financial institutions and the tax code so in response we see fred bakker jr president of the national association of federal credit unions and he said regarding this attempt to remove their tax exemption he said the tax exemption is crucial to credit unions which by law can't raise capital through public stock offerings the way that banks can they'll have to convert to banks which is what the banks want then they'd have for lack of a better term a monopoly for europe you know since teddy roosevelt's day of course they have something called the federal reserve bank the federal reserve bank there's ben bernanke. the federal reserve bank so then j.p. morgan the federal reserve bank or any institution that's a different place they merged and oh oh my god there went the credit union oh my god there once somebody is home oh my god there was somebody whose job there was the american economy oh my god you musical projects you mean. there's a lot of you know you just prove it all day long that's true. isn't fair i'm no good note. so now they want to remove they want to create basically a trust you have to participat

financial institutions and the tax code so in response we see fred backer jr president of the national association of federal credit unions and he said regarding this attempt to remove their tax exemption he said the tax exemption is crucial to credit unions which by law can't raise capital through public stock offerings the way that banks can they'll have to convert to banks which is what the banks want then they'd have for lack of a better term a monopoly up you know since teddy roosevelt's day of course they have something called the federal reserve bank the federal reserve bank there's ben bernanke. the federal reserve bank so then j.p. morgan the federal reserve bank ramey institution i think in case they merged and oh oh my god there went the credit union oh my god there once somebody is home oh my god there was somebody whose job there was the american economy oh my god you moved goal prologue you made. a lot of you may just prove it all day long that's true it isn't for no good. so now they want to remove they want to create basically a trust you have to participate in the trust especially if you are

and also joining us, david le polled, of the national lawyers association, and advocate. and dan stien, president of federation of american immigration reform, a group that wants to put an end to illegal immigration and produce legal immigration. why did you leave the u.s. and go to hex mex to stage this protest. and why did you think that you would be persecuted if you returned to mexico? >> well, we left because that's the reality a lot of people go through. documented, you always have the risk of being deported at any time, and you have the risk of being separated from your family, and that's exactly what happened to the other six dreamers that came back with us. they were living in a lot of fear, some of them were almost kidnapped, the family members kidnapped and i left, the three of us left because we wanted to bring them back and shed light on this issue. there are a lot of people, a lot of dreamers who grew up in this country just like we did. and they're waiting to come home. and the something needs to happen. somebody needs to take care of that issue. >> and you felt that by doing this, you would cal

of saturday's gathering in washington. the american federation of teachers and the national education association both poured tens of thousandsdollars into the event. the factor asked those unions for exact financial disclosures they refused to provide it al sharpton's organization the national action network was deeply involved in the washington event. so were any of the speakers were you paid for this event you put on? >> paid by who? >> anybody. were you financially reimbursed at all? >> who? personally? no. none of us were paid to speak. no. >> what about your organization? did it profit at all from jrvettle how? >> from this event? >> i think the organization national action network and all the participating organizations, we had to raise money to cover the cost of doing this. plus the technical aspect, the jumbotron, so absolutely it costs a lot of money to do this. >> bill: sharpton's organization has a lot of money. in its last irs filing in 2011, the organization listed more than $4 million in contributions, many from far left concerns sharpton himself was paid more than $240,000 that year many if not all of his pers

in national collegiate athletic association and national federation of state high school associations have stated in letters to senator durbin, blumenthal, and to me that they advise their student-athletes to avoid energy drinks or other stimulants because they may be detrimental to the health of athletes and are not effect to forms of fuel or hydration. i ask for unanimous consent to enter those letters into the records. companies tothe answer as well, but would you agree the student athlete associations that energy during should not be promoted as sports drinks to improve athletic performance for youth? >> dr. harris? know byld also like to what they mean is not for morning them as sports drinks because almost all marketing is related to sports in some way. >> dr. spencer. >> absolutely. >> mr. sacks. >> there is a distinction. we have a line of energy drinks called rehab that contain electrolytes that precisely the same levels that are contained in gatorade and power raid. there is a substantial body of science that confirms that caffeine up the levels we have in our product do not

the federal law enforcement officers association, the national association of assistant united states attorneys and the federal bureau of investigation agents association have all written letters opposing these provisions. the federal law enforcement officers association wrote, and i quote, this legislation pull enforcementputs law activities at risk and does a disservice to the brave men and women who are asked to put their lives on the line to protect us from terrorists and criminals, end of quote. the federal bureau of investigation agents association wrote, and i quote, this proposal risks undermining criminal investigations by reducing the willingness of individuals to cooperate with law enforcement and would result in the creation of recordings of law enforcement conversations that could jeopardize sensitive and important criminal and counterterrorism investigations. and this morning, after listening to the debate we had here on this floor yesterday, and after this bill was filed last night, the national association of assistant united states attorneys sent a letter to every mem

quarter of them are supporting families, trying to make ends meet on -- >> we looked at the national restaurant association providing this data. only 5% of restaurant employees earn the federalimum wage. a majority of fast-food workers earning sbrir-level wages are under the age of 25. and ed renzy says raising the minimum wage could kill jobs, because it would put 15% to 20% of small businesses out of business. how do you respond to that? >> well, while the portion of workers who make just the federal minimum wage might be small, in general average wages are less than $9 an hour. that's still a poverty-level wage many of them are supporting families. i think, you know, the key here is that what the workers are striking about, what they're saying is there needs to be something that puts upward pressure on our wages. these are jobs that more and more americans are going to be spending their careers in. if we don't -- >> they're not asking for an increase in the federal minimum wage necessarily, though. >> not necessarily. i think the strike has given tremendous momentum to campaigns to raise the federal minimum wage, because we talked about this before, it's so far below the

be consensus among policymakers at the federal reserve to begin tapering the bond-buying program that's held interest rates in check. the national association of realtors says home sales since july of last year are up more than 17%.and according to online residential real estate site, trulia, home prices in that time have gone up an average of 7%.---partly because developers have not been able to match the spike in demand. "new construction is a long lead-time thing. you can't have instant demand met by instant housing. you have to get lending, then land, then build. it takes a little while." further fueling the home sales spike, rents have increased in the past year 3.9% nationwide. five and a half percent in boston, one of the least affordable rental markets in the country along with new york, miami, l-a and san francisco. developers seeking to capitalize on the hot rental market and potential for condo conversions are building for both. "what we're seeing are rentals that are'condoliscious,' my word for nice finishes that are easy to make the switch over." in seattle, the rental market's so hot developers will have built 12-thousand new ren

of every gun owner in mechanic. >> the worst thing, you're creating a registry. >> but it's not the federal government compiling that list. its wayne la pillier himself and the national rifle associationwhat's the point of registering lawful gun owners anyway? >>> okay. let's getting right to our panel. joins us is anna marie katz, and jimy williams. we've had a lot of upset over the fact of the nsa collecting data, you know, what kind they're collecting, but it turns out there's another organization collecting information, and it's the nra. >> yes, you know, there's a couple different interesting things about this story. one the fact there's a group to the right of the nra that is attacking the nra. >> and the second thing is i think this points at something that is troubling to people that really care about civil liberties and privacy. people usually don't think about the collection of data for commercial or marketing purposes. this is why the nra was correcting this data. so they could fund raise off these people. it is just as bad or just as much an invasion of privacy. you do different things with it, but you know, i'm sort of glad they're calling attention to this. >> jimmy, how

in raleigh today, the national association for the advancement of colored people announced plans to challenge the law in federalrt. >> this bill is not about voter i.d. it is 57 pages of regressive, unconstitutional acts to rig and manipulate elections through voter suppression. >> woodruff: possible presidential contenders are weighing in, as well. former secretary of state hillary clinton, a democrat, sharply criticized the law last night in san francisco. >> citizens will be disenfranchised, victimized by the law, instead of served by it. and that progress, that historical progress toward a more perfect union will go backwards instead of forward. >> woodruff: in fact, north carolina is the latest of several states with republican- controlled legislatures moving to tighten voter rules. just today, the american civil liberties union warned kansas that it must comply with federal voter law or face legal action. and u.s. attorney general eric holder signaled last month that the justice department will challenge such laws, but that will be far harder now since the u.s. supreme court struck down part of the voting

national association of realtors reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate is $5.39 million, up 6.5% from june and up 17% from july of last year. on wall street, stocks moved lower on news that the federalng an end to its massive bond buying program. the nasdaq fell 13 today. >>> new scrutiny for uc berkeley after female students told state lawmakers that their reports of sexual assault have been buried or rebuffed by university staff. ken wayne -- ken pritchett is live with what these women told lawmakers. ken? >> reporter: these students claim that uc berkeley on numerous occasions failed to properly handle or investigate their claims of sexual assault. uc berkeley students found themselves at the capitol today. a day that ended in celebration. but not before painful and emotional testimony. >> in february 2012, i was sexually assaulted by a student here, who also assaulted three other women. >> reporter: the students say when they reported the sexual assaults to administrators, the university failed to investigate or punish assailants. >> we were discouraged from reporting or were outright lied to. >> i still don't know what's happened with my own case. >> reporter: these women filed

of your group's poll. explain what the national small business association is. of small-are a group business owners who advocate for federalicies that will contribute to their growth, economy.in our us we work on a nonpartisan basis. for localederal group and regional small businesses. host: how is your group funded? guest: on was entirely through membership conjugation and dues. host: how big is it? guest: 65,000 companies across the country. host: how do you define small business? guest: fewer than 500 employees. there are a lot of ways to think about small business. it really does depend on what issue you are getting at, what issues are relevant to my whether it is a lending or tax issue. the 500 is what we use for membership purposes, but not a catchall for every policy issue. host: we are taking your calls and questions for todd mccracken. we are setting up a special line in this segment of the washington journal for small business owners. we want to hear from you about whether you are confident about the current economy, what you are seeing in your part of the america. at phone number is 202-585- 3883. the rest of ou

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of the american bar association u.s. attorney general eric holder says our nation faces a moral and financial problem. >> widespread inincarceration at federalate, and local level, is ebb effective and unsustainable. it imposes a significant economic burden, totaling $80 billion in 2010 alone. >> shepard: 80 billion dooring to the attorney general. more than what taxpayers spent on nasa in the same year. but the attorney general says federal prisons are operating at nearly 40% above their intended capacity. and in 2005 a justice department study finds on average probation officers each manage 140 different cases at one time. so the feds pushed to change the rules for some drug offenders, claiming those criminals make up nearly half of the federal prison population. james rosen is in d.c. explain these proposed changes. >> some changes the attorney general can implement on his own at doj, and for others he is calling for congressional action. the country's 93 u.s. attorneys are now being instructed to avoid prosecuting low-level, nonviolent drug offends under charges that carry stiff mandatory prison sentences. holder also announced plans to

it's protected by the law, the federal law, the national labor relations act and you have a first amendment right of freedom of associationd of activity. >> good. >> yeah. >> these workers believe their rights have been violated and they want to do something about it but it's still a tough choice for anybody to take a stand to put your own livelihood in jeopardy. >> i've decided to take a strike because i'm supposed to be at work tomorrow but because of the statement that they released to other stores and what happened to y'all directly, i'm going to take a strike because it's wrong. >> yeah. actually, i hate to say it but i really do think we shouldn't wait. >> i'm willing to stand with colby. now is when they are doing it to the people in our stores. now is when we have to stand up and say, you haven't made us walk the other way. we are still here. i'm not going anywhere. i mean, come on. changing walmart can change the way that other people treat their employees. it has to stop somewhere and if it's us that has to do the stopping, we're committed to doing that. >> if you guys do this tomorrow, do you think other people

been a federal public defender has been in touch with me about the importance of what this does to the federal public defender's office. i believe in the july 22nd letter from the national association of assistant attorneys is in the record; is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that helps explain how this isn't a prosecutor versus public defender thing. i was a u.s. attorney general of my state. we want a justice system that works and a voluble robust public defender on the side that keeps the case is moving quickly and prevents unnecessary tension that is good for the system and that was the point made by the national association of the attorneys. i also want to put a letter in the record from the attorney general holder and the deputy attorney general stating among other things it is a june 12 letter this year we recognize the court system operates effectively only when all of its functions are adequately funded and operational tebeau this includes court employees, probation, pretrial officers and defender services which provide defense council guaranteed under the sixth amendment. an effective court system is one of the foundations of the space society and one of the nation's

the federal reserve is going to taper back the stimulus program so investors are pulling out of stocks this week. >>> a double dose of housing news. house prices are rising. the national associationtors say prices rose last quarter. the increases are huge. prices in sacramento are up. same for atlanta. 30% increases in florida and nevada. these are some of the cities that have the biggest housing bust. still, prices are up because more people have jobs and there are fewer homes on the market for sale. a second report shows mortgage delinquencies. more people are making payments on time. >>> the trader responsible for jp morgan's won't face charges. bruno, known as the london whale made investment that is went bad. it led to the resignation of the top executive. no word on why he is no longer a focus of a department of justice investigation. >>> so it could soon get cheaper for prisoners to call home. i'm on the prison beat this week. lucky me. they will vote whether or not to cap the collect calls they make at 25 cents a minute. right now, out of state calls can cost more than $1 a minute. a 15-minute call goes to $4. you know, yeah, they are behind bars, they did something wrong

federal civil rights and the fundamental right to vote. north carolina is now drawing national fire. hillary clinton went out of her way last night at the american bar association to go after the bill. >> legislators in north carolina push through a bill that reads like the greatest hits of voter suppression. restricted early voting, no more same-day registration, or extending voting hours to accommodate long lines. stricter photo i.d. requirements disqualify those issued by colleges or public assistant agencies, and it goes on and on. >> we're north carolina will be a voter ground around new voter restriction in this world, a case of how much southern republicans can get away with in the wake of the roberts decision. and one that the aclu and naacp will fight in court. >> our complaint and lawsuit will show how this voter suppression deal and its many eerey elements revisit the tactics of jim crow in the 2 1st century. >> joining me now, susan myrick, policy analyst at civitas, a conservative think tank in north carolina. susan, my first question is, one of the things this bill does is it moves back the end of early voting so it has to end saturday at 1:00 p.m

sensitive phases of many federal, civil and criminal investigations and law enforcement efforts as well as litigation involving the government. we hear that from the national -- from the association of u.s. -- assistant u.s. attorneys. we hear from the f.b.i. employees that this proposal risks undermining criminal investigations by reducing the willingness of individuals to cooperate with law enforcement, would result in the creation of recordings of law enforcement conversations that could jeopardize sensitive and important counterterrorism investigations. we hear from federal law enforcement officers that it puts law enforcement activities at risk and does a disservice to the brave men and women who are asked to put their lives on the line to protect us from terrorists and criminals. this is bad legislation. we know why it's being offered. we also trust that it's not going to become law. so you have to ask, why are we doing it? we're doing it to send a message? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. cummings: i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. moran: thank you, mr. chairman. and the

remarks at the american par association holder says we cannot incarcerate our way to becoming a safer nation. he points to the high copps of keeping people in prison and says the federal prison sentence has grown by 800% since 1980 while the overall population has grown by one-third. he says as long as they have no ties to drug cartels or drug gangs. he says too many americans go to prison for too too long for no good reason. he will announce a plan for releasing nothing violent elderly inmates who already served most of their sentence. martha: what is congress doing along these same lines? >> reporter: this dovetail with a bipartisan effort in congress that will do something similar. wild holder's initialive -- while holder's initiative keeps them out of jail, the congressional effort would allow judges to have more discretion in their sentencing away from the draconian laws enacted in the 1980s and 1990s. it will deal with a prison system that's 40% over capacity. bill: time for an he can real weather alert. a massive cleanup operation in the state of colorado. sudden downpours triggered mudslides in air area hitly fire last year. a woman swept away. two others repo

administration of justice, serving as the president of the puerto rico chapter of the federal bar association. he continues national leadership in the federal bar association where he will be sworn in as president at the annual convention in san juan, puerto rico. with that, welcome the judge. [applause] >> good afternoon to all. thank you. i am honored to be here both as a member of the federal judiciary, and this incoming president of the federal bar association. as the united states district judge, eyewitness firsthand the need for adequate representation for criminal defendants in my courtroom. it is almost unbelievable that the system of justice could operate without qualified counsel, but that is the system we had prior to the criminal justice act of 1960 -- 1964. before the passage, lawyers receive no compensation for their work. they receive no funding for investigators, paralegals, experts or other service providers. they did not receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket transfers,ch as copies of documents or case- related travel. this was the case despite the bill of rights guarantee to the assistance of co

federal agencies in washington. respondents for margin of error of about 7%. i surveyed current and former members of the national association of government communicators. i bet 150 four responses with a margin of error of about 4.3%. 154 responses, with a margin of error about 4.3%. focused on the interview process. i want to talk about preapproval and routing. believe they have a better idea than reporters about who in their agency would be the best person to give an interview on a given topic. three quarters of journalists reported that they had to get approval before they could interview an agency employee. out of 10 reporters say that their requests for interviews were forwarded to pao's. that is the interviewing process. half reporters said that they were prohibited from interviewing altogether. two thirds of the pao said they feel justified in refusing to grant interviews when agency's security is threatened, or when it might reveal damaging information. three fourths of pao's know the journalists try to go around them to contact staff members directly. nine out of 10 say their staff theers know and refer reporters to

federal government asserting itself as the definer of institutional goals and policy and doing it through need-based financial aid. this is from jane wellman executive director of national association of system heads. omar on the line now from washington d.c. here, a republican. caller: i wanted to say, i disagree with the lady who spoke before me about the whole knowledge you take away everything it seems nowadays -- host: keep going we're listening. caller: okay. i want to disagree what the lady said before me. they have taken away kind of everything. everyone does have a college degree and you just put -- for the most part, the younger generation does have a college degree and they're taking away a lot of our jobs out there. you leave school and you $50,000 or $60,000 in debt and it's tough to make that back. it's almost like to get a graduate degree. if you will not do that, may be you should take up a trade or be a plumber or some other profession. it a little different than it was 20 or 30 years ago when you had to compete with other americans but now you have to compete on international level. host: thanks for calling omar. we do get the point. to your earlier point omar is

federal government can do. the states have to take this upon themselves and stop getting ismselves -- the government way too big. thank you very much. states being the topic of the national governors association meeting in minneapolis to talk about the economy over all. we are going to feature the government of utah later on in this program. the two-day meeting will be aired on c-span. you can see various meetings about the issues on the economy. that is live at 10:00 today. you can hear from mayor anthony fox, the transportation .ecretary you will also hear from a resistive bill shuster and they .ill talk about infrastructure later on at 2:30 you will learn about the call -- about the global economy is part of the meeting. you'll hear how things are eating dealt with in global issues. all part of the national governors association summer meeting. you can see that live today at two: nerdy and also catch up later on our c-span library. later0 and also catch up -- at 2:30 and catch up later on our c-span library. our next caller -- caller: the facts are in the the speculation started with oil. a dollar per was gallon i was in construction. i was vice president of the union. i was out of work fo

federal agencies here in washington. i got 146 respondents for a margin of error of about 7%. then i surveyed current and former members of the national associationf government communicators. i got 154 responses for a margin of error of about 4.3%. i'm going to throw some numbers at you, but i want to wantfy the -- quantify the situation. my questions focused on the interviewing process. first, i want to talk about preapproval and routeing. 98% of public affairs officers believe that they have a better idea than reporters about who in their agencies would be the best person to give an interview on a given topic. three-quarters of journalists report that they have to get approval from paos before they can interview an agency employee. and seven out of ten reporters say that they're requests for interviews are forwarded to to paos for selective routeing to whomever the paos suggest. so that's, that's the interviewing process. about half the reporters said that agencies will outright prohibit them from interviewing altogether at least some of the time, 18% says it happens most of the time. two-thirds of the paos say they feel justified in refusing t

dan hopkins from the national association of community health centers to let you know what is happening what is literally at the federal level and how the senators of parents will assist that effort. >> i will do that. honor toleasure and sit next to you. the table knowev he is one of the co-chairs of the senate community healthcare's caucus. he is the spirit behind the concept. he has led it in a visionary way, kept us all moving forward. it has been a tremendous health. we believe a program like this deserves and should have. this week alone there are over 1100 events across the country. they're celebrating the work of 150,000 people who worked at health centers providing care to 22 million americans and more than 9000 communities across the country. that is a legacy for you. you helped build the system. it continues to carry on providing care to those who would otherwise be forgotten or left behind. that is critically important. a beautiful facility providing care to summon the people. take a first, let me think you all. this is national health center week. what we'veroud of done in the community. we go back a long

centers around the country, dan hawkins from the national association of community health centers to just let you know what is happening legislatively at the federal level and how senator cardin's appearance today is. >> i will do that. it is a pleasure and an honor, senator, to sit next to you. they know that senator cardin is one of the cochairs of her senate committee, and he has but it just in a visionary way, kept us all moving forward. it's been a tremendous help in this ensures that we continue to enjoy the bipartisan support and i know you believe in, we believe then that a program like this deserves and should have. i'm only going to say this. this week alone there are over 1100 events across the country, over 100 with members of congress going on, celebrating the work of the 150,000 people who work at health centers providing care to 22 million americans in more than 9000 communities across the country. and that is a legacy for you. you've helped build the system and it continues to carry on providing care to those as jay said otherwise would be forgotten or left behind and that is critically important. here's a beautiful facility provid

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federal agencies here in washington. i have 146 respondents for margin of error of about 7%. i survey current and former members of the national associationernment of communicators. 154 responses with margin of error of 4.3%. i want to quantify the situation. my questions focus on the interviewing process. first i want to talk about preapproval and routing. 98% of public affair officers believe they have a better idea than reporters about who in the agency would be the best person to give an interview on a given topic. three quarters of journalists report they have to get approval before they can interview an agency employee. and seven out of ten reporters say the request for interviews are forded to pao for selectedded routing to whoever the pao suggests. that's the interviewing process. about half the reporters said that agencies will outright prohibit them from interviewing all together at least some of the time, 18% said it happens most of the time. two-thirds of the pao said they feel justified in refusing to grant interviews when the agency's security is threatened or when it might reveal damaging information. three three-fourths kn