ted stevens was indicted, went to trial and found guilty at the time in 2010, i believe. and went on to be defeated by his challenger. and then you had a situation a few years earlier with rick ramsey who was sentenced to prison later this year. >> what about the house ethics committee -- how is that involved? >> probably no jurisdiction to get involved. there is another investigation ongoing of campaign fraud and allegations of misconduct leading up to his election in 2010, however, the ethics committee is holding off to that while the department of justice is investigate and especially with jurisdiction they are supposed to investigate potential misconduct while members are -- those members were responsible for when elected as members of congress and they would say the campaign allegations and the allegations related to the health food store happened before he was elected so they would say it isn't within their jurisdiction. and i should say i said ted stevens waw defeated in 2010 but it was 2008. >> emma dumain and you can find her work on twitter and rollcall.com. tom

senator ted stevens for 40 years represented alaska in the united states senate. there were charges brought against him that were evaluated and investigated by federal officers, the f.b.i. and on october 27, 2008, senator ted stevens was found guilty of these charges of corruption that were brought against him. eight days later he lost his election to now senator bag etch in alaska. eight days later. and in october the following year, then former senator stevens was killed in a tragic plane crash. but here's the news, the modern news, mr. speaker. on march 27 of this year, it's announced in a little news story that hardly got any play that, one, at least one of the f.b.i. agents, it's reported in the news that her name is mary betting kept in her, has been severely disciplined, that that discipline has been imposed for let me say violations during the investigation and the prosecution of senator ted stevens. now, he's dead. he can't speak for himself. he was convicted in a trial that took place and was concluded eight days before his election. he narrowly lost the

in 1983, the 98th congress, senator ted stevens introduced an amendment to overturn buckley, and in every congress rom the 99th to the 108th, senator hollings introduced bipartisan constitutional amendments similar to mine. enator schumer and cochran continued it in the 109th congress and that was before the citizens united and mccutcheon decisions. before things went from bad to worse. the out-of-control spending before citizens united has further poisoned our elections, but it has also ignited a broad movement to amend the constitution. mckochon is the latest mis-- mccutcheon is the latest misguided decision. it won't be the last. it's time for congress to take back control and pass a constitutional amendment. and, again, chairman king and chairman schumer, thank you for holding this hearing. it's very, very timely on the heels of mccutcheon. i appreciate it. >> thank you, senator. if our next panel will take your seats i'll introduce you. this going to hear from panel in alphabetical order. mcgann, r. donald f. a lawyer, previously commissioner of the f.e.c. he served as general counse

and this one was imposed for improper actions in the investigation and prosecution of centered ted stevens. it is clear that it is likely he lost his senate seat over that investigation, over the convention, and was killed in a plane crash. that is one piece about the discipline within the fbi that i would like to know about. second, the overreach by allegedly carmen ortiz in the chwartz.aaron s we have seen a knockout game has been reported at least in the news to be primarily back on white crime. i do not know of any crushing anyons there -- prosecutions there except for the prosecution of conrad derek who was the anomaly as a white on black crime of the knockout game. a person transferred 20,000 dollars that showed up in a u.s. senate campaign targeted for the investigation. i would presume there are thousands in america who are likely engaged in similar act and not prosecuted. governor bob mcdonnell, charges brought against him, now five warmer u.s. attorneys general have come out and said this is overreach and outside the definition of the law. then i'm thinking about governor chris c

you know, ted stevens was indicted and went to trial and was found guilty at the time and 2,000 -- 2010, i believe. and he went on to be defeated by his challenger. there was a situation and -- a few years earlier, just sentenced to prison. >> and besides rep. grimm, what about the house ethics committee? how could they be involved? >> the house ethics committee probably has no jurisdiction to get involved. there is another investigation ongoing for michael grimm involving campaign finance fraud and allegations of misconduct leading up to his election in 2010. however, the ethics committee has sort of held off on that in deference to the department of justice investigation and especially with jurisdiction over, you know, -- they are supposed to investigate potential misconduct while members are, you know, sort of that members were responsible for when they were elected as members of congress. you know, they would say the campaign finance allegations and the allegations happened after he -- before he was elected rather, so they would say it is now within their jurisdiction. i should also

the question is, ted stevens was a character. he was part of an institution. he did a lot of great things for this country. even though he had different viewpoints on how we should not use earmarks to feed our own nest to make us look good and we can take this money and do a better job. he benefited the country great deal while he was here. what they did was -- i don't believe it was just. if you look at the testimony, if you take in the balance of the prosecutorial malfeasant, he didn't do anything. >> here's another moment and your career in the united states senate. [video clip] >> if you want to ask why the senate didn't work, there's one reason, it's called harry reid. incompetent and incapable of carrying on the tradition of the senate. >> i don't apologize for my frustration of this place. but occasionally my words are harsh and inaccurate. this past week i used words that were inappropriate in describing his actions in the senate. for that i offer a public apology. i do not apologize for how i think the senate is being run and the damage that i think i

police were using them as part of a training exercise for bomb-sniffing dogs at ted stevens airport in anchorage. the explosives were still attached to the rental car when a customer drove off with the car. official say they eventually tracked it down and the driver was said to be not hurt. >>> fox urgent now. the u.s. is sending hundreds of troops to countries along russia's western border in response to the crisis in ukraine. that's the word moments ago from the pentagon. it says 600 soldiers will conduct training exercises over the course of another week in poland, lithuania, latvia and estonia. they say troops will begin arriving in poland tomorrow. vice president joe biden met with the acting prime minister in kiev today, warning russia will face further isolation if it promotes more instability in ukraine. >> we call on russia to stop supporting men, hiding behind masks in unmarked uniforms, sewing unrest in eastern ukraine. >> the u.s. will give ukraine's government another $50 million in aid to help stabilize the country, we already guaranteed $1 billion in loans for ukraine an

as you know, i continue to seek further answers in the visible prosecution that brought senator ted stevens down. fbi director before the committee last week. he indicated at that time to me brought agent who had about this whole issue, that he had been severely disciplined. the investigation came under scrutiny. he didn't indicate what that was, and i think we all know there may be varying degrees of what may be severe discipline to one as a slap on the wrist to the other. can you shed any light on the status of that individual, whether he is still working for the fbi, and in what capacity? i have requested a copy of the report to be submitted here to the subcommittee so we can further review it. but it is important that we understand what happened? >> i will support that effort to make sure you get that information with regard to the fbi agents. also, a few prosecutors, two lawyers were who were found to have acted inappropriately. they have been sanctioned. penaltiesappealed the that we sought to impose. their appeals are presently pending before the protection board. makes thisody deter

dealing with political scandals and still serving is not the first for congress periods ted stevens was found guilty in 2010, i believe. be defeated by his challenger. you had a situation a few years where someone was sentenced to prison. >> how could the ethics committee be involved in this current matter. they probably have no jurisdiction to be involved. there was another investigation with him involving campaign finance fraud and misconduct. the ethics committee has held off on that in deference to the department of justices investigation, .specially with jurisdiction they were supposed to thattigate misconduct -- members were responsible when they were elected. they would say that the campaign finance allegations and these related to the health food store happened after he -- before he was elected. they would say it is not within the jurisdiction. that tedalso say stevens was defeated in 2010, it was actually 2008. her latest argument on the indictment of congressman grimm. her work is also to be seen on rollcall.com. representative graham sent a letter to the speaker of the -- e j

that is a senator ted stevens issue. i understand that prosecution took place before he took office, but it has been reported that as recently as march that an fbi agent was severely theiplined and that discipline was imposed for improper actions in the investigation and prosecution of senator ted stevens. i think it is clear that it is very likely he lost his senate seat over that investigation, that investigation, and subsequently was killed in a plane crash. overreach by carmen ortiz in the case of aaron swartz, who committed suicide. third, as a knockout game has been reported in the news to be primarily black on white crime, i don't know of any prosecutions there, except for the federal investigation and prosecution of conrad behrendt who was the anomaly is a white on black crime of the knockout game. next, $20,000 allegedly was sent to the campaign. i assume there were thousands in america who were likely engaged onsimilar act and went prosecuting. governor bob mcdonnell for charges brought against him. they think

you know, i continue to seek further answers in the miserable prosecution that brought senator ted stevens down. we had the fbi director before the committee last week. he indicated at that time to me that the fbi agent to had thought about this whole issue that he had been severely disciplined. the investigation came under scrutiny. he was severely disciplined. he did not indicate what the west. i think we all know, there may be varying degrees of what might be severe discipline. can you shed any light on the status of that individual, whether he's still working for the fbi, in what capacity, i have requested a copy of the report to be submitted here to the subcommittee so weaken further review it. but it is important that we understand. >> i support that effort to make sure you get that information with regard to the fbi agents. there are also, prosecutors the lawyers were found to have acted inappropriately. they have been sanctioned. they have appealed the penalties that we sought to impose. the appeals are now presently pending before the american systems protection board. once the bo

and i should say i said ted stevens waw defeated in 2010 but it was 2008. >> emma dumain and you can find her work on twitter and rollcall.com. tomorrow we will take calls about the indictment is here from ron johnson who talks about his law suit that challenge a bill that pay for health care bills of staff. and then we will talk about the racial wealth gap in the united states and kate tim who covers technology for the hill will talk about a proposed fcc regulation that will allow broadband providers to charge fees for faster data and video streaming. live tomorrow at 7 a.m. eastern. and fbi director james comby will speak at the anti-definition league and then a talk about u.s. policy and spending and later campaign finance rules will be discussed. >> c-span's newest book sunday at 8. a collection with interviews with the nation's top story tell e tellers. >> most concentration camp stories are someone coming from a civilized family. they are taken to the camp and all of their other relatives are killed and they have to behave in an inhuman way and have to tell about their descent

i said that ted stevens was defeated in 2010. it was actually 2008. >> you can find her on twitter. and also her work at roll call.com. afternoon,s representatives rim sent a letter to john boehner, saying in light of recent events, i am writing this letter to respectfully request the position on the -- the and removed from the position. resume -- n is to in a few minutes a preview of the agenda. and then we hear from the ambassador to the u.s. and discussion of middle east peace topics -- peace talks. step, a positive step. the people watching us and anding about congress seeing we were able to act not perfectly but in a bipartisan fashion to try to take a step toward fiscal this possibility, yes,l stability, and caring for those who most need our help in this country. so i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. not as a democrat, not as a republican, but as an american who understands our people believe action is necessary. i would urge all of us as we close this debate to do so in a way that rings us together, not drives us apart. that reaches out to the best in us and n

ted stevens was indicted and to trial and was found and, in 2010,time on to be, and went challenger.his situation a few years earlier with rick grundy to was just sentenced prison. >> as far as congressman grimm is concerned, what about the committee, how could it be involved in this current matter? hashe ethics committee probably no jurisdiction to get involved. there was another investigation grimmg for michael involving campaign finance fraud and allegations of misconduct to his election in 2010. however, the ethics committee has sort of held off on that in the department of justice's investigation, and jurisdictionth over, they are supposed to potential misconduct while members are, sort of that were responsible for when they were elected as members of congress, and they say that the campaign finance allegations and these happenedns relate before he was elected, so they say it is not within their jurisdiction. and i should also say i said was defeated in 2010, it was actually 2008. her latestain, article on the indictment of congressman grimm, can you find emman twitter at underscor

i said thato say ted stevens was defeated but it was actually in 2008. on thelatest article indictment. you can find her at twitter and her work at rollcall.com. >> thank you. you are living in a world where you don't have monopolies anymore, yet multiple companies competing for consumers, that really does not work when the laws were written for monopoly negotiation. that is one of the reasons consumers don't have as many options as they could have and why the prices are still going up for your television and video services. there was a whole lot of competition between completely different kinds of companies. when you're getting internet access or even watching tv, it used to be you watch tv or you had a cable provider. now there was everything from cell phone companies offering cable services to satellite companies. there is a lot more consumer choice. consumers are aware but that means we have to have the antitrust approach and make sure there are not monopoly providers engaged. >> we want to make sure -- certain they he to see releases all their infor

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