand here today. i rise in support of repealing the estate tax. repealing this death tax is a top priority for nebraskans, farmers, ranchers, and small business owners. not just nebraska's farmers, ranchers, and small business owners but folks all around the country. agriculture, particularly raising cattle and crops such as corn, is a land and capital intensive process. these nebraskans aren't sitting on piles of cash. their assets are the land and the equipment they use to help feed our nation and feed the world. they pay income taxes on what they earn, and they pay high prop

aware of the greening proposal we discussed at the last hearing but i'm aware of the provisions mr. smith can clarify. >> michael smith planning department staff the description is accurate audience so basically the way it is drawn up now how large is a space will be possible for this green area i i know there will be a skylight but from the rear yard line to the place where the deck begins how many feet can be created that will be open space? >> potentially. >> so the sheet organization 0.1 in the man's they show the required rear yard is 28 and a half square feet and that whole area is within the required rear yard and small portion will think a roof deck above the roof of the structure the rest will be undeveloped with skylight and whatnot usable open space for the residents but not green space yeah but if we told them it should to be a green space it will be green because it is an open space above the extension. >> it could be a green roof. >> yeah. >> limited to what you can grow on the roof. >> true but a way i'm sure you could create enough soil above there with structurally making

mr. smith. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court.h the government that the epa was not required to engage in a cost/benefit analysis before making the initial listing decision to regulate hazardous ousous pollutants emitted by power plants applying the appropriate and necessary standard. i certainly want to acknowledge at the beginning, clearly congress did think that power plarnts needed to be treated differently differently. they gave them a three-year pause in which the epa was instructed to take account of the health effects of the particular pollutants emitted by power plants. it did this under appropriate and necessary standard. if i could address the issue of what those two words mean in the reading of the epa. i would refer the court to pages 226 and 227 of the national mining association appendix. what the epa said consistently throughout this record is we looked at two things. there was a claim made in the legislative history that these chemicals are simply not harmful enough to require any further regulation, that their ef

mr. smith's questions. but i will say that so far as i know, you can say yes or no, the fingerprints have taken into county detention facilities is still being received by the federal government and i.c.e. >> that has not changed. >> what has changed is the litigation and i'll use the state of california as an example. the state of california passed a law called the trust act that says that counties are not to deliver people who have not commit nod offense or a minor traffic offense of that sort. why is that? i mean in my own county, the board of supervisors decided that they will turn over individuals or hold if they're indemnified. why? because they can't lawfully hold somebody without probable cries that a crime has been committed. so what you've done is try and fix that and -- >> and i've offered to you during our meeting -- i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> i have cough drops here. >> i do too. and i've offered during our meeting come and visit with your local officials and -- >> the point is you're being as

mr. lomax, i wanted to ask a question but my time is expired. rep. smith: without objection the gentleman is recognized. rep. perlmutter: oh. [laughter] i am done. i will talk to mr. lomax. rep. smith:mr. lomax: i would like to add a little context. i think what you are seeing in colorado, on the whole you see the oil and gas industry working constructively with state and local governments in order to support local regulations to make sure that the development is done responsibly and is done with the support of the community. there have been some cases where there have been local bands and acted -- local bans enacted. in terms of local regulation, there is a lot of constructive work going on between the state and between local governments. that kind of stuff doesn't generate a lot of headlines because there isn't a lot of conflict associated with it. but during this whole task force the governor set up last year, you had the colorado municipal league and the colorado association of counties say we can work through these issues using the existing regulatory

mr. smith, i'm out of time but i want to go back to the cash in advance original definition and other changes you are making to facilitate a more efficient and affordable exports to cuba. at this time do you feel like the administration has gone as far as legally possible? and in terms of the definition to open up opportunities. and were there other things on the table as you discussed the changes that you did make that maybe you said, well, maybe we can't do that. are there other kinds of policy things that were abandoned that maybe we should re-examine? >> in terms of the restrictions on financing, the definition was the definition that had been in appropriations bills from congress that had been as far reaching as i had heard in terms of transfer of title and control. it's hard to imagine you can interpret cash in advance far beyond transfer of title because it is largely the last step before you actually turn over the goods. so there has been no other definition that i have heard that could

mr. smith's questions. but i will say so far as i know, and you can say yes or no, the fingerprints taken in the detention facilities are still being received by the federal government. hon. saldana: yes, that hasn't changed. >> that has not changed. what has changed is the litigation. and i'll use the state of california as an example. the state of california passed the trust act that says the counties are not to deliver people who have committed no offense or a minor traffic offense of that sort. why is that? i mean, in my own county, the board of supervisors decided they will turn over individuals or hold if they are indemnified. why? they can't lawfully hold somebody without probable cause that a crime has been committed. so you have tried to fix that. hon. saldana: and i offered to you during our meeting earlier. i'm sorry. i've got cough drops here. >> i do, too. hon. saldana: and i offered during the meeting to comment visit with the local officials and -- >> but the point is you're being asked to vi

>> mr. smith, want to start? ndiscernible] [laughter] >> you disagree. >> here is a classic example of where unfortunately, mrs. washington did her cause no good by burning all of those letters. in the late 1950's, two letters were discovered. the reigning washington biographer made a great deal out of, some would say, perhaps exaggerated their significance. sally fairfax was the wife of george william fairfax, who was a neighbor and close friend. some people describe him as washington's best friend. what i think clearly, there was -- i would use the word infatuation. sally was a slightly older, very sophisticated to someone like george, who wanted as a young man very much to belong who wanted to be part of the colonial aristocracy, who wanted to advance in the british military. someone like sally, who was then even unattainable -- nevertheless held a special allure. exactly what the nature of that relationship was is still being debated. talk about george washington's integrity. i think it was something even then

host: mr. smith, you want to start? patricia: you disagree. chard: here is a classic example of where, unfortunately, mrs. washington did her cause no good by burning all of those letters. in the late 1950s, two letters were discovered, which the then sort of reigning washington biographer james thomas flexner made a great deal out of. some would say, perhaps, exaggerated their significance. sally fairfax was the wife of george william fairfax, who was a neighbor and close friend. some people describe him as washington's best friend. they were at belvoir but it's just river from mount vernon. well, i think clearly, there was i would use the word infatuation. sally was slightly older, very sophisticated to someone like george who wanted, as a young man, very much to belong, who wanted to be part of the colonial aristocracy, who wanted to advance in the british military. and so, someone like sally who was even then, i think unobtainable, nevertheless, held a special allure. exactly what the nature of that relationship was is still being debated.

i don't think you want to say a word to me mr. smith. >> you know what?omebody because that guy came into what he called his hood and violated his turf. hats off to the judge for telling him that hood belongs to the people of this country and not to that thug. >> all right. >> kg. >> i have a nice one. -- thank you. involving sandra bullock, the original america's sweetheart. she is the world's most beautiful woman. she's a great mom, inside and out. she said real beauty is quiet. it's hard to say okay i don't need to look like that. she's an ideal of beauty from the inside out. >> i'll tell her you said that when i get home. >> first time in 84 years a naval graduate is going to be a pitcher. he deployed three different times, made second lieutenant. there's a game tonight. first time in 84 years. >> all right. you know what i hate when your dog steals your tractor? look at this dog who stole this nice old man's tractor. he drove it on accident because the controls went into auto mode across a motorway. and then it crashed. everyone was okay. and it ende

. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr.inion poll apparently shows that the american people repudiate president obama's immigration policies. this was a rasmussen report national survey just a few days ago that found that 62% of the american people believe the administration is not doing enough to deport illegal immigrants. this is up ten points from just a year ago. i think this is the american people's response to the president's exexecutive amnesty orders. contrary to what people want it appears the deports are down this year. you said a while ago about 85% are those who have been convicted of crimes. that means only about 1 out of 300 other illegal immigrants will be removed from our country. in my opinion, that is ignoring immigration laws. furthermore, the administration, as you also mentioned, released about 30,000 convicted illegal immigrants and allowed them to be returned to our communities. one-quarter of these 30000 criminal aliens had been convicted of level one crimes, such as murder, and sexual abuse of a min

mr. smith's questions. but i will say so far as i know, and you can say yes or no, the fingerprints taken in the detention facilities are still being received by the federal government. >> yes, that hasn't changed. >> that has not changed. what has changed is the litigation. and i'll use the state of california as an example. the state of california passed the trust act that says the counties are not to deliver people who have committed no offense or a minor traffic offense of that sort. why is that? i mean, in my own county, the board of supervisors and sheriffs decided they will turn over individuals or hold if they're indemnified. why? because they can't lawfully hold somebody without probable cause that is crime has been committed. so you are trying to fix that. >> and i offered it to you during the reading earlier. >> i'm sorry. i've got cough drops here. >> i do, too. >> and i offered during the meeting a common visit with the local officials and -- >> but the point is you're being asked to violate co

borman or mr. smith, what do you see as the biggest obstacles on the cuban side to increasing american agriculture exports. we clearly have issues there are human rights. it is our hope as negotiations go forward this will clearly be part of the negotiations. but when i was there i saw the double currency issue and some of the other things. what do you see as some of the obstacles to the trade? >> i think in addition to the al import issue, the cuban bureaucracy historically has not freely let goods come into the country. there that's putting it mildly. >> and also the development of private business. that's something that we're trying to encourage here to encourage that there is more money for individuals and more money for private businesses to be able to import. >> exactly. as you know, i think there's something like 600,000 entrepreneurs now this has loosened up recently. they have their own currency but they are still a long way to go. i will say ending that i just saw a spirit of entrepreneurship t

mr. smith: thank you. growing up and working on my great grandfather's farm, i learned many values. one that i taught is a comparison in basically when you're out there working with the hogs you learn that there's little value in hogwash. and i would compare a lot of the facts that we've been hearing today that's opposing this legislation as equivalent to hogwash. and i say that under the stipulation that i've heard numerous facts stated of farms the size of 15,000 acres. well, the average family farm in this country is less than 500 acres. if you look at the boot hill of missouri where i represent, every farm in that area, if you consider a 500-acre farm and the price of a 500-acre farm times that by how many acres they have -- say 500 acres times 10,000. that's $5 million. $5 million. and then you have to put the price of a combine and a tractor to harvest the rice and the cotton. guess what, they're part of that top 2% that the other side says is the wealthiest of the wealthy. well, guess what, there's less than 2% of americans are farmers. less than 2% of americans are farmers.

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the subheadline could be mr. smith comes to sunnyvale. jeffrey smith is pushing a lot of buttons as an activist investor. i lived through some of the same experience when third point dan lobe came in i will tell you dan pushed a lot of the right buttons. he called for action that was needed within the company. we, i would say we knew a lot of that action had to happen. but when you have somebody pushing those buttons, you have to act with a lot more thought and a lot faster than maybe you might want to. so and i also think the second part of this is that yahoo will spin away from alibaba. so it will be somewhat of a stand-alone entity. you still have the yahoo japan stake which i think starboard has asked for a solution there. so when you put all of these things together, you've got the yahoo core, sitting by itself and i think you're going to really have to articulate a very clear plan, a real strategy, not strategicry, a real strategy that says here's who we are, here are the stakes in the ground, here are our goals, here are the number

mr. smith's question about who you're releasing and the other circumstances required for you to release. >> as i say, the congress, not this particular congress, but the congress has laid forth due process for any individual, whether they've come into our country illegally or not, with respect to the claims for relief from deportation. so often they go through the proceedings and we comply with those requirements. the considerations, the statute and the regulations themselves contemplate, contemplate the release of criminals, because it says, as one of the factors to consider in determining is the person's criminal history. how long ago was it? what was the severity of it? how extensive is it? those kinds of considerations. so even the congress has contemplated that some people were released, and it's certainly part of it. >> time of the gentlewoman has expired. >> if i may just have 30 seconds additional. >> without objection. >> if a judge orders the individual release, you comply with that order? >> i do. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman

clancy: no sir, i have had no contact with mr. smith. rep. cummings: we have details appear -- up here too. they have limited time there with us. can you tell is with the limitations are with wherever he is? mr. clancy: i will have to get back to you. chairman chaffetz: you have done a very good job, mr. clancy, of building trust and confidence. it is flushed down the toilet when i hear these things. you said to me personally multiple times, white house did, homeland security did, that you were implement and fundamental changes. mr. clancy: yes, sir. chairman chaffetz: and this guy is still on the payroll. you send out a press release saying he was going to another department and agency, and yet he is on your payroll. don't ever come back here to congress and tell me that you have a financial problem when you have smith on your payroll and you say you don't have enough money. you shouldn't have to pay for that out of your budget. he is a very, very senior person. you personally promised he was being moved and transferred out of the department.

mrs. vick torier smith >> that bringstuse the end othe agenda, madam clerk is there business before us? >> that concludes business for us today >> colleagues thank you very muchment we are adjourned. a - >> first of all, let me begin by saying what a wonderful city i'm so luke for the mayor of a great city like san francisco you know offer the years when i was city administrator i was working with then dominating to make sure that a city we also be prepared and read for the biggest disasters and i often used the term i continue uss it is another internal revenue magnify this great city if we're ready then the words like recovery and reliantcy will be common words we use everyday where our departments or nonprofit organizations working the community or volunteers that by the constantly try to recruit and today, i want to say to you that we don't have to be waiting for big disasters on a citywide basis to happen before you we oozed use those word we're challenged by disasters just as big for small families as and face certainly things certainly for the last two months we'll have 4 major f

i met mr. smith a few years ago. in arizona with congressman rick. it was in darizona.is i don't know if you remember it. >> i do.76 very well.i >> caller: i'm a disabled vet, try 76 years old. i think the president is trying to do the right thing and keep us out of war. militar god bless america. my son has been in the military 26 years.e he'll be retiring in november. but i think that we need to do something. i think the president is tryingil to do the right thing. hopefully things will work out. god bless america. thank you, mr. smith.ss >> thank you so much for your service. it's nice to talk to you again. i think, not just the president but the congress, both parties r. absolutely want to keep us out ake di of war.pl we also want to take those diplomatic and sanctions-related efforts and initiatives that een in make that likelihood more that i probable. i have argued -- i've been in r congress now 35 years -- that if you get the human rights piece right in a nation, that country is far less likely to, a, be a dictatorship. they'll have rule of l

mrs. vick torier smith >> that bringstuse the end othe agenda, madam clerk is there business before us? >> that concludes business for us today >> colleagues thank you very muchment we are adjourned. thanks. >> i example the first thing to point out is the first word is camp tlargz to be bugs and dirt and so long as you can get past that part in place is pretty awesome. you're going to get to our cabin and why is it so small well most of your time is spent outside. programming was our first step we wanted to offer a program that is, you know makes people happy and leaves them with memories. >> here and there. >> so more points. >> ready 1, 2, 3. i think a big part is it's coming from san francisco it is real estate a kind of vibe people relate to each other and everyone's living in the city and you can feel the breath of fetish air and the experience you get out here. i think it give us an opportunity to get away from technology you come out here and look at it here and not look at our iphones and you kind of lose users in the city and have a cup of coffee >> i'm corey a typical day inc

. >> host: mr. smith, bring it up to date and give us a current case example of civil forfeiture and how it effects than what effect you and i? >> guest: what is causing so much controversy are highway seizures by state and local police of cash currency that people take with them when they travel on the highway and many many of the seizures have been very abusive early. they amount to legalize highway robbery of the motorist just to raise money for the law enforcement agency because under most state laws and under federal law to some extent the agency that seizes the property including all the cash gets to keep most of that are sometimes all of it so they can self fund their police department or sheriff's department or seizures and that is the root of most of the current problems and it began in 1984 when i was still with the justice department. they enact a new law which allowed the money to be used for law-enforcement purposes. >> host: are you saying people should not travel or are not allowed to trave

i have no contact with mr. smith. >> none. >> none sir. >> and is there a -- we get details up here too. so they have a limited time that they are with us. can you it tell us what the limitations are with wherever he is and can you get that information to us? >> i'll have to get back to you on that, yes, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. yield back. >> you have done, mr. clancy, a very good job of building trust and confidence. it's flushed dourns's flushed down the toilet when he read and hear these things. you said to us multiple times the white house did, homeland security did secretary johnson did, that you were implementing fundamental changes. >> yes, sir. >> and this guy's still on the payroll. you sent out a press release touting that he was going to another department and agency and he does no work for the secret service and yet he's on your payroll. don't ever come back here to congress and tell me that you have a financial problem when you've got a.c. smith on your payroll and you say you don't have enough

amendment number 193 a mr. smith regarding the status of the mariner workforce. amendment number 219 by mr. byrne regarding joint vessels. amendment 225 by mr. hunter requiring a vessels be flagged as class had complied with international agreement. amendment 256 r. one re: the air force long-range recapitalization plan. amendment number 275 by mr. forbes regarding concerns about upgrades to the sbs 48 radars and amphibious ships. amendment 309 by mr. forbes concerning funding from the modernist nation to understand warfare rdt&e programs. should is there further discussion on the amendment offered by an or "forbes" question dark if not the question is on the amendment offered. those in favor say aye. katrina levin have they. are there further amendment on the section of the bill? the gentleman lady -- gentlelady from california. >> with that objection the amendment will be considered as red. -- as read. >> the gentlelady from california for five minutes on her amendment. >> mr. chairman thank you. i am offering this then withdrawing it. it is very important that

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mrs. vick torier smith >> that bringstuse the end othe agenda, madam clerk is there business before us? >> that concludes business for us today >> colleagues thank you very muchment we are adjourned.

but i asked mr. smith how secure are these nuclear weapons in pakistan? now, he gave me a generic answer, but have you ever asked that question of anyone that knows? >> host: that's james in bellevue washington. >> guest: i know that the cia makes it a very important point to try to get access to weapons of that sort and to be able to, one way or another, neutralize them either through some of the people who may be in charge or possibly with cyber attacks. so i don't think we're falling asleep at the job when it comes to issues like that. but, yeah my attitude is look what happened during world war ii where we saw countries where we did nothing the isolationistses like joe kennedy -- isolationistses like joe kennedy actually admired hitler didn't want to have any intervention. you know, we have a defense budget of a trillion dollars a year. what are we doing with that if it isn't to wipe out threats in the nuclear age? it could really be the end of our country. >> host: this is a tweet from mpili or something like that. how much did carl bernstein's paren