nadler, for five minutes. mr. nadler: thank you. before i ask the question, let me just make an observation. sheriff clarke talked about the sixth sense, about taking that extra step. sometimes taking that extra step is very necessary but sometimes we maybe want the officer not to take the extra step. maybe that's sometimes the problem and that leads into the question of changing police culture which ms. rahr talked about. ms. rahr, what is the greatest challenge in changing police culture? ms. rahr: i think the greatest challenge is recognizing that we have a real variety of cultures already existing across the country. when officers come to begin their career of service, most of them come to the table with the goal of doing something good doing something to benefit the community and then they're confronted with the realities of trying to do those good things. as a result, sometimes they take on a tougher persona and they may lose sight of their original reasons for coming in the door. i think we need to work harder within -- withi

goodlatte and conyers as well as congressman schiff and nunes, also congressman sensenbrenner and jerry nadler and other members who worked hard and continued the pursuit of this much-needed reform. we need this bill, though, to keep our country safe. section 215 of the patriot act which is the part that legalizes much of n.s.a.'s critical work to protect us from terrorists expires in less than three weeks, on june 1. if we do not re-authorize it with the reforms demanded by the public essential cape -- by the public, essential abilities to track suspects will expire also. this couldn't happen at a worse time. the threats posed by isis and other terrorist groups are just the tip of the iceberg.

nadler, for five minutes. mr. nadler: thank you. before i ask the question, let me just make an observation. sheriff clarke talked about the sixth sense, about taking that extra step. sometimes taking that extra step is very necessary but sometimes we maybe want the officer not to take the extra step. maybe that's sometimes the problem and that leads into the question of changing police culture which ms. rahr talked about. ms. rahr, what is the greatest challenge in changing police culture? ms. rahr: i think the greatest challenge is recognizing that we have a real variety of cultures already existing across the country. when officers come to begin their career of service, most of them come to the table with the goal of doing something good, doing something to benefit the community and then they're confronted with the realities of trying to do those good things. as a result, sometimes they take on a tougher persona and they may lose sight of their original reasons for coming in the door. i think we need to work harder within -- with

nadler: mr. chairman, this amendment would strike from the bill section 3121, which attempts to undermine our efforts to destroy unnecessary nuclear weapons that have already been retired and scheduled for dismantlement. section 3121 of the bill was a last-minute addition to the ndaa which is both totally unnecessary and counterproductive to our long terrible national security goal. our armed forces and national security administration oppose this provision to eliminate the dismantlement of surplus nuclear weapons. section 3121 does three things. first, it caps at $50 million a program that is scheduled to cost about $50 million. thereby having no practical impact whatever. second the section prohibits for five years the scheduled dismantlement of the w-84 nuclear warhead. the w-84 warhead was first retired back in 2007, eight years ago. and was recently retired again in favor of keeping the w-80 for the long range standoff option. so there's no reason to keep the w-84 around any longer than nece

caller: representative nadler, i appreciate you being on the show today.ant to cover, when george bush came into office, the pfizer law was intact. the pundits come out and said, the president is authorized. we need this to be passed. my understanding was when senator feingold was on c-span, i watched him he explained the act said the president could wiretap anyone without any notification but within 72 hours they had to go before a court judge to have it authorized. the bush administration did not think that was enough time and congress amended it to propose a 15 day until they were able to wiretap without court approval. that was not sufficient either and that's when they change this to where they went out and wiretap everybody. so few of these have ever been denied. the court is only denied two or three requests from the government to intervene and gather the type of data. as far as the patriot act is concerned, the national security letter program. fbi director mueller testified in front of the house subcommittee that nearly 30% of these national secur

nadler: you're obviously completely right. that's why i voted the figures i did earlier in my remarks. prior to 1980, roughly, we used to spent about 4%, 4 1/2% of g.d.p. on infrastructure. now we're spending 1.7% of g.d.p. on infrastructure and of course we're underinvesting. our infrastructure is decaying. by that, i mean roads, highways, bridges, rail, airports, broadband, you name it. china is spending 9% of g.d.p. on infrastructure. we are competing with china, we're competing with other countries, and if they can move goods more efficiently and move people more efficiently, that means their economy is going to be more efficient, their economy will be more come pet pettive they'll be able to sell things more cheaply, generate things more cheaply and out sell us. we have to compete in a world economy. we can't be insulated. if we're going to compete in a world economy, have an economy to generate job, itage on -- can only compete if you have an efficient transportation system. energy system too but an efficient system. we

nadler. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. it is truly astonishing that in 2015, the united states continues to hold people indefinitely who have not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime, who have been judged not to pose a threat to the united states. continuing to hold these people without trial is a rebuke to our notion of liberty. some of these people are terrorist bus some are not they have been judged not to be a threat to the united states. some of them may be victim of the fact that we give bounties to people who say they turn in terrorists. the hatfields turned in the mccoys because why not? we were giving them a few thousand dollars. we have supermax prisons in the united states from which no one has ever escaped. there's no reason to spend the money in guantanamo and have this continuing shame on the reputation of the united states. i oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from indiana. those in fa

joining me now is congressman gerald nadler of new york. on the house committee of railroads. congressman, it seems speed was a factor in this crash. but how critical is it that we upgrade amtrak's infrastructure? >> well it's very critical that we upgrade amtrak's infrastructure, and not just amtrak. all rail and all highways. we are spending -- we spent about $50 billion a year on highways. about $15 billion a year on bridges. and about $1.2 billion, about 2% of our transportation budget goes to rail. that is ridiculous. and we're spending much too little. we have a $50 billion backlog of maintenance of track bed work on amtrak. $21 billion of that is on the northeast corridor. so -- >> 50 billion backlog? >> yes, 50 billion backlog of which about 21 billion is on the northeast corridor from boston to washington. and the president proposed whittling that down at $2.5 billion a year but the republicans won't give the funds. we used to spend -- let's put it this way. we are now spending on all infrastructure -- roads, highways bridges, mass

host: jerry nadler, a democrat from new york. and here is a headline. >> in guantanamo bay, we have about 120 prisoners at the preison. among those of the facility are college and from it -- khalid sheikh muhammad. he gruesomely executed some high-value -- many in the prison our yemeni. we cannot send them back to yemen. it is clear that many of these prisoners are very difficult to try and too dangerous to release. host: guantanamo remains open but you heard both sides of the argument. guest: i don't do politics. are just to policy -- i just do policy. i will address jerry now there's -- jerrold nadler's comments. it is interesting you juxtaposed the segment with the one before. a sixth amendment right to a speedy trial and amendment number eight -- the body of law that applies to the detainees at guantanamo is not criminal law. it is the law of armed conflict, the geneva convention. you can detain the enemy without a trial for the duration of hostility. when he says they have no process, that is factually incorrect. the supreme

nadler, for three minutes. mr. nadler: thank you chairman. mr. speaker the u.s.a. freedom act represents a return to the basic principles of the fourth amendment. the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. before the government may search our homes, zeeze our persons, or intercept our communications, it must first make a showing of individualized suspicion. the intrusion it requests must be as targeted and brief as circumstances allow. the fourth amendment demands no less. that is why we are here today. we have learned that the government has engaged in unreasonable searches against all of us. it has gathered an enormous amount of information about every phone call in the united states. it has deemed all of our phone calls relevant to a terrorism investigation. it is intolerable to our sense of freedom. today we are acting to stop it. the bill before us prohibits the intelligence community from engaging in bulk data collection within the united states. this practice the dragon colle

. >>> one of the authors of the house bill is congressman gerald nadler. he spoke with our tony harris earlier tonight and said no matter what the senate does the house will not budge. >> we have this unacceptable massive surveillance, we want to stop it. the house after working for two years passed a very good bitch at least i think it was a very good bill. i am one of the authors of it. >> the u.s. freedom act. >> the usa freedom act. it doesn't do everything, there is criticism it doesn't dough far enough which i agree but we got a very good bill which is a compromised, senator lay introduced the same bill in the senate central mcconnell and byrd want to continue the dragnet security indefinitely and renew it for five years. the section that was misinterpreted expires may 30th. may 31st. so the central paul filibustered an attempt to extend it, the house will vote to extend it by a day or an hour. >> no extensions. >> no. >> no hours no, weeks. >> not a second. >> okay. >> the congressman calls the demands by senate republicans a lot of nonsense. >>> tu

later a conversation with gerald nadler about whether congress should renew nsa surveillance. the houses in at 10:00 eastern and will vote on the sex trafficking measure today. live house coverage on c-span today. >> the head of the faa and the president of the national air traffic controllers association will talk about efforts to modernize the air traffic control system as part of a reauthorization hearing on federal aviation administration programs. watch live coverage from the senate transportation committee this morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. later, also on c-span 3 civil rights and law enforcement officials testify about the use of police body cameras. live from the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism at 2:30 eastern. >> here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering the spring on book tv. we were close out may at book e xpo america where the publishing industry showcases their upcoming books. in june, we are live for the chicago tribune printers row including our program with lawrence wright and your phone calls. that is this spring on

earlier, jerry nadler spoke to al jazeera about that. >> edward snowden did a public service by tellingt the illegal surveillance. i would say unconstitutional mass surveillance, it's been alleged he gave a lot of harmful information to the chinese or russians or someone, that is not shown. if he did, he ought to be condemned for that. if he didn't, he shouldn't be. >> i want to ask the question. given the fact that there's concerns that civil liberties have been eroded. does that mean that those that attacked us on 9/11 have been run before. capitol hill and white house is armed. and police patrol every city block. >> i wouldn't say they've won, for the most part it's a free society, and it would take a lot for them to win. we should be concerned when fear of attack causes us to roll back widely held constitutional protection. we should be concerned when fear trumps nationally and the constitution, that creates a dangerous situation. >> is this a question of who stores the data, as opposed to whether the data is connected at -- collect at all. if that is the case, who do we trust more,

i mr. 1 congressman jerry nadler one of the authors of the house freedom usa bill. >>> plus, comcast is out. and charter communication suggests in. the new multibillion-dollar deal to buy time-warner cable. >> in the television landscape today, involving time-warner cable. and we have heard that before, right? but will this time be any different? >> aljazeera america ali ali velshi is here. >> $55 billion charter's deal would create a new u.s. cable giant with 24 million photo customers, and that will be second in size to comcast. the combined company. comcast, which has 27 million homes on its own walked away from a $45 billion deal to buy time-warner cable. 10 billion dollars less. and that fell apart because of pressure from regulators, who didn't like the fluer one and number two cable companies merging. the government was worried that they would be able to undermine netflix and the bigger comcast would have more than half of the country's high-speed internet customers and when comcast bought nbc universal years ago they made promise that's they didn't entirely keep. 10 the regul

nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this bill but with reservations. the last surface transportation bill map-21, expired last fall. at that time we passed an extension to the end of this month to give us time to work on a long-term bill. we have known for months that this day was coming and yet we have made no progress finding a solution to fund highway transit and other important surface transportation bill. map- 1 itself was only a two-year bill. breaking the tradition of congress passing five or six-year bills to complete long-term capital plans and projects that require a commitment beyond one fiscal year. the last long-term bill we passed with safetea-lu in 2005. that was 10 years ago and that bill was underfunded because of the resistance of raising the gasoline tax or identifying new revenue sources. for over a decade we have failed to address the funding challenges necessary to break the cycle of underinvestment and put this country back on a comp

nadler. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker.is truly astonishing that in 2015, the united states continues to hold people indefinitely who have not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime, who have been judged not to pose a threat to the united states. continuing to hold these people without trial is a rebuke to our notion of liberty. some of these people are terrorist bus some are not they have been judged not to be a threat to the united states. some of them may be victim of the fact that we give bounties to people who say they turn in terrorists. the hatfields turned in the mccoys because why not? we were giving them a few thousand dollars. we have supermax prisons in the united states from which no one has ever escaped. there's no reason to spend the money in guantanamo and have this continuing shame on the reputation of the united states. i oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from indiana. those in favor

nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr.adler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this bill but with reservations. the last surface transportation bill map-21, expired last fall. at that time we passed an extension to the end of this month to give us time to work on a long-term bill. we have known for months that this day was coming and yet we have made no progress finding a solution to fund highway transit and other important surface transportation bill. map- 1 itself was only a two-year bill. breaking the tradition of congress passing five or six-year bills to complete long-term capital plans and projects that require a

nadler: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in opposition to h.r. 36. for more than 40 years, the supreme court has clearly and consistently held that women have the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy prior to viability or at any time to protect the life and health of a mother. this bill is unconstitutional as violating both of those provisions. the bill provides a narrow depomings protect women's lives, allowing physicians to terminate pregnancy after 20 weeks only in a woman's life is at imminent risk. this exemption fails to account for the many severe health issues that may arise late in pregnancy and forces physicians to think about legal implications rather than about a patient's health. that's -- perhaps most cruelly it encludes only a very narrow exemption for victims of rape and incest, requiring that any woman seeking an abortion after, prove she either reported the rape to authorities of sought counseling services. only 35% of sexual assaults are ever reported and we know there are many reasons for not reporting a rape. the toll ou

nadler. the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes and a quarter. the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the chairman for yielding. mr. speaker, i listened to this debate and it sounds as if we have forgotten everything we ever learned about american justice and american liberty. we are told that 29% of the people released from guantanamo have been returned to terror. well that simply says the bush administration did a lousy job in deciding who should be released because since then, it's been a tiny percentage. yes, a large percentage of those the bush administration released became recidivists. so the argument is, everyone held in guantanamo should be held there forever. that's the argument. the amendment we just considered a moment ago woulditit even ase anyone from guantanamo. the opposition to this amendment is for the same purpose. we are told that these are the worse of the worst -- worst of the worst. who says? some of them have been -- have never been charged

then a conversation with gerald nadler about whether congress should renew nsa surveillance. a look at the effect the drop in the west could have on the u.s. economy. a " washington post" correspondent joins us. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house member plus contact information and twitter handles. also, district maps, a map of capitol hill and a look at congressional committees, the cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy today. it is $13.95 plus shipping and handling to the c-span online store at c-span.org. up next, army and air force officials talk about u.s.- russian relations and look at the current tensions russia is having with the west over the situation in ukraine. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this hour and 15 minute event. -- and 50 minute event. >> good morning at welcome to csis. my name is andy -- i'm director of the program. i'm delighted to present the program with u.s. army

then a conversation with representative gerald nadler on whether congress should renew nsa surveillance that expires in june. washington journal live each morning at 7:00 eastern. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >>> coming up we are going to chicago where leaders of cable and telecommunication industry gathered for the annual cable show called the internet and television expo. up next federal communications tom wheeler on the adoption of open internet rules and why the internet service providers should be regulated. then a panel of cable ceos from companies including time warner and cox communications who criticize the new rules. >> thank you. great to be here -- wait a minute. it is great to be here at ints the internet and television expo. you know cable isn't in the title of the show michael powell now said cable is a dirty word. i remember when the show was very creatively named something like catz 77 or things like this. then some young whipper snapper, and barbara you are, because nothing happens without barbara york, changed the name to the cable show. and now you'

nadler of new york. 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 recorded vote on amendment number 23 printed in house report 114-112 by the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignated the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23, printed in house report number 114-112, offered by mr. rohrabacher of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is 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 for political or

then a discussion about jerrold nadler and whether congress should renew surveillance programs. later, the look at the effect the drought on the west could have on the economy. washington journal is live each morning at 7:00 on c-span. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. former cia deputy director spoke at the national press club about counterterrorism efforts and the threat of isis and al qaeda. he responded to a recent article about the killing of an lawton in pakistan in 2011. -- of bin laden in pakistan in 2011. this is an hour. >> good morning. omberg. i will be monitoring today's newsmaker with our guest former ca jeopardy director -- cia deputy director mike morell. before i start, as i said before please set your phones to vibrate. second the format will be that i ask questions for about 30 minutes and then i will open the floor to questions. i will give priority to reporters because they are here for a job. once the reporters have asked their questions, i will open it up to others. third, i request that you ask the question, give us your name and your

then a conversation with new york representative jerrell indiana -- nadler whether congress should renew the nsa programs that expire? june. later a look at the effect the current drought in the west could have on the u.s. economy. washington journal is live each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> we'll close out may at book expo america in new york city. then on the first week in june, we are live for the chicago tribune printer's row lit fest, including our three-hour live "in depth" program with lawrence wright and your phone calls. that's this spring on c-span2's booktv. >>> the human rights watch and protect our defenders organizations released a new report today on military sexual assaults. it focuses on retaliation against victims who report their attackers. the organization held a news conference to unveil the findings and tell the story two of assault victims. this runs 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> we can get started. thank you for coming today for the release of our report, and battles, retaliation against

then a conversation with new york representative gerald nadler about whether conference should renew nsa programs that expire in june. later, a look at the effect the current drought in the west could have on the u.s. economy. jim tankersly joins us. washington journal is live each morning at 7:00 eastern on cspan. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> 2016 presidential hopefuls are campaigning in early caucus and primary states, such as iowa and new hampshire. approximately presidential candidate senator lindsey graham sat down in new hampshire last month. they talked about climate change, social security sustainability, and the militant group isis. this is 25 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to our conversation with the candidates series. i'm josh mcelvin. our guest, senator lindsey graham. we'll be getting to know senator graham. i'll be asking the questions a

nadler, a member of the committee. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to h.r. 1732. this bill would halt efforts to clarify the scope of the clean water act. a clarification necessary to protect the environment, to protect wetlands and drinking water for a third of the population. for over a decade, there's been great uncertainty about the jurisdiction of the clean water act as it applies to wetlands and streams as a result of the supreme court decisions in 2001 and 2006 and the guidance documents issued under the bush administration. in an effort to provide regulatory clarity, shared by local governments industry, environmental organizations, the e.p.a. and the army corps of engineers have conducted a formal rulemaking process. . it represents years of study and independent scientific review and public comment and outreach. just as the rule is at o.m.b. and before it is published, this bill guts that wo

when you can bring conyers and goodlatte and sensenbrenner and nadler together as co-sponsors of the bill, and a strong vote 338-88. some people opposed it and i don't have an objection to some of senator paul's objections. but where is his bill? move something forward. go to conference. as you know our bill ends government bulk collection of metta date -- metadata. that's a good thing. it replace it is with a new process that requires the government to get approval on a case by case basis with the court record, a fisa court order before asking phone companies for specific records. it strengthens privacy and civil liberty protections. we always want more in that regard but it doesn't -- it makes great progress in that regard. it increases transparency through a panel of amicus briefs legal and technical experts, to provide guidance on privacy and civil liberties technology, etc. these are bipartisan -- nonpartisan in their nature. both sides of the aisle have these concerns about civil liberties and privacy. and it also enhances public and congressional reporting requirements and req

nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this bill but with reservations. the last surface transportation bill map-21, expired last fall. at that time we passed an extension to the end of this month to give us time to work on a long-term bill. we have known for months that this day was coming and yet we have made no progress finding a solution to fund highway transit and other important surface transportation bill. map- 1 itself was only a two-year bill. breaking the tradition of congress passing five or six-year bills to complete long-term capital plans and projects that require a commitment beyond one fiscal year. the last long-term bill we passed with safetea-lu in 2005. that was 10 years ago and that bill was underfunded because of the resistance of raising the gasoline tax or identifying new revenue sources. for over a decade we have failed to address the funding challenges necessary to break the cycle of underinvestment and put this country back on a comp