seamus failed to appear at the hearing on july 16. i gave him a second chance to appear today to fulfill his obligation arunder a lawful subpoena. at this point i'd like to put on the record the cooperation of the white house on this matter. the white house has informed my staff for the first time this morning at 7:30 a.m. that mr. simas would not be present at today's hearing. we continue to work with the white house staff on proposed ways to resolve this, however, today's failure to appear is noted for the record and is not excused. mr. cummings, do you have any remarks? >> mr. chairman, a brief statement. just one question. i just wanted to highlight the letter, the last accordancorres that we put in the record for the members. i want to draw your attention to it, and it's very brief, only three or four sentences. this is dated july 24, 2014. i received your letter of today's date a little after 7:00 p.m. this evening -- that was yesterday -- my staff has reached out to yours to discuss these issues in good faith. i trust they will

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now, house oversight committee chairman darrell issa wants david seamus to talk about activities at the white house political office. let's get to michelle kosinski at the white house. they say it's tough to get a job as an attorney these days, but working down here, it's a good place where you are to being a lawyer. >> reporter: hey, chris, plenty of discussion lately over what is or isn't political theater around here as well as this battle that's been going on between house republicans and the president. now the republican chairman of the house oversight committee has subpoenaed a top white house adviser, the political director to appear at a hearing over whether he might be doing political campaign activities on white house time which could be a violation of something called the hatch act. the white house has asked darrell issa to withdraw the subpoena saying there aren't any reasons given or evidence presented as to what issa thinks that this director david seamus might have been doing wrong and further the white house top advisers have immunity and seamus will not be testifying. a

. >> garrison keillor: seamus heaney grew up the eldest of nine children on a 50 acre farm in northernhis father a cattle dealer, his mother's family worked in the linen mills. when he was 12, he won a scholarship to a catholic school, learned latin and gaelic. over the years, his poetry has become enormously popular, especially since he won the nobel prize in literature in 1995. >> blackberry picking. late august, given heavy rain and sun for a full week, the blackberries would ripen. at first, just one-- a glossy purple clot among others, red, green, hard as a knot. you ate that first one, and its flesh was sweet like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for picking. then red ones inked up and that hunger sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots. 'round hayfields, cornfields, and potato-drills we trekked and picked until the cans were full; until the tinkling bottom had been covered with green ones, and on top big, dark blobs burned like a plate of eyes. our hands were peppered w

and congressman issa didn't give any proof of wrongdoing before he speubpoenaed david seamus, b issa said that was no problem. >> we do not and should not need a smoking gun in order to look into whether or not taxpayer dollars that are being spent are being spent properly. >> no smoking gun. no evidence. no problem. from benghazi to the irs, to fast and furious, forget the facts. all congressman issa cares about is trying to make a scandal about this president, and he's tried over and over again. in his three years as chairman of the oversight committee, issa's issued 99 subpoenas. that's more than the last three chairs of the same committee combined. today, congressman cummings said, it's time to get back to business. >> members of this committee and i say it and i'll say it until i die, the members, each one of them, represents 700,000 plus people. 700,000. the members should have the chance to deliberate, especially on matters as serious as compelling the testimony of a senior presidential adviser. it is time for this committee to stop serving as a center stage for political thea

has grownt fund .remendously since then seamus started the shot with just himself.ow we've grown to a couple dozen staff and so we've grown in the last 20 years. funding goes, we receive funding from a wide variety of people, a wide different religious groups a wide variety of those freedom.d in religious libertarians, actually who are interested in making sure the government doesn't encroach too freedoms generally and religious freedom specifically. wide variety of donors. host: the caller seemed concerned about one large donor. it's a wide variety of folks. guest: it is a wide variety of people. host: if you want to read more the founder of the beckett fund, there is a profile piece in the "the washington post" from june 30, the founder of hobby lobby's law firm pioneered over religious freedom. you can find that online at the .the washington post" website we have about a half-hour left with miss smith of the beckett fund. go to sun sarah from georgia on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: hi. questions. of in the supreme court finding is language statin

has grownt fund .remendously since then seamus started the shot with just himself. and now we've grown to a couple dozen staff and so we've grown in the last 20 years. funding goes, we receive funding from a wide variety of people, a wide different religious groups a wide variety of those freedom.d in religious libertarians, actually who are interested in making sure the government doesn't encroach too freedoms generally and religious freedom specifically. wide variety of donors. host: the caller seemed concerned about one large donor. it's a wide variety of folks. guest: it is a wide variety of people. host: if you want to read more the founder of the beckett fund, there is a profile piece in the "the washington post" from june 30, the founder of hobby lobby's law firm pioneered over religious freedom. you can find that online at the .the washington post" website we have about a half-hour left with miss smith of the beckett fund. go to sun sarah from georgia on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: hi. questions. of in the supreme court finding is language