ms. wagner: you are saying you gave the authorization. mr. cordray: i was not in the place of the time. ms. wagner: reclaiming my time. it is unbelievable that you won't discuss who authorized it. it really makes me question how else this esp the spends its money. the answer to both questions was no. mr. cordray: congress set up that. ms. wagner:

ms. wagner: i'm not finished. how does this work? you send the federal reserve an invoice and as long as it doesn't hit the caps set by dodd frank it is set automatically? >> you and your colleagues in the congress, they enacted that law and were carrying it out. >> 10 minutes are left in the first vote. we anticipate clearing one more question from the gentleman from kentucky. mr. barr is recognized. mr. barr: i will just follow up on that question regarding the funding. , youur semiannual report say that the director of the cfp inrequests transforms amounts he has determined are reasonably necessary to carry out the bureau's mission. what was with the transfer requested? what you anticipate it being in at 416? in fyrdray: are published 2016 is for $606 million. mr. barr: does the fed approve that budget? the budget has to be within the parameters. does the fed approve that budget? total, particulars? mr. cordray: if we were seeking to obtain more than our cap that would not be -- mr. barr: otherwise they do not approve the budget.

ms. wagner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, secretary lew, for coming and staying the duration here. following up on my colleague's discussion with you, i want to bring up the ongoing tpp discussions that have been occurring with our counterparts in the eu. next month i know the president will be strafling to germany to discuss efforts to advance negotiations on this trade deal. however, as we all know, financial services continues to be an issue that is not on the table. as you said last year, sir, you support increasing market access but view talks on regulation with, i believe the word was skepticism. different regulatory regimes, especially when they aren't equivalent, would seem to affect market access significantly. isn't it difficult to draw a line between market access and regulation, sir? >> no, congresswoman, actually it is standard practice for market access to be something that's negotiated in a trade agreement. it would be very unusual for prudential regulatory issues to be covered in a trade agreement.

ms. wagner. never ducked or dodged. answered all letters. let's have a conversation. back in december, asking for documents asking for a variety of issues, retaliation, auto lending and others and despite with ying the cfpb is ompliance and alls answers our letters, you allville failed, failed once again to respond adequately to this subpoena. the committee sent this letter right here, i have a copy of it, a bit of the order on how all of you are complying with the subpoena with the such terms that you using. will you commit to providing this information to our committee here right now? mr. cordray: we continue to work mr. cordray: i would like to know specifics. >> you have failed to comply? you haven't responded. mr. cordray: we have responded. we produced another 20,000 pages of documents. tell me how it's inadequate. >> will you submit us. mr. cordray: will you. mrs. wagner: what we call ducking and dodging. last year i asked a question about who gave the authorization to renovate the headquarters of your agencies and i haven't forgotten the response you gave to m

ms. wagner. >> thank you for coming and staying the duration here. following up on my cliolleague' discussion with you, i want to bring up the ongoing ttp discussions that have been ongoing. next month the president is traveling to germany to discuss efforts to advance negotiations on this trade deal. however as we all know financial services continues to be an issue that is not on the table. as you said last year, sir, you support increasing market access but view talks on regulation with, i believe the word was skepticism. different regulatory regimes, especially when they aren't equivalent would seem to affect market access significantly. isn't it difficult to draw a line between market access and to regulation, sir? >> no, congresswoman, actually it is standard practice for market access to be something that's negotiated in a trade agreement. it would be very unusual for prudential regulatory issues to be covered in a trade agreement. there are a lot of places where we collaborate around the world, including with our european friends to try and r

ms. wagner questioned him, and i quote, it was the treasury who was in charge of all bureau operations at the time the decision was made. so my question to you, sir, is there've been follow-up letters that date back now 288 days asking you specifically and treasury, the folks that work for you, who in fact at the cfpb or treasury that they said it was you folks in charge, made the decision to waste that kind of money. do you know who that was? >> you know, congressman, i responded earlier that we did follow-up on this and provide the inspector general findings. i'm happy to go back and -- >> well, with due respect, sir, i have the letter right here you responded back dated june 16 of 2015. says the treasury's working to respond to requests. i repeat, the treasury's working to respond to requests. that was 288 days ago. i'm asking for a commitment now, mr. lew, if you don't mind, can you give me a specific day when you will get back to us who is responsible for wasting that kind of money? >> congressman, without agreeing to your characterization, i'm happy to follow-up. >> okay. when will

ms. ros-lehtinen is the first cuban american latina elected to congress. mrs. wagner was the united states ambassador to luxembourg. mrs. walorski wore many hats. she was a television reporter, a missionary, and even the executive director of her local humane society. ms. stefanik at 30 was the youngest woman ever elected to congress. mrs. love is the first african-american republican woman to serve in the house. and mrs. radewagen is the first woman elected to serve in congress from american samoa. each story is unique and incredible. and our presence in congress is a reminder that all issues are women's issues. for women in every corner of the country, we care about achieving a better life for ourselves and our children. as congresswoman blackburn so aptly put it, it's a poetic coincidence that ms. reagan passed away -- mrs. reagan passed away during this month of remembrance. she will go down in history as one of the most influential and consequential first ladies in american history. and a permanent fixture in our memories. it's now on us. as women leaders. to sho

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