mr. thompson: mr.ker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the disclosures of abuse and neglect at our v.a. hospitals have been absolutely intolerable. this week's release of the interim report from the v.a. inspector general highlights the urgency in identifying the full scope of these tragic and potentially deliberate abuses and the need to hold officials to all accounts from these failures. since elected i have remained in close contact with the v.a. hospital serving the fifth district of pennsylvania. and i want to thank them for providing the best possibly care for the veterans in this region of the country. last week the house with bipartisan support passed h.r. 4031, the v.a. management accountability act and i am a proud co-sponsor of that bill. while i'm glad the house came together to pass this important reform and i encourage the

mr. thompson. >> i'm in support of this measure extending conservation easements long-term. i'm a co-author with mr. gerlach as you mentioned. before that, chairman camp was when we were my co-author on the other a lot of co-authors, the reason there are a lot of co-authors is because it's a good bill and we should make it permanent. a lot of people benefit. people in rural areas, conservation groups, hunters, fishers, farmers, ranchers, city folks benefit, too. look no further than new york city. they are watershed is under terrible pressure and it was through conservation easements that we were able to protect the water of the citizens of new york. so passing it is the right thing to do, but to do by adding to our national debt is just absolutely wrong. we need to pay for this bill. as the ranking member pointed out, with the passage of these bills today we will be up over $600 billion added to our national debt. we need to pass these good build but we need to do it right. when you do it by paying for. mr. chairman, i have an amendment that would pay for this provision when

mr. thompson of california. amendment by mr. polis of colorado. amendment by mr. cicilline of rhode island. amendment by mr. smith of texas. amendment by mr. scott of georgia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, mr. thompson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. thompson of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. of a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings

weekend d oh and also what our international partners can do to support the moderate opposition mrs thompson and syrian opposition forces are expected to withdraw from the city is home to their stronghold in the central region with trying to keep the best i've ever been in gravitas of the work ahead of the present election. seeking a third term on. officials at the world health organization are concerned about an outbreak of the only state he represents the health emergency. it's the first time since the swine flu pandemic five years ago that they've issued such an alert international spread of polio to date in twenty fourteen constitutes an extraordinary events in a health risk to other states for which it ordinated international response is essential. polio is a highly infectious disease particularly among young children. it invades the central nervous system and can cause paralysis virus and then nearly wiped out around the world for pakistan afghanistan in nigeria. but kelly jo officials say the disease has spread to seven other countries including syria in camera the sioux city for case

mr. thompson: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank my friend, mr. wolf, for all your years of outstanding service to this fine institution. i rise in support of the bipartisan thompson-king-estity-heck-fits patic amendment to strengthen the national criminal background check system. madam chair, i ask unanimous consent to enter congresswoman's esty's statement into the record. the congresswoman was a strong supporter of increased funding for the program. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave. mr. thompson: everyone agrees we don't want criminals, demest exabusers or dangerously mentally ill folks getting guns. the first step in stopping this is through a background check system but the background check system is only ased two as the kata you put in it. right now, all the information isn't getting in. when the information doesn't get into the system, we can't enforce the law and dangerous people who otherwise wouldn't pass a background check can slip through the cracks and can buy guns. a recent "usa today" report found that i

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize national nurses week which is celebrated annually from may 6 through may 12. nurses all over the country serve as our first line of defense in the prevention of sickness and injury. from hospitals and care facilities to nurses offices and schools and local businesses, nurses play an essential role in keeping our society healthy and safe. from better educating our children about the importance of health to helping fathers and mothers better care for a newborn child, to helping seniors better manage disease or disability, our nation's nurses are indispensable. this year's national nurses week theme is nurses leading the way. during this national nurses week, we take time to give thanks to these professionals for doing just that, leading the way through the promotion and to work to bringing better care and health to our friends and families and neighbors and loved ones. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tem

mr. thompson: request permission to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: today i rise to recognize the work of united way erie which this month celebrated its 100th annual campaign to eradicate poverty and improve the lives of local individuals and families. each year on average, it touches the lives one out of every three residents. in 2013, 100,000 men, women and children were helped by united way. last year, it put forward an ambitious goal to reduce the number of families struggling to meet their basic needs between now and 2025. as a result of this new initiative, they raised over $6.1 million in 2013, which was the largest fundraising campaign. through bold new ideas and innovative charitable efforts, united way is making a difference. i congratulate united way of of erie on its 100th anniversary and the supporters to help those most in need to find a helping need. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition

mr. thompson: mr.chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition, although i'm certainly not opposed to this amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i want to thank chairman kline and ranking member miller for their work on the bipartisan success and opportunity through quality charter schools act. this is a second bipartisan bill the committee has brought to the floor this week. i also want to thank the gentleman from rhode island, my good friend, representative langevin, who i'm proud to join in offering this bipartisan amendment. we co-chair the house career and technical education caucus together and opportunities like this amendment are really at the heart of education. preparing students for viable work force opportunities and to assist the american economy to be competitive in a global market. the amendment would put forth --ed the amendment we put forward -- the amendment we put fo

mrs. thompson, why refer to as my fairy godmother. fairy i refer to as my godmother -- godmother. two of my best friends and study group members from yale law school are part of a group of friends that don't get together every year. we call ourselves law school ladies. becky and christie. and two of my compatriots for my time in d.c. i also have watching my five brothers and sisters, dr. andrea abrams, the honorable stacy abrams, richard lewis abrams, walter abrams, and dr. jeanine abrams, as well as my grandmother. i would like to thank my u.s. attorney's office family, and my family from central united methodist church as well as the judge i clerked for. thank you. >> judge boggs? >> thank you, members of the committee, for the opportunity to be here today. i would like to thank chairman leahy for arranging for this meeting. i'm very proud and appreciative to the president for nominating me. i also want to thank senator chambliss and senator isaacson for the warm introduction and for the support throughout this process. i have with me today my wife of 15 years on thursday, altho

mr. thompson, getting $9.5 million in 2013. tyler, back over to you. >> hamp, thank you very much. hampton pearson in chicago. >>> well, here at cnbc, we try to give you both sides of the story so you can make up your own mind. next up, global risk and global reward. michelle on the risk. steve on the reward. michelle? >> hey there, tyler, yeah. i see trouble on the horizon. we're going to look at bond yields in europe and here in the united states. bond market looks very worried. and housing headlines out of china are super ugly. could that be a big problem for all american investors? >> i'm shaking, michelle. we do have some growth, michelle. good data in the usa. we're positive in europe, not negative. tyler? >> they seem like such a happy couple. the debate begins in two minutes on "power lunch." ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together reliably fast internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up.

mr. thompson. well said. thank you one and all for your comments and keep them coming. keep them brief.to use as many as we can. now, you're looking at what could be the worst first pitch ever thrown. rapper curtis 50 set jackson invited to throw the first pitch at the mets can. it didn't go up. the pitch hung let and missed the plate by miles an hour most hit a cameraman and then he laughed it off. the mets went on to win. i do believe i could do better. charlie: i would put my money on you. the announcer said that was not a strike. [laughter] stuart: no, it wasn't three here goes again. it barely made it-- let's like it and that that. we have actor bill murray crushing a bash the party in south carolina over the weekend and had the marriage advice for the groom. listen. >> if you have someone that you think is the one don't just sort of think in your ordinary mind and think okay let's make a date and planned this and make a parting get married. take that person-- person and travel around the world. by a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world and go to places th

mr. thompson today isn't something that we are arguing about. we are arguing about this process that brings together this ill considered a moment to do what we could have done with tax reform and give the long-term predictability. >> be issued to add some strength to the argument, when we wait until the lame-duck session to make decisions on this, we put the irs in the situation where they have one month before the paper is supposed to go out and people are supposed to begin fixing their taxes. we make an impossible situation for the irs by waiting this long and making this decision about something which is clearly not going to pass. he's already put out a proposal that tells you we ought to be negotiating, not passing pieces of legislation like this that have no chance whatsoever of going through, and i think that's why the amendment is a much better way to go saying we have a place to start, let's start the negotiations now rather than on the 15th of december when we are all wanting to go home for christmas. we will still be here on this issue

mr. thompson. with regard to assessments that you do in arkansas for nearly enroll medicaid patients, we were wondering if you have some formal programs like michigan has withheld the benefits kind of trying to assess what kind of disease patients might answer that you catch them early and see if there's something you guys are actively doing to ensure that. >> great question. many of our carriers are already implementing or in the process of developing essentially early screening mechanisms to try to get case management and support on these newly insured individuals. he had no experience before, no record of year issue, an obvious benefit to the carrier to better manage those costs. the other reflection on your question that i would say is, there is discussion around independence accounts which are not dissimilar to steve's held savings account approach that i think in the out years will have expectations for healthy behavior requirements and other contributions that increase the individual first a

mr. thompson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. thompson: madam chair, first of all, i want to thank chairman mckeon for his service on this committee and in this body. as a colleague. frankly on behalf of my wife penny and i, as military parents, thank you for your service to those who serve. i want to thank you for allowing me to discuss my amendment and having it as part of this en bloc which will institute a preliminary mental health assessment for all incoming recruits. a recent stuppedy found nearly one in five soldiers enter the various enter with a mental disorder and nearly half of those who attempt suicide attempted suicide the first time before enrolling. this small but consequential change to current law will bring mental health to parity with physical health in intrns screenings. an evalue wailings will serve as baseline to identify changes including traumatic brain injury throughout an individual's military career. protecting individual privacy was take intoon utmost consideration. while it's not a cure all it will be

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise as a proud co-sponsor of h.r. 3116, the modern cures act. a.l.s., also known as lou gehrig's disease is a progressive, fatal neuromuse could you lahr disorder often resulting in paralysis. as a former rehabilitation therapist and manager, i witnessed firsthand the devastating impact that this disease takes of individual lives and family members. a life expectancy after diagnosis of a.l.s. is an average of two to five years. veterans are twice as likery to experience -- likely to experience and die from a.l.s. as the general public. what's even worse, mr. speaker, there remains no cure. the modern cures act would speed up the development of new and better treatment for patients with chronic diseases and disabilities, including a.l.s. y removing barriers to medical innovation. it encourages research on treatment which quite frankly have been set aside in the lab but hold promise for treating a.l.s. and other chronic diseases and disabilities. mr. speaker, i encoura

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, thank you. i want to thank my colleague from indiana for his leadership in this bill and i want to thank my colleague from new york, representative mccarthy, for her leadership on this bill. one of the most important assets that we have in education really is our teachers, but our teachers need proven tools. that's what we're here today, this bill is about making sure that we were providing best practices database tools in terms of teaching methods. the strengthening education through research act seeks to bolster one of our most fundamental educational priority, improving outcomes and raising student achievement, mr. speaker. in 2002, congress passed the education and science reform act,est tablying the institute of education sciences which is responsible for gathering data on educational best practices in the nation's schools. the intent of the law was to enable states and school districts to identify and improve upon the successful education practices. it has meaningfully improved the quality

mr. thompson of mississippi for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request s granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized until 10:00 p.m. as the designee of the minority eader. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker. recently the sacramento bee wrote a three-page article on alzheimer's and the effect that it has. i'd like to quote from that newspaper. gasps were audible as the images flashed before the gathering scientists at an alzheimer's disease center pathology conference. on the screen before them were photos of a brain severely wasted with age, with what looked like silver rivers of atrophy cutting deeply through the tissues. even for the experts it can be shocking to see the damage that alzheimer's disease inflicts on the aging brain. what can stop the devastation of alzheimer's? without better answers from researchers, the degenerative brain disease, already the nation's sixth leading cause of death, will be diagnose

mr. thompson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: i'm proud that language that representative tim ryan and i introduced in march, h.r. 4305, the medical evaluation parody for service members act, was included as an amendment in the national defense authorization act. this bipartisan legislation passed the full house this morning. where our military has made great strides to address medical illness, given the challenges in light of the tragic events such as those in fort hood, we must and can do more. today, military recruits must undergo comprehensive physical evaluations, some are surprised or even shocked to hear is currently no similar exam includes to mental competency. it will have a mental assessment. this bill will offer our military to an approach to suicide prevention and detection. i applaud my colleagues to support this amendment and this bill and encourage the senate to take important action on this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempor

mr. thompson of mississippi for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. wolf: i move that the house adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands >> you cannot write in a calculating way. about thatnot think issue on allman use it down to write. but you should do when you sit down to write is to write what you find interesting and follow your own curiosity. when i was writing tipping point , i can honestly say i never for a moment tried to imagine how well that the grid cell. i just wanted to write something cool. i was interested in it. i wanted to write something that my friends would read, that my mother would like. >> read more of our conversation with malcolm gladwell and others from our q and a program on sundays at eight :00 from public affairs books now available for a

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize rodney a. erickson, retiring president of the pennsylvania state university. after 37 years at penn state as an academic and administrator, rodney erickson selflessly took the role of president of the university during a troubling time. we thank him for his service, his dedication, and most of all his tremendous vision and leadership. rodney became a faculty member at penn state in the late 1980's. over the years he held roles from assistant professor to dean to vice president for research to provost and president. each level service to the university, he sought new ways of teaching, better forums for learning, and innovative approaches to streamline bureaucracy and keep the university and its individual departments on the cutting edge. at every stage he's been an inspirational leader to those around him. a leader, to and advocate for the university in countless ways. erickson leaves behind a legacy of excellence, integrity, pride and dedication to t

mr. thompson. click thank you, mr. chairman. secretary duncan, good to see you. the last time we talked, we were breaking bread and talked about how to best serve the needs of this nation's youngest learners. i always appreciate those opportunities for conversations. the department's budget request focus heavily on a clipping the need to fill the jobs of the 21st-century economy, and i think that is very appropriate. however, you do not propose any additional resources for the perkins funding. last month, over 91 members of the house through the advocacy of the bipartisan career and technical education caucus requested the appropriations committee return career and technical education programming to pre-sequester levels, and we talked a lot about the unemployed, the underemployed, and probably not enough, but some about the dwindling workforce participation, which is, i think, incredibly important to the strategic success of the future of this country. the solutions to address some of those problems is ct programming through the carl the perkins career and techni

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize mark a. nortonberg, chancellor of the university of pittsburgh. which includes regional campuses in the pennsylvania fth congressional district and -- in titusville. he will step down at 19 years as chancellor but will remain at the university that he has served for over 37 years. during the chancellor's tenure, the university experienced tremendous growth. annual applications for dmission climbed from 7,825 to 27,626. overall, enrollments have steadily increased. average s.a.t. scores for incoming students are now 185 points higher. and the university continues to expand and to modernize. today the university of pittsburgh is ranked nationally and competing for the best students in the region, the country, and the world. chancellor nortonberg joined the faculty of pitt school of law in 1977. eventually serving as dean and interim provost of the university. in 1995 he was elected interim chancellor by the university's board of trustees, and in 1996 he was elected chancellor. through his visio

mr. thompson, and to the other members as well first meeting here, taking on a tough subject that has to be addressed. >> thank you. .. my thoughts and prayers continue to be with you, the community of santa barbara, my son went to the community, and we know it well. the tragic and terrific shooting has really made us all pause, and we just want to share our condolences and our attention with you from my district and my family to yours. psychiatric show "-- psychiatric social worker raw profession founding a community mental health center, and i know the first and effects of mental health issues on individual families and communities. yet, in recent years we have seen a decrease in mental health resources. that is why this bill is so important. it includes measures to boost mental health research. can you believe cdc needs to be encouraged and authorized to do research on gun violence? come violence as a public health problem. it is a mental health problem, and we have to understand the ramifications of gun violence on mental health. and so this bill is very, very important for that aspe

mr. thompson.n regards to assessments you do in arkansas for nearly enrolled medicaid patients we're wondering if you some form of program with michigan has with b healthy benefits trying teno assess what chronic diseases patients might have and you catch them early and something you are interactively doing to insure that? >> great question. many of our carriers are actually already implementing or in the process of developing essentially earlyn screening mechanisms to get case management and spoehr on these newly insured individuals. you had no experience before.ad there is no record what your issue is so there obvious benefit to the carrier to better manage those costs. the other reflection on your question that i would say is, that there is discussion around our independent accounts which have not dissimilar to steve's health savings accounts approach that i think in the out years be expectations for healthyi behavior requirement, other contributions in certain ways that increase the individual'

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mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr.r, i rise today in deep appreciation for a group of individuals who will hold in their hands the future and that's our nation's teachers. this week is teacher appreciation week during which we thank the countless men and women who strive every day to ensure our child's potential can become reality. americans' ability to outcompete rival nations is contingent upon the next generation of minds possessing the education but also the confidence to think outside the box. ur future competitiveness is contingent upon our next generation of children having the skills but also the creativity, the vision and the know-how to build the future. each child's potential is realized through engagement of families and communities but also teachers rising to the occasion which they have done for generations. so let us take a moment to recognize the compassionate individuals who dedicate their lives and professions to the cultivation of minds and the betterment of our nation. during this teacher appreciati

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to reng nice margaret d. tennis of center county, pennsylvania, for decades of service to our community. she embodied the word service and for the past 33 years, she's been dedicated, both her time and efforts, to so many causes and important events, including the memorial day celebration. the memorial day celebration in bowlsburg is a unique occasion, including a walk to the local cemetery this year they celebrate the 150th anniversary of this tradition. mr. speaker, the solemn memorial day services in communities throughout the nation allow all of us to pay tribute to those who sacrifice fourd freedoms. it's also a time to give thanks to individuals like margaret who make these community gatherings possible. thank you for your decades of service and your tireless efforts to make our memorial day celebrations such a special day. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house

congress and purchased, purchased the thompson facility in 2012 for $165 million, using money from various d.o.j. accounts. supposedly that was to combat prison overcrowding, mr. chairman. today the prison is still empty. president obama also requested $43.7 million in his fiscal year 2014 budget to begin activating thompson. i think that we all know that this administration intends to close the guantanamo bay detention center. when it is shut down those detainees are going to go somewhere. the hand writing is on the wall. president obama, hillary clinton and other democrats have clearly stated their intent to bring those detainees to america's soil. i think that it is imperative that we accept this amendment and make certain that there is no money for operational funds for the thompson facility and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to oppose the amendment and seek time in opposition. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to voice my strong opposition to

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize a unique program organized for the national committee for employer support of the reserve of the guard and reserve or esgr, called boss lift, which is helped to give businesses a better understanding of the responsibilities of our national guard and army reserve. in my home state, the pennsylvania national guard is doing a tremendous job with the program, providing local employers with a new perspective on the sacrifices and challenges these soldiers and airmen face and a firsthand look at the work being performed by these citizen soldiers. i had the opportunity to visit the pennsylvania national guard and met with the incredible citizen sold horse helped make this program possible -- soldiers who helped make this program possible, all while remaining ready to defend our country. i want to thank esgr, the army reserve and the pennsylvania national guard for their outreach efforts through the program and helping to remind us all of the vital role our

mr. thompson: a recent monthly labor review report if the bureau of labor statistics reiterates that energy production and energy jobs are surging in parts of the country, including my home state of pennsylvania. the report, which reviews employment trends from twovepb 2012 reports, pennsylvania has seen a surge in natural gas production resulting in substantial growth in employment and wages, end quote. other the report study period, pennsylvania went from being the 10th largest state by oil and natural gas employment in 2007 to being the sixth largest in 2012. the commonwealth also had the second largest employment increase over the same period positioning itself only after taxes. we talk a lot about what washington can do to boost growth and employment. well, mr. speaker, this report speaks to the fact that we should allow private innovation in states like pennsylvania to lead the way. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized

mr. vista mourns the deadly rampage last weekend as re-invigorated calls for legislative action. this morning in washington, bay area congressman mike thompson announced his proposal to target mental health services and reduce gun violence. people with mental illness are more apt to be the prp tray tore of violence and nonetheless, there are things we can do to make our communities safer. >> earlier in the week, california senate democrats rolled out budget proposals to immental health care in the criminal justice system and expand training for law enforcement. >> a krum and sad coincidences that the significance of one proposal to imtraining among front line law enforcement to recognize the warning signs of mental illness was illustrated by a gun rampage in santa barbara county. >> and restricting access to guns for people deemed mentally ill is the focus for a new bill in the state assembly. joining more for a look at how these proposals look -- 1. >>> josh, california eeg gun control laws are among the strictest in the nation. give us an idea of the legal landscape. what are the significant gun laws already in place and how would this wee

oscar winning screen writer and actress emma thompson, best known for her roles in sense and senseible and saving mr in an interview with the daily mail you can't be a great mom and keep working all the time. lot of that britishism. she says motherhood is a full-time job. the only way i could have continued working would have been by delegating the running of the home to other people. i never wanted to do thshg as i find motherhood profoundly enjoyable. this, of course, comes hot on the heels of gwyneth paltrow's controversial remarks that movie actress moms have it tougher than working mom with an office job. joined now -- pleasure to have you back. what's your reaction to emma thompson's comments? >> we have more celebrities behaving badly saying judgmental things about everyday moms. >> she seems like a lovely woman. >> totally. i love emma thompson. >> it's a little bit ill-judged, right, because the perception that you are up against for someone like her is you have it easy, you have the luxury of choice that not all working moms have. >> i think what most parents would love is more choice, but

mr. eisinger, one of the things he wrote about any piece, a gentleman named larry thompson, the former deputytorney general 2001 to 2003. he wrote a memo. what was that memo and did it affect the types of investigations that we haven't to these matters? guest: yes. the early bush administration, contrary to what popular notion, was actually quite tough on corporate crime. this was in the wake of the enron and worldcom accounting scandals at the largest companies in the united states, and there were serious prosecutions, including of some of george bush's close political allies. larry thompson was the deputy attorney general at the time, and they formulated, he formulated in conjunction with his colleagues, a memo of how to andfter corporate criminals how to investigate and prosecute corporations. this was actually building on work, ironically, that eric holder, who was then deputy under janet reno in the clinton administration, had first laid out. this was quite a tough memo, and immediately created an enormous backlash by the corporate lobby, the white-collar defense bar, and that the prosec

mr. eisinger, one of the things he wrote about any piece, a gentleman named larry thompson, the former deputy attorney general 2001 to 2003. he wrote a memo. what was that memo and did it affect the types of investigations that we haven't to these matters? guest: yes. the early bush administration, contrary to what popular notion, was actually quite tough on corporate crime. this was in the wake of the enron and worldcom accounting scandals at the largest companies in the united states, and there were serious prosecutions, including of some of george bush's close political allies. larry thompson was the deputy attorney general at the time, and they formulated, he formulated in conjunction with his colleagues, a memo of how to andfter corporate criminals how to investigate and prosecute corporations. this was actually building on work, ironically, that eric holder, who was then deputy under janet reno in the clinton administration, had first laid out. this was quite a tough memo, and immediately created an enormous backlash by the corporate lobby, the white-collar defense bar, and that the pro

mr. eisinger, one of the things he wrote about any piece, a gentleman named larry thompson, the former deputyrney general 2001 to 2003. he wrote a memo. what was that memo and did it affect the types of investigations that we haven't to these matters? guest: yes. the early bush administration, contrary to what popular notion, was actually quite tough on corporate crime. this was in the wake of the enron and worldcom accounting scandals at the largest companies in the united states, and there were serious prosecutions, including of some of george bush's close political allies. larry thompson was the deputy attorney general at the time, and they formulated, he formulated in conjunction with his colleagues, a memo of how to andfter corporate criminals how to investigate and prosecute corporations. this was actually building on work, ironically, that eric holder, who was then deputy under janet reno in the clinton administration, had first laid out. this was quite a tough memo, and immediately created an enormous backlash by the corporate lobby, the white-collar defense bar, and that the prosecut